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Wellington magistrate orders corrections, fines and deadlines across multiple code-enforcement cases
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Summary
Special Magistrate Holly Hahn on May 15, 2025, found multiple properties in Wellington, Fla., in violation of municipal codes and land‑development rules, issuing correction deadlines, daily fines and five‑year cease‑and‑desist orders; several respondents were absent and some managers said they were pursuing roof contracts or permits.
Special Magistrate Holly Hahn on May 15, 2025, held a Village of Wellington code‑enforcement hearing and issued orders in numerous cases, directing property owners and associations to correct violations by set deadlines, assessing daily fines where compliance was not yet achieved, and imposing costs and five‑year cease‑and‑desist orders in multiple matters.
The magistrate said the proceedings are meant to obtain compliance with Wellington codes “in a timely manner,” and noted that written orders with deadlines and assessed costs will be mailed to respondents. Several property managers attended and submitted contracts or permit information; many individual respondents did not appear and the magistrate entered findings based on photographs, inspector testimony and previous stipulations.
Votes at a glance
(The special magistrate issued findings and orders in each listed case; summary below lists respondent, property, primary violations cited, correction deadline or fine start date, assessed cost, and other orders or next steps.)
- NOHCC-4881-2024 — Ronald J. Fried, 13653 Folkestone Ct.: walls, gutters, roof and mailbox discoloration and overgrown hedges; ordered to correct by 06/19/2025; $25 per day per violation assessed beginning 06/20/2025 if not corrected; costs $11.65; five‑year cease‑and‑desist order; fine‑certification hearing set for 07/17/2025 if noncompliance continues. Ronald Fried contested some violations at the hearing, saying he did not “acknowledge all of these violations as stated.”
- NOHCC-958-2024 — Shores at Wellington (POA/COAs), 12654 Shoreline Dr.: stained/discolored roofs (multiple buildings); special magistrate found violations remain and assessed $25 per day beginning 04/18/2025; costs $46.81. Representatives said they have contracts/loan applications for cleaning or replacement but the stipulation deadline was not met; the magistrate noted complications over which corporate entity had authority to sign some agreements.
- NOHCC-2991-2022 — Anne Zilingold, 13809 Barbary Dr.: repeat violation for roof/driveway/sidewalk staining; magistrate found a repeat violation and assessed $100 per day per violation beginning 03/19/2025; costs $45; extended five‑year cease‑and‑desist order.
- NOHCC-44228-2024 — Linda M. McCuskey (trust), 14529 Horseshoe Trace: missing shrubs, dead landscape, wall staining; ordered to correct by 06/19/2025; $25 per day per violation beginning 06/20/2025 if not corrected; costs $11.65; five‑year cease‑and‑desist order; fine‑certification hearing 07/17/2025 if necessary.
- NOHCC-712-2024 — Patrick Altador, 13789 Bottlebrush Ct., Unit A: multiple property‑maintenance violations (roofs, bins, debris, hedges); fined $25 per day per violation commencing 04/18/2025; costs $48.19; magistrate will issue written order.
- NOHCC-2708-2024 — Jose Jurado Cambreros, 14068 Astor Ave.: diseased hedges and related landscape violations; $25 per day per violation beginning 04/18/2025; costs $46.81; permit application activity was reported but not completed.
- NOHCC-2949-2024 — Lynn D. Pritchett, 14484 Larkspur Ln.: roof, driveway and landscape maintenance violations; $25 per day per violation beginning 04/18/2025; costs $34.43.
- NOHCC-3703-2024 — Invitation Homes / IH6 Property Florida LP, 644 Carnation Ct.: missing hedges, missing shrub/ground cover and palm maintenance; $25 per day per violation beginning 04/18/2025; costs $46.08; representative reported a vendor hired but no completion date provided.
- NOHCC-4453-2024 — 2018‑218 IH Borrower LP, 14686 Horseshoe Trace: dead/bare landscape areas; $25 per day per violation beginning 04/18/2025; costs $46.08; landscape vendor engaged but schedule not specified.
- NOHCC-4871-2024 — SRP Sub LLC, 13668 Folkestone Ct.: wall staining (partial compliance) and related maintenance violations; ordered to correct by 06/19/2025; $25 per day per violation beginning 06/20/2025 if not corrected; costs $11.65; five‑year cease‑and‑desist order.
- NOHCC-388-2025 — Sophie A. Vergus and Scott C. Vergus (trust), 1830 Oakberry Cir.: roof and driveway staining; ordered to correct (magistrate set corrective action; inspector recommended 06/19/2025); $25 per day per violation if not corrected; costs $12.38; five‑year cease‑and‑desist order.
- NOHCC-1143-2025 — Emerson Kano and Sandra Aristizabal, 11371 Torchwood Ct.: garbage cans not screened from view; ordered to correct by 05/20/2025; $25 per day assessed beginning 05/21/2025 if not corrected; costs $13.03; five‑year cease‑and‑desist order and fine‑certification hearing set for 06/12/2025 if needed.
- NOHCC-1578-2024 — Renee G. Rodriguez and Robert L. Andino Jr., 645 Santa Clara Trl.: missing/overgrown landscape and dead palm fronds; $25 per day per violation beginning 04/18/2025; costs $48.19.
- NOHCC-3359-2024 — Anna Marie Almi and Steven Resin Almi, 2146 Country Gulf Dr.: roof staining and missing foundation plantings; $25 per day per violation beginning 04/18/2025; costs $46.08.
- NOHCC-3361-2024 — Jean and James Mullen, 2152 Country Golf Dr.: wall staining; $25 per day per violation beginning 04/18/2025; costs $46.08.
- NOHCC-3669-2024 — (Burkat/Ricardo) Bolivar, 10706 Old Hammock Way: over‑pruning requiring a vegetation removal permit and other landscape violations; $25 per day per violation beginning 04/18/2025; costs $46.08; planning staff previously assisted with a permit application but the application fee was not paid and the application was withdrawn.
- NOHCC-3729-2024 — Wellington Equestrian Estates LLC, 2470 Greenview Cove Dr.: roof/fascia deterioration, noxious Brazilian pepper trees, and a deteriorated parking lot; $25 per day per violation beginning 04/18/2025; costs $46.08; record shows at least one prior similar violation and an open lien for a prior enforcement matter.
- NOHCC-5174-2024 — Monica and Lauren Capone, 1385 Pompas Way: no permanent pool barrier (life‑safety issue); $250 per day beginning 04/18/2025 (magistrate described this as a life‑safety violation); costs $46.08; magistrate noted a temporary barrier and a permit application had been filed but not completed.
- NOHCC-114-2025 — (listed as) Anne Selengold / Anna Zelengold, 12725 Kingsway Rd.: garbage cans and recycling bins not screened from view; $25 per day beginning 04/24/2025; costs $47.46; magistrate will issue written order.
What happened at the hearing
Magistrate Holly Hahn presided. Code‑compliance officers presented photographs, inspection histories, prior stipulations and, in some cases, evidence of contracts or permit applications. Where respondents were present, they either disputed some items (for example, Ronald Fried disputed certain items), requested clarification or production of evidence, or said they were pursuing repairs. Several management representatives for multiunit properties described roof‑replacement contracts, cleaning agreements or loan applications but acknowledged the stipulation or compliance deadline had not been met. The magistrate repeatedly noted that written orders with deadlines and assessed costs would be mailed to respondents and that, if violations were not corrected by the deadlines, fines would be assessed on the stated start date and fine‑certification hearings would follow.
Context and next steps
The magistrate’s decisions are administrative enforcement orders under the Village of Wellington code and related land‑development regulations. Several matters will continue to a fine‑certification hearing if compliance is not achieved: the magistrate set multiple potential fine‑certification dates (most commonly 07/17/2025 for cases with a 06/19/2025 compliance date and 06/12/2025 for items with May deadlines). Where property managers cited contract or permit activity, inspectors recommended respondents reach out to the code‑compliance division to document progress.
Special Magistrate Holly Hahn said she would follow up with written orders to each respondent and reminded owners that assessed costs typically are due within 30 days of the order. The Village’s code‑compliance division continues to monitor the properties and will schedule certification hearings where violations remain uncorrected.
A full list of cases, orders, deadlines and assessed costs will be included in the written orders mailed to respondents and maintained in Village of Wellington enforcement files.
