Rachel Streitfeld, attorney for the property owner at 6105 Northwest Seventh Avenue, told the Miami code-enforcement hearing that a companion unsafe-structures panel had ordered demolition and that the owner had appealed that order. Streitfeld said a motion to reconsider and other appellate filings were pending and that the city’s demolition and permitting actions cannot proceed until the litigation is resolved.

Streitfeld asked the hearing officer for a 120-day extension on the code-enforcement docket item because demolition and permit pulls were contingent on the outcome of the appeal and related court filings. City staff registered no objection on the record, and the hearing officer granted the requested 120 days.

Why it matters: The case illustrates how parallel litigation in the unsafe-structures process can pause or shape enforcement timelines; while administrative deadlines can be tolled while an appeal is pending, neighbors and city staff may wait longer for the property to be remediated or demolished.

What the hearing recorded: The attorney confirmed the property also has a related code-enforcement case (the docket item heard today) that is not itself under the appellate jurisdiction, though the demolition work arises from the unsafe-structures proceeding. The hearing officer observed that if a party has appealed to the appellate division, parties typically must request relinquishment of jurisdiction or otherwise resolve the jurisdictional posture before administrative remedies proceed; here, Streitfeld said the companion matter remained in litigation, so the 120-day administrative extension was granted to allow time for court action.

Provenance: The request and grant appear in the hearing transcript beginning at 00:22:12 and continuing through 00:24:52.