HEC/News: Underage drinking crackdown approved (The Gainesville Sun)

HEC/News
Monday, February 9, 2009

Underage drinking crackdown approved
The Gainesville Sun (FL) February 6, 2009
By Megan Rolland

"Despite protests from a few bar owners, an attorney and University of
Florida students, the city of Gainesville now has a mechanism to punish
bars that get caught serving "too many" underage patrons."

"The ordinance that passed unanimously Thursday night will prohibit
patrons under the age of 21 from entering a bar after 9 p.m. if that bar
has exceeded the number of allowable underage drinking violations in any
quarter..."

"According to the ordinance, smaller bars with occupancies of less than
200 people would be in violation after having five or more prosecuted
underage drinking violations in a three-month period."

"Bars with greater occupancies would be punished after 10 violations..."

Full article available at
http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20090206/ARTICLES/902061010

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