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Council Presented With Bill To Extend Saturday Retail Hours for Watermen
Summary
Council member Ledbetter introduced a modest zoning amendment to allow watermen operating businesses from their homes to remain open until 6 p.m. on Saturdays instead of the existing 4 p.m. cutoff to better serve customer demand.
Council Member Ledbetter presented Bill 525 on Jan. 14, a local ordinance amendment to extend permitted Saturday retail hours for watermen operating businesses from their homes from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
“This is a pretty simple change,” Ledbetter said, describing constituent requests from watermen who typically are out on the water in the morning and want extra hours on Saturday to sell product to customers. Administration staff indicated support for the change. The transcript indicates the item was presented and discussed briefly; no formal council vote on Bill 525 is recorded in the Jan. 14 work session.
The proposed change affects home-based, watermen business-hour restrictions and is intended to allow an additional two hours of Saturday retail operation so watermen can meet customer demand later in the day. The administration said it supported the measure during the presentation.
