Menifee, CA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Covers
- Tobacco, cigars, and marijuana
- Trigger
- Posted no-smoking sign in the area
- Enforcing department
- City Manager/Community Services
- Amended
- Ord. 2017-230, Dec. 20, 2017
- Max misdemeanor fine
- $1,000 under Sec. 13.01.350
Summary
Menifee Code of Ordinances Section 13.01.290 makes it unlawful to smoke tobacco or marijuana, or dispose of a lit cigarette or cigar, in any park area the City Manager/Community Services Department has posted with a no-smoking sign.
It is unlawful for any person to smoke, consume, or to dispose of any lighted match or cigarette, marijuana, marijuana cigarette, for either recreational or medical use, cigar ashes or any flaming or glowing substance in any area of any park or open space managed by the City Manager/Community Services Department and specifically designated by sign as a prohibited smoking areas by the City Manager/Community Services Department.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-15: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-432, passed 4-15-2026).
Full Breakdown
290, titled 'Smoking Prohibited,' bars smoking, consuming, or disposing of a lighted match or cigarette, marijuana or a marijuana cigarette used for either recreational or medical purposes, cigar ashes, or any flaming or glowing substance, in any area of a park or open space managed by the City Manager/Community Services Department that the department has specifically designated by sign as a prohibited smoking area. The ban was amended by Ordinance 2017-230 on December 20, 2017, adding the marijuana and marijuana-cigarette language to the original 2014 park-conduct code, aligning the park rule with the state's post-Prop 64 recreational marijuana framework by extending the same sign-posted smoking restriction to cannabis use. 210, can still apply.
Violations & Fines
Smoking, disposing of a lit cigarette or cigar, or smoking marijuana within a posted no-smoking area of a Menifee park violates Section 13.01.290 and, like other Chapter 13.01 offenses, is punishable under Section 13.01.350: a misdemeanor with a fine up to $1,000, up to six months in County Jail, or both, or an infraction with a fine up to $250 where charged as such.
Frequently Asked Questions
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