Looking for some advice from people in states where marijuana is legal..

Looking for some advice from people who work in states where marijuana is legal. I know it’s a matter of time before it happens in my area and all personal opinions aside.... How do you address issues with non smokers smelling pot in their apt due to their neighbors?

Maybe the same as you handle people smelling cigarette smoke?

It's no different than cigarette smoke in non-smoking buildings; written warnings, Notice to Comply or Quit, letter from attorney, lastly a day in court. It's not an easy conversation and it's certainly an ice breaker when touring a prospective resident from out of state. It's gotten easier over the last 4 years but it's still a big issue.

We don’t have any restriction on cigarettes here. If people want to smoke in their apt they can do so. Fortunately, I don’t have any issues with that. I do have those avid pot smokers who do not vent their apt and it creeps to the surrounding apts. I’m assuming it doesn’t get any easier.

you may want to consider a non-smoking addendum. You can cite a potential to contaminate your neighbors airspace with 'airborn toxins or intoxicants'

Non-smoking is non-smoking. Tobacco, Weed, Crack, Meth... not allowed.

Non-smoking addendum solves the issue of any smoke, regardless of source

Become a non smoking community.

I am in NV and I smell it way less then when I was in Florida. I have not had complaints even when the smell is there. People just know it is legal.

I actually have had to evict a medical user from a 100% HUD assisted property..... all of the various forms of assisted living programs are written at the federal level, but management is delegated to the county level. Since the federal government does not recognize any valid marijuana use, those receiving assistance will lose it when discovered.

Section 8 has a strict drug free policy at this time so anyone using is subject to eviction if they receive federal assistance for rental housing.

If you are a Non-smoking community then you can use your non-smoking addendum from your lease contract! If you are not a non-smoking Community you can address the smell being a nuisance? Continue address it that way and provide alternatives for him or her! They could be recreational users or users for the medical purposes? Go from there and see what happens?

A strict no smoking of any kind policy

Our lease goes by federal law which means even medical marijuana is illegal. Lease violations for anyone that doesn’t follow and evict if necessary

Edibles

Non smoking property includes all substances. There’s other options to use marijuana that don’t include smoking, and if you must smoke, do it off property just like you would cigarettes.

We follow federal law vs local and marijuana isn’t allowed to be smoked on property. Work with your attorney for an addendum

Best to actually ask your legal department for this advice.

I am in OR a state where it is legal... However... We were advised that because we accept Section 8 and other low income federally funded programs that we should go by Federal law so that we do not have an issue with the FHA on the lingo of the contracts we sign with those companies as well as ours.

I recently phased in No Smoking at all due to this and making it fair again on all levels...

It is a line that is walked like so many of the ones we do.. but it is best to talk to your legal and see what might happen if and when it does so that you can add in now a clause for marijuana now and have it in effect.

No smoking of any kind. Still frequent complaints. Great relationship with local police who help enforce local ordinances "No smoking of any kind within 30 feet of a Multifamily dwelling." They also send officers to our events to build relationships in our community. Woot.

If they are impacting a neighbor's peaceful enjoyment of the community, I cite that (in addition to the drug free addendum). Legal here, but Amendment 64 stipulates that property owners and landlords can prohibit it.

We have a marijuana addendum in the lease and it is not allowed on smoking or non-smoking properties.

We have 4 properties in Colorado. Easiest way to deal with it is to become a smoke free community & have a non smoking addendum added to the lease.

My issue is to pinpoint where it is coming from. How do all of you prove it!?

I give out a nice note to the whole building, and encourage neighbors to let us know so we can investigate

tried it some help but it's still hard to narrow it down most if the time.

I have had good luck.. I have residents who will call me in to their homes so that I am able to smell while it is happening. I have been successful by then going to knock on doors and finding the issue.. but it takes the whole village

usually the residents experience it after hours. It's still hard to pinpoint because the way the townhomes are there would be 5 townhomes surrounding the one that is smelling it. I feel that someone could say " yeah I've been smelling it too". It would be scary to do as well. You never know how people react to things these days. The police in our city are useless in these cases.

We just treat as a quiet enjoyment issue. If you are doing a behavior that interferes with the reasonable quiet enjoyment of your neighbor then it is a lease violation.

We have a no smoking policy community wide. We just recently went no smoking and you would be surprised how little kick back we got.