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Special magistrate gives owner 120 days to fix code violations at 4200 North Terrace Drive
Summary
After reviewing testimony and photographs, the magistrate found many cited violations at 4200 North Terrace Drive had been corrected but kept several outstanding items tied to building permits, rental licensing and landscaping. The owner, Scott Adelsberger, was given 120 days to complete remaining corrections or face $100 per day fines.
The City of West Palm Beach Special Magistrate on Aug. 6 found a mix of compliance and remaining violations at 4200 North Terrace Drive and set a compliance deadline of Dec. 10, 2025, with $100 per day fines if outstanding issues are not resolved.
Code enforcement officer Kay Weaver testified that she began investigating the property on May 5, 2025, and photographed numerous alleged violations including failure to secure permits (Section 105.1), requirements related to rental licensing and certificate of use (Sections 22-32A and 22-441), and multiple landscaping and swale provisions. Weaver told the magistrate that some cited items had been corrected while others remained in the case file.
Owner Scott Adelsberger told the magistrate he had taken steps toward compliance: he said he obtained a corrected address, applied for a backflow-preventer permit that city staff approved during the preceding days, engaged contractors for a dividing wall or its removal, and cleared debris from the lot. Adelsberger described a recurring problem with cars from a nearby elementary-school drop-off damaging a swale outside his property and said he was prevented from installing large physical barriers in that area by city rules.
The magistrate agreed that the swale damage appeared outside Adelsberger’s reasonable control and said he would not find the owner in violation for the swale area based on the record. But the magistrate found remaining violations tied to the building permit for the interior wall (Section 105.1), the certificate of use and related rental-business tax requirements (Sections 22-32A and 22-441), outdoor storage (Section 94-71(c)), and several landscape requirements (including Sections 94-446-2 and 94-442 variants). The magistrate granted 120 days for compliance, setting the effective deadline at Dec. 10, 2025, and warned that $100 in daily fines would begin if compliance is not reached by that date.
The magistrate additionally instructed the owner and city staff to keep in contact to coordinate inspections and follow-up, and noted the owner had documented ongoing contractor and permit activity.
The order distinguishes enforcement of landscaping outside the swale — where the owner had demonstrated efforts and where the magistrate declined to find a violation — from other landscaping and permit requirements that remain subject to enforcement action.
