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Sarasota News Leader September 20, 2013 Another possible change to the architectural design is the need for windows at the end of hotel and condo corridors on the U.S. 41 side that will be large enough to handle evacuation via fire trucks in case of disaster. Another fire-truck issue is the grade of the driveway to the entrance. At one point it is 8 degrees, which is marginal for the bigger rigs. These and other issues on those 12 pages will be ironed out over the coming months. And when all is done, there will be a community meeting to allow the public to examine the final plans. Page 10 called "galleries") that would jut out from the second floor of the old Patrick's building on Five Points, at 1400 Main St. The proposal has a distinct French Quarter air. The construction requires a "major encroachment" under city zoning and building rules, which can be granted only by the City Commission. Therefore, Brown pulled his plans from the DRC agenda and will ask the commission directly for permission to create the design he and his architect have in mind. If the commission gives its approval, Brown 'BIG EASY' BALCONY will return to the DRC to seek its OK of his DISCUSSION DEFERRED plans and engineering drawings. Meanwhile, Also on the DRC agenda this week — but Brown has purchased the adjacent property pulled off — was businessman Chris Brown's at 1410 Main St. He paid $1.35 million for that plan for wrought-iron balconies (technically property. % Bruce Franklin, representative of the developer of the Gulfstream hotel/condo project, notes details in documents at the city's Development Review Committee meeting this week. Photo by Stan Zimmerman