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Commission narrows entertainment district, bans outside-bought alcohol and cuts open-drinking hours
Summary
The Planning Commission approved edits to the entertainment district ordinance that ban consuming alcohol purchased outside the district, limit open-drinking hours to 11 a.m.–midnight, and remove the Rockhouse Liquor block from the district (the commission directed staff to remove only Rockhouse Liquor by legal description).
The Texarkana Arkansas Planning Commission approved revisions to the city’s entertainment-district ordinance aimed at reducing public-safety issues downtown.
Staff (S4) summarized changes agreed at a Nov. 12 joint workshop with the board of directors and downtown business owners: ban consumption of alcohol purchased outside the entertainment district (to discourage visitors from buying liquor elsewhere and then drinking downtown), remove the block…
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