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Fr- -17 qq,� -)"� 7 Both staff and PSAC recommend that the county approve the proposed changes described in items 1 and 2, above. However, staff and the PSAC (by a 4-2 vote) recommend that the county reject the proposed changes that would allow transient merchant seafood sales. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval of the proposal to allow transient merchant seafood sales. In April, the Board of County Commissioners heard a request by seafood sales owner/operator Jim Anthony to allow satellite seafood sales operations, such as the sales operation he runs from a specially modified truck, as transient merchant uses in Indian River County. Upon hearing Mr. Anthony's request; the Board directed staff to propose an ordinance that would allow satellite seafood sales operations such as Mr. Anthony's. Staff has coordinated with Mr. Anthony and has drafted criteria intended to limit allowable seafood sales operations to operations that are similar to Mr. Anthony's operation. These criteria include the following: - seafood sales transient merchant operations must be owned and operated by a permanent seafood sales establishment in Indian River County; - the operation must be conducted from a state approved vehicle, self-contained in regards to power, refrigeration and other aspects; operations may occur only during daylight hours; the site must be abandoned at night; and operations must be inspected and approved by the county public health authority. All other existing transient merchant criteria would also apply. .It should be noted that, prior to the June 18th PSAC meeting, Mr. Anthony and all seafood sales operators in the county were contacted and sent a draft ordinance and meeting notice and invitation to the June 18th PSAC meeting. No seafood sales operators attended the meeting, and no comments were received by staff. However, Mr. Anthony participated at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. The PSAC and staff both recommend against the seafood sales provisions of the proposed ordinance for the following reasons: 1. Increasing the types of items that can be sold along roadsides increases the likelihood that sales will eventually be opened - up to other types of retail items. Allowing such a proliferation of sales would put established and future permanent sales facilities at a disadvantage and would expand the number of operations allowed to operate below normal site development standards. 2. The proliferation of roadside sales could have negative aesthetic and traffic impacts. 3. It may not be feasible to enforce the criterion to limit operations to those tied to (satellites of) established, permanent sales operations in Indian River County. 14 - M