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July 24, 1980
<br />Honorable Chairman and
<br />Members of Board of County Commissioners
<br />Indian River County Courthouse
<br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960
<br />Dear Commissioners:
<br />I am secretary of and attorney for The Riomar Country
<br />Club and I request that The Riomar Country Club be placed on
<br />the agenda of either of your meetings which will be held in
<br />August, 1980. The reason for this request is that The Riomar
<br />Country Club desires to submit a covenant that the golf course
<br />owned by it will be used for no other purpose than as a golf
<br />course for at least ten years from January 1, 1981, and to
<br />ask the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County,
<br />Florida, to accept the covenant, all pursuant to Florida
<br />Statute 193.501.
<br />Petitions similar to this one were filed with the
<br />Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida,
<br />in 1976 and in 1979, but were withdrawn before they were
<br />considered so that no action was taken on either of them.
<br />Florida Statute 193.501 is derived from Chapters 67-528,
<br />69-55, 72-181, 77-102 and 78-354, Laws of Florida, and I attach
<br />hereto a copy of that statute and of.those laws, except for
<br />69.55 which merely renumbered the statute in question fro -m
<br />193.202 to 193.501.
<br />I will appear on behalf of my client and request about
<br />fifteen minutes to make a presentation which will include the
<br />following points, among others:
<br />1. The sole function of The Riomar Country Club
<br />is to operate the golf course in question (plus a small tract
<br />of oceanfront land at the east end of Riomar Drive) for the
<br />benefit of its members. The Riomar Country Club has about
<br />200 members, most of whom each own one share of stock in the
<br />club. Although technically a stock corporation, The Riomar
<br />Country Club makes very little profit and usually just about
<br />breaks even each year.
<br />2. Although The Riomar Country Club is a private
<br />club, the golf course is open to the public on a green fee
<br />basis.
<br />3. The front nine holes of the golf course have
<br />been in continuous use as a golf course since 1919 while the
<br />back nine holes of the golf course have been in continuous
<br />use as a golf course since 1963.
<br />4. The existence and continued existence of the
<br />golf course has increased and will increase the value of
<br />surrounding properties, thereby increasing the ad valorem
<br />tax revenues derived from those surrounding properties.
<br />/j BOOK 4 �.iV.S
<br />AUG 2 7 80 pnC
<br />LAW OFFICES OF
<br />GOULD, COOKSEY, FENNELL & APPLEBY
<br />PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
<br />979 BEACHLAND BOULEVARD
<br />VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960
<br />JOHN R. GOULD
<br />BYRON T. COOKSEY
<br />DARRELL FENNELL
<br />TELEPHONE z31-1100
<br />FRANK M. APPLEBY
<br />AREA CODE 305
<br />LAWRENCE A. BARKETT
<br />EUGENE J. O'NEILL
<br />OuR FILE No. 769
<br />July 24, 1980
<br />Honorable Chairman and
<br />Members of Board of County Commissioners
<br />Indian River County Courthouse
<br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960
<br />Dear Commissioners:
<br />I am secretary of and attorney for The Riomar Country
<br />Club and I request that The Riomar Country Club be placed on
<br />the agenda of either of your meetings which will be held in
<br />August, 1980. The reason for this request is that The Riomar
<br />Country Club desires to submit a covenant that the golf course
<br />owned by it will be used for no other purpose than as a golf
<br />course for at least ten years from January 1, 1981, and to
<br />ask the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County,
<br />Florida, to accept the covenant, all pursuant to Florida
<br />Statute 193.501.
<br />Petitions similar to this one were filed with the
<br />Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida,
<br />in 1976 and in 1979, but were withdrawn before they were
<br />considered so that no action was taken on either of them.
<br />Florida Statute 193.501 is derived from Chapters 67-528,
<br />69-55, 72-181, 77-102 and 78-354, Laws of Florida, and I attach
<br />hereto a copy of that statute and of.those laws, except for
<br />69.55 which merely renumbered the statute in question fro -m
<br />193.202 to 193.501.
<br />I will appear on behalf of my client and request about
<br />fifteen minutes to make a presentation which will include the
<br />following points, among others:
<br />1. The sole function of The Riomar Country Club
<br />is to operate the golf course in question (plus a small tract
<br />of oceanfront land at the east end of Riomar Drive) for the
<br />benefit of its members. The Riomar Country Club has about
<br />200 members, most of whom each own one share of stock in the
<br />club. Although technically a stock corporation, The Riomar
<br />Country Club makes very little profit and usually just about
<br />breaks even each year.
<br />2. Although The Riomar Country Club is a private
<br />club, the golf course is open to the public on a green fee
<br />basis.
<br />3. The front nine holes of the golf course have
<br />been in continuous use as a golf course since 1919 while the
<br />back nine holes of the golf course have been in continuous
<br />use as a golf course since 1963.
<br />4. The existence and continued existence of the
<br />golf course has increased and will increase the value of
<br />surrounding properties, thereby increasing the ad valorem
<br />tax revenues derived from those surrounding properties.
<br />/j BOOK 4 �.iV.S
<br />AUG 2 7 80 pnC
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