[Adopted 6-10-1981 by Ord. No. 7-81]
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume, transfer, sell or distribute any alcoholic beverages on lands within the Borough of Eatontown, either publicly owned or property to which the public is invited, whether used separately or in conjunction with commercial activities, hereinafter referred to as "restricted properties." It shall further be unlawful for any person to possess any alcoholic beverage in open containers on such restricted properties.
[Amended 4-28-1993 by Ord. No. 12-93]
No provision of this article shall limit a parent or legal guardian from serving alcoholic beverages to his or her own children within his or her own place of residency. No provision of this article shall limit the use of alcohol in religious ceremonies by persons under the legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages. This article shall not apply to an organization or group which obtains approval to use any restricted properties in the Borough of Eatontown from the Borough Council, Recreation Commission or other municipal authority for a specific function or affair or to any member of said organization or group who consumes, transfers, distributes or possesses any alcoholic beverage during the course of such approved function or affair. Neither shall this article apply to any person, organization or group which, after obtaining municipal approval as aforesaid, sells any alcoholic beverage on restricted properties pursuant to a special permit issued for a specific function or affair by the appropriate issuing authority, or to any person who purchases, consumes, distributes, transfers or possesses any alcoholic beverage on restricted properties during the course of such approved function or affair.
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $500 for each violation thereof or may be imprisoned in the county jail for any term not exceeding 90 days, or both.