Shoreline, WA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

Added by Ordinance 630 in 2012 and expanded by Ordinance 867 in 2019 to add electronic and vaporized devices, SMC § 8.12.395 makes smoking and tobacco use of any kind, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco, and electronic or vaporized smoking devices, unlawful in any city park area, trail, athletic field, or recreation facility. That sweeps in every outdoor and indoor park space the Shoreline Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department manages, from Richmond Beach Saltwater Park's trails to community athletic fields; the chapter does not exempt parking lots or picnic shelters.

This section sits in Article III of Chapter 8.12, alongside the littering and closed-hours rules, so § 8.12.530 supplies the penalty: a civil infraction subject to King County District Court rules and bail schedules, with a monetary penalty of up to $500.00, restitution for any damage, or both. Section 8.12.550 layers on a further administrative sanction, stripping a violator's park or recreation facility use privileges regardless of the court fine. This park-specific ban already reaches every tobacco and vapor product in every park area, trail, field, and recreation facility citywide, independent of any state smoking law.