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Sarasota News Leader March 22, 2013 Page 32 commissioners scrapped the idea of an ad hoc ings on the noise ordinance and had spoken committee and told City Attorney Bob Fourni- forcefully about their perceptions. er to review the record of the matter to date. Fanning represents the Downtown Sarasota Condominium Association. He spoke the day AD HOC OR after Monday���s City Commission meeting ��� AX-GRINDING COMMITTEE? March 19 ��� to the Downtown Improvement Following discussion at the March 4 City Com- District board members. mission meeting, City Manager Tom Barwin ���Last night���s decision only delays the solution said, ���We have the message on enforcement. to the problem and will frustrate musicians, We���ll report back on that. With all the research residents and law enforcement personnel,��� he and interest, I���d suggest an ad hoc committee said. ���Let���s get a resolution to this problem and perhaps retain a consultant. They would that is giving our residents so much angst.��� come back in 90 or 100 days with a list of opAt present, two city regulations control outtions.��� door sound. One, part of the zoning ordinance, He promised to bring back recommendations bans amplified sound of any sort; the city has on March 18. suspended enforcement of that under threat When he did, they were shot down. Barwin of a constitutional legal challenge. recommended five people for the committee: Mort Siegal, Rich Swier Jr., Peter Fanning, Jill Kaplan and Jay Sparr. At least four had participated in Caragiulo���s two town hall-style meet- The second regulation is the Sound Control Ordinance ��� the so-called ���noise ordinance��� ��� which regulates the loudness to a 75-decibel maximum and stipulates the hours when (From left) City Commissioners Shannon Snyder, Willie Shaw, Terry Turner and Paul Caragiulo watch a special presentation early this year at a regular meeting. Photo by Norman Schimmel