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Sarasota News Leader December 14, 2012 Page 35 are $274 for up to two tables and $25 for each Both organizations tax businesses in their aradditional table on the city-owned sidewalk. eas, then provide improvements. One of those Ritz and Rappaport���s tour turned up problems, services is regular sidewalk cleaning. Over especially with overhanging umbrellas. time, representatives of the two organizations ���They���re at eye level,��� said Ritz. ���If you are report, they have found that the sidewalks by walking and talking to a friend, it would be caf��s require the most cleaning of any areas. easy to get jabbed in the eye.��� Ritz and Rappaport say they would like to In addition to the umbrellas, the tables and convince caf�� operators to comply with exchairs are slowly inching into the walkway, isting regulations instead of opting to receive the men indicated. citations from the city���s code enforcement of���I had trouble with seating in the walking area,��� said Rappaport. ���We need regulations ficers for impeding traffic and blocking sidewalks. % to make it safer and easier to implement.��� Business organization representatives on St. Armands and in downtown Sarasota do not want pedestrian traffic to be impeded by umbrellas over caf�� tables. Photo by Norman Schimmel