Murrieta, CA Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

01 prohibits consuming alcoholic beverages at three categories of location. 040(A) bars drinking on any public street, roadway, boulevard, alley, parking lot, or sidewalk, or on any property owned, controlled, or operated by the city, Riverside County, a school district, or any public agency. Subsection (B) extends the ban to the public parking lot of any multi-family housing property and to public parking, loading, access, and areas open to the public at nonresidential property, unless the site holds a valid on-sale license or permit from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Subsection (C) covers any public park, recreation area, or recreation facility owned, controlled, or operated by the city, the county, a school district, or a public agency, carving out an exception for golf courses. 12, with special fees paid by the applicant and site security conditions approved by the chief of police or a designee before the permit issues. 070 if the association petitions the city council and posts the required notice, exposing violators there to the same criminal prosecution. 010, which lets officers cite the conduct as an infraction (fines up to $100 first offense, $200 second, $500 for each further violation within a year) or pursue it as a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 and six months in jail.