Mendota Municipal Code Ch. 9.22 Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in Public

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, unless otherwise stated in this chapter.

(Ord. 96-03 § 1(part), 1996)

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, unless otherwise stated in this chapter.

(Ord. 96-03 § 1(part), 1996)

No person or entity shall posses, 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. The following uses of alcohol within city parks are specifically excluded from this chapter: (1) use during functions for which an exclusive use permit has been obtained from the city and for which a license has been granted by the state of California Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; (2) the consumption of beer or wine during family functions or events which do not exceed fifteen (15) adult people.

(Ord. 96-03 § 1 (part), 1996)

It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to publicly expose their intimate body parts including their genitals, buttocks, or female's breasts or any portion thereof and/or to publicly urinate or defecate on or within any street, sidewalk, alley, highway, playground, park or in any vacant or public parking lot within the city.

(Ord. 96-03 § 1 (part), 1996)

Sections 9.22.010, 9.22.020, and 9.22.030 of this chapter shall not be deemed to make punishable any act or acts which are prohibited by any statue of the state of California.

(Ord. 96-03 § 1 (part), 1996)

Any person or entity violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the country jail for a period not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 96-03 § 1 (part), 1996)

Notwithstanding Sections 9.22.010, 9.22.020 and 9.22.030 of this chapter the city council may authorize the consumption of beer or wine, or both, during a community function authorized and permitted by the city council and held in a park owned and operated by the city. In connection with the granting of any such authorizations, the city council, city clerk or chief of police may impose such reasonable conditions as deemed appropriate in each instance.

(Ord. 96-03 § 1 (part), 1996)