[Adopted 9-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-11]
A.
No person under the legal age shall order, be served with or have
in his or her possession or consume any alcoholic beverages on any
public street or in any public place in the Township of Mansfield,
in the County of Warren. No person shall invite or induce any person
under the legal age to be served with or have in his or her possession
any alcoholic beverages on any public street or in any public place
in the Township of Mansfield, in the County of Warren.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person under the legal age to, without
legal authority, knowingly possess or knowingly consume an alcoholic
beverage on private property.
C.
Nothing contained in this article is intended nor shall it be construed
as prohibiting an underaged person from consuming or possessing an
alcoholic beverage in connection with a religious observance, ceremony
or rite or consuming or possessing an alcoholic beverage in the presence
of and with the permission of a parent, guardian or relative who has
attained the legal age to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages.
A relative is defined to be the underaged person's grandparent, aunt,
uncle, sibling or any other person related by blood or affinity. A
guardian is defined to be a person who has qualified as a guardian
of the underaged person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment.
D.
Nothing contained in this article is intended nor shall it be construed
as prohibiting possession of alcoholic beverages by any such person
while actually engaged in the performance of employment by a person
who is licensed under Title 33 of the Revised Statutes or while actively
engaged in the preparation of food while enrolled in a culinary arts
or a hotel management program at a county vocational school or post-secondary
educational institution; provided, however, that this article shall
not be construed to preclude the imposition of a penalty under this
article, N.J.S.A. 33:1-81 or any other section of law against a person
who is convicted of unlawful alcoholic beverage activity on or at
premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
