Magistrate finds Ocean Court Holdings’ seawall and pool work noncompliant; fines to resume July 17
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Summary
At a first compliance hearing, the magistrate found Ocean Court Holdings LLC’s work on the seawall and pool at 2315 South Atlantic Avenue not fully compliant with required engineering and inspections, ordered $250-per-day fines to begin July 17 and set a $141.83 administrative fee due in 30 days.
A Daytona Beach Shores special magistrate found Ocean Court Holdings LLC’s property at 2315 South Atlantic Avenue not yet in compliance with earlier orders on seawall and pool repairs and ordered fines to resume beginning July 17.
The city presented inspection records and photographs showing partial seawall work and backfill but said required final engineered documents and a final inspection remain missing. Building permit records (permit 2025-0200) show multiple inspections that failed final approval pending engineering documentation; the building department’s staff therefore recommended the magistrate find the property noncompliant with the magistrate’s prior order.
City building official Steve Evans testified that the failed inspection findings related to structural items — for example, exposed rebar and anchor issues during construction — and that a final inspection cannot be completed until the required engineering documentation is submitted and approved. Evans explained that the seawall work observed included interlocked steel panel walls driven to depth and that visual progress did not substitute for the required engineer’s sign-off.
City counsel asked the magistrate for an order finding the property in violation of the prior order and to levy administrative costs for the hearing. The magistrate found the property remained out of compliance with violations tied to the seawall and an undermined pool and said fines would begin accruing July 17 at $250 per day. The magistrate ordered the property to pay administrative fees of $141.83 within 30 days.
Responding on behalf of the owner, corporate operations manager Donna Jolley Moore said the owner believed an extension of a permit had moved compliance expectations to March 3, 2026 and described contractor turnover and related delays. She confirmed contractors were working and said the property had made visible progress toward seawall replacement and backfilling.
The magistrate’s order finds continued noncompliance where final engineered documentation and final building inspections have not been supplied, notes the visual work observed and permits inspected, and directs the owner to submit the required documents and to address remaining items within the administrative and enforcement framework.
Provenance: inspection records, building official testimony and the magistrate’s oral order are in the hearing record and the city’s evidence packet.
