Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Ch. 9.20 Alcoholic Beverage Containers Adjacent to Off-Sale Alcoholic Beverage…
Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Rancho Palos Verdes
Cite as: Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Chapter 9.20 · Text as of 2026-10-04
9.20.010. - Prohibition.¶
No person having in their possession any bottle, can or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or the seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed, shall enter, be or remain on the premises, including any immediately adjacent parking area or public sidewalk, of any retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee licensed pursuant to Business and Professions Code div. 9 (Business and Professions Code § 23000 et seq.). The provisions of this section shall apply to locations where the prohibitions of this section are posted and visible to persons utilizing the establishment and adjacent parking lot and public sidewalk.
(Code 1981, § 9.20.010; Ord. No. 176, § 1(part), 1983)
9.20.020. - Posting of signs.¶
Every person owning or operating a retail package off-sale beverage establishment within the city licensed pursuant to Business and Professions Code div. 9 (Business and Professions Code § 23000 et seq.) shall post a notice visible to the patrons of such establishment and persons utilizing the adjacent parking area and public sidewalk informing them it shall be unlawful for any person having in their possession a bottle, can or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or the seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed to enter, be, or remain on the premises of the establishment and adjacent parking area and public sidewalk.
(Code 1981, § 9.20.020; Ord. No. 176, § 1(part), 1983)
9.20.030. - Penalties.¶
Violation of section 9.20.010 shall constitute an infraction, and violation of section 9.20.020 shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided in chapter 1.08.
(Code 1981, § 9.20.030; Ord. No. 176, § 1(part), 1983)
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