§ 55-1. Legislative
intent.
It is the
intent of the Village of New York Mills, New York, as an exercise of its police
power to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the residents of the
Village by enacting this chapter to limit and control the use and possession of
open containers containing alcoholic beverages and the disposal of beverage
containers on public land in the Village and to prevent public disorder,
annoyance, disturbance and littering.
§ 55-2. Definitions.
For the
purpose of this chapter the following words shall have the meanings herein
ascribed to them; all other words shall have the meanings normally ascribed to
them in regular use.
ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGE -- Includes beer, wine and
liquor and all other alcoholic beverages as more specifically defined by the
New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
CONTAINER -- Any bottle, can, glass or other receptacle
suitable for or used to hold any liquid.
PUBLIC
LANDS -- Any highway, street, park,
sidewalk, cemetery, playground, parking area, school ground, exterior premises
and adjoining property of any building duly licensed to sell alcoholic
beverages within the building, or other public place of any nature within the
limits of the Village.
§ 55-3. Prohibition.
A. No
person shall carry, transport, or have in his or her possession on or in any
public land within the Village, any open container containing alcoholic beverage.
B. No
person shall place, deposit, leave, abandon, break, smash or destroy any
container in, on or upon any public land within the limits of the Village
except in a waste receptacle placed on said public land for the purpose of
depositing or discarding therein, waste material.
§ 55-4. Exceptions.
So much of the
foregoing provisions hereof as prohibit the carrying, transporting or
possessing alcoholic beverages in an open container shall not apply to a
specific alcoholic beverage in the case of a public event or gathering at which
special permission has been granted by the Village for the purveying or
dispensing and consumption of that specified alcoholic beverages and, if
required, by the New York State Liquor Authority.
§ 55-5. Penalties for
offenses.
The
violation of this chapter shall constitute a violation and a person found
guilty thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250,
imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
