Smoking

Do Marijuana Smokers Have Special Rights in Your Co-op or Condo? (NY)

The possession and use of marijuana by persons who are at least 21 years old is now legal in New…

9 months ago

Condo association considers measures so smokers keep smoke contained within their own units

Q: Our condo already prohibits any smoking in common areas or on balconies. Now it’s considering demanding that smokers seal/close…

10 months ago

Resident’s lifelong smoking habit sparks condo building battle (ON)

A smoking gun is being held to the head of Diane Steen.  If the 87-year-old doesn’t quit her filthy cigarette…

10 months ago

Owner must pay Metro Vancouver strata $75K for e-cigarette fire (BC)

B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered the condo owners in an upscale Vancouver building to pay $75,873 for a fire…

10 months ago

CAT Finds No Smoking Rule to Be Reasonable (ON)

In the case of CCC 95 v. Frederick, the condominium corporation had passed a rule to prohibit smoking in all…

11 months ago

Can a Condo Owner Do That? What Community Association Boards Need to Know About Smoking and Cannabis Use in the Building (IL)

Among the most commonly asked questions of condo and community association boards often relate to smoking and cannabis use. Howard…

1 year ago

Can a Condo Owner Do That? What Community Association Boards Need to Know About Smoking and Cannabis Use in the Building (IL)

Generally, condo residents can smoke in the units and common elements, unless smoking is prohibited in the Association’s Declaration By-Laws,…

1 year ago

How to handle smoking in community associations presents a significant dilemma for the community’s board of directors (MI)

That is, whether to side with what tends to be the majority and pursue a ban on smoking on common…

1 year ago

CAT Orders Smoker to Pay for Air Purifier Required by Neighbour (ON)

In the case of Baker v. Pecarski, one of the residents was smoking in contravention of the condominium corporation’s “no…

1 year ago

Australia: Room with a feud: Apartment dwellers seek to ban neighbours from smoking on balconies

A couple who successfully sued their neighbours to stop them smoking on their apartment balcony say the NSW government should…

1 year ago