Dublin, CA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- DMC Ch. 5.56, Smoking Pollution Control
- Parks
- Smoking banned in any city park
- Buffer distance
- 20 feet from prohibited areas
- First-offense fine
- Up to $100
- Repeat fine
- Up to $500 per violation
- Multi-unit residences
- 75% of units nonsmoking by law
Summary
Dublin, California bans smoking in every city park and in outdoor dining areas, service lines, and city-sponsored events under the Smoking Pollution Control chapter. A twenty-foot buffer applies around doorways and other prohibited areas, and e-cigarettes count as smoking too.
C. Smoking shall be prohibited in the following unenclosed places: 1. Dining areas that are part of a restaurant, business, nonprofit entity, place of employment, or located in any public place; 2. Any city park; 3. Any place where people are using or waiting for a service, entry, or a transaction whether or not such service includes the exchange of money including, but not limited to, ATMs, bank teller windows, telephones, ticket lines, bus stops and cab stands; 4. Any city-sponsored event, except in any area designated by the city as a smoking area.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2-26, passed March 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
56, the Smoking Pollution Control ordinance, extends its ban well beyond enclosed buildings. 050(C) prohibits smoking in unenclosed dining areas of any restaurant or business, in any city park, at ATMs, bank teller windows, bus stops, ticket lines and cab stands, and at city-sponsored events except in up to three marked smoking areas set at least 25 feet from high-traffic and parking areas. 040 as a minimum of 20 feet, around any entrance, exit, window or vent of an area where smoking is barred, and around any unenclosed no-smoking area, unless that distance would put the smoker somewhere unsafe.
050(F). 050(C)(5), and any landlord-designated outdoor smoking area cannot exceed 25 percent of the property's total outdoor area and must be clearly marked and fenced off from nonsmoking sections. 160, since secondhand smoke is declared a nuisance.
Violations & Fines
Violations are infractions under Section 5.56.140: a fine up to $100 for a first offense, up to $200 for a second violation within one year, and up to $500 for each additional violation in that same year. Administrative decisions of the City Manager may be appealed to the City Council under Section 1.04.050.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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