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Osceola commissioners deny full waiver, approve $3,186 lien reduction for Kissimmee property
Summary
The Osceola County Commission voted unanimously June 2 to deny a property owner's request to reduce a $35,250 code enforcement lien to $0 and instead approved a staff-recommended reduction to $3,186.62, payable within 30 days.
The Osceola Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on June 2 to deny a property owner's request to wipe a code enforcement lien and instead approved a staff-recommended reduction to $3,186.62 for a Kissimmee property at 4105 Cardinal Lane.
Staff told the board the total lien was $35,250 plus county costs of $1,776.62, arising from unpermitted construction and land alteration that was cited July 14, 2021. Per county reduction policy, staff recommended reducing the lien to 4% of the lien amount ($1,410) plus county costs for a total due of $3,186.62, payable within 30 calendar days.
Code enforcement manager Alvin Williams presented the staff report and showed photos that staff said documented an unpermitted fence, wall and land alteration. Williams told the board an affidavit of noncompliance was recorded Nov. 8, 2021, and an affidavit of compliance was recorded March 2, 2022. Staff advised the board that the case had accumulated 24 days of violation for one count and 117 days for another, and that certified mail and property postings had been used to notify the owner.
Property owner Cornelio (listed in the record as O'Neil) Ramos addressed the board and said he obtained permits shortly after being told to stop work in 2021 and that he did not live at the mailing address on file during that period; he said a renter at the mailing address signed for certified mail but that he personally did not receive some notices. Ramos asked the board to reduce the lien to zero.
Commissioner Arrington moved to deny the requested reduction to zero and to approve the staff-recommended reduction to a total of $3,186.62, payable in 30 days; Commissioner Chaudhry seconded. The board voted to carry the motion unanimously. The chairwoman instructed staff to record the payment terms per county policy.
The record shows certified mail receipts and posted notices were entered as evidence during the hearing. The board's action closed item 25 and the county will proceed per the payment timeline stated on the record.
