Chattanooga, TN Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Where
- Miller Park only
- Banned
- Smoking and vaping
- Also banned
- Alcohol, fires, skateboarding
- Governing section
- Chattanooga City Code § 26-57
Summary
Smoking and vaping are banned outright in Miller Park, Chattanooga's downtown civic park, alongside skateboarding, alcohol, and open fires: there's no carved-out smoking area.
(a)The following are prohibited within Miller Park: • Alcoholic beverages unless a temporary permit has been obtained from the Chattanooga Beer Board • Entrance to closed areas • Fires • Littering and dumping • Motorized vehicles except wheelchairs • Skateboarding or rollerblading • Pets not on a leash • Plant removal or destruction • Smoking or vaping
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 40 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 26-57 lists smoking or vaping among the activities flatly prohibited within Miller Park, the downtown park bounded by Martin Luther King Boulevard, Georgia Avenue, East 10th Street, and Market Street. The same rule bars alcohol without a Beer Board permit, fires, skateboarding, unleashed pets, and panhandling. The prohibition covers the park's pavilion, stage area, terrace, rock outcropping, and lawn. It's a park-specific rule: the Code has no separate ordinance banning smoking in Chattanooga's other parks generally.
Violations & Fines
Miller Park's rules are enforced as a municipal violation under the Code's general penalty section; the ordinance itself sets no park-specific fine amount.
Frequently Asked Questions
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