§ 28-12. Intoxication in public; penalty; transportation of public inebriates to detoxification center.
If any person is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug or other self-administered intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he shall be deemed guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. If a court-approved detoxification center is available for the admission of such person, a law enforcement officer may authorize the transportation, by police or otherwise, of public inebriates to such detoxification center in lieu of arrest; however, no person shall be involuntarily detained in such center.
(Ord. No. 173, § 12; Ord. No. 1653, § 1; Ord. No. 2178; Code 1961, § 25-34; Ord. No. 4051-90)
Cross reference— Intoxicated persons prohibited at public dance halls and teenage dance clubs, § 5-30; operating bicycle or moped while under influence of liquor, § 10-24; driving while under influence of alcohol, § 26-72; intoxicated persons prohibited in recreation buildings, § 29-46.
State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-388; authority for above section, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-926.2.
(Ord. No. 173, § 12; Ord. No. 1653, § 1; Ord. No. 2178; Code 1961, § 25-34; Ord. No. 4051-90)
State law reference
Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-388; authority for above section, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-926.2.