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Chapter 18 — HEALTH AND SANITATION›Article II — PUBLIC SMOKING REGULATIONS

Santa Ana Municipal Code § 18-40 Prohibition in city buildings, parks, stadium and zoo

Santa Ana Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Santa Ana

Cite as: Santa Ana Municipal Code § 18-40 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Footnotes:

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Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2827, § 2, adopted February 6, 2012, amended division 1 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Formerly, division 1 pertained to city buildings and derived from Ord. No. NS-1520, § 1, adopted March 17, 1980, and Ord. No. NS-2203, § 1, adopted September 20, 1993.

Sec. 18-39. - Definitions.

(1) City building means a building, or portion of a building, owned, leased or otherwise occupied by the city.

(2) Park means any public park or recreation or playground area, including Class I Bike Trails and paseos, or building or facility thereon within the City of Santa Ana, owned and maintained by the city as a public park or recreation or playground area, whether or not such areas have been formally dedicated to such purpose.

(3) Smoke or smoking as used in this Article II shall include the carrying, holding, possession or smoking of a lighted pipe or cigar or cigarette of any kind, or the lighting of a pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind.

(4) Stadium means the Eddie West Field-Santa Ana Stadium.

(5) Zoo means the Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park.

(Ord. No. NS-2827, § 2, 2-6-12)

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 18-40. - Prohibition in city buildings, parks, stadium and zoo.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) below, no person shall smoke in any city building, park, stadium or zoo. Violation of this section shall be an infraction as specified in Section 19.6 of the Penal Code of the State of California.

(b) Subsection (a) above shall not apply to the following areas:

(1) Open-air entryways, courtyards or balconies.

(2) Parking structures.

(3) Any area of a building occupied by a tenant pursuant to a lease agreement with the city.

(Ord. No. NS-2827, § 2, 2-6-12)

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 18-41. - Duty to post signs.

"No smoking" signs shall be conspicuously posted in every room, building, or other place where smoking is prohibited by this article, by the department head, operator, manager, or other person having control of such room, building, or other place.

(Ord. No. NS-2827, § 2, 2-6-12)

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 18-42—18-49. - Reserved.

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