Kulandela ivoti ngo-Okthoba ka-2020, idolobha laseMichigan iGrand Rapids lingomunye womasipala bakamuva esifundazweni ukusebenzisa ukuvalwa kokubhema nokufaka umphunga ezindaweni zomphakathi.

Okubanjiwe, lapha, ukuthi iklabhu yegalofu ephethwe yidolobha ikhululiwe, ngokomthetho owaphasiswa yi-Grand Rapids City Commission.Emavotini angu-6-1 avuna ukuvinjelwa kokubhema kanye ne-vaping edolobheni's amapaki nezinkundla zokudlala, idolobha'Abenzi bomthetho bakhethe ukukhipha lesi sinyathelo ngo-Okthoba 27, 2020.

Ngokomthetho, ukuvinjelwa kokubhema kanye ne-vaping kusebenza kuzo zonke izinhlobo zensangu nemikhiqizo kagwayi.Umthetho, osebenza njengesichibiyelo sedolobha'i-Clean Air Ordinance, eqale ukusebenza ngoJanuwari 1, 2021-okufana namanye amadolobha kanye neziphathimandla kulo lonke elaseMichigan nase-United States.

Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka lo mthetho emuva ngo-Okthoba, uKhomishana wendawo u-Jon O'UConnor uyena kuphela umenzi wezomthetho ovote ngokumelene nesilinganiso.Ukhiphe udaba, ikakhulukazi, ngesichibiyelo esihambisana nomthetho wokugcina owawukhulula i-Indian Trails Golf Course, okuyikilabhu yegalofu ephethwe yidolobha.

O'U-Connor uthe ukukhululwa kuyindaba engokomfanekiso kahulumeni wedolobha“ukukhetha abawinile nabehluliwe.”

“Ngakho ngokuyisisekelo lokho thina'ukusho ukuthi uma nginemali eyanele yokuyodlala igalofu enkundleni yegalofu lokho's ngokulambisa fiscally-sustainable, lokho'Kupholile, ngingaba nogwayi noma usikilidi.Kodwa uma mina'ngingomunye wabantu bethu abangenamakhaya abahlala ezansi ePekich Park noma eHeartside Park, ngingakwazi'angisabhemi lapho?”kubuza u-O'Connor, ngokusho kombiko ngesikhathi sokuvota, kwaMLive.com.Utshele ukushicilelwa kwezindaba ze-hyperlocal, ngobufakazi ngesikhathi somhlangano we-Grand Rapids City Commission, ukuthi ubejabulela ugwayi enkundleni yegalofu.Kodwa-ke, kucacile ukuveza ukuthi inkundla yegalofu iwumthombo ohlulekayo wokukhiqiza imali yedolobha.

O'UConnor uphinde wathi ukuvinjelwa kuphambene nedolobha's imizamo yokuguqula izenzo zobugebengu ezincane, okuhlanganisa nokubhema esidlangalaleni.Nokho, ivoti elicishe libe ngazwilinye libonisa incazelo esekhona yalokho okuthiwa yinkolelo.

Izikhulu zezempilo zomphakathi zakwaGrand Rapids zihlose ukuvinjelwa kokunciphisa udoti kagwayi kanye ne-vape cartridge nokudala indawo enempilo emapaki aphethwe yidolobha nasezindaweni zomphakathi.Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi, eziningi zezinyathelo ezilindelekile zokuphoqelelwa kwe-vape yepaki kanye nokuvinjelwa kwentuthu kuzoncika emibhalweni ethunyelwe ebonisa ukuthi amapaki ayizindawo ezingenagwayi.

Ngokusho kwezikhulu zedolobha, iGrand Rapids ingenye yezindawo ezicishe zibe ngu-60 eMichigan ukuba zibe nezinqubomgomo zamapaki mahhala, okuhlanganisa iSault St. Marie, Traverse City, Escanaba, Grand Haven Township, Howell, Ottawa County, Portage kanye nayo yonke iMichigan.'s amapaki kahulumeni kanye nezindawo ezivikelwe.