Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Smoking policy examples

[R Philip Dowds (rphilipdowds]

When we opened in 2000, smoking was allowed in the units, and in the outdoors 
commons so long as there were no complaints.  Lately, we’ve gone to no smoking 
anywhere within the property line; apparently, this is legal in Massachusetts, 
and can apply to construction workers and other visitors.  Medical marijuana 
does have an exception (as do service dogs “pets”) —  but if this exception has 
ever been used, we do not know.

RPD • Cornerstone in Cambridge

> On Oct 15, 2024, at 1:12 PM, Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l 
> [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 14, 2024, at 11:01 PM, Laura Blosser <laurablosser [at] gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I would love to see examples of smoking policies that allow some form of
>> smoking beyond member residences / backyards only.
> 
> Takoma Village has always allowed smoking in areas open to the sky and away 
> from non-smokers. But we have also had no regular smokers for years. Guests 
> smoke sometimes.
> 
> Our proposed revisions may add the possibility of designating an area for 
> smoking when we have construction workers on site who like to sit and smoke 
> during lunch breaks. The best place to do this is near a play area so they 
> would not normally be allowed to smoke there.
> 
> We also state that the smoke or other fumes should not waft into units, for 
> example, from balconies.
> 
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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