Coconut Creek, FL Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Section 15-26 of the Coconut Creek Code is the city's public alcohol rule for parks and recreational facilities, and it reaches three acts: selling, consuming and possessing. Possession alone is enough, so an unopened case carried across a park lot without a permit falls inside the prohibition just as an open can does. The section has no size or container threshold. The exemption is for functions organized by the city itself, which do not need the permit the article otherwise requires.

The permit is written permission from the director, as defined in § 15-21. The route to one runs through § 15-22, which requires a permit for events and for exclusive use of park facilities, applied for at least three days ahead for parks and seven working days ahead for community buildings. Under § 15-22(c)(2), the director can restrict the use of alcoholic beverages as a condition of any permit and can require a security deposit, extra sanitary and refuse facilities, and insurance naming the city as coinsured for not less than $250,000. A permit holder answers for any loss or injury from their negligence and indemnifies the city.

Section 15-26(b) adds a separate drunkenness rule: no intoxicated person shall enter or remain in any city park or at any city recreational facility. That applies even to someone who did not drink there. Under § 15-23(c), a public safety officer can eject or arrest any person found violating the article. The section is limited to parks and city recreational facilities; the code cross-references Chapter 3 for alcoholic beverages elsewhere, and § 14-51(6) separately bars drinking or carrying an open container on city public transportation vehicles.