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Magistrate finds property owner in violation for outdoor storage and fill; compliance deadline set
Summary
Special Magistrate Amity Barnard found the owner of 2241 A Road in violation of multiple town code sections for keeping fill, prohibited uses and outdoor storage; the owner must comply by Sept. 5 or face a $150-per-day fine beginning Sept. 6 and a fine-assessment hearing Sept. 17.
Special Magistrate Amity Barnard on Aug. 4 found the property at 2241 A Road in the Town of Loxahatchee Groves in violation of multiple town code sections for keeping fill, prohibited uses and outdoor storage, and ordered the respondent to come into compliance by Sept. 5, 2025.
John Suarez, code enforcement officer for the Town of Loxahatchee Groves, presented the town’s evidentiary file and testified the notice of violation and notice of hearing were mailed by certified mail and posted on the property on July 10, 2025. Suarez told the magistrate the town documented imported dirt and equipment on the lot and identified an active hay-transfer operation and a dirt-sifting operation on what the town’s records list as vacant land.
Deanna Thomas, code enforcement officer, testified she personally served the notice and attested to…
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