Select areas of St. Pete beaches to allow alcohol

Alcohol will now be allowed on St. Pete Beach beaches, but only in certain places.

St. Pete Beach city council voted Tuesday to revise the alcohol ban. Here’s the catch: You must be a registered guest of a beachfront hotel and be in the permitted hotel beach cabana area, Bay News 9 reports.

Guests drinking on the beach must also a wristband so local officials can identify them as hotel guests, according to Bay News 9.

Hotels found violating the new policies could lose their beach alcohol permit, according to Bay News 9.

Previously, there was a total alcohol ban on St. Petersburg beaches.

This story was originally published August 23, 2017 at 8:56 AM with the headline "Select areas of St. Pete beaches to allow alcohol."