[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Newfane 5-13-1981 (Ch. 2 of
the 1971 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall drink any alcoholic beverage or possess any
open beverage container containing any alcoholic beverage in any public
place not duly licensed to sell the same for on-premises consumption
in the Town of Newfane or in any parked, standing or moving vehicle
in any public place in the Town of Newfane.
This chapter shall apply throughout the Town of Newfane, except
in any municipal park or marina situate in the Town of Newfane.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, hard cider
and every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits,
wine or beer and capable of being consumed by human beings.
Any place to which the public or a substantial group of persons
has access, including but not limited to highways, streets, sidewalks,
recreation areas, transportation facilities, places of amusement,
churches and church grounds, playgrounds, schools and school grounds
and hallways, lobbies and other public portions of apartment houses,
hotels or housing complexes or housing developments not constituting
rooms or apartments designed for actual residence.
Every person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed
$250 or by imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
