Delta has polished up its smoking bylaw to include marijuana.
Council recently made amendments to the city’s regulations to including cannabis, which will be legalized later this year, but also aimed at bringing Delta’s bylaw more in line with other municipalities with regards to smoking regulations.
Cannabis smoking will be prohibited from places similar to where alcohol consumption is prohibited, which is more restrictive than tobacco limitations. Therefore, in addition to prohibiting the smoking of cannabis everywhere that the smoking of tobacco is prohibited, the new regulation also prohibits cannabis on highways, streets and other ways open to public use, such as sidewalks and boulevards.
The revised bylaw also treats e-cigarettes the same as traditional cigarettes, while the regulations also remove the ability to smoke in a designated smoking room or designated outdoor seating area of a liquor outlet.
Meanwhile, there’s a minimum 7.5 metres minimum distance a person is smoking must be from a door, openable window, air intake of a building, transit stop, a park, municipal land or public event. An owner or manager of a business is responsible that there’s no smoking allowed in or around their premises.
Signage requirements are to be simplified to decrease expense and confusion for the business.
Delta staff note other bylaws that may require updates related to cannabis are under review.
