Bridgeport, CT Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

030 prohibits the drinking of any open container of alcoholic liquor upon or within a public area, public highway, or public transit in the city. The definition of "open container" closes the obvious workarounds. It covers any bottle or can that has been opened in any way, and any bottle sealed by a liquor tax stamp whose seal has been broken, so recapping a bottle does not take it outside the ban once that seal is gone. It also covers a tapped keg and, most broadly, any glass, cup, jar, or other vessel, which means pouring a drink into a cup is itself drinking from an open container; there is no container-swapping exception.

The geography is equally broad: public areas take in sidewalks, streets, and parking lots as well as public transit. The code builds in authorization paths rather than blanket exceptions. 060. Outside those routes, the ban applies. 12 general penalty: a fine of up to $100, with each day of a continuing violation counted as a separate offense.