Cooper City special magistrate hears code-enforcement docket; fines, waivers and compliance deadlines set

Special Magistrate Scott Clyman presided over a code-enforcement docket in Cooper City where he found violations in multiple cases, set compliance deadlines and imposed administrative fees and daily fines where violations were not cured.

The docket covered property-maintenance violations, unpermitted portable storage containers, delinquent local business tax receipts and multiple parking and screening violations. The most contested items included a portable storage unit at Cooper Square 26 LLC, delinquent business tax receipts at the Shops of Cooper City (tenant: Ellie's restaurant), and several residential maintenance citations. Magistrate Clyman announced time-to-comply deadlines, administrative fees and daily fines for uncured violations, and in some instances reduced or waived civil penalties when respondents came into compliance.

The Cooper Square 26 LLC matter (case no. 243082) began with an admission that a portable storage container was on-site without a permit. Lee Gonzales, the property manager, said the respondents were “working on getting a permit for it right now.” Inspector Mark Reali testified he inspected the property on Nov. 7, 2024, issued a notice of violation and found no site permit recorded. Clyman ordered the respondent to apply for the permit within one week, imposed a $150 administrative fee for the hearing and warned that if a permit was not applied for by January 15 the fine would run $200 per day until application. The magistrate said he would bring the case back on the February 5 docket to confirm the status.

In the Shops of Cooper…