[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake
George 6-30-1983 by L.L. No. 7-1983. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It is the intent of the Village of Lake George, as an exercise of its
police power, to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the residents
and inhabitants of the Village by enacting this chapter, since
it is the finding of the Village of Lake George Board of Trustees that 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 Village in that such 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. It is further the intent of the Village of Lake George Board of
Trustees that this chapter 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, cider and every liquid
or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer and capable
of being consumed by a human being.
Any bottle, can, glass or other receptacle suitable for, or used
to hold, any liquid.
Any highway, road, street, avenue, alley, public place, public driveway,
park or any other public way, including a parking lot or parking area of a
shopping center as the same are defined in §§ 129-a and 129-b
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
[Amended 6-20-1988 by L.L. No. 8-1988]
The Village of Lake George.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to:
A.Â
Consume any alcoholic beverage on any public land within
the Village.
B.Â
Have in his possession any open container containing
any alcoholic beverage on any public lands within the Village.
C.Â
Have within his possession for the purposes of consumption
on public lands, by either himself or another person, any open container containing
an alcoholic beverage on any public lands within the Village.
A.Â
The foregoing prohibitions shall not apply in the event
of a fair, picnic or other community gathering for which special permission
has been granted by the Village.
B.Â
The foregoing prohibitions shall not apply to the transportation
of an unsealed but not open container across public lands of the Village from
one point to another, with no intent to consume the contents of such open
container while upon public lands.
This chapter shall apply to all persons on public lands in the Village except as provided in § 59-4 above and shall not apply to any person drinking an alcoholic beverage while operating a motor vehicle upon any public highway within the Village in violation of § 1227 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
[Amended 5-13-1996 by L.L. No. 3-1996]
An offense against any provision of this chapter shall constitute a
violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment in the
Warren County Jail for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
