Tigard, OR Public Conduct: Public Marijuana Use (2026)

Two sections of the Tigard Municipal Code reach smoking in public places in the City of Tigard, Washington County. Section 7.52.225 states that smoking is prohibited in all parks. Chapter 7.82 applies the same idea to city owned or operated property in general: § 7.82.030 says no person shall smoke or carry any lighted smoking instrument on that property, and then adds that the prohibition shall not extend to city rights-of-way. The City Council's stated purpose in § 7.82.010 is to supervise and control city owned and operated property and to preserve the enjoyment, safety, comfort, and convenience of the public and city employees.

The definition decides what counts. Both sections define smoking as inhaling, exhaling, or possessing any lighted or burning cigar, cigarette, pipe, weed, plant, or other substance grown, manufactured, or processed which is intended to be used for smoking in any form. These smoking provisions do not name marijuana or cannabis. They describe the burning material as weed, plant, or other substance intended for smoking. The definition also reaches possession of a lighted or burning item, not only inhaling or exhaling, and it extends to an electronic cigarette or similar device intended to emulate smoking.

Chapter 7.82 and § 7.52.225 address smoking and devices that emulate smoking. Retail sale of marijuana items is a separate subject handled in Chapter 3.80, which levies a tax on marijuana retailers and requires every marijuana retailer to hold a City of Tigard business license under TMC 5.04. Neither of the smoking sections creates a permit or an exception for a smoker, so the only carve-out in the text is the right-of-way exemption in § 7.82.030.