Brielle Open Alcohol Ordinance

Brielle Open Alcohol Ordinance

Criminal Defense Lawyer & Former Prosecutor

A criminal attorney at the Law Offices of John F. Marshall is prepared to defend alcohol charges in Brielle.  The borough has an open alcohol and proper behavior ordinance and it is strictly enforced.  The following is the open alcohol and/or open container ordinance in Brielle.

3-16 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

3-16.1 Prohibited on Public or Semi-Public Property.

a. Sales, Service or Consumption Prohibited. No person shall serve, sell dispense, drink or consume any alcoholic beverages on a street of the Borough, or upon any public or semipublic grounds, parks, sidewalks, beaches or marine basins or in any automobile or other vehicle or in any other means of transportation on public streets, highways, alleys, avenues, grounds, sidewalks, beaches, parks, marine basins, beachfronts or boardwalks in the Borough.

b. Possession of Container. No person shall have or retain in his possession or throw or discard an empty or partially consumed container, glass, bottle or can containing an alcoholic beverage while walking, running or standing, or while occupying a motor vehicle or other means of transportation on a public street, highway, avenue, alley, road or public or semipublic grounds, park, sidewalk, marine basin, parking lot, beachfront or boardwalk in the Borough.

(Ord. #540; 1972 Code § 67-19)

3-16.2 Permit Required for Consumption in Public Places under Supervision and Management of Borough.

It shall be unlawful for any person, including occupants of vehicles, to consume or pretend to consume any alcoholic beverage in or upon any public sidewalk, public highway, public park, public recreation area, or in or upon any other public place under the supervision and management of the Borough unless a permit for that purpose shall have been issued by the Director of Alcoholic Beverage Control with the consent of the Governing Body. (Ord. #341; 1972 Code § 38-28)

3-16.3 Applicability.

The provisions of this section shall be in addition and supplemental to the provisions of any other ordinance of the Borough. (Ord. #341; 1972 Code § 38-29)

3-16.4 Purchase, Service, Consumption or Possession in Accordance with State Statute.

No person under the legal age shall order, be served with, have in possession, consume or be under the influence of any alcoholic beverage, except as provided for by State Statute, within the confines of the Borough of Brielle. (Ord. #210; 1972 Code § 38-15; Ord. #793)