Frisco, TX Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

Section 54-20(c) of the Frisco Code of Ordinances makes it a criminal offense to smoke, or to hold smokeless tobacco in the mouth, anywhere inside a city park. There is no carve-out for open-air trails, athletic fields, or picnic areas: the ban covers the entire park boundary, unlike the indoor-facility rules in subsection (a) that list specific enclosed spaces. Subsection (d) extends the same prohibition to outdoor patios of restaurants, bars, and other retail or service establishments, but only where the patio is at least partly enclosed by a barrier or provides patron seating, and only where part of that patio sits fewer than 10 linear feet from public property, another business's patio, or an operable window into a building.

The rule reaches burning tobacco, tobacco substitutes, weed or other plant products, and electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes and liquid nicotine devices alike, so vaping on a covered patio is treated the same as a lit cigarette. Frisco's building official or code enforcement staff, or another official the city manager designates, is charged with compliance citywide under section 54-23, and can serve a written correction notice, ask the city attorney to seek an injunction and civil penalty with attorney's fees, or issue a municipal court citation directly.

Subsection (a)(3) sets the ceiling on the fine at $2,000 per offense, though it also builds in a defense: if the property does not prominently post the required no-smoking notice under section 54-22, that failure can be raised against the citation. The ban does not reach private residences or hotel rooms rented to guests, and retail tobacco stores may keep a sealed, separately ventilated smoking room for customers 21 and older under section 54-24.