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New Port Richey Shores Up Business Codes

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 11, 2009

NEW PORT RICHEY - If you're looking to make bail, get a tattoo or buy a drug pipe, downtown New Port Richey isn't the place to do it.

And the city council wants it to stay that way.

Council took a step in that direction Tuesday night by approving final reading amendments to an existing city code that specifies what kinds of businesses are and are not permitted downtown.

The city first adopted land development regulations in 1990. The city added more specificity in 2005 by creating lists of permitted and prohibited uses.

In most cases the ban is based either on the nature of the business or the aesthetic impact it would have on the district.

The code only applies to businesses looking to open in the downtown district in the future.

According to the amendments, boarding houses and rooming houses are not allowed, but a bed and breakfast inn would be. Massage parlors of the adult entertainment variety are not permitted, but a state licensed massage therapy business is OK.

Klint Lowry

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