Sandy Springs Updates 'Carry-Out' Alcohol Beverage Ordinance

Sandy Springs leaders on Tuesday voted to update its carry out alcoholic beverage ordinance to match a state law allowing patrons to take home partially consumed bottles of wine.

The City Council voted unanimously to amend its ordinance, which originally said it was “unlawful for any person to remove from the licensed premises any alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises, and it shal be unlawful for the license to permit any person to remove from the licensed premises any alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises.”

The amendment now allows patrons — who’ve purchased a meal and consumed a portion of wine at an establishment licensed to sell wine for consumption on its premises — to ”remove one partially consumed bottle of wine off premises if the bottle has been securely resealed by the licensee, placed in a bag or other container that is secured in such a manner that it is visibly apparent if the container has been subsequently opened or tampered with and has a dated receipt for the bottle of wine and meal attached by the licensee.”

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