[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Adams as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 4-22-1985 as
Article 36]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall possess or carry with intent to consume an alcoholic
beverage in an open container on any sidewalk, street or parking lot
within the corporate limits of the Village.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes any of the following: drinking from the container;
possession with movement of the container to the mouth; and any circumstances
evidencing an intent to ultimately consume in any public place.
Any bottle, can, glass or other receptacle suitable for or
used to hold any liquid, which has been uncapped, uncorked, the tab
removed or the top sliced, cut or broken, or its original condition
altered in such a way that the liquid can flow out of it.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person violating this article shall be guilty of an offense,
the penalty for which shall be a fine not to exceed $250 or imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
