HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1987-2205ORDINANCE NO. 2205
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
SECTION 9.15.010 RELATING TO OPEN CONTAINERS
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
ordain as follows:
SECTION I: That Section 9.15.010 of the Chula Vista
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 9.15.010
Open alcoholic beverage containers
prohibited on posted premises.
Any person who has in his or her possession any
bottle, can or other receptacle containing any
alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or a seal
broken, or the contents of which have been partially
removed, and who enters, in on, or remains on the
posted premises of, any retail package off-sale
alcoholic beverage licensee licensed pursuant to
Division 9 of the Business and Professions Code, or
on any public sidewalk immediately adjacent to the
licensed premises is guilty of an infraction.
All retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage
licensee licensed pursuant to Division 9 of the
Business and Professions Code to operate in the City
of Chula Vista shall post such licensed premises
with notices clearly visible to patrons of the
licensee and parking lot and to person on the public
sidewalk that the provisions of Subsection A of this
section are applicable. Such notices shall include
language that states that possession of any opened
alcoholic beverage container is prohibited by law.
Any licensee who does not so post the licensed
premises is guilty of an infraction.
As used in this section "posted premises" means
those premises which are subject to licensure under
any retail off-sale alcoholic beverage license, the
parking lot immediately adjacent to the licensed
premises and any public sidewalk immediately
adjacent to the licensed premises which are posted
with notices pursuant to subsection B.
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As used in this section, "parking lot immediately
adjacent to the licensed premises" means any parking
lot under the control of or operated in conjunction
with the licensed premises, except a private
residential parking lot immediately adjacent to the
posted premises, unless such private residential
parking lot also constitutes a "semi-public parking
lot" as defined in Subsection E. ~//~M~
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Any person who
consumes alcoholic beverages~ or has in his or her
possession any bottle, can or other receptacle
containing any alcoholic beverage which has been
opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which
have been partially removed, and enters upon any
public street, sidewalk, parkway, public parking
lot, or semi-public parking lot, is guilty of an
infraction. The term "semi-public parking lot"
means any area wherein motor vehicles are parked by
the public in conjunction with any business,
enterprise, commercial establishment, office
building, or apartment building.
The subsections of this section are severable. The
invalidity of a subsection shall not affect the
validty of the remaining subsections.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force on the thirty-first day from and after its adoption.
Presented and Approved as to form by
Rich'a~!d Rudolf, Ass~'nt City
Attorney
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FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD
FIRST READ AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
OF CHULA VISTA.. CALIFORNIA., HELD May S 1987 AND
, .,
May 12
19 87 , BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE., TO-WIT:
AYES: Councilmen: Moore, Malcolm, McCandliss, Cox, Nader
NAYES: Councilmen: None
ABSTAIN: Comcilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
ATTEST
%f f~/~'C~Chulo Vista
STA, ,- OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chulo Vista, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that fie above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
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ORDINANCE N0, ,and that the some has not been amended or repealed.
DATED
CI'IY OF
CHULA VISTA
City Clerk
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