[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Rye 5-20-1992 by L.L. No. 8-1992. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the intent of the City of Rye, as an exercise
of its police power, to promote the general health, safety and welfare
of the residents and inhabitants of the City by enacting this chapter,
since it is the finding of the City Council of the City of Rye that
the consumption of alcoholic beverages and 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 City in that such consumption
and possession contributes to the development of unsanitary conditions
and the creation of nuisances, including but not limited to littering
and raucous or other disorderly behavior. This chapter shall 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
terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them. All other words shall
have the meanings normally ascribed to them in regular usage:
Includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer and every liquid
or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer
and capable of being consumed by a human being.
The City of Rye.
Any bottle, can, glass or other receptacle suitable for or
used to hold any liquid.
Any highway, street, sidewalk, park, playground, school ground
or City-owned open space.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for
any person to:
A.
The foregoing prohibitions shall not apply during
the time of a fair, picnic or other community gathering on public
lands if permission to perform the prohibited acts has been granted
by the City.
B.
The foregoing prohibitions shall not apply to the
transportation of a container containing any alcoholic beverage across
public lands of the City from one point to another, with no intent
to consume the contents of such container while on public lands.
This chapter shall apply to all persons on public lands in the City except as provided in § 47-4. This chapter shall not apply to any person drinking an alcoholic beverage while operating a motor vehicle upon any public highway within the City in violation of § 1227 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
Any person committing an offense against any
provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty
of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York,
punishable by a fine not exceeding $250.
