Springdale, AR Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Ban covers
- Parks, fields, grandstands, city trails
- Includes
- E-cigarettes, vapor/heated devices
- Includes
- Smokeless tobacco (chew, snuff)
- Penalty
- General penalty under § 1-9
Summary
Smoking and tobacco use, including vaping, are banned in every Springdale city-owned park, recreational facility, game field, grandstand and designated city trail.
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke or use tobacco products in any city owned or operated park or recreational facility, game or practice field, or in the grand stands thereof, or on any designated city trail.(b)Smoking and use of tobacco products includes a lighted pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind, including electronic cigarettes, vapor devices, or heated devices; or lighting, or emitting or exhaling the smoke of, a pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind, including electronic cigarettes, vapor devices, or heated devices. It also includes the use of all smokeless tobacco products (including, but not limited to, chewing tobacco and snuff).(c)The city shall post signs in city owned or operated parks, trails, recreational facilities, and fields, at the discretion of the director of parks and recreation, notifying the public that smoking and use of tobacco products is prohibited.(d)Any person who violates this subchapter shall be subject to the penalties set out in the general penalty provision of section 1-9 of this Code. (Ord. No. 5638, § 1, 8-24-21)
Secs. 78-57—78-59. - Reserved.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 145).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 78-56 bans smoking and tobacco use, including e-cigarettes, vapor and heated devices, plus smokeless tobacco like chewing tobacco and snuff, anywhere in a city-owned or city-operated park, recreational facility, game or practice field, its grandstands, or on any designated city trail. The parks and recreation director has discretion to post signs at these locations notifying the public of the ban. It runs alongside § 74-19, which separately bans smoking within 25 feet of the Springdale Public Library's front entrance. Violators face the Code's general penalty under § 1-9.
Violations & Fines
Smoking or using tobacco, including vapes, in a covered city park, field, grandstand or trail is punishable under the general penalty in § 1-9.
Frequently Asked Questions
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