Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions — Council Updates

CHAPTER 45 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND INTOXICATION 4. When a peace officer arrests a person on a charge of public intoxication under this section, the peace officer shall inform the person that the person may have a chemical test administered at the person’s own expense. If a device approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety for testing a sample of a person’s breath to determine the person’s blood alcohol concentration is available, that is the only test that need be offered the person arrested. In a prosecution for public intoxication, evidence of the results of a chemical test performed under this subsection is admissible upon proof of a proper foundation. The percentage of alcohol present in a person’s blood, breath, or urine established by the results of a chemical test performed within two hours after the person’s arrest on a charge of public intoxication is presumed to be the percentage of alcohol present at the time of arrest. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 123.46) 45.03 OPEN CONTAINERS IN MOTOR VEHICLES. [See Section 62.01(50) and (51).] 45.04 SOCIAL HOST. A person who is the owner or lessee of, or who otherwise has control over, property that is not a licensed premises shall not knowingly permit any person, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe the person to be under the age of 18, to consume or possess on such property any alcoholic beverage. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a landlord or manager of the property or to a person under legal age who consumes or possesses any alcoholic beverage in connection with a religious observance, ceremony, or rite. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 123.47) [The next page is 371] CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 366 -