§ 15-112. Alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles prohibited.

(a)

Restriction. No person shall knowingly transport in any motor vehicle operated on a public highway, street, road or alley any alcoholic beverage except:

(1)

In the original container which shall not have been opened; and

(2)

The seal upon which shall not have been broken and from which the original cap or cork shall not have been removed;

unless the open container is in the rear trunk or compartment or in a locked compartment or container within the motor vehicle and not accessible to the driver of or any other person in such motor vehicle while it is being operated. In the case of a pickup truck, station wagon, hatchback or other similar vehicle, the rear most storage area shall not be considered accessible to the driver or any other person.

(b)

Consuming in vehicles. No driver of a motor vehicle shall allow any alcoholic beverage to be consumed in a motor vehicle operated on a public highway, street, road or alley; nor shall any person consume any alcoholic beverage while in a moving motor vehicle.

(c)

Chartered vehicles. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the otherwise legal consumption of an alcoholic beverage by passengers riding in a private- or public-owned transit authority that has been chartered and is not being utilized for conveyance of the general public, but the driver of such motor vehicle may not possess, have ready access to or consume any alcoholic beverage while the motor vehicle is operated on a public highway, street, road or alley.

(d)

Recreational motor vehicles. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the otherwise legal consumption of an alcoholic beverage by passengers riding in the living quarters of a recreational motor vehicle. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any motor vehicle from being registered as a commercial motor vehicle if it could otherwise be so registered.

(Code 1973, § 14-97; Ord. No. 14-01, § 2, 1-13-14; Ord. No. 17-02, § 2, 2-13-17)

Cross reference

Alcoholic beverages, ch. 3.