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Fort Myers Beach to consider smoking-and-vaping ordinance for parks and beach access areas
Summary
Town staff outlined a draft ordinance to ban smoking and vaping in certain public parks and beach access areas consistent with the Florida Clean Air Act’s carve-out for beaches and parks; council asked staff to bring the draft back for first reading and public comment.
Town staff told Fort Myers Beach council on Monday they have drafted an ordinance to prohibit smoking and vaping in specified public parks and some beach-access areas, and to remove outdated indoor-smoking language from the town code that state law preempts.
Nancy, the town attorney, explained that Florida’s 2022 update to what was formerly called the Clean Indoor Air Act left in place a statewide preemption for indoor smoking regulation but created a narrow carve-out permitting…
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