Public Conduct in Howard County, IN (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Howard County, Indiana.
Verified from official government sources
Skateboarding Rules
Howard County bans skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates and bikes at any time on the ground around the County Courthouse, Government Building and Administration Center, with fines up to $75 enforced by the Sheriff's Department and court security officers.
Howard County Skateboard Ban on County Property
Heavy RestrictionsHoward County Code § 130.03
(1) COUNTY PROPERTY. The areas owned by Howard County adjacent to the Howard County Court House, Howard County Government Building and the Howard County Administration Center, including the lawn, walks, disability ramps, steps, walls, retaining walls, planters or curbs, but excluding the city sidewalks which bound such property. ... (B) Operation prohibited. The operation of a skateboard or...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Howard County extends its smoke-free rules outdoors: § 92.55 bans smoking in outdoor restaurant and bar seating, within eight feet of playgrounds, transit shelters, and sports bleachers, and in outdoor arenas and stadiums. Multi-unit residential complexes must also cap any designated outdoor smoking area at 25% of their common space. The Health Department enforces the ban with fines that rise for repeat violations.
Howard County Outdoor Public Smoking Ban
Significant RestrictionsHoward County Code § 92.55
Smoking shall be prohibited in the following outdoor places: (A) Outdoor seating areas of restaurants, bars, private clubs, and businesses except those restricted to individuals over the age of 18 years of age; (B) In all outdoor arenas, stadiums, and amphitheaters. Smoking shall also be prohibited in and within eight feet of bleachers and grandstands for use by spectators at sporting and o...
Public Marijuana Use
Howard County's smoke-free ordinance defines 'smoking' to expressly include marijuana, so lighting a joint triggers the same rules as a cigarette. Marijuana smoking is banned in every enclosed public place countywide, from bars and retail stores to county meeting rooms, and the Health Department enforces the ban with fines that climb for repeat violations within the same calendar year.
Howard County Marijuana Smoking Ban
Significant RestrictionsHoward County Code §§ 92.50, 92.51, 92.99
SMOKING. Inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation, including hookah and marijuana, in any manner or in any form. ... (A) Except as provided in division (B) below and in § 92.54, smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed public places within Howard County including ...
Public Alcohol Use
Drinking or being intoxicated in a Howard County park is against the law outright. Section 93.02(K) bars anyone from consuming alcoholic beverages, being intoxicated, or gambling in any county park, with no carve-out for private permission the way the parks ordinance allows for firearms or camping. Violators face the county's general fine.
Howard County Park Alcohol Ban
Heavy RestrictionsHoward County Code § 93.02(K)
No person in any county park shall do any of the following: ... (K) Engage in gambling, consume alcoholic beverages, be intoxicated or do any indecent, lewd or improper act therein.
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