St. Charles Bars, Restaurants Win Reprieve
St. Charles City Council tables proposal to cut back closing time to 1 a.m. pending talks with owners on steps to quell incidences drunken brawls, intoxicated subjects.
St. Charles bar and tavern owners won a 20-day reprieve Tuesday night during which they will be expected to outline what they will do to stave off drunken brawls and end overserving of alcoholic beverages to their patrons or face a citywide 1 a.m. closing time. The city’s Class B and Class C liquor license holders are allowed to stay open until 2 a.m. under St. Charles’ ordinance. But the weekend of Aug. 3 saw a jump in the number of drunken brawls — including assaults on police officers, as well as a spike in the number of intoxicated persons reports. Mayor Donald DeWitte said that in the case of the street fights, officers included in their reports that, in their opinions, individuals involved were extremely intoxicated. The bar fights …
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Clint Torres
6:21 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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