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Proposed Alcohol Restrictions in City of Sydney

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In response to requests from residents and local Police, the City of Sydney proposes to establish alcohol free zones (AFZ) in a number of streets in the Kings Cross, Newtown, Surry Hills, Leichardt and The Rocks Local Area Commands.

AFZ are established in locations impacted by alcohol-related anti-social behaviour and crime in order to improve local safety and amenity for all members of the City community.

AFZ provide police with the power to confiscate or tip out alcohol from any person who is found to be drinking alcohol, or about to drink alcohol, within the designated area.

Once an AFZ is established, it will be an offence to drink alcohol on any street or footpath where an AFZ exists. Any existing or future
liquor-licensed premises with an outdoor dining footway licence is exempt from AFZ restrictions. The AFZ will prohibit all other consumption of alcohol on footpaths and streets 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a period of up to four years, as indicated by signage.

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Submissions closed Friday 4 November 2011.

New Proposed Alcohol Free Zone

The Rocks – Festival First Night

 
Street Location
1. Elizabeth Street from Hunter Street to St James Road
2.  Macquarie Street from Hunter Street to St James Road
3. Pitt Street from Hunter Street to King Street
4. Castlereagh Street from Hunter Street to King Street
5. Phillip Street from Hunter Street to King Street

Woolloomooloo

 
Street Location
1. McElhone Street from William Street to Reed Avenue
2. Brougham Lane from Brougham Street to McElhone Sttreet
3. Sir John Young Crescent
4. McElhone Street from William Street to Hills Stairs

Newtown

 
Street Location
1. Bucknell Street from King Street to Wilson Street

Surry Hills

 
Street Location
1. Cleveland Avenue Cul de sac
2. Foster Lane
3. Blackburn Street from Elizabeth Street to Foster Street
4. Reservoir Street from Wright Lane to Mary Street
5. Wright Lane from Mary Street to Reservoir Street
6. Mary Street from Wright Lane to Reservoir Street
7. Reservoir Lane from Reservoir Street to Ann Street
8. Lower Campbell Street from Riley Street to Campbell Street
9. Wade Place from Ann Street to Little Albion Street
10. Alexander Lane
11. Arthur Street from Crown Street to Alexander Street

Glebe

 
Street Location
1. Darling Street from Bridge Street to St. Johns Road
2. Darling Lane
3. Darghan Street from Bridge Street to St. Johns Road
4. Lyndhurst Street from Colbourne Avenue to Wentworth Park Road

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Alcohol Free Zones Proposed for Renewal

Surry Hills

 
Street Location
1. All streets and laneways bounded by Albion Street, Crown Street, Flinders Street and Oxford Street; including Bloomfield Lane, Bloomfield Street, Bourke Street, Campbell Street, Church Lane, Clare Street, Denham Lane, Denham Street, Floods Place, Hill Street, Jesmond Street, Linden Lane, Little Bloomfield Street, Little Bourke Street, Little Oxford Street, Maiden Street, Mary Place, Patterson Lane, Ryder Street, Short Place, Short Street, Taggarts Lane and Taylor Square
2. Albion Street from Elizabeth Street to Flinders Street
3. Arnold Place from Riley Street to Crown Street
4. Brisbane Street from Oxford Street to Goulburn Street
5. Bourke Street from Oxford Street to Fitzroy Street
6. Campbell Street from Riley Street to Bourke Street
7. Chalmers Street from Elizabeth Street to Cleveland Street
8. Chisholm Street from Taylor Street to Hannam Street
9. Collins Lane from Collins Street to Rainford Street
10. Collins Street from Riley Street to Alexander Street
11. Alexander Street from Collins Street to Arthur Street
12. Crown Street from Fitzroy Street to Arthur Street
13. Crown Street between Oxford Street and Albion Street
14. Elizabeth Street from Albion Street to Cleveland Street
15. Fitzroy Street from Foveaux Street to Anzac Parade
16. Foster Street from Hunt Street to Elizabeth Street
17. Foveaux Street from Elizabeth Street to Bourke Street
18. Goulburn Street from Brisbane Street and Crown Street
19. Hands Lane from Reservoir Street to Foster Street
20. Mary Street from Foveaux Street to Campbell Street and extension through Campbell Street to Wentworth Avenue
21. Oxford Street from Greens Road to Whitlam Square
22. Pelican Street from Oxford Street to Goulburn Street
23. Poplar Street from Brisbane Street to Pelican Street
24. Richards Lane from Foveaux Street to Collins Street
25. Riley Street from Oxford Street to Albion Street
26. Sims Street from Chisholm Street to Hannam Street
27. Taylor Street from Flinders Street to South Dowling Street
28. Wayne Street from Pelican Street to Riley Street
29. Flinders Street between Albion Street and Bourke Street (Taylor Square)

Darlinghurst

 
Street Location
1. Burton Street from Bourke Street to Forbes Street
2. Bourke Street from Burton Street to Oxford Street
3. Darlinghurst Road from Bayswater Road to Liverpool Street
4. Foley Street from Bourke Street to Riley Street
5. Forbes Street from Burton Street to Oxford Street
6. Victoria Street from Bayswater Road to Burton Street

East Sydney

 
Street Location
1. Burton Street from Crown Street to Oxford Street
2. Francis Lane from College Street to Riley Street
3. Liverpool Street from Yurong Street to Crown Street
4. Norman Street from Yurong Street to Riley Street
5. Riley Street from Oxford Street to William Street
6. Stanley Street from Yurong Street to Crown Street
7. William Street from Crown Street to Yurong Street
8. Yurong Lane from Crown Street to Yurong Street
9. Yurong Street from Norman Street to William Street

Kings Cross

 
Street Location
1. Barncleuth Lane from Roslyn Street to Barncleuth Square
2. Barncleuth Square from Darlinghurst Road to Ward Avenue
3. Bayswater Road from Victoria Street to Kings Cross Road
4. Darlinghurst Road from Victoria Street to Ward Avenue (includes road closure adjacent to Fitzroy Gardens)
5. Goderich Lane from Pennys Lane to Ward Avenue
6. Kellett Place cul-de-sac
7. Kellett Street from Bayswater Road to Ward Avenue
8. Kellett Way from Kellett Street to Roslyn Street
9. Kings Cross Road from Victoria Street to Roslyn Street
10. Mansion Lane cul-de-sac
11. Pennys Lane from Kings Cross Road to Bayswater Road
12. Roslyn Street from Darlinghurst Road to Kings Cross Road
13. Ward Avenue from Barncleuth Square to Kings Cross Road

Potts Point

 
Street Location
1. Earl Place from Earl Street to Springfield Avenue
2. Earl Street from Victoria Street to Orwell Street
3. Hughes Lane from Orwell Street to Hughes Street
4. Hughes Place cul-de-sac
5. Hughes Street from Victoria Street to Macleay Street
6. Llankelly Place from Darlinghurst Road to Orwell Street
7. Orwell Lane from Orwell Street to Hughes Street
8. Orwell Street from Macleay Street to Victoria Street
9. Springfield Avenue from Darlinghurst Road (Springfield Plaza) to Springfield Mall
10. Springfield Mall from Llankelly Place to Earl Street

Woolloomooloo

 
Street Location
1. All streets and laneways bounded by Cathedral Street, Forbes Street, Palmer Street and William Street including Bourke Street, Burrahpore Lane, Corfu Street, Cross Lane, Egan Place, St Kilda Lane, Talbot Place and William Lane
2. Dowling Street from Pring Street to Cowper Wharf Road
3. Forbes Street from Cowper Wharf Road to William Street
4. Nicholson Street from Dowling Street to Bourke Street
5. Sydney Place bounded by Stephen Street and the Hills Stairs, McElhone Street
6. Cathedral Street from Forbes to Bourke Street

 

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Last Updated: Friday 11 November, 2011

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