Baltimore City Code Article 19 prohibits drinking alcohol or possessing an open container on public streets, sidewalks, parks, and parking lots. Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium tailgating zones have limited exceptions.
Baltimore City Code Article 19, Subtitle 11 forbids consuming alcohol or holding an open container on any public street, sidewalk, alley, park, or parking lot, except inside a licensed sidewalk-cafe seating area or designated festival zone permitted under Article 28 (Liquor). Tailgating in Orioles and Ravens parking lots is permitted within stadium-authority lots only and ends at first pitch or kickoff. Inner Harbor promenade, Federal Hill park, and Patterson Park are dry zones year-round. Maryland §10-125 backstops the ban on open containers in motor vehicles statewide.
First offense is a civil infraction up to $50; subsequent offenses or open containers in vehicles can become misdemeanors with fines up to $500 and possible alcohol-education diversion.
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