Glen Cove, NY Public Conduct: Public Marijuana Use (2026)

Chapter 80, Marijuana Use, was adopted by the Glen Cove City Council on December 9, 2025 by Local Law No. 6-2025, and Section 80-1 states its intent is to expand on New York State Public Health Law Section 1399-R's ban on smoking or vaping cannabis, using the authority that statute gives municipalities. Section 80-2 defines cannabis broadly to include all parts of the plant, its resin, and every derivative, and defines an outdoor public place expansively: streets, sidewalks, parking lots and garages, parks, playgrounds, beaches, schoolyards, athletic fields, transportation waiting areas, and restaurant outdoor dining areas within the city's jurisdictional limits.

Smoking is defined to cover cigarettes, cigars, pipes, hookahs, and e-cigarettes containing a cannabis or marijuana product, and vaping covers any electronic device used to inhale such a product. Section 80-3 states the operative rule plainly: no person shall smoke or vape in any outdoor public place within the jurisdictional limits of the city. Section 80-4 carves out two exceptions: consumption in the outdoor area of private property not open to the public where it is otherwise lawful, and consumption at a public event or location explicitly authorized by state or city license or permit.

Section 80-5 gives the Glen Cove Police Department authority to enforce the chapter and to issue appearance tickets returnable in Glen Cove City Court. Because the chapter targets cannabis and marijuana specifically, it leaves ordinary tobacco smoking in outdoor public places unregulated by this chapter.