Floyd County, GA Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Two sections of the Floyd County Code reach public drinking. Section 2-4-22 flatly bans selling, possessing, or consuming malt beverages or wine at any public park. The more detailed rule, Section 2-13-16, covers every Rome-Floyd County Parks and Recreation Authority facility: it is unlawful to bring, drink, or use alcoholic beverages there at any time, and separately unlawful to be under the influence of intoxicating beverages on the grounds, regardless of whether alcohol was consumed on-site. The only carve-out is when the entire recreation facility has been contracted for a special event with written approval from the Authority's executive director under the Authority's alcohol use policy, and even then drinking may not overlap with hours the facility is open to the general public.

The same section separately bans bringing or using any controlled dangerous substance, or being under its influence, at any recreation facility or destination park. Recreation facilities are defined broadly under Section 2-13-1 to include all parks, land, buildings, lakes and swimming pools owned, leased or managed by the county or the Authority. Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation staff and the county police department enforce these rules on the ground.