ORANGE BEACH — Later this month, the City of Orange Beach is set to vote on a one-year extension for two of its entertainment districts, weeks after Gov. Kay Ivey announced she is considering restrictions on alcohol sales in those areas.

Qualifications for both SanRoc Cay Marina and The Wharf as entertainment districts, according to their resolution documents, are issued one-year extensions annually and have been since they both earned the district designation in July 2012.

According to Orange Beach's Code of Ordinances in article VIII, section 50-554, patrons at establishments within an entertainment district may leave with open plastic containers of alcoholic beverages and consume said beverages anywhere within the district.

Bottles and glass containers are not to be removed from the licensed premises. Entering a district with open or closed containers of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.

As previously reported by GCM, Ivey is having state alcohol laws reviewed after a mass shooting in downtown Montgomery on Oct. 4 left two people dead and 12 injured.

The ABC Board's potential rule changes, pitched by Alabama ABC Administrator Curtis Stewart on Oct. 28, include banning package stores located inside entertainment districts from selling items that enable drinking outside, such as cups or ice. He also suggested limiting how much alcohol businesses with special retail licenses can sell for off-premises consumption.

The city is set to vote on this extension at the Dec. 16 council meeting, in Orange Beach City Hall located at 4099 Orange Beach Blvd.