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Council approves citywide change to hookah-lounge BYOB hours after police cite after-hours activity
Summary
The Rockford City Council on Monday approved an amendment to the City of Rockford Code of Ordinances section 3-119 to modify hours for BYOB at hookah lounges citywide.
The Rockford City Council on Monday approved an amendment to the City of Rockford Code of Ordinances section 3-119 to modify hours for BYOB at hookah lounges citywide.
The ordinance change was presented by Alderman Bonney and approved on a recorded vote (9 ayes, 1 no). The legal director was directed to prepare the appropriate ordinance language reflecting the amendment.
Alderman Bonney said he had asked the item be laid over previously to gather more information and reported that the city’s police review and dashboard/body‑cam footage showed incidents in a parking lot outside the city’s only operating hookah lounge and evidence…
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