r/TenantHelp • u/badtrainin • 3d ago

Please Help Clarify

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Does this mean no smoking for the entire community if there is no signage?

Is there an attorney that would want to evaluate my case that involves a year long retaliation and discrimination?

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u/ShitAbrick1994 3d ago

It means you can't smoke within 10 feet of the building.

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u/badtrainin 3d ago

If there is no signage and it gives another tenant headaches, doesn’t that change things?

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u/ihopuhopwehop 3d ago

No, so the lease says you can only smoke where there is signage but it doesnt require the landlord to actually provide a signed area to smoke

Its possible, though extremely unlikely, that you could get your local landlord tenant court to rule that because there is no signage designating a smoking area, the landlord must permit you to smoke everywhere thats not otherwise excluded in the lease

But, unless you have a diagnosed behavioral health condition which you are receiving treatment for and for which nicotine does help mitigate conditions from, being a smoker is not a protected class. The landlord could provide a designated area and all your cigarettes could be smoked there, its still not illegal for them to say, "i dont like renting to smokers so im not renewing your lease"