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Magistrate orders $1,830 abatement cost, halves prior fine in Bay County vacant-lot case

5418323 · July 17, 2025
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Summary

A Bay County special magistrate found a vacant lot at 2300 Douglas Avenue brought into compliance after county abatement and ordered the property owner to pay $1,830 in abatement costs with statutory interest; the magistrate reduced a previously assessed $700 fine by half.

A Bay County special magistrate on July 17 found that a vacant residential lot at 2300 Douglas Avenue was in compliance following county-contracted abatement and ordered the owner to pay abatement costs of $1,830 plus statutory interest, with the cost to be recorded as a lien in Bay County public records. The magistrate also reduced a previously assessed $700 fine by half.

The magistrate, Tiffany Sotto, opened the hearing after code enforcement investigator Tim Justice introduced…

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