Deltona magistrate orders corrections, continues fines in multiple code cases

Special Magistrate Kristen Ike on Nov. 25, 2025 heard a packed City of Deltona code enforcement docket and issued written orders finding several respondents in violation of city code, setting compliance deadlines and continuing daily fines where respondents had not corrected violations.

Ike opened the hearing by explaining that the city bears the burden to prove a violation and that her written orders are appealable to circuit court under Florida Statute Section 162.11. Enforcement officers then presented each case with photographs and a PowerPoint that the magistrate admitted as exhibits.

In one early case, enforcement officer Steve Brockoff told the magistrate that trailers and recreational vehicles were being stored on undeveloped residential property at 1211 Abigail Drive in apparent violation of ordinance 66-19(3) and that the lot lacked an approved site plan under ordinance 66-8(1). Brockoff requested that the property be found in noncompliance and given seven days to come into compliance or be assessed a $75-per-day fine. Magistrate Ike and city staff discussed which specific ordinance best fit an undeveloped lot and agreed to continue that matter for re-noticing under a different ordinance at the January hearing.

The magistrate issued multiple final rulings during the hearing. She granted the city’s requested 90-day compliance period and ordered the imposition of $50 per day if not corrected for the case involving 706 Leeward Drive (DEL25-105706), where Todd Mead documented…