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Sarasota News Leader November 1, 2013 Page 60 In other words, the company will take the $1,008 and pay $200 of it to file the two permits, with the remainder going to cover chatting with state regulators. Police Department — could have resulted in thousands of arrests for violations of the open container ordinance, had police been eager to enforce it. OPEN CONTAINERS AND HOUSE REHAB The new ordinance removes the park exemption and contains a couple of new definitions. Only one public hearing is scheduled for the evening session of the City Commission meeting. It is designed to clean up language in the ordinance regulating open containers of alcohol. Unless the alcohol is being consumed at a city-approved event, it is illegal to drink it in a public place. Under "New Business," the commission is being asked to sell a lot at 2435 Browning St. to Habitat for Humanity. The organization will pay $16,600 for the property seized by the city for code violations. However, the way the current ordinance is written, if the city sanctions an event with alcohol in a park, it is still illegal to drink it. Thus, the recent Pumpkin Festival in Payne Park —across the street from the Sarasota The sale history of the vacant lot shows the rocket-like trajectory of property values over the past 15 years. In 1999, the lot sold for $38,000. Four years later, the price was $115,000. It is currently assessed for tax purposes at $41,000, up from $26,400 last year. The city plans to sell a vacant Browning Street lot to Habitat for Humanity. Photo by Stan Zimmerman