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Residents press Margate commissioners on downtown redevelopment, code enforcement and school concerns
Summary
During public comment and commissioner remarks, residents urged protections for small downtown businesses, raised property-maintenance complaints about a specific developer parcel, and commissioners warned of state bills that could preempt local zoning authority.
Public comment at Margate’s Feb. 18 meeting covered downtown redevelopment, leases for small businesses and ongoing code-enforcement problems, and commissioners used their remarks to flag statewide bills and school-district funding concerns.
Resident Elsa Sanchez congratulated a local athlete and asked for an update on downtown redevelopment and protections for small businesses, asking, "Why can't the city come to an agreement with them and give them a lease for, let's say, 10, 15 years?" She urged the city to provide certainty for tenants such as ACE hardware.
Jeff Balaban, president of the Parkside at Royal Palm…
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