While Palm Beach County leaders work to craft a county building recertification ordinance and state lawmakers work towards a state building recertification mandate, Boca Raton leaders say they re working to create a building recertification ordinance for the city.Right now, Miami-Dade County and Broward County are the only counties in our state that require follow-up inspections for structural integrity, with recertification for buildings required every 40 years.Meanwhile, the Boca Raton City Council could vote on a new building recertification ordinance next month.Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer says the process to craft this new ordinance began shortly after the tragic condo collapse in Surfside. It struck home for me personally as it did for so many of us, said Singer. I discussed it with the city manager the next day and had more conversations the day or two after that. In those discussions, Singer says he directed staff to make sure this new ordinance is more stringent tha
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