Mayor against staffers handling code enforcement — Ocean Ridge Mayor Geoff Pugh warned that the town does not want unauthorized staffers acting like code enforcement officers — especially when it comes to ticky-tacky potential violations like a littl
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Missing and broken windows and doors on the second floor are among violations at the home on Coconut Lane. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By John Pacenti
Ocean Ridge commissioners, in a particularly ornery mood at their Dec. 9 meeting, rejected the to
Delray Beach will start imposing fines Nov. 1 for previously unenforced infractions like taking your dog to the beach, or setting your trash out at the curb on the wrong day. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
New citation plan will generate fines for mult
By Rich Pollack
Hoping to streamline the code enforcement hearing process and ensure cases can be heard in a timely manner, Highland Beach commissioners last month approved a two-tiered system utilizing a magistrate for complex violation cases and a
The roof of this home on Harbour Drive North has been in need of repair for years. Coastal Star photo
By Anne Geggis
A house in disrepair — for years now — is among the reasons that Ocean Ridge town leaders plan to consider dedicating a new position
By Joe Capozzi
Town commissioners have endorsed a plan to enhance Ocean Ridge’s code enforcement procedures with a new approach aimed at encouraging voluntary compliance with the town code.
If the measure is passed on second reading in early 2022, t
By Steve Plunkett
The neighbor of the Place Au Soleil eyesore that racked up $1.89 million in code enforcement fines is buying the property with plans to tear down the house and build a larger home on adjoining lots.
Gulf Stream commissioners in Augu
Officials hope to raze this Place Au Soleil house and sell the land. Photo by Town of Gulf Stream
By Steve Plunkett
A Place Au Soleil house that rang up $1.89 million in code enforcement violations over the past 10 years is now the target of a forec
By Sallie James
Noisy renters beware: Boca Raton is considering a new code enforcement tactic that would allow violators to be fined on the spot.
“Direct ticketing” is an alternative city officials say would produce instant results. The current
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes moved closer to finding a way to resolve nagging disputes over code violations when the Town Council voted Oct. 26 to use either a special magistrate or a citizens enforcement board to hear residents’ cases.
The dec
By Rich Pollack
It has taken more than a year, but Highland Beach finally ended its search for a full-time code compliance officer.
Not everyone on the Town Commission, however, agrees with how the decision to end the search was made.
In a
By Steve Plunkett
Two months after he bought his $1.6 million waterfront home on a canal west of the Intracoastal Waterway, Jason Pepitone got a letter from Boca Raton code enforcement.
An outdoor kitchen in the corner of his back yard was
By Steve Plunkett
Perhaps the timing was wrong.
Heirs to Marco Musa Holdings Ltd. asked the town to reduce a $47,000 code enforcement fine the same month commissioners moved to resurrect the Code Enforcement Board.
At issue was the oceanfront resid
