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Sarasota News Leader April 12, 2013 Page 35 walk cafés, public beaches, sporting facilities evening session, they will hold a public hearor within 20 feet of an ATM or entrance to a ing on the hike. bank. The amounts vary wildly for each type of business. A golf instructor would pay $38.80 anBUSINESS TAX JUMP PONDERED nually, while a dog track would pay $77.58 per With property tax revenue plummeting over day. the past five years, cities and counties have turned to other revenue sources. For the City A single newsstand on private property would of Sarasota, the old occupational licensing fee pay $51.20, while "carnivals, circuses and rodeos" would pay $127.22. Nonprofit, charitahas represented one pool. In 2006 the Florible and educational organizations are exempt da Legislature changed the fee's name to the from payments. Local Business Tax, and it approved a bill to allow cities to hike their rates 5 percent every ZTA IS NOT AN ACNE MEDICATION two years. A host of zoning text amendments is the subSo at the April 15 meeting, the city commis- ject of a public hearing in the evening. They sioners are poised to make the rates jump an- have been under development and study for other 5 percent for the next two years. In the more than a year. The City Commission on April 15 will address a new ordinance dealing with panhandling. Photo from dreamstime.com