The Longboat Key Town Commission, in a 4-2 vote, declined on Monday to take steps to modify a town code to allow for an illegally placed sign on a pier owned by St. Regis Longboat Key Resort.
Planning and Zoning Director Allen Parsons told the Town Commission that a metal arched sign installed on a groin converted to a pier by the resort during renovations violates town code in multiple ways.
The stainless steel archway with the St. Regis logo, “St. Regis” and “Longboat Key” written on it never went through town approval before installation, does not follow setback requirements and is not a monument-style sign as permitted by the town’s sign code…