Urbandale says NO to more outside bans
Urbandale rejects park system smoking ban
May 9, 2007
– Elizabeth Owens
– Elizabeth Owens
A smoking ban that would have essentially covered Urbandale’s city park system failed Tuesday in a 3-2 vote.
City Council members John Forbes and John Forst voted to approve the policy; Doug Getter, Mary Polson and Ron Pogge voted against it.
A vote in favor would have amended Urbandale’s current policy to prohibit smoking in city parks where youths 17 or younger participate in recreational activities, with the exception of the Walker Johnston softball complex and the immediate areas surrounding park shelters.
The policy would have been the most restrictive in Polk County.
The City Council took up the policy on a 4-2 recommendation last month from the Urbandale Parks and Recreation Commission.
Urbandale’s current policy, which does not allow smoking in parks where youths 17 or younger are participating in organized recreation activities including practice, will remain in place.
A second motion by Getter did pass. It refers the policy back to the Parks and Recreation Commission for the purpose of studying a prohibition on smoking at the Urbandale skateboard park and of further clarifying the overall policy.
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