Sailfish Brewing ordered to remove pallets and address stormwater concerns after repeat finding

Sailfish Brewing Company told the special magistrate it has already taken steps to correct outside storage issues and that remaining pallets would be removed; the magistrate ordered immediate removal and granted the city authority to impose daily fines if the company fails to comply.

Officer Heather Dubevic, presenting the city’s case, said the June 11 notice of violation documented pallets and trash stored near a dumpster at the brewery’s North Indian River Drive location and that photographs from June and August supported the charge. Dubevic also presented a related repeat violation for stormwater discharge and said engineering requested an updated action plan to prevent future discharges to the city system. The city noted a prior order from November 2025 and said the repeat‑violation statute allows the city discretion to assess up to $500 per day.

Taylor Hacker, the brewery’s chief operating officer, acknowledged the pallet issue and described fixes the business had already implemented: “That is one of our old pallets that was supposed to be removed. It was not removed properly, and it has now been taken right beside our building and will be taken care of today,” she told the magistrate. Hacker also described technical steps (watertight containment under a trailer and a subpump) intended to prevent future drainage problems.

The magistrate granted the city’s request that the pallets be removed within five days and ordered the business to comply with any engineering direction; failure to do so will trigger fines of $250 per day for the storage violation and potential repeat‑violation fines up to $500 per day per state statute until corrected. The magistrate asked city staff to re‑inspect and accepted respondents’ submitted evidence into the record.

What’s next: The city will follow up with reinspection and may enforce per‑day fines if corrective actions are not completed within the ordered timeframe.