Eden Prairie, MN Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Fine
- $100.00 flat, plus state-mandated surcharges
- Charge
- petty misdemeanor
- Covered areas
- City parks, City Facilities, certain City vehicles
- Smoking includes
- cigars, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, pipes, weed, plant
- Exempt
- designated outdoor smoking areas at facilities
- Signage required
- No Smoking signs at every park and facility
Summary
In the City of Eden Prairie, the Smokefree Air Ordinance at City Code § 9.42 bans smoking, defined to include cigars, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, pipes, weed or plant, in every City park and City Facility, plus City vehicles carrying two or more occupants. A violation is a petty misdemeanor carrying a $100.00 fine plus mandatory surcharges.
Smoking means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, e cigarette, pipe, weed, or plant in any manner or in any form. ... A.Prohibition of Smoking in Certain Areas. Smoking is prohibited in the following areas:1.Parks;2.City Facilities;3.Inside motor vehicles owned or operated by the City when occupied by two (2) or more persons.4.Inside motor vehicles at City Facilities and Parks.5.All locations where smoking is prohibited by the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act. ... B.Violation and Penalty. It shall be a petty misdemeanor for any person to smoke in an area where smoking is prohibited by the provisions of this section. The fine for violation of this provision shall be $100.00 plus all surcharges mandated by law.
Full Breakdown
Adopted as the Eden Prairie Smokefree Air Ordinance of 2002 and later amended by Ordinance No. 11-2014, City Code § 9.42 defines smoking broadly in Subdivision 1.B to mean inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, e-cigarette, pipe, weed, or plant in any manner or form. Subdivision 2.A then prohibits smoking in City parks, in City Facilities (buildings the City owns or operates plus their outdoor lots), inside any City-owned or operated vehicle occupied by two or more people, and inside any vehicle parked at a City Facility or Park.
The ordinance also folds in every location the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act already covers. Subdivision 2.B exempts pre-2014 leases of City Facilities to outside entities, designated outdoor smoking areas at City Facilities, and City streets, easements, sidewalks and trails other than trails inside or adjacent to a Park. The City must post "No Smoking" signs or the international no-smoking symbol outside every City Facility and Park and remove ashtrays from prohibited areas under Subdivision 2.C. Enforcement starts with a citizen complaint to the City Manager's office; Subdivision 3.B makes smoking in a prohibited area a petty misdemeanor with a flat $100.00 fine plus all state-mandated surcharges, separate from and in addition to whatever other law, such as the Clean Indoor Air Act, already restricts the same conduct.
Violations & Fines
Smoking in a City park, City Facility, or a covered City vehicle is a petty misdemeanor under City Code § 9.42, Subdivision 3.B, carrying a flat $100.00 fine plus all surcharges mandated by state law. The section does not displace any stricter restriction already imposed by the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, and a citizen complaint to the City Manager's office can trigger enforcement.
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