Federal Way, WA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

370 sets two separate smoking rules. The first sentence bars smoking in any public building except in areas the building designates by sign or posting. 020, within city parks, facilities, or restrooms, or within 50 feet of covered picnic shelters, swimming beaches, playgrounds, athletic fields, or spectator areas during athletic events, or within concession areas. The 50-foot buffer applies to each enumerated feature individually, so a spectator standing near a ballfield during a game, a parent at a covered picnic shelter, and a beachgoer at a swimming area are all covered even where they are not inside a park building.

10 FWRC for smoking rules inside city buildings generally, which sits alongside this park-specific ban. 05 or any rule the parks director adopts to carry it out. Because the ban is defined by distance from a listed feature rather than an entire park boundary, portions of a large park outside the 50-foot radius of any shelter, beach, playground, field, or concession stand fall outside this specific section, though other park rules can still limit conduct there.