ORD. 84-537 (ALCOHOLIC CONSUMPTION IN PUBLIC)
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CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE 84 - 537
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 850 and 850.05
OF THE 1977 CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS
PERTAINING TO DISPLAY OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES IN A PUBLIC PLACE
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Hopkins as
follows:
That Sections 850 and 850.05 of the 1977 Code of Ordinances
of the City of Hopkins be and the same are hereby repealed and
there is hereby enacted and adopted in place thereof the following:
SECTION 850: DISPLAY OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES IN A PUBLIC PLACE
Subdivision 1: DEFINITIONS.
(a) PUBLIC PLACE, for the purpose of this
Ordinance; shall mean and include any and every
pub I ic road, publ ic bu ilding, highway, alley,
sidewalk, street, avenue, driveway, or other
thoroughfare; every public parking lot or area,
schoolgrounds -public or private; and any private
parking area or property 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.
(b) ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, for the purpose of this
Ordinance shall mean and include all distilled,
fermented, spiritous, vinous and malt beverages
including, but not by way of limitation,
non-intoxicating malt liquor as defined in
Minnesota Statutes ~ 340.001, subd. 2; intoxicating
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malt liquor as defined in Minnesota Statutes B
34 0 . 4 0 1, s u bd . 2 ; and in to x i c at in g I i quo r as
defined in Minnesota Statutes B 340.07, subd. 2.
Subdivision 2. VIOLATIONS. The consumption,
exchange or service of any and all alcohol ic
beverages is hereby prohibited in any public place
in the City of Hopkins. For the purpose of this
Ordinance, consumption, exchange or service of
alcoholic beverages shall include the possession of
any bottle or receptical containing alcoholic
beverages which has been opened, or the seal
broken, or the contents of which have been
partially removed, for the purpose of consumption,
exchange or service in a public place.
Any violation of this Ordinance shall constitute
a petty misdemeanor.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Hopkins held ~rch 19, 1984
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and finally read,
approved, adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of
said Council of said City on l\Pri1 3. 1984
J. SCOTT RENNE
City Clerk
ROBERT F. MILLER
Mayor
JERRE A. MILLER
City Attorney