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ORDINANCE NO. 85- 42
(Regulation of Open ,onta:ers of Alcohol)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (omitting the
parenthetical footnotes from the official text of the enacted or amended provi-
sions of the County Ordinance Code):
SECTION I. SUMMARY. This ordinance makes it an infraction to possess an open
container of alcohol on certain posted premises in the unincorporated area of
Contra Costa County.
SECTION 11. Section 51-4.404 of the County Ordinance Code is amended to provide
that a violation of Chapter 54-14 (Open Alcohol Containers) is an infraction, to
read:
551-4.404 Most violations are infractions.
Notwithstanding Section 14-8.002 of this code, violations of this Title 5
are misdemeanors, except violations of Chapter 54-10 (Rewards), Chapter 54-14
(Open Alcohol Containers), and Division 58 (CATV Systems), which are
infractions. (Ords. 85- 42 51, 76-51 S2. )
SECTION 11I. The following sections are added to the County Ordinance Code pur-
suant to Penal Code 5647e, to regulate the possession of open containers of
alcohol on certain posted premises in the unincorporated area of Contra Costa
County, to read:
Chapter 54-14. Open Alcohol Containers.
54-14.002 Prohibited Acts.
No person possessing an open container of any alcoholic beverage shall
enter, be, or remain on premises from which alcoholic beverages are sold for
off-site consumption, or on any adjacent sidewalk or parking lot, if such
premises are posted as provided in Section 54-14.006.
(Ord. 85-42 S2. )
54-14.004 Definitions.
As used in this Chapter:
(a) "Open container" means a bottle, can, or other receptacle
which has been opened, or the seal broken, or the contents
partially removed.
(b) "Premises from which alcoholic beverages are sold for off-
site consumption" means the posted premises of a retail
package off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee licensed under
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (Business and Professions
Code, Division 9, Sections 23000 et seq.) and any immediately
adjacent public sidewalk or posted parking lot.
(Ord. 85-.42 _ 52. )
ORDINANCE NO. 85-42
54-14.006 Posting of Premises.
(a) The premises from which alcoholic beverages are sold for off-site con-
sumption and any immediately adjacent pnrlcing lot may be posted with clearly
visible signs indicating that possession of an open container of alcohol is pro-
hibited on those premises.
Each sign shall read substantially as follows:
"Possession of an open container of alcohol is
prohibited on these premises.
County Ordinnnee rode Section 54-14.002."
(b) No premises shall he deemed posted hereunder without the prior approval
of the Contra Coasts County Sheriff's Depnrtment regarding the size, form, loca-
tion, and number of signs.
(Ord. 85- 42 S2.)
54-14.008 E_'acePtion.
This Chapter does not apply to a private residential parking lot which is
Immediately adjacent to premises from which alcoholic beverages are sold for
offsite consXTption.
(Ord. 85- 4ZZ S?,. )
SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE,. This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after
passage, And within 15 days of passage Shall he published once with the names of
supervisors voting for and against it in the Martinez News Gazette , a
newspaper published in this County.
PASSED ON June 4, 1985 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors - Supervisors Powers, McPeak, Schroder, Tor2akson, Fander
NOES: Supervisors -None.
ABSENT: Supervisors -None.
ABSTAIN: Supervisors -None.
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of.
the Board and County Administrator
By -
Deputy
Btfard Chair
[SEAL]
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