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Residents tell council code enforcement, permitting hurdles hurt small businesses; food-truck dispute highlighted
Summary
Two members of the public told the Sebastian City Council that a licensed food truck was ordered off private commercial property and that small businesses face permitting and vacancy problems; speakers said legal appeals had failed and accused the city of inconsistent treatment.
Two members of the public used the council’s public-input period on Oct. 22 to criticize the city’s treatment of small businesses and to describe a local food-truck dispute.
Damien Gilliams, who said he has owned businesses in Sebastian for 33 years, said code enforcement ordered a licensed food truck to be removed from property he said is tied to his commercial business. Gilliams said he and his attorney appealed the enforcement action through the courts and that his appeals were denied at the circuit level and at the 4th District Court of Appeal; he said a petition…
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