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A SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING FOR A REZONING REQUESTED BY MIDWAY <br />MOBILE HOME PARK WAS FORMALLY WITHDRAWN BY THE OWNERS OF MIDWAY MOBILE <br />HOME PARK. <br />KENNETH E. PADGETT, JR. REPRESENTING THE VERO BEACH RETAIL <br />BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION APPEARED REQUESTING THE BOARDS CONSIDERATION TO AN <br />EXTENSION OF HOURS IN WHICH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY BE SERVED IN INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY FROM 1:00 O'CLOCK A.M. TO 2:00 O'CLOCK A.M. <br />MR. PADGETT STATED THAT THE PROPOSED LONGER HOURS WILL BENEFIT <br />BAR OWNERS WHOSE BUSINESS HAS BEEN HURT BY DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME AND <br />LATER SERVING HOURS IN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES. HE CONTINUED THAT MANY <br />PEOPLE DO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE NIGHT LIFE IN AREA WHEN <br />PLANNING THEIR VACATION. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT SHE DID NOT THINK SHE COULD SUPPORT <br />A PUBLIC HEARING AS, IN HER OPINION, THIS COMMUNITY IS ENTIRELY <br />DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES AROUND US AND WE ARE BECAUSE OF OUR STANDARDS. <br />SHE CONTINUED THAT WE MUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE <br />18,19 AND 20 YEAR OLDS THAT ARE NOW ABLE TO GO INTO BARS THAT WEREN'T' <br />BEFORE. <br />SHERIFF SAM JOYCE APPEARED AND STATED STATISTICS POINT TO <br />PROBLEMS THAT ALCOHOLBRINGS TO A COMMUNITY AND AN HOUR MORE CAN <br />ONLY BRING MORE PROBLEMS. IT WOULD CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH LAW EN7 <br />FORCEMENT TO EXTEND THE HOURS THE BARS WILL BE OPENED. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT OUR 18 YEAR OLDS ARE A PROBLEM AND THE STATISTICS ARE SO HIGH <br />THAT HE WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF :.:. <br />HEARING BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE. <br />MR, PADGETT STATED THAT THEY WILL GIVE THE BOARD'S COMMENTS <br />CONSIDERATION BEFORE DECIDING TO ASK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. <br />WILLIAM DUPPER, COUNCILMAN FROM THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER. <br />SHORES APPEARED TO TALK ABOUT A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT. AT THE PRESENT <br />TIME THE COUNTY OWNS NORTH OF THE TRACKING STATION AND EAST OF <br />STATE ROAD A1A. <br />MR. DUPPER STATED THAT THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES DOES <br />NOT HAVE A PUBLIC BEACH AND AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE IS ONLY LIMITED. - <br />ACCESS TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THE COUNTY OWNS. THERE IS AT -THE <br />NORTH END OF PEBBLE BEACH VILLAS A 20 FOOT EASEMENT WHERE THE TOWN <br />COULD PUT A WALKWAY TO GIVE INDIAN RIVER SHORES RESIDENTS ACCESS TD:THE <br />