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Magistrate orders Altamonte Springs homeowners to obtain permits for sheds; compliance due Sept. 10
Summary
A Seminole County special magistrate ordered Eric and Jocelyn Rios to obtain permits for unpermitted sheds at 501 Grove Court by Sept. 10 and warned of daily fines if they fail to comply.
A Seminole County special magistrate ordered Eric I. Rios and Jocelyn E. Rios to obtain required building permits for structures on their property at 501 Grove Court in Altamonte Springs and to bring the property into compliance by Sept. 10, 2025. The magistrate said a daily fine would begin if the order is not met.
The order follows a county presentation by Ruth Goldstein, program coordinator in the Building Division, who said the county inspected the property on Aug. 8, 2024, and found two sheds and a storage container that lacked the required permits. Goldstein presented dated photographs of the structures and the permit application history showing an application submitted Sept. 6, 2024, that was still under plan review with corrections outstanding.
Goldstein told the magistrate that the permit application under review referenced two sheds (one 10-by-20 and one 10-by-8) and a container, and that the building plan-review team had asked the applicants to clarify how each shed will be anchored to the ground. Inspector Brent Griffin confirmed he was assigned to the case and provided the on-site inspection records to the clerk.
During testimony, the respondent stated the storage container had been removed. Griffin said he did not observe the container in front during a recent inspection but had not had full access to the rear yard; he said he could verify whether the container remained. The magistrate and county staff clarified that if the container is removed the outstanding permit should be amended to cover the two sheds only, and that the existing application needed to be corrected to match the actual structures on site.
The magistrate ordered the Rioses to obtain the required permits by Sept. 10, 2025, and warned that a fine of $250 per day would be imposed if they failed to comply. Brent Griffin was identified as the assigned inspector for compliance verification.
The county’s written recommendation submitted into the record cited Seminole County Code chapter 40, appendix A, section 105.1 as the controlling authority for the violation.
