Dobong-gu Designates Small Park Green Spaces as Smoke-Free Zones
Designation of 20 No-Smoking Areas Including Gonggonggongji (Public Open Spaces), Village Squares, and Small Parks... After Guidance Period from December 15, 2020, a Fine of 100,000 KRW Will Be Imposed for Smoking in These Areas Starting April 1, 2021
[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Dobong-gu (Mayor Dongjin Lee) will designate 20 park-type green spaces, including public open spaces (公共空地), village yards, and small parks, as non-smoking areas starting from the 15th to prevent secondhand smoke.
Public open spaces (公共空地) are urban planning facilities (spatial facilities) established to protect major facilities or the environment, maintain scenery, implement disaster countermeasures, secure pedestrian passage, and provide temporary resting spaces for residents.
Village yards are green spaces created by the Seoul city project on publicly owned leftover land that tends to become parking lots or garbage dumps, designed for residents' communication and relaxation.
Representative public open spaces (公共空地) and village yards in Dobong-gu include Dobongsan Station Meeting Plaza, Banghak 3-dong Street Park, and Chang 5-dong Public Open Space.
In the designated non-smoking street sections, a non-smoking guidance period will be in effect from December 15 to March 31, 2021, during which non-smoking streets and non-smoking promotions will be conducted.
From April 1, 2021, smoking within the non-smoking areas will be strictly enforced, and a fine of 100,000 KRW will be imposed for smoking in these areas.
Until now, since 2012, the district has designated 49 park green spaces, including neighborhood parks, children's parks, Darakwon Sports Park, Changdong Culture Street, and Banghak Four Seasons Plaza, as non-smoking areas to create a smoke-free environment.
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Mayor Dongjin Lee of Dobong-gu stated, “Although some park green space shelters such as exercise equipment cannot be used due to COVID-19, in the long term, this designation of non-smoking areas is expected to make residents' resting places safe from cigarette smoke. We will continue to expand non-smoking areas to school routes for middle and high schools and apartment complexes to prevent harm caused by cigarette smoke.”
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