The city of Apopka and the developer of the Apopka City Center Winn-Dixie are working out a plan so the city could extend the supermarket’s temporary certificate of occupancy until February 1, 2024.
The temporary certificate of occupancy (TCO) the city issued to CPPB LLC, the City Center Winn-Dixie property owner, expired on November 22.
“They already sent the Utility Easement agreement, and are working on the plans for the lights, and the application to amend the CSP-Construction Site Plan for DRC review,” Jim Hitt, city community development director, said in an email to The Apopka Chief.
The Orange County Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit denied CPPB a request for a preliminary injunction. In the preliminary injunction, CPPB was asking that the city of Apopka extend Winn-Dixie’s TCO.
The first TCO the city issued to CPPB was on August 1 with the set expiration date of August 31. The Apopka City Center Winn-Dixie, located at 611 Main Street, Apopka, had its grand opening on August 16.
In a Monday, November 27, email that Hitt sent to Jason Glaser, representative for CPPB, Hitt informed him that the developer will have to give the city the following in order to qualify for a two-month TCO extension: recorded utility easement for the new light poles on the St. Paul Lutheran Church site, located on South McGee Avenue; a lighting site plan for building permit and submittal to the city Development Review Committee; a light plan with light descriptions, dimensions and photometrics; a building permit before any construction occurs; and an application for a CSP amendment that shows new lights and the old light plan is deleted. The developer must also replace the dead plant material on the Winn-Dixie site, according to the email.
For the application for a CSP amendment, Hitt informed Jason in the email that the application can be submitted online for a $1,000 fee, and the application must be presented to the DRC for approval.
Jason Glaser, a representative for CPPB, declined to comment on the ongoing matter.
“I’m not willing to discuss anything right now, but thank you for calling,” Glaser said.
The matter between the developer and the city has not impacted the Apopka City Center Winn-Dixie’s ability to serve its customers.
“While we can’t speculate on a private matter between the city, property owner and developer, this has never affected Winn-Dixie’s new Apopka location and its store operations. We will continue proudly serving the Apopka community with excellent service, quality products and great prices,” Sabrina Sorrentino, spokeswoman for Jacksonville-based Winn-Dixie parent company Southeastern Grocers, said in an emailed statement.
Read the extended story in the Friday, December 1, issue of The Apopka Chief.
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