Alabama § 45-58A-13
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 45-58A-13, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45-58A-13.
(a) The Alabaster City Council, by ordinance, may provide for the establishment of not more than two entertainment districts in the city, as those districts are defined in the Alabaster City Code. The entertainment districts may contain one or more Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board licensees in an area that does not exceed one-half mile by one-half mile. The ordinance of the city council shall regulate hours of operation of an entertainment district, may provide for the revocation of the entertainment district designation, and may regulate any other aspect of the operation of entertainment districts.
(b) Any retail licensee of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption located in an entertainment district may obtain an entertainment district permit. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any licensee that receives an entertainment district permit shall comply with all laws and rules governing its license, except that patrons, guests, or members of the licensee may exit the licensed premises with open containers of alcoholic beverages anywhere within the confines of the entertainment district but may not enter the premises of another licensee with open containers or closed containers of alcoholic beverages acquired elsewhere. In addition, the ordinance shall prohibit a person other than a retail licensee from possessing or bringing into the entertainment district an open or closed container of alcoholic beverages acquired outside of the entertainment district during the hours of operation of the entertainment district.
(c) The ordinance shall be enforced by the City of Alabaster and shall provide penalties for violations of the ordinance as otherwise authorized by law.
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