Ukulandela ivoti ngo-Okthobha ka-2020, isixeko saseMichigan saseGrand Rapids ngomnye woomasipala bamva nje kurhulumente ukuba baphumeze ukuvalwa kokutshaya kunye nokufaka umphunga kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke.

Okubanjiswayo, apha, kukuba iklabhu yegalufa yesixeko ikhululiwe, ngokomthetho owapasiswa yiKomishoni yesiXeko saseGrand Rapids.Kwivoti ye-6-1 exhasa ukuvalwa kokutshaya kunye ne-vaping esixekweni's iipaki namabala okudlala, isixeko'abenzi bomthetho bakhethe ukutyhala lo mlinganiso nge-27 ka-Okthobha, 2020.

Ngokomthetho, ukuvalwa kokutshaya kunye ne-vaping kusebenza kuzo zonke iintlobo zentsangu kunye neemveliso zecuba.Ummiselo, usebenza njengesilungiso kwisixeko'Umthetho ogcweleyo ococekileyo woMoya, waqala ukusebenza nge-1 kaJanuwari 2021-iyafana nezinye izixeko kunye nolawulo kwiphondo laseMichigan nelaseUnited States.

Ngexesha lenkqubo yomthetho emva kweyeDwarha, uMkomishinala wasekhaya uJon O'UConnor wayekuphela komenzi womthetho owavotela ngokuchasene nomlinganiselo.Uthathe umba, ngokukodwa, ngolungiso oluncanyathiselwe kummiselo wokugqibela okhululayo i-Indian Trails Golf Course, eyiklabhu yegalufa ephantsi kwesixeko.

O'UConnor uthe ukhululo yimeko eqhelekileyo yorhulumente wesixeko“ukukhetha abaphumeleleyo nabalahlekileyo.”

“Ngoko ngokwesiseko yintoni thina're saying is if ndinemali eyaneleyo yokuya kwigalufa kwibala legalufa ukuba's ngokulambisa fiscally-ezizinzileyo, ukuba's cool, ndinokuba necuba okanye icuba.Kodwa ukuba mna'Ndingomnye wabantu bethu abangenamakhaya abahlala ePekich Park okanye eHeartside Park, ndinako'awusatshaya apho?”wabuza uO'Connor, ngokwengxelo ngexesha lokuvota, ukusuka kuMLive.com.Uxelele ukupapashwa kweendaba ze-hyperlocal, ngobungqina ngexesha lentlanganiso yeKomishoni yesiXeko saseGrand Rapids, ukuba wayeyonwabela iiciga kwindawo yegalufa.Nangona kunjalo, ucacile ukuba abonise ukuba ibala legalufa ngumthombo ongaphumeleli wokuvelisa ingeniso kwisixeko.

O'UConnor uphinde wathi ukuvalwa komsebenzi kuchasene nesixeko's iinzame zokuguqula izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezingephi, kuquka nokutshaya esidlangalaleni.Nangona kunjalo, ivoti esondele kumxhelo-mnye ibonisa ukutolika okukhoyo koko kubizwa ngokuba yinkolelo.

Amagosa ezempilo oluntu eGrand Rapids ajonge ukuvalwa umlomo kucuthwe i-cigarette butt kunye ne-vape cartridge litter kunye nokudala imeko-bume enempilo kwiipaki zedolophu kunye neendawo zoluntu.Okubangela umdla kukuba, uninzi lwemilinganiselo elindelekileyo yokunyanzeliswa kwi-vape yepaki kunye nokuvalwa komsi kuya kuxhomekeka kwiimpawu ezixhonyiweyo ezibonisa ukuba iipaki ziindawo ezingenacuba.

Ngokwamagosa esixeko, i-Grand Rapids yenye yeendawo eziphantse zibe yi-60 eMichigan ukuba ibe nemigaqo-nkqubo yeepaki zecuba, kuquka iSault St. Marie, iTraverse City, i-Escanaba, i-Grand Haven Township, i-Howell, i-Ottawa County, i-Portage nayo yonke i-Michigan.'s iipaki zikarhulumente kunye nemihlaba ekhuselweyo.