Public Conduct in Bossier City, LA (2026)
6 verified public conduct rules for Bossier City, Louisiana, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Bossier City bans aggressive personal solicitation in any public place, covering unwanted touching, blocking a person's path, repeating a request after a refusal, and profane or threatening language before, during or after asking for money. Code § 38-303, added by Ordinance No. 32-2017 on March 7, 2017, exempts silent signs and clothing messages and carries a fine of up to $500 or 60 days in jail.
Bossier City Aggressive Solicitation Ban
Significant RestrictionsBossier City Code § 38-303
It shall be unlawful to engage in aggressive personal solicitation when the solicitor is located in any public place: (1)Intentionally touching the solicited person without the solicited person's consent before, during or immediately after making a personal solicitation;(2)Persisting in making a personal solicitation after the solicited person has given a negative response;(3)Intentionally bloc...
Public Urination
Bossier City makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any street, gutter, sidewalk, alley, driveway, or other place near a public thoroughfare or place of public resort. Code § 38-180, added by Ordinance No. 159-2017 on December 5, 2017, carries a fine of up to $500 or up to 60 days in jail, or both, enforced by the Bossier City Police Department.
Bossier City Public Urination and Defecation Ban
Heavy RestrictionsBossier City Code § 38-180
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate on the streets, in the gutters, on the sidewalks, or in the alleys, driveways or other places near the streets, alleys, sidewalks, or other places of public resort; and(b)Whoever commits the crime of urinating or defecating in public places shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned for not more than 60 days, or both.
Skateboarding Rules
Bossier City bans skateboards, scooters, roller blades and roller skates on the sidewalks of any shopping center under Code § 110-39, and separately bans motor-driven vehicles on any city sidewalk, drainage ditch, embankment or levee. The Bossier City Police Department enforces the ban, and violators face the Code's general penalty under Sec. 1-9: a fine up to $500.00 or up to 60 days in jail.
Skateboarding Banned on Bossier City Shopping Center Sidewalks
Significant RestrictionsBossier City Code § 110-39
It shall be unlawful for any person of any age to ride a motor-driven vehicle on any sidewalk, drainage ditch, embankment or levee constructed within the city. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle, skateboard, scooter, roller blades or roller skates on any sidewalk of any shopping center within the city.
Loitering Rules
Bossier City bars loitering and boisterous conduct in every city park under Sec. 70-66(9): sleeping or protractedly lounging on seats or benches, and loud, boisterous, threatening, abusive, insulting or indecent language or disorderly conduct tending to breach the public peace are all prohibited. Park attendants and police can order violators to leave under Sec. 70-69, backed by the Code's general penalty.
Bossier City Park Loitering Ban
Some RestrictionsBossier City Code § 70-66(9)
(9)Loitering and boisterousness. Sleep or protractedly lounge on the seats, or benches, or other areas, or engage in loud, boisterous, threatening, abusive, insulting or indecent language, or engage in any disorderly conduct or behavior tending to a breach of the public peace.
Public Marijuana Use
Bossier City makes it unlawful to bring marijuana, alcohol, narcotics or any other controlled substance into a city park, or to consume any of it there, under Sec. 70-66(1). Sec. 70-66(2) separately bars being under the influence of liquor, narcotics or marijuana while in a park, and entering a park counts as consent to a warrantless search for contraband.
Bossier City Park Marijuana Ban
Heavy RestrictionsBossier City Code § 70-66(1), (2)
(1)Prohibited substances. Have brought alcoholic beverages, narcotics, marijuana, or any other controlled substance, into a city park or recreational area, or facility therein, nor shall any person consume alcoholic beverages, or any other controlled substance at any time, in any city park or recreational area. ... (2)Drunkenness. Be under the influence of intoxicating liquor, narcotics or mari...
Public Alcohol Use
Bossier City bans drinking alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, park, or building, including school grounds, stadiums, gymnasiums, and licensed amusement venues such as skating rinks, bowling alleys, and theaters. Businesses open to the public, from bars to laundromats, cannot knowingly let patrons possess or drink alcohol on the premises. Only city alcoholic beverage permit holders are exempt, and only for beverages their own permit covers.
Bossier City Public Alcohol Consumption Ban
Significant RestrictionsBossier City Code § 6-8
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to consume alcoholic beverages of high or low alcoholic content on any public street, sidewalk, park, building, including any public school building, school grounds, football stadium, gymnasium, or any place of amusement holding a retail occupation license from the city including skating rinks, bowling alleys, theaters, pool halls, dance halls, and amuseme...
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