[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Norristown
4-6-1982 as Ch. 75 of the 1981 Code. Section 95-3 amended at time of adoption
of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
ON OR ABOUT THE PERSON
OPEN
POSSESSION
Words defined. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The location of any container, bottle or can containing any alcoholic
beverage which is nearby, close at hand, convenient of access and within such
distance of the party so having it that such party could, without materially
changing his position, get his hand on it.
The condition of a container whose cap, cork or other top has been
removed or the condition of a can which has been punctured or pulled open
so as to break its seal.
The exercising of conscious dominion over any container, bottle or
can containing an alcoholic beverage.
B.
Word usage. In this chapter, the singular shall include
the plural, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
No person shall have on or about his person, possess, carry or transport
liquor, wine, beer or other alcoholic beverages in open containers in or upon
any public sidewalk, street, parking lot, shopping center, public park, playground
or any other public place in the Borough of Norristown. Further, no person
shall drink or consume or otherwise ingest liquor, wine, beer or other alcoholic
beverages in or upon any public sidewalk, street, parking lot, shopping center,
public park, playground, thoroughfare or any other public place in the Borough
of Norristown.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction before any District Justice, be subject to a fine of not less than
fifty dollars ($50.) nor more than six hundred dollars ($600.), together with
costs of prosecution for the violation, or, in default of payment thereof,
shall suffer imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed thirty
(30) days.
