Public Conduct in El Dorado County, CA (2026)
6 rules for unincorporated El Dorado County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Public Urination
Unincorporated El Dorado County makes it an infraction to urinate or defecate in public. Section 9.08.070 only requires that the person acted willfully and knew, or should have known, that someone present would be offended, and that no appropriate public facility such as a restroom was used instead.
El Dorado County Bans Public Urination
Heavy RestrictionsEl Dorado County Code § 9.08.070
It is unlawful for any person, who knows or should have known that there is present a person who would be offended by such conduct, to willfully urinate or defecate in a public place, other than in an appropriately designed public facility. Any person found guilty of violation of this section shall be guilty of an infraction.
Skateboarding Rules
El Dorado County makes it unlawful to ride a skateboard, roller skate or roller blade on private property without the owner's consent once a sign prohibiting the activity and citing Section 9.48.030 is posted, and on public property once the property owner posts that same sign. On single-family residential lots, no sign is required at all: skating without consent is already unlawful there.
El Dorado County Skateboard Restricted-Use Rule
Some RestrictionsEl Dorado County Code Section 9.48.030
Sec. 9.48.030. - Restricted use. It shall be unlawful to ride or propel any skateboard, roller skate or roller blade within or upon the following areas: A.Any privately owned property without the consent of the owner, provided the private property owner posts a sign that prohibits the conduct and references this section. The posting of a sign is not required for this section to apply to single-...
Loitering Rules
El Dorado County's Loitering Ordinance, Section 9.34.040, does not ban standing around generally; it bans loitering that breaches the peace, blocks pedestrians or vehicles, or continues on private or closed business property after the owner or an officer asks the person to leave. A peace officer decides when those conditions are met.
El Dorado County Loitering Ordinance Rules
Significant RestrictionsEl Dorado County Code § 9.34.040
No person shall loiter in such a manner as to: A.Create or cause to be created a breach of the peace;B.Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles;C.Remain upon any business premises or parking lots pertaining to such premises after the close of business hours, without the consent of the owner or legal occupant or occupants;D.Remain upon any private property without the consent of the ...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
El Dorado County bans smoking throughout the parks, trails and open space it manages except in areas the Parks Division has specifically designated for it. Section 9.46.720 of the County Parks Ordinance applies countywide to every County-operated park, playground and recreation center, and Parks Division staff or any peace officer can eject a smoker who lights up outside a marked zone.
El Dorado County Parks Smoking Restriction
Significant RestrictionsEl Dorado County Code Section 9.46.720
Sec. 9.46.720. - Smoking. Smoking is permitted in designated areas only. (Code 1997, § 9.46.720; Ord. No. 4586, 8-14-2001)
Public Marijuana Use
El Dorado County's public smoking ordinance defines 'smoking' broadly, in County Code Section 8.60.030, to include lighting or burning any pipe, cigar, cigarette, weed, or plant, and Section 8.60.040 bans that smoking in dozens of enumerated enclosed public places, from stores and banks to restaurants and County buildings, so marijuana smoking is illegal anywhere tobacco is.
El Dorado County Public Smoking Ban Covers Marijuana
Significant RestrictionsEl Dorado County Code §§ 8.60.030, 8.60.040
Smoking means lighting, inhaling, exhaling or burning any pipe, cigar, cigarette, weed, or plant, or carrying any lighted pipe, lighted cigar, lighted cigarette, lighted weed, lighted plant, or other ignited combustible substance in any manner or in any form. ... it is unlawful for members of the general public or any other person within the unincorporated area of the County or in the incorpora...
Public Alcohol Use
Carrying an open container of alcohol on a public highway outside a vehicle is a misdemeanor in unincorporated El Dorado County under Section 9.12.010. The Code applies once any bottle, can, or other receptacle has been opened, its seal broken, or its contents partially removed, mirroring Penal Code Section 647.
El Dorado County Open Container Law
Heavy RestrictionsEl Dorado County Code § 9.12.010
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, while on a public highway and not within a motor vehicle is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished according to the general penalties described in Chapter 1.24.
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