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Sarasota News Leader September 27, 2013 Page 111 Siesta Seen The writer emailed Patterson on Sept. 19 to say he had learned for a fact that the plans for the former Napoli's site does include the apartments. "The concern is that once this is approved, every building owner in the Village will want approval to put condos or apartments above the retail space they currently have which will dramatically change the cute little fun village that draws so many people to our area," the man wrote. The apartments would be about 500 square feet each, he said, and they could be rented for no longer than 30 days at a time, according to the county code for short-term rentals. The apartments will be like hotel/motel units with kitchenettes, he added. "I just think it's a neat idea, right in the heart of Siesta Village," to provide transient accommodations, Smith noted. "It's not unprecedented," he added, pointing out that residential units also are above Big Olaf's ice cream Patterson forwarded the email to Assistant shop and Beach Bazaar in the Village. County Administrator Mark Cunningham, reAfter all, Smith continued, the idea of living questing that he verify for her what the zoning above shops "goes back to the founding of the code will allow on that site. country." Smith told me he has not read that email As for Gidget's — the retail shop with more exchange. upscale gifts and clothing than the typical Workers began pulling down the Napoli's structure on Aug. 6. File photo