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Royal Palm Center manager: remediation underway; magistrate defers full parking-lot striping to winter status check
Summary
The owner/manager of Royal Palm Center told the magistrate the property is undergoing cleanup and repairs tied to a milestone inspection; magistrate accepted much work in progress, ordered pothole repairs before Oct. 6 and deferred full parking-lot striping to a January status hearing.
Royal Palm Center (Dixie Plaza), which includes a Winn-Dixie tenant, told the special magistrate on Aug. 13 that a multi-phase remediation plan is underway following a milestone inspection. Property managers said they have completed many pressure-cleaning and dumpster repairs, contracted for pothole repairs, and will address larger repairs after an engineer's phase-2 milestone report.
The property manager told the magistrate the center had a phase-1 milestone inspection and is in the tail end of phase 2; the engineer has identified areas for exploratory demolition and remediation. The manager said the property has signed agreements for pothole work and has completed much pressure cleaning and dumpster area work, but that restriping and a full parking-lot reseal must wait for an engineering remediation plan and favorable weather in the spring.
Magistrate Doug MacGibbon reviewed evidence, made findings of fact on several violations, and scheduled follow-up dates. He set a compliance date of Oct. 6 for most outstanding items (potholes, dead/dying landscaping and stained facades) and postponed the parking-lot restriping requirement to a status/fine-assessment hearing in January, because restriping before a future reseal would be counterproductive. The magistrate instructed the owner to present bids, permit applications, and proof of progress at the Oct. 8 hearing; he suggested the manager seek permits and coordinate interim inspections to stop fines as work is completed.
Ending: The magistrate granted a status/fine-assessment return for early January to examine progress on the striping and longer-term remediation; owners were told to document all work and communicate with code-enforcement staff and planning as they pursue permits and remediation.
