Plano, TX Public Conduct: Public Marijuana Use (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing code
- Plano Code §§ 14-66, 14-67
- "Smoking" includes
- Any lighted weed, plant, substance
- Applies to
- Public places and workplaces
- Possession law
- Texas Health & Safety Code ch. 481
- Local decriminalization
- None enacted
Summary
Smoking marijuana in Plano is barred wherever the city's smoking ordinance reaches: its definition of "smoking" sweeps in any lighted "weed, plant or combustible substance," so cannabis is banned in the public places and workplaces § 14-67 lists. Possession stays a Texas crime.
Smoking or smoke means inhaling, exhaling, burning, possessing or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, weed, plant or combustible substance in any manner or in any form and/or vaping or the use of any electronic vaping device.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 153).
Full Breakdown
Plano Code § 14-66 defines "smoking" as inhaling, burning, possessing, or carrying any lighted "cigar, cigarette, pipe, weed, plant or combustible substance," plus vaping. That wording captures marijuana, so § 14-67's prohibition on smoking in the public places and workplaces it lists reaches cannabis smoke, not just tobacco. Marijuana possession itself remains a crime under the Texas Controlled Substances Act (Health and Safety Code ch. 481). Plano has enacted no local decriminalization ordinance and repealed its own drug-paraphernalia section (former § 14-6) in 2010, leaving that offense to state law.
Violations & Fines
Smoking marijuana in a covered public place or workplace is a municipal offense handled in Plano Municipal Court; possession is charged separately under Texas state law. Enforcement falls to Plano police and city code officers.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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