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Chapter 9.12
OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCYSections:
9.12.010 Public drinking – Prohibited.
9.12.020 Public drinking – Posted area.
9.12.030 Public drinking – Fine.
9.12.040 Drinking in motor vehicle or boat.
9.12.050 Begging.
9.12.060 Enticing into automobile.
9.12.070 Illegal occupation.
9.12.080 Obscene act.
9.12.090 Sale of obscene material.
9.12.010 Public drinking – Prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to consume an alcoholic beverage on or along any public street, sidewalk, alley, or walkway; in any public park, mode of public transportation, cemetery, dump site, harbor, parking lot, airport or schoolyard; in any public building, or in any building held open for use by the public except for those areas in a commercial establishment reserved for limited or no use by the public or any building owned by the city held open for use by the public. [Prior code § 6.09.010.]
9.12.020 Public drinking – Posted area.
The city manager is authorized to designate public areas and places, in addition to those specified in BMC 9.12.010, in which the consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited, and to cause signs to be posted in such areas or places advising members of the public of the prohibition. [Prior code § 6.09.020.]
9.12.030 Public drinking – Fine.
A person who is guilty of drinking in public is punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100). In no event shall any fine less than twenty dollars ($25) be imposed and such fine shall not be suspended, nor may the punishment provided in this section be reduced under AS 11.05.150. [Prior code § 6.09.030.]
9.12.040 Drinking in motor vehicle or boat.
No person shall drink any alcoholic beverage in or upon any motor vehicle or boat. [Prior code § 6.08.130.]
9.12.050 Begging.
It is unlawful for any person in the city to beg in any street, alley or public place. [Prior code § 8.04.010, (2).]
9.12.060 Enticing into automobile.
It is unlawful for any person in the city to accost or endeavor to entice a person into an automobile. [Prior code § 8.04.010, (3).]
9.12.070 Illegal occupation.
It is unlawful for any person in the city to:
A. Engage in any illegal occupation or business;
B. Attend or frequent any place in which an illegal business is committed or conducted;
C. Solicit a person for the purpose of committing any illegal act. [Prior code § 8.08.010.]
9.12.080 Obscene act.
It is unlawful for any person in the city to:
A. Engage in any obscene conduct in any street, alley or public place;
B. Make an obscene exhibition or exposure of his person; or
C. Utter any profanity or obscene language in a public place. [Prior code § 8.16.010.]
9.12.090 Sale of obscene material.
It is unlawful for any person in the city to print, engrave, sell, offer for sale, give away, exhibit, publish or have in his possession for any such purpose any obscene books, pamphlets, paper, pictures, cast statuary, images or representations or other articles of an obscene nature. [Prior code § 8.16.020.]
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