Daytona Beach special magistrate orders widespread compliance, levies fines and sets deadlines in code-enforcement docket

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The City of Daytona Beach special magistrate on Sept. 9, 2025, reviewed more than 40 code-enforcement cases and issued a series of orders requiring property owners to correct violations by Oct. 8, 2025, or face renewed magistrate hearings and fines; several owners were instead assessed daily fines that in many cases commence Sept. 4, 2025, with statutory caps applied.

Why it matters: The rulings affect dozens of residential and commercial properties across Daytona Beach and illustrate the magistrate’s active use of compliance deadlines and per-day fines—measures the city uses to enforce property maintenance, zoning and safety standards.

The magistrate opened the special proceeding by announcing the docket and moving through individual cases. For many properties without respondents in the courtroom, the magistrate formally found noncompliance and ordered owners “to come into compliance by 10/08/2025 or be returned to the special magistrate for consideration of a fine of up to $1,000 per day thereafter,” language the magistrate used repeatedly. In several matters the magistrate instead imposed fines that had already begun accruing and set per-day rates and caps.

Representative decisions and fines included: - Case No. 1 (RMJN Holdings II, LLC): magistrate ordered compliance by Oct. 8, 2025; failure to comply would return the case for possible fines. - Case No. 2 (Daytona Beach Golf and…