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Commission Aligns City Code Enforcement Penalties with Florida Statute Chapter 162
Summary
On second reading the commission amended city code to align maximum daily penalties for code violations with chapter 162 of the Florida Statutes.
The City Commission approved on second reading an ordinance amending Chapter 11 of the Fort Lauderdale Code of Ordinances to align the city’s maximum daily penalties for code violations with chapter 162 of the Florida Statutes.
The ordinance (OSR-2) amends section 11-12(c) and was introduced and adopted on second reading without recorded debate. The roll call recorded all voting commissioners as voting yes (Commissioner Glassman: yes; Commissioner Beasley Pittman: yes; Commissioner Sorensen: yes; Mayor Dean J. Trantalis: yes).
City staff described the ordinance as a local code update to bring the city’s enforcement penalties into conformity with state law. The transcript does not include penalty amounts; the ordinance text as adopted should be consulted for the exact penalty schedule.
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