Palmdale Municipal Code Art. II Liquor

(A) Drinking in Public. No person shall drink any alcoholic beverage upon any public street, alleyway, sidewalk or parkway, or in any public building, public lavatory, auto park, or lobby or entranceway to any building within the City.

(B) Possession of Open Container.

(1) 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.

(2) 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 of an alcoholic beverage on site of a properly licensed facility in compliance with State law.

(C) Nothing in this Section prohibits drinking in public or having possession of an open container where the location of such acts is subject to a valid City approval for such acts, such as special event permit, where such actions have been expressly allowed by the City.

(Ord. 10 § 32, 1962; Ord. 1634 § 21, 2024)

No person shall enter or remain in a vehicle while any other occupant is consuming any alcoholic beverage while the vehicle is on a public street, alleyway or public highway.

(Ord. 10 § 37, 1962)

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. 10 § 39, 1962)

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

(Ord. 10 § 40, 1962)