Nassau County magistrate grants compliance extension for Yulee property, imposes $100-per-day fine for Fernandina Beach parcel

A Nassau County special magistrate on an October 2025 special magistrate docket granted an extension for a Yulee property owner to finish abating nuisance conditions and imposed daily fines on a Fernandina Beach property owner who remained out of compliance with county code.

The actions came during a code enforcement fine-assessment hearing in Nassau County. County attorneys and code enforcement officers presented evidence and asked the magistrate to either extend compliance deadlines or begin daily fines and assess administrative costs where properties remained noncompliant.

Case CE248316 — Walter Leo Dykes, 75734 Johnson Lake Road, Yulee

Code enforcement records show the magistrate previously found a violation and ordered the property owner to correct the conditions by Sept. 8, 2025. Officer Travis Taylor of Nassau County Code Enforcement reported a reinspection on Oct. 7, 2025, and told the magistrate the property was in compliance with the county’s prohibition on unserviceable vehicles but still had a small remaining amount of material to remove for full compliance with nuisance provisions. The county requested a continuance, asking that the property be given a new compliance date of Nov. 14 and that the matter be set for a fine assessment hearing on Nov. 18; the county said a $50-per-day fine should start if the owner failed to finish compliance by the new deadline.

The magistrate granted the county’s request, found the property was not yet fully in compliance, set a new compliance deadline of Nov. 14, and scheduled a fine-assessment hearing for Nov. 18. The magistrate said a written order reflecting that decision will follow.

Case CE258849 — Charles J. Baker Jr., 96179 O'Neil Scott Road, Fernandina Beach

Officer Margie Camacho reported the property had multiple violations previously identified by the magistrate on Aug. 12, 2025, including violations cited to Nassau County Code Section 7-93(1)(c)-(g) and to nuisance provisions in Chapter 18. The county provided photographs, proof of mailing and posting, and an affidavit of noncompliance. Camacho told the magistrate the property remained out of compliance as of Oct. 7, 2025, and said there had been no communication from the owner since the county’s prior actions. The county asked the magistrate to assess a fine of $100 per day beginning Oct. 4, 2025, and to assess administrative costs of $312.02.

After reviewing the evidence, the magistrate found the property remained in violation, ordered fines of $100 per day to run from Oct. 4, 2025, until the property achieves compliance, and assessed administrative costs of $312.02. The magistrate said a written order consistent with that pronouncement will follow.

Pulled case and next steps

A separate case, CE258838 (Charles F. Wilder, 85067 Amanda Court), was pulled from the agenda after the county reported the property had achieved compliance. The magistrate announced the next special magistrate meeting for Nov. 18, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.

Votes at a glance

- CE248316 (Walter Leo Dykes, 75734 Johnson Lake Road, Yulee): Magistrate granted county’s request for an extension; new compliance deadline Nov. 14, 2025; fine-assessment hearing set for Nov. 18, 2025. (No daily fines started at this hearing.)

- CE258849 (Charles J. Baker Jr., 96179 O'Neil Scott Road, Fernandina Beach): Magistrate assessed fines of $100 per day beginning Oct. 4, 2025, continuing until compliance, and administrative costs of $312.02.

Reporting details

Proceedings followed quasi-judicial procedures presented by Abigail Jornby, deputy county attorney; documents admitted into evidence included prior findings of fact, photographs, certified mail receipts, affidavits of posting and noncompliance, and a building demolition permit noted in the record. The magistrate presided and issued oral rulings accompanied by the promise of written orders to follow.

The hearing record indicates the county will enforce the magistrate’s orders at the scheduled follow-up hearings and will begin any daily fines or continue them consistent with magistrate orders if compliance is not achieved by the listed deadlines.