Public Conduct in Sarasota County, FL (2026)

2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 2 cities in Sarasota County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

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

Outdoor Smoking Restrictions

Sarasota County bans smoking in every County Park under Code of Ordinances § 90-33(a)(21). The ban covers cigarettes, pipe tobacco, and other lighted tobacco products but not unfiltered cigars, and it does not reach a Designated City Park or School Board Facility inside a municipality that has adopted its own smoking rule.

Sarasota County: Smoking Banned in All County Parks

Heavy Restrictions

Sarasota County Code §§ 90-32(15), 90-33(a)(21)

(15)Smoking means inhaling, exhaling, burning, carrying, or possessing any lighted tobacco product, including cigarettes, pipe tobacco, and any other lighted tobacco product, but does not include unfiltered cigars. (21) Smoking within all County Parks. Where a municipality has their own ordinance governing smoking in their parks, this prohibition shall not include: (1) any Designated City Park...

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Public Alcohol Use

In unincorporated Sarasota County, it is illegal to possess an open container of alcohol or drink in public on any street, sidewalk, parking lot or road shoulder. Sheriff's deputies enforce Sec. 6-113, and a conviction carries up to a $500 fine or 60 days in jail. The ban excludes private property, beaches and parks.

Sarasota County: Open Container Ban on Public Right-of-Way

Heavy Restrictions

Sarasota County Code §§ 6-113, 6-118

It shall be unlawful for any person to possess an Open Container or consume an Alcoholic Beverage upon any Public Right-of-Way in the unincorporated area of Sarasota County. A person shall be deemed in possession of an Open Container if said person handles the Open Container or the Open Container is in the clothes or on the body of the person. ... Any person violating any provision of this divi...

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Public Conduct by City in Sarasota County

2 cities in Sarasota County have their own public conduct rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

North PortPop. 80,021

3 verified rules • Loitering Rules, Outdoor Smoking Restrictions

SarasotaPop. 54,842

8 verified rules • Aggressive Panhandling, Loitering Rules

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