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 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 3. ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS

  § 3-3. Possession of open or uncapped alcoholic liquor within public parks or other outdoor locations open to the general public.  

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  • (a)

    No person shall possess, within any public park of the city, or in any other outdoor location open to the general public, any alcoholic liquor in a container which is open, uncapped or upon which the seal is broken, unless all of the following have occurred:

    (1)

    Issuance by the state under Act No. 8 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1933 (MCL 436.1 et seq.) (Extra Session) of a valid permit to sell or dispense alcoholic liquor within the specified public park or outdoor location where the possession occurs.

    (2)

    Approval, in advance, of the location of the event at which alcoholic liquor is to be sold or dispensed by the city manager and the chief of police.

    (b)

    This section shall not prohibit the possession of alcoholic liquor in a container which is unsealed or open within an outdoor area appurtenant to and controlled by any establishment which is regularly licensed under the authority of Act No. 8 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1933 (Extra Session) (MCL 436.1 et seq.)

    (c)

    This section shall not prohibit the possession of alcoholic liquor in a container which is unsealed or open upon the grounds of the Ella Sharp Museum which is licenses by the state under Act No. 8 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1933 (Extra Session) and approved by the museum board.

    (d)

    This section shall not prohibit the possession of alcoholic liquor in a container which is unsealed or open or the possession of alcoholic liquor upon the grounds of the Ella Sharp Golf Course which is licensed by the state under Act No. 8 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1933 (Extra Session) and approved by the city manager.

    (e)

    This section shall not prohibit the possession of open, unsealed, or uncapped alcoholic liquor or the consumption of alcoholic liquor (in non-glass containers) in the designated area known as the Riverwalk Amphitheater Events Area, described below (which does not include the waters of the Grand River), at such times and at such community special events as the city council shall establish. During the times that the consumption of alcoholic liquors is permitted, the city administration shall install appropriate signs around the perimeter of the Riverwalk Amphitheater Events Area to apprise the public that alcohol consumption must be confined to that area and that no open containers may be removed from the area. The Riverwalk Amphitheater Events Area is described as:

    The Amphitheater, lawn seating area, and that portion of the Riverwalk Trail between Francis and Airline (Glick) Streets lying between the south bank of the Grand River and generally that area north of the Consumers' corporate headquarters building extending to the south of the Riverwalk Trail and bordered by the middle art venue on the west extending to the art venue on the east that is contained within designated fencing.

(Code 1977, § 9.82; Ord. No. 2003.9, § 1, 7-22-03; Ord. No. 2013-25, § 2, 11-26-13, eff. 12-26-13)