Part 1
Consumption or Storage on Business Premises During Certain Hours
Consumption or Storage on Business Premises During Certain Hours
§ 127-101. Consumption or storage prohibited on business premises not licensed by Liquor Control Board.
§ 127-102. Presence prohibited on premises not licensed by Liquor Control Board.
§ 127-103. Violations by officers and agents additional to violations by persons.
§ 127-104. Violations and penalties.
Part 2
Consumption Without Consent of Owner
Consumption Without Consent of Owner
§ 127-201. Definitions.
§ 127-202. Prohibiting consumption of alcoholic beverages without consent of owner.
§ 127-203. Violations and penalties.
Part 3
Bottle Clubs
Bottle Clubs
§ 127-301. Application.
§ 127-302. Purpose.
§ 127-303. Definitions.
§ 127-304. Unlawful activities.
§ 127-305. Club requirements.
§ 127-306. Club permit; fee.
§ 127-307. Authority of police officer.
§ 127-308. Violations and penalties.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Reading as indicated in part histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
STATE LAW REFERENCES
Misrepresentation of age to obtain liquor — See 18 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6307 and 6309.
Purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of alcoholic beverages — See 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6308.
Inducement of minors to buy liquor — See 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6310.
Part 1
Consumption or Storage on Business Premises During Certain Hours
Consumption or Storage on Business Premises During Certain Hours
[Adopted 2-24-1988 by Ord. No. 17-1988 (Ch. 6, Part 1B, of the 2001 Code of Ordinances)]
No person shall allow on business premises the storage by others of alcoholic beverages, as defined in the Pennsylvania Liquor Code, owned, operated, leased or controlled by him, her or them, which is not licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, for consumption by anyone of such alcoholic beverages on such premises between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., prevailing time, of each day or to allow on such business premises any persons to consume alcoholic beverages on such premises, whether or not stored on such premises, between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., prevailing time, of each day.
No person shall be present on business premises in which alcoholic beverages are stored or consumed in violation of § 127-101, between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., prevailing time, each day.
In the event any of the aforesaid activity is conducted by or in the name of a corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, firm or association and/or the premises in which the activities are conducted are owned or leased by a corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, firm or association, the officers or agents of the corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, firm or association shall be deemed in violation of this Part, as well as the person or persons engaged in the prohibited activity set forth in §§ 127-101 and 127-102.
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