Seminole County magistrate orders compliance deadlines, fines for multiple unpermitted structures

Special Magistrate Sherry Setfin issued orders and set compliance deadlines for a series of Seminole County property code cases at a June 12, 2025 hearing, directing property owners to obtain required permits or face daily fines and possible liens.

The magistrate found one respondent out of compliance and imposed an immediate fine: in Case 2426CESM, Los Campos De America LLC at 345 Jones Avenue in Sanford, Setfin said, “I find sufficient evidence to ratify my prior order of 02/13/2025… I’m going to find that you are not in compliance, and I’m going to impose the fine of $250 a day starting 06/11/2025,” with administrative costs required to be paid or recorded as a lien. County staff had testified that exterior work — new siding, framing, windows and a door — had been done without permits and that plan-review corrections submitted in 2024 showed no recent applicant activity.

The magistrate issued or confirmed compliance deadlines and follow-up hearings for multiple other cases:

- Case 2511CESM (202 Jasmine Lane, Longwood; owners Daniel Bula Velasquez and Letty Gutierrez Ospina): County staff reported unpermitted installation of three gates, an awning and pergola, a swimming pool with plumbing and electric, a drainage pipe in a rear easement and demolition work on two sheds. Inspector Brent Griffin testified the violations remain and that some permit applications are in process but not issued. Setfin amended the prior order and set a new compliance deadline of Sept. 10, 2025, with a compliance hearing on Sept. 11, 2025; the county had recommended a…