Resident says complainant was not identified in special‑magistrate file for nearby development; asks council for review

Jonathan Nungian, a Boca Raton resident, asked the City Council at the Jan. 13 workshop to review a code‑enforcement case involving a nearby development and to ensure complainant identification at the Jan. 22 special‑magistrate hearing.

Nungian said he was not informed of the hearing date in advance and that, in previous magistrate hearings he has attended, complainants have been shown on the meeting screen. “I was not afforded my right, I believe, as the complainant,” Nungian said. “Complainants for code enforcement cases can’t be anonymous.”

He asked the council to ask the city manager why the city would not present him as the complainant and to seek clarification about a timeline he described: Nungian said the magistrate’s earlier final order had required quicker performance by the property owner and that the current schedule allows more time — he described an aggregate 27‑month period that he said is longer than prior directions.

Council reaction and next steps

Council did not take immediate formal action on Nungian’s request during the workshop. City staff did not provide a case‑level response on the record at that meeting; Nungian said the case has been in code enforcement for about two years. Council members acknowledged the concern and did not dispute that complainants are typically identified during magistrate hearings, and the item may be addressed further with staff outside the workshop meeting.

Clarifying detail

Nungian said the case has been in code enforcement for two years and that he believes the magistrate’s earlier order allowed approximately 90 days for permitting then a year to build; Nungian contrasted that past schedule with the current timeline he described as allowing roughly 27 months. Those timeline figures were Nungian’s characterization and were not presented as an official staff timeline at the Jan. 13 meeting.