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Commissioners remove county's authority to place liens on other property in code enforcement changes
Summary
After a continued public hearing, the Board approved amendments to the county code that create an extra review hearing before fines or liens are assessed, extend appeal deadlines, align repeat-violator accrual dates with state law and — by a 5-2 vote — remove county authority to place liens on a violator's other personal or real property.
Leon County commissioners voted 5-2 Tuesday to amend county code enforcement rules, including a provision that had allowed liens to be placed on a violator's other personal or real property.
At a continued public hearing, staff proposed multiple changes to chapters 6 and 14 of the Leon County Code of Laws: allow property owners a second code-enforcement hearing to contest compliance or a fine before a lien is imposed; align the date fines begin to accrue for repeat violators with state statute; and extend the time to appeal a nuisance…
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