Smokers in Falls Township need to look before they light up under an ordinance change that limits smoking on township-owned property.
The Supervisors adopted an ordinance amendment Tuesday which prohibits smoking on any township property except in designated areas.
“The township campus is going to be smoke-free,” Supervisors Chairman Jeff Dence said of the ordinance, which takes effect in five days. “This is something we’ve been talking about for a while.”
The ordinance change mirrors what was enacted at township-owned parks, which prohibits smoking on and near playgrounds.
The Falls Township municipal complex does not have designated smoking areas, officials said.
According to the proposed ordinance – which the Supervisors will consider for adoption during the Feb. 16 meeting – smoking includes cigarettes, cigars, pipes, other lighted smoking instruments, as well as vaping.
Smoking is banned from most indoor places in Pennsylvania as part of the state’s Clean Indoor Air Act, which became law in 2008. Last year, state lawmakers introduced a bill that would have extended the Clean Indoor Air Act to include all public places.
