DAYTONA BEACH, FL. Back in March 2026, state inspectors walked into Club at Pelican Bay North at 350 Pelican Bay Drive and found enough to shut the place down on the spot: rodent activity inside the food service facility, documented on March 6.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation ordered the club vacated the same day. It reopened at 4:43 that afternoon.
What Inspectors Found
Club at Pelican Bay North: Inspection Pattern
The March 6 inspection generated two separate reports. Together they documented 12 high-severity violations and 8 intermediate violations in a single day, the worst single-day total in the facility's inspection record. Among the intermediate violations cited: improper waste disposal or recycling.
That waste disposal finding matters in the context of a rodent closure. Improperly managed garbage is a direct attractant for rats and mice, and inspectors have long linked the two problems at the same facilities.
The closure was not the facility's first. Records show Club at Pelican Bay North has one prior emergency closure on record before March 2026. The club is a permanent food service operation licensed to serve food on-site.
The Violations in Detail
The most recent inspection on record, conducted May 14, 2026, cited three high-severity violations and one intermediate violation. Two of those high-severity findings were especially significant.
Inspectors documented that no person in charge was present or performing duties. They also cited an employee for not reporting symptoms of illness.
A third high-severity violation involved the absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, meaning customers were not being warned about dishes that carry an elevated risk of foodborne illness.
The intermediate violation on May 14 again involved improper waste disposal, the same category cited during the March closure.
What These Violations Mean
Rodent activity in a food service facility is among the most serious findings an inspector can document. Rats and mice contaminate food contact surfaces, food storage areas, and equipment with urine, droppings, and fur. Unlike a temperature violation that can be corrected by adjusting a cooler, rodent activity indicates an infestation that typically develops over days or weeks and requires professional extermination to resolve.
The improper waste disposal violation found alongside the rodent activity is not a coincidence inspectors treat lightly. Overflowing or improperly stored garbage is one of the primary attractants that draws rodents into a facility. When both violations appear together in the same inspection, it suggests the conditions enabling the infestation may still be present.
The May 14 finding of no person in charge on duty carries its own weight. CDC data links establishments without active managerial oversight to three times as many critical violations as those with engaged management. A facility where no one is actively running the floor is a facility where violations go unnoticed and uncorrected.
The employee illness reporting violation is among the most direct public health risks in the food service code. Food workers who do not report symptoms of illness, including nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, are the primary transmission route for norovirus and other foodborne pathogens. A single ill employee can expose dozens of customers before anyone realizes an outbreak has begun.
The Longer Record
Club at Pelican Bay North has accumulated 133 violations across 24 inspections on record. That is an average of more than five violations per inspection visit over the life of the facility's documented history.
The pattern in the inspection record is not a straight line. The facility cleared two inspections with zero high-severity violations, once in May 2023 and again in November 2025. Both clean inspections were followed by periods with elevated violation counts.
The November 2025 clean inspection is particularly notable in context. Just four months later, in March 2026, inspectors found rodent activity serious enough to order the facility vacated. The facility then entered a period of sustained elevated findings: the March 6 closure, two additional inspections on May 8 with a combined 10 high-severity violations, and a May 14 inspection that still showed three high-severity violations.
That is five inspections between March and May 2026 with high-severity violations in every single one.
The March closure was the second emergency shutdown in the facility's history. Records do not indicate when the first occurred, but two emergency closures across 24 inspections, combined with 133 total violations on record, places Club at Pelican Bay North among the more heavily cited food service operations in Volusia County's documented inspection history.
As of May 14, 2026, the most recent inspection on record still showed active high-severity violations at the facility.