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Sarasota News Leader November 22, 2013 Page 27 would like to have the comprehensive plan The owner of Louies Modern restaurant on the and zoning text amendments in place by next first floor of the relatively new Palm Avenue summer," according to a staff memo. parking garage asked the city to postpone the date when it would start charging people to Unless Rosalyne backs off, we will be hearpark in the garage until after the end of the ing more about this item in the next several tourist season. months. The desired zoning would be the most intense in city history. The city has been running a half-million-dollar deficit in its Parking Department budget STUCK ON PARKING since the city commissioners uninstalled Parking is a live wire for city commissioners. their newly installed parking meters after a It seems every time they touch it, somebody few downtown merchants showed up at a gets shocked. At Monday's meeting, the commission meeting with paper bags over "shockee" was Parking Director Mark Lyons. their heads. The Palm Avenue garage is one of several parking facilities in downtown Sarasota. Photo by Norman Schimmel