Butte County Municipal Code Art. IB Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages and Possession of Open Alcoholic…

For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) "Container" means a bottle, can, or other receptacle.

(b) "Person" shall include any natural person, association, corporation, cooperative, partnership, collective, limited liability company, or any other social or business entity.

(c) "Labor Day holiday weekend" means the period of time beginning at 12:01 a.m. of the Saturday preceding the first Monday in September of each year, through 11:59 p.m. of the first Monday in September of each year.

(Ord. No. 4032, § 2, 8-23-11)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to consume an alcoholic beverage or possess an open alcoholic beverage container during the Labor Day holiday weekend in the following designated areas along the Sacramento River within Butte County.

(1) Those areas extending from the edge of the water upland for a distance of fifty (50) feet on the bank of the river, beginning at the upstream edge of the Highway 32 Bridge traversing the Sacramento River between Butte and Glenn Counties and ending at the mouth of Big Chico Creek.

(2) This prohibition includes all bridges and pipeline crossings not otherwise exempted herein.

(b) This prohibition shall only apply during the Labor Day holiday weekend, as defined in Section 7-9.3(c).

(c) The provisions of this prohibition shall not apply to businesses that possess a valid liquor license issued by the California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control and patrons of the exempt business who are on the business' property.

(d) Violation of this section is an infraction, punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first violation, two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the second violation occurring in any calendar year, and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the third violation occurring in any calendar year.

(Ord. No. 4032, § 2, 8-23-11)