HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd.2189.07-07-1977BILL NO. 97-114 ORDINANCE NO. a129
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY
CODE RELATING TO POSSESSION AND CONSUMPTION OF
ALCOHOL
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1. Section 5-14 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, entitled "Possession, consumption in
public", reading as follows:
Sec. 5-14. Possession, consumption in public.
Except where authorized by appropriate city license,
no person shall possess in open containers or consume
intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating beer in or upon
streets, alleys, sidewalks or parking areas.
is hereby repealed in its entirety and a new Section 5-14 of the
City Code, entitled "Possession, consumption in public", is hereby
enacted in lieu thereof, in words and figures, to read as follows:
Sec. 5-14. Possession, consumption in public.
Except where authorized by appropriate city license,
no person shall possess in open containers or consume
intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating beer in or upon
streets, alleys, sidewalks or public parking areas,
including a driver of any type of conveyance while in or
upon streets, alleys, sidewalks, or public parking areas.
ARTICLE 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid
or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions hereof.
ARTICLE 3. It is the intention of the governing body and it
is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall
become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the sections of this Code may be
renumbered to accomplish such intention.
ARTICLE 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
ten days after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS;Q. DAY OF (., .tbj , 19 97 .
A. Spradling, II , Mayor
ATTEST:
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Gayle(j,. Conrad
Deputy City Clerk