Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Arvin Municipal Code Ch. 9.20 Public Drinking of Alcoholic Beverages
Arvin Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Arvin
Cite as: Arvin Municipal Code Chapter 9.20 · Text as of 2026-10-04
9.20.010 - Public drinking.¶
No person shall drink any malt, spirituous or vinous liquor containing more than one-half of one percent (.5%) of alcohol by volume, upon any street, sidewalk or parkway, park, playground, or in any public place, or in any place open to the patronage of the public, which premises are not licensed for the consumption of such liquor on the premises.
(Ord. 156 §1, 1980).
9.20.020 - Open containers in public places.¶
A. No person shall possess any bottle, can or other receptacle, containing any alcoholic beverage, which has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed, upon any street, sidewalk, or parkway, park, playground or in any public place, or any place open to the patronage of the public, which location is not licensed for the consumption of such liquor.
B. As used in this section, "alcoholic beverage" means any malt, spirituous or vinous liquor containing more than one-half percent (.5%) of alcohol by volume.
(Ord. 181, 1982).
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