Brooklyn Park, MN Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Rule
- No smoking or vaping in any city park
- Covers
- Smoking, vaporizing, igniting, or heating any substance
- Penalty
- Petty misdemeanor, max $100 fine
- Added by
- Ord. 2024-1302 and 2024-1303, passed 6-24-2024
- Enforced by
- Brooklyn Park Police, Park Patrol Officers
Summary
Smoking, vaping or otherwise heating any substance to inhale it is unlawful in every Brooklyn Park city park under City Code § 95.03(G). The ban covers cigarettes, vapes and any device producing inhalable smoke or vapor, and a violation is a petty misdemeanor with a maximum $100 fine.
(G) Smoking prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to consume any substance by means of smoking, vaporizing, igniting, or otherwise heating the substance to produce smoke or vapor which is then inhaled. Notwithstanding any other penalty provision in the city code, a violation of this section shall be considered a petty misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $100.
Full Breakdown
03(G), part of the chapter regulating general conduct and personal behavior in city parks, bans consuming any substance "by means of smoking, vaporizing, igniting, or otherwise heating the substance to produce smoke or vapor which is then inhaled" anywhere in a city park. The wording is deliberately broad: it doesn't single out tobacco, so it reaches e-cigarettes and vapes, cannabis and THC products, and any other combustible or heated product. The ban applies across every park amenity: playgrounds, athletic fields, picnic shelters, trails, and parking lots inside park boundaries.
99 (up to 90 days and/or $1,000), the city singled out smoking for a lighter, capped penalty. 03(A)(7). 08, which lets them issue citations or eject a violator from the park; Park Patrol Officers may issue warnings. The text carries no exception for designated smoking areas, e-cigarettes, or private events held under a park use permit.
Violations & Fines
Smoking, vaping or otherwise heating a substance to inhale it in a Brooklyn Park city park is a petty misdemeanor under § 95.03(G), capped at a $100 fine regardless of the general misdemeanor penalty in § 10.99 that applies to most other chapter 95 offenses. Police and Park Patrol Officers can cite or eject violators under § 95.08.
Frequently Asked Questions
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