Daytona Beach code enforcement board issues fines, grants extensions across multiple properties

The Daytona Beach Code Enforcement Board on Oct. 9 amended compliance deadlines for multiple properties and ordered daily fines for several others, citing unresolved exterior and safety violations.

The board met at Daytona Beach City Hall and by Zoom. Inspectors presented case histories and recent reinspection results; property owners or their representatives spoke in several matters. Board members most often voted to extend compliance cutoffs to the next scheduled review (commonly Nov. 5 or Jan. 2026) or to impose daily fines that begin if the property remains out of compliance.

Why it matters: Code board actions can create property liens, trigger daily monetary penalties, and affect sale or transfer of real property. Several cases involved safety-related features — exposed pools, failing fences, or unsecured structures — that board members and staff flagged as immediate community concerns.

Key outcomes ("Votes at a glance"): - Case CEBO5-25-96, 518 Cannon Street (Alexander Contreras): Board amended the order of noncompliance to allow the respondent to bring the property into compliance by the Nov. 5 cutoff; motion by Miss Roby, second by Miss Marsh; passed. - Case CEBO4-25-79, (Gary E. Holt): Staff requested amendment to the January cutoff; motion to extend to the January hearing passed (moved by Miss Roby, seconded by a board member); passed. - Case CEBO7-21-223, (Tracy Smith): Amended to the January cutoff (compliance by Dec. 31/returned at the January hearing); motion by Miss Roby, second Miss Marsh; passed. - Case CEB08-25-135, 830 Berkshire Road (53 Nave LLC): Amended…