Anchorage, AK Public Conduct: Public Marijuana Use (2026)

300 bans consumption in either of the situations it names. It covers anyone on, in, or upon any public place, and Anchorage defines public place broadly: streets, sidewalks, parks, parking areas, shopping centers, and the common areas of apartment buildings and hotels all count, including hallways, lobbies, and doorways of apartment buildings not designed for actual residence. It also reaches outdoor consumption on property adjacent to a public place when the owner or person in control has not consented, so stepping just off the sidewalk onto someone else's frontage does not cure the violation; consent from whoever controls that property is what makes the difference.

The ban applies only to knowing consumption, and it yields where consumption is separately permitted by ordinance, regulation, statute, or permit. The penalty structure matters as much as the prohibition: a violation is a minor offense punishable under Anchorage's minor offenses fine schedule, not a criminal misdemeanor. The section came in through AO No. 2015-7 in 2015 and was amended in 2016.