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.