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Magistrate gives life-estate owner 90 days to remove debris and untagged vehicles at Cleveland Avenue property
Summary
The special magistrate found trash, debris and untagged/inoperable vehicles at 116 Cleveland Ave and ordered compliance within 90 days; $25-per-day fines will begin Oct. 15, 2025, for continued violations.
At a July 15 special-magistrate hearing, the City of Palatka found that property at 116 Cleveland Avenue, listed to an Aldik Saededin life estate, contained manmade debris and untagged or inoperable vehicles and issued a 90-day compliance order. The magistrate said fines of $25 per day per violation would begin on Oct. 15, 2025, if the property is not brought into compliance by the end of business Oct. 14.
Melissa Dreyer, the city code-enforcement officer assigned to the case, said the violations included accumulation of “man made items” visible on the property and untagged vehicles, including a Honda Odyssey van parked in the driveway and a Ford-chassis vehicle parked partially in the public right of way. Dreyer testified that the van and other vehicles appeared unmoved from November 2024 through her July 2025 inspection. She also described grass growing around one vehicle and rusted or missing parts on others.
Dreyer told the magistrate that she had sent certified notice and posted the property in accordance with state statute and that the property owner, Aldik Saededin, had met with staff but was not present at the hearing. Dreyer said Saededin indicated he would attempt to bring the property into compliance.
The magistrate found the city presented substantial and competent evidence of violations of Section 30-32(a) of the Palatka code related to prohibited conditions and public nuisances and entered an order allowing 90 days for remediation. The order covers removal or concealment of manmade debris (except two green garbage cans observed by the officer) and relocation or repair and registration of the cited vehicles; fines of $25 per violation per day will begin to accrue on Oct. 15 if the property is still out of compliance.
Dreyer and a prior officer, David Green, submitted photographs from November 2024 and July 2025 showing the vehicles and debris. Dreyer said she re-inspected the site in July and found the same vehicles and substantial amounts of manmade items that, she said, “are not allowed to be stored outside, where they can be seen.”
