It shall be unlawful for any person to consume any alcoholic beverage (as defined in section 1.04(1), V.T.C.S. Alcoholic Beverage Code) while in any of the public parks listed in section 1-13-53 and in a public street, public alley, or public parking lot which is adjacent to the parks described in section 1-13-53.
(Ordinance 81-115, sec. 1, adopted 5/26/81; Ordinance 91-86, Sec. 1, adopted 10/22/91; 1957 Code, sec. 12-15)
(a) 
The possession of an open container of alcoholic beverage shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the consumption of alcoholic beverage.
(b) 
“Open container” as used herein shall include bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverage which have had the seal broken, but have the cap or lid on the container, and shall also include containers such as cups, mugs, glasses, thermos bottles, and flasks.
(c) 
“Possession” as used herein shall include being in close proximity to an open container of alcoholic beverage and not just the physical possession of said container.
(Ordinance 81-115, sec. 1, adopted 5/26/81; 1957 Code, sec. 12-16)
(a) 
The areas herein referred to as public parks subject to the regulation provided in section 1-13-51 are as follows:
GENERAL BOUNDARIES OF PUBLIC PARKS
Parks
North
East
South
West
Bellaire
Bellaire
Chestnut
31st
Alley-Dixie
Buchannan
23rd
Rowland
Alley
Property line
Casa Bella
Alley behind Hilltop
Alley behind Hilltop
University
Maple
Central
13th
Center
11th
Milburn
Circle Drive Park (Modern Gardeners)
29th
Hancock
Circle
Circle
Comanche Trail
 
Highway 385
 
West County Road
Crump
11th
Washington
10th
Alleghaney
Dorothy Lea Murphy
North property line
Alley behind Andrews Highway
54th
Property line
Floyd Gwin
Park Boulevard
West County Road
10th
MacArthur
Frederick Douglas
Property line
S. Muskingum
Myrtle
Alley
Freedom
Lakeview
Byron & Lodge
University
YMCA
Jim Parker
University
Bonham
Bonham Junior High
Crescent Park Baptist Church
Juan Alvarez Ramirez
May
Alley
Ada
Meyers Ave.
Lawndale
93rd
Rainbow Ave.
92nd
Holiday Ave.
Lincoln Plaza
4th
East curbline of Lincoln Ave.
3rd
West curbline of Lincoln Ave.
Lions Club
Richmond
Esmond
Alley
Alley
Mark Henderson
Kennedy
Stella
31st
Church property
McKinney
Pool Road
City property
I-20
Highway 385
Memorial Gardens
42nd
Alley
Alley
Alley
Murry Fly
N.E. property line on Kenwood
Dumont
Boulder
Alley property
Noel Heritage Plaza
5th
United Methodist Church building
4th
Ector County Library property
O’Conner
Alley
Woodlawn
Residential property
Alley-Jackson
Optimist
37th
Grandview
Everglade
Alley-Redbud
Polyantha (North)
Muskingum
Muskingum
31st
Muskingum
Polyantha (South)
31st
Muskingum
Muskingum
Muskingum
Progressive
7th
Muskingum
Property line
Tom Green
Purple Sage (East)
Property line
Adams
11th
Muskingum
Purple Sage (West)
12th
Muskingum
11th
Alley-Tom Green
Royalty
6th
McKinney
5th
Park Avenue
Salinas
Alley
Property line
Clements
Alley
San Jacinto
22nd
Fly
Alley-20th
West County Road
Sherwood
49th
Everglade
44th
Dixie
Slator
38th
Pleasant
35th
TESCO lot
Southside Baseball Field
Monahans
Milton Ave.
Comanche Trail Park
Property line
UTPB
East 42nd
East Loop 338
UTPB property
UTPB property
Western Manor
24th
Catalina
23rd
Alley
Woodson
Murphy
Washington Ave.
Property line
Woodson
(b) 
A more specific description of the above-listed parks is available for inspection in the office of the director of public works.
(c) 
Though the areas listed herein are now being used as public parks, such use and the adoption of this section do not mean that such parks cannot be subsequently diverted to other uses or that title has been exclusively dedicated for park purposes.
(Ordinance 81-115, sec. 1, adopted 5/26/81; Ordinance 88-15, sec. 1, adopted 3/8/88; Ordinance 91-67, sec. 1, adopted 9/24/91; Ordinance 93-11, sec. 2, adopted 3/23/93; Ordinance 96-31, Sec. 4, adopted 4/9/96; Ordinance 2001-35, secs. 1, 2, adopted 7/24/01; 1957 Code, sec. 12-17)