AUSTIN (KXAN) - The city of Austin could consider expanding its smoking ban. Some want a ban to prohibit smoking on outdoor patios at restaurants and bars.

Austin Travis County Department of Health and Human Services Department says they first learned of the push from the city commission, Early Childhood Council.

General manager Garrett Edwards at Doc's on South Congress Ave. says he thinks banning smoking outside on patios is crossing the line.

"We only allow it on the designated area which is the outward most part of the patio," Edwards said.

But those restrictions in place at Doc's might not be smoke-free enough anymore.

People eating at Cain and Abel's in west campus Thursday had mixed views.

"That second hand smoke is pretty bad," said Aber Kanafani.

"I dont personally smoke myself, but I think its fine on a patio," said Gulmina Shah, "I dont think theres anything wring with it."

Health and Human services says Early Childhood Council is asking the city to consider this outdoor ban--freeing the air of second hand smoke.

"It's estimated over 7,000 chemicals, including 250 that are known to cause harm, and 69 known carcinogens," Dr. Phil Huang with Health and Human Services said of second hand smoke.

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Aspen City Council on Monday tentatively agreed to consider installing small patio areas in place of parking spaces downtown to encourage pedestrian activity and provide more outdoor dining. If council gives the final go-ahead, city staff will install the patios, called parklets, before the winter seasons end as part of an experiment to prioritize pedestrian and bicycle use over cars downtown. Developing a master plan to address the issue is one of councils top 10 goals for 2013. The main parking spots being considered for parklets are located on Hopkins Avenue between Mill and Monarch streets, which is known as Restaurant Row. The idea is that the parklets, which are fairly inexpensive to build, would temporarily replace parking spaces, said Chris Bendon, the citys community development director. That could in turn increase the vitality of downtown because it would provide more outdoor space for pedestrians, Bendon said. The newly created dining area swould be offered to adjacent restaurants for a fee, he said. Pricing would be modeled off of the system the city currently uses to fill the patio space on the Hyman Avenue mall, he said. Bendon declined to go into specifics about the fees because that information will be presented in greater detail at a future work session, he said. Councilmen Adam Frisch and Torre had reservations about experimenting with parklets. Frisch argued that other municipalities use them to create a pedestrian friendly breathing space in urban settings that are surrounded by concrete. Aspen doesnt have that problem, he said. Torre argued that if the city provided a new outdoor dining area to one restaurant over another, the extra space could give that business an unfair advantage. It also would negatively impact surrounding eateries because they would suffer from having one less parking spot for potential customers, he said. I just have a concern about this, Torre said. I think of the ways to reduce auto traffic and encourage pedestrian [use]; this is probably not my first choice. Mayor Mick Ireland was in favor of trying the parklets. They could turn out as successful as the patio space on the Hyman Avenue mall, which also started as an experiment, he said. What will be the outcome of the experiment? Ireland asked rhetorically. I dont know. Its an experiment and I think we ought to try it. Councilman Derek Johnson agreed with Ireland and suggested that staff reach out to local businesses and ask them if they would be open to the idea before coming back to council with a proposal. Although a date hasnt been set, the concept will be presented in more detail in a work session this month or in early February. Councils other top 10 goals for 2013 include creating a smoother process for start-up businesses, participating in an alliance with other local agencies to create an affordable and accessible health insurance model and working with housing associations to help them fully fund their individual capital reserves.

dorothy@aspendailynews.com

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