Public Conduct in Westminster, CA (2026)
7 verified public conduct rules for Westminster, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Westminster prohibits soliciting in an aggressive manner in any public place under Municipal Code Section 12.32.030, defining aggressive conduct to include following, touching, blocking passage, threatening gestures or profane language meant to provoke fear. A first offense is an infraction; a sixth offense within three years can be a misdemeanor.
Westminster Aggressive Solicitation Ban
Significant RestrictionsWestminster Municipal Code § 12.32.030; § 12.32.020
No person shall solicit in an aggressive manner in any public place. ... "Aggressive manner" shall mean any of the following conduct in the course of soliciting, or occurring immediately before or after a solicitation: 1. Approaching or speaking to a person, or following a person immediately before, during, or immediately after soliciting, if that conduct is intended or is likely to cause a rea...
Public Urination
Westminster makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place, any place open to public view, or on private property entered without the owner's consent. The prohibition, Code Section 9.16.100, is enforced by the police department as a misdemeanor.
Westminster Bans Public Urination, Defecation
Some RestrictionsWestminster Code § 9.16.100
§ 9.16.100. Public excretion prohibited. No persons shall urinate or defecate in a: A. Public place; B. Place open to the public or exposed to public view; or C. Private place entered without consent of the owner, his agent, or the person in lawful possession thereof. This section shall not apply to urination or defecation in any fixture provided for such purposes in any bathroom, restroom, dre...
Skateboarding Rules
Westminster requires helmets, elbow pads and knee pads for anyone using its designated skate parks under Municipal Code Section 12.34.040, and limits use to skateboarding and rollerskating during posted hours only. Bicycles, alcohol, drugs, littering and vandalism are all separately barred inside the park.
Westminster Skate Park Safety Rules
Some RestrictionsWestminster Municipal Code § 12.34.040(A),(C),(D)
No person shall skateboard or rollerskate at any times other than those established as the hours of operation. ... No person shall use the skate park unless they wear the proper safety equipment as posted. ... No person shall ride or cause to be ridden, a bicycle on the skating surface of the skate park.
Loud Party Ordinance
Westminster does not fine a first noisy gathering, but a written warning follows and every additional police response within 14 days triggers a service fee, from $250 for the second visit up to $1,100 for the sixth and beyond, billed to the responsible person under Chapter 9.50.
Westminster Loud Party Response Fees
Significant RestrictionsWestminster Code § 9.50.040
§ 9.50.040. Police service fines. A. The first response to a loud or large party shall not incur a fine. B. Subsequent responses shall incur fines in the following manner: 1. The second response within a fourteen day period shall incur a fine in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars. 2. The third response ... five hundred dollars. 3. The fourth response ... seven hundred dollars. 4. The fifth...
Loitering Rules
Westminster bans loitering on the narrow medians of eight designated arterial streets under Municipal Code Section 12.32.040(B), defining loiter as lingering there for any purpose unrelated to safely crossing the road. The council found these two-and-a-half to four-foot medians too narrow to function as a public forum.
Westminster Median Loitering Ban
Significant RestrictionsWestminster Municipal Code § 12.32.040(B)
Soliciting or Loitering in Median of Designated Streets. Except as otherwise permitted by law, it is unlawful for any person to either: solicit while on a median strip within a designated street; or loiter on a median strip within a designated street. For the purposes of this section, "loiter" shall mean to linger or remain in or on a median strip for any purpose unrelated to safely traversing ...
Jaywalking
Westminster Code § 10.40.020 requires pedestrians to cross only at a marked crosswalk within the central traffic district or any business district; crossing mid-block or diagonally outside those zones' crosswalks violates the section. The city traffic engineer sets crosswalk locations under § 10.40.010, including any midblock crossing on blocks of at least 400 feet.
Westminster Mandates Crosswalk Crossing Downtown
Some RestrictionsWestminster Code § 10.40.020
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the central traffic district or in any business district.
Public Alcohol Use
Westminster bans drinking or holding an opened alcohol container on public streets, sidewalks, parks, parking lots, and posted residential property. Violating Section 9.68.010 is a misdemeanor; licensed premises and police-permitted uses are exempt under Section 9.68.020.
Westminster Open Container / Public Drinking Ban
Some RestrictionsWestminster Code § 9.68.010
§ 9.68.010. Prohibitions. No person shall drink or consume any alcoholic beverage or possess any can, bottle, glass, or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or a seal broken or the contents of which have been partially removed in or on any public highway, public sidewalk, public alley, public park, public parking lot, private parking lot open to public acces...
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