Town of Nantucket, MA
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2023-11-07
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Division 1 Bylaws
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 54 Alcoholic Beverages
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Article I Public Consumption
- Ethics
- Ch ETH Ethics
- Bylaws
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Procedures
- Ch 11 Committees
- Ch 12 Council for Human Services
- Ch 19 Finances
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 25 Liability, Municipal
- Ch 26 False Private Alarms
- Ch 27 Buses
- Ch 33 Personnel
- Ch 34 Domestic Partnerships
- Ch 38 Select Board
- Ch 40 Town Collector and Town Treasurer
- Ch 41 Board of Sewer Commissioners
- Ch 42 Solid Waste Enterprise
- Ch 44 Town Meetings
- Ch 45 Elections
- Ch 46 Town Property, Conveyance of
- General Legislation
- Ch 53 Airport Approach Zone
- Ch 54 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 54 Art I Public Consumption
- § 54-1 Prohibited acts.
- § 54-2 Arrest without warrant.
- § 54-3 Seizure of beverages.
- § 54-4 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 55 Animals
- Ch 56 Beaches, Regulation of Motor Vehicles on
- Ch 57 Bicycles and Mopeds
- Ch 58 Car Rental Agencies, Registration of
- Ch 64 Camping
- Ch 66 Coastal Areas and Open Spaces, Protection of
- Ch 67 Coastal Properties Owned by Town, Management of
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 86 Health Regulations
- Ch 88 Junk, Metals and Secondhand Merchandise, Sale of
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 94 Loitering
- Ch 95 Marijuana
- Ch 97 Merchandise and Wares, Display of
- Ch 98 Motorized Passenger Devices
- Ch 99 Nantucket and Madaket Harbor Watersheds
- Ch 100 Nantucket Housing Needs Covenant Program
- Ch 101 Noise
- Ch 102 Outdoor Lighting
- Ch 103 (Reserved)
- Ch 104 Abandoned Vehicles
- Ch 105 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 107 Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Vendors
- Ch 108 Civil Fingerprinting
- Ch 113 Poles and Wires, Removal of
- Ch 114 Public Water Supply Use Restrictions
- Ch 117 Roofs, Noncombustible
- Ch 120 Sewers and Wastewater Facilities
- Ch 122 Shellfish, Taking of
- Ch 123 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 124 Signs; Satellite Dishes; Rooflines
- Ch 124A (Reserved)
- Ch 125 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 125A Single-Use Plastics
- Ch 126 Street Numbers, Regulating
- Ch 127 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 128 Excavation and Trench Safety
- Ch 129 (Reserved)
- Ch 132 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 135 Fuel Storage Tanks
- Ch 136 Wetlands
- Ch 137 Wharves and Waterways, Town
- Ch 139 Zoning
- Ch 140 Right to Farm
- Ch 141 Stretch Energy Code
- Town Regulations
- Ch 203 Airport Regulations
- Ch 207 Alcoholic Beverage Licensing and Regulation
- Ch 211 Animals
- Ch 216 Beaches
- Ch 220 Biodegradable Packaging
- Ch 223 Board of Health Administration
- Ch 225 Boats and Boating
- Ch 229 Body Art Establishments and Practitioners
- Ch 234 Cemeteries
- Ch 238 Comprehensive Permits
- Ch 252 Fertilizer
- Ch 256 Filming and Videotaping on Public Lands
- Ch 260 Fishing and Shellfishing
- Ch 265 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 272 Grills, Charcoal and Gas
- Ch 278 Harbors and Waterways
- Ch 283 Housing Standards
- Ch 288 Hummock Pond Watershed
- Ch 303 Madaket Harbor Watershed
- Ch 309 Nantucket Harbor Watershed
- Ch 316 Pedicabs
- Ch 327 Septic Systems
- Ch 332 Sewage Disposal and Treatment
- Ch 336 Sewers
- Ch 338 Short-Term Rental Property
- Ch 340 Signs
- Ch 345 Smoking and Tobacco Products
- Ch 349 Solid Waste
- Ch 354 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 358 Subdivisions
- Ch 361 Surface Water and Groundwater Protection
- Ch 363 Tanks, Underground
- Ch 367 Taxicabs, Charter, Limousine and Tour Vehicles
- Ch 371 Toxic and Hazardous Materials
- Ch 375 Traffic
- Ch 382 Wellhead Protection District
- Ch 386 Wells
- Ch 390 Wetlands Protection
- Ch DLR Town Regulations Disposition List
- Appendix
- Ch A300 General Law Acceptances
- Ch A301 Special Acts
- Ch A302 Charters
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-3-1979 ATM by Art. 80, approved
8-18-1979]
[Amended 11-13-1990 STM by Art. 35, approved
3-19-1991]
A.
No person shall possess an open container of or drink
alcoholic beverages, as defined by MGL c. 138, § 1, in,
on or upon any public way or any way to which the public has access,
including any person or persons in a motor vehicle in, on or upon
any public way or any way to which the public has access.
B.
No person shall possess an open container of or drink
alcoholic beverages, as defined by MGL c. 138, § 1, in,
on or upon any private land or place without the consent of the owner
or person in control of such land.
C.
No person shall possess an open container of or drink
any alcoholic beverages, as defined by MGL c. 138, § 1,
in, on or upon any public land or place without the consent or approval
of the department or commission having authority over such land or
place, which consent may be granted upon a showing of adequate insurance
by the sponsors.
Any violator may be arrested by a police officer
without a warrant.
All alcoholic beverages being used in violation
of this article may be seized and held until final adjudication in
court.
A violation of this article shall be punishable
by a fine not to exceed $200.
