Blue Springs, MO Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Section 600.340 of the Blue Springs City Code makes it unlawful for any person to drink, consume or possess in an open container any intoxicating liquor or beer on the streets, alleys or public places inside the area bounded on the north by Vesper Street, the east by Eighth Street, the south by Walnut Street and the west by Fifteenth Street, with the boundary running along the outermost paved edge of those streets. The only exception is alcohol consumed inside the fenced beer garden or a rented booth space authorized under the Fall Fun Festival special-event permit, Section 390.045, and that exception runs only from 6:00 A.M. the day the festival begins until 6:00 P.M. the day it ends.

Inside the beer garden itself, only malt liquor over 3.2% by weight, wine up to 14% alcohol, and intoxicating liquor as separately defined in the section may be consumed, and no malt liquor or wine may be carried out of the fenced area for consumption elsewhere in the downtown boundary. A business already licensed to sell liquor by the drink for on-premises consumption may sell inside its rented booth with the City's or festival operator's consent. The restriction does not reach the inside of any establishment properly licensed year-round to sell intoxicating beverages.

Enforcement runs through the Blue Springs Police Department, and Section 600.340(F) makes any violation a misdemeanor punishable under the City's general penalty section, Section 100.080, of the Code.