Firebaugh Municipal Code Ch. 3 Police Regulations

[Ord. #339, S1; Ord. #92-5, S1; Ord. #11-01]

a. No person shall drink any beer, wine or other intoxicating or alcoholic beverage on or within any street, sidewalk, alley, highway, playground, park or in any vacant or public parking lot within the City.

b. No person shall possess, have, or be in control of any open container of beer, wine or other intoxicating or alcoholic beverage on or within any street, sidewalk, alley, highway, playground, park or in any vacant or public parking lot within the City.

c. No person or entity shall possess, sell, cause to be sold, trade, barter, exchange, donate or otherwise give to any other person any beer, wine or other intoxicating or alcoholic beverage on or within any park within the City.

d. Paragraphs a, b and c of this section shall not be deemed to make punishable any act or acts which are prohibited by any statute of the State of California.

e. Any person or entity violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in a sum not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

f. Notwithstanding paragraph a, b, or c of this section: (1) the City Council may authorize the consumption of beer or wine, or both, during a community event, as defined in paragraph b of section 19-5, of limited duration held in a park owned and operated by the City and (2) the City Clerk or police chief may authorize the consumption of beer or wine, or both, for special activities, as defined in section 19-3, held in the enclosed area and the Andrew C. Firebaugh Historical Park. In connection with the granting of any such authorization, the City Council, City manager, public works director or chief of police may impose such reasonable conditions as deemed appropriate in each instance.