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Delray Beach board restores $10,000 lien settlement and trims second lien for longtime homeowner
Summary
Homeowner and preservation architect Roger Cope won two lien reductions at the Nov. 5 Delray Beach Code Enforcement Board meeting: one preexisting lien reinstated at $10,000 payable in 30 days and a separate maintenance lien reduced to $3,000 with a 30-day payment deadline.
The Delray Beach Code Enforcement Board on Nov. 5 approved two separate lien reductions for homeowner and historic preservation architect Roger Cope, who has lived at 701 Southeast 1st Street for nearly four decades.
Case history and proposal: The first matter involved an older order for unpermitted interior work that originally produced a $90,500 lien. At a 2020 board action that lien was reduced to $10,000 on condition of timely payment; the 2020 payment was not made. City staff recommended a $45,250 reduction in 2025, while Cope and his counsel, Tom Stanley of McMillan & Stanley, asked the board to reinstate the previously negotiated $10,000…
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