[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of New Kensington
12-12-1989 as Ord. No. 5-89. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words or phrases, unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section:
As defined in 47 P.S. § 1-102.
[1]Includes any drink or drinkable liquid, preparation or mixture which
contains more than one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of alcohol by volume.
As defined in 47 P.S. § 1-102.
[2]Includes any container which has been unsealed for the purpose of
removing the contents thereof or from which contents may be removed due to
such unsealing.
Includes every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported, except devices used exclusively upon rails or tracks.
Unless otherwise provided in the Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq.), no person shall consume any alcoholic beverage or be in possession
of any alcoholic beverage in an open container in any public park within the
corporate limits of the City of New Kensington or on any street, roadway,
alley or public sidewalk within said corporate limits or in, on or adjacent
to any public facility of the City of New Kensington, nor shall any person
consume any alcoholic beverage or be in possession of any alcoholic beverage
in an open container while in or on a vehicle being operated upon or parked,
stopped or standing on a street, roadway, alley or public sidewalk or in any
public parking area or in, on or adjacent to any public park or public facility
within the corporate limits of the city.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof in a proceeding before any District Justice having jurisdiction of
such offense, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than six hundred dollars
($600.), plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine
and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding ninety
(90) days.
