Fort Pierce magistrate orders repairs, deadlines and fines across multiple code-enforcement cases

The Fort Pierce Special Magistrate on April 16, 2025, ordered property owners in multiple code-enforcement cases to make repairs, clear lots or remove nonoperable vehicles and set deadlines for compliance, with fines to begin if the work is not completed.

The orders address a range of property-maintenance and nuisance violations brought by the City of Fort Pierce's Code Enforcement Division, including exterior repairs, lot clearing, illegal parking on unpaved surfaces and nonoperable vehicles. Magistrate rulings gave owners between seven days and 60 days to comply, and established daily fines ranging from $100 to $250 for continued violations.

The most contested matter was a Massey lot-clearing hearing for a vacant lot at 1402 S. 20th Street (case LTCL-2024-171), where the city presented invoices and vendor testimony showing contractor work to lift and trim trees and shrubs. The city’s packet listed nuisance-abatement charges of $820, an administrative fee of $100 and daily fines that had accrued before the hearing; the city’s composite exhibit contained before-and-after photos and an invoice from the vendor, Moe for Less. Vendor owner Andrew Kasim…