Carlos Ber’s sports bar-style lounge on Military Trail east of Town Center Mall has operated as a late-night destination for nearly 30 years — long before Boca Raton annexed that portion of the city from Palm Beach County.

That’s the reason Ber’s lounge Nippers can sell alcohol until 5 a.m., unlike Boca Raton’s other businesses.

But if a proposed ordinance is successful, Nippers — along with any other city businesses that sell alcohol past 2 a.m. — will have to scale back its last call.

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"(Nippers) wouldn’t survive," Ber said. " I would shut down."

The ordinance will be introduced at the request of Mayor Susan Haynie at Tuesday’s city council meeting.

Most businesses in Boca Raton are already restricted from selling alcohol between the hours of 2-7 a.m.

But at least two Boca businesses — Nippers and Blue Martini Lounge in the Town Center plaza — opened outside city limits before Boca Raton annexed western land in 2003. Those businesses were given permission to operate under Palm Beach County’s rules, which allow the sale of alcohol until 5 a.m.

Haynie requested the ordinance after reports of excessive noise and crime from neighbors and police.

"They’ve had terrible noise complaints," Haynie said. "There have been assaults, multiple DUIs, fighting … Our police are very supportive of maintaining our 2 a.m. restriction."

It isn’t clear how many businesses in Boca Raton sell alcohol past 2 a.m., but any businesses on land annexed by the city in the future would have to comply with city regulations.

The 2-7 a.m. ban is the norm in many municipalities in the county, including neighboring Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and Lake Worth. West Palm Beach allows establishments to serve alcohol until 3 a.m.

The ordinance that Boca Raton will consider specifies "public health, welfare, safety and convenience" as reasons for restricting the alcohol-sale hours.

It’s a battle Ber says he’s had with the city countless times.

"It seems like every year someone suggests this," he said. "But nothing happens."

Should it be successful this time, however, it would be detrimental to his business, he said. Nippers and Blue Martini would have to stop selling alcohol after 2 a.m. within 120 days of the ordinance passing.

"I’ve been here for almost 30 years, so it’s very unfair. My people would have to lose their jobs and I would lose my business," said Ber, who has 15 employees.

Haynie anticipates Nippers and Blue Martini management will voice concerns at Tuesday’s meeting, in which the ordinance will simply be introduced, followed by a vote at a later meeting.

"I’m certain that both establishments will contact us and express concern, however this is the right thing to do," she said.

In 2010 and again in 2014, a few downtown Boca Raton businesses pointed to Nippers and Blue Martini to convince city officials to allow alcohol sales past 2 a.m. citywide, according to news reports at the time.

The efforts ultimately failed, with city leaders and police pointing to a potential increase in crime as a result of late-night partying.

Ten incidents have been reported at Blue Martini this year — including three batteries and two assaults on officers, according to Boca Raton Police. Four incidents were reported at Nippers in that time frame, none violent.

Ber worries crime will spike if the ban does go through.

"If people want to drink, they will drink," he said. "You’re just making them drive farther to do it. And now you have to worry about them drunk driving back home to Boca Raton."