(a) No town, city or borough or other political subdivision may adopt or enforce a local ordinance that includes drinking intoxicating liquor, being a common drunkard or being found in an intoxicated condition as one of the elements of an offense giving rise to a criminal or civil penalty or sanction.

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(b) No town, city or borough may interpret or apply any law of general application to circumvent the provision of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Nothing in sections 17a-465, 17a-673 and 17a-680 to 17a-690, inclusive, shall affect any law against driving under the influence of alcoholic liquor, or other similar offense involving the operation of a vehicle, aircraft, boat, machinery or other equipment, or regarding the sale, purchase, dispensing, possessing or use of alcoholic beverages at stated times and places or by a particular class of persons.