New Bar Regulations

Right now this town has the oddest bar regulations. During certain drinking holidays the newer bars have to close at a certain hour and during other holidays they can't open sooner than another hour. The ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control or something) is really strict on the bars and places that sell alcohol too. I have a solution that should please almost everyone!

Part 1: Put all the bars/restaurants/clubs that have strong party scenes on the same street. A one way street would be nice, with no cars on it. Any bars/clubs/etc that aren't located on this street, they can put whatever regulations on that they feel like.

Part 2: Make it so that there is no parking anywhere near the street at nights. This should encourage people to have a friend or a taxi drop them off rather than driving. Taxis are so cheap in this town that to have a taxi pick us up downtown, drive us to my friend's place, drop her off, then drive to my place and drop me off... came to less than 8 dollars total. We split it and gave him a tip, so it is very reasonably priced even for students.

Part 3: Put the bouncer/ID checker at the start of the street. The only way to get onto the street at nights is to be over 21. Now the bars can put money into bouncers inside the bar rather than sitting outside checking lots of ID's. One ID checker for 10 bars rather than 10 ID checkers.

Part 4: No allowing anyone to leave the street unless a taxi or a friend is there to pick them up if they can't pass a breath test. Since it's illegal to walk around town drunk, they can catch the people right away. This should also cut down on crime against drunks and cut down on some of the rapes against drunk girls. If they need to pay for someone to take a taxi home, take their ID or something else of value so that they'll have to come back and pay like a 20 dollar fee plus whatever their taxi ride was. Perhaps more to discourage that type of behavior and encourage their friends to cover for them.

That's the main bit of my plan. Other bits include perhaps keeping a medical personal on the scene for any problems and maybe a police officer on Friday/Saturday nights. All the bars on the street can have the fees for those guys included in their rent. That way the costs on our behavior is passed off to the customers like it should be. Perhaps even include rentable party rooms where you can bring your own alcohol and have kegs and whatever. Everyone who would walk in would be over 21 so there would be less problems. Let people drink on that street and bring their own booze onto the street (but not into the bars). Let them drink in 'public' there and whatever else. This should keep the drunks contained while still allowed businesses to make money and people to drink themselves silly. If bars want to locate elsewhere for cheaper rent/drinks then the city can put whatever restrictions on them that they want.

I just think that this town's idea of closing bars at 10pm on major holidays is stupid. Let people do what they want, just watch over them while they do and try to keep them safe and keep them from hurting others.