Siesta Seen
many years, and he has been a longtime leader
of the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce.)
Replying to another question, Smith explained
that county staff is working on a bid for gar-
bage pick-up in Siesta Village for about two
weeks, between the end of the Championship
contract and the anticipated approval of the
Buccaneer bid.
"The landscaping portion [of the upkeep],
trimming, that type thing, won't hap -
pen, most likely, during this time period,"
Smith explained.
162 BEACH ROAD
Ninety minutes after the 8:30 a.m. start of the
SKVA meeting, a mediation session had been
planned regarding the County Commission's
second denial in two years of a couple's peti-
tion to construct a home completely seaward
of the county's Gulf Beach Setback Line
(GBSL).
On May 21, Ronald and Sania Allen, owners of
the parcel at 162 Beach Road, filed a Request
for Relief with the county, acting under a
Florida Statute known as the Florida Land
'We're still pretty busy with crowds at the beach,' Deputy Chris McGregor reported to the Siesta Key
Village Association on Aug. 5, as evidenced by beach-goers getting gear together later that morning in
the beach parking lot. Photo by Rachel Hackney
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