San Angelo, TX Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Banned zones
- arena/golf/pool seating, 50 ft of playgrounds
- Doorway buffer
- 15 feet from entrances and windows
- Smoker's fine
- up to $100 per offense
- Business fine
- up to $500 for repeat violations
- Enforcement
- Environmental Health Department
- Exempt area
- Lake Nasworthy parks and amenities
Summary
San Angelo bans smoking in specific outdoor areas the city owns or operates: sports arena and stadium seating, golf course and park seating during events, inside pool enclosures, and within 50 feet of playgrounds and pavilions. The environmental health department enforces the rule, and a smoker caught in a banned zone faces a fine up to $100 per offense.
Smoking is prohibited in the following outdoor areas owned or operated by the city: (1)Seating areas of all outdoor sports arenas, stadiums, and amphitheaters.(2)Seating areas of golf courses and public parks where people are assembled to witness sports or other events.(3)Within 50 feet of park playgrounds and pavilions and other locations designated by the parks and recreation director where "no smoking" signs are posted.(4)Within the fenced or enclosed areas around swimming pools.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 10).
Full Breakdown
006 of the smoking ordinance extends San Angelo's indoor smoking ban to outdoor property the city owns or operates. The four covered zones are seating areas of outdoor sports arenas, stadiums and amphitheaters; seating areas of golf courses and public parks where people gather to watch sports or events; the ground within 50 feet of park playgrounds, pavilions, and any other location the parks and recreation director marks with a posted 'no smoking' sign; and the fenced or enclosed area around any city swimming pool.
003 makes clear the article covers every building and vehicle the city owns, leases or operates, not just parks. 007 adds a 15-foot buffer, measured from the center of the entrance, outside doorways and operable windows of any building where smoking is already prohibited, so smoke does not drift back inside; that buffer does not apply to someone inside a moving vehicle. 008(7) carves out one geographic exception: city parks and outdoor park amenities at Lake Nasworthy sit outside the entire article, indoor and outdoor alike.
009 declaring an entire outdoor area non-smoking, which then triggers the same enforcement. 012, enforces the article alongside fire marshals, health inspectors and peace officers, who may issue a citation, notice of violation, or file a sworn complaint in municipal court; any resident who witnesses a violation may also file a sworn complaint.
Violations & Fines
Section 7.05.013(a) fines a smoker caught in a prohibited outdoor area up to $100 per offense. An owner, operator or manager who knowingly lets smoking continue in a covered area faces escalating fines: up to $200 for a first conviction within a year, $300 for a second, and $500 for a third or later conviction in that same 12-month window. Each day of a continuing violation counts as a separate offense, and the city may seek an injunction to abate the conduct as a public nuisance.
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