Owner Phaedra Lee said she was surprised when Daytona Beach police swarmed in last Wednesday to order her to remove her outdoor stage, tents, tables, seating and merchandise displays. They gave us one hour to remove everything, all under the pretense of not being allowed (in) the Bike Week Master Plan. We were not allowed to be included, she said.
Lee said she is being unfairly singled out. But the city cited Main Street Station during last year s Bike Week for failing to comply with an order for all outdoor music, vending and bars to cease on the final weekend of the event because of COVID-19. The business was fined and barred from having any outdoor activities during this year s Bike Week.
Burck was arrested by Daytona Beach police officers on Saturday afternoon near the 800 block of Main Street, where he had been posing for pictures with Bike Week visitors and bystanders. It’s a shtick that he has been presenting at Bike Week, virtually without incident, for 21 years, he said.
On Saturday, however, Burck was charged with violating the city s new ordinance on panhandling and resisting an officer without violence. In making the arrest, officers broke the headstock of the performer’s red, white and blue acoustic guitar.
The ordinance, among other things, make it illegal for anyone to panhandle within 10 feet of the door of any commercial business. But Burck insists he doesn t panhandle; rather, he s a street entertainer.
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