Martin County’s code enforcement magistrate convened Nov. 19, 2025, and resolved a docket of nuisance and code cases, entering orders that set compliance deadlines, daily fines and awards of investigative costs.

The hearing began with a fine-reduction request by Karen Bender (case KCNF2024031287-01). Rachel Spradley, the county’s nuisance abatement coordinator, told the magistrate staff found the property brought into compliance and recommended a lien reduction; the respondent’s representative said the owner would pay $1,780 to resolve accrued fines. "Now we're happy to say the property is in compliance," the respondent’s representative said. The magistrate accepted exhibits and approved the agreed order.

In ENF2025080527 (1285 Southwest Tropical Terrace, Stuart), code investigator Deborah Carrasco presented photographs documenting trash and a fence in disrepair and asked the magistrate to order compliance by Dec. 31, 2025, "and if not in compliance by then, be required to pay ... $100 per violation for every day the violation continues thereafter." Respondent Judy Margaret Eckhart, who said she lives at the property, told the magistrate, "I'm going to get this cleaned up by the 30 first." The magistrate found the violations existed, ordered compliance by Dec. 31, 2025, and awarded $575 in county costs.

At 3801 Southwest Greenwood Way (ENF2025090009-01), Carrasco testified Travel Link LLC’s parking lot continued to accumulate "random items" after notices and inspections; Travel Link did not appear. County exhibits were received and the magistrate ordered compliance by Dec. 31, 2025, or a $100-per-day fine, and awarded $575 in costs.

For ENF2025090361 (6422 SE Clairemont Place, Hope Sound), the county presented photos documenting high grass and weeds after September inspections. The magistrate ordered compliance by Dec. 31, 2025, or $100 per day, and awarded $575 in costs.

The magistrate approved a stipulation in ENF2025080188-01 for William Walter Reich Jr. after county staff and the building official determined a retaining wall at 8418 SE Begonia Way was failing. The owner entered a stipulation, paid agreed fees, and the order calls for compliance by Jan. 30, 2026. The magistrate accepted exhibits and approved the stipulation.

An older case involving 1511 NE 35th Terrace (Jensen Beach) was resolved with current owners Richard and Adrianne Schoenwalder agreeing to pay $1,540 plus costs; the magistrate noted a total payment of $2,115 to resolve accrued fines tied to a 2012 order issued to prior owners and accepted county exhibits.

The magistrate granted an extension for John Allen Decker (EF2025030167) to Feb. 28, 2026, to complete exterior repairs and window replacement after staff confirmed windows had been ordered but delivery was delayed.

Multiple repeat-violation cases against Raymond W. Hoffman were addressed. For one property, staff sought immediate compliance and asked for a repeat fine of $250 per day beginning Oct. 22, 2025; the magistrate found the property in repeat violation, ordered immediate compliance and awarded $575 in costs. In a separate case, staff documented a 22-day period of noncompliance and the magistrate ordered assessment of $5,500 (22 days at $250 per day) plus $575 in costs.

The magistrate approved the Oct. 15 hearing minutes and adjourned the Nov. 19 docket, announcing the next hearing for Dec. 17, 2025.

Quotes in the record include Deborah Carrasco’s request to the magistrate that "the respondent ... be ordered to comply with the cited provisions of the Martin County code by 12/31/2025," the magistrate’s finding that "violations as charged do exist on the property, and I'm gonna order you to comply on or before 12/31/2025," and Judy Eckhart’s statement, "I'm going to get this cleaned up by the 30 first."

What happens next: owners and respondents named in the orders must take the steps required by each ruling or face the assessed daily fines; businesses that did not appear have the same compliance deadlines and cost awards entered against them.