Southampton Village, NY Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Section 82-3 of the Southampton Village Code, in Chapter 82 (Peace and Good Order), has two operative parts. Subsection A prohibits two things at the same list of places: drinking or consuming any beer, wine, liquor or other alcoholic beverage, and carrying or having in possession any open container containing such a beverage. The places are any street, park, sidewalk, recreation area, beach access road or parking area owned, controlled, operated or maintained by the Village of Southampton, plus any sidewalk, parking area or similar place maintained by a place of business which is open to the public. That second category reaches business-maintained ground that is not Village property.

Subsection B carves out sidewalk dining. The ban does not apply to service of alcoholic beverages for consumption on Village property or on a Village sidewalk at a sidewalk dining area operated by a licensed business under a license issued by the Village Clerk for outdoor dining. The business must comply with the license and with rules the Board of Trustees establishes by resolution. The section's amendment history lists changes on November 14, 1980, January 29, 1982 and June 21, 2005, and subsection B carries a further amendment dated May 11, 2023 (L.L. No. 10-2023).

On the ocean beach, § 80-1J separately makes it unlawful to come upon or remain on the area while intoxicated or under the influence of alcoholic beverages to such an extent that normal faculties are impaired or conduct is offensive to other persons. That beach rule turns on impairment, while § 82-3 turns on the act of drinking or holding an open container, so no impairment is needed for a citation under § 82-3.