Sarasota News Leader
June 28, 2013
Page 88
Siesta Seen
UPDATE ON PROPOSED
SKOD CHANGES
Patterson added that their initiative is a topic
all the original SKOD stakeholders might want
to address. She had given the subcommittee
In her June 25 email to Shay, Patterson also
members the contact information for the SKA,
provided an update on the efforts of a group
she noted, so it would have a chance to disof Village merchants who want to change the
cuss the proposal.
Siesta Key Overlay District ordinance (SKOD)
to allow them more latitude in displaying mer- FIREWORKS!
chandise outside their shops.
It is not too late to purchase VIP tickets for
After complaints were aired at length during the July Fourth picnic and fireworks show on
the June 4 SKVA meeting, some of the mer- Siesta Public Beach.
chants created a subcommittee — at the suggestion of SKVA officers — to delve into the The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce is sellrd
issue. They had visited Patterson, she wrote ing the tickets for the 23 annual July Fourth
Fireworks Extravaganza.
Shay, to discuss their frustrations.
Martha Smith, owner of Le Grand Bisou Caribbean Boutique on Ocean Boulevard is among the merchants working to amend the code governing Village businesses. File photo
