[Adopted 10-14-1975 (Ch. 4, Art. II, of the 1966 Code)]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough of Raritan,
consume any alcoholic beverage, or have in his or her possession any
unsealed alcoholic beverage container with an alcoholic beverage therein,
in the parking area adjacent to any licensed premises for the sale
of alcoholic beverages or while in or on a public street, lane, roadway,
avenue, sidewalk, public parking place, playground, recreation area,
school building or grounds, or upon any land owned or occupied by
any federal, state, county or municipal government, or while in or
about any other public place or place to which the public is invited,
including but not limited to any business, bank, church or institutional,
commercial or professional premises, except when such consumption
or possession is with the express permission of the owner or other
body, board or person having the authority to grant such permission.
For the purpose of this article, a container shall be regarded
as unsealed when its top or cork has been removed or any of its contents
have been removed or the government tax stamp has been removed or
broken or, in the case of a metal container, when the container has
been opened in any fashion or, in the case of twist-top containers,
when the original seal has been broken.
None of the foregoing provisions shall apply to any public park
or public picnic area where the consumption of alcoholic beverages
at occasions or events held by bona fide nonprofit organizations or
other groups is specifically permitted by resolution of the Mayor
and Council; nor shall such provisions in any way interfere with the
authority of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
and/or the Borough Council to issue temporary licenses for the consumption
of alcoholic beverages, pursuant to law.
Any person found guilty of a violation of any section of this
article shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment
for a period not exceeding 90 days and/or a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days.
