Buena Park, CA Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- BPMC § 8.36.010
- Covers
- streets, sidewalks, lots, parks
- Enforced by
- Buena Park Police Department
- Related state law
- Bus. & Prof. Code § 25620
Summary
Buena Park bans drinking alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, alleys, parking lots and parks under Municipal Code § 8.36.010.
It is unlawful for any person to consume any alcoholic beverage, as that term is defined in California Business and Professions Code Section 23004, or any successor provision thereto, on any public street, public sidewalk, or public alley, or within any public parking lot, private parking lot open to the public, public park, or public property immediately adjacent to such park. (For possession of open containers in public parks as an infraction, see California Business and Professions Code Section 25620.)
B. This section shall not be deemed to make punishable any act or acts prohibited by any law of the state of California. (Prior code § 18-6.1; Ord. 1326 § 2, 1995)
Full Breakdown
It is unlawful in Buena Park, California, to consume any alcoholic beverage on any public street, sidewalk, or alley, or in any public or private parking lot open to the public, public park, or public property adjacent to a park. The ban covers open containers and drinking itself, citywide, and applies in addition to state open-container infraction law under Business and Professions Code § 25620.
Violations & Fines
Violating Municipal Code § 8.36.010 is a misdemeanor unless the city attorney or a citing officer charges it as an infraction; police can also cite it alongside the state open-container infraction.
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