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Sarasota News Leader July 19, 2013 Siegel has a practice called State Street Spine located at 1379 McAnsh Square in downtown Sarasota, according to www.sarasotafloridachiropractors.com. The website also says he has been a chiropractic physician since 1998, having completed his doctorate in chiropractic medicine at Life University in Marietta, GA, in the spring of 1996. Siegel recently applied for a homestead exemption for the house, according to county staff emails provided to The Sarasota News Leader through a public records request. Email exchanges show a Code Enforcement officer notified the Property Appraiser's Office that the house is used as a rental property. TWO ISSUES Page 13 However, contrary to code, the storage area was converted to a sleeping and living area with bathrooms and a laundry room. The required flood openings were sealed, says a report written on Jan. 14 of this year by Martin Duran, a Sarasota County Code Enforcement Officer. A Notice of Violation and Order to Correct Violation issued by the county on Nov. 30, 2012 points out that in the flood zone where the house is located, "enclosed areas below the lowest floor shall be used solely for the parking of vehicles, building access or limited storage. And such areas shall be designed and constructed to automatically equalize flood hydrostatic focus on exterior and interior walls by allowing for the entry and exit of floodwater." The county Code Enforcement cases revolve around two issues: construction that does not comply with the building code and the violation of FEMA regulations. A Special Magistrate issued an Order to Correct and Notice of Penalty Hearing Form to Siesta Resorts LLC on March 22 of this year, detailing the violations of FEMA regulations. With no response from the Daniels Firm or County documents show that Siegel submit- Siegel, the case proceeded to the Special Magted an application on Dec. 27, 2010 for con- istrate hearing on June 14, when the penalty struction on the site with an estimated total order imposing a fine was issued. cost of $94,000. Regarding the building violations: Code EnA Sarasota County permit was issued on Jan. forcement Officer Lally issued an Affidavit of 14, 2011 for the installation of "a single-family Violation on March 25 of this year, providing manufactured home" on the parcel. That per- details about the residential alterations undermit included a FEMA Flood Insurance Pro- taken without a permit, including electrical, gram Elevation Certificate and Instructions. plumbing and ductwork. To comply with flood zone rules, "the structure was elevated over [an] open unfinished storage enclosure of flood resistant materials and with flood openings," county records show. The Special Magistrate on June 14 then issued the penalty order imposing the fine in that case. The Daniels Law Firm did not respond to messages left by the News Leader this week. %