Public Conduct in Colorado (2026)

Centennial bans soliciting money, business or employment from vehicle occupants when the panhandler stands in the…

Denver's panhandling ordinance bans touching, blocking, threatening gestures, provocative language, and group…

Weld County bans soliciting money, business or contributions from vehicle occupants on any publicly maintained road…

Arvada bars soliciting money, business, or sales from vehicle occupants on any street, highway, or interstate when…

Aurora bans aggressively begging in any public place citywide, and on private property once the owner tells you to…

Boulder does not outlaw panhandling, but Section 5-3-7 bans aggressive begging: soliciting money or anything of value…

Colorado Springs City Code § 9.2.111 does not ban panhandling itself but makes it a crime to solicit money aggressively…

Fountain doesn't outlaw panhandling itself, but Section 9.08.100 of the Municipal Code bans 'aggressive solicitation'…

Loveland Municipal Code § 9.30.020 bans panhandling that is intimidating, threatening, coercive, or obscene, involves…

Thornton bars anyone from soliciting money, employment, contributions, or sales from occupants of vehicles traveling on…

Aurora's disorderly conduct ordinance makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place if doing so creates…

Denver makes it a Class 2 offense to urinate or defecate in any public way, publicly visible place, or place open to…

Section 9.16.030 of the Fountain Municipal Code makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place or place…

Urinating in any Greeley street, alley, sidewalk or other public place, or on private property in public view, is a…

It's unlawful in Lakewood to urinate or defecate in public view, on public or private property, unless in a room or…

Longmont bans depositing human excrement or waste in an unsanitary manner on any public or private property citywide…

Manitou Springs treats urinating or defecating in public, or on private property other than in a toilet, as disorderly…

Boulder makes it a Title 5 offense to urinate or defecate on the mall, in any city park, on residential property…

Urinating in public or leaving human excrement on the land or in the waters of any Adams County park, trail or open…

Arvada makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in public view, on public or private property, unless in a room or area…

City Code § 9.6.105 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place or anywhere within public view, unless…

Fort Collins bans depositing human waste anywhere in the city that isn't a toilet or urinal. Sec. 17-103, Bodily Waste…

Littleton makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in public view under City Code Section 6-4-79, whether the act…

Pueblo bans urinating or defecating in any public building, street, alley, sidewalk, park or golf course outside a…

Thornton makes it a crime to urinate or defecate on any public street, alley, or highway, in a public parking lot, or…

Westminster criminalizes public urination and defecation as public indecency under W.M.C. 6-4-1(A)(6), grouped with…

Boulder bans riding a skateboard, skates, coaster, or similar wheeled device anywhere on the downtown Pearl Street Mall…

Riding a skateboard on any street inside Loveland city limits is against the law under Municipal Code § 12.28.120, with…

Manitou Springs bars skateboards, along with bikes and scooters, from downtown sidewalks and any paved or concrete area…

Adams County does not ban skateboarding on its park and trail system, but Rule 14(c) of the POSCA regulations makes it…

City Code § 62-72 makes it unlawful to skateboard, in-line skate, or use similar devices on any public or private…

Denver bars skateboards, roller-skates, coasters, and similar devices from city roadways under Sec. 54-59, except to…

Skateboarding is banned in Fort Collins's natural areas except on a roadway or designated trail, per § 23-193(a)(8). In…

Lakewood bans skateboards, in-line skates, motorized scooters, and similar devices from public roadways entirely…

Longmont bans riding a skateboard, motorized skateboard, bicycle, or scooter on a defined Main Street sidewalk segment…

Riding a skateboard on a sidewalk anywhere in Pueblo's business districts is illegal outright, and skaters must also…

Thornton lets skateboards and electric skateboards use parks and trails, but riders must obey traffic laws, yield to…

Aurora, Colorado bans skateboards and in-line skates on any public or private property posted against them under City…

City Code § 10.19.107 lets Colorado Springs post signs banning skateboards, roller skates, bicycles, scooters and…

Greeley's traffic superintendent can post specific pedestrian areas off-limits to skateboards and similar nonmotorized…

Fort Collins Municipal Code Section 17-132 holds a host criminally liable when a private social gathering of five or…

Aurora, Colorado makes unreasonably loud noise that seriously inconveniences neighbors unlawful in both public and…

Hosts, not just guests, are on the hook in Boulder: Section 5-3-11 bars anyone with possessory control of a property…

Denver bans loud or unusual noises and offensive conduct that disturb others' peace, and it holds a house's owner or…

Fountain's Section 9.52.010 bans disturbing the peace through violent, tumultuous or offensive conduct, loud or unusual…

A gathering of people engaged in loud, continuing activity between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. that runs 15 minutes and is…

Loveland, Colorado bills hosts and property owners for a second police response to the same loud party or noise…

Adams County bars anyone under 18 from loitering on streets, sidewalks, parking lots, parks or yards, public or…

Arvada bans minors 17 and younger from loitering unsupervised in any public place between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on…

Fountain bans loitering that warrants alarm for the safety of persons or property, loitering on or near school grounds…

Pueblo makes it unlawful to loiter in a way that obstructs public streets, sidewalks or facility entrances, or that…

Aurora bans loitering with intent to engage in drug-related activity and separately bans loitering that obstructs…

Colorado Springs makes it unlawful to loiter, stand idly, linger or tarry in a public place, so as to warrant alarm for…

Fort Collins targets loitering specifically around schools: Sec. 17-123 bars lingering on or within 100 feet of school…

Greeley doesn't ban loitering outright. City Code § 14-174 only makes it a violation when loitering is paired with…

The City of Lakewood, Colorado (Jefferson County) bars loitering in a school building or within 100 feet of school…

Loveland Municipal Code § 9.28.050 does not ban public loitering generally; it makes it unlawful to loiter in a school…

Weld County's trail code bans loitering outright: Section 17-3-40(K)(4) makes it unlawful to loiter on any county trail…

Westminster makes it a crime to loiter on or within 100 feet of school grounds with intent to disrupt classes or…

Littleton repealed its stand-alone loitering ordinance, Littleton City Code Section 6-4-73, effective May 5, 2020, so…

Boulder bans smoking outdoors in a broad list of public places: downtown's Pearl Street Mall district, parks, open…

Smoking of any kind, including e-cigarettes, is banned on every acre of Boulder County Parks & Open Space land under…

Centennial bans smoking anywhere inside Centennial Center Park and the Parker Jordan Centennial Open Space, trails…

Fort Collins bans smoking and vaping in every public place in the City, on all City-owned property including parks and…

Smoking any lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe is banned outright in every city park in Manitou Springs under Section…

Arvada prohibits smoking in any 'public place,' a term defined to include parks, trails, golf courses, and outdoor…

Colorado Springs City Code Sec. 6.6.203 makes it unlawful to smoke, light, or carry any lighted smoking instrument on…

Greeley bans smoking in public places and common areas, including ball fields, pools, playgrounds and park pavilions…

Littleton bans smoking, including marijuana and e-cigarettes, throughout a defined outdoor zone in its downtown core…

Longmont bans smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces plus three specific outdoor zones: the civic center…

Denver allows smoking in most outdoor areas but bans it at open-air theaters, sports stadiums, zoo and botanic garden…

Jefferson County bans smoking and tobacco or vapor use on all county-owned buildings, lots, parking areas, and…

Lakewood, Colorado bans smoking tobacco in building entryways, in park playgrounds, pools, skate parks, athletic…

Loveland extends its indoor smoke-free law outdoors at building entrances: § 7.40.035 bars smoking, vaping, and…

Fountain narrows the Colorado Clean Indoor Act's mandatory outdoor smoking buffer from 15 feet to 5 feet around the…

Thornton does not ban smoking outdoors citywide; Article XI's indoor smoking rules exempt the outdoor area of any…

Arvada makes it unlawful for a pedestrian to willfully and unnecessarily hinder, obstruct, or delay vehicle traffic on…

Aurora's own code bans pedestrians from walking on or across any landscaped median while crossing a roadway. General…

City Code § 10.18.103 requires a pedestrian crossing outside a crosswalk to take a route at right angles to the curb…

Denver pedestrians who cross outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk must yield the right-of-way to all vehicles on the…

Fort Collins doesn't ban random midblock crossings citywide, but Traffic Code Section 803 requires any pedestrian who…

Greeley pedestrians who cross outside a marked or intersection crosswalk must yield to all vehicles, and between two…

Lakewood doesn't ban mid-block crossing outright, but a pedestrian who crosses outside a marked or intersection…

Boulder Revised Code Section 7-5-17 bans crossing a street anywhere but a route at right angles to the curb, and bars…

Adams County bans consuming marijuana or marijuana by-product in any public place within its parks, trails, and…

City Code § 62-213(c) makes it unlawful to openly and publicly display, consume, or use marijuana anywhere in Arvada…

Aurora, Colorado bans displaying, serving, selling, giving away, or disposing of marijuana in any public place…

Boulder Revised Code § 5-10-2 bans consuming marijuana anywhere the public can be: on public streets and rights-of-way…

Consuming marijuana or any marijuana derivative anywhere on Boulder County Parks & Open Space land is illegal under…

Fountain's municipal code makes it unlawful for any person, not just minors, to openly and publicly consume marijuana…

Openly and publicly consuming marijuana anywhere in Greeley is a misdemeanor offense on its own, separate from any…

Longmont makes it unlawful to display, sell, give away, or consume marijuana in any public place, a citywide ban…

Adults 21 and older may possess up to two ounces of marijuana in Manitou Springs, but consuming it openly and publicly…

Thornton Municipal Code Section 38-297 makes it unlawful to openly and publicly display, consume, or use two ounces or…

Openly and publicly displaying, consuming or using up to one ounce of marijuana anywhere in Westminster is a violation…

Centennial's smoking ordinance defines marijuana as a smoked substance and bars lighting it in any indoor public area…

Colorado Springs City Code § 9.7.207 makes it unlawful to consume marijuana on any street, alley, avenue, or park, or…

Denver prohibits openly and publicly displaying or consuming marijuana in public places, with civil fines starting at…

Fort Collins Municipal Code Section 17-191 prohibits consuming recreational marijuana openly and publicly, and bans…

The City of Lakewood, Colorado (Jefferson County) bans openly and publicly displaying, consuming, or using marijuana…

Smoking, consuming, or using marijuana in public in Pueblo, Colorado is a Class 1 municipal offense, unless you're on…

Littleton makes it unlawful to openly and publicly consume marijuana anywhere in the city under City Code Section…

Loveland, Larimer County, Colorado bars openly and publicly smoking marijuana in any enclosed area under Municipal Code…

Fountain's Section 9.48.020 makes it unlawful to drink, possess or control an open or broken-seal container of beer…

Weld County bans drinking on any county-owned public trail or its designated parking areas outright. County Code §…

Centennial bans selling, serving, or possessing an open container of alcohol or 3.2% beer in Centennial Center Park and…

City Code Sec. 2.5.704 makes it unlawful to drink alcohol on any street, alley, avenue, park, vacant lot, public…

Greeley bans possessing an open alcohol container or drinking in public, streets, sidewalks, parks, parking lots…

Lakewood, Colorado bars possessing an open container of alcohol or drinking in any public street, sidewalk, or parking…

Manitou Springs makes it unlawful to possess an open container of any alcoholic beverage, including fermented malt…

Thornton Code Section 42-27 makes it unlawful to possess an open container of or consume any alcoholic or fermented…

Arvada bans possessing an open container of alcohol or drinking on any public property citywide, unless the spot is a…

Aurora bans open containers of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquor in any public place, including vehicles on city…

Boulder bans possessing an open container of, or drinking, any liquor or fermented malt beverage in public under B.R.C…

Fort Collins Municipal Code Section 17-141 bans carrying an opened container of alcohol or drinking on any street…

Littleton bars anyone on or in a motor vehicle in any public place from possessing an unsealed alcoholic-beverage…

Longmont bans carrying or drinking an open container of beer, wine or liquor on any street, sidewalk, alley or other…

Loveland, Colorado bars drinking or openly displaying any open container of beer, malt, vinous or spirituous liquor on…

Pueblo bars adults from carrying or drinking alcohol in an open container in any public place or inside a vehicle in…

Drinking or carrying an open alcoholic beverage container in any public place in Westminster is a criminal offense…

Adults may possess and drink alcohol in Adams County parks, trails and open space areas under Resolution 2022-649's…

Boulder County Parks & Open Space allows possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages under Rule 16 of Resolution…