§ 9.08.101. Possession of alcoholic beverages in open containers.

A.

No person shall possess in an open container any alcoholic beverage while:

1.

On any street, lane, footpath, alley, road, driveway, highway, bridge, sidewalk, plaza, public park or public parking lot;

2.

On the mall, adjacent parking area, or other outside area of any combination of privately owned retail establishments, commonly known as a shopping center, to which the general public is invited for business purposes, unless authorized by the owner of the establishment;

3.

On an adjacent parking area or other outside area of any other retail establishment, unless authorized by the owner of the establishment; or

4.

In any parked vehicle located on any of the places enumerated in this section, unless authorized.

B.

Subsection A of this section does not apply to the consumption of alcoholic beverages by passengers in the living quarters of a motor home equipped with a toilet and central heating or the passengers of a chartered bus in transit if the owner or operator has consented to the consumption of the beverages.

C.

Notwithstanding the provision of subsection A of this section, upon application, the mayor may permit the public possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages pursuant to Sections 9.08.105 and 9.08.106 hereof.

(Ord. 1719 (part), 1999)