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Highland Beach code cases: expired permits, missed inspections lead to compliance and small penalties
Summary
At an Aug. 12, 2025, special magistrate hearing, several properties with expired building permits were found to be brought into compliance; one respondent was ordered to pay $250 in prosecution costs.
At a special magistrate hearing in Highland Beach on Aug. 12, 2025, code staff reported multiple cases involving expired building permits that were either corrected before the hearing or corrected after the compliance deadline. In one case the magistrate assessed prosecution costs of $250 after the property came into compliance following the required date.
Adam Mosowski, the town’s code compliance officer, presented Case CC25-253 for 2727 South Ocean Boulevard Unit 1004 and said Permit P22-0138, submitted May 20, 2022, had expired because of missed inspections and unpaid fees. Mosowski said the notice of violation was served by certified mail on June 5, 2025, and that reinspection on Aug. 12, 2025, showed the violation corrected. The town recommended finding the violation as alleged but waived prosecution costs; the magistrate found the property had been in violation but had come into compliance and did not assess costs.
In Case CC25-236, also for 2727 South Ocean Boulevard Unit 1004 but a different permit (BR22-0021), Mosowski said the permit was submitted April 8, 2022, expired for the same reasons, and the respondent was given 21 days to come into compliance. Staff said the property was reinspected Aug. 12 and the violations were corrected. The town asked the magistrate to assess prosecution costs of $250 payable within 30 days; the magistrate ordered payment of that amount.
The town also announced it was "pulling" several cases from the agenda because the properties were now in compliance, including CC25-185 and BTC25-310. Those matters were not heard because staff determined permits or inspections had been brought up to date prior to the hearing.
Mosowski provided the timeline of notices, green-card returns, and posting dates for the hearings; where the town waived costs it was explicit on the record. The magistrate entered findings consistent with the evidence presented: properties that had been in violation but corrected prior to or on the day of reinspection were not assessed costs in some instances, while others were subject to modest prosecution costs.
The town’s use of certified mail notices, posted notices of hearing, and reinspection dates are recorded in the enforcement file and will determine whether any additional follow-up or fees are required.
