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Special magistrate cuts lien against 6800 Gulf Blvd. owner to 10% after long-running sign dispute
Summary
A special magistrate reduced a $49,500 code-enforcement lien on the owner of 6800 Gulf Boulevard to $4,950 plus administrative fees, finding notice was legally proper but citing delays and equitable factors in granting reduction.
Erica Augello, the special magistrate presiding over Saint Pete Beach code-enforcement hearings, reduced a $49,500 lien against Richard Allen Long, trustee of the Richard Allen Long Revocable Trust, to 10% of the original amount — $4,950 — plus $325 in administrative costs and any necessary recording fees. The magistrate ordered the reduced amount paid within 30 days of the written order and warned that unpaid sums would revert to the full $49,500.
The lien traces to an unpermitted sign at 6800 Gulf Boulevard above a restaurant that code staff said remained in place despite prior notices and postings. The trust’s attorney, Joe…
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