Number
131408
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the possession and consumption of alcohol beverages in public places including parking lots and parking structures and upon commercial quadricycles.
Sections
100-3-13.5 cr
100-50-12-k cr
106-1.8-1 am
106-1.8-2 rc
106-1.8-3 cr
106-2.1-1.5-e rn
106-2.1-1.5-e cr
Analysis
The Wisconsin Legislature enacted 2013 Wisconsin Act 106 (Act 106), effective January 1, 2014, providing an exception to the prohibition against consumption of alcohol beverages in public places for the consumption of fermented malt beverages on commercial quadricycles.
Act 106 also declares that any municipal ordinance passed before January 1, 2014, prohibiting the public consumption of any alcohol beverages - not limited to fermented malt beverages - is unenforceable if applied to passengers on a commercial quadricycle.
This ordinance authorizes the regulated consumption of fermented malt beverages on commercial quadricycles subject to the public passenger vehicle permit requirements in ch. 100 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances. These requirements are amended to include the limitations established by Act 106 in ch. 346, Wis. Stats., relating to the conduct of drivers and passengers of commercial quadricycles. The regulations include prohibitions on sale, transport or possession of alcohol beverages on commercial quadricycles with the exception that allows consumption of fermented malt beverages and sets a limit of 36 ounces on the amount of fermented malt beverages that a passenger may possess on or carry upon a commercial quadricycle.
The ordinance also provides regulations that prohibit carrying of glass beverage containers on commercial quadricycles and that require identification of the geographic area in which a commercial quadricycle will be operated in the approved plan of operation.
The ordinance includes requirements for informing passengers about restri...
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