By Mary Hladky
Mark Stahlbaum has a pigeon problem.
His neighbor feeds pigeons. The free meals draw ever more pigeons and they now number about 165. They poop on his house and cars, cause damage and create a smelly mess.
“I am horrified by what I hav
By Mary Hladky
The City Council has shot down an ordinance proposed by Deputy Mayor Andrea O’Rourke that was aimed at preventing controversies like the one that enveloped a planned automated parking garage in the downtown.
The ordinance would have est
By Rich Pollack
Sea turtle hatchlings in Highland Beach may soon have an easier time waddling their way to the ocean if a draft ordinance introduced last month becomes a reality.
The proposed ordinance focuses primarily on reducing bright lighting fa
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
By Rich Pollack
Delray Beach police officers and other city staff members will spend much of the next six months ironing out the processes needed to implement a new panhandling ordinance while also communicating the specifics to people who may unknow
By Dan Moffett
After months of debate and deliberation, Ocean Ridge has a new ordinance in place that it hopes will regulate homeowners’ installation of storage sheds and quiet disputes among neighbors.
The ordinance, which the Town Commission passed
By Mary Hladky
After at least five years of on-again, off-again effort, the City Council has repealed the city’s ordinance regulating signs and replaced it with a new one.
The new sign code, approved unanimously on May 27, is intended to streamline by
By Dan Moffett
Don MaGruder’s last night as an Ocean Ridge commissioner appears likely to have a lasting impact on the town’s future. Or anyway, an impact on its lawns.
MaGruder cast the final and deciding vote that approved by a 3-2 margin an ordina
By Dan Moffett
Dog owners who take their pets to South Palm Beach for a stroll in the surf should be prepared to pay up to $250 for repeat violations of a town ordinance.
The town doesn’t allow dogs on its public beach and last month approved levying
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach Town Council members have given unanimous preliminary approval to an ordinance that will allow police to cite and fine dog owners who take their pets on the beach.
The town already has on its books an ordinance that pr
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 Dan Moffett
Nobody will confuse Manalapan with Hollywood when it comes to movie and video production.
The town’s last brush with show biz came in 2014 when the reluctantly remembered rapper Vanilla Ice, aka Robert Van Winkle, announced pl
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners have given preliminary approval to an ordinance that authorizes the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission to review developments and consider architectural design and compatibility with neighborhoods.
Th
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a group seeking to invalidate an ordinance that reserves city-owned land along the Intracoastal Waterway for public uses only.
The suit by ForBoca.org Inc., whose leader is
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town commissioners will be spreading the word about the need to keep balloons and other debris off beaches, but stopped short of creating an ordinance similar to one implemented by Lantana that bans balloons.
The
Delray Beach code enforcement officers Joe Lucarelli (left) and Robenson Dejardian (blue shirt in rear)
walk with beach visitors accompanied by their service dog. The visitors — who declined to be identified —
are permitted to bring their service dog
By Rich Pollack
Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies and local law enforcement officers now have the ability to ban individuals who violate state laws or local ordinances in a county park from visiting that park again. And some repeat offenders co
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes council members unanimously voted preliminary approval for an ordinance that would restrict truck traffic on town streets.
Now the council will have to try to figure out how to enforce it.
The ordinance prohibits
By Sallie James
Height is hot. At least talking about it is in Boca Raton.
That’s why council members plan to discuss later this month an ordinance that would limit building heights in areas zoned local business and multifamily residential.
