Smoking Ban

[jsiddle]

Ok so here in SA, we have a smoking ban from smoking indoors in public places...
How is it that B&Ms can smoke indoors?
Does that "license" also cover a bar if it is attached?

 

[judcole]

SA - South Africa?
Ask the B&M guys.

 

[jsiddle]

San Antonio, TX

 

[sparroa]

Perhaps that is a question that you shouldn't ask too loudly, if you catch my drift...

 

[mick]

Perhaps that is a question that you shouldn't ask too loudly, if you catch my drift...

Yeah, how come customs doesn't check my suitcase full of tobacco when I cross the border each day?! :lol:

 

[jsiddle]

gotcha...

 

[schmitzbitz]

Good tip: when you have a legal question, turn first to the municipal by-laws. In this day and age, you can access every towns city-hall over the net. A quick search of 'San Antonio Smoking Regulations - Exemptions' turns up this bit of info in a pamphlet available to proprietors, explaining the S.A. smoking regs:

EXCEPTIONS

9. Are there exceptions for certain public places

where smoking may be allowed? Yes.

- Hotel and motel rooms that are rented to

guests and are designated as smoking

rooms;

- Outdoor areas except those listed

specifically in Question 6*;

- Outdoor seating areas of restaurants

designated as smoking areas in

accordance with the ordinance;

- Private clubs (non-profit, fraternal

organizations in existence as of the

effective date of this chapter including

Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) posts;

- Private residences, except when used as a

licensed childcare, adult day care, or

health care facility;

- Retail tobacco stores; provided, however,

that smoke from these places does not

infiltrate into areas where smoking is

prohibited under the provisions of this

chapter; and

- Tobacco product manufacturing facilities.

The referred to Q6:

6. Where is smoking prohibited outdoors?

Smoking is prohibited in the following outdoor

places: San Antonio Zoo facilities and grounds; in all

outdoor sports arenas, stadiums, and amphitheaters;

within 20 feet of all outdoor public transportation

stations, platforms, and shelters under the authority of

the city; and in all pavilions and playgrounds located

with city-owned parks.

Search a little deeper, and you also find this:

(11) Restaurants, except for enclosed bar areas, enclosed dining areas and outdoor seating areas designated as smoking in accordance with subsection 36-9(d); provided, however, that:

a. All outdoor seating areas so designated as smoking shall provide a non-smoking area therein;

b. Persons under the age of eighteen (18) years shall not be admitted in any enclosed bar area or enclosed dining area so designated as smoking; and

c. A restaurant may only have either an enclosed bar area or an enclosed dining area and may not have both.

All found on the city of San Antonio website.

 

[judcole]

There you go. Do a little homework,and you find out what you want to know.