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Magistrate fines Southport Raw Bar $15,000 for illegal grease dumping, orders 84 days to comply
Summary
A city magistrate imposed a $15,000 fine on Southport Raw Bar for illegal discharge of grease into a storm drain and unpaid land-use violations, and granted the owner 84 days to obtain required permits or face daily fines.
A special magistrate for the City of Fort Lauderdale ordered a $15,000 fine against Southport Raw Bar and set compliance deadlines tied to zoning and environmental violations, saying the property’s conduct created a public nuisance.
The ruling follows city testimony that environmental staff witnessed restaurant employees dumping buckets of grease into a storm drain that discharges to the Seminole River. "By the time I could stop the worker, the entire contents of 1 bucket and about two thirds of another bucket had been discharged," Environmental Compliance Manager Todd Hychew testified.
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