HomeMy WebLinkAbout96-12 - Amending Section 10.04.010 of the Municipal Code Relating to Drinking in PublicORDINANCE NO. 96 -12
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTION 10.04.010 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO DRINKING IN PUBLIC.
SECTION 1: Section 10.04.010 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is hereby
• amended to read as follows:
10.04.010 Drinking in Public.
No person shall drink or consume any alcoholic beverage, or possess any can, bottle or
other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or a seal broken, or
the contents of which have been partially removed, in or on any public street or alley, public
sidewalk, public or private parking lot, public restroom, public pier, private pier open to the
public upon the payment of any fee, public beach, vacant lot, or public park. The provisions of
this section shall also apply to any beach or public parking facility in the area commonly known
as the Newport Dunes. The provisions of this section shall not apply where the consumption or
possession is within premises located in a park or other public place for which a license has been
issued pursuant to Division 9 of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California and
approved under a special event permit in compliance with Chapter 5.10. (Ord. 90 -19 § 1, 1990:
• Ord. 1111 (part), 1965: 1949 Code § 4201)
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach held on March 11, 1996, and adopted the 25thday of March 1996, by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS HEDGES, DEBAY, GLOVER,
WATT, O'NEIL, EDWARDS
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS Cox
• ATTEST:
MAYOR
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