§ 16-355. Alcohol beverages in public areas.

(a)

Possession. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, serve or give away, or offer to sell, serve or give away, any alcohol beverage upon any public street, sidewalk, park, alley, public parking lot, highway, cemetery or drives or other public area within the village or on private property without the owner's consent, except at licensed premises. It shall be unlawful for any person to consume or have in his possession any open container containing alcohol beverage upon any public street, public sidewalk, public way, public alley or public parking lot within the village except as licensed premises.

(b)

Private property held out for public use. It shall be unlawful for any person to consume any alcohol beverages upon any private property held open for public use within the village unless the property is specifically named as being part of a licensed premises.

(c)

Leaving licensed premises with open container.

(1)

It shall be unlawful for any licensee, permittee or operator to permit any patron to leave the licensed premises with an open container containing any alcohol beverage.

(2)

It shall be unlawful for any patron to leave a licensed premises with an open container containing any alcohol beverage.

(3)

It shall be unlawful for any patron to remove an original unopened package, container or bottle containing any alcohol beverage from the licensed premises between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.

(d)

Temporary Class "B" permits for parks.

(1)

It shall be unlawful for any group of persons which exceeds 30 to consume any alcohol beverages in any park areas without first obtaining a temporary Class "B" permit from the village. The temporary Class "B" permits shall be issued by the village clerk/treasurer with a copy of the permit sent to the chief of police.

(2)

Applicants for special Class "B" permits shall fully comply with the requirements of section 8-78

(e)

Exceptions.

(1)

The provisions of this section may be waived by the village board for duly authorized events.

(2)

Any organization which has been issued a special Class "B" fermented malt beverage temporary license for a designated area pursuant to this Code, provided that the provisions of this chapter and article II of chapter 8, are fully complied with.

(Code 1989, § 11-4-1(a))

State law reference

Temporary Class "B" licenses, Wis. Stats. § 125.26(6); sales in public parks, Wis. Stats. § 125.06(6).