Sheboygan, WI Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Sec. 10-2 of the Sheboygan Municipal Code, titled Drinking on public streets, sits in Chapter 10 (Alcohol Beverages), Article I. Subsection (a) bars two things: drinking, and carrying for the purpose of immediate consumption, any intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverage. The places covered are the streets, sidewalks, alleys, public parking lots, and other public ways of the city. The second sentence of (a) makes the open container itself the violation: any person carrying an open can, cup, glass, bottle or similar drinking vessel containing intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages in those places is in violation of the section, so the carrying alone completes the offense.

The code prints four exceptions. Under (b), the ban as it relates to fermented malt beverages does not apply to persons who have attained the legal drinking age and are attending a block party for which a permit has been issued under section 110-313, or a street festival for which a permit has been issued under section 110-403. That exception is written for fermented malt beverages only; it does not mention intoxicating liquor. Under (c), the ban does not apply in areas holding a sidewalk café permit under section 110-502 if the café is part of a premises licensed for the serving of alcoholic beverages, the person is a patron of the establishment holding the permit, and neither the patron nor the establishment is violating the sidewalk café regulations in section 110-503. Subsection (d) applies the same three-part test to parklets, as defined in section 110-601, measured against the parklet regulations in section 110-604. Subsection (e) exempts city-designated temporary public gathering spaces described in section 110-604(i), and the Common Council designates those spaces by resolution.

The section itself does not name an enforcing officer or department. The penalty is a forfeiture, and subsection (g) sets a separate, lower track for minors.