§ 5-4-6. Consumption in certain places prohibited.

(A)

It shall be unlawful for any person to consume any alcoholic beverage (as defined in V.T.C.A., Alcoholic Beverage Code § 1.04(1)) in or upon any motor vehicle when the said motor vehicle is upon a public highway, road, street, alley, or sidewalk within the City.

(B)

It shall be unlawful for any person to consume any alcoholic beverage (as defined in V.T.C.A., Alcoholic Beverage Code § 1.04(1)) in or upon any public highway, road, street, alley or sidewalk within the City.

(C)

The possession of an alcoholic beverage, not in the original unopened container, shall be prima facie evidence of consumption for purposes of subsection (A) and subsection (B) above. Provided, however, that this Section shall not apply to any alcoholic beverage that is locked in the trunk of a motor vehicle in such a manner as to be inaccessible from the interior or to any person riding in such vehicle.

(D)

Provided, however, that the provisions of subsection (B) above shall not apply to any public highway, road, street, alley or sidewalk within the City that has been temporarily closed to public use for vehicular or pedestrian traffic by order of the City Council for special events and for special civic occasions.

(Ord. No. 6463, 10-16-1984)