Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Smoking policy examples

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizm]

So no one can have any family or friends who smoke come visit?

I come from a family with a large number of alcoholic and drug addicts who
use cigarette smoking as part of their recovery efforts. So it was very
important to me that we be a welcoming community to my family.
There were certainly people who disagreed with me.

-Liz
(The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
Pastor, Ashburnham Community Church
Minister to the Affiliates, Ecclesia Ministries
www.elizabethmaemagill.com
508-450-0431


On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 2:51 PM R Philip Dowds via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> 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
> > ----
> > Sharon Villines
> > Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> > http://www.takomavillage.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
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