[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Northampton 8-17-2000
(Ch. 14, § 14-16, of the 1977 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 12-15-2005]
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage nor possess or transport
any open can, bottle or other container containing an alcoholic beverage on
or in any of the following (unless application has been approved by the License
Commission and a license has been issued for the sale and service of alcohol):
City streets and sidewalks; all City parking lots and the E. John Gare III
Parking Garage; playgrounds and playing fields, including but not limited
to Sheldon Field, Maines Field, Arcanum Field, Veterans Field, and Agnes Fox
Playground; park, including but not limited to Bridge Street Park, Trinity
Row Park, Cosmian Park, Pulaski Park, and Kolodzinski Park; any area or facility
under the control or supervision of the Recreation Commission or the Conservation
Commission, including but not limited to the William Nagle Downtown Walkway,
Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area, Roberts Hill Conservation Area, Barrett
Street Marsh, Rainbow Beach Conservation Area, and Musante Beach Recreation
Area; school playgrounds and grounds, including parking areas and including
schools not currently in active use as a school.
Alcoholic beverages are prohibited from being brought into or consumed
at the Frank Newhall Look Memorial Park from November 1 through April 30,
except upon premises licensed by the Northampton License Commission.
[Amended 12-15-2005]
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage nor possess or transport
any open can, bottle, or other container containing alcohol on any street,
sidewalk, parking lot, playgrounds, or public yard on property owned and/or
managed by the Northampton Housing Authority (unless application has been
approved by the License Commission and a license has been issued for the sale
and service of alcohol); provided, however, that an area in use for a function
sponsored by a tenant association or the Northampton Housing Authority and
approved in advance by the Northampton Housing Authority shall be exempt from
the operation of this section. For purposes of this section, a "public yard"
shall be defined as any area farther than 15 feet from the front or back door
of an apartment or apartment building where there is no fencing, porch, or
property marker to clearly define a building's private yard.
[Amended 12-15-2005]
The License Commission, by majority vote, may, upon written application, permit and issue a license for the public sale, use and/or possession of alcoholic beverages and the consumption thereof in any of the locations listed in § 120-1 and may impose such conditions on said sale, use and possession as it deems appropriate. The Recreation Commission in conjunction with the License Commission may, by majority vote, allow the public sale, use, and/or possession of alcoholic beverages and the consumption thereof in Sheldon Field, Maines Field, Arcanum Field, and Veterans Field, for a specific event or occasion, and may impose such conditions on said sale, use and possession as it deems appropriate.
