[Adopted 2-20-1996 by Ord. No. 1988-96[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Art. I, Possession in Parks and Recreation Areas, adopted 12-3-1974 by Ord. No. 1438 as Section 3-13 of the 1974 Revised General Ordinances.
[Amended 9-1-2009 by Ord. No. 2602-09; 5-7-2013 by Ord. No. 2722-13; 9-17-2019 by Ord. No. 2966-19; amended 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 3039-21]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, including but not limited to the occupant of a motor vehicle, to consume any alcoholic beverage or to have in his/her possession an open or unsealed container containing any alcoholic beverage in or upon any public sidewalk, public highway, public park, public recreation area or in or upon any public place within the Township of Maplewood or on or within any public building owned by the Township of Maplewood.
B. 
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Township of Maplewood may permit the distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages, incidental to the approved use of the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, 1978 Springfield Avenue Arts Center, the Maplewood Memorial Library on Baker Street and the Woodland, upon securing any license required by law, including the Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
C. 
The Township of Maplewood may, by resolution of the Maplewood Township Committee, permit the distribution and consumption of beer and/or wine within an enclosed area with a regulated entrance that is incidental to the approved use of Maplewood Memorial Park and Maplecrest Park, upon securing any license required by law, including the Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
[Amended 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 3039-21]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article will, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of $200 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days.