Saturday, August 3, 2013

WPEC-TV CBS12 News :: News - Palm Beach County News - Lake Worth group petitioning to put a ceiling on building height

FireAnt quoted from last July. Click title for link to article.
Steve Ellman, a freelance writer, isn't getting paid a nickel for this. But the Lake Worth resident says he feels like he's got to do something.
Steve Ellman: We're gathering signatures for a petition to put a referendum on the ballot in the fall.
Ellman is a volunteer for a group called Respectful Planning Lake Worth. The group wants to get 1,500 signatures to clear the way for a ballot issue in November, so that voters can decide if they want to put a height limit on buildings.
Steve Ellman: I think Lake Worth has a special character and a special flavor and I think that would best be preserved by limiting the vertical development in the downtown corridor.
Mulvehill is quoted too, saying that all you would see is shadows in the downtown.
 Suzanne Mulvehill, Lake Worth commission: You really wouldn't get to see the sky, and you'd see a lot of shadows, which it changes the whole character of your downtown.
Funny, I thought most of this group liked the shadows.