Cape Coral is taking new steps to address code violations, a concern raised by residents at the WINK Listens event this summer. The city is now posting signs outside problem properties to show where code officers are actively working on violations.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the city told WINK News, \u201cThese signs are intended to encourage faster compliance, promote fairness and accountability, and indicate where the city is acting on confirmed violations.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Maria Morris, a Cape Coral resident, said she’s grateful for the signs but remains skeptical about their effectiveness. She believes that educating potential buyers before purchasing a home in Cape Coral would be more beneficial, as many people are unaware of the city codes they might be violating.<\/p>\n
“You’re not allowed to have an RV out front or in your backyard. You’re not allowed to have chickens and roosters,” Morris said. “Here we’re a small town, so there are things that the people are unaware of when they buy the house. So my suggestion would be, have the real estate people, when they’re doing a transaction, hand out the top 10 codes [violations].”<\/p>\n
The city also said that posting the notice at the property helps expedite the compliance process and solve the violation more quickly. Neighbors like Morris hope to see a lasting change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cape Coral is taking new steps to address code violations, a concern raised by residents at the WINK…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-33542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}