Public Conduct in Arvada, CO (2026)
8 verified public conduct rules for Arvada, Colorado, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Arvada bars soliciting money, business, or sales from vehicle occupants on any street, highway, or interstate when doing so forces the solicitor into the travel lanes or happens where cars cannot safely pull over. Arvada City Code § 62-37, adopted in 2019 for pedestrian and traffic safety, targets roadside and highway-ramp panhandling and vending.
Arvada Roadway and Highway Solicitation Ban
Some RestrictionsArvada City Code § 62-37(c)
It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit employment, business, contributions, or sales of any kind, or to collect monies for the same, from the occupant of any vehicle traveling upon any street, highway or interstate highway within the city when such solicitation or collection: (1)Causes the person performing the activity to enter onto the traveled portion of a street or highway; or (2)Is...
Public Urination
Arvada makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in public view, on public or private property, unless in a room or area designed for that purpose. Arvada City Code § 62-57 has stood largely unchanged since 1984 and carries a fine up to the general penalty limits in § 1-5.
Arvada Public Urination and Defecation Ban
Some RestrictionsArvada City Code § 62-57
It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in the public view, whether in or on public or private property, except in a room or area designated and equipped for such purposes. Urination or defecation in public shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed the limits established in section 1-5.
Skateboarding Rules
City Code § 62-72 makes it unlawful to skateboard, in-line skate, or use similar devices on any public or private property that is posted to prohibit the activity, and lets a private owner's posted sign trigger enforcement without any further city action.
Arvada Posted-Property Skateboard Ban
Some RestrictionsArvada City Code § 62-72
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to use skateboards, in-line skates, or similar devices on public or private property which is posted to prohibit any person from entering or remaining upon that property while utilizing skateboards, in-line skates, or similar devices.(b)The owner of private property is authorized to post or cause to be posted signs which give notice of the prohibition of t...
Loitering Rules
Arvada bans minors 17 and younger from loitering unsupervised in any public place between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weeknights, and between midnight and 6:00 a.m. on weekends. Arvada City Code § 62-152 defines loitering broadly, and § 62-154 separately fines a parent who knowingly lets a minor break curfew.
Arvada Minor Curfew and Loitering Law
Significant RestrictionsArvada City Code §§ 62-151, 62-152(a)
Loiter means to be dilatory, to stand idly around, to linger, delay or wander about, or to remain idle in or about a public place, whether in or out of a vehicle. Permit or allow means to consent, to tolerate, to give permission, to authorize, or to give opportunity through ineffective or insufficient control. Public place means in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, park...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Arvada prohibits smoking in any 'public place,' a term defined to include parks, trails, golf courses, and outdoor customer seating areas, along with sports arenas and cigar-tobacco bars, backed by escalating fines starting at $200 for a first violation.
Arvada Public Place and Outdoor Smoking Ban
Significant RestrictionsArvada City Code § 38-304
It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any public place or sports arena as defined in this division or a cigar-tobacco bar as defined in C.R.S. § 25-14-203. (Ord. No. 4003, § 1, 6-5-2006; Ord. No. 4127, § 3, 10-6-2008; Ord. No. 4501, § 3, 5-4-2015; Ord. No. 4773, § 2, 8-16-2021; Ord. No. 4805, § 1, 6-27-2022)
Jaywalking
Arvada makes it unlawful for a pedestrian to willfully and unnecessarily hinder, obstruct, or delay vehicle traffic on a roadway, the city's stand-in for a jaywalking law. Arvada City Code § 62-36 exempts anyone lawfully crossing within a crosswalk, but stepping into traffic outside one to block or slow cars is punishable.
Arvada Pedestrian Traffic Obstruction Law
Some RestrictionsArvada City Code § 62-36(c)
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and unnecessarily hinder, obstruct, or delay traffic, or to willfully and unnecessarily attempt to hinder, obstruct, or delay any other person who is lawfully driving or traveling along or upon any roadway so as to interfere with the effective movement of traffic. Exception: This section shall not apply to any person within a crosswalk who lawfu...
Public Marijuana Use
City Code § 62-213(c) makes it unlawful to openly and publicly display, consume, or use marijuana anywhere in Arvada, backed by minimum fines starting at $200 for a first offense and $500 for each additional violation under § 62-218.
Arvada Public Marijuana Use Ban
Heavy RestrictionsArvada City Code §§ 62-211, 62-213(c)
Open and public, or openly and publicly, means a place that is commonly or usually open or accessible by the general public including but not limited to parks, open space areas, trails, paths, sidewalks, streets, highways, and public rights-of-way, mercantile establishments, shopping centers, places of business open to the general public, the common areas of any multi-family dwelling units, par...
Public Alcohol Use
Arvada bans possessing an open container of alcohol or drinking on any public property citywide, unless the spot is a licensed bar or restaurant or the city manager issues written permission. City Code Section 6-4 also reaches private property that is outdoors and open to the public, including parked cars, campers and trailers there. Violators face Arvada's general penalty.
Arvada Public Alcohol Consumption and Open Container Law
Some RestrictionsArvada City Code § 6-4(a)
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to possess alcoholic beverages in any open container upon any public property or to consume alcoholic beverages upon any public property except upon the premises of an establishment licensed or permitted to sell or serve such alcoholic beverages by the drink, or except where permitted under the authority as provided in this chapter, or where a written perm...
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