With the Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance enacted in 2016, Statesboro City Council unintentionally outlawed buying beer at a hotel’s front desk and drinking that beer in a room at the hotel. Ironically, buying beer elsewhere, such as at a convenience store, and drinking it in the same hotel room would be legal. An amendment given a first reading Tuesday will allow beer and wine, purchased at hotels licensed for package sales, to be consumed in the hotels’ guest rooms and common areas.
City proposes change to alcohol laws for hotels
Amendment would allow on-premises purchase, consumption