Public Conduct in Aurora, CO (2026)
8 verified public conduct rules for Aurora, Colorado, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Aurora bans aggressively begging in any public place citywide, and on private property once the owner tells you to leave or posts a no-solicitation sign, under City Code Sec. 94-116.
Aurora Aggressive Panhandling Ban
Some RestrictionsAurora City Code § 94-116
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to aggressively beg on public places within the City. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to aggressively beg on private property if asked to leave by the owner or owner's representative, or if there is a sign posted on the private property that prohibits, in some manner, aggressive begging or solicitation.
Public Urination
Aurora's disorderly conduct ordinance makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place if doing so creates a hazardous, unhealthy, or physically offensive condition, punishable as a criminal offense under this Colorado home-rule city's code.
Aurora Public Urination and Defecation Ban
Heavy RestrictionsAurora City Code § 94-110(a)(4)
Alters or befouls public property or the property of another which includes, but is not limited to, urinating or defecating in a public place, so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy or physically offensive condition. a. For purposes of this section, the term "public place" is defined by C.R.S. § 18-1-901, which may be amended by the General Assembly from time to time. (5) Fails to...
Skateboarding Rules
Aurora, Colorado bans skateboards and in-line skates on any public or private property posted against them under City Code § 94-80.
Aurora Skateboard Ban on Posted Property
Light RestrictionsAurora City Code § 94-80
(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 o...
Loud Party Ordinance
Aurora, Colorado makes unreasonably loud noise that seriously inconveniences neighbors unlawful in both public and private places, and separately makes a host liable for failing to stop the same conduct on property they control.
Aurora Loud Party & Noise Law
Some RestrictionsAurora City Code § 94-107
(a) Public and private places. It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to be made or continued any unreasonably loud or unusual noise which seriously inconveniences other persons in the area... (c) Acts of another. It shall be unlawful to permit another to commit an act of disturbing the peace as described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section in or upon any premise...
Loitering Rules
Aurora bans loitering with intent to engage in drug-related activity and separately bans loitering that obstructs sidewalks, streets, or public places.
Aurora, CO Loitering and Obstructing Rules
Some RestrictionsAurora City Code §§ 94-112, 94-115
It is unlawful for any person to loiter in or on any thoroughfare or place open to the public, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, parks, and plazas or in or on any public or private place with the intent to engage in drug-related activities... No person may be convicted of a violation of this section unless an overt act in pursuance of drug-related activity is proved to have been ...
Jaywalking
Aurora's own code bans pedestrians from walking on or across any landscaped median while crossing a roadway. General jaywalking, crossing outside a marked crosswalk, is governed by the state Model Traffic Code, which Aurora adopts by reference rather than printing separately.
Aurora, CO Landscaped Median Crossing Ban
Some RestrictionsAurora City Code § 134-363
It is unlawful for any pedestrian crossing a roadway to walk upon or across any portion of a median which is landscaped.
Public Marijuana Use
Aurora, Colorado bans displaying, serving, selling, giving away, or disposing of marijuana in any public place, citywide, under the City Code's marijuana-businesses article.
Public Marijuana Use Ban in Aurora, CO
Heavy RestrictionsAurora City Code § 6-316(c)
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to display, transfer, distribute, serve, sell, give away, or dispose of any marijuana or any marijuana product in a public place.
Public Alcohol Use
Aurora bans open containers of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquor in any public place, including vehicles on city streets, with a specific carve-out letting parks permit malt and vinous liquor.
Aurora, CO Open Container Law
Some RestrictionsAurora City Code § 94-313(b)
Except as stated below, it shall be unlawful for any person to consume or have in his or her possession any open, or unsealed container of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquor, as defined in section 6-1 of this Code, in any public place or area open to the public, including but not limited to, inside a vehicle while upon any street, road, or highway, except on any premises licensed to sell such l...
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