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Magistrate cuts several large West Palm Beach code-enforcement liens; owners given time to pay
Summary
During a June 3 mitigation docket, Special Magistrate Amity Barnard reduced lien amounts on multiple properties — in some cases dramatically — and set payment windows; several owners described financial hardship and detailed work taken to bring properties into compliance.
Special Magistrate Amity Barnard reduced outstanding code-enforcement liens for multiple properties at a June 3 lien-reduction and fine-mitigation hearing, setting payment deadlines and weighing the gravity of violations against owners’ claims of hardship.
Barnard heard mitigation requests for a series of properties and, after considering city recommendations and owner testimony, issued the following notable reductions and payment terms:
- 3402 Greenwood Avenue (cases CE08110019, CE21050247, CE10040697, CE10020360): The magistrate reduced four liens originally totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. She ordered reductions to $1,000 (original $1,900), $1,500 (original $3,500), $7,500 (from $438,100) and $10,000 (from $479,700) respectively, each payable within one year. Owner Julie Alexis Felix told the magistrate, “I’ve spent everything that I have to be in compliance,”…
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