[Ord. 796, 5/12/1997; as added by Ord. 846, 3/11/2002, §§ 1,
2]
The entire width between property lines or other boundary lines
of every way or place of which any part is open to the public for
purposes of vehicular travel as a matter of right or custom including,
but not limited to, parking lots or areas, roads or driveways.
[Ord. 796, 5/12/1997, § 1; as amended by Ord. 846,
3/11/2002, § 2]
The purpose of this Part is to prohibit the consumption of alcoholic
beverages and the possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages
on public streets, public rights-of-way, public sidewalks, public
parking lots and public parks or recreation areas within the Town
of Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 796, 5/12/1997, § 2; as amended by Ord. 846,
3/11/2002, §§ 2, 3]
No person shall drink or otherwise consume an alcoholic beverage
or possess an open container containing an alcoholic beverage on any
public street, public right-of-way, public sidewalk, public parking
lot, public park or recreation area or trafficway within the Town
of Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 796, 5/12/1997, § 3; as amended by Ord. 846,
3/11/2002, § 2]
Possession of an open container containing an alcoholic beverage
by any person shall create a rebuttable presumption that such person
did intend to consume the contents thereof in violation of this Part.
[Ord. 796, 5/12/1997, § 4; as amended by Ord. 846,
3/11/2002, § 2]
For purposes of this Part, alcoholic beverages shall mean any
liquid intended for human consumption containing more than 1/2% of
alcohol by volume.
[Ord. 796, 5/12/1997, § 5; as amended by Ord. 846,
3/11/2001, § 2]
Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to prohibit the consumption
of an alcoholic beverage in any duly licensed establishment whose
certificate of occupancy extends upon a sidewalk.
[Ord. 796, 5/12/1997, § 6; as amended by Ord. 841,
12/19/2001; and by Ord. 846, 3/11/2002, § 2]
Any person found guilty of a violation of this Part shall, upon
conviction thereof, be guilty of an offense and shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of
payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed
30 days.