Magistrate clarifies payment timelines and reduction process at Lake Alfred code-enforcement hearing
Magistrate Joe Mawhinney explained that assessed city administrative costs are generally payable within 30 days and described how fine-reduction requests are handled once a property is compliant; staff noted the magistrate lacks jurisdiction to reduce administrative costs after an order.
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At the start and throughout the Sept. 17 special magistrate hearing, Magistrate Joe Mawhinney explained procedural rules for how the court handles consent-agenda cases, certification of fines and reduction requests. He told attendees that consent-agenda cases see only certification of accrued fines because initial findings of violation were decided previously, and that assessed city costs are payable within 30 days unless he indicates otherwise.
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