[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Castleton-on-Hudson 4-26-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It is the intent of the Village of Castleton-on-Hudson 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
since it is the finding of the Board of Trustees that the possession
of open containers of alcoholic beverages by persons on certain public
lands, except under controlled conditions, is detrimental to the health,
safety and welfare of the residents of the Village in that such possession
contributes to the development of unsanitary conditions and the creation
of a nuisance. It is further the intent of the Board of Trustees of
the Village of Castleton-on-Hudson that this chapter not be considered
as a traffic regulation insofar as it relates to motor vehicles or
the operation thereof.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall
have the meanings ascribed to them. All other words shall have the
meaning normally ascribed to them in regular usage.
Includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, cider and
every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits,
wine or beer and capable of being consumed by a human being.
Any bottle, can, glass or other receptacle suitable for,
or used to hold any liquid.
Any highway, street, sidewalk, park or playground.
The Incorporated Village of Castleton-on-Hudson.
[Amended 10-27-1997 by L.L. No. 6-1997]
No person shall have in his possession with the intent to consume
any open container containing an alcoholic beverage on any public
land within the Village.
The foregoing prohibition shall not apply in the event of a
fair, picnic or other community gathering for which special permission
has been granted by the Village.
This chapter shall apply to all persons on public lands in the Village, except as provided in § 84-4 above, and shall not apply to any person drinking an alcoholic beverage while operating a motor vehicle upon any public highway within the Village in violation of § 1227 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
[Amended 10-27-1997 by L.L. No. 6-1997]
Each violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine
not exceeding $250, imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both,
for each offense.
