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Public Conduct in Clay County, FL (2026)

3 rules for unincorporated Clay County, Florida.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Clay County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Skateboarding Rules

Clay County bans skateboards, skates, rollerblades, bicycles, and scooters on county park property unless a posted sign says otherwise. Section 15-3.3(h) defines any wheeled, non-motorized device as a prohibited "nonmotorized vehicle," with exceptions for posted-authorized areas and bicycles on driveways, parking lots, or bike racks.

Skateboards Banned in Clay County Parks

Heavy Restrictions

Clay County Code of Ordinances § 15-3.3(h)

Nonmotorized vehicles prohibited. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this subsection for any person to operate or use a nonmotorized vehicle upon any county park. For purposes of this subsection, a nonmotorized vehicle shall mean any wheeled vehicle or device lacking a combustion engine or electric motor for motive power, including but not limited to any skateboard, skate, rollerblade, bic...

Outdoor Smoking Restrictions

Clay County bans smoking, vaping, and tobacco product use anywhere on county park property. Section 15-3.3(l) prohibits lighting a cigarette, using an e-cigarette, or otherwise using tobacco on any county park, relying on the state's Section 386.209, Florida Statutes authorization, with a narrow carve-out for unfiltered cigars.

Smoking Banned in Clay County Parks

Heavy Restrictions

Clay County Code of Ordinances § 15-3.3(l)

Smoking, vaping, and the use of tobacco products prohibited. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this subsection for any smoking, vaping, or tobacco product use by any person upon any county park as authorized by Section 386.209, Florida Statutes. This subsection shall not apply to smoking unfiltered cigars which is exempt under Section 386.209, Florida Statutes.

Public Alcohol Use

Clay County bans drinking alcoholic beverages on any county-owned property or county park, and separately makes it unlawful to consume alcohol within 300 feet of a business licensed only for package sales. Both bans apply throughout the unincorporated county under Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances, alongside separate hours-of-sale rules for on-premises consumption.

Clay County's Public Alcohol Consumption and Open-Container Rules

Some Restrictions

Clay County Code of Ordinances §§ 3-2(e), 3-3

(e)It is unlawful for any person or persons to consume any alcoholic beverages within three hundred (300) feet from any establishment which has an alcoholic beverage license providing for package sales only. ... Sec. 3-3. - Consumption on county property. It is unlawful for any person to consume any alcoholic beverages on any county-owned property or county parks, except as provided for in chap...

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