Brooklyn Park, MN Public Conduct: Public Marijuana Use (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- City Code §§ 133.25-133.26
- Adopted
- Ord. 2024-1302, passed 6-24-24
- Max fine
- $100 petty misdemeanor, § 133.99
- Buffer zone
- 100 feet of city building entrance
- Exempt area
- City golf course driving range/course
Summary
In the City of Brooklyn Park, smoking, vaporizing or otherwise consuming smoke or vapor from cannabis flower, cannabis products, or hemp-derived consumer products is banned in public places under City Code §§ 133.25-133.26. Public place covers city parks, trails, city-owned parking lots, and areas within 100 feet of a city building entrance, excluding city golf course driving ranges and courses.
PUBLIC PLACE. ... The following locations when owned or operated by a governmental entity: (1) Places where smoking is prohibited under the Minnesota Indoor Clean Air Act; and (2) Parks, trails, the parking lots of city-owned facilities, and locations within 100 feet of the public entrance(s) of city-owned or operated buildings, but does not include the driving range, practice areas, and course area of city-owned golf courses. ... § 133.26 PROHIBITED CONDUCT. No person shall consume by means of smoking, vaporizing, or otherwise consuming smoke or vapor produced by heating or igniting cannabis flower, cannabis products, or hemp-derived consumer products in a public place. ... § 133.99 PENALTY. Notwithstanding any other penalty provision in the city code, a violation of §§ 133.25 and 133.26 shall be considered a petty misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $100.
Full Breakdown
26 makes it unlawful to consume by smoking, vaporizing, or otherwise producing smoke or vapor from cannabis flower, cannabis products, or hemp-derived consumer products in a public place. 25 defines PUBLIC PLACE, for locations owned or operated by a governmental entity, as places where smoking is already prohibited under the Minnesota Indoor Clean Air Act, plus parks, trails, the parking lots of city-owned facilities, and any area within 100 feet of the public entrance of a city-owned or operated building. The section carves out an exception for the driving range, practice areas, and course area of city-owned golf courses, so cannabis and hemp smoke there falls outside this particular ban even though other public-place rules may still apply. 01, the state's cannabis licensing law, as amended. 99(B).
Violations & Fines
Smoking, vaporizing, or otherwise consuming cannabis or hemp-derived smoke or vapor in a city park, trail, city-owned parking lot, or within 100 feet of a city building entrance is a petty misdemeanor under § 133.99, capped at a $100 fine, a lower ceiling than the citywide $300 petty misdemeanor maximum in § 10.99(B). Golf course driving ranges, practice areas, and course areas are excluded from this specific ban.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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