Casa Grande, AZ Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Casa Grande Municipal Code Section 9.08.020
- Restricted zone
- Within 1,000 ft of Casa Grande Union High School
- Exempt days
- Saturdays, Sundays, state holidays
- Maximum fine
- $300
- Maximum jail term
- 6 months, county jail
Summary
Casa Grande bans possessing or drinking malt beverages in any public park or recreation area within 1,000 feet of Casa Grande Union High School, except on Saturdays, Sundays and state holidays. City Code Section 9.08.020 makes a violation a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $300 fine or six months in jail, or both.
9.08.020 Drinking malt beverages in public prohibited.
A. It is unlawful for any person to consume or have in his possession any malt beverage or broken package of such malt beverage in any public park or recreational area located within the area enclosed by a radius of one thousand feet of the Casa Grande Union High School, except on Saturdays, Sundays and those holidays enumerated in A.R.S. 1-301 as amended.
B. Violation of the provisions of subsection A of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor to be punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both.
Full Breakdown
Section 9.08.020(A) of the Casa Grande Municipal Code, carried forward from the prior city code, makes it unlawful for any person to consume or have in possession any malt beverage, or a broken package of one, within a public park or recreational area located inside a radius of one thousand feet of the Casa Grande Union High School. The prohibition does not apply on Saturdays, Sundays, or the holidays enumerated in A.R.S. Section 1-301, so the restriction is a weekday, school-proximity rule rather than a citywide open-container ban.
This narrow-drawn ordinance sits in Chapter 9.08, Offenses Against Public Peace and Decency, alongside the City's unruly gathering and prostitution provisions, and is enforced by the Casa Grande Police Department in the same manner as other Title 9 public peace offenses. A violation of subsection A is a misdemeanor under Section 9.08.020(B), punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both, with the two penalties available separately or together at sentencing.
Violations & Fines
Consuming or possessing a malt beverage, or a broken package of one, in a public park or recreation area within 1,000 feet of Casa Grande Union High School on a weekday is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $300, up to six months in the county jail, or both, under Section 9.08.020(B).
Frequently Asked Questions
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