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Citrus County special master grants extensions, imposes fines and orders permit compliance across May code-compliance docket
Summary
At a May hearing, Special Master Christian Waugh issued orders across dozens of code-compliance cases — granting time-limited extensions in some cases, upholding a key ruling that the county owns a disputed right-of-way, and imposing fines or one-time penalties where property owners left work or storage without proper permits.
Citrus County Special Master Christian Waugh opened the May 2025 code compliance hearing by calling the session to order and proceeding through a long docket of property cases, issuing time-to-comply orders, one-time fines and daily penalties in a mix of abandoned construction, unpermitted site work, junk-accumulation and temporary-occupancy matters.
The hearing came after the county submitted dozens of violation reports and photographs; Waugh repeatedly emphasized the hearing’s purpose was compliance. “I hereby call this Citrus County code compliance hearing for May 2025 to order,” Special Master Christian Waugh said at the start of the session. In several contested and uncontested matters he either granted additional time to bring properties into compliance or assessed fines where the county recommended penalties.
Why it matters: the rulings clarify limits on unpermitted site work in Citrus County and reinforce the county’s enforcement approach: when property uses exceed what permits allow, the special master either requires removal, orders the owner to secure proper permits or imposes fines intended to prompt remediation.
Major rulings and outcomes
- Data Holdings LLC: Waugh admitted defense exhibits and granted the respondent’s motion…
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