As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
DRINKING
Consuming or holding an open or partly consumed container
of alcoholic beverage of any nature, or having in one's possession
an open or partly consumed container of alcoholic beverage of any
nature.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the public has access, which includes
any street, highway, road, alley or sidewalk. It shall also include
the front or the neighborhood of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern
or other place of business, and public grounds, areas and parks, as
well as parking lots or other vacant private property not owned by
or under the control of the person charged with violating this article.
Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide that any person in any public place is drinking alcoholic beverages as enumerated in §§
129-11 and
129-12 above, that person shall be in violation of this article.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished according
to law, including up to the maximum fine permitted for violating a
local ordinance.