Yonkers, NY Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Buffer zone
- Inside playground or within 50 feet of equipment
- Governing section
- Yonkers City Code § 68-12
- Includes
- Vaping and marijuana smoking, added 2022
- Penalty
- Flat $50 fine (§ 68-13)
- Exception
- Sidewalks immediately adjoining a playground
- Enforcing agency
- Department of Parks and Recreation
Summary
Yonkers City Code § 68-12 bans smoking, including e-cigarettes and vaping, inside any playground or within 50 feet of play equipment run by the Department of Parks and Recreation. § 68-13 sets a flat $50 fine for a violation of the Article IV playground-smoking rule.
Smoking is prohibited in any playground, or within 50 feet of any play equipment, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the sidewalks immediately adjoining playgrounds.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4745274; v31 updated 2025-10-28; through 10-28-2025).
Full Breakdown
§ 68-12 then states the operative rule: smoking is prohibited in any playground, or within 50 feet of any play equipment, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation, provided that this section does not apply to the sidewalks immediately adjoining playgrounds. § 68-13 sets the penalty on its own track, separate from the Class III penalty that governs the rest of Chapter 68 under § 68-10: any violation of Article IV results in a flat $50 fine.
Violations & Fines
Smoking inside a City playground, or within 50 feet of Parks and Recreation play equipment, violates § 68-12. § 68-13 fixes the penalty at a flat $50 fine per violation, distinct from the Class III fine that applies to other Chapter 68 smoking violations under § 68-10. The sidewalk immediately adjoining a playground is excluded from enforcement.
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