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Venice special magistrate finds cited properties compliant, orders $25 refund in parking appeal
Summary
The City of Venice special magistrate found three properties compliant with city code, ordered a $25 appeal-fee refund in a parking-citation appeal, and warned one property that future violations will be treated as repeat offenses with a $500-per-day fine.
A City of Venice special magistrate hearing resolved three code-enforcement matters and ordered a $25 refund for a parking-citation appeal. The magistrate found two properties in compliance and confirmed one paid its parking fine and withdrew its appeal, while staff reported a separate property remains noncompliant and accruing fines.
The magistrate, acting on sworn testimony and documentary evidence, found that respondents Justin Hamilton and Kay Hamilton complied with an administrative order related to property conditions on Venice Avenue. Daniel Pilatus, representing the city, told the hearing, “I believe the case has actually come into compliance and we’re putting into our record the affidavit.” The magistrate found the Hamiltons compliant with the administrative order entered on 03/06/2025 and put them on notice that future violations of City Code Chapter 34, Section 34-81 will result in repeat-violator treatment and a fine of $500 per day for each new violation beginning on the day the violation occurred. The magistrate stated, “Based on the sworn testimony and evidence presented, I find that respondent is compliant with the administrative order entered on 03/06/2025.”
In a second matter, case CEPMA24-00577, the magistrate found that Richard A. Redmond corrected the cited violation before the hearing and is now in compliance. Pilatus told the court the property was corrected prior to the hearing and asked that the correction be entered on the record; the magistrate then found the respondent compliant.
The final matter on the docket was an appeal of a parking citation filed as citation number 0841 (Peter M. Steffi). Pilatus said the respondent had paid the fine and the city requested an order to refund the $25 appeal filing fee. The magistrate found the respondent had paid the fine and withdrawn the contest and ordered, “The $25 appeal filing fee shall be refunded to the respondent.”
Hearing participants also discussed a separate, previously reported case involving two houses side-by-side that remains unresolved. A staff member, Mr. McCaffrey, said, “That has not changed. The imposed fine is still running on that property,” indicating fines continue to accrue where compliance has not been achieved.
The magistrate closed the docket and noted the next hearing date is scheduled for June 4 at 10:00 a.m.
