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“..Notice the takeout and delivery signs dotting Palm Beach County roads? Some towns are relaxing code enforcement to help out those businesses.Things look a little different lately on Palm Beach County’s commercial corridors.

There are fold-out signs propped up along sidewalks in Tequesta, banners along U.S. 1 in Jupiter and a hodgepodge of flags, banners and yard signs on Military Trail near the West Palm Beach city line.

Businesses, particularly restaurants, are doing what they can to promote their services during the coronavirus pandemic, luring motorists off the street and into their establishments to grab carryout food now that they are barred from serving meals on-site.

On the flip side, some Palm Beach County municipalities — among them Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter and Tequesta — say they are relaxing enforcement of ordinances that regulate where businesses can prop up signs and how those advertisements look.

‘We knew that the whole COVID thing was going to impact their business and we felt like that if we gave them the option to use kind of inexpensive means to notify the public that they’re open for takeout and delivery, it might tide them over through this,’ said Dean Fowler, Jupiter’s code compliance supervisor…”

— Sam Howard, Palm Beach Post
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