(A) No person shall possess an open container of beer or other alcoholic beverage upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the city limits.
(B) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"CONTAINER." Shall not be considered an open container for purposes of this section if the open container of beer of other alcoholic beverage is in a locked container.
"PUBLIC PLACE."
(1) Any public property;
(2) Any private property that is open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking;
(3) The area inside or on any motor vehicle that is located on any street, sidewalk or parking area located in any public place; and
(4) The area on or inside any liquor store unless the beer or other alcoholic beverage has been lawfully purchased for consumption on the premises and that consumption is permissible under the license to serve alcoholic beverages granted that establishment.
(5) The area inside a chauffeured limousine, that is separate from the front compartment, where the operator of the limousine must be positioned in order to operate the vehicle, shall not be considered a public place.
"SIDEWALK." The part of the street between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for pedestrian use.
"STREET." The entire width between the boundary lines of every publicly maintained way, when any part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. The term also includes any alley maintained by the city.
(Ord. 97-2, passed 4-14-97; Am. Ord. 2004-15, passed 11-22-04)