[Adopted as Sec. 3-14 of the Revised General
Ordinances]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meaning indicated:
Drinking or possession in open containers or possession in
nonoriginal containers of any alcoholic beverages as defined by the
Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey.
The consumption of alcoholic beverages, except as contained in § 77-12 hereof, is prohibited in public parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, school grounds and facilities, places of public use and convenience, such as train and bus depots, lavatories, rest rooms, vacant or unimproved Borough lands and in parking lots owned or controlled by the Borough through permission granted by the owner.
[Amended by Ord. No. 95-0-06]
No person shall dispense, consume, drink or
imbibe or sell any alcoholic beverages as defined by the Revised Statutes
of the State of New Jersey upon:
A.
Any public street, road, alley, avenue, sidewalk,
public parking place, recreation area or any other public or quasi-public
place.
B.
A public conveyance.
C.
A private motor vehicle while the same is in motion
or parked in any public street, land, public road, public parking
place or quasi-public place.
D.
Any private property not his or her own, without the
express permission of the owner or other person having authority to
grant such permission.
E.
Any public facility, including but not limited to
any eating or catering establishments, unless such establishment is
duly licensed by the State of New Jersey for the service of alcoholic
beverages.
Notwithstanding any provisions contained herein
to the contrary, block party permits or resolutions authorizing block
parties shall include the right to possess or consume alcoholic beverages
on a public street and shall not be deemed violative of this section.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell,
distribute, transfer, give or by any other means supply any beer,
wine or alcoholic beverage to any person under the legal age to purchase
alcoholic beverages in any public or quasi-public place or while in
or on a public street or thoroughfare or while in a parked vehicle
on any street or public thoroughfare in the Borough, except transfers
between a parent and his or her minor child.
Any person who violates any provision contained in this section, shall, upon conviction thereof in the Municipal Court in the Borough, be subject to a fine as stated in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II.
