Kathryn Crider

San Marcos City parks are now supposed to be alcohol-free. City Council approved an ordinance last night to ban the consumption and display of alcoholic beverages in the parks as well as at city-owned dams. The ordinance also restricts open containers, even to people entering and exiting the river, and containers used in the river must be securely closed or covered. Council members will possibly vote next Tuesday on further restrictions, which could include increased fines for littering and bans on barbecue grills and Styrofoam cups.