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Hot Springs council reviews alcohol ban in parks, keeps current limits for now

5601313 · August 19, 2025
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Summary

Councilors reviewed Ordinance 92-12 and the existing Brookside Park exception passed in 2020 but did not move to expand park-wide prohibitions on alcohol consumption.

At its August meeting, the Hot Springs City Council discussed whether the city should expand restrictions on possession, use or consumption of alcoholic beverages in public parks beyond an existing Brookside Park ban, and for now indicated no ordinance change was needed.

The issue was raised as a discussion-only item to review Ordinance 92-12 and whether the council should consider additional factors when approving temporary alcoholic beverage licenses for events in parks. Council members stressed they had…

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