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Township of Saddle Brook, NJ
Bergen County
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[Adopted 8-14-1975 as Ord. No. 724]
A. 
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverages within the limits of the Township of Saddle Brook or have in his possession any opened alcoholic beverage container with unconsumed alcoholic beverage therein:
(1) 
While in or on a public street, lane, roadway, avenue, sidewalk, public parking place, park, playground, recreation area, school buildings or grounds or any other public or quasi-public place or in any public conveyance.
(2) 
While in a private motor vehicle while the same is in motion or parked in any public street, lane or public parking lot or other public or quasi-public place.
(3) 
While upon any private property not his own without the express permission of the owner or other person having authority to grant such permission.
B. 
No person shall discard alcoholic beverage containers upon any public street, lane, sidewalk, public parking lot, public or quasi-public place or upon any private property not his own without the express permission of the owner.
C. 
No person shall be intoxicated or drunk or disorderly in any public omnibus, taxi, street, highway, thoroughfare or on any sidewalk or in any private house, home or in any boardinghouse, store, restaurant or other private, public or quasi-public place or house to the annoyance or disturbance of any person by reason of the fact that the intoxicated person shall obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully on said premises and/or make offensive, profane, lewd, lascivious, indecent or disgusting remarks to anyone legally on said premises.
Notwithstanding anything hereinabove contained, the Mayor of the Township of Saddle Brook or any legally constituted municipal agency of the Township may issue a permit for the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages in any designated park or other public place under its jurisdiction at the designated time or times in connection with a special event which shall have been authorized by the Mayor or other legally constituted municipal body or agency having the authority to issue such permits.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $200 or by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the court.
[Added 4-27-1978 by Ord. No. 766]
This article shall not apply to nonprofit organizations and corporations, which shall be exempt from the provisions of this article.