La Grange, MO Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Section 600.047, tracing back to a 1906 ordinance and last amended in 2005, sits in the Alcoholic Beverages chapter and bans public drinking outright: Subsection (A) makes it unlawful for any person to drink intoxicating liquor in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, park or other public place in the City. The only way around that ban is a Mayor-issued permit under Subsection (B), available only to an applicant who already holds all State and local liquor licenses the activity requires; the permit is limited to the specific public place and time window described in it.

Getting one starts with Subsection (C): an application to the City Clerk with a $5.00 processing fee, naming the applicant, the person responsible for the event and for the conduct of attendees, the date and times, a description of the event and expected attendance, whether the event will use all or part of the public facility, and any security plan. The Mayor must issue the permit under Subsection (E) if the use will not likely cause injury, provoke disorderly conduct, require diverting Police Officers from normal duty, or amount to pure private-profit advertising.

Subsection (F) requires the Mayor to act within five days of filing and to give written reasons for any denial; if the Mayor is unavailable, the City Administrator decides in the Mayor's place. A denied applicant can appeal to the City Council under Subsection (G) by filing a written appeal with the City Clerk within five days, and the Council must rule within ten days.