§ 6.75.240. Alcohol in a pedicab or pedal carriage.

A.

A certificate holder or driver commits an offense if he or she provides an alcoholic beverage to a passenger for a fee or as part of the passenger transport service.

B.

A certificate holder or pedicab/pedal carriage driver commits an offense if he or she provides or stocks any alcoholic beverage in the pedicab or pedal carriage.

C.

Alcoholic beverages may be consumed by a pedicab or pedal carriage passenger under the following conditions:

1.

Pursuant to Metropolitan Code of Laws Section 7.24.040, no alcoholic beverage may be transported or in the possession of a pedicab or pedal carriage operator or passenger for the purpose of consumption while on a pedicab or pedal carriage on a street, alley sidewalk, parking lot, parking garage or other area generally open to the public in a glass, aluminum or metal container unless such container is commercially sealed.

2.

No glassware of any kind shall be allowed on a pedal carriage or pedicab including but not limited to bottles, receptacles or drinking glasses.

3.

Alcoholic beverages as defined in this section may only be consumed from plastic or foam cups.

4.

Alcoholic beverages as defined in this section may be consumed only when the passenger is in or on a pedicab or pedal carriage and only when otherwise permitted by all applicable state or local law and regulations, including but not limited to all other applicable provisions of the Tennessee Code Annotated, this chapter, this Title, and the Metropolitan Code.

5.

The pedicab or pedal carriage operator and driver may not allow consumption of alcoholic beverages by persons under the age of twenty-one. If alcoholic beverages as defined in this subsection are present on a pedicab or pedal carriage, the pedicab or pedal carriage operator shall not transport persons under the age of twenty-one on the pedicab or pedal carriage pedal carriage.

(Ord. BL2014-925 § 1, 2014)