Smokers sit on the curb on South Limestone. City council will meet Tuesday to discuss sidewalk tobacco enforcement. Photo by Adam Wolffbrandt | Staff
Members of City Council will meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss UK’s proposal to implement the tobacco ban on public sidewalks.
At last Tuesday’s meeting, Assistant Vice President for Public Safety Anthany Beatty asked the council to sign a “memorandum of understanding†which would allow enforcement on city-owned sidewalks on and surrounding the campus.
Diane Lawless, 3rd District councilwoman, said if approved, the memorandum would not affect all public sidewalks because some are owned by the state and not the city of Lexington, citing Euclid Avenue as an example.
This will be the second reading of the proposal and if approved, it will be considered law, said Jeannette Williams, council staff.
-Katie Perkowski
The attempt by AVP Beatty and the anti tobacco task force to take control of public right of way without adequate public hearng notification is a public relations blunder.The LFUCG Councl should postpone any vote till the regular meeting schedule in November,
Um, as people who have BRAINS, I think we all know what the City Council’s decision is going to be. But remember, the council will have no authority over e-cigarettes. I think all smokers in Kentucky better take a little trip over to whitecloudecigoutlet.com.
What’s crazy is the quote, “Diane Lawless, 3rd District councilwoman, said if approved, the memorandum would not affect all public sidewalks because some are owned by the state and not the city of Lexington, citing Euclid Avenue as an example.”
Are smokers really going to take the time to think about who owns the sidewalk that they’re walking on???
This is dumb.
You people are idiots. Seriously, what is the public health risk. Stop these anti-smoking Nazis now.