Magistrate certifies fines, sets compliance deadlines across Cooper City code-enforcement docket

Special Magistrate Scott Klein convened Cooper City’s special magistrate code-enforcement hearing on July 2, 2025, and resolved more than a dozen cases involving property-maintenance, permitting and fire-safety violations. The magistrate found violations in multiple matters, certified fines in several cases, accepted evidence of compliance in others, and continued a handful of permit-related matters for status updates.

The hearing covers routine and repeat code-enforcement matters that the city pursues when property owners do not correct violations after notices and reinspection. Klein’s orders follow inspector testimony, documentary evidence and, in some cases, admissions by property owners.

Klein’s docket produced a range of outcomes: admitted violations where owners showed they had corrected conditions and were spared fines but were assessed administrative fees; denials or motions to dismiss that were rejected on service grounds; continuances to allow pending permits to proceed through plan review; and certifications of fines where noncompliance persisted.

Key case outcomes

- Case 251054 (RGN “Phyllis/Buble” / resident Rady Bell, 9993 NW 30th Street): Bell admitted the property was overgrown and said she has contracted Tropic Total for regular landscape service. Inspector Duvall (Broward Sheriff’s Office Code Enforcement) testified the May 16, 2025 photos show a repeat problem. Klein found a violation exists, set July 23 as a compliance window, and ordered a $150…