Burleson, TX Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

Section 58-11 of the Burleson Code of Ordinances, adopted by the City Council on December 8, 2014 as part of the parks and recreation chapter, sets the smoking rule for every city park and park facility in the City of Burleson. Subsection (b) says a person shall not smoke or possess a burning tobacco product in a park or park facility except in designated smoking areas. The restriction reaches possession of a burning product, not only the act of smoking. Subsection (c) adds a litter duty: after use, cigarette and cigar butts and other tobacco products must be properly extinguished and deposited in an appropriate waste receptacle.

Subsection (a) borrows its definition of smoke from the smoking article elsewhere in the Code. That cross-reference still reads article III of chapter 70, but an editor's note at Chapter 34, Article XII records that the former Chapter 70, Article III was renumbered there in 2018. Under § 34-382, smoking means the combustion of any cigar, cigarette, pipe, or similar article, using any form of tobacco or other combustible substance in any form.

The park rule sits beside a wider indoor regime. Section 34-384(b) makes it an offense to smoke or possess a burning tobacco, weed, or other plant product in an elevator used by the public, in any enclosed or indoor public place, or in any facility owned, operated or managed by the city, including a public meeting room, conference room, restroom or public service area. Section 34-383 requires the person in control of a no-smoking area to post a sign reading "No Smoking, City of Burleson Ordinance" or other clear language, and to provide receptacles for extinguishing smoking materials within 20 feet of the entrance. Food service establishments pick one of three policies under § 34-385: separate smoking rooms, a full ban, or smoking throughout, and § 34-383(e) confirms an owner can prohibit smoking to a greater extent than the article does.