50 pounds of marijuana found floating in Gulf, south of Florida <\/a><\/p>\nThe signs won\u2019t be there much longer. Last Tuesday, St. Pete Beach commissioners passed an ordinance saying no temporary portable or permanent signs, stakes, rebar, or pole can be installed with 50 feet of the visible water line. If there is a sign, it has to be portable, placed 300 feet from any other sign, and should be removed at sunset and replaced at sunrise daily.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is absolutely unconstitutional,\u201d said Robert Czyszczon, the owner of the Plaza Beach Beachfront Hotel and Resort. He put the signs up saying they have a right to protect the beach in their backyard.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just don\u2019t want you parking on the beach and staying on private property. You\u2019re allowed to pass through freely,\u201d Czyszczon said.<\/p>\n
Monday, 8 On Your Side spoke to beachgoers staying at Czyszczon\u2019s resort.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it makes much of a difference at all, actually. Now, we just watched the person here, one of the employees, say somebody couldn\u2019t stay here and, you know, the beach chairs are till 5:45 p.m. What\u2019s 40 minutes,\u201d said Brad Domzalski.<\/p>\n
The city attorney and commissioners said they had to take a much deeper look at this. They said they understand property owners have rights, but safety is a big concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cA prohibition from a post-free zone from the first 50 feet, which is important for public safety when people are walking at night,\u201d said Ralf Brooks, the city attorney.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just visually ugly, it\u2019s unsafe, and it\u2019s basically against what our sign ordinance says,\u201d said Commissioner Lisa Robinson.<\/p>\n
Mayor Scott Tate said he wants to find a way to enforce this rule while addressing the concerns of property owners. He said the current ordinance approved by the city doesn\u2019t do that. So they will revisit it, though beachgoers said they know what they want.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, I\u2019m game for getting rid of it for sure,\u201d said another beachgoer.<\/p>\n
The mayor said not moving forward on the ordinance could have put them in worse shape with the emergency ordinance for signs expiring on June 27.<\/p>\n
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