Sarasota News Leader

11/08/2013

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Sarasota News Leader November 8, 2013 Page 124 Siesta Seen The Siesta Key Association (SKA) and the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce are collaborating with the SKVA on this session, SKVA President Cheryl Gaddie told the approximately 20 people gathered at her organization's monthly meeting on Nov. 5. cited them for outdoor merchandise displays, which the SKOD does not permit. A couple of those merchants — Martha Smith of Le Grand Bisou Caribbean Boutique and James Ritter of Siesta Key Outfitters — both on Ocean Boulevard in the heart of Siesta Village — showed up at the June SKVA meetThe first meeting on the SKOD, conducted ing to complain about the drastic drops in by county staff on May 21, was organized to sales they had experienced as a result of losing educate business owners and managers — the ability to utilize those outdoor displays. especially new ones — what the ordinance does and does not allow. In its aftermath, During the Nov. 5 meeting, Gaddie referseveral business owners complained that enced the misunderstandings about what the Sarasota County Code Enforcement staff had SKOD allows. "Unfortunately, we don't have Mannequins stand just beyond the door of Le Grand Bisou in Siesta Village on the evening of Oct. 3. In spite of past county Code Enforcement citations, some businesses still are displaying their wares outside. Photo by Rachel Hackney

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