Smoking FAQ
- What is a business owner's or manager's responsibility regarding cigarette litter?
- What are the penalties?
- What is a business owner's or manager's responsibility for the smoking regulations?
- Can a bar or restaurant have an exterior smoking pit?
- What can I do to make sure people only smoke in particular areas?
- Is smoking allowed at outdoor festivals?
- Why are patrons still allowed to smoke at some outside stadium events (i.e. Northlands racetrack)?
- 1. What is a business owner's or manager's responsibility regarding cigarette litter?
According to the Community Standards Bylaw, you must ensure that there are no nuisances, including cigarette butts, on the sidewalks and boulevards around your property up to the centre line of the adjacent city road.
- 2. What are the penalties?
- 3. What is a business owner's or manager's responsibility for the smoking regulations?
You must take reasonable steps to ensure that smoking does not take place within non-smoking zones by:
- Asking people to extinguish the cigarette, cigar, cigarello, or pipe
- Refusing them service
- Requesting they leave
- Contacting the Edmonton Police Service at 780-423-4567, if someone refuses to co-operate
An owner or manager may be fined if they do not take these progressive steps to ensure people are not smoking in prohibited areas.
- 4. Can a bar or restaurant have an exterior smoking pit?
A designated smoking area is allowed as long as the area is not substantially enclosed or a building. Food or liquor may not be served in the smoking area. Any establishment interested in setting up an exterior smoking area should contact Bylaw Services by calling 311.
- 5. What can I do to make sure people only smoke in particular areas?
Post signs that tell smokers where smoking is permitted, and make your smoking area more inviting by including seating and providing ashtrays.
- 6. Is smoking allowed at outdoor festivals?
The City does not enforce the patio provisions of the Public Places Bylaw at outside festivals, such as the Taste of Edmonton in Sir Winston Churchill Square. Food vendors who supply the food and drinks are considered separate from event organizers who set up the tables.
- 7. Why are patrons still allowed to smoke at some outside stadium events (i.e. Northlands racetrack)?
Smoking in grandstands isn't governed under the Public Places Bylaw if the grandstand meets the following criteria:
- It is not attached to a bar or lounge
- It does not serve food and beverages
- It is not a covered or substantially enclosed structure
For organizations that have grandstands that meet these criteria, the management of the facility decides whether to allow smoking. For example, Commonwealth Stadium's management has voluntarily decided they do not want smoking in their facility, while Northlands management has decided to allow smoking.
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