[Amended 6-14-2000 by Ord. No. 1073]
No person shall have in his or her possession any open container
containing an alcoholic beverage in any place generally open to or
accessible by the general public, including but not limited to any
roadway, parking lot, sidewalk, playground, park and/or public building,
but specifically not including any premises licensed for the sale
and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages or any commercial establishment
which invites patrons to consume patron-provided alcoholic beverages.
An open bottle or open container containing liquor, beer, wine
or other alcoholic beverage in any vehicle shall be presumptive evidence
that the same is in the possession of all of the occupants thereof
and in violation hereof.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Lindenwold, for good cause
shown, may permit the drinking of beer at public parks or in other
public areas by a resolution of the Borough Council, which resolution
shall be preceded by a written request of the organization or organizations
seeking such permission, addressed to the Borough Council, and which
resolution shall state the hours within which such permission is granted
and the exact location where such permission shall be in force.
A violation of this article shall constitute an offense punishable as set forth in Chapter
1, §
1-1, of this Code.