Ord 30 Regulating Drinking of Liquor in Motor Vehicles, Open BottlesORDINANCE N0, 30
VILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
Dakota County, Minnesota
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, PRO-
HIBITING THE DRINKING OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS AND
NON- INTOXICATING MALT LIQUORS IN MOTOR VEHICLES ON
HIGHWAYS, AND PROHIBITING THE CARRYING OF OPEN BOTTLES
OR RECEPTACLES IN MOTOR VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS EXCEPT,
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES,
The Village Council of Mendota Heights ordains as follows:
Section 1. No person shall drink or consume intoxicating
liquors or non - intoxicating malt liquors in any motor vehicle
when such vehicle is upon a public highway.
Section 2. No person shall have in his possession on his per-
son while in a private motor vehicle upon a public highway,
any bottle or receptacle containing intoxicating liquor or
non - intoxicating malt liquor which has been opened, or the seal
broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any private
motor vehicle or the driver, if the owner be not then present
in the motor vehicle, to keep or allow to be kept in a motor
vehicle when such vehicle is upon the public highway any bottle
or receptacle containing intoxicating liquors or non - intoxicating
malt liquors which has been opened, or the seal broken, or the
contents of which have been partially removed except when such
bottle or receptacle shall be kept in the trunk of the motor
vehicle when such vehicle is equipped with a trunk, or kept in
some other area of the vehicle not normally occupied by the
driver or passengers, if the motor vehicle is not equipped with
a trunk. A utility compartment or glove compartment shall be
deemed to be within the area occupied by the driver and passen-
gers.
Section 4. Whoever violates the provisions of sections 1 to
3 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 5. Effective date. This ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its publication according to
law.
- Enacted and ordained into an ordinance this day of August;
1960.
THE VILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
By
Mayor
(SEAL)
)
A1212E ST
Frank Stary, Clerk