This week’s Lake Worth Herald is out and there is very important LOCAL community news.

Do you recall last April here in the City of Lake Worth at a City Commission meeting when the inimitable Mary Lindsey said at public comment:


“Commissioner [Scott] Maxwell is 100% right. As a community we went through hell for 7½ years putting these LDRs [Land Development Regulations] together. A big part of the issue then [2010–2011] I see has continued and it’s lack of public notification.”


Well, guess what? There’s news! Please continue reading to learn more about the City Commission meeting coming up on July 17th when the LDRs will once again be a very important matter of discussion.

The Herald today is all LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL community news including recent and upcoming events and club meetings and so much more cool stuff!

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What are some of the news items in this week’s Herald? There is front page news about the new Quiet Zones on the Florida East Coast railroad tracks in Hypoluxo and Lantana, our fine neighbors to the south of L-Dub. Also on the front page is a “July 4th Blessing”, learn more about Wes Kain and the Little Free Library program, “About Town” on page 2 with the weekly list of club meetings and ongoing events, local elementary and Lake Worth High School news, there is another popular “Civil War Round Table” coming up at the Scottish Rite, an excellent article about LOCAL fishing from “Everglades Ernie”, learn more about vehicle tires from Jorge Goyanes’ “Car Clinic”, plenty of LOCAL business and community advertising, and don’t forget about the weekly musings of the pesky and pecking Pelican Pete too:


Finally! The 4th [of July] has passed and now it is time for the NAPC to get to work on the next Great American Raft Race . . . the longest celebration in Lake Worth. . . .


And also this week there is not one. Not two. . .

But three (3) full-sized “NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING”, ordinances proposed at upcoming meeting of the City Commission to be held on Tuesday, July 17th.

One of those new ordinances being proposed is Ordinance No. 2018-10 (see below).

The issue of “public notification” has become a major one in this City and has created a lot of public confusion and frustration. Publishing public notices in The Palm Beach Post is one thing. But for things as important as the LDRs the City needs to publish public notices in The Lake Worth Herald as well to cast a wider net and notify as many of the LOCAL public as possible. Here is an excerpt from Ordinance No. 2018-10 published in the Herald:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the City Commission of the City of Lake Worth, Florida, proposes to adopt the following ordinance and will hold a public hearing on the ordinance in the City Commission Chamber, at or after 6:00 PM on July 17, 2018:

ORDINANCE NO. 2018-10 OF THE CITY OF LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 23 ENTITLED “LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING ARTICLE I “GENERAL PROVISIONS” RELATING TO DEFINITIONS; AMENDING ARTICLE 2 “ADMINISTRATION” RELATING TO NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PERMITS, ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMITS, THE CITY’S SUSTAINABLE BONUS INCENTIVE PROGRAM, AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS; AMENDING ARTICLE 3 “ZONING DISTRICTS” RELATING TO PERMITTED USES, ADJUSTMENTS TO RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND YARDS, AND DEFINING HOTEL ROOM SIZES; AMENDING ARTICLE 4 “DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS” RELATING TO FENCES, WALLS, GATES, PARKING AND CONDITIONAL USES, TOWNHOUSES, OFF-STREET PARKING AND VEHICULAR USES AND CREATING SECTIONS RELATING TO OUTDOOR STORAGE, SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS AND ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT SCREENINGS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, AND CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

At said meeting interested persons may appear and be heard with respect to the proposed ordinance. The proposed ordinance may be inspected by the public Monday–Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 P.M. at the City Clerk’s Office, 7 North Dixie Highway, Lake Worth, Florida.


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