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Police recommend midnight cutoff for outside alcohol in St. Cloud entertainment district; council signals move to shorten hours
Summary
After hearing enforcement and business perspectives, councilmembers signaled support for limiting outside alcohol consumption in the entertainment district to midnight (down from 1 a.m.) and agreed to finalize hours at second reading; first reading of the ordinance was approved for advertisement.
Council members debated changes to the special‑purpose entertainment‑district overlay that would revise days and hours for authorized possession and outside consumption of alcoholic beverages. The council conducted a first reading of the ordinance and discussed trimming the authorized hours after input from law enforcement and downtown stakeholders.
Councilmember Colby Urban said he favored simplifying the rule to a single, consistent closing hour across all days. “I think…
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