Public Conduct in Clovis, CA (2026)
9 verified public conduct rules for Clovis, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Clovis Municipal Code Section 5.25.02 bans door-to-door solicitation carried out in an aggressive or abusive manner, defining six specific behaviors that cross the line, from repeating a request after refusal to touching a person without consent. It targets conduct at doorsteps and driveways rather than street-corner panhandling generally.
Clovis Aggressive Solicitation Ban
Some RestrictionsClovis, CA, Municipal Code § 5.25.02
No person shall engage in door-to-door solicitation in an aggressive or abusive manner. For the purposes of this section, an “aggressive or abusive manner” means: (a) Continuing to request a donation or purchase from a solicited person after that person has indicated, by word or conduct, he or she does not wish to make a donation or purchase; (b) Approaching a solicited person when that person ...
Public Urination
Clovis Municipal Code § 5.27.506 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place, or on private property, at a location not provided for that purpose. The ban applies citywide with no location or time exception written into the section.
Clovis Public Urination Ban
Some RestrictionsClovis, CA, Municipal Code § 5.27.506 (Public Urination)
§ 5.27.506. Public urination. No person shall evacuate their bowels or bladder in any public place, or upon any private property, at a place not provided for that purpose.
Skateboarding Rules
Clovis bars roller skates, skateboards, and coasters from every roadway citywide and from sidewalks within the business district under Municipal Code § 4.5.1350. Private property owners can also post signs banning the devices, and once posted, skating there becomes unlawful too. The rule dates to a 1965 ordinance, last amended in 1995.
Clovis Skateboard and Roller Skate Restrictions
Some RestrictionsClovis, CA, Municipal Code § 4.5.1350 (Use of Coasters, Roller Skates, and Similar Devices Restricted)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person upon roller skates, skateboard, or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device to go upon any roadway, or upon the sidewalk in the business district, or upon private property open to the public where the use of such devices is expressly prohibited by posted signs. (b) The owners of the above mentioned private property, or their age...
Loud Party Ordinance
A gathering of 10 or more people on public or private property that substantially disturbs a neighborhood's quiet enjoyment through unlawful conduct, such as excessive noise, public drunkenness, or serving alcohol to minors, is a declared nuisance under Clovis Municipal Code § 5.27.504, subject to City-ordered dispersal and citation.
Clovis Unruly Gathering Nuisance Rule
Some RestrictionsClovis, CA, Municipal Code § 5.27.504 (Unruly Behavior)
A gathering of ten (10) or more persons on any public or private property in a manner which constitutes a substantial disturbance of the quiet enjoyment of private or public property in a significant segment of a neighborhood, as a result of conduct constituting a violation of law shall be considered a nuisance subject to the abatement and cost recovery procedures set forth in Chapters 28 and 2...
Loitering Rules
Clovis makes it unlawful to stand or sit idly on a street or sidewalk in a way that blocks foot traffic, or to block the entrance to a church, theater, hall, or other public gathering place, under Municipal Code § 5.27.501. The City's nuisance chapter also lets police disperse crowds of ten or more whose conduct substantially disturbs a neighborhood.
Clovis Loitering and Sidewalk Obstruction Rules
Some RestrictionsClovis, CA, Municipal Code § 5.27.501 (Nuisances - Obstructing Public Passageways)
It shall be unlawful for a person to stand or sit idly in or upon any street or sidewalk in a manner that hinders or obstructs the passage of persons passing along the same, or stand in or at the entrance of or approach to any church, hall, theater, public place, or public assemblage in any manner to obstruct such entrance or approach.
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Clovis Municipal Code Section 10.3.01(15) bans using any tobacco or tobacco related product, including e-cigarettes and vapes, anywhere inside a City park. The City must post signs warning that smoking and tobacco use are prohibited, and violating the ban is a criminal infraction enforced by Clovis Police and Code Enforcement.
Clovis Bans Smoking in City Parks
Significant RestrictionsClovis, CA, Municipal Code § 10.3.01(15)
Use a tobacco or tobacco related product; or dispose of any tobacco or tobacco related product in any place other than a designated waste disposal container. Signs shall be posted in a quantity and manner reasonably likely to inform individuals occupying a City park that smoking and tobacco related product use is prohibited within the area. ... A violation of this subsection is an infraction.
Jaywalking
Clovis bars pedestrians from crossing mid-block anywhere except at a crosswalk inside the Central Traffic District, downtown's core bounded by Seventh, Second, Pollasky and Hughes, and in any business district citywide. The City Engineer separately decides where crosswalks go and can post signs directing pedestrians into a specific one.
Clovis Jaywalking Crosswalk Rule
Some RestrictionsClovis, CA, Municipal Code § 4.5.910 (Pedestrian Use of Marked Crosswalks)
§ 4.5.910. Pedestrian use of marked crosswalks. No pedestrian shall cross a midway other than by a crosswalk in the Central Traffic District or in any business district.
Public Marijuana Use
Clovis Municipal Code Section 5.22.06 confines all marijuana smoking, vaping, and consumption to inside a private residence's habitable areas. Garages and accessory buildings do not count unless fully enclosed at all times during use, so lighting up in a backyard, driveway, park, or parking lot is unlawful anywhere in the city, even for a valid medical patient.
Clovis Public Marijuana Consumption Ban
Heavy RestrictionsClovis, CA, Municipal Code § 5.22.06
No person shall smoke, ingest, or otherwise consume marijuana or marijuana products, whether recreational or medical, in the City of Clovis unless such smoking, ingesting or consumption occurs entirely within a private residence. “Within a private residence” shall mean inside habitable areas and shall not include garages, whether attached or detached, and other accessory buildings unless those ...
Public Alcohol Use
Clovis bans possessing an opened container of alcohol or drinking any alcoholic beverage in a park, playground, street, sidewalk, alley, or other publicly owned place open to the public, and extends the same ban to privately owned parks, streets, sidewalks, alleys, and parking lots that are open to the public. Municipal Code Section 5.8.02 makes a violation an infraction.
Clovis Open Container and Public Drinking Ban
Some RestrictionsClovis, CA, Municipal Code § 5.8.02(A) (Alcoholic Beverages)
Alcohol consumption in publicly owned places open to the general public. It shall be unlawful for any person, in any park, playground, street, sidewalk, alley, or other publicly owned place open to the general public within the City of Clovis, to: (1) possess any can, bottle, or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage that has been opened, the seal broken, or the contents of which ha...
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