The City of Newberry special magistrate ordered owners of a property where a mobile home had been demolished to remove remaining debris within 14 days of the Aug. 14, 2025 hearing or face $50-per-day fines beginning Aug. 29, 2025.

City staff testified the demolition permit (permit #25-0141) was applied for March 12, 2025, approved March 17 and issued March 18 after fees were paid; the mobile home itself was removed but debris and “white goods” (appliances) remained at the site as of inspections in June and photographs taken the morning of the hearing. City staff said there had been no progress on cleanup since June 25.

The owners in attendance, Robert and his wife (both identified in the record as property co-owners), said they purchased the property recently, had a squatter for several months, contracted a local demo contractor who later had equipment problems and promised cleanup that was not completed, and that they planned to place a dumpster and remove the debris in short order. Robert McNeal said a friend who scraps metal would collect metal items and that they intended to “just put a dumpster over there and put all the stuff in the dumpster.”

The magistrate found the property remained in violation of the city’s hazardous lands/buildings ordinance and set a 14-day compliance window from Aug. 14, 2025, warning that $50-per-day fines would begin Aug. 29 if the site was not cleaned up. He observed that the demolition permit provided some leniency to complete work, but that the accumulated debris still constituted a hazardous condition under the same code section cited in the initial order; he said, “14 days is what I'm saying as of today.”

The order did not state additional prosecution costs beyond prior case language; the magistrate said $50-per-day fines would be instituted if the property remained in violation at the end of the 14 days and that the city could set a future hearing to consider further enforcement or lien recording.