No person shall, within the limits of the Borough of Morris
Plains, consume any alcoholic beverage, or have in his possession
any unsealed alcoholic beverage container with alcoholic beverages
therein:
(a)
In the parking area adjacent to any licensed premises for the sale
of alcoholic beverages; or
(b)
While in or on a public street, lane, roadway, avenue, sidewalk,
public parking place, playground, recreational area, school building
or grounds; or
(c)
Upon any land or in any building owned or occupied by any federal,
state, county or municipal government; or
(d)
While in or about any other public or quasi-public place, or place
to which the public is invited, including, but not limited to, any
business, banking, church, institutional, commercial or professional
premises; provided that such consumption or possession shall be permitted
with the express permission of the owner or other body, board or person
having the authority to grant such permission.
For the purpose of this article, a container shall be regarded
as unsealed when:
(a)
Its top or cork has been removed; or
(b)
Any of its contents have been removed; or
(c)
The government tax stamp has been removed or broken; or
(d)
In the case of a metal container, the container has been opened in
any fashion; or
(e)
In the case of a twist-top container, the original seal has been
broken.
None of the foregoing provisions shall apply to any park, public
picnic area, or land or building owned or occupied by any federal,
state, county or municipal government, where the consumption of alcoholic
beverages at occasions or events held by bona fide nonprofit organizations
or other groups is specifically permitted by resolution of the Mayor
and Borough Council; nor shall any of the provisions of this article
in any way interfere with the authority of the New Jersey Division
of Alcoholic Beverage Control or the Borough Council to issue temporary
licenses for the consumption of alcoholic beverages, pursuant to law.
[Ord. No. 8-75, § 2]
Any person found guilty of violation of any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more
than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
