My project is on a college campus that is non-smoking on the entire campus, there are no areas with permitted smoking. The streets themselves are university property, not public streets.
If everything and everywhere is non-smoking, and there are "no smoking/tobacco inside and out" on exterior doors (for this building and every other building on campus), would there be any requirement to place free-standing signs on the edges of the site? Or are the signs on the doors enough?
The campus is willing to put up free-standing sign in areas that expercience difficulties with tobacco use, but I don't want to put up signs by default if I don't have to. Thanks!
Noriko Nagazumi
Woonerf Inc.74 thumbs up
August 18, 2014 - 8:53 pm
Renee,
There is no need to place free standing sings if you have signs on the building itself stating it is prohibited to smoke within 25 feet of the building.
Renee Shirey
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August 19, 2014 - 9:31 am
But there is NO smoking on the entire campus, anywhere. A sign with the language no smoking "within 25 feet of the building" would go against their more stringent policy, and would imply that the students/visitors/professors CAN smoke at 26, 27, 28+ feet, etc. - which they definitely are not.
Would "no smoking/tobacco inside and out" and "tobacco free on entire campus" signs on the building actually not meet the requirements, simply because the sign doesn't mention 25'?
Heather DeGrella
Sustainable Design Director, Associate PrincipalOpsis Architecture
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August 19, 2014 - 1:14 pm
Hi Renee,
Using language that indicates there is no smoking allowed on campus is perfectly acceptable - it does not specifically have to state 25.' We have used that approach on many campus projects. The language we have typically seen is "Tobacco Free Campus" or "This is a Nonsmoking Campus"
Renee Shirey
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August 19, 2014 - 3:01 pm
Thanks Heather. Did you just provide signage on the doors/in the building, or did you still post fre-standing signs on the site? I feel like we have peppered new buildings in the past with these signs, when maybe we don't need to.
Heather DeGrella
Sustainable Design Director, Associate PrincipalOpsis Architecture
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August 19, 2014 - 3:18 pm
Hi Renee. The signs have usually just been on the main entry/exit doors of the building (including doors to upper level terraces). No free standing signs on site. We have sometimes included the Campus's non-smoking policy as back-up.
Renee Shirey
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August 19, 2014 - 3:26 pm
THANK YOU!!! That is what I was hoping for. The university's policy also clearly states that signs (wall-mounted or free-standing) can be added wherever problems with adherance may arise, so hopefully that should satisfy any reviewer that thinks there should be more signs. The client will be very happy.
Heather DeGrella
Sustainable Design Director, Associate PrincipalOpsis Architecture
71 thumbs up
August 19, 2014 - 3:31 pm
Glad it helped! :)
Noriko Nagazumi
Woonerf Inc.74 thumbs up
August 20, 2014 - 4:37 am
Heather, thanks for sharing your experience.
Renee Shirey
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December 12, 2014 - 9:46 am
Another addition to this awesome thread...
Heather, when you reference signage being placed on "main entry/exit doors" are you putting signage on the outside and inside surface of the main door, or just the outside (to let people know as they are coming towards/into the building)?
Thanks!
Heather DeGrella
Sustainable Design Director, Associate PrincipalOpsis Architecture
71 thumbs up
December 12, 2014 - 11:53 am
Hi Renee,
The wording typically faces to the outside, to let people know as they are coming toward the building. I can't think of an instance when we included it on the inside as well, but it certainly wouldn't hurt. However, it would not be required by LEED.