New Port Richey’s City Council split down the middle Tuesday night on whether or not to fund a $1.8 million expansion of the City’s Recreation and Aquatic Center on Van Buren Street. The facility originally was constructed in 2007 for a price tag of $14 million but suffers from a low membership that causes the […]
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New Port Richey City Council voted to amend a noise ordinance on second reading on Tuesday, creating measureable noise limits for residential and commercial properties. NewsPortRichey reported originally in February that the Council was taking another look at the ordinance, after complaints were made about music being played at downtown New Port Richey’s Dulcet Restaurant. […]
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More than 30 supporters of New Port Richey’s “green” community were present on Tuesday night for City Councils’ second reading of two ordinances aimed at improving regulations and explicitly permitting urban agriculture, community gardens, and front yard gardens in New Port Richey. NewsPortRichey wrote an article last month during the first reading of the ordinances […]
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New Port Richey City Councilors approved a new program last week with the aim of improving the appearance of residential neighborhoods by allowing residents to add front porches. The City will relax setback requirements as it relates to the establishment of front porches on single family homes. Variances will no longer be needed for qualifying projects. City […]
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New Port Richey City Council approved a new ordinance at second reading that allows golf carts on streets East of U.S. 19. There are some streets on which golf carts will continue to be prohibited, including all of Congress Street, Madison Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue, Marine Parkway between U.S. 19 and Grand Boulevard, and Trouble Creek […]
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New Port Richey Mayor Rob Marlowe in his weekly blog on events around town. This week he’s talking about an ordinance to approve the use of golf carts on city streets.
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New Port Richey City Council last night held a second reading for Ordinance #2016-2072 “Restricted Personal Service Uses,” an ordinance aimed at restricting business types in the downtown New Port Richey area. Restricted businesses include “blood plasma centers, body piercing establishments, check cashing stores, day labor establishments, pawn shops, tattoo parlors, and the cultivation, processing […]
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Council members voted 4-1 Tuesday night to approve an ordinance that would restrict public “feedings,” specifically of homeless people, to twice a year by any individual or organization. Those two feedings allowed each year would also require a permit that costs $50 for city residents and $75 for non-city residents. Violators can face a fine of […]
Read MoreThe Tampa Bay Times reports that New Port Richey City Council voted 3-1 to redefine which properties and areas of properties, including public spaces, will allow for consumption of alcohol.
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City Council members proposed a six month ban on specific business types in New Port Richey City limits on Tuesday, again bringing up an ordinance which would prevent the opening of businesses that they consider “problematic uses.” New Port Richey previously attempted a similar ordinance in January 2009. It was never implemented. Among the business […]
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New Port Richey City Council voted to approve final changes to its alcohol ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting. Only Mayor Rob Marlowe voted against the measure, with Council members Chopper Davis, Judy deBella Thomas, Jeff Starkey, and Bill Phillips voting in favor of the changes. The council also voted to approve changes to the property maintenance code–that […]
Read MoreNew Port Richey’s City Council will vote on the final draft of a new alcohol ordinance on Tuesday, January 6th.
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New Port Richey City Council has scheduled a workshop session at 5:00 PM on January 20th, 2015 to consider an amendment to the city’s parking ordinance. The title of the workshop is “RE: Lawn Parking” and city officials have previously mentioned the need for prohibiting residents from parking on residential lots in unpaved areas, leading […]
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Pedestrians and bar patrons could soon be allowed to wander downtown with a mojito in hand if the ordinance that was presented to New Port Richey Council members passes in two weeks. The new ordinance was prepared at the direction of council members who had asked that the City’s alcohol ordinance be revised to allow for greater […]
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Only those closely following the scheduling of meetings in New Port Richey, or receive updates from Mayor Rob Marlowe, would have known about an innocuous city council workshop held at 5:30 pm on Tuesday. Up for discussion was the City’s alcohol “special event” ordinance. I wrote an editorial on that very same ordinance two weeks, decrying the […]
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New Port Richey Mayor Rob Marlowe suggested at the City Council meeting on Tuesday evening that he had received phone messages from a resident who was upset about the way young males in the City were wearing their pants. Marlowe and the City’s Attorney referenced a ban passed in Ocala this year that outlaws pants […]
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