[Adopted 5-11-1982]
Consumption and possession of alcoholic beverages
in public places or motor vehicles shall be regulated as follows.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any street, road, highway, park, building, parking lot or
any land dedicated to or owned by the Township of Hampton, the County
of Sussex or the State of New Jersey or any of their departments and
agencies, including any lands or buildings owned by the Board of Education
of the Township of Hampton or the Kittatinny Regional Board of Education
or any place to which the public or a substantial group has access.
Among the places included are highways, schools, places of business
or amusement, parking areas, playgrounds or recreation areas within
the boundaries of the Township of Hampton.
All the lands within the physical boundaries of the Township
of Hampton.
The consumption of alcoholic beverages of any
type without a permit on or in any of the public places defined herein
is prohibited.
The consumption of alcoholic beverages of any
type in a private or public motor vehicle while the same is in motion
or parked in any public street, lane, parking lot or in any of the
public places defined herein is prohibited.
The consumption of alcoholic beverages of any
type on or in any private property without the express permission
of the owner or other person with authority to grant such permission
is prohibited.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to any places licensed or for which a permit has been issued by the
Township of Hampton or by the State of New Jersey for the sale, possession
or consumption of alcoholic beverages thereon.
No person shall carry about in his hand or on
his person or while in any parked or moving vehicle any glass, tumbler
or open bottle or any open can containing alcoholic beverages or beverages
of which alcoholic beverages are a part, whether said glass, bottle
or can is clearly exposed or contained in a bag in any public place
defined herein.
Upon investigation by any person or police officer
to determine whether violation of any of the above provisions has
been made, any person who shall empty a glass or other container in
order to prevent the inspecting or arresting officer or person from
being able to make a determination as to the alcoholic content of
the beverage in the container shall be presumed to have had a container
having a beverage with an alcoholic content, which presumption may
be rebuttable by competent evidence.
Any person who shall violate any section of
this article shall be subject to a fine of not more than $200 for
each violation or be imprisoned for a period of not more than 30 days
for each offense, or both.
[Amended 11-27-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-20]
The prohibitions of this article shall not apply
to public and quasi-public functions held in parks owned by the Township
of Hampton with the express permission of the Hampton Township Committee
granted by resolution duly adopted by the Township Committee which
expressly deals with the specific function and the specific date of
same.
