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

Chapter 9.12 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code targets a specific setting: stores holding a retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage license under the California Business and Professions Code. Section 9.12.010(A) makes it an unlawful infraction to enter, be or remain on the posted premises while holding a bottle, can or other receptacle of alcohol that has been opened, has a broken seal, or has had its contents partially removed. The ban reaches the posted parking lot immediately adjacent to the store and any public sidewalk immediately adjacent to the licensed and posted premises. A private residential parking lot next to the posted premises is carved out.

Posting is what triggers the rule. The code defines "posted premises" as premises on which clearly visible notices tell patrons, parking lot users and persons on the public sidewalk that the chapter applies. Under § 9.12.010(B), every retail package off-sale licensee must install and maintain those signs so they are clearly visible from the licensed premises, the adjacent parking lot and the adjacent public sidewalk, and a licensee who fails to do so is guilty of an infraction.

City parks carry a stricter rule. Section 12.04.250 states that the possession, sale or consumption of any alcoholic beverage in a park is prohibited, except as expressly allowed as a condition of a special event permit and pursuant to the laws and regulations enforced by the State Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control. The city police department holds primary responsibility for enforcing the park chapter under § 12.04.350, including violations of state law within city parks. Special event conditions in Chapter 5.16 add detail for events that provide or sell alcohol on public property or public right-of-way: the organizer must obtain the applicable Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control license or permit, post trained volunteers or paid security at every entrance and exit so that no one under twenty-one enters the alcohol service area, and allow no outside alcohol in and none out.