Stanislaus County, CA Public Conduct: Public Marijuana Use (2026)

350, adopted under Ordinance CS 1392 on April 29, 2025, makes it unlawful to smoke or vaporize products of any kind within twenty feet of a public park playground in a Stanislaus County recreation area. The list of covered products is explicit: marijuana is named alongside cigars, cigarettes, and any other tobacco or nicotine product, so a vape pen or a joint is treated the same as a cigarette for purposes of the twenty-foot buffer. The section also bans discarding a lighted or unlighted cigar or cigarette within that same zone, addressing litter and fire risk around play equipment rather than just the smoke itself.

Beyond the playground buffer, the section incorporates "other areas as defined by state law," pulling in California's broader smoke-free-park and cannabis-consumption restrictions without restating their exact distances in county text. 06's general recreation-area regulations, it applies to every county park, trail, and recreation facility under Title 18, including the reservoir recreation areas at Modesto and Woodward and the regional and neighborhood park systems alike, not just a single designated site. 260, with re-entry barred for up to twelve months and no refund of any fees paid.