Contra Costa County Municipal Code Ch. 54-14 Open Alcohol Containers

No person possessing an open container of any alcoholic beverage shall enter, be, or remain on premises from which alcoholic beverages are sold for off-site consumption, or on any adjacent sidewalk or parking lot, if such premises are posted as provided in Section 54-14.006.

(Ord. 85-42 §2).

As used in this chapter:

(a) "Open container" means a bottle, can, or other receptacle which has been opened, or the seal broken, or the contents partially removed.

(b) "Premises from which alcoholic beverages are sold for off-site consumption" means the posted premises of a retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee licensed under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (Business and Professions Code, Division 9, Sections 23000 et seq.) and any immediately adjacent public sidewalk or posted parking lot.

(Ord. 85-42 § 2).

(a) The premises from which alcoholic beverages are sold for off-site consumption and any immediately adjacent parking lot may be posted with clearly visible signs indicating that possession of an open container of alcohol is prohibited on those premises.

Each sign shall read substantially as follows:

Possession of an open container of alcohol is prohibited on these premises.

County Ordinance Code Section 54-14.002.

(b) No premises shall be deemed hereunder without the prior approval of the Contra Costa County sheriff's department regarding the size, form, location and number of signs.

(Ord. 85-42 § 2).

This chapter does not apply to a private residential parking lot which is immediately adjacent to premises from which alcoholic beverages are sold for off-site consumption.

(Ord. 85-42 § 2).