Chapter 9.10
INTOXICATING BEVERAGES

Sections:

9.10.010    Drinking in certain public areas prohibited.

9.10.020    Drinking on private property used as parking lots.

9.10.030    Consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors on private property—Prohibited activity.

9.10.010 Drinking in certain public areas prohibited.

It is unlawful for any person to drink any beer, wine or other intoxicating beverage on any public sidewalk, alley, street or highway. This section shall not be deemed to make punishable any such act or acts which are prohibited by the Vehicle Code or by any other law of the State of California. (Ord. 980 § 1, 1987)

9.10.020 Drinking on private property used as parking lots.

It is unlawful for any person to drink any beer, wine or other intoxicating beverage upon that portion of private property open to the public, and within five hundred feet of any public sidewalk, alley, street or highway, which is used or intended to be used for the parking or storage of motor vehicles by customers or employees of any business, commercial or industrial establishment without the express written permission of the owner, his agent, or person in lawful possession thereof. This section shall not be deemed to make punishable any such act or acts which are prohibited by the Vehicle Code or by any other law of the State of California. (Ord. 981 § 1, 1987)

9.10.030 Consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors on private property—Prohibited activity.

It is unlawful for any person in ownership, possession or control of any private residence, property, place or premises to permit, allow, suffer or host, at such residence, property or place, any gathering of persons under the age of twenty-one years where alcoholic beverages are in the possession of, or are being consumed by, any person under the age of twenty-one years. Each violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 1089 § 1, 1991)