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

010 prohibits drinking beer, wine, liquor, fermented malt beverage, intoxicating liquor, or any other alcoholic beverage at three categories of location unless the city gives prior written approval: any public street, roadway, boulevard, alley, parking lot, sidewalk, or other property owned, controlled or operated by the city, county or a public agency; the public parking, loading and access areas of nonresidential property open to the public, except within the licensed area of a business holding a valid ABC on-sale license; and any public park, recreational area or recreation facility.

020, separately bans simply possessing an open container of alcohol, with a broken seal or partially removed contents, intending to drink it, in those same three categories of location. 030, lets a homeowners' association ask the city council to extend the drinking prohibition to its own common areas, such as greenbelts and shared walkways, once the council adopts a resolution and the HOA posts the required notice on its property. 20, which treats an unspecified code violation as a misdemeanor unless a section designates it an infraction.