(A) Except when the state’s Liquor Control Commission has issued a license as provided in Neb. RS 53-186(2), it is unlawful for any person to consume alcoholic liquor upon property owned or controlled by the state or any governmental subdivision thereof unless authorized by the governing bodies having jurisdiction over such property.
(B) (1) It is unlawful for any person in the passenger area of a motor vehicle to possess an open alcoholic beverage container while the motor vehicle is located in a public parking area or on any highway in the city.
(2) Except as provided in Neb. RS 53-186, it is unlawful for any person to consume an alcoholic beverage in a public parking area, or on any highway in the city or inside a motor vehicle while in a public parking area, or on any highway in the city.
(3) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. Beer, ale porter, stout and other similar fermented beverages, including sake or similar products, of any name or description containing 0.5% or more of alcohol by volume, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefor; wine of not less than 0.5% of alcohol by volume; or distilled spirits which is that substance known as ethyl alcohol, ethanol or spirits of wine in any form, including all dilutions and mixtures thereof from whatever source or by whatever process produced. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE does not include trace amounts not readily consumable as a beverage.
HIGHWAY. A road or street, including the entire area within the right-of-way.
OPEN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINER. Any bottle, can or other receptacle which contains any amount of alcoholic beverage and which is open or has a broken seal, or the contents of which are partially removed.
PASSENGER AREA. The area designed to seat the driver and passengers while the motor vehicle is in operation and any area that is readily accessible to the driver or a passenger while in their seating positions, including any compartments in such area. PASSENGER AREA does not include the area behind the last upright seat of such motor vehicle if the area is not normally occupied by the driver or a passenger and the motor vehicle is not equipped with a trunk.
(Prior Code, § 6-305) (Ord. 318, passed 9-27-1977; Ord. 695, passed 10-10-2000) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 53-186 and 60-6,211.08