It's nice of the Palm Beach Post to point out the raw deal that was served to the people when the Lake Worth City Commission refused to put the building heights initiative on the ballot in November, as we're now going to have to hold a special election which will cost taxpayers about $30,000.
But the Post editors see no problem with six-story buildings in Lake Worth's downtown and see no reason the 65-foot height limit decided on by the mayor and two commissioners should be changed.
"We see no need for voters to alter these height limits," writes Andrew Marra, for the Post's editorial board. "A 65-foot building (about five or six stories) east of Federal Highway would not be out of character with the Gulf Stream Hotel and the condominiums around it..."
But no one builds anything like the Gulfstream Hotel anymore. That's part of the problem.
Read the editorial here:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/opinion/editorial-lake-worth-goes-low-in-delaying-height-l/nP7fx/
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