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Port St. Lucie special magistrate orders continuances, certifies fines and authorizes abatements after long code‑enforcement docket
Summary
Magistrate Keith Davis heard dozens of code‑enforcement and solid‑waste certification cases on Nov. 12, 2025. The magistrate set multiple compliance dates (commonly Dec. 10, 2025 or March 11, 2026), certified fines where violations persisted, and authorized city entry to abate hazards under Florida Statute 162.085.
Keith Davis, the special magistrate appointed by the City of Port St. Lucie, convened a special magistrate hearing on Nov. 12, 2025, to consider dozens of code‑enforcement and solid‑waste certification matters. The docket included commercial site‑plan and landscaping violations, unsecured pools and inoperable vehicles, high grass and overgrowth complaints, and requests to recover abatement and administrative costs.
The hearing opened with the swearing of city witnesses and the clerk reading multiple postponements and abatements into the record. City staff detailed service procedures: notices were sent by certified mail, posted on the property, and the agenda posted in City Hall, and photographic evidence presented at the hearing is maintained as public records.
Several property owners and their representatives asked for more time to complete repairs or pull permits. For the former CVS property at 9197 S. U.S. Highway 1 (case…
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