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CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER of THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS
VOLUME I
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 3 ADVERTISING
CHAPTER 4 RESERVED
CHAPTER 5 AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS
CHAPTER 5A AIR POLLUTION
CHAPTER 6 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 6A AMUSEMENT CENTERS
CHAPTER 7 ANIMALS
CHAPTER 7A ANTI-LITTER REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 8A BOARDING HOME FACILITIES
CHAPTER 9 BICYCLES
CHAPTER 9A BILLIARD HALLS
CHAPTER 9B BUILDING SECURITY
CHAPTER 9C RESERVED
CHAPTER 10 RESERVED
CHAPTER 10A RESERVED
CHAPTER 10B RESERVED
CHAPTER 11 CEMETERIES AND BURIALS
CHAPTER 12 CITY YOUTH PROGRAM STANDARDS OF CARE
CHAPTER 12A CODE OF ETHICS
CHAPTER 12B CONVENIENCE STORES
CHAPTER 13 COURTS, FINES AND IMPRISONMENTS
CHAPTER 13A DALLAS TRANSIT SYSTEM
CHAPTER 14 DANCE HALLS
CHAPTER 14A RESERVED
CHAPTER 14B EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 15 RESERVED
CHAPTER 15A ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 15B EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
CHAPTER 15C EMERGENCY REPORTING EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 15D EMERGENCY VEHICLES
CHAPTER 16 DALLAS FIRE CODE
CHAPTER 17 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 18 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES
CHAPTER 19 HEALTH AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 19A RESERVED
CHAPTER 20 EARNED PAID SICK TIME
CHAPTER 20A FAIR HOUSING AND MIXED INCOME HOUSING
CHAPTER 21 RESERVED
CHAPTER 22 RESERVED
CHAPTER 23 RESERVED
CHAPTER 24 LIBRARY
CHAPTER 25 LOAN BROKERS
CHAPTER 25A MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 26 RESERVED
CHAPTER 27 MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS
CHAPTER 28 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
VOLUME II
VOLUME III
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SEC. 6-5.   PUBLIC SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
   A person commits an offense if he possesses, transports, or consumes any alcoholic beverage, at any high school athletic contest, at any school-sponsored dance, party or other social gathering, or on the grounds or in the buildings of any public school. Any police officer is authorized to seize and confiscate such alcoholic beverages. (Ord. Nos. 4175; 21735)
SEC. 6-6.   RESERVED.  
(Ord. 21735)
SEC. 6-6.1.   OPEN CONTAINERS AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN PUBLIC PLACES.
   (a)   A person commits an offense if he consumes an alcoholic beverage outside the Dallas central area on:
      (1)   any property owned or leased by the city; or
      (2)   a public street or any public place within 18 feet of a public street.
   (b)   A person commits an offense if he possesses an open container of or consumes an alcoholic beverage on a public street, public alley, or public sidewalk within 1,000 feet of the property line of a facility that is a public or private school, including a parochial school, that provides all or any part of prekindergarten through twelfth grade.
   (c)   A person commits an offense if he possesses an open container of or consumes an alcoholic beverage within the Dallas central area.
   (d)   It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section that the person:
      (1)   was attending a special event:
         (A)   that was authorized by the city; and
         (B)   for which a valid permit or license to sell or serve alcoholic beverages was issued by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
      (2)   was within the area of an establishment licensed by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for alcohol consumption on the premises.
      (3)   is able to prove a defense to prosecution under Section 32-11.3(b) of this code;
      (4)   was in a motor vehicle;
      (5)   was inside a building not owned or controlled by the city; or
      (6)   was inside a residential structure.
   (e)   Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit or otherwise control the manufacture, sale, distribution, transportation, or possession of alcoholic beverages, except to the extent allowed by state law. (Ord. Nos. 15635; 15816; 15849; 16600; 19963; 21021; 21352; 21385; 21735; 21828; 25174)
SEC. 6-7.   RESERVED.
   (Repealed by Ord. 16870)
SEC. 6-8.   RESERVED.
   (Repealed by Ord. 16870)
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