Building Department Closure.

This e-mail is through the City's Tropic Mail:

The Building Department will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday, May 28th and May 29th, from 8:00 a.m. to noon for training.

I have heard from a reliable source that this is to review all recent (not sure what the time limit is) sign permits issued by the City's Building Department. There are apparently a number of sign permits in the system, including the one below related to Kilwin's, that have run afoul of Marc LaFerrier's interpretation of the sign code.


I hear that if any were found to be issued by the City, reviewed and stamped approved, even installed and successfully inspected, that don't meet the Code as interpreted, they will be cited by Code Enforcement and made to remove/correct the problem at their expense. This will also be done at the expense of processing current building permits for the general public and further burden our Code Enforcement department.

So, if you have had a sign permit approved recently, BEWARE!

Time to follow-up on the Mayor's campaign promise to call him if you have a problem with City Hall. Let me know how that goes.