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Board tightens entertainment-district rules: outside alcohol banned, midnight cutoff set; emergency clause attached
Summary
The board adopted amendments to the downtown entertainment-district ordinance that ban consumption of alcohol bought outside the district inside the district, remove certain liquor-store lots (including Rock House Liquor) from the district, set a midnight cutoff for outside-consumption rules, require annual review, and attached an emergency clause to make the rule effective immediately.
The Texarkana Board of Directors adopted amendments to the downtown Entertainment District ordinance to address public-safety and economic concerns in the downtown area.
Planner Jamie and police staff told the board the revisions stem from prior workshops and aim to restore the district’s purpose of directing spending to downtown restaurants and bars and preventing large informal tailgate parties on vacant lots. The amendments…
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