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Sarasota News Leader February 22, 2013 Page 117 Siesta Seen Patterson reminded the SKVA members that that Sheriff���s deputies should be present as although pleas were made last summer for well as business owners and Code Enforcenew full-time Code Enforcement staff, ���the ment staff. commission didn���t want to pay for that.��� Deputies have to deal with illegal soliciting The result, she continued, was that the com- for business and transactions conducted on mission approved funding for 15 hours of rights of way, he noted. overtime for an officer each week to deal Referring to the code, Matthes said, ���It���s quite with violations that occur after normal working hours. ���That���s probably not going to do it,��� complex. There are so many different rules Patterson said of the part-time help. ���It���s not and regulations in the overlay district.��� just the Key��� where complaints are registered, Speaking to Patterson, he continued, ���If you she added. Violations occur all over the coun- come out here at 6 o���clock at night, you���ll be ty, she noted. amazed at the violations.��� ���You don���t want the Gestapo,��� Patterson con- When Patterson expressed concern about tinued. On the other hand, she added, the code whether the seminar would draw a significant should be enforced fairly. number of business owners, Matthes replied, ���We do want to keep our Village nice,��� SKVA ���I think you would certainly be surprised at how many people will come.��� President Russell Matthes said. Patterson suggested the SKVA members also think about whether aspects of the code for the overlay district should be simplified. ���If there are some things in there that are really unnecessarily complex, that could be brought ���When the cat���s away, the mice will play,��� Mat- out in your own meetings,��� Patterson said, thes pointed out. then the SKVA members could raise those Sarasota County Sheriff���s Deputy Chris Mc- points with county staff. Gregor told the SKVA members he tries to edPatterson added, ���As a body, you all are more ucate new business owners about the county effective than just one commissioner.��� code when he sees violations in the Village. ���The last thing I want to do is write a business Matthes responded that SKVA board members a citation,��� McGregor said. The idea of holding might be able to come up with some proposed a seminar, he added, is ���a great idea,��� noting changes before the seminar is held. With Code Enforcement Officer John Lally having been out of work over recent weeks because of health problems, Matthes said, problems in the Village have multiplied.