INDIANAPOLIS — On Monday, the Indianapolis City-County Council unanimously passed two proposals on Designated Outdoor Refreshment Areas.

Proposal 351 creates a new chapter in city code establishing how DORAs can be created across Indianapolis, including rules on signage, boundary maps, vendor participation, penalties and how the city can revoke a DORA.

(Note: The report in the video player is a previous 13News story about a council committee's approval of the DORA proposal.)

Proposal 352 lays out the exact boundaries, signage locations, hours of operation (following state law) and a list of proposed businesses that would qualify as “Designated Permittees” within the DORA proposed for Irvington.

It's not a done deal yet. The state Alcohol and Tobacco Commission still has to sign off, bu

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