Public Conduct in Massachusetts (2026)

Boston bans soliciting money 'in an aggressive manner' anywhere in public, plus soliciting at bus stops, parking…

Fall River bars panhandling after dark and bans aggressive tactics -- approaching within three feet, blocking a path…

Springfield, Massachusetts bans aggressive begging, touching, blocking, following, or cursing at people for money, plus…

Worcester bans begging, soliciting, or panhandling in an aggressive manner anywhere in the city under Chapter 9…

Fall River bans urinating or defecating in any public place in view of others, enforced under the city's…

Revere bans motorized scooters and motorized skateboards from every public way, street, sidewalk and any city-owned…

Cambridge Code Section 9.04.080 prohibits skateboarding anywhere on city property except in city-owned skateboard parks…

Chelsea bans parking motorized skateboards and scooters on sidewalks, parks or city property, and bars operating any…

Somerville bans skateboarding, along with baseball and football, on all city-owned property inside a mapped zone…

Springfield, Massachusetts bans skateboarding on municipal building property and inside the City's designated central…

Boston Code § 16-12.37 bans riding skateboards, roller blades, roller skates or stunt-type bicycles on defined 'public…

Lawrence Code Section 9.08.080 bans riding a bicycle, roller skating, or skateboarding on sidewalks within a defined…

Taunton bans riding or operating skateboards or scooters of any kind, mechanical or otherwise, inside the Municipal…

Boston bans "after-hours parties", unlicensed late-night gatherings charging admission with alcohol service, after…

Somerville can fine a property owner, host, or attendee after police respond to a 'gathering constituting a public…

Chelsea makes it unlawful for anyone in charge of a bar, restaurant, apartment house or other gathering premises to let…

Leominster bars a person or group from causing unreasonable or excessive noise, including loud singing, outcries, or…

Worcester's disorderly-behavior ordinance, Chapter 9, § 1, bans riotous commotion and excessively unreasonable noise…

Fall River bans loitering, parties, and alcohol on the City-owned watershed land surrounding Copicut Reservoir, with…

Lawrence Code Section 9.08.050 bars willfully obstructing the free passage of foot travelers on a street, and bars…

New Bedford bars groups from gathering on streets or sidewalks in a way that blocks passage, and separately bans…

Springfield, MA bars loitering in or around building entrances, parking garages, transit terminals, and near schools…

Brockton bars loitering that obstructs streets, sidewalks, building entrances, garages, transit terminals, schools or…

Cambridge Code Section 9.08.060 bars loitering or sauntering in a street in a way that obstructs or endangers travelers…

Chelsea's Licensing Commission requires every alcoholic-beverage licensee to act diligently to disperse loiterers or…

Leominster's Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-5 bars disorderly behavior, profane or indecent language in public, refusing to…

Newton prohibits lingering on a doorstep, portico or building entrance to the annoyance of others, along with rude or…

Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County) fines loitering, accosting others, disturbing the peace, or using profane…

Somerville bars sauntering or loitering on a sidewalk for more than five minutes after a police officer directs a…

Boston Code § 16-12.2 bars sauntering or loitering in a street in a way that obstructs or endangers travelers or risks…

Revere bars loitering or sauntering on the steps, portico or approach of any public building, school, house of worship…

Boston bans smoking in every public park and any other public place under Parks and Recreation Commission control…

Cambridge bans smoking in any 'public park restricted area,' meaning fenced tot lots and public outdoor parks under…

Chelsea's Board of Health bars smoking and e-cigarette use within 50 feet of any municipal building entrance open to…

Revere bans smoking in any public park or other public place under the city's control, defining smoking broadly to…

Somerville bans smoking tobacco products within 50 feet of scheduled events, monuments, and all school grounds…

Taunton bans smoking, including vaping, on every City-owned park, playground, athletic field, pool, splash pad and…

Newton bans smoking on named stretches of Albemarle Road, Edinboro Street and Watertown Street, plus any sidewalk or…

Worcester bans smoking within 50 feet of every municipal building entrance and exit, and within 50 feet of any health…

Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County) designates the city-owned land in and around City Hall and Adams Green as a…

Chelsea requires pedestrians to cross within a marked crosswalk whenever an officer is directing traffic, a signal is…

Pedestrians crossing a Fall River street outside a marked crosswalk must yield the right-of-way to all vehicles, and…

Lawrence requires pedestrians to use a marked crosswalk whenever one exists within 300 feet, or when an officer or…

Quincy's traffic code requires pedestrians who cross outside a marked crosswalk to yield the right-of-way to all…

Revere requires pedestrians to use a marked crosswalk when one exists within 300 feet and an officer, traffic signal…

Somerville pedestrians must cross within a marked crosswalk whenever one exists within 300 feet, per Traffic Commission…

Within 300 feet of an officer directing traffic, a working traffic signal or a marked crosswalk, Taunton pedestrians…

Brockton requires pedestrians to use a marked crosswalk whenever one sits within 300 feet, per City Code Section…

Leominster requires any pedestrian who crosses a roadway outside a marked crosswalk to yield the right-of-way to all…

Within three hundred feet of a traffic signal or officer directing traffic, Worcester pedestrians must cross only at…

Lawrence makes it unlawful to knowingly consume marijuana in a public place, or outdoors on property adjacent to one…

Leominster bans consuming or inhaling marijuana or THC in any public space under city control, including streets…

Chelsea prohibits using, consuming or possessing marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol on any street, sidewalk, park or…

Fall River bans smoking, ingesting, or otherwise using marijuana in streets, parks, public buildings, transit vehicles…

Revere bars smoking, ingesting or otherwise using marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol on any street, sidewalk, park…

Somerville bans giving, selling, delivering, or consuming marijuana or THC in parks, playgrounds, school grounds…

Springfield, Massachusetts bans smoking, vaping, or otherwise consuming marijuana on any street, sidewalk, park, or…

Fall River bans drinking alcohol on public ways, parks, playgrounds, or any place the public can access, and also on…

Lawrence bans drinking alcohol on any public way, park, playground or place the public can access as invitees or…

Boston Code § 16-12.28 makes it unlawful to drink alcohol or carry an open container, full or partial, on any public…

Chelsea bans drinking or possessing an open container of alcohol on streets, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds and other…

New Bedford bans drinking or carrying open alcohol on any public way, sidewalk, or in a vehicle on a public way. Sec…

Newton bars drinking or carrying an open container of liquor or beer in parks, playgrounds, conservation areas, public…

Revere bans drinking alcoholic beverages on any public way, park, playground, or private land open to public access…

Somerville bars drinking or carrying an open alcohol container in any park, playground, school ground, pool, skating…

Taunton bars drinking alcoholic beverages on any public way, park, playground or place the public can access as an…

Brockton bans drinking or holding an open container of alcohol on any public way, alley or public parking space under…

Cambridge Code Section 9.08.020 bars drinking any alcoholic beverage, as defined in G.L. c. 138, Section 1, on public…

Leominster bans drinking or holding an open alcohol container on any public way, park, playground, or on private land…

Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County) bans drinking or possessing alcohol on public ways, parks, playgrounds, and…

Springfield, MA bans possessing, drinking from, or carrying an open container of alcohol on public streets, sidewalks…

Worcester bans drinking or holding an open container of alcohol on any public way, sidewalk, park, playground, or…