What does the By-law say about restaurants, dinner theatres and banquet halls?
As of September 1999, restaurants, dinner theatres and banquet halls were required to provide at least 75 per cent of their seating for no smoking. This will change in 2001 Effective June 1, 2001, restaurants, dinner theatres, banquet halls and food courts are required to be smoke-free by completely banning smoking or building a designated, separately ventilated smoking room (DSR). The DSR may be no larger than 25 per cent of the seating area available for patrons; A sign must be posted at the door of the DSR about the dangers of tobacco smoke. Signs may be obtained from the By-law Departments in Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga. What are the requirements of a designated smoking room (DSR) for a restaurant, dinner theatre or banquet hall? Restaurants, dinner theatres, banquet halls and food courts have the option of building one DSR that is no larger than 25 per cent of the seating area available for patrons. The DSR must have a prescribed sign, available from the Brampton, Caledon an
