Floyd County, IN Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)
Key Facts
- Rule
- No possessing or consuming alcohol in county parks
- Exceptions
- None; no written-permission option under (O)
- First-offense fine
- Up to $2,500 civil penalty
- Repeat-offense fine
- Up to $7,500 per violation
- Adopted
- Ord. 2021-1, passed January 19, 2021
Summary
Floyd County Code § 92.03(O) makes it unlawful to possess or consume alcoholic beverages anywhere inside a county-operated park. The ban covers every Department of Parks and Recreation property in unincorporated Floyd County and carries the same civil penalties as every other act barred in § 92.03.
§ 92.03 CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED. ... It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation using such parks to either perform, or permit to be performed, any of the following acts within parks premises: ... (O) To possess or consume any alcoholic beverages;
Full Breakdown
03 of the Floyd County Code, adopted by Ord. 2021-1 on January 19, 2021, lists twenty acts that are unlawful on park property operated by the county's Department of Parks and Recreation. Division (O) is a flat, two-word prohibition: to possess or consume any alcoholic beverages. Unlike several neighboring divisions of the same section, (O) carries no exception for written permission from the Superintendent of Parks, so there is no permit path to bring alcohol into a Floyd County park for a picnic, tournament, or family gathering.
The rule sits alongside other park-only restrictions in the same section, such as bans on open fires outside picnic grills, camping without permission, and amplified sound without authorization, all enforced by park staff, the Superintendent of Parks, or the Sheriff's Office. 99: a civil penalty of up to $2,500 for a first offense and up to $7,500 for each later offense, with every day of a continuing violation counted separately. Money collected from these penalties is deposited into the county's Parks and Recreation Non-Reverting Program Fund.
The prohibition reaches only park premises; it does not create a general open-container law for streets, sidewalks, or other public property in unincorporated Floyd County, which this chapter does not address.
Violations & Fines
Possessing or drinking any alcoholic beverage on Floyd County park property violates § 92.03(O), with no written-permission exception available. Section 92.99 penalizes a first violation with a civil fine of up to $2,500 and repeat violations with up to $7,500 each, and treats each day of an ongoing violation as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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