Srilm wrote:
boyd got lucky, in a manner of speaking. hlh is and always has been (as far as i know and as long as i can remember) two separate businesses. the cigar operation up front is technically not part of the hotel/restaurant/bar.
Srilm wrote:
Simply Put: "No smoking on the property of an establishment that is required to comply as stated in the terms of the law" -- the basic statement of the law, paraphrased in English. It is in writing and every place I checked out (see my post earlier about my little mission to see how certain places were complying with the law) told me exactly the same thing that TS did -- "no smoking on the property, period".
SR
Thank you for reinforcing my point. Until the regulations are promulgated it is not possible to categorically state that you are following the law. Here are some of the problems as I see it and this is only a few of possibly dozens of situations that are not clearly defined as of this moment.
You say the cigar operation is not part of the hotel but a totally separate business and therefore exempt. You then post that the law states "no smoking on the property, period".
Would it not be fair to speculate that the cigar bar leases space from HLH and is not the owner of the property but rather a lessee? If that is the case would it not logically follow that HLH is the actual owner of the property and under the letter of the law, as you explained it, ""no smoking on the property, period" would indeed include the cigar bar as they are located on the property of an establishment that is covered under the law. Even more troubling should ""no smoking on the property, period" be upheld as the final word how can you have a smoking lounge anywhere on the property? Must all your hotel rooms be smoke free?
I am not saying that that situation is actually how the final regulations will define situations such as that. I am simply suggesting that at this stage of the game only the broad concepts are known. As usual the devil is in the details.
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