CHAPTER 2
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Sections:

§ 4200 Alcoholic Beverage Defined.

§ 4200.5 Drinking Upon Public Streets.

§ 4201 Same.

§ 4202 Public View.

§ 4203 Set Ups.

§ 4204 Alcoholic Beverage on School Grounds.

§ 4205 Drinking in Vehicle.

§ 4206 Disorderly.

§ 4207 Consuming Liquor.

§ 4208 Same.

§ 4209 Possession or Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in Public Parks.

§ 4210 Driving While Under the Influence – Collection of Expenses for Emergency Response.

§ 4200 Alcoholic Beverage Defined.

As used in this Chapter, “alcoholic beverage” means and includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine or beer, and every liquid or solid containing alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine or beer, and which contains one-half (1/2) of one (1) percent or more of alcohol by volume, and which is fit for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed or combined with other substances. (Ord. 2, § 4200; Ord. 91-952, § 1)

§ 4200.5 Drinking Upon Public Streets.

No person shall drink any alcoholic beverage upon any public street, alleyway, sidewalk or parkway, or in any public buildings, public lavatories, auto park, or lobby or entrance way to any building within the City. (Ord. 91-952, § 2)

§ 4201 Same.

It shall be unlawful for any intoxicated person, or any person in an intoxicated condition, willfully to appear, remain or be in or on any public highway, street, alley, way, park, playground or public place in the incorporated territory of the City of Carson, whether such person is or is not in or upon any automobile, street or interurban car, vehicle or conveyance. (Ord. 2, § 4201)

§ 4202 Public View.

It shall be unlawful for any intoxicated person, or any person in an intoxicated condition, willfully to appear, remain or be in any place open to public view or in any store, railway depot, stadium, or other place to which the public is admitted or invited, or in or on any private premises or in any private house to the annoyance of any other person. (Ord. 2, § 4202)

§ 4203 Set Ups.

No person shall serve “Set Ups” between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., if they are to be used with distilled spirits. (Ord. 2, § 4203)

§ 4204 Alcoholic Beverage on School Grounds.

No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage on the grounds of any public school or any stadium or athletic field while being used by a public school. (Ord. 2, § 4204)

§ 4205 Drinking in Vehicle.

No person shall enter or remain in a vehicle while any other occupant is consuming any alcoholic beverage while such vehicle is on a public street, alleyway, or public highway. (Ord. 2, § 4205)

§ 4206 Disorderly.

No person shall lie or sleep on any of the sidewalks, streets, or other public places within the City, or appear therein in such a state of intoxication or drunkenness as to be unable to take proper care of himself, or disturb the peace or quiet of any person, family or neighborhood, by drunkenness or by making loud or unusual noises, or by violent conduct, or by boisterous, tumultuous or offensive conduct, or by the threatening, traducing, quarreling, fighting or offering or challenging to fight, or in any other way or manner whatever shall disturb the peace, quiet and decency of any person, street or neighborhood. (Ord. 2, § 4206)

§ 4207 Consuming Liquor.

It shall be unlawful for any person to go upon or remain upon any part of a public highway, while he is consuming any alcoholic beverage. (Ord. 2, § 4207)

§ 4208 Same.

It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or remain in any vehicle while such vehicle is on any part of any public highway when such person or any other occupant of such vehicle is consuming any alcoholic beverage. (Ord. 2, § 4208)

§ 4209 Possession or Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in Public Parks.

No person shall possess or consume any alcoholic beverage in any public park, parking lot of any public park, or building of any public park. (Ord. 91-952, § 3)

§ 4210 Driving While Under the Influence – Collection of Expenses for Emergency Response.

(a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and/or any drug. A person is considered to be under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and/or any drug when, as a result of drinking an alcoholic beverage and/or using a drug, his or her physical or mental abilities are impaired to a degree that he or she no longer has the ability to operate a motor vehicle with the caution characteristic of a sober person of ordinary prudence under the same or similar circumstances.

(b) Any person whose operation of a motor vehicle in violation of subsection (a) of this Section 4210 proximately causes any incident to which law enforcement personnel and/or emergency service providers appropriately respond on behalf of the City, is liable for all costs incurred by the City in providing the law enforcement and/or emergency response.

(c) The Director of Public Safety shall calculate all such costs and shall advise the City Administrator. The person specified above in subsection (b) of this Section 4210 shall be billed by the City Administrator for the total cost, and payment shall be due and payable within fifteen (15) days of the billing date. If the amount due is not paid, the City may collect the debt, as well as any fees and costs incurred in its collection, pursuant to all applicable provisions of law. (Ord. 93-1006, § 3)