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Magistrate gives homeowner with hurricane damage 120 days after city opens grant path
Summary
A Deltona special magistrate found Carmen A. Hernandez's property at 570 E. Normandy Blvd. in violation of property-maintenance codes but granted 120 days for repairs while the owner completes an owner-occupied repair grant application; the city recorded payment of overdue taxes and staff are assisting the application process.
A special magistrate on June 25 found the property at 570 East Normandy Boulevard in violation of Deltona's property maintenance code for exterior damage to soffit, trim and walls caused by 2024 hurricane-related tree impact, and ordered repairs to be completed by Oct. 23, 2025. The magistrate set a $25-per-day fine to begin after that date if repairs are not completed.
Why this matters: The property-owner family has applied to a city-run owner-occupied repair grant program to help pay hurricane-related repairs. Code staff and the community development department told the magistrate that the homeowner has paid overdue property taxes (clearing a barrier to grant eligibility) and is working to complete the multi-step application; the magistrate extended the compliance timeline to allow the…
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