It is the intent of the Village of New York Mills, New York, as an exercise
of its police power to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the
residents of the Village by enacting this chapter to limit and control the
use and possession of open containers containing alcoholic beverages and the
disposal of beverage containers on public land in the Village and to prevent
public disorder, annoyance, disturbance and littering.
For the purpose of this chapter the following words shall have the meanings
herein ascribed to them; all other words shall have the meanings normally
ascribed to them in regular use.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
Includes beer, wine and liquor and all other alcoholic beverages
as more specifically defined by the New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control
Law.
CONTAINER
Any bottle, can, glass or other receptacle suitable for or used to
hold any liquid.
PUBLIC LANDS
Any highway, street, park, sidewalk, cemetery, playground, parking
area, school ground, exterior premises and adjoining property of any building
duly licensed to sell alcoholic beverages within the building, or other public
place of any nature within the limits of the Village.
So much of the foregoing provisions hereof as prohibit the carrying,
transporting or possessing alcoholic beverages in an open container shall
not apply to a specific alcoholic beverage in the case of a public event or
gathering at which special permission has been granted by the Village for
the purveying or dispensing and consumption of that specified alcoholic beverages
and, if required, by the New York State Liquor Authority.
The violation of this chapter shall constitute a violation and a person
found guilty thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250,
imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.