[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Upper Providence 9-6-1977 by Ord. No. 189 (Ch.
51 of the 1990 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Added 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 301]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes but is not limited to malt or brewed beverages and
liquor, as defined in the Pennsylvania Liquor Code (47 P.S. § 1-101
et seq.); also potable distilled spirits and ethyl alcohol and wine,
being used in the broadest sense, irrespective of percentage of alcohol
by volume.
No person in or on any public street, alley,
sidewalk, walkway or property of Upper Providence Township, whether
in or upon a vehicle or conveyance or as a pedestrian, shall drink,
imbibe or ingest any alcoholic beverage.
No person in or on any public street, alley,
sidewalk, walkway or property of Upper Providence Township, whether
in or upon a vehicle or conveyance or as a pedestrian, shall carry
or have control over any opened bottle or other container containing
any alcoholic beverage.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 301; at
time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default
of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that
such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.
