Aurora, IL Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

No person shall consume any alcoholic liquor in any public location or place, including, without limitations, retail store locations, within the city except on the premises licensed for the retail sale and consumption of alcoholic liquors except as hereinafter provided. For purposes of this section, the prohibition applies to all possession or consumption of alcohol, regardless of whether the alcohol consumed was sold on premises or was provided by someone other than the owner or lessee of the premises. This section shall not apply to any public fair, picnic or similar assembly if approved by the local liquor control commissioner. Such alcoholic beverages shall be dispensed and consumed in containers other than glass or metal and adequate waste receptacles shall be provided for the resulting refuse. No person shall sell at retail for consumption on the premises any nonalcoholic beverage or ice knowing the same to be intended to be mixed with any alcoholic liquor, except upon the premises licensed for retail sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises. No person shall sell, consume, or possess any alcoholic liquor in any place that is operating as a pool hall or arcade unless such premises are licensed for the retail sale and consumption of alcoholic liquors as provided in this section. No person shall possess alcoholic liquor in any public place within the city except in the original package and with the seal unbroken.