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Superior, Colorado

Superior smoking ban approved

By Jennifer Hamilton
Camera Staff Writer

Superior voters extinguished patio smoking Tuesday night becoming the first Colorado community to ban diners from lighting up in defined, outdoor eating areas. The vote was 2,449 to 1,485. With almost 98 percent of precincts reporting, that translated to support from 62 percent of voters.

Mayor Susan Spence, a strong supporter of the measure, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the results. "It's fantastic," she said Tuesday. "I think people will head to Superior for smoke-free dining." She said the law will make dining more pleasant and maintained the prohibition would create a profitable niche for restaurants in an increasingly smoke-free society.

But restaurant owner Rob Schmidt is afraid the ban will choke business.

"I might as well lock up the doors," said Schmidt, owner of Bleachers Sports Grille, one of two restaurants in Superior.
He says it will put Superior restaurants at a competitive disadvantage with the neighboring towns of Broomfield and Louisville, which do not have smoking ordinances.
"People will just go across the street to Broomfield where they can smoke inside and outside," Schmidt said.
The Town Board of Trustees sent the measure to the ballot in August after being persuaded by 284 petition signatures collected by a group of self-described "soccer moms."
The town has successfully passed two amendments to its smoking ordinance since March.

The first amendment required restaurants to build separate ventilation systems for their smoking and non-smoking sections. In June, trustees required strict separation of smoking and nonsmoking areas in restaurants.
With 20 restaurants expected to come into Superior before 2002, Spence said the measure was proposed with an eye toward projected population growth.
"We're in a great, very unique position to be able to establish these guidelines up-front for the businesses," Spence said.
But Schmidt said the new ban would inhibit those restaurants from taking root in Superior.
"There's not a chance 20 more restaurants will come into town," he said.

November 8, 2000

GASP NOTE: The people of Superior becomes the tenth Colorado Municipality to pass a clean indoor air law on the ballot.

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Superior, Colorado

Superior smoking ban approved

By Jennifer Hamilton Camera Staff Writer

By Jennifer Hamilton
Camera Staff Writer