Smoking in City Parks and Certain Building Entrances Prohibited

Saint Paul Legislative Code tit. XXIII, ch. 222

in effect

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 222.01 Definitions.

Sec. 222.01. - Definitions. (1) Designated smoking area means an area where smoking would otherwise be prohibited under this chapter but is allowed and clearly marked by a sign. (2) Park means and includes all the public grounds, trails, and squares maintained as pleasure grounds and designated recreation areas by the City of Saint Paul. (3) Place of employment means as defined in Minn. Stat. Section 144.413, subd. 1b, as amended from time to time. (4) Public place means as defined in Minn. Stat. § 144.413, subd. 2, as amended from time to time. (5) Smoking means inhaling, exhaling, vaping or combustion of any cigar, joint, blunt, cigarette, pipe or any other similar article. Smoking includes possessing or carrying a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other lighted or heated product or electronic delivery device. (Ord 23-40, § 2, 9-27-23)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 222.02 Smoking in city parks and certain business entrances prohibited.

Sec. 222.02. - Smoking in city parks and certain business entrances prohibited. (1) It is unlawful to smoke in any park within the City of Saint Paul. (2) It is unlawful to smoke within twenty-five (25) feet of entrances, exits, windows, and ventilation intakes of public places and places of employment within the City of Saint Paul. (Ord 23-40, § 2, 9-27-23)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 222.03 Exceptions.

Sec. 222.03. - Exceptions. The prohibitions in section 222.02 do not apply to the following places or situations: (1) Within designated smoking areas in parks as determined by the director of the department of parks and recreation and clearly marked with a sign. (2) Use of tobacco as part of an American Indian cultural practice or a lawfully recognized religious, spiritual, or cultural ceremony or practice. Sacred, traditional use of tobacco for prayer, ceremony, and memorial is allowed. (3) Within areas where smoking is prohibited under section 222.02 subdivision 2 that are not immediately next to a building entrance, and that the owner or proprietor of a public or private building has determined to be a designated smoking area and clearly marked with a sign. (Ord 23-40, § 2, 9-27-23)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 222.04 Enforcement.

Sec. 222.04. - Enforcement. Violation of this chapter will be enforced through education and requesting voluntary compliance. Where appropriate, the preferred method of enforcement will be a request for voluntary compliance. Any person who violates this chapter will be reminded of its requirements and asked to immediately stop smoking or using commercial tobacco products. After a request for voluntary compliance, whenever any person authorized to issue administrative citations for the violation of law, discovers a violation of this chapter, an administrative citation may be issued to the person alleged to have committed the violation. The administrative citation will be issued to the person charged with the violation, or in the case of a corporation or municipality, to any officer or agent authorized to accept such issuance. (Ord 23-40, § 2, 9-27-23)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 222.05 Severability.

Sec. 222.05. - Severability. If any section, clause, provision, or portion of this chapter, or the application thereof, is determined to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, that section, clause, provision, or portion shall be deemed severed from this chapter, and such determination shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter. (Ord 23-40, § 2, 9-27-23)

Source: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, City Charter, Legislative Code and Administrative Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/st._paul/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIILECO_TITXXIIIPUHESAWE_CH222SMPACEBUENPRFetched: 11/1/2026