tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post5208188094070707242..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: New Smoking LawJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-36355726800548901382009-06-08T08:13:38.886-07:002009-06-08T08:13:38.886-07:00As DA Beers said, summer complaints about outdoor ...As DA Beers said, summer complaints about outdoor smokers were bound to increase. I've received a few dirty looks for smoking outdoors during the nice weather so far this year. Perhaps they should change the law to say you can't smoke within 10 feet of Portland, instead of within 10 feet of any "entrance, exit, window, or air intake vent."oregonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02319479676227046210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-46953427317880684632009-06-05T12:12:54.176-07:002009-06-05T12:12:54.176-07:00if you're really concerned, you can fill out a...if you're really concerned, you can fill out a complaint online:<br /><br />https://apps.state.or.us/wems/complaintForm.wemsAnonymoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-58748998182637901922009-06-05T12:08:57.960-07:002009-06-05T12:08:57.960-07:00there was a guy at one of the booths in the mall s...there was a guy at one of the booths in the mall smoking one of those...he still got dirty looks.iggirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-35707279583833534832009-06-05T09:39:38.214-07:002009-06-05T09:39:38.214-07:00"mini-boom in small scale construction projec..."mini-boom in small scale construction projects" that is funny! So the ban creates new jobs.<br /><br />I think it is just fine to go outside to smoke (even if it is not the patio) and to take a break. I really enjoy meeting new people that way.<br />And who would have first thought that Europe can deal with smoking bans? They are fine - people accepted that they can not smoke inside a Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476965647734271905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-79977781504218888882009-06-05T08:47:50.186-07:002009-06-05T08:47:50.186-07:00I agree with Ralph, according to the letter of the...I agree with Ralph, according to the letter of the law the Oaks Bottom and EastBurn are in violation.<br /><br />Also, if either place did not have an enclosed patio, but a deck, say, they would have to keep smokers 10 feet from any door into the establishment. <br /><br />I am not commenting on the goodness/badness of the law, but it seems pretty clear that, as written, smoking in these Patrick Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-11011434929761081142009-06-04T17:00:01.542-07:002009-06-04T17:00:01.542-07:00There has been a mini-boom in small scale construc...There has been a mini-boom in small scale construction projects at local taverns. Bar owners catering to their smoking clientele have been building covered outdoor "patios" for little reason other than smoking. Of course, some folks already had patios or outside areas that accommodate smokers.<br /><br />I don't smoke and prefer my beer without it, but I somewhat miss the smokey Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522969360434191018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-21077600120326085672009-06-04T14:55:10.270-07:002009-06-04T14:55:10.270-07:00Smoking is banned in all enclosed areas.
"Ac...Smoking is banned in all enclosed areas.<br /><br />"According to the Indoor Clean Air Act an enclosed area includes all space between a floor and ceiling that is enclosed on three or more sides by permanent or temporary walls or windows that extend from the floor to ceiling."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/smokefree/docs/0409outdoorsmoke.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935553689879498648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-19366467357450529132009-06-04T14:49:51.823-07:002009-06-04T14:49:51.823-07:00Yeah, what WAS UP with the smoking on the patio? I...Yeah, what WAS UP with the smoking on the patio? I don't care that much (in fact, my wife later confessed she LIKES the smell of second-hand smoke - after 11+ years of marriage I guess I should have known that?!?!), but I agree in thinking smoking was banned...I guess there are some ways to get around the law, but how EastBurn does it I don't know. <br /><br />BTW, I thought the VaporizerBriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-70720718143176393792009-06-04T14:13:25.864-07:002009-06-04T14:13:25.864-07:00Is it 10 yards from any public entrance??
Still a...Is it 10 yards from any public entrance??<br /><br />Still awaiting some banter from my last Beer Week comment.... ;-}dr wortnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-8588435623983649842009-06-04T14:04:35.600-07:002009-06-04T14:04:35.600-07:00I thought there was a distance from building requi...I thought there was a distance from building requirement, but I'm not sure about covered patios. <br /><br />I called this long before the ban, in the summer people would complain about people smoking outside.DA Beershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592377918990052792noreply@blogger.com