[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Springville:
Art. I, 8-5-1980 as L.L. No. 2-1980 (Ch.
47, Art. I, of the 1979 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-5-1980 as L.L. No. 2-1980
(Ch. 47, Art. I, of the 1979 Code)]
It is the intent of the Village of Springville as an exercise of its
police power to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the residents
of the Village of Springville by enacting this Article, since it is the finding
of the Village Board of Trustees that the possession of open containers of
alcoholic beverages by persons on public lands with the intent to consume
the contents of the same, except under controlled conditions, is detrimental
to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Village of Springville
in that such possession and intent to consume contributes to the development
of unsanitary conditions and the creation of nuisances. It is further the
intent of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Springville that this Article
not be considered as a traffic regulation insofar as it relates to motor vehicles
or the operation thereof.
For the purpose of this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings ascribed to them. All other words shall have the meanings normally
ascribed to them in regular usage.
Includes liquor, wine, beer, cider and every liquid, patented or
not, containing alcohol, 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, playground, public parking lot
or other public land.
No person shall have in his possession any open container containing
an alcoholic beverage on any public land within the Village of Springville
with the intent to consume the contents of the same.
The foregoing prohibition shall not apply in the event of a fair, picnic
or other community gathering for which a permit has been granted by the Village
of Springville and for which a permit has been granted by the New York State
Liquor Authority.
This Article shall apply to all persons on public lands in the Village
of Springville, except as hereinbefore provided, but 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.
