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Magistrate authorizes abatement at Fernandina Beach property after prolonged violations; hearing set to assess costs
Summary
A Nassau County special magistrate authorized county abatement of a property at 95510 Leo Drive in Fernandina Beach, finding ongoing public-health violations; a fine-assessment hearing is scheduled for Nov. 18, 2025.
A Nassau County special magistrate authorized county abatement at 95510 Leo Drive in Fernandina Beach after finding that the property had long-standing health-and-safety violations, and set a fine-assessment hearing for Nov. 18, 2025, to assess county abatement costs.
Code Enforcement Officer Margie Camacho testified that the county received a complaint July 2, 2025, and that follow-up inspections on July 8 and July 30, 2025, and Sept. 5, 2025, confirmed unpermitted sheds, trash, litter and debris. Camacho said the property violated the 2023 Florida Building Code (Section 105.1) and Nassau County code Chapter 18¼ Section 18¼-5 (subsections 3 and 8). She described the accumulation of household furniture, appliances, scrap metal, construction materials and other debris and said the condition created a habitat for flies, mosquitoes and vermin.
Camacho asked the magistrate to authorize abatement and set a fine-assessment hearing. The magistrate noted fines in the file and observed the matter had been in violation since at least September 2023; Camacho confirmed the violation was earlier but that fines began in September 2023. The magistrate then said he would "authorize, direct the county to abate that," and listed categories of items to be removed including furniture, appliances, batteries, grills, car parts, tires, pallets and construction materials.
The magistrate ordered county abatement and set a fine-assessment hearing for Nov. 18, 2025, to determine the county’s costs for removal and abatement. The county entered photographs, notices of violation, affidavits of posting and mailing, and building-code citations into the record.
Officer Camacho told the magistrate the property had not achieved compliance and that the owner had told staff he would address the issues but had not made improvements. No attorney or other representative appeared on the owner’s behalf at the hearing.
The written order will be entered in the case file and will specify abatement items and the date for the cost assessment hearing.
