By Rich Pollack
Boaters will be less likely to have an encounter with law enforcement come July as the result of Florida’s new Boater Freedom Act.
Currently law enforcement officers can stop boats to conduct safety and marine sanitation inspections w
By Mary Hladky
The city has received engineering firm reports on the first group of buildings required to undergo safety inspections under an ordinance enacted two months after the 2021 collapse of a Surfside condominium.
The 14 buildings, all located
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton’s building certification program has launched, with the city sending out in late January the first notices to owners that their buildings must be inspected.
The city enacted an ordinance in August requiring safety inspections
By Rich Pollack
Armed with newly minted building recertification requirements drafted following the collapse of Surfside’s Champlain Towers South, Highland Beach’s building department has begun notifying a handful of condominium associations and othe
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach commissioners have revised a proposed ordinance requiring building recertifications to put more responsibility for how inspections are done onto the shoulders of condo boards.
Under an updated draft ordinance — tentati
A1A is lined with buildings in Boca Raton, where 77% of barrier island condos are 40 years or older. Google Maps
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton is the first city in Palm Beach County to enact an ordinance requiring buildings to be inspected to determin
The town of Highland Beach (above) believes not all municipalities have the same concerns regarding condo inspections. An analysis of Palm Beach County property records shows about 74 condos and co-ops along the town's 3-mile-long stretch of the barr
Condos line the beach in Highland Beach. An analysis done by The Coastal Star of Palm Beach County property records shows 74 condos or co-ops located in Highland Beach. Of these, 38 were built prior to 1982. Google Maps
By Rich Pollack
Hoping to ensu
