Hinsdale Update
Village joins the pack to ban public smoking
April 27, 2006
HINSDALE -- Hinsdale became the latest Chicago-area community to ban smoking in bars, restaurants, most workplaces and even some outdoor venues.
Village President Michael Woerner called the ban "one of the things I'm most proud of" after trustees approved it unanimously Tuesday night. The ban takes effect July 1.
The measure prohibits smoking not only in bars, restaurants and workplaces, but also on school grounds and within 25 feet of outdoor dining areas, sports venues, playgrounds and public building entrances.
The ban allows smoking within 25 feet of public building entrances in downtown Hinsdale.
Winnie Leathers, a Hinsdale resident active in the American Cancer Society, applauded the village's action. Read
Hinsdale smoking ban to get hearing, then a vote
April 6, 2006
Smoking would be prohibited in most Hinsdale workplaces and public facilities, including bars, restaurants and outdoor dining areas, under a smoking ban slated for a final Village Board vote on April 25.
Trustee Cindy Williams said the village's Environment and Public Services Committee will take testimony on the proposed ban one last time on April 10.
Village public services director Dan Schoenberg said that smoking would be prohibited within 25 feet of most outdoor public facilities, including playgrounds and sports venues.
Smoking also would be prohibited within 25 feet of public building entrances except in the central business district, where many entrances are within 25 feet of each other.
The proposed ban would take effect July 1, officials said.
Village considers strict smoking ban
February 9, 2006
Christine Martin
HINSDALE -- The village may ban smoking in public places, including open-air locations such as parks and train station platforms, and in workplaces with more than one employee, village officials said Tuesday night.
Trustee Cindy Williams said a village committee is using a smoking ban passed in Deerfield in December as a model for a proposed Hinsdale ban.
The Deerfield ordinance, which that village's Web site describes as "the strictest in the state," bans smoking in all enclosed public areas, including work sites that employ more than one person. It also bans smoking in unenclosed public areas, such as picnic shelters and outdoor dining areas, and within 25 feet of public building entrances and outdoor events.
Williams, head of the village's Environment and Public Services Committee, said the panel would take testimony on the proposed ban at its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Village Hall.
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