Chapter 45

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Chestertown: Art. I, 4-13-1981 as Ord. No. 3-81. Amendments noted where applicable.]

ARTICLE I

Public Consumption or Possession

[Adopted 4-13-1981 as Ord. No. 3-81]

~ 45-1. Consumption or possession prohibited in certain public places.

It shall be unlawful for any person to consume or possess in any open container any alcoholic beverage while:

A. On public property, unless authorized by a governmental entity that has jurisdiction over the property.

B. On any mall, adjacent parking area or other outside area of any combination of privately owned retail establishments, i.e., a shopping center, where the general public is invited for business purposes.

C. On an adjacent parking area or some other outside area of any other retail establishment.

D. In any parked vehicle located on any of the places enumerated in this section.

~ 45-2. Applicability of provisions.

Section 45-1 does not apply to the consumption of alcoholic beverages by passengers in the living quarters of a motor home equipped with a toilet and central heating or by passengers of a chartered bus in transit if the owner or operator has consented to the consumption of the beverages.

~ 45-3. Definitions.

As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

PUBLIC PROPERTY -- Includes any building, ground, park, street, highway, alley, sidewalk, station, terminal or other structure, road or parking area located on land owned, leased or operated by the federal government, the state, the county or the municipality.

~ 45-4. Exceptions.

The Mayor and Council members of the Town of Chestertown reserve the right, at their discretion and in the best interests of the citizens of the Town of Chestertown, to grant on special occasions and other events an exception to the provisions of this Article.

~ 45-5. Violations and penalties.

Every person violating the provisions of this Article shall, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, be deemed guilty of an infraction and shall be punished as set forth in ~ C11-4B of the Charter of the Town of Chestertown. Each day or each separate occasion during each such day that a violation of this Article occurs or reoccurs shall constitute a separate offense.