Waterbury, CT Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)

163, adopted by ordinance August 24, 2009, declares it a public nuisance for anyone to smoke or to carry or use any lit tobacco product on a public right-of-way, public street or public sidewalk inside the smoke-free zone the ordinance defines. 161 draws it as a specific downtown area, starting where the eastern boundary of Baldwin Street crosses the southern boundary of Union Street, running north along Baldwin to Scovill Street, west along Scovill to Cole Street, northwest along Cole to South Elm Street, across South Elm, south along South Elm's western boundary back to Union Street, and east along Union Street to the point of beginning.

162 defines SMOKE or SMOKING broadly to include lighting or carrying any lit cigarette, cigar, pipe or similar device, or any other lit tobacco product. Because the ban covers rights-of-way rather than private property, it reaches sidewalks and streets within the zone but does not, by its own text, extend to city parks or private patios outside that boundary. 165: the Mayor, a designee, or any Waterbury police officer may issue a citation or summons for a violation, and the Mayor or designee may also sue in Superior Court to collect penalties, remedial costs and attorneys' fees, with all recoveries paid into the city's general fund. 11.