[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Bradford 11-10-1980 by Ord. No. 3014. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter is enacted to regulate the possession
of open containers of alcoholic beverages by persons on public lands.
The unrestricted and unregulated possession of such containers is
detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of
the City of Bradford in that such uncontrolled possession contributes
to the development of unsanitary conditions and the creation of nuisances
within the City.
For the purposes 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, liquor, wine, beer, cider and every other
beverage, patented or not, containing alcohol, wine or beer and ordinarily
consumed by a human being.
Any bottle, can, glass, cup or other receptacle suitable
for or used to hold any beverage.
Any highway, street, sidewalk, park, playground, public parking
lot or other public land.
No person shall have in his possession any open
container containing an alcoholic beverage on any public lands within
the City of Bradford.
[Amended 11-28-1995 by Ord. No. 3163]
Waiver of the foregoing prohibition may be made
by the City Council or its authorized representative in the event
of any City-approved community gathering, entertainment or controlled
meeting, upon application approved by the City Council or its authorized
representative, and which waiver will allow consumption of alcoholic
beverage on those portions of public lands wherein the gathering will
be conducted and during those hours when the function is open to the
public.
This chapter shall apply to all persons on public
lands in the City of Bradford, except as hereinbefore provided.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person or persons, association or corporation
violating this chapter or any section or provision thereof commits
a summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than
90 days, or both.
