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Siesta Seen and people are flouting them, I don't follow that gray area that says, 'We shouldn't allow it, [but], well, we need the parking, so we'll allow it." When Shay then pointed out that a "For Lease" sign stands in front of the commercial property on Midnight Pass Road referenced earlier, Lally explained that a business is in operation on the upper floor of the struc- ture, adding that he thinks its management has been selling parking spaces in that lot for the past several years. However, the business must have paid the $140 fee for a CO to charge for parking there, he continued, and it must have submitted a plan that received county approval. He would check on the situation, he added. Nonetheless, he said, "It's better than parking in the neighborhoods." Patterson concurred that the business own- ers would need to conform to policy, "but they can legally [charge for parking there by complying with county regulations]." Lally then pointed out that establishments with parking spaces also can apply for Temporary Certificates of Occupancy to enable them to charge for parking. For example, he said, St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, located north of St. Boniface on Midnight Pass Road, could seek county approval to Deputy Chris McGregor speaks to members of the Siesta Key Association on June 5. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader June 13, 2014 Page 75