Myrtle Beach city council approved 15 ordinances designed to curtail the May bike rallies.
The ordinances brought about some spirited discussion from both council members and some people who showed up to hear council’s final decision.
Council talked about the laws in their Tuesday morning workshop and then passed them later in the afternoon at their meeting.
WHAT WAS PASSED
Read more about the ordinances in the official agenda for last night's city council meeting, click here
All of the ordinances except one passed unanimously.
An ordinance requiring helmets and protective eyewear passed 5 to 1.
Councilman Randal Wallace voted against the ordinance.
Other ordinances include a curfew for teenagers under 18, a 2 a.m. bar closing, and an ordinance regulating the noise from motorcycles.
Don Emery, owner of The Dog House, a bar he calls a biker destination bar, said the ordinances are illegal, unconstitutional, and discriminatory against bikers.
Emery said, “Several of the ordinances I think are specifically geared towards us, we host a large parking lot event, we have it uh we have it managed, we have proper security, we have zero minimal problems year after year.” said Emery.
Emery said his attorney, Suzanne Coe plans to file suit against the city.
Coe said,”We’ll be filing a suit for injunctive relief to try to stop these laws, the sad thing is that these laws are so problematic and hodgepodge that you know it almost looks like they weren’t really though out and they’re going to be very damaging to the businesses and just make no sense so we’re going to have to do something to save the business interest.”
Mayor John Rhodes told News13, "City council's looked at all the ramifications that could come about from these ordinances and we understand there's going to be legal actions taken on some of them and some of them there won't be, we understand that and we're willing to go forward.”
Coe said she will likely file suit sometime on Wednesday.
Count on News13 to keep you covered as this story develops.
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