The City of Deltona’s special magistrate ruled that Harmony Clinic at 1698 Diane Terrace failed to comply with a prior order requiring permits and plan review and ordered daily fines to continue until verified compliance.

The finding matters because the property had been subject to a 90-day compliance window under the magistrate’s prior order related to unpermitted interior alterations; the city says the owner has accrued $1,450 in fines and the fire-safety inspector asked that the $50-per-day fines continue until the fire safety inspector verifies compliance.

Lisa Nadeau, a City of Deltona fire safety inspector, told the magistrate this matter is a Massey case and that the property was the subject of an earlier order giving the owner 90 days to obtain necessary permits and plan reviews. Nadeau said the owner did not obtain permits within that time and that fines began accruing at $50 per day on 08/27/2025, totaling $1,450 as of the hearing. She told the magistrate that a building permit application (Building 25-0790079) was submitted on 08/26/2025; the fire plan review occurred on 09/18/2025 and was still undergoing building review, and multiple corrections remained to the plans.

Property owner Lester Guerrero told the magistrate he had submitted paperwork and was awaiting results from his engineers. Assistant fire marshal Samuel Schaller explained that plan-review timelines are governed by state rules and that plan review times can be lengthy; he estimated plan review could take roughly 60 days and noted the 90-day compliance window is intended to allow time for submission and review.

Magistrate Kristen Ike said she would not change the prior 90-day allowance and found the respondent failed to correct violation D within the time specified by the prior order; she ordered the fines to remain in place and continue to accrue until an inspector verifies compliance and an affidavit of compliance is filed. She told Guerrero he may later apply to the city commission for a reduction of fines but that the magistrate would not reduce them at the hearing. "Ultimately, it's the city commission's decision about whether to reduce the fine," Ike said.

Next steps: the fines will continue at $50 per day for violation D until the fire safety inspector files an affidavit of compliance verifying that required permits have been issued and the work meets the applicable code.