[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lancaster as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-21-2008 (Ch. 2, Art. I, of the 1966 Codification)]
It is the intent of the Town of Lancaster as an exercise of its police power to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town of Lancaster by enacting this article, since it is the finding of the Town Board that the possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages by persons on public lands, except under controlled conditions, is detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town of Lancaster in that such possession contributes to the development of unsanitary conditions and the creation of nuisances.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them. All other words shall have the meanings normally ascribed to them in regular usage.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
Includes alcohol, liquor, wine, beer, cider and every liquid, patented or not, containing alcohol, wine or beer and capable of being consumed by a human being.
CONTAINER
Any bottle, can, glass, or other receptacle suitable for or used to hold any liquid.
PUBLIC LANDS
Any highway, street, sidewalk, park, playground, public parking lot or other public land.
No person shall have in his possession any open container containing an alcoholic beverage on any public land within the Town of Lancaster.
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 Town of Lancaster, where consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted during those hours when such function is open to the public.
This article shall apply to all persons on public lands in the Town of Lancaster.
Any person or persons, association or corporation committing an offense against this article or any section or provision thereof is guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days for each such offense, or by both such line and imprisonment.
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage or have in his possession any open container containing an alcoholic beverage, with the intent to consume the same, in public, within the limits of the Town of Lancaster.