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Enhanced Smoking Regulations - Effective November 30, 2008

17 November 2008

Residents and property and business owners, should be aware that amendments to the City’s Public Health Protection Bylaw No. 6989, adopted by Council on May 12, 2008, come into effect on November 30, 2008:

  • No smoking in any building in Richmond. Exceptions to this rule are private homes, hotel or motel rooms designated for smoking, enclosed premises not open to the public, and business facilities where the owners are the only occupants of the building. 
  • No smoking within 6 metres of any opening into any building, including doors, windows that open, or air intakes.
  • No smoking in any vehicle for hire including taxicabs, limousines, private or charter buses and driver training vehicles.
  • No smoking in any vehicle if there is another occupant under 19-years-old.
  • No smoking in, or within 3 metres, of any shelter for public transit or vehicle for hire.
  • No smoking within 6 metres of a sign post or sign indicating a public transit or vehicle for hire stop.

There are also amendments to the required signage that should be posted by building and business owners.

Details can be reviewed on the City’s web site at www.richmond.ca > City Hall > City Bylaws > Numerical List > Bylaw No. 6989.