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AUG 131980 TO BE DISPLAYED IN BROWN WRAPPERS. BOOK 44 FAA 257 HE INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT THE COUNTY DID ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT NUDITY IN PLACES SERVING ALCOHOL, AND IT WAS RATHER AN EXPLICIT ORDINANCE. ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE ORDINANCE AS ADOPTED PROHIBITS NUDITY IN RELATIONSHIP TO ALCOHOL BECAUSE LAWS TO PROHIBIT NUDITY PER SE HAVE NOT BEEN UPHELD BY THE COURTS, AND TYING THIS TO THE BEVERAGE CONTROL LAWS CALLS FOR A HIGHER STANDARD OF ENFORCEMENT. PASTOR MCCLAIN STATED THAT HE HAS LIVED IN LARGE CITIES SUCH AS TAMPA WHERE THESE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE RATHER COMMON, AND HE HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO SOME OF THE CRIME THAT IS RELATED. HE WAS THANK- FUL THAT VERO BEACH DOES NOT HAVE THIS, AND IF ENACTING ANY ORDINANCE IN ADDITION WOULD BE NECESSARY, HE WOULD CERTAINLY FEEL IT SHOULD BE DONE. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THE BOARD HAS NO ACTUAL EN- FORCEMENT POWERS AND CAN ONLY REQUEST THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO COOPERATE IN ENFORCING THESE LAWS MORE STRICTLY. COMMISSIONER Loy COMMENTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REFER- ENCES TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNTY ORDI- NANCES PERTAIN ONLY TO THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS: EACH OF THE MUNICI- PALITIES HAS THEIR OWN ORDINANCES. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT EVERYONE APPRECIATES THAT THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT LEGAL PROBLEM, AND NOTED WE MUST BE GUIDED BY WHAT WE LEGALLY CAN DO. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT ALTHOUGH OUR STATE STATUTES MAY NOT ALLOW THIS TYPE OF LAW, HE WOULD LIKE THE ATTORNEY TO BE AUTHORIZED TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE DALLAS "BROWN BAG" ORDINANCE TO SEE WHETHER IT COULD BE APPLICABLE TO THIS COUNTY AND WOULD HOLD UP IN OUR COURT SYSTEM. ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE WILL LOOK INTO THIS AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION. HE NOTED THAT WE HAVE STATUTES THAT ARE EXTENSIVE, BUT DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY ARE BEING STRICTLY ENFORCED. HE POINTED OUT THAT WHILE THE COMMISSION CAN LEND ITS INFLUENCE TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY, INDIVIDUALS ALSO CAN COMPLAIN TO THE AUTHORITIES ABOUT ANY VIOLATION THEY SEE. HE BELIEVED IF THERE IS ENOUGH PRESSURE PUT ON THE RETAIL MERCHANTS, THEY WOULD BE GLAD TO COMPLY WITH THE EXISTING LAWS.