Pensacola special magistrate finds multiple properties in code violation; fines, compliance deadlines set

Special Magistrate Matthew Hargraves of the City of Pensacola Code Enforcement Authority on May 6 ordered $200 in court costs in each of several cases and set compliance deadlines and daily fines for properties the city found remained out of compliance with sanitation or property-maintenance rules.

The rulings followed evidence presented by city code enforcement officers, primarily Tom Lucia and Kevin Smith, who testified about sanitation accounts, photographs of property conditions and certified notices of violation. Hargraves found notice had been properly provided in each case and entered orders that either required payment of court costs and compliance by set dates or, where compliance had since been achieved, assessed court costs only.

The findings affect at least six addresses inside Pensacola city limits: 1340 East Yonge Street (case CE251769), 4231 Langley Avenue (CE251201), 867 Berkeley Drive (CE245738), 1004 East Jackson Street (CE251929), 211 Fairfax Drive (CE251877) and 905 North K Street (CE25936). Court costs of $200 were ordered in each matter. Where properties remained noncompliant, magistrate Hargraves set deadlines for corrective action and ordered daily fines to begin if compliance was not achieved by those dates.

Tom Lucia, code enforcement specialist for…