Smoking in city-owned buildings.
Charlotte City Code § 10-2
in effectSec. 10-2. - Smoking in city-owned buildings.
(a) As used in this section, the term "smoking" shall mean the inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying of a lighted pipe, cigarette or other combustible tobacco product.
(b) Smoking shall not be permitted within any building owned by the city or within any building or space leased by the city. The manager or person in charge of the building shall conspicuously post signs within the building stating that smoking is not permitted. For example, the foregoing shall apply, but shall not be limited to, the following buildings and facilities: the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, Old City Hall Building, fire stations, Ovens Auditorium, the old and new Convention Center, the Coliseum, the Independence Arena, the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, the Mint Museum, Discovery Place, the Afro-American Cultural Center and Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. However, the manager or person in charge of a city-owned or -leased building may, in his discretion, designate smoking areas within the facility if he determines that it is feasible to adequately contain and ventilate the smoke from such smoking areas. The location and size of the smoking areas, if any, shall be determined by the manager or person in charge. Signs shall be conspicuously posted in any area designated as a smoking area.
(c) No person shall smoke in a nonsmoking area in a city-owned or -leased building or smoke in any city-owned or -leased vehicle in violation of subsection (c). Any person who continues to smoke in any nonsmoking area or in any city-owned or -leased vehicle in violation of subsection (c) following notice by the person in charge or his designee that smoking is not permitted shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $50.00. If the penalty is not paid or appealed within 30 days of its issuance, a delinquency charge of $25.00 shall be added to the amount of the penalty. This civil penalty and delinquency charge may be recovered by the city in a civil action in the nature of a debt if the violator does not pay the full amount within 15 days after the imposition of the delinquency charge. This subsection shall not apply to public transportation vehicles, which shall be governed by section 15-272.
(Ord. No. 9151, § 1(Exh. A), 9-11-2017)
Source: City of Charlotte, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/charlotte/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH10HESA_ARTIINGE_S10-2SMCINEBUFetched: 10/27/2026