Credit to: Coastal Point, Susan Canfora

The Ocean View Town Council, at their Tuesday, Nov. 12 meeting, passed on first reading an ordinance to prohibit smoking on public property in Ocean View — indoors and outdoors.

No one spoke during a public hearing to comment on the ordinance.

A second reading of the ordinance is expected to be on the agenda at the Tuesday, Dec. 10, meeting.

The ordinance was first discussed at the Sept. 12 council meeting, when Police Chief Kenneth McLaughlin, while presenting the monthly report, said the goal is to be “able to control all kinds of smoking — any kind.”

“It’s not that we have a big problem, but we do have a problem from time to time. Now, we have signs posted but no ordinance, so we want to have…

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