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Magistrate orders Mission Barbecue truck removed from plaza parking or face fines
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Summary
After multiple prior hearings, the village ordered Mission Barbecue’s branded truck removed from required parking spaces by April 30 or face daily fines beginning at the May fine hearing.
The Village of Royal Palm Beach Special Magistrate emphasized that required parking spaces cannot be used to store a branded vehicle as a persistent advertising display.
Property representatives and village staff told the magistrate that the Mission Barbecue truck had been used repeatedly as a stationary display in plaza parking and that earlier hearings and fines had not deterred the practice. Jeffrey Barker, speaking for the property owner, said the landlord was attempting to coordinate with the tenant but had not resolved the issue before the hearing.
"If they're storing it there all day as an advertising mechanism, that's the violation," a village code officer said. Magistrate Doug Mac ordered the truck removed from required parking by April 30 or the case will return on May 13 and fines of $25 per day will begin if noncompliance continues.
The property representative said the owner would attempt to reach the tenant and move the vehicle off-site; the village noted it had repeatedly raised the issue in prior hearings.
