§ 4-268. Open containers prohibited.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to drink any alcoholic beverage from any open container, or to have in his possession any alcoholic beverage in any open container, while on a public street, roadway, boulevard, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way, or in any public or semipublic parking facility or parking lot, within the city, except as expressly allowed pursuant to section 4-269 or section 4-270 of this Code.

(b)

All persons licensed to sell alcoholic beverages are hereby required to post in a conspicuous location inside the establishment a notice informing patrons that open containers are prohibited on the public streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way or in any public or semipublic parking facility within the city, except as expressly allowed pursuant to section 4-269 or section 4-270 of this Code. The notice shall state substantially as follows:

NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MAY BE CARRIED IN AN OPEN CONTAINER FROM THESE LICENSED PREMISES. THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND THE POSSESSION OF OPEN CONTAINERS ON STREETS, ALLEYS, AND PARKING LOTS IN THE CITY OF HARTWELL IS GENERALLY PROHIBITED. CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND THE POSSESSION OF OPEN CONTAINERS ON PUBLIC SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY OF HARTWELL IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN SPECIFIC AREAS IN WHICH A LICENSED ESTABLISHMENT HAS OBTAINED A PERMIT TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any person to remove from a place of business operated by a licensee any open container.

(d)

No person licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, nor the employees or agents of the person shall permit any person to remove any open container from an area where the consumption of alcoholic beverages or the possession of open containers is permitted on the property where the business is located to an area where the consumption or possession is not permitted.

(Code 1989, § 3-2; Ord. of 2-6-1989; Ord. No. 98-005, § 3-2, 6-1-1998; Ord. No. 2013-1, § 4, 10-7-2013)