It is the intent of the Town of Blooming Grove as an exercise of its
police power to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the residents
of the town by enacting this chapter since it is the finding of the Town Board
that the possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages by persons on
certain public lands, except under controlled conditions, is detrimental to
the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the town in that such possession
with intent to consume said beverage contributes to the development of unsanitary
conditions and the creation of a nuisance. It is further the intent of the
Town Board of the Town of Blooming Grove that this chapter not be considered
as a traffic regulation insofar as it relates to motor vehicles or the operation
thereof.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following shall have the meanings
ascribed to them. All other words shall have the meaning normally ascribed
to them in regular usage.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
Alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, cider and every liquid or solid,
patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer and capable of
being consumed by a human being.
CONTAINER
Any bottle, can, glass, cup or other receptacle suitable for or used
to hold any liquid.
INTENT TO CONSUME
Drinking from the container, with alcohol on the breath of the possessor
and/or any circumstances evidencing an intent to ultimately consume on any
public lands.
OPEN CONTAINER
A container, as defined herein, with the contents exposed to the
atmosphere or the seal thereof broken.
PUBLIC LANDS
Any highway, street, sidewalk, public parking lot, park or playground.
TOWN
The Town of Blooming Grove.
No person shall have in his possession, with the intent to consume the
same, any open container containing an alcoholic beverage, nor shall any person,
except in a receptacle designated by the town, deposit, place, discard or
leave any container, whether or not containing an alcoholic beverage, on an
public land within the town, excluding land within the Village of Washingtonville.
The foregoing prohibition shall not apply in the event of a fair, picnic,
parade or other gathering for which special permission has been granted by
the Town Board for use of public lands.
This chapter shall apply to all public lands in the town, excluding land within the Village of Washingtonville, except as provided in §
72-4 above, and shall not apply to any person drinking an alcoholic beverage while operating a motor vehicle upon any public highway within the village in violation of § 1227 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
A violation of this chapter shall constitute a violation as defined
in the Penal Law and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $250.