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ORDINANCE NO.~~~,5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN REPEALING SECTION 8-1602A
OF TITLE 8, CHAPTER 16 OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF MERIDIAN; AND READOPTING SECTION 8-1602A OF TI7LE 8,
CHAPTER 16, OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF MERIDIAN, ENTITLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PROHIBITED IN THE
MERIDIAN CITY PARKS, WHICH PROVIDES FOR PROHIBITION OF ALCOHOL
IN THE CITY PARKS OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN UNLESS A PERMIT
THEREFORE HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE CITY; PROVIDING PENALTIES,
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of
Meridian, State of Idaho, hereby find that alcoholic beverages
are being consumed in the city parks of the City of Meridian in
violation of existing Section 8-1602A and that it is difficult
to control and additionally find that on occasion the
consumption of alcoholic beverages in the park are not offensive
and hereby additionally find that it would be easier to enforce
consumption of alcohol beverages in the park if the city was
notified prior to their use and control would thereby be
performed more easily;
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of
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Meridian, State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best
interest of the said City Lo amend Section 1602A, of the Revised
and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian to thereby
prohibit alcoholic beverages in the city parks of the City of
Meridian unless a permit has been obtained therefore from the
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City;
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of
Meridian, State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best
interests of said City to repeal Section 8-1602A of the Meridian
Ordinances and to re-enact said Section with changes effective
as set forth hereinafter;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO;
SECTION 1: That Section 8-1602A, of the Revised and
Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, "ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES PROHIBITED IN THE MERIDIAN CITY PARK" is hereby
repealed.
SECTION 2: That Section 8-1602A, of Title 8, Chapter 16 of
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the Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian is
hereby re-enacted and which shall read as set forth hereafter.
"ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PROHIBITED IN THE MERIDIAN CITY
PARKS": Except as provided below, it shall be unlawful and
illegal for any person, corporation, partnership, association,
or organization of any kind whatsoever, to consume or have in
their possession any type of alcoholic beverage in any shape or
form in or on the city parks of the City of Meridian. Any
person, corporation, partnership, association, or organization
of any kind whatsoever, violating this Section is guilty of a
misdemeanor, the penalty of which shall be the sum of $250.00
and/or thirty (30) days jail.
It shall not be a violation of this Section to consume or
to have in their possession any type of alcoholic beverage in
any shape or form if the person, corporation, partnership,
association, or organization of any kind whatsoever, has
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obtained from the City Clerk of the City of Meridian, a Park
Alcoholic Beverage Permit. The City Clerk may issue Park
Alcoholic Beverage Permits upon application therefore, proof of
age, and payment of the required fee as set forth by Resolution
of the City Council of the City of Meridian; PROVIDED HOWEVER,
no permit shall be issued allowing consumption or possession of
alcoholic beverages in the park for a period longer than six (6)
hours in any one twenty-four {241 hour period nor during any
period of time when a park is closed; the person, corporation,
partnership, association or organization obtaining the permit,
shall have the permit available at the park for inspection, upon
demand, by any Meridian Police Officer or other City Official,
and the failure to have the permit for inspection shall subject
the person who actually obtained the permit and all other
persons in his corporation, partnership, association or
organization to the criminal penalties cited in the paragraph
above.
SECTION 3: EFFECTIUE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency
therefor, which emergency is declared to exist, this Ordinance
shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication according to taw.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of October, 1989.
CITY OF MERIDIAN
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