Sheboygan, WI Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Entrance buffer
- 25 feet from a main entrance of a city-owned or leased public building
- Hours
- At any time
- Also covered
- All city-owned or leased motor vehicles and any other city-owned or rented office
- Council meetings
- No smoking at any public council or authorized committee meeting
- Forfeiture
- $100.00 to $250.00 per violation, plus costs (§ 70-6(c)(1))
- Jail in default of payment
- Not to exceed 80 days
Summary
No one can smoke in a city-owned or leased public building in Sheboygan, or within 25 feet of its main entrance, at any time. Section 70-6(b) names City Hall, the library, fire stations and other sites by street address, bars smoking at council and committee meetings, and sets a forfeiture of $100.00 to $250.00 per violation under subsection (c).
(b) Additional prohibitions. (1) Public buildings. No person shall smoke in any city-owned or leased public building or within 25 feet of a main entrance thereof at any time, including, but not limited to, the following: a. City Hall, 828 Center Avenue. b. Public Works Building, 833 Center Avenue. ... g. Mead Public Library, 710 North 8th Street. ... k. Deland Park Community Center, 901 Broughton Drive. ... n. Any other city-owned or rented office. o. All city-owned or leased motor vehicles. (2) Council meetings. No person shall smoke while in attendance at any public meeting of the common council or in any of its authorized committees regardless of the location of the meeting. ... (c) Penalties. (1) Any person who violates the provisions of Wis. Stats. § 101.123(2), as incorporated herein in section 70-6 (a) or section 70-6 (b) shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00 for each violation, together with the costs of prosecution, and in default of payment thereof, to imprisonment in the county jail until such forfeiture and costs are paid, but not to exceed 80 days.
Full Breakdown
Section 70-6 sits in Article I (General Provisions) of Chapter 70 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions). Subsection (a)(1) adopts by reference Wis. Stats. § 101.123(1), (2), (2m), (3), (6) and (9), the statewide smoking ban, as if fully set forth in the Code. The outdoor reach comes from subsection (b)(1): no person shall smoke in any city-owned or leased public building or within 25 feet of a main entrance of it at any time.
The code lists the covered sites by address, introduced by the words "including, but not limited to". They are City Hall at 828 Center Avenue, the Public Works Building at 833 Center Avenue, the Sheboygan Transit Building at 608 South Commerce, the Bus Transfer Terminal, the Municipal Service Building at 2026 New Jersey Avenue, five fire stations, Mead Public Library at 710 North 8th Street, the Senior Activity Center at 428 Wisconsin Avenue, the Marina Administration Building at 821 Broughton Drive, the Youth Boating Center at 619 Broughton Drive, the Deland Park Community Center at 901 Broughton Drive, the Wastewater Treatment Facility at 3333 Lakeshore Drive and the Water Utility Building at 72 Park Avenue. The list closes with any other city-owned or rented office and all city-owned or leased motor vehicles.
Subsection (b)(2) bars smoking while in attendance at any public meeting of the common council or its authorized committees, regardless of where the meeting is held. Subsection (b)(3) makes it unlawful for any person to remove, deface or destroy any legally required "No Smoking" sign. For private businesses, subsection (a)(2) lets the person in charge of a restaurant, tavern, private club or retail establishment designate an outside area, a reasonable distance from any entrance, where customers, employees or persons associated with the business can smoke.
Violations & Fines
Under § 70-6(c)(1), a person who violates the incorporated state ban or the additional prohibitions in subsection (b) faces a forfeiture of not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00 for each violation, plus costs of prosecution, with county jail not exceeding 80 days in default of payment. A person in charge who violates Wis. Stats. § 101.123(2m)(b) to (d) faces $100.00 per violation under (c)(2). Under (c)(3) a first-time person in charge gets a warning notice and no citation, and (c)(4) caps the total at $100.00 plus costs for all such violations on a single day.
Frequently Asked Questions
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