Smoke ‘Em If You’ve Got ‘Em
Marijuana legalization is now here.
Most Strata Corporations will almost certainly notice an uptick in the number of complaints of a “nuisance”- the smell of marijuana. What used to set marijuana apart from other smells (cigarettes, barbeques, cooking, untidy suites) was that it was illegal. That’s no longer the case!
Our good friends at Lesperance Mendes have put together a primer on the importance of taking complaints about smells seriously. You can find that here:
There are many reasons that complaints about smoke (and other nuisances) can’t just be ignored out of hand. We recommend that Councils faced with these sorts of ongoing issues form a small subcommittee to ensure that the investigative portion of Lesperance Mendes’ recommendations be enacted.
Just because marijuana is now legal does not mean that people can smoke it with impunity- it can still be considered a nuisance, especially if the recipient of the unwanted second hand smoke pushes hard on the matter.
