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Magistrate orders Briskets trailer moved by April 30; city cites insufficient site application for permanent location
Summary
The magistrate ordered the food-trailer at 298 Geneva Drive removed by April 30, 2025; fines of $125 per day will begin if the trailer remains. City staff said the operator had multiple temporary special-event permits but had not submitted a sufficient site development order application for a permanent site at 302 North Central Avenue.
A City of Oviedo Special Magistrate ordered on Jan. 23, 2025 that the food-trailer operated by Robert Agostini at 298 Geneva Drive be removed by 5 p.m. on April 30, 2025, and said fines of $125 per day will begin to accrue if the trailer is not removed by that date. The magistrate directed that fines would be charged to both the business and the property owners, noting the Wilsons hold title to 298 Geneva Drive.
City staff described a multi-year timeline of meetings and temporary permits for the business identified in the hearing as Briskets (Robert Agostini). Code Enforcement Supervisor Shakuria Moyer and Deputy Development Services Director Deborah Pierre reviewed a packet of documents, including special-event permits issued in 2023–2024, pre-application meeting notes, certified-mail receipts and inspection photos showing the trailer remained on the property after a permit expired Dec. 12, 2024.
Planning and development staff, including Zoning Administrator Carron Bartley and Development Review Manager Harris Berns-Cadle, told the magistrate that although Agostini had been counseled to pursue a site development order for a permanent location at 302 North Central Avenue, the city had not received a sufficient application. Berns-Cadle said the December submittal lacked required items (authorization, environmental assessment, landscape/irrigation, electrical and landscape plans, fees) and was therefore insufficient to begin review.
Agostini said he had engaged a civil engineer, Blake Wagner, and a development partner who owns the 302 parcel, and that he had begun contracting for site work. Wagner said engineering and geotechnical reports were underway and estimated 6–8 weeks to produce a sufficient site-development submittal. Agostini described the business’s growth and said the trailer is used for processing and smoking meats behind a small building; he said the trailer is not used to serve the public directly.
City staff and the magistrate emphasized the special-event permit pathway is temporary; staff cited that special-event permits are limited under the code (14 days by code, with the administrator able to extend) and that repeated temporary extensions are not a long-term solution. The staff packet shows prior 90-day and 90-day extensions that preceded the current enforcement action.
After hearing from staff and the business, the magistrate said the situation “cannot continue indefinitely” and set the April 30 deadline to move the trailer or secure necessary approvals. The magistrate added that fines of $125 per day would begin if the trailer remained after that date and clarified that accrual would be applied to the property owners as well as the business.
The magistrate said he could not address the status of permits or application reviews for 302 North Central at the hearing; city staff said a full site development review could take several months and might require additional processes if the proposed development impacts the comprehensive plan/future land-use designation.
The magistrate will issue a written order reflecting the April 30 deadline and fines. City staff told the hearing they would mail the order to the respondents.
