Santa Maria, CA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

04, and bars smoking or ashtrays within a "reasonable distance," at least 20 feet from any door or window of an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited, unless a conditional use permit sets a different distance. 05 extends the ban to all enclosed public places citywide, defined broadly to include banks, health facilities, restaurants, retail stores, theaters and common areas of apartment or condominium developments, with narrow carve-outs for stage or theatrical productions, the walled interior of a "significant tobacco retailer" that derives 75% or more of sales from tobacco and bars minors, and hotel or motel guest rooms and private residences, which remain governed by state law instead.

Any owner, operator or manager may voluntarily declare an entire establishment nonsmoking. 07 requires "Smoking" or "No Smoking" signs, with letters at least one inch tall or the international no-smoking symbol, conspicuously posted by whoever controls the building. S. EPA and the state's Proposition 65 list. 09 also bars retaliation against any employee or applicant who exercises rights the ordinance grants.