[Added 6-27-2022]
It is the intent of the Town Council of the Town of Southington
to regulate the location where tobacco products, nicotine products
and cannabis products are used within the Town. Further, it is the
intent of the Town Council of the Town of Southington to prevent exposure
of secondhand smoke and vapor of tobacco, nicotine and cannabis products
to its citizens.
Subject to § 193-24, below, no person shall use, carry or smoke a lighted cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, pipe, powered-on vaporizer device, or use cannabis-type substance, including marijuana, as defined in Connecticut General Statutes Section 21a-240, in any form in or upon any land, street, sidewalk, building, park, playground, recreation area, athletic facility, trail, lake or area of assembly owned, leased or controlled by the Town of Southington; provided, however, that signs are posted in the area such as to reasonably warn persons that the area is subject to this No Smoking article.
Members of the Southington Police Department shall be charged
with the enforcement of this article and may issue a warning or a
citation under the Southington Citation Ordinance. Additionally, agents
and employees of the Town of Southington and coaches or officials
participating in any athletic event in or upon any Town-owned athletic
or recreation facility are authorized to enforce this article through
the exclusion of the violator from the athletic event or recreational
facility.
Violation of this article shall constitute an infraction as
defined in Connecticut General Statutes § 51-164n and/or
may be punishable by a fine of not more than $90 pursuant to the Citation
Ordinance of the Town of Southington.
