Sammamish, WA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing rule
- RCW Chapter 70.160, adopted by reference
- Core prohibition
- No smoking in public places outside designated areas
- Signage duty
- Owners/lessees must post smoking/no-smoking signs
- Enforcement
- Fire officials enforce sign violations, RCW 70.160.070
- Underage tobacco
- Civil infraction, SMC 70.05.020 / RCW 70.155.080
Summary
Sammamish adopts Washington's statewide public-place smoking law wholesale: SMC 70.05.010 incorporates RCW 70.160.030, which bars smoking in enclosed public places outside designated smoking areas, plus the signage, private-workplace and enforcement provisions in RCW 70.160.040 through 70.160.070, all by reference into City code.
The following provisions of the Revised Code of Washington as presently constituted or hereinafter amended are adopted by reference: RCW 70.54.010 Polluting water supply - Penalty. 70.93.060 Littering prohibited - Penalties. 70.160.020 Definitions. 70.160.030 Smoking in public places except designated smoking areas prohibited. 70.160.040 Designation of smoking areas in public places - Exceptions - Restaurant smoking areas - Entire facility or area may be designated as nonsmoking. 70.160.050 Owners, lessees to post signs prohibiting or permitting smoking - Boundaries to be clearly designated. 70.160.060 Intent of chapter as applied to certain private workplaces. 70.160.070 Intentional violation of chapter - Removing, defacing, or destroying required sign - Fine - Notice of infraction - Exceptions - Violations of RCW 70.160.040 or 70.160.050 - Subsequent violations - Fine - Enforcement by fire officials.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance O2026-598, and legislation passed through August 18, 2026).
Full Breakdown
160. 070, which makes an intentional violation, or removing, defacing or destroying a required sign, an infraction with fire officials among those authorized to enforce it. 160 currently provides, not a locally drafted rule. 080 to bar persons under 18 from purchasing, possessing or obtaining tobacco, punishable as a civil infraction.
Violations & Fines
Violations run through the adopted RCW 70.160 scheme: RCW 70.160.070 makes an intentional smoking violation, or removing, defacing or destroying a required no-smoking sign, an infraction, enforceable in part by fire officials. Underage tobacco possession or purchase, adopted separately at SMC 70.05.020 via RCW 70.155.080, is a civil infraction.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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