§ 26-401. Open container of alcoholic liquors in public park prohibited.

(a)

Unless otherwise authorized in section 26-375, no person shall have in his possession, while in any public park within the city, any bottle, can or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverages which has been opened or the seal broken or the contents of which have been partially removed.

(b)

For the purposes of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

Public park means any area open to the public designated by a sign as a park, or commonly recognized as a park, including but not limited to Riverview Park, Pioneer Park, Pfaff Park, Mountain Fir Park, Wildfang Park, and Henry Hill Park.

(c)

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

(Prior Code, § 44.570; Code 2006, § 5.7.2; Ord. No. 1492, § 1(5.7.2), 8-24-2010)