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Calgarians will have to spark up in private once cannabis becomes legal in a little over a month after the city shot down four proposed public pot consumption sites on Wednesday.

The decision leaves many renters and condo owners hamstrung by city bylaws if they want to smoke legal pot, as recreational use is banned in all public places.

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If approved, the proposal from Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra would have exempted cannabis users in Ward 9 from the public ban at pot parks in Inglewood, Bridgeland and Ogden.

The idea went up in smoke, at least for now. And while city councillors still have the option to designate cannabis consumption sites in their wards, Coun. Shane Keating believes the total public ban on pot use is only a temporary measure.

He said Calgarians will eventually be able to visit pot lounges, meeting the need of citizens who can’t smoke in their homes because of the bylaw while taking consumption out of the public arena.