DeLand special magistrate amends compliance date, orders fines and entries of compliance for multiple properties

Special Magistrate Julie Zolte presiding over the City of DeLand code enforcement special magistrate hearing on April 24, 2025, amended a prior order for 606 N. Clara Ave., set a new compliance deadline and entered a series of orders finding some properties in compliance and imposing fines on others.

The magistrate amended the compliance date for property at 606 N. Clara Ave., owned by Jonathan K. Lee and Denise A. Lee, to April 30, 2025, and ordered that fines of $100 per day may begin to accrue on May 1, 2025, if the required permit is not issued. City staff told the magistrate the permit application was in review and expected to be issued once outstanding fees are paid. The magistrate scheduled a compliance hearing for May 22, 2025, to determine whether the property is in compliance.

At the hearing the city reported that Vasil and Nadia Boycek (1315 E. International Speedway Blvd., case CE24-1644) submitted an affidavit showing the property came into compliance before the deadline; the magistrate entered an order of compliance with no fine due.

The magistrate found Scott Portal Homes LLC (324 N. Fairview Ave., case CE25-17) remains in violation for roof and drainage defects and ordered fines of $150 per day to begin accruing as of April 22, 2025, until the violation is corrected, based on staff reinspection and…