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Parma Heights council debates removing family-employee exception from proposed smoking ban
Summary
At a July 8 work session, Parma Heights councilors reviewed proposed revisions to Chapter 619 (renamed the "Smoking Ban") modeled on Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3794 and debated removing language that would treat employees related to an owner differently; the council asked the Law Department to rewrite unclear sentences before further action.
Parma Heights City Council discussed changes to Chapter 619, the city's Clean Indoor Act, at a July 8 work session that centered on whether the draft should retain language treating employees related to business owners differently.
Council President Rounds opened the meeting at 5:30 p.m. and turned the item over to Safety Committee Chair Councilwoman Maruschak, who said the committee found parts of Chapter 619 outdated and presented a draft modeled on Ohio Revised Chapter 3794, renaming the ordinance the "Smoking Ban." "We've been working on this for about a year now. We have concluded that we are modeling it after…
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