4157 To amend By-Law 3596 to prohibit smoking in certain public places within the Town of TillsonburgTHE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG
BY-LAW NUMBER 4157
A BY-LAW to amend By -Law 3596, to prohibit smoking in certain public places
within the Town of Tillsonburg.
WHEREAS The Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg deems it necessary and
expedient to amend the Town's smoking by-law to include prohibiting smoking within
the fenced area or within 9 metres of a Town designated dog park;
AND WHEREAS Section 115 of the Municipal Act, 2001 S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended,
provides that a municipality may prohibit or regulate the smoking of tobacco in public
places and workplaces within the municipality and Section 128(1) of said Act provides
that a municipality may prohibit and regulate with respect to a matter that in the opinion
of Council are or could be public nuisances;
AND WHEREAS it has been determined that smoking within the fenced area or within 9
metres of a Town designated dog park is a nuisance because of its irritating and
discomforting properties.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of The Corporation of the
Town of Tillsonburg enacts as follows:
1.0 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
1.1 Definitions and Interpretations in this by-law,
1.16 "Dog Park" means the lands enclosed by fence in a Designated Dog Park
Area as set out in Schedule "A" in By -Law 4146.
2.0 SMOKING PROHIBITED
2.5 No person shall smoke within the fenced area or within 9 metres of a Town
designated dog park.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 8th DAY OF January, 2018.
READ A THI ND FINAL TIME AND PASSED THIS 22nd DAY OF January, 2018.
a r — Stephen Molnar
Town Clerk — Donna Wilson