HARRISONBURG CITY LAWS AND
ORDINANCES
DRUNK IN PUBLIC Code 16-7-33
If any person
profanely curses or swears or be drunk in public, he/she shall be
guilty of a Class 4 Misdemeanor. (Fine of not more than
$250)
OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL AND
DRINKING IN PUBLIC Code 16-8-51
If any person
shall take a drink of alcoholic beverage or shall tender a drink
thereof to another whether accepted or not, at or in any public
place he/she shall be guilty of a Class 4
Misdemeanor. It
shall be unlawful for any person to possess an open container, cup,
can, glass, or bottle containing an alcoholic beverage in any city
park or playground or on any public street in the city and or in
any area open to the general public. (Fine of not more than
$250)
NOISE ORDINANCE Code 16-10-6
General Prohibition. No person shall create any unreasonably
loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise in the city or noise of such
a character, intensity and duration as to be detrimental to the
life or health of any person or to unreasonably disturb or annoy
the quiet, comfort or repose of any person.
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA LAWS
UNDERAGE POSSESSION OF
ALCOHOL
No person to
whom an alcoholic beverage may not lawfully be sold shall purchase
or possess any alcoholic beverage. Any person found guilty of this section
shall be guilty of a Class 1 Misdemeanor; upon conviction, such
person's license to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth may
be suspended for a period of not more than one year. (Confinement
in jail for not more than twelve months and a fine of not more than
$2,500, either or both)
KEG LAWS
The purchaser
shall sign a statement that the purchaser is 21 years of age; does
not intend to allow persons less than 21 years of age to consume
the alcoholic beverages purchased, and that the purchaser will not
remove or obliterate the keg registration tag affixed to the keg or
allow its removal or obliteration. No person shall remove, alter, deface, or
obliterate the registration seal affixed to a
keg. If
any non licensee is in possession of a keg containing alcoholic
beverages, and which keg does not bear the registration seal, or
upon which keg the registration seal has been altered, defaced, or
obliterated, the container and its contents shall be deemed to be
contraband and subject to seizure and forfeiture.
FIRST OFFENSE DUI Code 18.2-270
amended
Mandatory minimum for the first offense
DUI. Provides that there is a mandatory minimum fine of $250 for
all first offense DUIs, not
just for those offenders with an elevatedblood alcohol content. HB 217, CH.946.
SUBSEQUENT DUI OFFENSE Code
18.2-270 amended
Penalty for driving while intoxicated; subsequent
offense. Creates a mandatory minimum term of 20 days for a second
offense within five years, formerly five days; for a second offense
within five to ten years, 10 days in jail, formerly no mandatory
minimum; for a third offense within ten years, 90 days in jail,
formerly 10 days; and for a third offense within five years, 180
days in jail, formerly 30 days. HB 1147; CH.962.
Penalty for driving while intoxicated; subsequent
offense. Increases from 30 days to six months the minimum mandatory
sentence for a third offense. DUI committed within five
years. HB 1107;
CH.957.
BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT AND DUI
Code 18.2-270 amended
Penalties for
driving while intoxicated. Reduces the blood alcohol content from 0.20 to 0.15 for
purposes of mandatory confinement of five days, (10 days for second
offense in ten years), and reduces the blood alcohol content from
0.25 to 0.20 for purposes of mandatory confinement of ten days (20
days for second offense in ten years). HB 667; CH.950.
REFUSAL OF BLOOD/BREATH TEST Code
18.2-268.3 amended
Punishment for
refusal to give blood or breathtest for DUI. Makes
clear that the act of refusal to give a blood or breath test upon
arrest for DUI is a punishable offense. SB 5007; CH.--,
2004 SpecialSession.
IGNITION INTERLOCK
Ignition
interlocks may be required for first-time DUI offenders court discretion. Ignition interlocks are required for
second and subsequent DUI offenders, as well as for all offenders
with a
bloodalcohol
content equal to or greater than 0.15. The cost of the device must be paid by the
offender.
