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Sarasota News Leader September 20, 2013 Page 13 land, Paizes said on Sept. 17, "I have no idea Safety Inspector Katelyn Qualey that when right now." Jones and her family members arrived at the house, "[W]e were concerned about the safeOn July 9, County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh ty of all, but particularly families with babies won approval from the County Commission staying in the lower level. None of the six to file a civil complaint against the owners of rooms in the basement, billed as bedrooms, the Sabal Drive house because features of the had windows, egress or sprinkler systems. For structure violate facets of both the county's the entire space, there was only one door for building code and Federal Emergency Manegress and a plate glass window in the 'kitchagement Act (FEMA) regulations for conen' which would need to be broken in the struction in a flood zone. event of a fire blocking the other door." After a tourist renting the house notified counWith no response from the owner or the attorty staff in November 2012 about her concerns ney listed as the owner's agent, Code Enforcethat it was a firetrap, Code Enforcement staff ment brought the two matters before a Special cited the owner, Siesta Resorts LLC, for mulMagistrate in June. Those hearings resulted tiple violations. in the imposition of a fine of $250 per day in Julie Miller Jones of Arden Hills, MN, wrote in each case for the first day of noncompliance, a formal statement for Sarasota County Fire with the fine going up to $500 a day for each An aerial view shows the location of the Sabal Drive house near Old Stickney Point Road (upper left) on Siesta Key. Image from Google Maps