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Ocala board fines property after sewage-like discharge reached city storm drain

City of Ocala Code Enforcement Board · November 13, 2025
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Summary

The City of Ocala Code Enforcement Board imposed a $1,000 fine and prosecution costs after an inspector reported a white, foul-smelling discharge from a private system reached a city storm drain; the owner has since stopped the discharge, staff said.

A code enforcement board in Ocala on Oct. 30 accepted staff recommendations to fine a property owner after inspectors traced a white, foul-smelling discharge from private plumbing into the city storm system.

Inspector testimony said the substance was visible along the flow path from the source behind a plaza (near Tony’s Sushi) into a private storm system and onward into a city storm drain, where the flow caused what the inspector…

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