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Council reviews ordinance to ban after-hours alcohol in nonresidential common areas and create nuisance enforcement process
Summary
City attorneys and staff proposed an ordinance to prohibit alcohol consumption in common areas of nonresidential properties between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., create an administrative nuisance-abatement process and impose civil penalties for repeat offenders.
Salt Lake City staff on Sept. 9 presented a proposed ordinance that would (1) prohibit alcohol consumption in publicly accessible common areas of commercial and other nonresidential properties between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. and (2) establish an administrative nuisance-abatement process with civil penalties and potential business-license consequences for repeat violations.
City policy staff said the proposal would impose civil penalties of up to $1,000 per offense for business operators and $500 per offense for individual drinkers. The draft ordinance defines “nuisance” through a combination of thresholds: at least…
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