Judge orders Westside apartment owner to take immediate action to address poor living conditions

A judge has granted the City of Jacksonville a temporary injunction requiring the owner of Colonial Forest Apartments to take immediate action at the property.

on Firestone Road with trash piling up, balconies and stairwells falling apart, and residents complaining about pests and squatters.

An attorney for the city said the only reason residents in affected units haven’t been forced to move out is because the fire marshal’s office has staged fire personnel at the property 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “I am going to implore with my client to comply with the ordinance violations and do whatever it takes to get these issues corrected,” said Michael Franz, attorney for Colonial Forest.

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