Public Conduct in Yucaipa, CA (2026)
7 verified public conduct rules for Yucaipa, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
In the City of Yucaipa, soliciting in an aggressive manner in any public place is prohibited. The code defines aggressive manner by five types of conduct, and separate rules bar all solicitation within 25 feet of banks and ATMs, on medians, after dark in parking lots, and near transit stops, driveways, fuel pumps and restaurants.
Yucaipa Aggressive Solicitation Ordinance
Significant RestrictionsYucaipa Municipal Code §§ 12.06.070, 12.06.080
"Aggressive manner" means any of the following: 1. Conduct intended or likely to cause a reasonable person to fear bodily harm to oneself or to another, damage to or loss of property, or otherwise be intimidated into giving money or other thing of value; 2. Intentionally touching or causing physical contact with another person or an occupied vehicle without that person's consent; 3. Intentional...
Public Urination
In the City of Yucaipa, intentionally or knowingly urinating or defecating in a public place, the public right-of-way or on private property without consent is prohibited. A violation is a misdemeanor with up to six months in county jail and a $1,000 fine, or an infraction with fines of $100, $200 and $500. Four affirmative defenses apply.
Public Urination and Defecation Ban in Yucaipa, California
Significant RestrictionsYucaipa Municipal Code §§ 8.44.030, 8.44.050
A. No person shall intentionally or knowingly urinate or defecate in a public place or within the public right-of-way. B. No person shall intentionally or knowingly urinate or defecate upon private property without the consent of the property owner, lawful occupant, or person in charge. ... A. Misdemeanor. Unless charged or reduced as an infraction under Subsection B, a violation of this chapte...
Skateboarding Rules
In the City of Yucaipa, riding a skateboard, roller skates, in-line skates or a similar self-powered device with wheels less than six inches in diameter is a public nuisance on posted property, on posted public sidewalks and in any municipal parking facility. Violations are infractions with fines starting at $25 under Yucaipa Municipal Code § 9.16.030.
Skateboarding Rules in the City of Yucaipa, California
Some RestrictionsYucaipa Municipal Code § 9.16.020
It is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to ride a skateboard, or utilize roller skates, in-line skates, or any similar self-powered wheeled device having wheels less than six inches in diameter, upon any public property or private property where notice of such prohibition has been posted and is clearly visible, at minimum, within two entrances to the prohibited area or in the immedi...
Loud Party Ordinance
Chapter 9.24 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code makes the owner, tenant or organizer of a loud or disorderly gathering in the City of Yucaipa responsible for preventing it. Violating that duty is a public nuisance, and the people responsible are jointly and severally liable for the public safety cost of special security assignments after a warning.
Loud and Disorderly Party Rules in the City of Yucaipa
Some RestrictionsYucaipa Municipal Code § 9.24.020
Each person responsible for a gathering or party, or who allows his or her property to be utilized for a gathering or party, shall prevent it from becoming a loud and/or disorderly gathering or party. Violation of this duty constitutes a public nuisance. The city manager and designee, including, but not limited to, police officers and code enforcement officers, shall have the authority to enfor...
Loitering Rules
In the City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California, no person can linger on a street median, loiter on one, or solicit on one. Yucaipa Municipal Code § 12.06.090(F) sets all three bans, and a violation brings an administrative citation, an infraction fine starting at $100, or a misdemeanor charge.
Median Loitering and Lingering Rules in Yucaipa, California
Significant RestrictionsYucaipa Municipal Code § 12.06.090
§ 12.06.090. All solicitations prohibited at specified locations. ... F. Medians. ... 1. No person shall linger on a median. 2. No person shall loiter on a median. 3. No person shall solicit upon any median.
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
In the City of Yucaipa, possessing a burning tobacco or tobacco-related product in any public park, playground or trail is prohibited. The code also bans discarding cigarette butts and tobacco waste there except in a designated receptacle. Its smoking definition covers lighted weed and plants, and violations are infractions.
Yucaipa Smoking Ban in City Parks, Playgrounds and Trails
Heavy RestrictionsYucaipa Municipal Code § 12.04.255
A. No person shall be in possession of a burning tobacco or tobacco-related product, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipes or similar devices in or upon any public park, playground or trail in the city. ... D. For the purposes of this section and any resolutions adopted to effect the purposes of this section, "smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted c...
Public Alcohol Use
In the City of Yucaipa, carrying an opened alcohol container onto the posted premises, adjacent posted parking lot or adjacent public sidewalk of a retail package off-sale licensee is an infraction under Yucaipa Municipal Code § 9.12.010. Possessing, selling or drinking alcohol in a city park is prohibited under § 12.04.250 unless a special event permit expressly allows it.
Open Containers and Public Drinking in the City of Yucaipa
Some RestrictionsYucaipa Municipal Code § 9.12.010
It is unlawful and an infraction for any person who has in his or her possession any bottle, can or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed, to enter, be, or remain on the posted premises of, including the posted parking lot immediately adjacent to, any retail package off-sale alcoholic beve...
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