[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Lake Grove as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-6-1980 by L.L. No. 1-1980 (Ch.
43, Art. I, of the 1978 Code)]
[Added [Added 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]]
For the purposes of this article, the following
words shall have the meaning ascribed to them herein:
Any bottle, can, glass, cup or other receptacle of any kind
which is suitable for or used for holding a beverage.
Includes any public highway, street, alley, sidewalk, parking
area or lot, park or playground, public building, transportation facility
or any other public facility or ground, whether vacant or improved.
[Amended 4-16-1984 by L.L. No. 3-1984]
No person shall consume, ingest or take internally
any alcoholic beverage as defined in the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Law or have in his possession an open container containing any amount
of such beverage with an intent to consume, ingest or take internally
the same upon any road, highway or public property owned or controlled
by the Village of Lake Grove or while in a place open to the general
public within the Village of Lake Grove except upon premises where
such consumption has been licensed by the State Liquor Authority or
by special permit of the Village Board.
[Added 2-4-1999 by L.L.
No. 1-1999]
For the purposes of this article, the following
rebuttable presumption shall apply: the possession of any person of
an open or unsealed container containing an alcoholic beverage, while
in or on public property within the Village of Lake Grove, shall be
presumptive evidence that said container is possessed with intent
to consume the contents thereof.
[Amended 3-21-2024 by L.L. No. 5-2024]
Any person, corporation, firm, partnership, limited-liability company, trust, trustee, estate, estate fiduciary or representative or other entity who violates this article or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in § 1-14 of the Code of the Village of Lake Grove.
