§ 14-66. Public intoxication or impairment.  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person to be in an intoxicated or impaired condition in any public place in the city.

    "Intoxicated or impaired condition" as used here shall mean a situation or circumstance evidencing material diminishment of one's cognitive, emotional, mental or physical faculties, or loss of control of such faculties due to the ingestion of alcohol or other substances, in such a manner as to threaten or impede the safety of that person or another person, or of the public, or to bring disorder to the public, or to menace the public tranquility, or to deter by the person's presence the public's reasonable enjoyment of a public place.

    "Public place" as used in this section means any street, alley, park, sidewalk, public building and premises, any place of business during the time in which it is open to the public or frequented by the public or any portion thereof, and any other place or portion thereof that may be apprehended by the public through the senses of hearing and sight, or to which the public has access.

(Ord. No. 2004-37, 5-25-04)