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2026-10-27 - Code Enforcement Authority Building Inspections

Summary

Built from the posted agenda and the closed captions of the 39-minute recording, which have no speaker labels; figures and dates are as captioned and may be misheard. Owners and addresses are left out.

  • A special magistrate presided for the Code Enforcement Authority (see Building Inspection Code Enforcement Hearings), approved the August 25, 2026 minutes, and heard two respondents first; a building inspections officer presented every case. Typical court costs were $200, payable within 30 days.
  • Closed after compliance (permits issued August 21, costs paid): two unpermitted-work cases.
  • Fines commenced: an unsafe structure case ($25 a day from October 27, no permit pulled) and a second unpermitted-work case ($25 a day from October 27).
  • Continued: an unpermitted-work case continued to the December 22 hearing with the $100 a day fine retroactive to August 25 (the contractor had just applied for a demolition permit, with engineered plans received); an unpermitted-work case continued to the February 23, 2027 hearing while architectural review board approval and a variance are obtained, with a $25 a day fine backdated if no permit is issued; and a third case continued to December 22 after a demolition permit was issued, with fines retroactive to the October 27 compliance date.
  • Violations found, with compliance due December 21, 2026 and fines starting December 22 if not met: an unpermitted wood fence that also serves as a pool barrier and does not meet the 2023 Florida Building Code ($25 a day; the owner said a permit was applied for October 23 and that pool sensors were installed, and the officer said code requirements would be verified); an unsafe structure with roof and siding rot, which the officer said looked like hurricane damage and was unchanged since the notice ($25 a day); and a portable shed placed without a permit after a June stop work order ($100 a day).
  • The hearings adjourned with no other business.

Agenda

  1. Approval of minutes of August 25, 2026 (26-1212)
  2. Noncompliance, commence fines (25-20): accessory structure, no permit
  3. Noncompliance (25-28): unsafe structure
  4. Noncompliance (26-50): accessory structure, no permit
  5. Noncompliance (26-5): alteration, building, siding, mechanical, electric and plumbing, no permits
  6. Noncompliance (26-53): front porch and siding removed, no permits
  7. Noncompliance (26-10): alteration, addition and pier work, no permits
  8. Noncompliance (26-45): interior alteration, no permit
  9. Find violations (26-71): unsafe structure
  10. Find violations (26-78): shed in parking lot, no permits
  11. Find violations (26-92): fence, no permits
    Requests to increase fines/liens, unfinished business, new business: none listed

Code enforcement case details (owners, addresses) are left out of this page.

Sources

Video

Watch the recording (City meeting portal; not on YouTube).

Transcript

No transcript available.