HomeMy Public PortalAbout1999_01_26_O002 Amending the Town Code regarding Public Drunkeness The Town of
Leesburg,
._Virginia
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE:
PRESENTED Januar~ 26, 1999
99-0-2 ADOPTED January_ 26, 1999
AMENDING SECTION 11-21 OF THE TOWN CODE
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg has been advised by legal staff that
Section 11-21 of the Town Code should be amended to comply with the current
Code of Virginia section.
THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in
Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. Section 11-21. Public Profanity and Drunkenness is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 11-21. Public Profanity and Drunkenness
(a)
~"" ly ~, ~ k~ a--,.1.; .... hll~ is intoxicated
...... profane curse~ or swe~ or ~ ............... r .....
in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, n~cotic ~g or
other intoxicant or drag of whatever nature, he or she shall be deemed
guilty of a Class 4 ~sdemeanor. ~-a .......... :~"~- *~ .... ~ oh~u ~=
a~u... [~nn nm ~ any ~ea in which there is located a couA-approved
detoxification center a law enforcement officer may authorize the
transportation, by police or otherwise,
detoxification center in lieu of arrest;
involuntarily detained in such center.
of public inebriates to such
however, no person shall be
(b)
municipality, in violation
ORDINANCE:
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AMENDING SECTION 11-21 OF THE TOWN CODE
(c)
(d)
~ takes a drink of alcoholic beverages or offers a drink
thereof to another, whether accepted or not, at or in any public place,
he/she shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
This section shall not prevent any person from drinking alcoholic
beverages or offering a drink thereof to another in any rooms or areas
approved by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in a licensed
establishment, provided such establishment or the person who operates the
same is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises
consumption and the alcoholic beverages drank or offered were purchased
therein.
This section shall not prevent any person from drinking alcoholic
beverages or offering a drink thereof to another in any room or area
approved by the Board at an event for which a banquet license or mixed
beverage special events license has been granted. Nor shall this section
prevent, upon authorization of the licensee, any person from drinking his
own lawfully acquired alcoholic beverages or offering a drink thereof to
another in approved areas and locations at events for which a coliseum or
stadium license has been granted.
SECTION II. All prior ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall be effective upon passage.
PASSED this 26th day of January, 1999.
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
J~es E. Clem, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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