Lakewood, WA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Park smoking/vaping ban
- LMC 8.76.168
- Maximum fine
- $125.00 civil infraction
- Separate indoor rule
- LMC Chapter 8.44
- Enforcement
- Parks Dept. and police
- Covers
- Smoking, vaping, all tobacco use
Summary
Lakewood, Washington bans smoking, vaping and any tobacco use inside all city parks under LMC 8.76.168. It is a civil infraction carrying up to a $125 fine, enforced by the Parks and Recreation Department alongside police, on top of the separate indoor smoking rules in Chapter 8.44.
No person shall smoke, vape or use any form of tobacco within City parks. ... The failure to perform any act required or the performance of any act prohibited by Article II or III of this chapter is a civil infraction, punishable by a fine of no more than $125.00.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 852, passed June 15, 2026).
Full Breakdown
168, added by Ordinance 579 in 2014 and amended by Ordinance 715 in 2019, states flatly that no person shall smoke, vape or use any form of tobacco within City parks, covering all Lakewood park and recreation-area property, not just enclosed structures. 76, the article covering rules governing use of park facilities. 00. 590 lets Parks Department staff or police order a person out of a park for violating any park rule, with loss of park privileges and ejection on top of the fine. 168 exists as the operative outdoor rule.
Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington; this rule governs city park property inside Lakewood and has no effect on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the adjoining federal installation.
Violations & Fines
Smoking, vaping or using tobacco in a Lakewood city park violates LMC 8.76.168 and is charged as a civil infraction under LMC 8.76.570, with a maximum fine of $125.00. A Parks Department employee or police officer may also order the person to leave the park under LMC 8.76.590, with continued noncompliance risking loss of park-use privileges and ejection in addition to the infraction fine.
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