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Additionally, a business would have to pay $25 when submitting the application for outdoor displays. He fashioned the permit process after the City of Sarasota's sidewalk café revocable provisional use application, Smith noted. A retail business also would have to show that handicapped people would have clear access to the front door and that the area from the parking spaces to the front door would be clear. Further, if the business is in a plaza, it would not be able to block its neighbors through use of outdoor display space. A Code Enforcement officer would be able to call up a business' site plan on a laptop computer and check that the establishment was in compliance, Smith added. If the busi- ness owners are "not playing by the rules, they lose the permit and are no longer able to display outside." THE PARAMETERS Committee member Rick Lizotte, owner of Comfort Shoes in Siesta Village, said of the new SKOD draft, "I kept trying to keep it to two sentences, but the county doesn't like that." Still, Lizotte said, the latest version is only about two pages. County staff members have suggested they might propose that it be put into effect for the entire county, he added. Past Siesta Key Village Association (SKVA) President Russell Matthes (left) and SKVA Treasurer Roz Hyman (right) listen as President Cheryl Gaddie makes a point during the Feb. 4 meeting. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader February 7, 2014 Page 66