Roswell banning smoking in parks?

The Roswell City Council approved an ordinance this past Monday that will allow smokers to only be able to light up in designated areas of Roswell city parks. The law is not yet effective as Roswell’s Recreation Commission must first dentify the spots where people can light up without bothering others.

The Roswell City Council and the seven-member Recreation Commission have struggled with the smoking question for Roswell’s 18 parks in the past few months.

Several earlier versions were bandied about, but ultimately were felt to be a little too draconian or too hard to enforce. 

The Recreation Commission recommended a complete ban of smoking in parks at the meeting on Monday night. This is something only Clayton and Henry counties, and the city of Marietta have enacted in metro Atlanta.

The council decided it didn’t want to drive people – even smokers — out of the parks, Orlans said.

The City Council may vote on a list of designated smoking areas as early as Dec. 3rd.