A. No person shall drink any beer, wine or other intoxicating beverage on or within any street, sidewalk, alley, highway or playground within the city.
B. No person shall bring into any park or recreation area, or possess or consume in any park or recreation area, any alcoholic beverage, without a valid alcohol use permit.
1. Alcohol use permits for public park areas may be obtained, upon request, from the director.
a. Applications for permits must be submitted forty eight (48) hours before the desired date.
2. The possession and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages may be authorized by the director for persons and groups within the below mentioned park areas:
a. Heritage park pavilion.
b. Lions park pavilion on nonschool days.
c. Areas within public parks which may be reserved, such as individual barbecue areas together with tables and benches.
3. Said permit shall not allow the use or consumption of any alcoholic beverage after dusk, beyond twenty feet (20') of the reserved area, or in any parking area.
a. For special occasions, the director may extend the permissible hours of consumption after dusk.
4. The director may deny issuance of a permit in the event he or she makes a finding adverse to the applicant with respect to any of the following factors:
a. Failure to submit a complete application.
b. Making a false statement of fact required to be revealed in the permit application.
c. The applicant has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.
d. The applicant has any prior revocation of facility use privileges in the past year.
e. Failure to pay reservation/permit fees.
5. If a permit is denied, the director shall give the applicant prompt written notice of such decision, including a statement of the specific reasons for denial and the right to appeal the decision under the city's administrative hearing procedures ordinance.
6. The rights granted by the permit may be revoked by any city police officer and/or parks and recreation administrative staff if the permittee causes a public inconvenience or annoyance.
C. Subsection A of this section shall not be deemed to make punishable any act or acts which are prohibited by any statute of the state of California.
D. Any person or entity violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 2008-10, 11-4-2008)
E. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, the city council may authorize the consumption of beer or wine, or both, during an event of limited duration held in a park owned and operated by the city held pursuant to section 5-2-5 of this chapter. Such authorization shall be limited to an area within the park designated by the city manager or chief of police. In connection with the granting of any such authorization, the city council may impose such reasonable conditions as it deems appropriate in each instance. (Ord. 8906, 9-19-1989; amd. Ord. 2008-10, 11-4-2008)