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100

A close-up observation of actual conditions that exist on properties.

What is an Inspection?

100

A permit holder has installed a window and does this next when ready to have it approved.

What is call for an inspection for the Inspector.

100

Popular civic space used by our elderly.

The Lindsey Davis Center

100

Since January 1, 2023, 7,187 of these were completed. 

What are the number of inspections?

100

The vision for this land use category is to have a wide range of uses in a small area. This includes retail, commercial, residential, entertainment and parks. 

What  is Downtown Mixed Use?

200

A house that has been deemed uninhabitable or unfit for living.

What is Condemned?

200

This occurs when  a building permit is issued and 180 days has passed prior to an inspection being called.

What is a expired permit?

200

The original name of the City was this.

What is Oak Lawn.

200

This $50 fee paid annually with approved Business Tax Receipts is to ensure the use and location complies with the Zoning ordinances, the Florida Fire Prevention Code and the Florida Building Code.

Certificate of Use fee

200

This efficient place processes more than $14 billion in commodities, 2.5 million tons of cargo and sees 400,000 patrons annually.

Where is the Port of Palm Beach?

300

A website that is one of the most heavily visited web sites of all of the county web pages; launched in 1994 in order to give the public easy access to county property assessments and tax rolls information and its acronym is PAPA

What is PAPA (Property Appraiser Public Access)? 

300

Happens when a building permit is issued and the permit holder wants to make changes which may require additional plans.

What is a revision?

300

DAILY DOUBLE: This group of amazing colleagues are led by a visionary leader everyday.

Who are the members of Development Services?

300

This company, established in 1925 is one of five Riviera Beach based companies listed on PB County’s top 100 employers.  

Who are Cheney Brothers (the others are Pepsi Cola bottling company, Lockheed Martin, Serta Mattress and Farmer & Irwin).

300

Publicly accessible open space in the form of parks, courtyards, forecourts, plazas, greens, pocket parks, playgrounds are these. 

What is Civic Space?

400

Whenever the building official finds any work regulated by this code being performed in a manner contrary to the provision of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner, the building official is authorized to issue this type of notice.

What is a 112 Stop Work Order?

400

The customer said “ I am acting as my own contractor”. This type of contractor is termed this.

Owner builder

400
About 8 square miles is considered the total land area of Riviera Beach. A little over 1 square mile is made up of this.

The waterway. 

400

According to the 1950’s census, this construction foreman, who later became Riviera Beach Chief of Police built the home they lived in on W 37th Street.  His son, a Jr, became a famous bandit in the 1970’s.

Burton “Burt” Reynolds Sr

400

1962 was the first year the City had this.

What is the Comprehensive plan?

500

When in the opinion of the building official, there is imminent danger in or around a building or structure or to those in the proximity of any structure, the building official is hereby authorized and empowered to order and require the occupants to vacate the premises.

What is 109.1 Imminent Danger?

500

 A complete application, notice of commencement, support documents, workers compensation, license information, and certificate of insurance must be provided when applying for this.

A building permit.

500

On September 19, 1922, 26 voters did this. 

When was the incorporation of the City of Riviera Beach?

500

DAILY DOUBLE: Wholesale businesses in the City are invoiced on the amount of their inventory.  For the 2023-2024 BRT/COU renewal, this top employer, was invoiced $99,416.64.

Cheney Brothers

500

DAILY DOUBLE: Marina Grande is an example of the products in this zoning category found in our Land Development Code.

What is IHC-PUD?