Rehoboth to vote on patio ordinance changes

[longnecker]

Rehoboth to vote on patio
ordinance changes in March

Restaurant patios and decks will remain open until final call if the Rehoboth Beach commissioners suspend the city’s patio ordinance at the commissioners’ Friday, March 18 meeting.

The commissioners must first pass a resolution at the Friday, Feb. 18 regular meeting, setting a date for a public hearing, when the commissioners will vote.
The patio ordinance is part of the zoning code, so a public hearing is required for any changes.

Suspending the patio ordinance will allow restaurants with patios to serve patrons on the patio as long as the restaurant serves food.
Without the change, patrons must leave the patio by 11 p.m., although some restaurants were grandfathered so patrons could stay longer.

The suspension will last until Dec. 31, unless the commissioners vote to repeal the ordinance before then.

[Kid Lester]

When I was younger, I used to love partying up on the patios of Rehoboth restaurants until closing, enjoying some music and the cool summer evening breezes. It was so much fun.

Now I don't like to go out that late anymore, and loud people like I used to be annoy me, like I used to do to other people. So, obviously, fun time should be over for everyone so I can always have everything my way.

[longnecker]

When I was younger, I used to love partying up on the patios of Rehoboth restaurants until closing, enjoying some music and the cool summer evening breezes. It was so much fun.

Now I don't like to go out that late anymore, and loud people like I used to be annoy me, like I used to do to other people. So, obviously, fun time should be over for everyone so I can always have everything my way.

Isn't it funny how things change over the years.

[Pramick]

When I think of the things I did down there, I just shake my head. I was a wild child....but then in the late 60's - early 70's, you could do this stuff. Hitchhiking, walking the beach from Dewey to Rehoboth and back after a few too many. Renting the top floor of the Rainbow Cove motel and having your closest 100 drunken friends stay over. Walking the b'walk at 3am. Passing out on Dewey Beach and waking up when it was packed with sunbathers and families. Oh the memories.....not to mention the things I cannot rememeber - but have been told......the good old days. BUT I did not hurt anyone nor did anyone get hurt. Just good clean fun. Those were the days.