Town of Falmouth, MA
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2023-11-14
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- The Charter
- Ch C Falmouth Home Rule Charter
- The Code
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Assessors
- Ch 13 Auditing
- Ch 21 Boards
- Ch 25 Cemeteries
- Ch 27 Code Book
- Ch 29 Committees and Commissions
- Ch 35 Elections
- Ch 36 Falmouth Historic District
- Ch 38 Finance, Department of
- Ch 42 Housing Authority
- Ch 49 Meetings, Town
- Ch 53 Officers and Employees
- Ch 58 Personnel
- Ch 60 Security Posted in Connection With Licenses, Permits and Approvals
- Ch 65 Selectmen, Board of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 75 Alarm Systems
- Ch 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- § 79-1 Open containers.
- § 79-2 Transport and possession.
- § 79-3 Violations and penalties.
- § 79-4 Prohibition of nips.
- Ch 83 Animals
- Ch 87 Beaches
- Ch 91 Boats and Boating
- Ch 95 Building Construction
- Ch 99 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 103 Camping and Tenting
- Ch 105 Collection Containers
- Ch 107 Demolition
- Ch 110 Disaster and Emergency Management
- Ch 119 Fees
- Ch 123 Fire Prevention
- Ch 135 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 136 Secondhand Dealers and Secondhand Collectors
- Ch 137 Revolving Funds
- Ch 140 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 144 Loitering
- Ch 150 Noise
- Ch 156 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 160 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 164 Property, Damage to
- Ch 168 Public Records, Access to
- Ch 172 Rental Property
- Ch 174 Right to Farm
- Ch 176 Sales, Special
- Ch 178 Scenic Roads
- Ch 180 Sewers and Septic Systems
- Ch 184 Signs
- Ch 191 Solid Waste
- Ch 195 Smoking
- Ch 199 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 201 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 203 Swimming Pools
- Ch 207 Town Property, Use of
- Ch 208 Trailers
- Ch 213 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 219 Vending Machines
- Ch 223 Water
- Ch 227 Watershed Protection
- Ch 231 Waterways
- Ch 235 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 237 Nitrogen Control
- Ch 240 Zoning
- Division 2: Board of Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 248 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 251 EEO/Affirmative Action
- Ch 255 Ambulance Service
- Ch 268 Mobile Food Servers
- Ch 269 Mooring Regulations
- Ch 275 Shellfish and Herring
- Ch 277 Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations
- Ch 280 Vehicles for Hire
- Division 3: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 300 Special Permits and Site Plan Reviews
- Ch 305 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 310 Zoning Board of Appeals Procedural Rules
- Ch 311 Zoning Board of Appeals Comprehensive Permit Rules
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch FHR Falmouth Health Regulations
- Ch FPWR Falmouth Department of Public Works Regulations
- Ch FWR Wetlands Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A315 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch A320 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Falmouth
Special Town Meeting 10-26-1982, Art. 52. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall drink any alcoholic beverages
as defined in MGL C. 138, § 1, or possess an open container,
whether full or partly full of any alcoholic beverage, while on, in
or upon any public way, or upon any way to which the public has a
right of access, or in any place to which the public has a right of
access as invitees or licensees, in any park or playground, conservation
area or recreation area or on private land or place without the consent
of the owner or person control thereof. Whoever violates the provisions
of this section shall be fined.
[Amended STM 6-12-1985, Art. 16]
It shall be unlawful for any person who has
not attained the legal drinking age as defined in MGL C. 138, § 34,
and is unaccompanied by his parent or guardian, to knowingly transport,
carry or have in his or her possession any alcohol or alcoholic beverage,
while on, in or upon any public way or upon any way to which the public
has the right of access, or in any place to which the public has a
right of access as invitees or licensees, in any park or playground,
conservation area or recreation area or place without the consent
of the owner or person in control thereof. This section shall not
apply to any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly
transports or carries on his person alcohol or alcoholic beverages
in the course of his employment.
[Added 9-14-2020 ATM
by Art. 34, approved 3-22-2021]
The sale of alcoholic beverages in containers less than or equal
to 100 milliliters is prohibited within the Town of Falmouth. Effective:
October 1, 2021.
