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Council accepts $25,000 settlement to clear $161,000 code lien on Marino Point condo
Summary
After hearing from the buyer who purchased the condo at 30 Marino Point Road in foreclosure, the City Council approved a negotiated reduction that settled the outstanding code lien at $25,000, citing permit activity and corrective work that had stopped fines from accruing in 2021.
The Destin City Council approved a settlement that reduces a code‑enforcement lien on a Marino Point Road condominium to $25,000 after staff and the property owner said the property was brought into compliance in February 2021.
Attorney Brian Kiefer spoke for his client, property owner Lenis Duran, explaining that Duran purchased the unit at foreclosure in 2020 and had no actual knowledge of the lien. Kiefer said he had mistakenly told Duran a year earlier that the case was closed because an…
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