Anaheim, CA Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

010 makes it unlawful to consume any alcoholic beverage, or to possess an opened bottle, can or other receptacle containing alcohol with the seal broken or contents partially removed, while on any public street, parkway, sidewalk, alley, public parking lot or area, or on any private parking lot or area open to the public with or without compensation. The restriction also covers any other private parking lot within two hundred feet of a dance hall or sex-oriented business as defined elsewhere in the code. A narrow carve-out allows carrying a sealed or resealed container only as reasonably necessary to transport it directly to or from a vehicle or a place of lawful consumption.

The section separately bans consuming alcohol while inside a vehicle parked on a public lot, a private lot open to the public, or a private lot within 200 feet of a dance hall or sex-oriented business, regardless of whether the vehicle itself is public or private. "Alcoholic beverage" is defined by cross-reference to the definition under the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. 030, each enforced as infractions, with an exception for authorized concessionaires and persons who obtain city permission.