[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Rostraver 9-5-1989 as Part 8, Ch. 1, Art. A, of the 1989 Code; amended in its entirety 2-23-2000 by Ord. No. 421. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation areas — See Ch. 137.
Whenever used in this chapter, the following
terms are defined as follows:
Any liquid intended for human consumption containing more
than 1/2 of 1% (.005) of alcohol by volume.
Includes any of the following:
Any open bottle, can or container containing liquor, beer,
wine or other alcoholic beverage.
Any place to which the public or a substantial group of persons
has access, including but not limited to any highway, street, road,
sidewalk, parking area, shopping area, place of amusement, playground
or park located within the borough, except that the definition of
a public place shall not include those premises duly licensed for
the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises or
within a person's own private property.
No person shall drink or consume an alcoholic
beverage or possess with the intent to consume an open container containing
an alcoholic beverage in any place except at a function for which
a permit has been obtained from the Township Secretary, as may be
required.
Possession with the intent to consume of an
open container containing an alcoholic beverage by any person shall
create a violation of this chapter.
Any person who shall be found to have violated
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $50 or more than $600 and costs of
prosecution and, in default of payment of fine and costs, to imprisonment
for not more than 30 days.
