Manitou Springs, CO Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibition
- Smoking any lit cigarette, cigar or pipe in parks
- Location covered
- City parks only (§9.26.010)
- Required signage
- "No Smoking" signs, 1-inch letters min
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 2717 §2, effective 8-15-2017
- Penalty
- Up to $2,650 fine and/or 90 days jail
Summary
Smoking any lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe is banned outright in every city park in Manitou Springs under Section 9.26.010, with No Smoking signs of at least one-inch letters required at every park entrance. Violators face the citywide penalty of up to $2,650 in fines or 90 days in jail.
A.When used in this section, smoke or smoking is defined to mean the possession of a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe containing tobacco or other organic burning matter, regardless of its composition, or the lighting of such cigarette, cigar or pipe by any person.B.No person shall smoke in the public parks within the limits of the city.C.To advise the public that smoking is prohibited in city parks, signs with letters no less than one inch high or symbols of no less than three inches high shall be posted at the entrances of all city parks. The sign shall use the words "No Smoking" or the international no-smoking symbol.
Full Breakdown
26, Smoking Prohibited in City Parks, replaced a 1998 music-in-parks ordinance in 2017 and now bans smoking outright on any city park land within Manitou Springs city limits. 010(A) defines smoking broadly as possessing a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe containing tobacco or other organic burning matter, regardless of its composition, or lighting one of those items, language broad enough to reach more than commercial tobacco products. Subsection B is the operative prohibition: no person shall smoke in the public parks within the limits of the city.
The city must post notice of the rule itself: Subsection C directs that signs reading 'No Smoking' or displaying the international no-smoking symbol, with letters at least one inch high or symbols at least three inches high, be placed at the entrances of every city park. 100 rather than setting a separate fine, so a conviction can bring a fine of up to two thousand six hundred fifty dollars, up to ninety days in jail, or both, with every day of a continuing violation treated as a separate offense. 46 downtown conduct rules.
Violations & Fines
Violating the park smoking ban is punished under the citywide penalty in Section 1.01.100, since Section 9.26.010(D) points there instead of setting its own fine: up to $2,650, up to 90 days in jail, or both, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense. Manitou Springs police and code enforcement officers write the citations, typically after warning signs posted at the park entrance are ignored.
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