Board of Commissioners · July 26, 2021
O-21-7-103
Amend Parks Ordinance to prohibit tobacco/vapor products (first reading).
Consideration of an Ordinance of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, amending Knox County Code, Chapter 27, Article I entitled “Parks” to delete certain definitions in Section 27-1, delete Subsection 27-9(b) in its entirety, and add a new Section 27-16 entitled “Use of Tobacco and Vapor Products Prohibited” to expand the smoking prohibition on the grounds of county-owned playgrounds to include the use of tobacco and vapor products on the grounds of a county-owned or controlled public park, public playground, public greenway, or any public property that is accessible to use by youth (amending Ordinance O-10-4-102, adopted May 24, 2010; Ordinance O-20-11-101, adopted December 21, 2020; and establishing Section 27-16).
See this item across every meeting →On July 26, 2021, the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners adopted “Amend Parks Ordinance to prohibit tobacco/vapor products (first reading).” by a vote of 11–0.
Motion to approve Ordinance O-21-7-103 on first reading.
Moved by Carson Dailey · seconded by John Schoonmaker
Topics: Parks & community
The vote as recorded
Aye · 11
Public forum
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