Perris, CA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Enclosed areas
- Smoking barred at all city facilities
- City vehicles
- Smoking barred at all times
- Playground buffer
- 20 feet, no smoking
- Public building buffer
- 20 feet from entrance/exit/window
- Signage required
- 'No Smoking' signs, 1-inch letters
- Penalty
- Infraction, $100-$500 escalating, Ch. 1.16
Summary
Smoking is barred everywhere inside Perris city vehicles and in every enclosed public area of a city facility, and outdoors it can't happen within 20 feet of a playground or within 20 feet of a public building's entrance, exit or operable window, under Perris Municipal Code Section 7.14.030, part of the city's Chapter 7.14 smoking regulations.
(1)Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed places open to the public at all city facilities and in city vehicles.(2)Smoking shall not be permitted within 20 feet from any playground.(3)Smoking shall not be permitted within 20 feet from any public building entrance or exit or operable window into an enclosed area.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
010). 020), and 'smoking' covers inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other tobacco or plant product meant for inhalation. 030 then lays out the three operative rules: smoking is prohibited in all enclosed places open to the public at city facilities and in city vehicles; it is not permitted within 20 feet of any playground; and it is not permitted within 20 feet of any public building entrance, exit, or operable window into an enclosed area. 040 requires 'No Smoking' signs at every entrance to a public building within city facilities and in city vehicles, using letters at least one inch tall or the international no-smoking symbol, a burning cigarette in a red circle with a diagonal bar. 5 and Health and Safety Code Sections 104495 and 118875, and if the chapter ever conflicts with state law, the state provision controls.
Violations & Fines
Perris Municipal Code Section 7.14.050 makes any violation of Chapter 7.14 an infraction, punishable under Chapter 1.16: a fine of up to $100.00 for a first violation, up to $200.00 for a second within one year, and up to $500.00 for a third or later violation within a year, with an infraction carrying no jail time. The required 'No Smoking' postings under Section 7.14.040 stand as notice of the rule at any city facility entrance.
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