§ 5-507. CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CITY PARKS.

No person shall consume or possess in any park any alcoholic beverage, except that the Director may authorize the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages during special events held on City owned or controlled property which is under his or her jurisdiction including but not limited to Rotary Playland within Roeding Park, the downtown malls, Eaton Plaza, and the Rotary Amphitheater and Japanese Garden in Woodward Park for the benefit of the city, and except that the Council may authorize, in the city's lease agreements, the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages during an event held on the leased premises and conducted by the organization leasing the premises from the city, when the event is for the benefit of that organization or the city. "Alcoholic beverage" includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer and any liquid or solid containing one half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume and which is fit for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed or combined with other substances.

(Added Ord. 69-77, 1969; Am. Ord. 79-177, § 1, eff. 12-7-79; Am. Ord. 82-94, § 1, eff. 10-1-82; Am. Ord. 83-94, § 1, eff. 7-22-83; Am. Ord. 87-159, § 3, eff. 12-18-87; Am. Ord. 96-45, § 1, eff. 7-19-96; Am. Ord. 2007-96, § 4, eff. 1-19-08).