Redlands, CA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Outdoor ban section
- City Code § 8.54.035
- Covered streets
- State St. and part of Orange St.
- Buffer zone
- 20 feet from Market Night area
- Signage required
- Posted per § 8.54.090
- Enforcement
- City manager, civil nuisance process
Summary
Redlands does not ban smoking citywide in parks or on patios. Its one outdoor smoking prohibition covers the city's own Market Night footprint on State Street and part of Orange Street, plus a twenty-foot buffer, and applies only while that event is running.
8.54.035: PROHIBITION OF SMOKING AT CITY'S MARKET NIGHT: A. Smoking shall be prohibited in all publicly owned outdoor areas comprising the city's sponsored Market Night. In addition, except which a person is passing on the way to another destination, smoking shall be prohibited on public property located within twenty feet (20') of all outdoor areas comprising the city's Market Night. For purposes of this section, the Market Night outdoor areas consist of State Street and the public right of way for State Street between Orange Street and Ninth Street, and that portion of Orange Street and the public right of way for Orange Street between Citrus Avenue and Redlands Boulevard. B. Signs shall be posted during the operation of Market Night informing the public of the prohibition of smoking in accordance with the posting requirements of section 8.54.090 of this chapter.
Full Breakdown
54, Smoking Prohibitions, is built mainly around enclosed places: city facilities, retail stores, health facilities, restaurants seating forty or more, and workplaces. 035, Prohibition of Smoking at City's Market Night, adopted by Ordinance 2515 in 2002. It bars smoking in all publicly owned outdoor areas that make up the city's sponsored Market Night event, and extends that ban to public property within twenty feet of those areas for anyone who is not simply passing through to another destination. The section defines the covered ground precisely: State Street and the public right of way for State Street between Orange Street and Ninth Street, and the portion of Orange Street and its right of way between Citrus Avenue and Redlands Boulevard.
090. Because the ban is tied to the Market Night footprint and its operating hours, it does not reach city parks generally, restaurant patios outside that zone, or outdoor areas on any other day. 100, which puts the city manager in charge of administration, lets any resident file a complaint, and treats a violation as a public nuisance that can be abated through a restraining order or injunction in addition to any criminal charge.
Violations & Fines
Section 8.54.110 makes it unlawful for any person to smoke in an area where this chapter prohibits it, which includes the Market Night zone under section 8.54.035. Section 8.54.100 allows enforcement as a public nuisance through civil abatement, injunction, or restraining order, on top of any citation, with administration handled by the city manager or a designee.
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