Code Enforcement coming down hard on local businesses
Local businesses say code enforcement is coming down hard on them, and they're trying to understand why.
Over the last few months, business owners in the city of Lake Worth Beach say they're noticing more and more code citations for things that were never an issue in the past.
Thomas Conboy, with South Florida Engineering and Consulting, said that for him, it started with someone reporting him for not renewing his business license. "When the code enforcement officer showed up, he wrote me several additional violations. One of them was that the grass was too long," Conboy said. He maintains that it wasn't the case.
Conboy isn't alone.
Missy Vitone with Trashe Vintage said they were recently issued roughly 12 citations.
"The 12-foot skeleton had been up for over three years with no issues, then suddenly, after an unrelated situation, we were hit with multiple violations, including being told we needed a sculpture permit," she said.
The Mayor and Commissioner Christopher McVoy are looking into the various complaints as they do not want to drive businesses away.
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The City needs revenue and they're going where the money is. With Conboy there could be a shade of politics involved.
