THE PROPOSED OUTDOOR DISPLAY ORDINANCE HAS BEGUN
MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE COUNTY PROCESS; THE TEMPORARY
USE PERMIT PROVISION WINS ITS EXTENDED SUNSET DATE; AND
ROUNDABOUT WORRIES LINGER
By Rachel Brown Hackney
Editor
Siesta Seen
SIESTA SEEN
Siesta Public Beach remains popular with people of all ages, with many families visible year-round.
Photo by Rachel Hackney
The county Zoning Administration Office
has started the process that will deter-
mine whether a revised Siesta Key Overlay
District (SKOD) ordinance will be approved,
allowing some types of outdoor retail and
rental displays.
That was the news this week from Donna
Thompson, assistant county zoning adminis-
trator. She received the paperwork last week
from the Siesta committee that has worked
on the proposed changes, she told me on May
19. She put the material in draft ordinance
form and sent it to the Office of the County
Attorney for review, she added.
After that office has signed off on it, Thompson
said, she will schedule the matter for a meet-
ing of the county Planning Commission.
However, because agendas are so tight right
now for the County Commission, Thompson
