[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Yeadon 12-7-1995 by Ord. No. 1245 as §§ 660.03 and 660.99(c) of the 1995 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Carnivals — See Ch. 101.
Eating and drinking establishments — See Ch. 142.
Peace and good order — See Ch. 209.
Use of public property — See Ch. 224.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ALCOHOL
Ethyl alcohol, of any degree of proof, originally produced by the distillation of a fermented liquid, whether rectified or diluted with or without water, whatever may be the origin thereof, including synthetic ethyl alcohol, but not including ethyl alcohol, whether or not diluted, that has been denatured or otherwise rendered unfit for beverage purposes.
PERSON
Includes any individual, whether a resident or nonresident of the Borough.
PUBLIC WAY OR PLACE
Every way or place, of whatever nature, located within the Borough, open to the use of the public as a matter of right, for the purposes of vehicular or pedestrian travel.
No person shall willfully consume in or upon public ways or places in the Borough any beverage containing any percentage of alcohol whatsoever.
The possession of an open container containing a beverage with any percentage of alcohol whatsoever in or upon the public ways or places of the Borough shall be prima facie evidence of consumption of such beverage in violation of this chapter.
Whoever violates this chapter shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for the first offense and not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the county prison for not more than 30 days, or both, for the second and each subsequent offense in any three-hundred-sixty-five-day period.