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Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE

Bakersfield Municipal Code Ch. 9.16 Drinking on Street

Bakersfield Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Bakersfield

Cite as: Bakersfield Municipal Code Chapter 9.16 · Text as of 2026-10-02

Sections: 9.16.010 Prohibited.

9.16.010 Prohibited.

Except as otherwise allowed by Chapter 12.20 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code, no person shall drink or possess an open container of any beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverage on any street, sidewalk, pedestrian mall, alley, parking lot open to the general public, or highway in the city. (Ord. 4793 § 1, 2014; Ord. 3858 § 1, 1998; prior code § 10.70.010)

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