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ORDINANCE NO. 26
(Series of 1973)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13-23 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS OR HAVE IN CONTROL ANY MALT,
VINOUS OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS UPON ANY STREET, ALLEY, SIDE-
WALK OR OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY IN A CONTAINER WHICH IS NOT
SEALED OR UPON WHICH THE SEAL IS BROKEN.
WHEREAS, the Aspen Municipal Code at present prohibits
the drinking of fermented malt beverages, malt, vinous or
spirituous liquors upon any street, alley, sidewalk or other
public property in the city, and
WHEREAS, the city council wishes to further protect
against consumption of these beverages in public areas by
prohibiting the possessing of unsealed containers on the city
streets, alleys, sidew~.lks and other public property; now
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1.
That section 13-23 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Aspen, Colorado, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 1~-23 Drinking liquor or open container on
public property prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful
£or any person to drink any fermented malt beverages,
malt, vinous or spirituQus liquors upon any street,
alley, sidewalk or other public property in the city.
(b) It shall be unlawful £or any person to possess
or to have in his control on any street, alley, sidewalk
or other public property in the city, any malt beverages,
malt, vinous or spirituous liquors in any containers of
any kind which are not sealed or upon which the seal is
broken. Included in the word 'seal' shall be any regular
seal applied by the U. S. government over the cap of all
malt, vinous or spirituous liquors."
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Section 2.
I£ any provisions o£ this ordinance or the application
thereo£ to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications
of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of
this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 3.
A public hearing on this ordinance shall be held on
Monday, September 24, 1973, at 5 p. m. in the City Council
Chambers, City Hall Building, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED as provided by
law by the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado, on the
10th day of September, 1973.
ATTEST: ~,,/
City Clerk
Stacy St~dley III
Mayor~ ~ /
FINALLY ADOPTED, PASSED,
(as amended) this
-~TEST: ~ ~
APPROVED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED
day of // ,/4973. ~
!i/"-/mSat;~Yr~ndley II~ /
STATE OF COLORADO)
) ss
COUNTY OF PITKIN )
~ ~lI, Lorraine Graves,
CERTIFICATE
City Clerk of Aspen, Colorsdo~
reading at a regular meeting of
City of Asoen on September,24
ed in
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was
introduced, read in full, and ~assed on first
the City Council of the
,1~73, and .ublish-
the Aspen Times, a weekly newsoaoer of general cz-~ul-
ation, published in the City of Asoen, Colorado, in its
issue of September 27 , 1773, an~ was finally
as amended
adopted and anoro~e~at a regular meeting of the City
,1973~and ordered published
Series of 1973, of said City, as
Council on October 15
as Ordinance No. 26
orovided by law.
IN WITNESS %~EREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said City of Asnen, Colorado, this 16th
~ay of October ~ lq7 3.
~~~Clerk