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Sandy Springs expands district INSIDE allowing open alcohol containers By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A policy allowing patrons to drink outdoors at City Springs events in Sandy Springs got an upgrade this week when officials voted to expand the city’s open container ordinance. The move comes as Sandy Springs leaders prepare for construction on the next phase of the City Springs campus and plan for how the larger development will be used in the future. “As the City Springs district evolves, we identified a need to expand the open container district boundary,” Assistant City Manager Kristin Byars Smith said at the Aug. 15 City Council meeting. The city’s open container ordinance, initially approved in 2017, allowed alcohol consumption in a multi-block area largely within Roswell Road, Johnson Ferry Road, Sandy Springs Circle and Mt. Vernon Highway. But Smith said the new boundary now includes city-owned parcels around the Heritage Sandy Springs Museum and Park, Hilderbrand Drive and several properties south of Mt. Vernon Highway. “We tried to think carefully about where events would be happening, where folks would be walking and that sort of thing,” she said. The ordinance change will only apply to licensed sellers of alcohol within
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A map shows the expanded borders of Sandy Springs’ open container district, which is centered around the City Springs campus. City leaders voted to expand the district at a meeting Aug. 15. the City Springs footprint and will only take effect when city events are being held, and the right of way for roads has been closed. “So, it's an official city event, the right of way has been closed, that's when this kicks in,” District 1 Councilman John Paulson said. “And if
that's not the case, you can’t just go wander around on a Thursday night, crossing the street (with alcohol).” The updated ordinance goes into effect immediately, just in time for late-summer, early-fall events.
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