CHAPTER 608
Alcoholic Beverages

608.01 Open containers.
608.99 Penalty.

                                                                           

CROSS REFERENCES Disorderly conduct - see Crimes Code Sec. 5503
Public drunkenness - see Crimes Code Sec. 5505
Alcoholic beverages in parks - see S.U. & P.S. 1062.01

 

         608.01   OPEN CONTAINERS.

        (a)  No person shall carry or possess an open container of beer, wine, liquor or other alcoholic beverage on the streets or other public ways of the Township, or on private property in the Township without the express permission of the owner or lessee of such private property.

(b)  Nothing in this section is intended to usurp or restrict control of the sale of liquors by tavern owners licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, including sales which may be authorized in such open containers by the Board.

(Ord. 526. Passed 5-20-81.)

 

608.99   PENALTY.

Whoever violates Section 608. 01 shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25. 00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300. 00) plus costs of prosecution.  (Ord. 526. Passed 5-20-81.)

1981 Replacement