SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) — Summerville Metropolis Council delayed a vote on creating a brand new out of doors leisure district that might enable open-container alcohol in downtown.
Council members took problem with the proposed boundaries for the district. They’re now discussing creating a brand new boundary map.
The ordinance would enable open-container alcohol inside a pre-set portion of downtown Summerville.
Some council members praised the ordinance, whereas others raised points with security and high quality of life issues.
“I simply know that there’s been issues previously when it wasn’t a particular occasion the place folks had been ingesting alcohol after hours after which, you realize, relieving themselves in entrance of a enterprise so now we have to scrub it up the subsequent day and even fights or shootings out within the streets after hours,” Kima Garten, council member for District 5, mentioned.
The council will revisit the ordinance subsequent month.
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