Cape Town's public participation process relating to the liquor trading days and hours by-law begins next week.
|||Cape Town - Cape Town's public participation process relating to the liquor trading days and hours by-law begins next Friday, the city said
“The city calls on residents to comment on the... by-law, which (is) up for revision,” Garreth Bloor, economic, environmental and spatial planning mayoral committee member said on Friday.
The city is reviewing certain aspects of the by-law relating specifically to the implementation of revised trading hours, and a Sunday prohibition on the sale of liquor from licensed premises.
This follows a request from the city council last month to consider and initiate amendments to the by-law.
The council recommended that off-site consumption be permitted on application by licence holders in certain categories, excluding local business and residential areas.
As it stands, the by-law states that licensed businesses may sell liquor for off-site consumption from Monday to Saturday between 9am and 6pm.
No liquor may be sold off-site on a Sunday, except for wineries, which can trade from their tasting rooms on that day. - Sapa