Public Conduct in Medford, MA (2026)
4 verified public conduct rules for Medford, Massachusetts, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Loud Party Ordinance
In the City of Medford, Massachusetts, Section 38-37 lets the city hold property owners, hosts and attendees jointly liable when police respond to a loud or unruly gathering that constitutes a public nuisance. Fines escalate from $300 for a first response to $400 for a second and $500 for each subsequent response within a year, on top of response costs.
Loud/unruly gathering liability rules, Medford
Significant RestrictionsMedford Revised Ordinances § 38-37(a), (b), (h)
(a)Purpose. ... In order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of the city this section shall permit the city to impose liability on property owners and other responsible persons for the nuisances and harm caused by loud and/or unruly gatherings on private property and shall prohibit the consumption of alcoholic beverages by underage persons at such gatherings. ... Publi...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
In the City of Medford, Massachusetts, Section 58-43(a)(3) of the Revised Ordinances bans smoking in all city parks, playgrounds and outdoor recreational areas around the clock, except in spots the board of park commissioners designates for smoking. First-time violators face a fine of at least $100.00, rising to at least $250.00 for a fourth offense.
Medford, MA Park Smoking Ban
Significant RestrictionsMedford Revised Ordinances § 58-43
Sec. 58-43. - Smoking in schools and municipal buildings; workplaces and public places. (a)Schools and municipal buildings and grounds. ... (3)Parks, commons, playgrounds and outdoor recreational areas. Smoking by an individual is be prohibited in all parks, playgrounds and outdoor recreational areas except those areas as may be designated by the board of park commissioners as areas where smoki...
Public Marijuana Use
In the City of Medford, Massachusetts, the citywide smoking ordinance's definition of 'smoking' in Section 58-42 reaches lighting or carrying any lighted non-tobacco product designed to be combusted or inhaled, which covers marijuana. Section 58-43(b) then bans that smoking in workplaces, restaurants, bars, transit and the long list of enclosed public places set out in the ordinance.
Medford, MA Public Marijuana Smoking Ban
Significant RestrictionsMedford Revised Ordinances §§ 58-42, 58-43
Sec. 58-42. - Definitions. ... Smoking or smoke means the lighting of a cigar, cigarette, pipe or other tobacco product or possessing a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other tobacco or non-tobacco product designed to be combusted or inhaled. This includes all activities such as inhaling, exhaling, chewing, burning or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, weed or other plant in any manner or ...
Public Alcohol Use
Medford bars drinking or holding an open alcoholic beverage container in any park, playground, public building or ground, and bars drinking on any public way, under City Code § 74-1. The ban covers any alcoholic beverage as defined by M.G.L.A. c. 138, § 1, and applies citywide to parks, sidewalks and streets alike.
Medford Public Alcohol Consumption Ban
Heavy RestrictionsMedford Revised Ordinances § 74-1
(a)No person, while in or upon any park or playground, public building or ground in the city shall consume or possess, in an open or partially consumed container, any alcoholic beverage, as defined in M.G.L.A. c. 138, § 1.(b)No person shall consume any such alcoholic beverage on any public way or way to which the public has access in the city.