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Martin County orders PCG 24 LLC to restore Palm Cove Golf Course preserves; $1,000 per-violation daily fine set
Summary
A special magistrate found PCG 24 LLC in violation of Martin County preserve and wetland protections after staff documented clearing and destruction at Palm Cove Golf Course. The company must submit a restoration plan by May 21, 2025, complete planting by Aug. 19, 2025, and faces $1,000 per-violation, per-day fines for ongoing noncompliance.
A Martin County special magistrate on Feb. 19, 2025 found that PCG 24 LLC had repeatedly altered protected upland preserves, wetland buffers and lake habitat areas at the Palm Cove Golf Course, 2363 Southwest Carychill Terrace in Palm City, and ordered restoration and monitoring under court deadlines.
The magistrate accepted county evidence showing a long-standing preserve-area management plan and a recorded stipulation dating to 2006 that required a revised Preserve Area Management Plan (PAMP), restoration and five years of post-restoration monitoring. County testimony summarized inspections and photographic evidence documenting clearing that began Sept. 18, 2024 and continued through Jan. 30, 2025, including mechanically shredded understory, removal of lake littoral plants, damaged mangroves, heavy-equipment tracks and piled,…
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