[Adopted as Sec. 4-8 of the 1993 Revised
General Ordinances]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any place to which the public has access, including but not
limited to a public street, road, thoroughfare, sidewalk, bridge,
alley, plaza, park, recreation area, public transportation facilities,
public building or area.
A way or place, of whatsoever nature, open to the use of
the public as a matter of right for purposes of vehicular travel or,
in the case of a sidewalk, for pedestrian travel. The term "street"
shall include the legal right-of-way, including, but not limited to,
the cartway or traffic lanes, curb, the sidewalks, whether paved or
unpaved, and any grass lots or other grounds found within the legal
right-of-way of a street. The term "street" shall apply irrespective
of what it is called or formally named, whether alley, avenue, court,
road or otherwise. The term "street" shall also include, for the purposes
of this article, shopping centers, parking lots, parks, playgrounds,
public buildings and similar areas open to the use of the public.
No person shall:
A.Â
Consume alcoholic beverages, or posses an open container
of alcoholic beverage:
(1)Â
While in or on a public street, lane, sidewalk, public
parking lot, public or quasi-public place or in any public conveyance;
or
(2)Â
In a private motor vehicle while the same is in motion
or parked in any public street, lane or public parking lot; or
(3)Â
While upon any private property not his or her own
without the express permission of the owner or other person having
authority to grant such permission; or
B.Â
Discard alcoholic beverage containers upon any public
street, lane, sidewalk, public parking lot, public or quasi-public
place or upon any private property not his or her own without the
express permission of the owner.
