This article is adopted pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 7-148(c)(7)(H), as amended by Public Act 21-1 (June 2021 Special Session), Section 84, which allows municipalities to regulate activities deemed harmful to public health, including smoking, on municipally owned or controlled property. Said law further allows a municipality to control smoking of tobacco or cannabis, including cannabis e-cigarette use (i.e., electronic delivery systems and vapor products), as well as any other types of cannabis use or consumption.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Harwinton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-6-2022 by Ord. No. 161, effective 12-24-2022]
A.
Cannabis and cannabis product use prohibited on Town property. It shall be unlawful for any person to use cannabis or cannabis-derived products, regardless of form or manner of ingestion, on any property owned or controlled by the Town of Harwinton. This prohibition includes but is not limited to: the lighting or carrying of a lighted cannabis or marijuana cigarette or cigar or pipe, use of a vaping device producing vapor of any cannabis product, or ingestion of a cannabis edible substance. Violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine of $50 per offense.
B.
Sale, gift, or transfer of cannabis and cannabis products on Town property prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, organization, entity, or any other party to sell, give, trade, or in any other way transfer cannabis products of any sort to another person, organization, entity, or other party on property owned or controlled by the Town of Harwinton. Such products include but are not limited to: cannabis or marijuana cigarettes or cigars or pipes, vaping devices, vaping substances, and edible substances. Violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine of $50 per offense.