To schedule a Rental/Business License Use & Occupancy Inspection please contact 561.586.1782

To register a foreclosure or vacant property visit our vacant registry here. Any questions with respect to registration requirements, registration status, etc. should be directed to support@prochamps.com or 321-421-6639.

The Community Code Compliance Division ensures that properties within the City of Lake Worth Beach adhere to the City’s regulations relating to:

• Zoning enforcement
• Illegal objects on the right-of-ways (signs, pyramids, rocks, logs, etc.)
• Overgrown vacant lots
• Junk and trash
• Livestock and/or fowl (roosters, chickens) on residential/commercial property
• Illegally parked or stored commercial vehicles on residential property
• Improperly stored boats and recreational vehicles on residential property
• Major auto repairs on residential property
• Improper swimming pool barriers
• Unauthorized multi-family use in residential districts
• Setback violations – sheds and other structures too close to the property line
• Illegal flags, banners, streamers and signs
• Illegal fences and hedges
• Abandoned and/or junk vehicles on commercial/residential property
• Unauthorized business in residential districts
• Unlicensed Rental properties
• No Certificate of Occupancy/Use
• Construction Work without a permit
• Unauthorized garage sales
• Overflowing commercial dumpsters

Violators are provided time to correct issues and administrative hearings are schedule for those that are not corrected.

Code Compliance Officers are cross-trained to address multiple violations.  When life-safety issues are involved, officers work with officials from Palm Beach County Sheriff’s’s Office, Palm Beach County Fire Department, the building officials, and public works.

• Any structural repairs, re-roofing and most plumbing and electrical work require a permit.
• Any business located within the city limits requires a City and Palm Beach County Business Tax receipt (Occupational Licenses).
• All properties that are used for commercial purposes or residential rentals must have a Use & Occupancy certificate as well as a current inspection.
• A setback is a required between the property line and sheds, air conditioner units, RVs, boats, etc.
• The City may clean/clear vacant lots after the required legal notification is made to the property owner.
• The City may demolish unsafe residential buildings under the Standard Housing Code.