The Alcohol Impact Area (AIA) is an effort to reduce levels of chronic public inebriation and illegal activity associated with alcohol sales and consumption. Within the AIA, the City requested voluntary cooperation of businesses to stop selling inexpensive, high alcohol content products associated with chronic public inebriation. After six months, there was no significant participation by businesses or substantial decrease in the effects of chronic public inebriation in the AIA.
The City Council directed the Chief of Police to request the Liquor and Cannabis Board formally recognize and place mandatory restrictions on the sale of alcohol in the AIA which was granted on September 7, 2016.