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Sarasota News Leader December 6, 2013 Toomey told SKVA members this week that the draft changes to the SKOD would not be "too far away from what Kevin [Cooper] proposed initially." During June, Cooper, then executive director of the Siesta Chamber, completed a proposed revision of the outdoor display section of the SKOD after researching practices in other Florida resort communities. However, Commissioner Nora Patterson, who lives on the island, has told SKA members and The Sarasota News Leader that she felt Cooper's draft was too lenient. Page 59 or against a single building wall, or storefront, of the responsible business," and it could not extend further than 6 feet from that wall or storefront except by virtue of the special exception process. No tents or canopies would be allowed over the display area. Referring to Cooper's proposal, Toomey told SKVA members on Dec. 3, "It's very detailed, like maybe a lawyer wrote that." Therefore, he was hoping someone would be willing to volunteer to work with the committee members to craft the final document so it included That proposal restricted the outdoor display more specificity. area to 6 feet "above finished grade unless a greater height is permitted through the spe- Gaddie responded that county staff will put cial exception process." Further, the display such finishing touches on the document "once area would be "located only adjacent to and/ you have a proposal that seems feasible." Mannequins stood outside Le Grand Bisou in early October after Code Enforcement staff members were advised by the county zoning office not to enforce the outdoor display ban until island organizations had worked through a proposal to change the zoning code. File photo