Tigard, OR Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

Chapter 7.82 of the Tigard Municipal Code rests on a policy statement in § 7.82.010: the City Council declares its intention to exercise general supervision, management and control of all city owned and operated property and to preserve the enjoyment, safety, comfort and convenience of the public and city employees. Section 7.82.030 turns that policy into a rule. No person can smoke or carry any lighted smoking instrument on any city owned or operated property, and the prohibition does not extend to city rights-of-way.

The definitions in § 7.82.020 are broad. To smoke means to inhale, exhale, or possess any lighted or burning cigar, cigarette, pipe, weed, plant, or other substance grown, manufactured, or processed which is intended to be used for smoking in any form. It also means to inhale, exhale, or possess an electronic cigarette or a similar device intended to emulate smoking. A smoking instrument is any cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic cigarette, or other smoking equipment.

Parks have their own parallel section. Section 7.52.225 prohibits smoking in all parks, uses the same definition, and carries the same penalty limits. Because carrying a lighted instrument is covered, a person does not have to inhale to be in violation.

The reach of the chapter is set by who owns or operates the property. Chapter 7.82 applies to city owned or operated property, so its text does not reach a privately owned patio. The right-of-way carve-out means the chapter itself does not prohibit smoking on city rights-of-way. This page covers the City of Tigard, Oregon, in Washington County, not Beaverton, Tualatin, Lake Oswego, King City, Durham or unincorporated Washington County.