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 Tavares
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 3. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

  § 3-6. Consumption of alcoholic beverages and possession of open containers prohibited in certain places.  

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  • (a)

    Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the meaning relatively ascribed to them:

    (1)

    Open container means and includes any bottle, can, cup, glass, or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage which is open, which has been opened, which has its seal broken, or which has had its contents partially removed.

    (2)

    Public place means and includes any public street, avenue, boulevard, roadway, alley, sidewalk, park, parking lot, beach, land or area, or any other public place (except a completely enclosed structure, other than a public rest room facility) which is owned or controlled by the city and which is located within the city limits.

    (b)

    Public places—Prohibition. Except as permitted within the Downtown Waterfront Entertainment District as defined in article X of chapter 10.5 of this Code and except as provided herein, no person shall consume any alcoholic beverage, or be in actual possession of any open container of any kind which contains any alcoholic beverage, while on or within any public place except within licensed sidewalk cafes, or while on or within any vehicle located in a public place. The city administrator, by permit, may approve the consumption of alcoholic beverages in public places for special events. The permit shall set forth the terms and conditions of the permit, and shall be conditioned upon the permittee providing proof of insurance and obtaining all necessary state licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages for the special event.

    (c)

    Licensed premises—Prohibition. Except as permitted within the Downtown Waterfront Entertainment District as defined in article X of chapter 10.5 of this Code no person shall consume any alcoholic beverage or possess any open container of any kind which contains any alcoholic beverage off the premises of a business for the sale of alcoholic beverages licensed under the state alcoholic beverage laws and within one hundred (100) feet of such premises except within closed building or in premises occupied solely by residential structures. The distance set forth herein shall be measured from the closest point of the licensed premises to the location of the violation of this section.

    (d)

    Licensed premises—Sign required. Each place of business for the sale of alcoholic beverages licensed under state alcoholic beverage laws shall at all times when such place of business is open to the public, or is dispensing or selling intoxicating beverages or alcoholic liquors, have located in the interior portion of the building licensed for sale of such beverages at a location at which it can be readily seen and read by customers of the business a sign prominently displayed of a size at least one foot by two (2) feet containing the following information:

    IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CONSUME ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR POSSESS OPEN CONTAINERS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN 100 FEET OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT. SECTION 3-6, CITY OF TAVARES CODE OF ORDINANCES

    (e)

    Licensed premises—Sign specifications. The city administrator shall prescribe the location for the signs and the size of the lettering, following as guidelines the criteria set forth above. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any place of business dealing in intoxicating beverages to fail to comply with this section.

(Ord. No. 90-18, 5-16-90; Ord. No. 98-16, 6-17-98; Ord. No. 2009-03, § 1, 3-4-09; Ord. No. 2009-28, § 2, 9-2-09)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 90-18, adopted May 16, 1990, amended the 1974 Code by the addition of § 19.008, and at the discretion of the editor said provisions have been included herein as § 3-6.