Pembroke Pines, FL Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 134.04, Smoking in Certain Public Places Prohibited
- Covered indoor places
- Retail stores, elevators, theaters, buses
- Outdoor buffer
- 25 feet from municipal building entrances
- Park buffer
- Bleachers, dugouts, seating, concessions, restrooms
- Buffer-zone fine
- $25 civil infraction per violation
- Other violations
- Up to $500 fine/90 days jail (§ 130.99)
Summary
Pembroke Pines Code § 134.04 bans smoking, vaping, and carrying lit tobacco products in retail stores, elevators, theaters, buses, and all city parks, and adds outdoor buffer zones: no smoking within 25 feet of any municipal building entrance or in park bleachers, dugouts, seating areas, concession areas, or restrooms. Violations of the buffer-zone rule are a $25 civil infraction.
It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to smoke, vape, carry a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe or use an electronic nicotine dispensing device or nicotine product in any of the following described places: ... (5) All city owned parks and recreation areas. ... It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or use an electronic nicotine dispensing device or any nicotine product on city property as follows: (a) Within 25 feet of the entranceway of any municipal buildings; and/or (b) In bleacher areas, dugouts, in and around team seating areas, concession areas and restrooms within any park or recreational facility owned by the city. This restriction shall not apply to city-owned golf courses. ... Any person issued a citation pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be charged with a civil infraction. A fine of $25 shall be assessed for each violation of this section.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-61: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25).
Full Breakdown
S. Chapter 386. Every location covered by division (A) must post a specified warning sign, such as retail stores displaying the exact statutory language at each public entrance, and removing a required sign is itself a separate violation under division (C). Division (E) adds two outdoor buffer zones on city property: no smoking within 25 feet of the entranceway of any municipal building, and none in bleacher areas, dugouts, team seating areas, concession areas, or restrooms within any city-owned park or recreational facility, though the restriction does not reach city-owned golf courses.
Division (E)(3) carves out an exception for smoking inside a motor vehicle parked within a city park or in front of a city building. Division (D) separately bars discarding hot or burning smoking materials near combustible material on any public or private premises. 27 (smoking in government buildings) as the statutory backdrop for the local rule.
Violations & Fines
Division (E)(2) makes a citation for smoking within the 25-foot municipal-building buffer or in the listed park areas a civil infraction carrying a flat $25 fine per violation. Any other violation of § 134.04, including smoking in a covered public place or removing a required warning sign, is punished under § 134.99, which defaults to the Title XIII general penalty in § 130.99: a fine of up to $500, up to 90 days in jail, or both, with each day a continuing violation counted separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I smoke on the sidewalk outside Pembroke Pines City Hall?
Are the bleachers at a city park a smoking area?
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Does Pembroke Pines require 'no smoking' signs to be posted?
Sources & Official References
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