Big lien reductions for compliant property owners

Code Enforcement Special Magistrate — July 9, 2026

Two owners who finally got permits saw massive old liens nearly wiped out — $187,850 cut to $1,000 for Chandler, and $51,800 cut to $281.38 for Salazar — with hard deadlines to pay or the full amounts return.

Code Enforcement Special Magistrate — May 14, 2026

More than $440,000 in old code liens were waived or zeroed out, several because owners were stuck waiting on Rebuild Florida hurricane-repair programs or faced disability and hardship. The Best Way reduction is tied to repaying the county's demolition costs and a future office redevelopment on U.S. 17-92.

Code Enforcement Special Magistrate — April 9, 2026

Two liens totaling well over $1 million were slashed — one to $1,000 and one to $100 — after owners cleaned up properties and, in one case, showed extreme hardship. This is the county's housekeeping effort to clear old cases off the books.

Code Enforcement Special Magistrate — March 12, 2026

Board of Adjustment — February 23, 2026

Several of tonight's approvals — the Sweetwater fence columns and the Gleaves Court shed — grew out of unpermitted-construction code violations. The variances are the first step; owners still have to go through proper permitting.

Code Enforcement Special Magistrate — February 12, 2026

Two lien reduction requests got approved, cutting roughly $59,000 in combined fines down to about $1,500 total. The county supported both reductions since the underlying violations were long fixed.

Code Enforcement Special Magistrate — January 8, 2026

Property owners facing six-figure code liens got relief after bringing properties into compliance or demolishing structures. The message: fix the violation and the county will cut fines down to actual administrative costs.