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Martin County OKs ordinance delegating lien-release approvals to code magistrate over commissioners' objections
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners adopted an amendment to Martin County Code Section 1.98(b) that delegates authority to the special magistrate to approve release or reduction of code-enforcement liens down to an established 10% minimum; the measure passed 4–1 after debate about hardship cases and concentration of decision-making.
The Martin County Board of County Commissioners voted 4–1 on May 6 to adopt an ordinance amending Martin County Code Section 1.98(b) to delegate authority to the county's code enforcement special magistrate to approve reductions and releases of code-enforcement liens down to an established 10 percent minimum. Commissioner John Capps cast the lone dissent.
The change makes a previously followed "10 percent" practice a codified minimum and removes the requirement that the board explicitly approve magistrate-recommended reductions that meet that standard. "I feel like that's a heavy concentration of power in one person's judgment," Commissioner John Capps said during the public…
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