Public Conduct in O'Fallon, MO (2026)
7 verified public conduct rules for O'Fallon, Missouri, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Public Urination
O'Fallon makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere open to public view outside a proper restroom or comfort station, under City Code § 215.465. A related public-indecency section extends the same ban to all City parks at all times, whether visible to the public or not.
O'Fallon Bans Public Urination, Defecation
Significant RestrictionsO'Fallon Code § 215.465
It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in any place open to public view other than in proper receptacles of public or private comfort stations, restrooms, toilets or other similar facilities.
Skateboarding Rules
O'Fallon bars skateboards from roadways outright, letting riders cross only in a marked crosswalk like a pedestrian, and separately bans skateboarding on sidewalks anywhere inside a business district. Police can post signs extending the ban to specific sidewalks or roadways elsewhere in the City, and ignoring a posted sign is itself a violation.
O'Fallon Skateboard Sidewalk and Road Ban
Significant RestrictionsO'Fallon Code § 310.040(A)-(C)
No person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle, skateboard, or similar device, shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and when so crossing such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians... No person shall ride a bicycle, coaster, roller skates, skateboard, or ...
Loitering Rules
O'Fallon bars loitering or gathering around any commercial establishment that offers live entertainment once the business has closed for the night. Section 635.030(H) pairs that rule with a ban on fighting or other disorderly conduct at the same establishments while they are open, both enforced under the Live Entertainment Chapter.
O'Fallon Post-Closing Loitering Ban
Light RestrictionsO'Fallon Code § 635.030(H)
H. Disorderly Conduct. No fighting or other disorderly conduct shall be permitted at any commercial establishment offering live entertainment. Furthermore, no loitering or gathering, around any commercial establishment offering live entertainment shall be permitted once the business has closed for the night.
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
O'Fallon's smoke-free ordinance reaches outdoors too: smoking is banned within three feet of any entrance, operable window or ventilation intake of a building where indoor smoking is already prohibited. The rule targets doorway drift rather than parks or open patios generally, and violators face the same infraction fines as indoor smokers.
O'Fallon Outdoor Smoking Buffer Rule
Some RestrictionsO'Fallon Code §§ 260.060, 260.120(A)
Smoking shall be prohibited in the following outdoor places: Within a reasonable distance of three (3) feet outside entrances, operable windows and ventilation systems of enclosed areas where smoking is prohibited, so as to ensure that tobacco smoke does not enter those areas... A person who smokes in an area where smoking is prohibited by the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of an in...
Jaywalking
O'Fallon bars pedestrians from crossing outside a crosswalk between signaled intersections, in any business district, or on any street posted by ordinance, and forbids diagonal crossing unless signs allow it. The rule sits in Chapter 345 of the Municipal Code alongside the City's other pedestrian right-of-way duties.
O'Fallon Bans Mid-Block Crossing
Some RestrictionsO'Fallon Code § 345.060
Section 345.060. Prohibited Crossing. A. Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a crosswalk. B. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk in any business district. C. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk upon any street designated by ordinance. D. No pedestr...
Public Marijuana Use
O'Fallon prohibits consuming marijuana in public areas like parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, festivals, parades and sports arenas, and bans it outright on school and correctional-facility grounds and while operating any vehicle, under City Code § 215.545, adopted March 9, 2023.
O'Fallon Bans Marijuana Use in Public Areas
Significant RestrictionsO'Fallon Code § 215.545(C)
It is unlawful for any person to consume marijuana in a public area, including parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, festivals, in or along parades, sports arenas, and other areas open to public gathering and access; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to prohibit the preparation and consumption of marijuana-infused products as part of culinary dishes or beverages by r...
Public Alcohol Use
O'Fallon bans possessing an open container of beer, wine or liquor in any public place, but exempts on-premises licensed establishments, public parks (outside parking areas), permitted festivals and sporting events, and convention or reception facilities, under City Code § 215.520.
O'Fallon's Open Container Ban in Public
Some RestrictionsO'Fallon Code § 215.520(B)
Subject to the exceptions in Subsections (C) and (D) of this Section, a person commits the violation of "open container of an alcoholic beverage in a public place" if such person has in his or her possession an opened container of beer, wine or intoxicating liquor while in any public place.
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