Public Conduct in Colorado Springs, CO (2026)
8 verified public conduct rules for Colorado Springs, Colorado, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Colorado Springs City Code § 9.2.111 does not ban panhandling itself but makes it a crime to solicit money aggressively in any public place. Aggressive soliciting covers unwanted touching, blocking a pedestrian's path, threatening conduct, provocative profanity, or following someone in a way that would make a reasonable person fear for their safety or feel intimidated into giving money.
Colorado Springs Bans Aggressive Panhandling And Soliciting
Some RestrictionsColorado Springs City Code § 9.2.111
It is not the purpose of this section to prohibit lawful solicitation activity, but to regulate behaviors that are intimidating, threatening, coercive or obscene. ... C. Soliciting Prohibited: 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in aggressive soliciting in any public place. "Aggressive soliciting" is defined as: a. Intentionally touching or causing physical contact with another per...
Public Urination
City Code § 9.6.105 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place or anywhere within public view, unless it's in a toilet facility provided for that purpose. The rule has applied citywide since Ordinance 82-55 and carries the general penalty since it sets no fine of its own.
Colorado Springs Bans Public Urination And Defecation
Some RestrictionsColorado Springs City Code § 9.6.105
9.6.105: URINATION OR DEFECATION: It is unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate upon any public place or place within public view other than in a toilet facility provided for the purpose. (Ord. 82-55; Ord. 01-42)
Skateboarding Rules
City Code § 10.19.107 lets Colorado Springs post signs banning skateboards, roller skates, bicycles, scooters and similar devices from specific sidewalks. Where no sign is erected, riding is allowed but the rider must yield to pedestrians and give an audible signal before passing.
Colorado Springs Sidewalk Skateboarding Sign Ban
Light RestrictionsColorado Springs City Code § 10.19.107
When authorized signs are erected giving notice, no person shall operate a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, EPAMD, skateboard, roller skates, or similar device upon a sidewalk. ... Whenever any person is operating a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, EPAMD, skateboard, roller skates, or similar device upon a sidewalk, the person shall yield the right ...
Loitering Rules
Colorado Springs makes it unlawful to loiter, stand idly, linger or tarry in a public place, so as to warrant alarm for the safety of people or property, and separately bans loitering on or within 100 feet of school grounds during school hours (City Code § 9.2.102). A youth curfew keeps anyone under 18 off streets and public places overnight without an accompanying adult.
Colorado Springs Loitering & Youth Curfew Rules
Some RestrictionsColorado Springs City Code § 9.2.102
B. Loitering To Warrant Alarm: It is unlawful for any person to loiter so as to warrant alarm for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity. ... C.2. It is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to loiter or to aimlessly drive or ride about, on or about any street, avenue, highway, road, sidewalk, curb, gutter, parking lot, alley, vacant lot, park, playground, ...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Colorado Springs City Code Sec. 6.6.203 makes it unlawful to smoke, light, or carry any lighted smoking instrument on any City park property, unless the spot is a designated smoking area. The same Part 2 ban covers transit facilities, including City buses and the downtown transit center.
Colorado Springs Bans Smoking On All Park Property
Significant RestrictionsColorado Springs City Code § 6.6.203
SMOKING PROHIBITED ON PARK PROPERTY: Except as provided in section 6.6.205 of this part, it shall be unlawful for any person to smoke, light, or carry any lighted smoking instrument in or on any park property.
Jaywalking
City Code § 10.18.103 requires a pedestrian crossing outside a crosswalk to take a route at right angles to the curb, the shortest line to the opposite curb, and § 10.18.104.A then makes that pedestrian yield the right of way to every vehicle on the roadway.
Colorado Springs Mid-Block Crossing Restrictions
Some RestrictionsColorado Springs City Code §§ 10.18.103–10.18.104
10.18.103: No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb except in a crosswalk or except where angle crossing is authorized as provided in subsection 10.18.104D of this article. 10.18.104.A: Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked...
Public Marijuana Use
Colorado Springs City Code § 9.7.207 makes it unlawful to consume marijuana on any street, alley, avenue, or park, or upon any public stairway, hall, or other public place within the city. The Colorado Springs Police Department enforces the ban, and Municipal Court can impose the Code's general penalty of up to $2,500 and 189 days in jail.
Colorado Springs Bans Public Marijuana Use
Significant RestrictionsColorado Springs City Code § 9.7.207
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume marijuana in or upon any street, alley, avenue, or park, or upon any public stairway or hall, or in any other public place within the City. (Ord. 13-19)
Public Alcohol Use
City Code Sec. 2.5.704 makes it unlawful to drink alcohol on any street, alley, avenue, park, vacant lot, public stairway, hall, or other public place in Colorado Springs, except at licensed establishments and City-authorized Common Consumption Areas. A related section, Sec. 2.5.705, separately bans drinking in a vehicle on any public street or roadway.
Colorado Springs Bans Drinking Alcohol in Public
Significant RestrictionsColorado Springs City Code § 2.5.704
2.5.704: DRINKING IN PUBLIC PROHIBITED: A. It shall be unlawful to drink any alcohol beverage upon any street, alley, avenue, park, vacant lot or ground or upon any public stairway or hall, or in any other public place except licensed establishments and authorized Common Consumption Areas within the jurisdiction of the City. B. In any prosecution charging a violation of this section, proof that...
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