HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1979 (22) Ordinance
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The County Board of Supervisors of St. Croix County, Wisconsin,'
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Section 1.
No person shall consume any intoxicating liquor or fermented
malt beverage while in a vehicle parked on a public highway or in
any public parking lot.
Section 2.
rr.�•t. No; erson' shall possessoror Permit to be
possessed in any moving
or parked vehicle under his control any open container of intoxicating
liquor or fermented malt beverage.
Section 3.
� - Definitions.
a. "fermented malt beverage" is any liquid capable of being
used for beverage purposes made by the alcoholic fermentation of an
infusion in potable water of barley malt and hops, with or without
unmalted grains or degerminated grains or sugar containing one-half
of one per cent of alcohol or more by volume.
b. "intoxicating liquor" is all distilled or vinous liquors
containing one-half of one per of alcohol or more by volume.
C. "open container" is any device capable of holding or storing
a liquid which does not possess an unbroken seal or permanently af-
fixed cover.
d. "public highway" has the meaning designated in Section
N 340.01(22) of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Section 4.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this ordinance
shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not more than $100 together
with costs ofprosecution; and in default of payment of that sum,
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shall be imprisoned in the County Jail until said forfeiture and
costs are paid, but not to exceed 30 days.
Section 5.
This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and proper
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Adopted this 13th day of February , 1979.
ST. CROIX COUNTY HIGHWAY ST. CROIX COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT
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