Stonecrest, GA Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Stonecrest Code § 19-30 bans alcohol in City parks by default. Subsection (a) prohibits serving, consuming or transporting any alcoholic beverage in an open container within a City park or recreation facility, unless it happens at a group function for which the Parks and Recreation Department has issued a permit, or unless another part of the Code otherwise allows it. Subsection (b) sets the application path: anyone wanting to serve or consume alcohol on City park property must apply to the City Manager or designee on a Parks and Recreation Department form and pay a permit fee set by City Council action, with the current fee on file in the office of the City Clerk.

Subsection (c) limits where a permit can even be used: the Parks and Recreation Department Director may only issue permits for specified City parks and specific locations within those parks as approved by the Mayor and City Council, so a permit does not open every park to alcohol service. Subsection (d) gives the Director, or a designee, authority to refuse or revoke a permit for failing to comply with chapter 19 or any other applicable Code provision. Because the alcoholic beverage definition in § 19-1 covers any intoxicating beverage, malt beverage, wine, or beverage containing any alcohol whatsoever, the ban reaches beer and wine at a casual picnic, not just liquor.

Violations run through the same chapter 19 enforcement path as the rest of article II: § 19-2 lets an officer cite, warn, or order a person to leave, and § 19-3 applies the general penalty in chapter 1.