[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Medina as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks — See Ch. 174.
[Adopted 2-8-1977 by L.L. No. 2-1977]
[Amended 10-11-1983 by L.L. No. 4-1983]
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume any liquor, beer,
wine or any other alcoholic beverage while on, in or upon any public
highway, street, alley, sidewalk, parking lot or area or the rest
or picnic area located between the so-called "Canal Basin Parking
Lot" and the bank of the New York State Barge Canal, within the Village
of Medina, New York.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 2, which immediately followed
this section, stating that an open container in any vehicle shall
be presumptive evidence that said container was in the possession
of all occupants of said vehicle, was repealed 10-11-1983 by L.L.
No. 4-1983.
The foregoing prohibition shall not apply in the event of a
fair, picnic or other community gathering for which special permission
has been granted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Medina
specifically granting an exemption from the provisions of this article.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine of not less than $125
and not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Adopted 5-24-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
No person under 21 years of age shall possess any alcoholic
beverage in a public place as defined by § 240 of the Penal
Law of the State of New York, and any alcoholic beverage found to
be in the possession of a person under 21 years of age in any such
public place shall be confiscated.
