Miami Code Enforcement Board approves partial release, mitigation and compliance deadlines across multiple properties

The City of Miami Code Enforcement Board met in public session and on a packed docket approved a partial release for one parcel tied to Lucerne Apartments LLC, granted mitigation for a commercial property at 971 Southwest H Street, and set compliance deadlines — typically 60–120 days — with per‑diem fines for numerous properties cited for code violations.

The board granted a partial release on parcel 1601‑03 Northwest First Court so the owner could sell that unit separately while liens remain on other parcels owned by Lucerne Apartments LLC. Bianca Bridal, management agent for Lucerne Apartments LLC, told the board the sale would raise funds to complete structural repairs at a different parcel, 1039 Northwest First Court, and described rising construction costs: “the construction has gone from a 35,000 scope to a hundred and 40,000,” she said. The board approved the partial release by motion.

The board approved mitigation for a commercial property at 971 Southwest H Street, where the lien had reached roughly $327,250, by reducing the owner’s obligation to $15,000. Property representative Arturo Ortega said the owner had repaired the common area parking lot after unpermitted tenant work, had pursued eviction proceedings (with a rehearing…