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Magistrate extends cleanup deadline to Oct. 17 for Palm Beach Christian Preparatory properties
Summary
The magistrate set Oct. 17, 2025, as the compliance date for multiple properties owned by Palm Beach Christian Preparatory, citing longstanding maintenance and storage violations and imposing $100/day fines thereafter.
Special Magistrate Keith Davis on June 17 extended the compliance deadline to Oct. 17, 2025, for four related code cases involving Palm Beach Christian Preparatory, citing ongoing uncontrolled vegetation, open storage, accessory-structure issues and rubbish on multiple parcels.
Michael McGee, code compliance officer, presented four parcels owned by Palm Beach Christian Preparatory that were cited June 3, 2025, for violations including uncontrolled growth of vegetation, open storage, accessory structures, grading and drainage, vacant structures and placement/use of portable storage units. McGee said the city provided notice and photographic evidence and recommended 30 days with $100 per day fines.
Sofia Snead, co-owner of Palm Beach Christian Preparatory, described purchasing the site in February 2020 and investing roughly $600,000 in construction before COVID-related cost increases stalled the project. Snead said the property has been vandalized and she has been maintaining lawns but lacks resources to remove stored materials and certain structures; she said a developer, Onyx Construction, had engaged with the city about a possible redevelopment and she was hoping to close with that buyer in August.
Planning staff told the magistrate the only formal application on file currently was for a pickleball site and that any townhome or higher‑density plan would require future‑land‑use change, rezoning and site-plan approval by the city council; staff said the development-review process could take many months and that existing on-site structures may not be reusable in a new development.
Weighing the history of the file and the respondent’s financial and development circumstances, the magistrate found the properties remain in violation and allowed an extended compliance date of Oct. 17, 2025. He ordered the city’s recommended daily fines of $100 per day to begin after that date if compliance is not achieved and said he would sign the order.
