2022-29 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 52 - Alcoholic Liquor

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ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE -CHAPTER 52- -ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR— BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 52 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby modified and amended by amending Section 34, so that Section 34 as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 34. CONSUMPTION OR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL IN AN OPEN CONTAINER IN PUBLIC PLACES. A. Alcoholic liquor shall not be consumed or possessed in an open container at any time within the City at, in or on the following places: (1) The right of way of any public highway, street or alley, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Code; (2) Central Park, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Code, and not including the Transfer House if in conjunction with an approved event; (3) Public places located in the Central Business District, as defined in this Code, not including any places that have been issued outdoor cafe permits; (4) The Street Division and Transit buildings, garages and grounds; (5) The South Water Treatment Plant and grounds; or any firehouse. B. The Council may provide by ordinance for the consumption or possession of an open container of alcoholic liquor, or the consumption or possession of an open container of wine and beer only, and provide for the regulation of the manner of such consumption or possession of an open container, for limited periods of time at, in or on any or all of, or any portion of,those places listed in Section 34A of this Chapter. Section 2. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the provisions hereof to be appropriately set out in the City Code and to cause the same to be published in pamphlet form according to law. PRESENTED, PASSED,APPROVED AND REC RDED this 20t"day/of June, 2022. JUL MOORE WOLFE, MAYOM ATTEST: CITY CLERK ,y PUBLISHED this r, day of v L , 2022. r""" A_A n �71�) CI Y CLERK