Little Chute, WI Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Building buffer
- 15 feet from entryways
- Fine range
- $100–$250 per violation
- Covered park areas
- Ballfields, dog park, playgrounds
- Enforcement
- Zoning administrator, police
Summary
The village bans smoking in posted village-park areas, ballfields, the dog park, playgrounds, the aquatic center, and within 15 feet of any entryway to a village-owned building, with a $100 to $250 fine per violation.
(a)Except as otherwise provided, no person may smoke in any of the following spaces:(1)Any enclosed space of a public place or place of employment.(2)Areas in village parks as posted and so designated by the parks and recreation department including the athletic field/bleachers and dugouts, aquatic center, skateboard park, dog park, playground and swing set areas, and park restrooms.(3)Sports arenas.(4)Within the outdoor premises of a day care center when children who are receiving a day care services are present.(5)Village-owned or leased motor vehicles.(6)Within 15 feet from all entry ways of village-owned buildings and structures, including, but not limited to, parking ramps (if applicable), park pavilions, etc., except open air facilities. This fifteen foot minimum requirement does not apply to privately owned buildings under subsection 10-22(4).(7)Public forms of transportation, including, but not limited to, motor buses, taxicabs, or other public passenger vehicles.(b)The prohibition of smoking under subsection (a) does not apply to any of the following places:(1)A private residence.(2)A room used by only one person in an assisted living facility as his or her residence.(3)A room in an assisted living facility in which two or more people reside if every person who lives in that room smokes and each of those people has made a written request to the person in charge of the assisted living facility to be placed in a room where smoking is allowed.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 18 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Village of Little Chute Code § 10-21(a) bars smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces, plus posted park areas, the athletic field, bleachers and dugouts, aquatic center, skateboard park, dog park, playground and swing set areas, and park restrooms, and within 15 feet of every entryway to a village-owned building or structure, including parking ramps and park pavilions. The 15-foot buffer doesn't apply to privately owned buildings under § 10-22(4). Village-owned or leased vehicles and public transportation are covered too. The zoning administrator and police chief or their designees enforce the article under § 10-24.
Violations & Fines
Smoking in a prohibited area violates § 10-21 and carries a forfeiture of not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00 per violation under § 10-25(a).
Frequently Asked Questions
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