Parma, OH Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

07 of the Parma Codified Ordinances prohibits carrying an opened container of beer or intoxicating liquor in five settings: inside a State liquor store, on the premises of any Division of Liquor Control permit holder, in any other public place, and while operating or riding in a moving or stationary motor vehicle on any street, highway, or other public or private property open to vehicular travel or parking. C. C. 24. Division (c) carves out liquor consumed on the premises where purchased under an A-1-A, D-1 through D-9, E, F, or similar liquor permit; wine served for tasting at a farmers market or by F-3, F-4, or F-6 permit holders; drinks consumed at a State-approved convention facility or an approved tasting; and consumption at a qualifying outdoor music festival of at least three consecutive days on 40 or more acres, or at an orchestral performance with 40 or more musicians on a 150-acre outdoor arts center, with the permit holder's written consent.

Division (e) lets a patron carry home a bottle of wine bought for on-site drinking if the seller reseals it and the buyer stores it in the trunk, or behind the last upright seat if the vehicle has no trunk. Passengers riding in a chauffeured limousine outside the front compartment under a prearranged contract are also exempt. Anyone found with an open container in a prohibited setting is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, Ohio's lowest criminal classification, enforced by the Parma Police Division. C. 62 and was locally adopted by Ordinance 53-03, passed March 3, 2003.