{"id":2427,"date":"2024-10-03T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-10-29T22:11:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T22:11:16","slug":"opelika-council-suspends-business-license-of-springwood-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/2024\/10\/03\/opelika-council-suspends-business-license-of-springwood-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Opelika Council Suspends Business License of Springwood Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Opelika City Council convened for its regular meeting on
\nTuesday Oct. 1, 2024. During the meeting, the city council suspended the
\nbusiness license of the Springwood Hotel, located at 1002 Columbus Parkway in
\nOpelika, for six months. The business owner, Pravinbhai Patel, must bring his
\nhotel up to code and pass city building and fire inspections within the next
\nsix months to get his business license reinstated.<\/span><\/p>\n

The city council first heard appeals during its Sept. 3 meeting
\nto revoke the hotel\u2019s business license and demolish the property on the grounds
\nof multiple health and safety violations. At that time, the council gave the
\nhotel\u2019s owners and managers 30 days to hire an architect and structural
\nengineer to look into the alleged issues. Oct. 1 marked the end of that 30-day
\nperiod. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Alleged issues at the hotel included electrical code
\nviolations, fire code violations, structural violations, sewage under its
\nfloors, plumbing violations, standing water, holes in the flooring, mold, and
\nbed bugs. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Residents at the hotel were evacuated just a few days after
\nthe Sept 3 meeting. The hotel has since been closed for business. During the
\nOct. 1 city council session, Patel\u2019s attorney, Allen Sheehan, said the hotel is
\nstructurally sound and the city council would receive an architectural report
\nfor the property by the middle of the next week. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/o:p>In other business:<\/span><\/p>\n

The city council approved a downtown street closure for Red
\nClay Brewing Company for Oct. 17. Red Clay will host a bike night event that
\nday.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

The council also approved a fireworks permit for First
\nBaptist Church of Opelika for its fall festival on Oct. 27. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

A restaurant retail liquor and retail beer on premise
\nalcohol license was approved for Luv Zone.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

A resolution was approved for a demolition cost and removal assessment
\nof $7,620 for a property located at 1300 Spring Drive in Opelika.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

The council approved a contract to provide Habitat for
\nHumanity with $250,000 for fiscal year 2025. Those funds will go towards
\nbuilding three new homes in Opelika. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Appointments:<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Mayor Gary Fuller appointed Jacob Walker, III to the Opelika
\nHousing Authority. Walker\u2019s term will end Oct. 18, 2029.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

The council reappointed Auzzie Comer to the Board of
\nAdjustments & Appeals. Comer\u2019s term will end Oct. 1, 2028.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

The council also reappointed Tim Moore to the Board of
\nAdjustments & Appeals. His term will also end Oct. 1, 2028.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

The council reappointed Dick Moreman Jr. to the Lee County
\nYouth Development Center Board. Moreman\u2019s term will end Oct. 1, 2028.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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  The Opelika City Council convened for its regular meeting on Tuesday Oct. 1, 2024. During the meeting, the city council suspended the business license of the Springwood Hotel, located at 1002 Columbus Parkway in Opelika, for six months. The business owner, Pravinbhai Patel, must bring his hotel up to code and pass city building and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2427"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2461,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427\/revisions\/2461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}