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Texarkana meeting approves changes to entertainment-district hours and outside-alcohol rules
Summary
At a meeting in Texarkana, members approved amendments to Section 28-82 (Entertainment District) to set operating hours to 11 a.m.–10 p.m., prohibit outside alcohol in the district, and add a sidewalk-consumption provision after 10 p.m.; the planning commissioner was asked to seek input from public works and police in 90 days.
Members at a local meeting in Texarkana approved changes to the entertainment-district ordinance, adopting new hours and restrictions on outside alcohol and directing staff to seek interagency input on implementation.
Speaker 1 moved to amend Section 28-82 (Entertainment District) to set hours of operation to 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and to set Sunday hours to 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The motion also proposed adding a prohibition on outside-alcohol consumption. As Speaker 1 put it during the discussion, "No outside alcohol to be consumed in the…
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