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Margate approves revised code‑enforcement ordinance; special magistrate fee schedule debate stalls procedural resolution
Summary
The City of Margate on Sept. 17 adopted an amendment to its code enforcement ordinance to combine violation and penalty hearings before the special magistrate, a change staff said will shorten the enforcement timeline and speed compliance.
The City of Margate Commission on Sept. 17 approved an ordinance designed to shorten the city’s code‑enforcement timeline by combining the violation hearing and penalty hearing into a single magistrate appearance, staff said. The ordinance passed on second reading.
City staff explained that, under the amended code, a property owner who receives a notice of violation and fails to correct it would be scheduled for a single special‑magistrate hearing at which the magistrate could issue corrective deadlines and, if necessary, begin assessing civil penalties. The change is intended to speed compliance and avoid multiple return hearings that currently can stretch an enforcement case over many weeks.
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