Gainesville to hear smoking ban comments Aug. 3

GAINESVILLE - The Gainesville City Council is scheduled to hear public comment next week on the regulation of smoking in public places.

City manager Bryan Shuler says, however, no specific proposals will be on the table at that time.

"Before developing anything like that, they wanted to gauge public interest and concerns about this particular topic," Shuler said. "(The council could consider) everything from making no changes in our regulations to banning smoking in various places and anything in between, probably."

The session will take place Tuesday at 5:30 at the Georgia Mountains Center as part of the regular city council meeting.