Public Conduct in Palm Beach Gardens, FL (2026)
5 verified public conduct rules for Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Skateboarding Rules
Palm Beach Gardens bars skateboarding, roller skating, rollerblading and bicycling from basketball courts, tennis courts and parking lots in every city park under Code Sec. 46-17(b). Riders must stick to areas the Parks and Recreation Division specifically designates for wheeled recreation. Because Chapter 46 sets no separate fine, a violation falls under the Code's general penalty: up to $500.00, up to 60 days in jail, or both, with Palm Beach Gardens Police Department and park staff enforcing on site.
Skateboarding Banned on Courts in Palm Beach Gardens
Significant RestrictionsPalm Beach Gardens Code § 46-17(b)
(b)Roller skating, rollerblading, bicycling, skateboarding, and any other similar activity is prohibited on basketball courts, tennis courts, and parking lots and shall be confined to those areas specifically designated for such activity.
Loud Party Ordinance
In the City of Palm Beach Gardens, yelling, shouting, or creating verbal noise on residential or conservation-district property is banned during set curfew hours: weeknights 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., Friday 11 p.m. to Saturday 8 a.m., and Saturday 11 p.m. to Sunday noon, whenever the sound carries more than 25 feet past the property line.
Palm Beach Gardens Loud Party & Shouting Curfew
Some RestrictionsPalm Beach Gardens Code § 34-57
From 8:00 p.m. on each day from Sunday through Thursday through 8:00 a.m. on the next day, from 11:00 p.m. on Friday through 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, and from 11:00 p.m. on Saturday through 12:00 noon on Sunday, no person on property within a residential district or a conservation district within the city shall yell, shout, or otherwise verbally create noise, either individually or in concert wit...
Loitering Rules
In the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Code § 46-8(b) bans loitering in or around any park restroom, dressing room, bathhouse, or parking lot. The same section also restricts restroom and bathhouse use by age and sex designation and confines dressing or undressing to designated facilities, tying the rule to the city's park regulations chapter.
Palm Beach Gardens Bans Loitering at Park Restrooms
Light RestrictionsPalm Beach Gardens Code § 46-8
(a)No person over the age of six (6) shall occupy or enter any restroom, dressing room, bathroom, bathhouse, or other park structures which are reserved or designated by the parks division for exclusive use of the opposite sex.(b)No person shall loiter in or around any restroom, dressing room, bathhouse, or parking lot.(c)No person shall dress or undress except in such bathhouses or structures ...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Palm Beach Gardens does not ban smoking outright in city parks; Code Sec. 46-31 instead makes it unlawful to throw away or discard a lighted match, cigar or cigarette anywhere in a park except in designated areas and containers. The rule sits in Chapter 46's general park prohibitions, enforced by Parks and Recreation staff and the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department, with violations falling under the Code's general penalty of up to $500.00 or 60 days in jail.
Palm Beach Gardens Park Smoking Litter Rule
Light RestrictionsPalm Beach Gardens Code § 46-31
No person shall throw away or discard any lighted match, cigar, or cigarette within a park, except in designated areas and containers.
Public Alcohol Use
Palm Beach Gardens bans drinking any alcoholic beverage on public streets, alleys, or in parks under Code § 6-7, unless the city manager specifically authorizes it at a city park event, and separately bans open containers within 500 feet of any commercial parking lot or inside a moving vehicle under § 6-8.
Public Drinking and Open Container Rules, PBG
Significant RestrictionsPalm Beach Gardens Code § 6-7
(a)No person shall drink any spirituous, vinous, malt, or other intoxicating liquors in or upon any public street, avenue, alley, park, or other public way or place in the city. However, the city manager may authorize the consumption of alcoholic beverages in a city park pursuant to the regulations set forth in chapter 46, article I of this Code.(b)The chief of police shall not grant an authori...
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