[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Peekskill as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Night music entertainment — See Ch. 213, Art. I.
Consumption in parks — See Ch. 416.
[Adopted 4-11-1983; amended in its entirety 1-27-1992 (Ch. 106, Art. I of the 1984 Code)]
A. 
No person shall drink or consume any alcoholic beverage, including beer or wine, while in any public place, including but not limited to a public street, sidewalk, highway, park or any area used for public parking within the City of Peekskill, whether or not such public parking area shall be privately or publicly owned. Further, no person shall carry or possess with intent to consume the same in any public area as set forth above any open container holding any alcoholic beverage, including but not limited to beer or wine.
B. 
It shall be a rebuttable presumption that any individual who has in his or her possession an open or unsealed container containing any alcoholic beverage in an area set forth in Subsection A of this section intends to consume the same in such area in violation of this section.
A. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 164-1, the possession or consumption of beer or wine shall not constitute a violation of this article solely when such consumption is dispensed pursuant to a general or specific permit issued by the City of Peekskill for a specific event, including but not limited to a block party, street fair or other public event which is limited, by its permit, to a certain time and place.
B. 
This exemption shall only be effective during the time of such event, as evidenced by the permit issued by the City, and shall further only be effective within the place or area for which said permit was issued. This exemption shall not extend to alcoholic beverages other than beer or wine.
Any person guilty of violating the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $250 or to imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.