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SMOKING BANNED IN NEW POLICE BUILDING SENIOR TAX REBATES RESTAURANTS IN THE WORKS AVAILABLE On August 1, the City began Based on input from Mayor accepting 2001 Property Davidson's Smoking Task The City of Louisville's Police De artment will be moving Tax Rebate and Water Use Rebate Force, the Louisville City Council p applications for seniors. The rebates has approved an ordinance from its quarters in downtown City Hall to a new facility to be located 31, be available through December amending the previous smoking 31, 2002. To qualify fora Property ordinance. at the southeast corner of the intersection of McCaslin Boulevard The changes to the law include a Tax Rebate, you must meet all of the following requirements: complete ban on smoking in and Via Appia. Roth Sheppard restaurants and other public places. Architects has been working with 1. The applicant or his/her spouse This new ordinance takes effect the City for several months to must be 65 years of age or older October 8, 2002. The following design the new facility. by August 1, 2002; After considering a two-story 2. The applicant must have been a items are included in the ordinance: g •Smoking is prohibited in common facility, it has been decided that a resident of the City of Louisville areas (lobby, hall, elevator, single story building will better for some part of the 2001 areas om, etc.) of public buildings; accommodate the Police calendar year. Only one allowance shall be paid to any resident or on •Smoking is prohibited in Department's existing and future needs. The size of the Police any dwelling for a specific period businesses to which the public is of time; invited or permitted, such as stores, Department will be increased from restaurants, banks, meeting rooms, the current 3,500 square feet to 3. The applicant or his/her spouse reception areas and bus shelters. approximately 12,420 square feet must have paid property taxes, or which includes unfinished shell rent, on a dwelling unit in which This does not include private he/she lived and upon which residences; space for future expansions, including a community meeting/ property taxes were assessed for •Smoking is prohibited within the g all or part of the 2001 calendar designated confines of outside municipal court room. The building plans will be year. eating areas; g p You must brin our ro er tax •Business owners are required to submitted in the coming days, and gy p when post "No Smoking" signs on all will be subject to the full review receipt or canceled check aptf filing. You public entrances to their buildings, process, as used by the City for any may obtain a tax receipt from the other building Boulder County Treasurer's Office. er u n or in a position clearly visible on g Please call 303-441-1655 and dial entry; Construction is scheduled to «0 „ •Business owners are required to begin on the building in early 2003, with completion by the end of the Applicants who are 65 years of ask persons to refrain from smoking p y age or older may also receive a in any non-smoking area, and to year. The money for the design Water Use Rebate. To qualify, report to the police people who y g your total household income, refuse to comply; construction of the building has •Violators of the ordinance will be been included in the City's Capital excluding Social Security and Projects budget for 2003, and Black Lung Pension, must be under issued a citation into the City's $12,000 for the 2001 calendar year. Municipal Court, and may be fined construction costs will total slightly more than $3 million. Persons who meet the above a maximum of$300.00 for each requirements may file for a rebate at offense. If you have questions about the For a copy of the complete project, please contact Police Chief City Hall, in the office of the City Bruce Goodman at 303-335-4633. w Clerk (1St Floor). For more ordinance, please see wwci. information, please contact louisville.co.us, or contact Meredyth Moniece Schmidt at 303-335-4574. Muth at 303-335-4536. Fall 2002