Public Conduct in Palm Beach County, FL (2026)
4 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 4 cities in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Loitering Rules
Palm Beach County bans loitering in park restrooms, dressing rooms, picnic shelters, and wooded areas countywide under Sec. 21-35, with violators facing citation, ejection, and fines up to $500 a day.
Palm Beach County Park Loitering Ban
Significant RestrictionsPalm Beach County Code § 21-35(c)
To the extent permitted by law, no person shall loiter in or around any park areas including, but not limited to, restrooms, dressing rooms or bathhouses, picnic shelters/areas, wooded or natural/undeveloped areas.(d)No adult eighteen (18) years or older shall enter or remain in a designated children's play area, unless the adult is supervising and/or accompanying children who are utilizing the...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Palm Beach County bans e-cigarettes and other vapor-generating devices inside County public park playgrounds, not traditional cigarette smoking, and not the rest of the park, enforced with civil citations starting at $50.
Palm Beach County Playground Vaping Ban
Some RestrictionsPalm Beach County Code § 21-84
Sec. 21-84. - The prohibition of the use of Vapor-Generating Electronic Devices at public park playgrounds. Pursuant to F.S. § 386.209, the BCC hereby prohibits the use of Vapor-Generating Electronic Devices at Public Park Playgrounds.
Public Marijuana Use
Officers may issue a $100 civil citation instead of arresting adults caught with 20 grams or less of marijuana or paraphernalia in unincorporated Palm Beach County, capped at two citations per person.
Palm Beach County Marijuana Civil Citations
Some RestrictionsPalm Beach County Code § 18-94
The following State law misdemeanor violations are declared civil infractions and eligible to receive a civil citation, at the discretion of a law enforcement officer, provided that such violations are not charged in conjunction with any criminal charge: (a) Possession, by a person eighteen (18) years of age or older, of marijuana in an amount of twenty (20) grams or less, as set forth in F.S. ...
Public Alcohol Use
Drinking or holding an open alcoholic beverage within 500 feet of a commercial parking lot in unincorporated Palm Beach County is a violation, punishable by up to a $500 fine and 60 days in jail.
Open Container Palm Beach County
Significant RestrictionsPalm Beach County Code § 3-3
It shall be unlawful for any person to drink or consume any alcoholic beverage in or within five hundred (500) feet of a commercial establishment parking lot in the county, except in those areas in which such consumption is permitted pursuant to the Beverage Law, special or general act of the state, the Florida Administrative Code, or county ordinance, resolution, or administrative approval.
Public Conduct by City in Palm Beach County
4 cities in Palm Beach County have their own public conduct rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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