Pink hotel has permits, officials fume

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., June 22 (UPI) -- Officials in a Florida city say they are powerless to do anything about a historic hotel painted pink because all the proper permits were filed.

Hollywood city officials said The Walkabout Beach Resort brought the paint chips to color the hotel "desire pink," "fussy pink" and "deep pink" to the city in November and officials gave approval and signed permits for work to begin in December, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday.

However, after seeing the finished product, many locals and officials say they want the colors changed again.

"It was awful," City Commissioner Richard Blattner said of the paint job.

City leaders said they are in talks with John Zander, a representative for the hotel's owner, about toning down the colors. Zander declined to comment, the Miami Herald said.

"It's a gem in our historic walking tour in the historic district," city spokeswoman Raelin Storey said. "They really have done so much great work on it. We hope to work with them to develop a color palette just as distinctive but not as bright."