Cheektowaga, NY Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Covered area
- Cultural Center grounds, indoors and outdoors
- Includes
- stage, bleachers, seating, fenced land, Lion's Pavilion
- Added
- May 19, 2014
- Max fine
- $200, § 174-19
- Definition of smoking
- burning lit cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco
Summary
Cheektowaga prohibits smoking anywhere on the grounds of the Cheektowaga Cultural Center, indoors and outdoors alike, covering the stage, bleachers, seating areas, and the fenced grounds including the Lion's Pavilion. The 2014 amendment to the Parks chapter defines smoking broadly to include cigars, cigarettes, pipes, and any lit tobacco product.
Smoking shall be prohibited and no person shall smoke within the area (inside and outside any buildings) designated as the Cheektowaga Cultural Center. The Cheektowaga Cultural Center shall include the stage area, the bleachers, seating areas and the land within the fenced-in area around the Cultural Center (including the Lion's Pavilion/mega-shelter). For purposes of this section, "smoking" means the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other matter or substance which contains tobacco.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4996449; v35 updated 2026-05-26; through 05-26-2026).
Full Breakdown
' Because the ban covers the fenced grounds and not just enclosed buildings, it reaches outdoor seating, walkways, and gathering spaces on the property, not merely indoor rooms, making it broader than a typical indoor-only smoking law. The section defines 'smoking' as 'the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other matter or substance which contains tobacco,' a definition that reaches traditional tobacco products but does not by its terms extend to vaping or e-cigarette vapor, which contains no burned tobacco. 1, like the rest of Article I, falls to the Town's Police Department and Code Enforcement personnel, with a violation punishable under the Article I general penalty in § 174-19.
Violations & Fines
Smoking within the designated Cultural Center grounds violates § 174-7.1 and is punishable under the Article I general penalty in § 174-19: a fine of up to $200, imprisonment for up to 90 days, or both, upon conviction. Because the ban covers the fenced outdoor grounds as well as indoor spaces, lighting a cigarette anywhere within the fence line, not just inside a building, is a violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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