Coral Springs, FL Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Section 11-3 bars two overlapping acts in the same public spaces: drinking any alcoholic beverage, and possessing any unsealed or open container of one, whether or not you're actually drinking from it. The ban covers public streets, sidewalks, rights-of-way, parks, parking lots and any other public place in the city. Four exceptions apply. First, areas the State of Florida has licensed for on-site alcohol sale and consumption, such as a bar's outdoor seating, are exempt. Second, special events that received a temporary use permit under Land Development Code Section 1015, where that permit expressly authorizes dispensing alcohol, are exempt for the event's duration.

Third, Section 16-2 of the Code, which governs park and park-property rules, can separately authorize alcohol in specific park settings. Fourth, the city commission can create other express exemptions by its own action. Outside those four carve-outs, an open beer on a sidewalk or a cocktail in a parking lot both violate the section regardless of intent, since possession of an unsealed container alone is enough. 1, letting the person avoid a court appearance by paying within 20 business days.