[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Suffern 9-12-1983 by L.L. No. 6-1983. Sections 73-1, 73-2, 73-3B and
73-6 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the intent of the Village of Suffern, as an exercise of
its police power, to promote the general health, safety and welfare
of the residents and inhabitants of the Village by enacting this chapter,
since it is the finding of the Board of Trustees that the consumption
of alcoholic beverages by persons on certain public lands, except
under controlled conditions, is detrimental to the health, safety
and welfare of the residents of the Village in that such consumption
contributes to the development of unsanitary conditions and the creation
of nuisances, including but not limited to littering and raucous or
other disorderly behavior. It is further the intent of the Board of
Trustees that this chapter not be considered as a traffic regulation
insofar as it relates to motor vehicles or the operation thereof.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall have
the meanings ascribed to them. All other words shall have the meanings
normally ascribed to them in regular usage.
Includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, cider and
every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits,
wine or beer and capable of being consumed by a human being.
Any bottle, can, glass or other receptacle suitable for or
used to hold any liquid.
Includes any of the following:
Any highway, street, sidewalk, park or playground.
The Village of Suffern.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to:
The foregoing prohibitions shall not apply in the event of a
fair, picnic or other community gathering for which special permission
has been granted by the Board of Trustees. The foregoing prohibitions
shall not apply to the transportation of an unsealed but not open
container across public lands of the Village from one point to another
with no intent to consume the contents of such open container while
upon public lands.
This chapter shall apply to all persons on public lands in the Village except as provided in § 73-4 above and shall not apply to any person drinking an alcoholic beverage while operating a motor vehicle upon any public highway within the Village in violation of § 1227 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.