Harbourside outdoor-music trial delayed

JUPITER — Eight months after a federal court hearing on the constitutionality of playing outdoor music at Harbourside Place, the trial has been delayed.

The trial was scheduled for May.

No new date was set by U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra, who presided over three days of hearings in September in West Palm Beach.

Harbourside Place lawyers in September asked Marra to grant a temporary injunction to allow music to continue in the Harbourside Place amphitheater on the Intracoastal Waterway.

Marra has not ruled on the injunction.

Meanwhile, outdoor music events are continuing at the $150 million entertainment complex at the northwest corner of Indiantown Road and U.S. 1.

Jupiter contends that Harbourside Place’s development order requires an outdoor venue designation for music in the amphitheater, town officials testified in September.

The town is allowing the music events without the designation on the advise of its legal staff, said Town Attorney Thomas Baird.

“We we r e a d v i s e d n o t t o enforce the development order,” Baird said.

Harbourside Place officials contend the designation was part of their approval.

“We remain hopeful the court will vindic ate our position,” said Harbourside Place attorney Mitchell Berger.

Built by developer Nick Mast ro i a nni, Harbourside Pl a c e has been controversial since it opened with fireworks in December 2014.