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Centennial mulls smoking ban
Castle Ridge fire raises safety concern at Aspen condo complex


Carolyn Sackariason
The Aspen Times
Aspen CO, Colorado

AASPEN — The governing board that oversees the Centennial condominiums in Aspen is moving forward with a property-wide smoking ban.

The homeowners’ association board of directors, which represents 92 condominium owners at Centennial, voted on Tuesday to have its attorney, Fred Peirce, draft language that bans smoking. The preliminary document will be reviewed by the board at its next meeting.

The board also seeks from Peirce legal advice on whether a ban is possible and if so, how it can be enforced. Current smokers may be grandfathered in but any new owner who buys a unit through the Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Authority may be subject to the ban, if adopted.

The move, which is viewed by many as precedent setting because it will dictate what people can and cannot do on their own property, has some homeowners crying foul.

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