Compton, CA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

Section 7-28.2 defines "public park" to include any park, playground, swimming pool, or playing field owned or operated by the City, and defines "recreational area" to include parks, walking paths, skateboard parks, and golf courses whether publicly or privately owned. Section 7-28.4 flatly prohibits smoking or tobacco-related product use in any public park or recreational area within the City, without the exceptions that apply to dining and service areas under § 7-28.3. Section 7-28.6 adds a buffer requirement: smoking is also banned within 25 feet of any doorway, window, or vent leading into an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited, and within 25 feet of any other unenclosed no-smoking area, unless the smoker is only passing through. Section 7-28.8 requires anyone controlling a smoke-free unenclosed area to post a conspicuous "No Smoking" sign with the international no-smoking symbol at every entrance and at least one other visible point, with letters at least one inch tall.