Solano County, CA Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Violation class
- Infraction (Sec. 19-160(g))
- Who designates zones
- Parks division, with Board approval
- Enforcement
- Sheriff and park rangers, Sec. 19-60
- Default chapter penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000 fine/6 mo jail
- Covered areas
- Trails, picnic tables, campsites, beaches
Summary
Smoking is banned in any area of a Solano County park that the parks division has posted as non-smoking under Section 19-190. Section 19-160(g) makes lighting up tobacco or any other substance in a posted no-smoking zone, from picnic tables to trails to campsites, an infraction enforced by park rangers and the sheriff.
No person shall, within a county park: ... (g) Smoke tobacco or any other substance in any area that the parks division has designated as a non-smoking area pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with Section 19-190. Any person who violates this subdivision shall be guilty of an infraction. ... With the approval of the board of supervisors, the parks division shall have the authority to promulgate regulations restricting the use of alcohol and/or tobacco within county parks pursuant to the following guidelines: ... Tobacco Regulations. In promulgating regulations restricting the use of tobacco within county parks, the parks division shall consider: (i) the risk of fire danger accompanying smoking in different areas of county parks; (ii) the effect of second-hand smoke on members of the public and parks division employees, including but not limited to a consideration of the use of tobacco in common areas (e.g., restrooms, shower buildings, picnic tables, fishing ponds, trails, docks, bridges, dumping stations, shore and beach areas, group fire areas, group campsites, concession areas, playgrounds, and park borders with private property)...
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 1868, passed April 9, 2026).
Full Breakdown
3-10's separate indoor Clean Indoor Air ordinance are expressly carried over as equally applicable here. In writing tobacco regulations, Section 19-190(b)(2) directs the parks division to weigh fire risk by location, secondhand-smoke exposure in common areas such as restrooms, shower buildings, picnic tables, fishing ponds, trails, docks, bridges, dumping stations, shoreline and beach areas, group fire areas, group campsites, concession areas, and playgrounds, prevailing wind patterns, the California Air Resources Board's classification of secondhand smoke as a toxic air contaminant, ADA access, impacts on wildlife and water quality, litter, the need for equal-quality campsites for smokers and nonsmokers, ease of enforcement by park rangers, and the need to post clear signs marking smoking and nonsmoking areas.
The operative prohibition sits in Section 19-160(g): once the parks division has designated an area of a county park as nonsmoking under Section 19-190, smoking tobacco or any other substance there is barred outright. General park enforcement runs through Section 19-60, which authorizes the county sheriff, the parks division manager, park ranger supervisors, and park rangers to enforce park regulations, eject violators, and issue citations.
Violations & Fines
Section 19-160(g) makes smoking in a posted non-smoking area of a county park an infraction, a lesser charge than the misdemeanor Section 19-50 imposes as the chapter's default penalty for most other park violations, up to six months in county jail, a $1,000 fine, or both. Park rangers and sheriff's deputies can issue a citation on the spot and eject a violator from the park under Section 19-60.
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Sources & Official References
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