[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Saugerties 6-5-1986
by L.L. No. 4-1986. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alcoholic Beverage
Control Law."
It is the intent of the Village of Saugerties, New York, as an exercise
of its police power, to promote the general health, safety and welfare of
the residents of the Village by enacting this chapter, since it is the finding
of the Board of Trustees that the drinking of alcoholic beverages by persons
on certain public lands, except under controlled conditions, is detrimental
to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the Village in that
such possession contributes to the development of unsanitary conditions and
the creation of a nuisance. It is further the intent of the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Saugerties, New York, that this chapter not be considered
as a traffic regulation insofar as it relates to motor vehicles or the operation
thereof.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings ascribed to them. All other words shall have the meanings normally
ascribed to them in regular usage.
Includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, cider and every liquid
or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer and capable
of being consumed by a human being.
Any highway, street, sidewalk, park or playground, or any private
road open to public motor vehicle traffic or any parking lot within the Village
of Saugerties.
The Incorporated Village of Saugerties, New York.
No person shall drink or consume any alcoholic beverage on any public
land within the Village.
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 Village.
This chapter shall apply to all persons on public lands in the Village, except as provided in § 62-5 above, and shall not apply to any person drinking an alcoholic beverage while operating a motor vehicle upon any public highway within the Village in violation of § 1227 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
Each violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punishable
by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15
days, or both, for each offense.
