Vilnius has already banned smoking in 270 apartment buildings and requests are reaching municipalities in other cities.



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“We have received around 50 different inquiries on this matter. Managing Director Povilas Poderskis has already made the decision to ban smoking in 270 apartment buildings. Decisions are not made at the same time and will take effect at different times in different apartment buildings. The first such order for 28 apartment buildings will come into effect on February 5. Subsequent bans on other apartment buildings will come into effect later, ”A. Bužinskas told Eltai.

According to him, the first complaints will be available precisely after February 5, when the bans on approved apartment buildings will go into effect.

“Until the ban takes effect, people can’t complain to people, neighbors for violating the ban, and smokers can’t be punished.

It is important that complaints can only be filed by people who have declared their place of residence in that apartment building, “said a representative of the municipality.

A. Bužinskas emphasized that home managers should inform residents about the fact that smoking is prohibited in their home by posting information on billboards and devices, if managers have them and people use them.

It is also important to emphasize that the day the ban goes into effect, the administrator will still have to install and smoke bans in a particular apartment building, but in any case the order of the administrative director is a normative legal act that is published in the Registry of Legal Acts disseminated information, installed prohibition posters or not ”, he added.

Meanwhile, Klaipėda Eltai City Municipality confirmed that currently a total of 43 objections have been received regarding smoking in apartment buildings.

“Due to the 28 objections received, the orders of the director of the municipal administration have already been approved, announcing the entry into force of said ban on the balconies of 28 apartment buildings. In two apartment buildings, the insurance takes effect on February 8, and in the other 26, on February 22. The other 15 objections received are still being considered, ”said Marius Pankevičius, Senior Advisor of the Public Order Division of the Klaipėda City Municipality.

According to him, the first objections were received on January 5 and 6. Both in the first days of this year and now, there are complaints of smokers in places other than the balconies.

We receive complaints about smoking on the premises of the common partial property right. Most of the time, on the stairs. There were also (complaints – ELTA) about smoking in the shared dorm kitchen. We have also received several complaints about smoking in a neighboring apartment when tobacco smoke enters the rapporteur’s apartment, “said Pankevičius.

Arnoldas Bukelis, a representative of the Kaunas city municipal administration, informed Elta that there are currently around 50 requests to ban smoking on the balconies of apartment buildings.

According to him, the first complaints can be expected from mid-February.
People who do not comply with the ban on smoking on the balconies can be fined up to € 90.

At the request of an official of the police or the municipal administration, the owner of an apartment or room must provide this official with the data (name, surname and residential address) of the person who smoked on the balcony, terrace, loggia of the apartment or room. . In case of not specifying the data of the person who smoked on the balcony, terrace, loggia of the apartment or room, a fine of up to 120 euros may be imposed.

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