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N 0 V 181981 e00K •4 8 PAF , 1 Vice Chairman Wodtke felt this may arise from trying to address the transient merchant and flea markets at the same time. Pat Flood, Mayor of Sebastian, informed the Board that his municipality has the same problem with transients that the County does. He agreed there must be controls, but felt that saying they can go only to designated areas is restricting their rights. Mayor Flood reported that the method used in Sebastian has worked well, i;e., if a vendor wants to set up on U.S.1, whoever owns the property must get a letter from them, and the vendor must obtain an occupational license, which gives the City some recourse. If they have problems.with a certain vendor, that vendor is not issued a license in the future. Discussion continued further in regard to the advisability of separating flea markets and transient merchants. Vice Chairman Wodtke had no problem with any legitimate transient merchants conducting business, but believed they should be required to have proper licenses. He felt there are three separate issues involved - flea markets, transient merchants, and all occupational licenses. He believed these issues need to be addressed and updated and asked if the Board wished to review this matter further, possibly separating -the flea markets from the transient merchants and addressing the transient merchants by a method similar to that used by the City of Sebastian. Attorney Barkett reported that it had not been the Chamber's intent to have the transients operate out of flea markets, and the Chamber would be happy with the transient merchants just being required to obtain a license similar to that required by the City of Sebastian. In further discussion, suggestions were made re holding land owners liable for allowing people to sell on their property, or possibly restricting transients to selling in commercial or industrial districts. _ _ 44 -