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Sarasota News Leader March 15, 2013 Page 49 garding the Terrace buildings and Blasé Café, Burns noted, "What we have here is just an unfortunate coincidence, and that's why these [Terrace] buildings are the primary complainants." Burns added that he and van Roekens would set a date for a follow-up test of the noise levels to make sure the change in the restaurant's speaker orientation had ameliorated the problem. SKA President Catherine Luckner told Burns, "Your doing that study is really helpful." She added, "Some of our folks who have been working on this noise issue feel some vindication …" A Google Map shows the location of Blasé Café at 5236 Ocean Blvd. in Siesta Village. Image courtesy Google Maps Many times, Luckner pointed out, when SKA board members complained about noise that allow them to provide music later than problems in Siesta Village, the responses the 10 p.m. cutoff that is part of the current they heard were "You don't like the music" or Noise Ordinance: The Hub Baja Grill, Siesta "You're just getting old." Key Oyster Bar and the Speakeasy (which "In the end," Luckner said, "it is in the ear of was transformed a couple of years ago into the Daiquiri Deck Raw Bar). the beholder …" RULES AND EXCEPTIONS Burns' presentation came amid almost 75 minutes of discussion about the county's Noise Ordinance and its Air and Sound Pollution Ordinance, which were set to sunset in November 2012. The County Commission extended the date to Nov. 18 of this year, to enable community groups and businesses to offer suggestions about any changes, Assistant Zoning Administrator Donna Thompson explained to the SKA members. To obtain a special exception, Thompson continued, a business owner has to hold a neighborhood meeting about his plan and go through two public hearings — one before the Sarasota County Planning Commission and a second before the County Commission. When SKA member Bob Luckner asked whether the public hearing stipulation applies to lawsuit settlements, Thompson told him, "That, I do not know." Luckner pointed out that when the county Last fall, the county commissioners discussed settled a lawsuit with Chris Brown, owner of whether the Noise Ordinance should become The Hub, in 2009, one element of the agreepart of the zoning code. ment affirmed Brown's special music excepThompson pointed out that three business- tion. It allows him to provide live music until es in Siesta Village have special exceptions 1:30 a.m. seven days a week. (The sound level