State lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to legislation that would allow outdoor alcohol consumption in areas such as Cleveland’s East Fourth Street.
House Bill 47, which easily cleared a final Ohio House vote, would allow the more than 60 Ohio cities with a population greater than 35,000 people to create “outdoor refreshment areas” that are exempt from the state’s open-container laws.
Smaller communities would be able to set up their own open-container areas in two years.
The legislation now heads to Gov. John Kasich for his signature.
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