Re: No Smoking @ Home or Outside

Demonick wrote:

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:51:25 +0100, Alex W. wrote:


"MLF" <fermanis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fc62rt$dst$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Con-Tractor" <anon1@xxxxxxxx> wrote

An Oakland City Council committee will consider an ordinance Tuesday
that would make the city one of the first in the state to ban smoking in
some residents' homes.

The ordinance would also allow residents in existing apartments and
condominiums to bring nuisance complaints against smokers whose
secondhand smoke drifts into their units.

It also would outlaw smoking in ATM lines, ticket lines, outdoor dining
areas, public trails, parks, golf courses, child care centers, hotels
and bus stops.


Wow! Yet another reason that I'll never live in Lotus Land.
Boy, the reasons just keep piling up....


The sad thing is, this is not confined to California.
Earlier this year, a Swedish man sued his neighbour for smoking in her own garden and succeeded in getting an injunction against her....


The venues do tend to be liberal/socialist. Capitalists aren't banning
smoking, it's the leftist nanny state(s).

Speaking of asinine legislation...

Saturday, September 08, 2007

City puts bite in 'no barking' ordinance
Mount Dora eyes rule to targets dogs

Brad Buck
Staff Writer

Saturday, September 08, 2007


MOUNT DORA, Fl. - The city may put a leash on frequent dog-barking.

Under a proposed change in Mount Dora's noise ordinance, dogs won't be able to just keep barking and barking, creating a disturbance in a neighborhood.

Mount Dora already prohibits dogs from barking for five minutes at a time. But under the revised ordinance, even if dogs bark for less than five minutes, their owners can be cited by the city if the dog barks for three periods in 24 hours.

Such barking is considered a noise disturbance.

If passed, residents can add barking dogs to noisy radios, TVs, musical instruments, loudspeakers, tape players, record players, power equipment and similar devices.

Loudspeakers, public address systems or similar devices can be used at activities authorized by the city including parades and art festivals.

Currently, the ordinance says dogs can bark for at most five minutes at a time or intermittently for at least 30 minutes.

City staff starting changing the noise law after resident Monique Richardson told the council in August she was concerned about a new renter in her neighborhood that has a dog or dogs that bark at all hours.

In response, council members told the city attorney and City Manager Michael Quinn to change the ordinance so enforcement would be easier.

The revised ordinance may go to the council Sept. 18.
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