Public Conduct in Kokomo, IN (2026)
3 verified public conduct rules for Kokomo, Indiana, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Kokomo bars anyone from standing in a public street to beg, solicit contributions, or solicit vehicle occupants for work or services. Charitable groups can solicit only with a city permit, capped at two per organization per year, and violators face escalating fines of $250, $500 and $1,000.
Kokomo Street Solicitation and Panhandling Rules
Significant RestrictionsKokomo Code of Ordinances §§ 116.31, 116.32, 116.99
§ 116.31 PROHIBITION. ... Except as provided in this subchapter, no individual shall impede the free flow of traffic upon the streets within the municipal boundaries of the city or endanger themselves or others, by standing in the street and communicating, or attempting to communicate with the occupants of vehicles operating upon the streets for the purpose of soliciting employment, offering to...
Loitering Rules
Kokomo's Code of Ordinances bars loitering in city parks under § 96.19(I), the loitering and vagrancy clause of the Disorderly Conduct section. No person or group may loiter in or near any park building, restroom, stable, swimming pool, community center, or other park structure, nor loiter in or near a vehicle inside a park. Park rangers enforce the rule, and violators face the Chapter 96 penalty.
Loitering Ban in Kokomo City Parks
Some RestrictionsKokomo Code of Ordinances § 96.19(I)
(I) Loitering and vagrancy. No person or group of persons shall loiter in or near any building, toilet, stable, swimming pool, community center, or other park structure, or loiter in or near a vehicle or vehicles within the park.
Public Alcohol Use
Kokomo's Code of Ordinances outlaws drinking and possessing alcohol in city parks under § 96.19(E). No person may drink, sell, possess, gift, or offer for sale any alcoholic liquor or controlled substance within a park, and no one under the influence may even enter or remain there. The Chapter 96 penalty in § 96.99 applies, up to $1,000 per day.
Alcohol Ban in Kokomo City Parks
Heavy RestrictionsKokomo Code of Ordinances § 96.19(E)
(E) Drinking, under influence of, possession of alcoholic liquor or dangerous drugs. No person shall drink, sell, possess, make a gift, or offer for sale any alcoholic liquor or dangerous drugs within the park. No person under the influence of alcoholic liquor or dangerous drugs shall enter or remain within the park, nor shall any person within the park use, administer, receive, offer for sal...
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