Inconsistent bylaw enforcement prompts a good-neighbourly response
Posted by editor on September 3, 2010 · 2 Comments
I can certainly feel for you for getting the ticket. Kinda like when I come to work and the Bargain Store has pre-empted my parking spot in the back with their cardboard recycling bin. This is space that is part and parcel of my lease which I pay for monthly. I felt like I was being fined for something I did not do. Not a great way to start my day.
As to the smoking bylaw; I personally went out back and measured the distances from the doors to make sure we were in compliance. Unfortunately, the configuration of the building and the doors puts the legal smoking area directly in the path of the Bargain shops back door. Please confirm with your bylaw officer or check here athttp://www.hls.gov.bc.ca/tobacco/communities.html Where has smoking been banned?
In the interest of maintaining good relations and alleviating the aggravation of a fellow humans allergy, I have ASKED my staff to proceed further down the alley when smoking. Hopefully this will defuse the situation.
Kind Regards,
Brigitte Sonnenberg
Owner,
Chalet Bakery
Revelstoke
Smoking is banned outback of building doors..any that is! I will post a phone number for a Tobacco Control Program that I talked to in regards to this. I am SO appreciative that people will be curteous of those with allergies to smoke, it makes me feel sick, so I am thankful for change. One day it would be nice to be like Vancouver and have no smoking in public areas at all. Thanks!
As for the cardboard bin…not my issue…I believe it was a misunderstanding, nothing more.
Why is it, you see hospitals, restaurants have smokers employed? These are the people that you will see permeating the health care system.. Do some research people. It is such a shame… Think what it does to your health, your looks and your teeth. Its just rather disgusting to smell cigarette smoke on people, waiters, waitress, cooks. Seeing them out back in smocks, aprons then you see them handling your food? I don’t go out to eat for that reason not to mention being sensitive to my own dietary needs. No offense Bridget but it’s merely an observation, Emo’s is worst right out the door from the kitchen the cook sits there smoking… Nasty….