Titusville magistrate recommends $9,000 lien reduction; several owners ordered to fix code violations or face daily fines

Don Wynn, the magistrate specially appointed by the City of Titusville, recommended that the Titusville City Council reduce a code-enforcement lien on a Cleveland Street property by $9,000 and heard a docket of Massey and initial hearings that produced a mix of immediate orders, fines pending noncompliance and one 30-day continuance.

The recommendation affects property at 925 Cleveland Street, listed in city records under Robert C. Kirk and Crystal Kirk Cook. City staff told the magistrate that daily fines and other charges had accrued to a total they recorded as $10,236.08 and that the applicant asked for a $9,400 reduction. After considering testimony and documentary evidence, Don Wynn said he was “inclined to reduce the lien, particularly because it is in so much better condition than it was when we first met,” and he said, “I will recommend that the city council reduce this lien” by $9,000; hard costs assessed by the city would remain. The magistrate’s recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for final action.

The docket also produced these outcomes and orders: the Stinson property at 2755 Tomoka Avenue was found in compliance and no fines or administrative costs were assessed; the Manzo shipping-container case (2655 Alleybird Drive) was continued 30 days to allow submittal of engineered plans and to give the owner an opportunity to complete the…