INDIAN ROCKS BEACH â Residents dissatisfied with proposed parking rules thanked city commissioners for proposing fixes at the commissionâs April 13 regular meeting. The commission has struggled to write parking rules for more than a year.
âOver the past couple of months, youâve listened to homeowners and I compliment you for that,â said Mark Bodine, manager of Cameron Cove Resort. He worries that vacation rental owners on his property wonât have sufficient parking under the rules.
According to City Attorney Randy D. Mora, he and City Manager Gregg Mims came up with the new amendments after hearing complaints from residents. The city has struggled to streamline the parking permit process; it now assigns 1,100 permits to fewer than 75 parking spaces.
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH â The City Commission on Dec. 8 gave Nicholas Rapisardi, owner of the popular VIP Mexican American Cuisine in Treasure Island, permission to sell beer, wine and liquor at a second location heâs opening at 213 Gulf Blvd. in Indian Rocks Beach. He must now apply to the state of Florida for a liquor license at that location.
Set to open in March, the new restaurant will be larger than the one his family has owned since 1994. Rapisardi, who grew up in Seminole, told commissioners he began running the Treasure Island restaurant in 2002 after his father died. Though that original location seats 85 customers, on some nights they have to take the phone off the hook to keep up with the carryout orders in the kitchen, he said.