78-451 CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY
ORDINANCE NO. 78-451
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OVERT OR CONSPICUOUS
DISPLAY, POSSESSION, EXCHANGE AND CONSUMPTION
OF INTOXICATING AND NON-INTOXICATING MALT LIQUOR
OR BEVERAGES IN CERTAIN PUBLIC PLACES OR AREAS
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hopkins, as follows:
That the 1977 Ordinance Code of the City of Hopkins be and is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following Section 850:
SECTION 850: DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases when
used in this Ordinance, shall have the following connotations or meanings:
Subdivision 1. PUBLIC PLACE, for the purpose of this Ordinance, shall
mean and include any and every public road, public building, highway, alley,
street, avenue, driveway, or other thoroughfare; every public parking lot or
area, schoolgrounds - public or private; and any private parking area or pro-
perty which contains signs or is otherwise posted prohibiting loitering or
trespassing thereon; except that any such locations which are temporarily
permitted, licensed, or otherwise authorized for public or private use in
connection with celebrations, Fairs, Bazaars, or other special events or
activities, are hereby excepted during such events or activities.
Subdivision 2. MALT LIQUOR shall mean beer, ale, stout, brew, or
beverage, either intoxicating or non-intoxicating, however packaged or contained.
SECTION 850:05. The overt or conspicuous possession, consumption,
display, exchange, or service of any and all malt liquor is hereby prohibited in
any public place as hereinabove defined in the City of Hopkins.
Any violation of this Ordinance shall constitute a petty misdemeanor.
First read at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Hopkins
held on July 5, 1978, and finally read, approved, adopted and ordered published
Iloat a regular meeting of said Council of said City on ,Juulyy) l8, 1978.
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'i' A. MILLER
Mayor
H.E. RICHARDSON,
City Clerk
JOSEPH C. VESELY,
City Attorney
To be published in the HOPKINS SUN, July 26 , 1978 .
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