Public Conduct in Redlands, CA (2026)
9 verified public conduct rules for Redlands, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Redlands bans aggressive panhandling in any public place under City Code Chapter 9.10, adopted by Ordinance 2747 in 2011 and tightened by Ordinance 2807 in 2014. Section 9.10.030 defines six specific "aggressive manner" behaviors, and separate rules bar solicitation within 15 feet of banks and ATMs and inside public parking lots between 7:00 PM and 7:00 AM.
Redlands Aggressive Solicitation Ban
Some RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 9.10.030
No person shall solicit, ask or beg in any aggressive manner in any public place. "Aggressive manner" shall mean any of the following: A. Approaching or speaking to a person, or following a person before, during or after soliciting, asking, or begging, if that conduct is intended or is likely to cause a reasonable person to: 1. Fear bodily harm to oneself or to another, damage to or loss of pro...
Public Urination
Redlands makes it a crime to urinate or defecate in public under City Code section 9.16.040, adopted by Ordinance 2683 in 2007. The law covers any location outside a restroom, bathroom or other structure enclosed from public view, and it provides a defense for a documented medical condition affecting bladder or bowel control.
Redlands Public Urination and Defecation Ban
Some RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 9.16.040
A. It is unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in public, other than when using a toilet, urinal or commode located in a restroom, bathroom or other structure enclosed from public view. B. Proof of a verified medical condition that causes an individual to lack control of the bodily functions that control urination or defecation is a defense to a violation of this section.
Skateboarding Rules
Redlands bans skateboarding, roller skating and bicycling on any sidewalk within a business district, and bans all three, with a law enforcement exception, inside any municipal parking facility, under Redlands City Code § 10.44.060.
Redlands Skateboard And Bicycle Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 10.44.060
A. It is unlawful for any person to ride upon any bicycle, roller skate or skates, skateboard, or other similar contrivance in any municipal parking facility, except authorized law enforcement personnel of the city's bicycle mounted enforcement team. B. It is unlawful for any person to ride upon any bicycle, roller skate or skates, skateboard, or other contrivance upon any sidewalk within any b...
Loud Party Ordinance
Redlands' Social Host Liability ordinance, City Code Chapter 9.30 (Ordinance 2780, 2013), makes it unlawful to host, permit or allow a gathering where a minor drinks alcohol or uses drugs, and lets the city bill the responsible host civil fines starting at $100 plus the full cost of police, fire and emergency response to a loud or unruly gathering.
Redlands Social Host Liability Ordinance
Significant RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 9.30.040
Except as permitted by state law, it is unlawful for any person having control of any premises who knows or should reasonably know that he or she has hosted, permitted, or allowed a gathering to take place at said premises, where at least one minor consumes an alcoholic beverage, marijuana or other controlled substance whenever the person having control of the premises either knows a minor has ...
Loitering Rules
Redlands bars school-age minors from loitering, idling, wandering, strolling or playing in public places on school days between 8:30 AM and 2:30 PM under City Code section 9.24.040, part of the same Chapter 9.24 that sets the nighttime juvenile curfew. Thirteen defenses apply, and parents who allow it face the same penalty as the minor.
Redlands Daylight Loitering Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 9.24.040
A. It is unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years, who is subject to compulsory education or to compulsory continuation education, alone or in concert with others, to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, parking areas, or other public grounds, public places or amusement and eating places, vacant lots ...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Redlands does not ban smoking citywide in parks or on patios. Its one outdoor smoking prohibition covers the city's own Market Night footprint on State Street and part of Orange Street, plus a twenty-foot buffer, and applies only while that event is running.
Redlands Market Night Outdoor Smoking Ban
Light RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 8.54.035
8.54.035: PROHIBITION OF SMOKING AT CITY'S MARKET NIGHT: A. Smoking shall be prohibited in all publicly owned outdoor areas comprising the city's sponsored Market Night. In addition, except which a person is passing on the way to another destination, smoking shall be prohibited on public property located within twenty feet (20') of all outdoor areas comprising the city's Market Night. For purpo...
Jaywalking
In Redlands, California, pedestrians in the central traffic district or any business district must cross the roadway at a marked or unmarked crosswalk. Crossing mid-block outside those areas, or crossing at an angle instead of by the shortest route or at right angles within a crosswalk, is a separate violation under the city code.
Redlands Crosswalk Crossing Requirement
Some RestrictionsRedlands City Code §§ 10.48.030, 10.48.040
10.48.030: PEDESTRIAN USE REQUIRED; WHERE: No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the central traffic district or in any business district. (Prior code § 68103) 10.48.040: PEDESTRIAN TO CROSS AT RIGHT ANGLES: No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb in a marked crosswal...
Public Marijuana Use
Redlands City Code section 18.18.030(D) makes it unlawful to smoke or ingest marijuana in any public place anywhere in the city. The prohibition sits inside the same chapter that bans commercial cannabis businesses, and violations can be treated as a public nuisance the city may abate through injunction or other remedy.
Redlands Bans Smoking Marijuana In Public
Significant RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 18.18.030(D)
D. No person shall smoke or ingest marijuana in any public place. (Ord. 2851, 2017)
Public Alcohol Use
Redlands makes it unlawful to drink or consume any intoxicating liquor on any public or private street, highway, road, alley or lane within the city under City Code section 9.16.020. A related provision, section 9.30.030, separately bars minors from consuming alcohol, marijuana or other controlled substances in any public place.
Redlands Public Street Drinking Ban
Some RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 9.16.020
It is unlawful for any person within the city to drink or consume any intoxicating liquor upon any public street, highway, road, alley or lane, whether public or private within the city.
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