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Bend, OR Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

Significant Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Governing section
BC 5.35.025
Covered areas
City campuses, City parking structures
Smoking definition
Includes cannabis
Exceptions
Sidewalks, designated areas, vehicles in structures
Penalty
Class C civil infraction, up to $200
Escalation
Refusal to leave = ORS 164.245 trespass

Summary

Bend Code 5.35.025 prohibits smoking and tobacco use, a term the code defines to include cannabis, throughout all City-owned campuses and City parking structures. The ban covers building interiors and exteriors up to the public sidewalk, but exempts the sidewalks themselves, designated smoking areas and vehicles parked in structures.

B. The City of Bend prohibits smoking and the use of tobacco products throughout all City campuses and City parking structures. C. Exceptions. The prohibition on smoking and the use of tobacco products does not apply to the following areas: 1. Public sidewalks within the public right-of-way. 2. Areas specified as a designated smoking area. 3. Within a vehicle in a City parking structure. ... G. ... Violation of this section is a Class C civil infraction.

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Full Breakdown

025(B) prohibits smoking and tobacco use throughout all City campuses and City parking structures. Subsection (A) defines City campuses broadly: any City- or Bend Urban Renewal Agency-owned or leased facility where official business is conducted, naming City Hall, the Public Works/Police building, the Fire Departments, the Municipal Airport, Riverfront Plaza and the Hawthorne Station site, and reaching the interior and exterior of City/BURA buildings from the building edge out to the public sidewalk, including parking lots. The same subsection defines smoking as any inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying of any lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette, or similar product containing tobacco, cannabis, or any similar substance, so the campus ban reaches marijuana as well as tobacco.

Subsection (C) carves out three exceptions: the public sidewalk within the right-of-way, any area the City designates as a smoking area, and the inside of a vehicle parked in a City parking structure. The prohibition is narrower than a citywide outdoor-smoking ban: it does not reach Bend's public parks, restaurant patios or sidewalks generally, only property the City or BURA itself owns or leases for official business, plus City-owned parking structures. Subsections (D) and (E) require Tobacco Free Campus signs at campus entrances and tobacco receptacles at those sign locations. 245, on top of the code violation itself.

Violations & Fines

Smoking or using tobacco, including cannabis, on a City campus or in a City parking structure outside the exceptions in BC 5.35.025(C) is a Class C civil infraction under BC 1.40.080, capped at $200.00. Refusing an officer's order to stop and leave the campus is separately chargeable as second-degree criminal trespass under ORS 164.245.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you smoke marijuana at Bend City Hall?
No. BC 5.35.025 defines smoking to include cannabis and bans it, along with tobacco, throughout all City campuses, which includes City Hall's interior and exterior out to the public sidewalk, plus every City parking structure, except in an area the City has specifically designated for smoking.
Does Bend ban smoking in its public parks?
Not under BC 5.35.025. That section only reaches City-owned or leased campuses, such as City Hall, the Police and Fire buildings, the Municipal Airport and Riverfront Plaza, and City parking structures; it does not cover Bend's general park system or sidewalks.
Where can I smoke at a City of Bend building?
BC 5.35.025(C) exempts the public sidewalk within the right-of-way, any area the City designates as a smoking area, and the inside of a vehicle parked in a City parking structure; smoking anywhere else on a City campus is prohibited.
What happens if I refuse to stop smoking when a City officer tells me to?
Under BC 5.35.025(F), refusing to stop smoking and leave the campus after being told to by a City officer becomes second-degree criminal trespass under ORS 164.245, in addition to the underlying Class C civil infraction for the smoking violation itself.

Sources & Official References

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