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ITEM 14.A.1 <br />June 3, 2014 <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Members of the Board of County Commissioners <br />DATE: May 22, 2014 <br />SUBJECT: City of Vero Beach Change of Ordinance — Extension of <br />Bar/Restaurant Hours to 2 a.m. <br />FROM: Peter D. O'Bryan, <br />Commissioner District 4 <br />The City of Vero Beach recently changed one of their ordinances to allow for <br />alcoholic beverages to be served until 2 a.m. The City has imposed a 12 month <br />window with instructions for the police department to monitor the impacts of the <br />ordinance change and report back to the City Council in June of 2015. However, <br />with the immediate implementation of the 2 a.m. ordinance, this has an <br />immediate negative impact on those establishments that are located within the <br />unincorporated county, as patrons will leave the county establishments and take <br />their business to a city establishment. <br />I am asking the Board to consider taking action on one of the three possible <br />alternatives. <br />1. Do nothing, keeping the County Ordinance at 1 a.m. <br />2. Take a wait-and-see position until the City's 12 month trial period is over <br />and re -consider the matter then. <br />3. Instruct staff to bring forward an ordinance change to amend the County's <br />Ordinance to mirror the City's Ordinance. <br />Attachment: Letter from Michael Rechter <br />116 <br />