Magistrate orders repairs and engineer's report for vacant Ocean Beach Quarters building at 3711 S. Atlantic

Special Magistrate Steven De La Roche ordered broad repairs and an expedited engineering assessment after the city presented multiple structural and life-safety violations at the vacant Ocean Beach Quarters hotel at 3711 South Atlantic Avenue.

The city’s building and code staff documented violations D through N across the property: deteriorated and spalling concrete with exposed rebar on balconies, rusted doors, missing/downspouts and soffit damage, undermined pool and noncompliant pool barriers, damaged railings and cracked ramps and walkways. Inspectors took photographs showing exposed rebar, patched but unpermitted concrete work, missing soffit panels and a non-code pool barrier. The city recommended an order for compliance and administrative fees; the city asked for $250 per day in fines for continued noncompliance.

During…