Special magistrate issues compliance deadlines and fines for a dozen West Palm Beach properties

The City of West Palm Beach special magistrate hearing produced a series of compliance orders across numerous properties, with deadlines ranging from 14 to 180 days and daily fines for noncompliance. The magistrate adopted code-enforcement officers’ testimony and photographs into the record and issued written orders setting specific deadlines and fines or authorizing abatement where the magistrate found ongoing public-safety or nuisance conditions.

Key orders and deadlines included: - 919 Second Street (CE25063630): Owner given 60 days to correct multiple exterior violations (missing window screens, window/wood rot, weather-tightness and licensing violations); $150/day fine authorized after the period. Code officer Donald Lattimore noted the steps were repaired and that the tenant provided photographs and testimony about bee infestations; property manager Adrianna requested 60 days and said bees had been cured. - 4111 Greenwood Avenue (CE25053506): Owner given 45 days to address landscape/parkway, outdoor storage and related violations or face $100/day fines; code officer Katie Weaver reported some items already complied and asked for 45 days. - 2701 Rosemary Avenue (KCE25053592): Owner (MTZ Investments/Edward Martinez) given 180 days to obtain permits and complete a planning/site-review process for unpermitted paving; magistrate allowed 180 days given permitting complexity; $100/day authorized if not complied. - 3001 Tuxedo Avenue (CE25073775): Project manager Victoria Black given 45 days to remove containers blocking the right-of-way and obtain required building permit or face $100/day fine. - 61940 Fifth Street (CE24072372): Owner given 14 days to remove outdoor storage and bring landscaping/parking into compliance or face $100/day fines; city rejected the latest compliance representations and ordered the shorter deadline. - 243 Wanoa Place (CE25063624): Commercial trash enclosure lacked a required permit; owner given 180 days to obtain permits and complete surfacing/parking repairs or face $250/day fines. - 5509 Garden Avenue (CE25063687) and 2791 Village Boulevard units (CE25063636, CE25063683): Various landscaping, outdoor storage, sanitation and rental-license deficiencies were given 30 days (or 90 days for some interior repairs and permit work) or fines of $100–$200/day; magistrate recorded the city’s findings and accepted property-management representations where present. - 93230 First Street (CE25053585): Vacant lot with excessive growth, vegetative debris, and outdoor storage found to create a public-health and nuisance risk; magistrate ordered 45 days to correct sod/landscaping or $50/day fine and authorized city abatement within 14 days for the specified public-safety violations, assessing abatement costs to the property.

In each of these cases the magistrate announced findings of notice sufficiency, adopted officers’ testimony into the record, and set compliance windows with explicit fine schedules. Several properties were found to be in compliance and were noted as such on the record (for example 4007 Windsor Avenue and 64130 Fourth Street). Magistrate Kevin Wagner repeatedly instructed respondents to coordinate with code enforcement for reinspection and to maintain up-to-date contact information with the city.