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Fort Myers Beach magistrate takes contested Miramar Street permit dispute under advisement; proposed orders due Jan. 20
Summary
A special magistrate hearing over alleged unpermitted ground-floor plumbing at 151 Miramar Street ended with the magistrate taking the matter under advisement and ordering both parties to file proposed orders by Jan. 20, 2026. The dispute centers on whether historical permits and an appraisal establish a lawful, grandfathered lower‑level dwelling unit.
A Fort Myers Beach special magistrate said Jan. 6 he would take under advisement a contested code-enforcement case over alleged unpermitted ground-floor plumbing at 151 Miramar Street and asked both sides to submit proposed orders by Jan. 20, 2026.
Carol Jean Thomas, the respondent, presented a 75‑page permit packet, a 2007–08 private appraisal and architectural sketches she said show a lower‑level bathroom, kitchen and laundry. Thomas told the court she had witnesses and documentary evidence indicating the lower level was finished and used as early as 1980, and that the property was built in 1971 and therefore is a pre‑FIRM structure. "I feel we have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt the existence of our lower level plumbing going all the way back to 1980," Thomas said…
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