§ 26-400. Open containers of alcoholic beverages in public places prohibited.

(a)

No person shall drink or consume any alcoholic beverages in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, public grounds or other public place unless such place has been licensed for that purpose by the State Liquor Control Commission.

(b)

No person shall possess any open container of alcoholic beverages in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, public grounds or other public place unless such place has been licensed for that purpose by the State Liquor Control Commission.

(c)

Definitions. The term "public place," for the purpose of this section, includes schools, places of amusement, parks, playgrounds, parking lots and premises used in connection with public passenger transportation.

(d)

The offense described in this section is an Independence Municipal Code Class B violation, per section 1-22.

(Prior Code, § 44.525; Code 2006, § 5.7.1; Ord. No. 1274, § 1, 1993)