![]() ![]() He has the parcel listed for sale at $497,000. Swann, a veteran of more than three decades in West Volusia real estate, took on the Sonic listing earlier this year. Realtor Todd Swann was present June 22 to explain what has been difficult about keeping the Sonic property in good shape more recently. The vacant Sonic property also ran into such deep code-enforcement trouble in 2016 that the City of DeLand began foreclosure proceedings in an attempt to recoup the fines owed. In the Sonic case, Special Magistrate Julie Zolty was considering imposing a fine for the repeat violation of “an accumulation of waste, yard trash or rubble and debris and grass or weeds are in excess of 12 inches tall.”Įarlier this year, $4,800 in fines for a similar offense were paid, and another $500-per-day fine accumulated for 23 days, resulting in another $11,500 due.Īt this most recent hearing, Zolty imposed a fine for the third time, at the rate of $500 a day starting May 30, 2023, and continuing until the property is cleaned up. The neglected condition of the old Sonic was one of 18 code-enforcement cases considered by DeLand’s special magistrate at DeLand City Hall on the evening of June 22. The now-dilapidated restaurant has been empty since Sonic closed for good in 2012, depriving DeLand of the frosty limeades and roller-skating carhops the community had enjoyed for several years.įollowing a foreclosure, the property is now owned by RS Lending Inc., whose address is at a Miami lawyer’s office, according to the Volusia County Property Appraiser. ![]() Left to Realtor Todd Swann, and it’s become a common hangout for unhoused individuals. In its vacancy, the building’s maintenance has been NOT A PRETTY SIGHT - These scenes of blight are common at the Sonic Drive-In atġ601 N. ![]()
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