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Township of Kingston, PA
Luzerne County
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[Ord. 86-6, 8/13/1986, § 1]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as "Alcohol Consumption Ordinance" of the Township of Kingston.
[Ord. 86-6, 8/13/1986, § 3]
The following words when used in this Part shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
ALCOHOL
Any alcohol or other liquid defined, regulated and/or governed by the Liquor Code Act of 1951 April 12, P.L. 90, Article I, § 101 et. seq., 47 P.S. § 101 et. seq., as amended.
[Ord. 86-6, 8/13/1986, § 4]
No person shall be permitted to consume alcohol from any bottle, glass, can, cup or other container upon any of the streets, alleys roads, parks, public grounds, public places or public vacant lots in the Township of Kingston.
[Ord. 86-6, 8/13/1986, § 5; as amended by Ord. 97-3, 11/12/1997]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 86-6, 8/13/1986, § 6]
The provisions of this Part are severable. If any sentence, clause or section of this Part is for any reason to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses or sections of this Part. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Kingston that this Part would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid sentence, clause or section not be included herein.