The following terms used in this chapter shall have the following
meanings, unless the context requires or indicates a different meaning:
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
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.
CONTAINER
Any bottle, can, glass or other receptacle suitable for,
or used to hold, any liquid.
INTENT TO CONSUME
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.
OPEN BOTTLE, CAN OR OTHER CONTAINER
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.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any highway, street, sidewalk, park or playground or municipal
property within the Village.
No alcoholic beverage shall be possessed by any person on any
street, park, sidewalk or in any other place of public assemblage
in the Village of Canisteo, New York, with intent to consume, in an
uncapped container or with the original container seal broken, or
in any other type of open container from which the contents may be
drunk or otherwise consumed, unless a license first shall have been
issued by the Village Clerk, wherein a specific time and geographic
location shall be designated authorizing the dispensing and possession
of such alcoholic beverage.
Violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not
more than $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days,
or both.