[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of DeWitt 7-14-1975;
amended in its entirety 8-26-1985. Section 55-1 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other
amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall drink liquor, wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage
from any open bottle or container containing liquor, wine, beer or other alcoholic
beverage while such person is on any public highway, public street, public
sidewalk, public parking area, public park or similar public place, or on
private property without invitation or permission of the owner of such property,
in that portion of the Town of DeWitt, Onondaga County, New York, lying outside
the incorporated limits of the Village of East Syracuse, not licensed to serve
or disperse said alcoholic beverages by the State Liquor Authority pursuant
to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law of the State of New York.
A.
No person shall drink liquor, wine, beer or other alcoholic
beverage or have in his possession any open bottle or container containing
liquor, wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage while such person is the operator
of or a passenger in a motor vehicle on any public highway, public street,
public parking area or public park or similar public place, or on private
property without invitation or permission of the owner of such property, in
that portion of said Town of DeWitt lying outside the incorporated limits
of the Village of East Syracuse.
B.
An open bottle or container in any vehicle shall be presumptive
evidence that the same is in the possession of all the occupants thereof and
in violation hereof.
Any conviction of any person for the violation of any of the provisions
of this chapter will constitute an offense punishable by a fine of not to
exceed one hundred dollars ($100.) or a sentence to a maximum term of imprisonment
for a period of five (5) days, or by other such fine and imprisonment.[1]
