9.09.020 Prohibition of consumption and possession.
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The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit the consumption of alcoholic beverages and possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages in public.
Except as provided in SMC 9.24.265, it shall be unlawful for any person to consume any alcoholic beverage and/or possess any open container containing any alcoholic beverage:
A. On any public highway, road, street, alley, lane, way, sidewalk, parking lot, in the Town Plaza, or other public place;
B. On private property which is intended for public use and open to the public without first having secured the express permission of the owner, the owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession of the property.