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TO: The Honorable Members of DATE: February 10, 1982 FILE: the Board of County Commissioners FROM. it/, // eil.A. Nelson /'County Administrator SUBJECT: Transient _Merchant Ordinance REFERENCES: DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS On July 14, 1981, Lawrence A. Barkett representing the Vero Beach, Indian River County Chamber of Commerce submitted correspondence requesting that the Board consider adopting an ordinance preventing truck type sales of food and other merchandise in the County. Since that time the County Staff, to include members of the County's Legal Staff,have worked very closely with Mr. Barkett and other members of the Chamber of Commerce in an effort to reach_a mutually sat- isfactory ordinance dealing with this particular problem. The matter has been discussed on several occasions to include recent County Commission meetings wherein it was determined that the initially proposed ordinance needed revision. Staff has worked toward that end and believes that the proposed ordinance presented for your consideration reflects the necessary changes as had been earlier indicated. The proposed ordinance has been duly advertised in the Press Journal on January 28, 1982 and again on February 10, 1982 and is appropriate for your consideration. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS A. Affirmative vote by the Commission to adopt a Transient Merchant Ordinance will accomplish the following purposes: 1 It will require merchants to obtain a local or county license in order to operate. It will control location of transient merchant activities and indicate specific areas that are properly zoned in which this type of activity may be con- ducted. It will provide a fee structure for the obtaining of an occupational license to conduct oneself as a transient merchant thus providing for the sharing in the tax burden by the transient merchant. It will also establish through the zoning process better control of traffic and over- all locational issues involving the activity. B. Not to adopt the Transient Merchant Ordinance will allow for the continuation of present conditions wherein the County's Staff as well as the Chamber of Commerce receives numerous complaints from residents involving problems associated with the purchase of goods and/or services from transient merchants. In addition to that there are also traffic hazards and additional items of which Staff and/or the Chamber of Commerce is made aware of dealing with this particular issue. RECOMMENDATIONS It is Staffs recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the ordinance as a necessary, vehicle in order to address the issues involving the regulation of transient merchants. 37 FEB 171982 sax FA E 866