[Adopted as amended 12-19-2012 by Order No. FY 13-067 (Ch. 13, Art. I,
of the 2002 Bylaws)]
[Amended 10-16-2019 by Order No. FY 20-047; 10-19-2022 by Order No. FY 23-037]
In order to preserve peace and good order, no person will publicly
consume alcoholic beverages or possess an opened or unsealed container
full or partially full of any alcoholic beverages as defined by MGL
c. 138, § 1, in or on any property owned or controlled by
the City, including parks, public schools or property under the jurisdiction
of the Greenfield School Committee, cemeteries, commons or any public
ways, including but not limited to sidewalks or tree belts in the
City of Greenfield, unless a license for such an activity is issued
by the Board of License Commissioners. The provisions of this section
shall not be deemed to preclude a patron of a duly licensed restaurant
or hotel to retain and take off the premises only so much as may remain
of a bottled wine purchased by the patron in conjunction with a meal
and not totally consumed by the patron during such meal; provided,
further, that the bottle shall be resealed in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission in 204 CMR
2.18 and transported in a manner authorized in MGL c. 90, § 24I
when carried in a motor vehicle, as defined in MGL c. 90, § 1.
[Amended 10-19-2022 by Order No. FY 23-037]
In the case of Greenfield public school property, authorization
must also be given by the Greenfield School Committee. Anyone violating
this article shall be subject to arrest in accordance with MGL c.
272, § 59, and a fine not to exceed $200 for each offense
which may be recovered upon complaint before district court and shall
inure to the City, all in accordance with MGL c. 40.
In order to preserve peace and good order, no person will consume
alcoholic beverages or possess an opened or unsealed container full
or partially full of any alcoholic beverages as defined by MGL c.
138, § 1 on any premises open to the public for business,
including restaurants, dance halls, video arcades, grocery stores,
supermarkets, and pool halls, unless a license for such an activity
is issued by the Board of License Commissioners.
