Public Conduct in Moreno Valley, CA (2026)
4 verified public conduct rules for Moreno Valley, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Skateboarding Rules
Moreno Valley regulates skateboarding through its designated skate parks rather than a citywide street ban. Section 11.40.040(U) limits skate park use to posted hours, requires a helmet, elbow pads and knee pads, and bars skating on the curbs, sidewalks and railings around the skating surface.
Skate Park Rules in Moreno Valley
Some RestrictionsMoreno Valley Municipal Code §§ 11.40.020, 11.40.040(U), 11.40.100(B)
"Skateboard" means any platform of any composition or size to which two or more wheels are attached and which is intended to be ridden or propelled by one person standing or kneeling upon it and to which no seat or any other device or mechanism to turn and control the wheels is affixed. "Skate park" means any facility, structure or area in which skateboarding, in-line skating, roller skating an...
Loud Party Ordinance
Under the Social Host Accountability chapter, Moreno Valley makes it unlawful to host a loud or unruly gathering of four or more people where alcohol reaches an underage person, whether at a house, apartment, hotel room, or rented hall. Hosts face citations and cost-recovery for the response.
Social Host Liability for Loud Parties in Moreno Valley
Significant RestrictionsMoreno Valley, CA, Municipal Code § 11.90.030 (Prohibited acts)
It is unlawful for a person to conduct or allow a loud or unruly gathering where alcohol is served to, consumed by, or in the possession of, any underage person, or persons at a home, yard, apartment, condominium, hotel or motel room, or other dwelling unit, or a hall, or meeting room, whether occupied on a temporary or permanent basis, whether occupied as a house party, or other social functio...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Moreno Valley bars smoking in every city and district park unless the parks director has designated and posted a specific smoking area at a recreation center. Section 11.40.040(BB) also requires smokers to dispose of cigarette and cigar butts only in a designated waste container.
Smoking Ban in Moreno Valley Parks
Significant RestrictionsMoreno Valley Municipal Code § 11.40.040(BB)
Smoking in Parks. 1. No person shall smoke within a park owned, operated or controlled by the city or district except in an area designated and posted as available for smoking at or on the grounds of a recreation center by direction of the parks and community services director. 2. No person shall dispose of any cigarette, cigar or other tobacco product or any part thereof in a park except in a ...
Public Alcohol Use
Moreno Valley bans drinking anything over one percent alcohol, or carrying an open container, on any public street, sidewalk, park or other public place, and on private property visible from the public way without the owner's consent, under Section 11.04.065. Section 11.04.060 separately requires a city manager permit before anyone may drink on city-owned or -controlled property or streets at all.
Moreno Valley Public Drinking Rules
Significant RestrictionsMoreno Valley, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 11.04.065(A),(B)
§ 11.04.065. Drinking in public. A. No person shall drink any beverage containing an alcoholic content in excess of one percent by volume upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, park, playground, recreation area or other public place within the city where such premises have not been licensed by the Alcohol, Beverage and Control Department of the state of California, for sale of alcoholic beve...
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