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Residents urge enforcement on grass clippings and failing pilings after committee meeting
Canal Advisory Committee · December 16, 2025
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Summary
A Tarpon Cove resident told Punta Gorda’s Canal Advisory Committee that landscapers are blowing grass clippings into canals and that several failing pilings and an unattended boat lift could become navigational hazards; staff said code compliance can be engaged and will include outreach.
At the Canal Advisory Committee meeting on Dec. 15 a Tarpon Cove representative urged the city to step up enforcement after reporting frequent grass‑clipping debris in canals and a potentially dangerous sailboat lift and pilings at 156 Hibiscus.
Dan Bridal, president of the Tarpon Cove Condo…
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