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Sarasota News Leader May 10, 2013 Page 39 Twenty people came up to address the com- TWEAKING THE RULES mission on the NTOD plan, pro and con. Several spoke in favor of the effort but said it was Under New Business as the hour turned late, Commissioner Shannon Snyder complained a stopgap measure at best. about how the board was conducting its busi"The overlay is a patch," said Johanes Werner. ness. "I'm in favor of form-based codes — one set "The Chalk Festival should never have come of rules for a developer." before us like this. It should have been a preThe NTOD provides a small incentive for exsentation only," he said. (See the related story tra density, but it demands tighter controls on in this issue.) "And Mr. [Deputy City Manager other issues such as setbacks and sidewalks. The city commissioners agreed the NTOD was Marlon] Brown asked to set up a workshop. But under our rules only the mayor or two only one step forward. commissioners can do that." "This is just the beginning. I hope we do this pretty quickly and start looking at form-based "At some point we need to take control of this," said Snyder. "We need to be in charge codes," said Mayor Suzanne Atwell. Issues remain unresolved in regard to the city's plan to sell property on the northwest corner of Fruitville and Beneva roads to Benderson Development Co. File photo