Tim GobbleSMOKING BAN• No tobacco products may be consumed on city property, including cigarettes, cigars, chew and dip.• Affected areas: Camp Jordan, City Hall complex, all fire and police facilities.
If you smoke, dip or chew tobacco on East Ridge city property, the next three months may be your last chance to do so before a city law stamps out the practice.
East Ridge council members is expected to vote tonight on a total tobacco ban on its property, including Camp Jordan and other parks, City Hall and fire and police facilities.
If passed, the ordinance will not go into effect until Oct. 1 of this year. The city will post signs around its property and mainly rely on a warning system for enforcement, said City Manager Tim Gobble.
“If someone’s smoking on city property, we’ll politely let them know this is a non-smoking zone,” he said. “I highly doubt we will need to have the police get involved. That would be a last resort.”