Parramatta. Incentive to ban smoking

Two restaurants in Parramatta’s Church Street dining precinct, The Bite and Nut N Fancy, have committed to Parramatta City Council’s Breathe Easy smoke-free campaign policy and have already started – the first to do so – enforcing the smoke-free ban in their respective outdoor dining areas As an incentive, restaurants which choose to adopt the smoking ban before May 1 will receive six-months free lease on their outdoor dining areas.

The Hills. Ban on smoking

Smokers will not be allowed to light up when they are dining outdoors on Castle Hill’s main street. Hills Shire councillors have voted to ban smoking in alfresco dining areas on the Old Northern Rd between Showground and Crane roads.This will extend to all side passages leading to carparks within 10m of the main street footpath. Council will install 12 no-smoking signs at a cost of $745 and a compliance officer will be employed at a starting wage of $38,826 a year.

Parramatta. Bans on smoking and vehicles

The controversial smoking issue in alfreco cafes and restaurants is nearing its end with a resolution at a Parramatta City Council meeting to implement an anti-smoking ban in all outdoor dining areas on council-owned land (eg footpaths). The ban will take effect from January 1, 2011. Also, council will consider banning vehicles, in Church Street, between Phillip and Market streets – Parramata’s major dining precinct – on Friday and Saturday nights, possibly by December.