Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Division of Motor Vehicles  


  • New Country Motor Cars of Palm Beach, LLC d/b/a Ferrari of Palm Beach

                                                                         Notice of Publication for a New Point

                                                            Franchise Motor Vehicle Dealer in a County of More

                                                                                      than 300,000 Population

           Pursuant to Section 320.642, Florida Statutes, Ferrari North America, Inc. (Ferrari NA), gives notice of its intent to permit the establishment of New Country Motor Cars of Palm Beach, LLC d/b/a Ferrari of Palm Beach, as a dealership for the sale and service of Ferrari automobiles, at a location currently having a street address of 3974 and 3978 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401, being on the south side of Okeechobee Boulevard, one- half mile east of intersection at Military Trail.

           The legal description of this address is as follows: Commence at the northwest corner of Section 30, Township 43 south, range 43 east, Palm Beach County, Florida; thence southerly along the west line of said section 30, a distance of 15 feet to a point in the south right of way line of Okeechobee (road) Boulevard and the point of beginning; thence easterly along said south right of way line which is 15 feet south of and parallel with the north line of said section 30, a distance of 243. 98 feet to a point; thence southerly, at right angles, a distance of 273 feet to a point in the south line of tract “b”, according to Sharon’s replat of portions of West Gate Estates, as recorded in plat book 15, page 64, Palm Beach County records; thence a distance of 246.06 feet, to a point in the west line of section 30, thence distance of 273 feet more or less to the point of beginning and Lots 33 through 39, block 7, according to the plat of “West Gate Estates”, as recorded in plat book 8, page 38 in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. Less and except the northerly 5.50 feet thereof for road right-of-way as described in official records book 6633, page 163 and official records book 7309, page 1452, public records of Palm Beach County, Florida.

           The dealer operator and principal investor of the proposed dealership is: Michael J. Cantanucci, 39 Brayton Lane, Lake George, New York 12845. Ferrari NA intends to permit the establishment of the proposed dealership on or after March 1, 2008

           The notice indicates intent to permit the addition of a dealership to a location in a county of more than 300,000 population, according to the latest population estimates of the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research.

           Certain dealerships of the same line-make may have standing, pursuant to Section 320.642, Florida Statutes, to file a petition or complaint protesting the application.

           Written petitions or complaints must be received by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice and must be submitted to: Nalini Vinayak, Administrator, Dealer License Section, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Room A-312, MS 65, Neil Kirkman Building, 2900 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0635.

           A copy of such petition or complaint must also be sent by U.S. Mail to: David M. Wertheim, Ferrari North America, Inc., 250 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632.

           If no petitions or complaints are received within 30 days of the date of publication, a final order will be issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles approving the establishment of the dealership, subject to the applicant’s compliance with the provisions of Chapter 320, Florida Statutes.

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