Duarte Municipal Code Ch. 9.24 Alcoholic Beverages and Intoxication

No person shall drink any malt, spirituous or vinous liquor containing more than one-half percent of alcohol by volume, upon any public street, alleyway, sidewalk or parkway, park, recreation area, or in any public buildings, public lavatories, auto park, or lobby or entrance way to any building within the city.

(Ord. 90 § 1, 1961)

The city council may, by resolution, adopt rules and regulations for the use of public buildings. Such rules and regulations may provide for exceptions to the prohibitions contained in Sections 9.24.010 and 9.24.020, with respect to scheduled events taking place in public buildings.

(Ord. 456 § 1, 1979)

(a) No person who has in his or her possession 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, shall enter, be, or remain in any public area, including, but not limited to, any roadway, sidewalk, parking lot, or on the posted premises of, including the posted parking lot immediately adjacent to, any retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee licensed pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 23000) of the Business and Professions Code, or on any area immediately adjacent to the licensed and posted premises, or on the premises of, or immediately adjacent to, any business not licensed to sell or consume alcoholic beverages.

(b) As used in this section, "posted premises" means those premises which are subject to licensure under any retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage license, the parking lot immediately adjacent to the licensed premises and any public sidewalk immediately adjacent to the licensed premises on which clearly visible notices indicate to the patrons of the licensee and parking lot and to persons on the public sidewalk, that the provisions of this section are applicable. This section does not apply to possession an alcoholic beverage on-site of a properly licensed facility in compliance with State law.

(Ord. 593 § 1, 1984)

(Ord. No. 912, § 2, 10-25-2022)

No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage on the grounds of any public school, or any stadium or athletic field, while being used by a public school.

(Ord. 90 § 5; November 27, 1961)

Every person who goes upon or remains upon any part of a public highway while he is consuming any alcoholic beverage is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 90 § 7, 1961)

Every person who enters or remains in any vehicle, while such vehicle is on any part of any public highway, when such person or any other occupant of such vehicle is consuming any alcoholic beverage is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 90 § 8, 1961)

Any violation of this chapter is a public nuisance that may be abated by any means provided in this Code, including administrative citations, and is also punishable as provided in Sections 1.04.090 and 1.04.100 of this Code.

(Ord. 593 § 2, 194; Ord. 90 § 9, 1961)

(Ord. No. 912, § 2, 10-25-2022)