Oviedo magistrate orders First Key Homes to obtain fence permit by May 22 or face $50/day fines

Special Magistrate Marcy ordered property owner First Key Homes, LLC to obtain a permit for a replaced backyard fence at 1047 Whittier Circle in Oviedo by 5 p.m. on May 22, 2025, after the city’s code enforcement officer said the replacement panels were installed without a permit.

Code Enforcement Officer Lindsey Longstreet presented a 23-page evidence packet to the magistrate, saying, “We received a complaint ... replacing several fence panels with, no permit.” Longstreet said the city mailed a notice of violation with an initial compliance date of Feb. 27, 2025, and later reissued notices after a code section number was updated. She noted the property previously had a December 2024 notice for a fence in disrepair that stated “the fence replacement would require a permit.”

The magistrate found the respondent in violation and ordered the owner to “obtain a permit for the fence” no later than 5 p.m. on May 22, 2025. The magistrate said that if the respondent failed to obtain a permit by that deadline, “a fine of $50 per day will accrue until the respondent comes in to compliance.” The record shows certified-mail notices, signed green cards for later mailings, and affidavits of posting and hand delivery for earlier notices.

Longstreet told the hearing she had not been able to complete a site inspection to determine whether the installation met construction standards, saying staff were “not sure about the, the fence and the installation because we haven't been able to go out and do an inspection on it.” The city sought only that the owner obtain the required permit; the magistrate did not specify any additional corrective construction requirements at the hearing.

The case is recorded as CE24000072 in the City of Oviedo code-enforcement docket. The application fee for a fence permit was not specified at the hearing.