(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession in any public place or thoroughfare, street, alley or public building, whether as a pedestrian or driver in any type or mode of vehicle, public or private, any container of alcoholic beverage, as defined in G.S. § 18B-101(4), which shall have had any seal, cap, tap, stopper, cork or other device intended to seal the container, broken, removed or otherwise moved from its original position so as to make the contents available for consumption.
PUBLIC AREAS shall be construed to mean, and include, any drive, driveway, road, roadway, street, sidewalk, alley, parking area or other space open for the purpose of vehicular traffic or operation upon the grounds or premises of any service station, car wash, supermarket, store, restaurant, amusement center, lounge, shopping center or office building, or any other business or municipal establishment, or groups of establishments providing parking spaces for customers, patrons, employees or the general public.
(B) This section shall not apply to nor serve to prohibit the sale and dispensing of alcoholic beverages in any public retail outlet or restaurant lawfully licensed and empowered to make such sales and dispensation.
(Ord. passed - -, § 6-5) Penalty, see § 10.99