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Smoking Ordinance

If you see smoking where it is not permitted, please report violations by calling (970) 416-2200 or completing our online violation reporting form.

There's a change in the airSmoking is prohibited in the following areas:

  • All Fort Collins restaurants and bars;
  • All places of employment, except in locations in which the City Code expressly permits smoking;
  • A 20-foot perimeter outside of the entrances, operable windows, passageways and ventilation systems of smoke-free areas, except for passerby who do not stop; and
  • Bowling alleys and bingo parlors.

The new City Code does NOT prohibit smoking in the following areas:

  • Private residences (except those in use for public services)
  • Up to 25% of hotel/motel guest rooms
  • Retail tobacco stores
  • Private functions not open to the public
  • Smoking cessation/hospital smoking rooms
  • Buildings under control of other governments (the decision to allow or prohibit smoking is at the discretion of the government controlling the building)
The Ordinance prohibits retaliation against any employee, applicant for employment or customer due to the exercise of rights under the Ordinance.
Download the 2006 update to the Fort Collins Smoke Free Ordinance (pdf)
The entire "Smoking in Public Places" municipal code may be viewed here
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