Strata Corporations > How-to Guide > Create or Amend Non-Smoking Bylaw

It is legal for a strata corporation to create a bylaw that limits smoking to certain areas or that prohibits smoking completely.

If you are a strata owner or strata council member and want your strata corporation to consider banning or restricting smoking in your complex, this section will provide you with some steps on how to make it happen. If you are an owner/developer and want to create a smoking prohibition bylaw, creating the bylaw prior to selling strata lots can be the simplest way.

We’ve designed the following sections to provide you with easy steps on creating and enforcing a smoking bylaw. How you proceed will depend on the nature of your building.

		Bylaw Creation: New Buildings Are you planning to develop a new building or complex and want to make it smoke-free from the outset? Read more.
		Bylaw Creation: Existing Buildings Are you considering converting an existing complex to smoke-free status? Read more.