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the use of chewing and snuff tobacco.The council responded to concerns about secondhand smoke and the high number ofcigarette butts found on town beaches.Violators may be fined $100 to $500, said Town Clerk Tody Justice.The ban applies to all town beaches, including Pine Point, Ferry and Higgins beaches.Smoking was already banned in town parks, recreation areas and schools, and atScarborough Beach State Park.CHAPTER 612TOWN OF SCARBOROUGH ORDINANCECREATING RULES AND REGULATIONSFOR USE OF PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES6. Illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco prohibiteda. No person in a Park shall have in his or her possession or use any illicit, illegal or scheduled drugs, asdefined under the Laws of the State of Maine. No person shall have any alcoholic beverage in his or herpossession in any Park.b. No person shall use tobacco within any Town Park, unless in a designated smoking area. [adopted04/20/2011]c. No person shall us tobacco on any beach, unless in a designated smoking area. [adopted 04/20/2011]d. Unless, in a designated smoking area, no person shall use tobacco on any town-owned propertywithin 25 feet of any beach. [adopted 04/20/2011]City of PortlandAMENDMENT TO PORTLAND CITY CODE CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE V (REGULATION OFTOBACCO – PLAYGROUNDS, BEACHES, AND ATHLETIC FACILITIES) RE: SECONDHANDSMOKE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND, MAINE INCITY COUNCIL ASSEMBLED AS FOLLOWS: 1. That Chapter 17, Article V (Regulation ofTobacco)of the Portland City Code is hereby amended by adding the following new Division 5 to read asfollows: DIVISION 5. SECONDHAND SMOKE PLAYGROUNDS, BEACHES, AND ATHLETICFACILITIES Sec. 17-90. Purposes. The purpose of this regulation is to decrease the exposure ofindividuals, and children in particular, to secondhand smoke in their outdoor environment. Exposure tosecondhand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable death in America, killing 6,000 children everyear. Recent outdoor research from Stanford University and Repace Associates demonstrates that, whenmeasured up to 20 feet from a person actively smoking, toxicity levels can reach those similar to indoorsmoking levels. Secondhand smoke disproportionately affects vulnerable populations such as children andthe elderly, causing asthma, chronic lung disease, ear infections heart disease and Sudden Infant DeathSyndrome (SIDS). In fact, secondhand smoke can triple an infant’s risk of dying from SIDS. The U.S.Surgeon General’s 2006 report declared that “The debate is over. The science is clear; secondhand smoke isnot a mere annoyance, but a serious health hazard…for which there is no safe level of exposure.” Sec. 17-91. Smoking Prohibited at Playgrounds, Beaches and Outdoor Athletic Facilities.(a) Smoking is prohibited both at, or within, twenty (20) feet of the following outdoor areas: playgrounds,beaches and outdoor athletic facilities owned and maintained by the city where members of thegeneral public of any age assemble to engage in physical exercise, participate in athletic competition,play or recreational activity, or to witness sports, or other outdoor recreational events. (b) Theforegoing prohibition shall not apply in an area which has been designated prior to passage of this
ordinance as a designated smoking area at Hadlock Field, but such area shall not be expanded. (c)“Smoking” as used herein shall mean inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying or having in one’spossession any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, weed, plant or other combustible substance in anymanner or in any form. Sec. 17-92. Enforcement. (a) The health and human services department shallwork with the public services department to place signs notifying the public of this prohibition at or nearplaygrounds and athletic facilities, as well as in such other locations that, in its sole discretion, the healthand human services department deems necessary to notify the public of this ordinance. Prior to issuing acitation for a violation of this section, a police officer or any law enforcement or code enforcement officershall issue one verbal warning to an individual. If the individual fails to comply after one warning, saidindividual shall be given a citation. Failure to comply after one warning is cause for citation whether or notthe failure or subsequent failures are contemporaneous in time with the initial warning.City Of LewistonChapter 54PARKS AND RECREATION*Sec. 54-1. Public park established; commercial uses forbidden.Sec. 54-2. Lewiston City Park or Common defined.Sec. 54-3. Riding and driving on public grounds regulated.Sec. 54-4. Reserved.Sec. 54-5. Depositing of offensive substances; committing nuisances.Sec. 54-6. Unlawful to be in Kennedy Park during certain hours; exception.Sec. 54-7. Unlawful to be in the following city parks during certain hours; exception.Sec. 54-8. Public drinking of alcoholic beverages prohibited.Sec. 54-9. Designation of Drug-Free “Safe Zones”.Sec. 54-10. Smoking on athletic fields during certain times and on city playgroundsprohibited.Sec. 54-11. Penalties.City of South PortlandIN CITY COUNCILORDINANCE #15-10/11THE COUNCIL of the City of South Portland hereby ordains that Chapter 18“PARKS AND RECREATION” of the “Code of Ordinances of the City of SouthPortland, Maine” be and hereby is amended as follows:
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