(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession in any public place or thoroughfare, street, alley or public building, whether as a pedestrian or driver in any type of vehicle, any open container of alcoholic beverage, as defined in G.S. § 18B-101(4). Such public vehicular areas shall include:
(a) Any drive, driveway, road, roadway, street, sidewalk, alley, parking area or other space open for the purpose of vehicular traffic; and
(b) The grounds or premises of any service station, car wash, supermarket, store, restaurant, lounge, shopping center, office building or any other business or municipal establishment, or groups of establishments that provide parking space for customers, patrons, employees or the general public.
(2) This division (A) shall not apply to, nor serve to, prohibit the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages in any public retail outlet or restaurant lawfully licensed and empowered to make such sales and dispensation.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession, either in a vehicle or as a pedestrian, any open container of alcoholic beverage, as defined in G.S. § 18B-101(4), within the boundaries of any park, playing field, playground or other recreational facility of any kind owned and operated by the town, unless in attendance at an event authorized by Town Council.
(Ord. passed 3-16-2010) Penalty, see § 110.99