Magistrate orders Christiansen Family to install doors on dumpster enclosure by May 22 or face $50/day fines

Special Magistrate Marcy found Christiansen Family, LTD in violation for failing to keep a dumpster fully enclosed at a commercial property (Mavis Tire and Brakes) at 1330 Alafaya Trail in Oviedo and ordered the owner to attach doors or gates to the enclosure by 5 p.m. on May 22, 2025.

Code Enforcement Officer Lindsey Longstreet presented a 27-page packet and told the magistrate that on Dec. 27, 2024, she observed “the dumpster at Mavis Tire and Brakes to not be in a fully enclosed structure.” Longstreet said the property had an enclosure but the dumpster was not in it on initial inspection; later reinspections showed the front remained exposed because the enclosure lacked doors or gates.

Longstreet detailed multiple notices to the property owner, including a notice of violation with a corrective action date of Jan. 27, 2025, a second notice with a corrective date of Feb. 11, 2025, and subsequent notices after code-section updates; the record includes certified-mail receipts and affidavits of hand delivery for some mailings. The city asked that the owner “attach some type of doors or gates to make it a full enclosure.”

The magistrate found the respondent in violation of Oviedo code section 16.12 and ordered the owner to bring the enclosure into compliance by 5 p.m. May 22, 2025. The magistrate said that if the owner failed to comply, “fines will accrue at $50 a day until they come into compliance.”