Magistrate issues fines and compliance orders in Charlotte County code-enforcement hearing

The Charlotte County special magistrate convened a code-enforcement hearing Dec. 4, 2025, and issued a series of fines and compliance orders across dozens of affidavit and new-business cases, ranging from $70 one-day penalties to $4,520 90‑day ANC fines.

The magistrate opened the hearing at 9 a.m., swore witnesses and said consent-affidavit cases (those previously heard) would be processed first, with new-business matters heard afterward. Officer testimony and photographic evidence were routinely admitted; when respondents were absent the magistrate reviewed affidavits and entered orders based on the record.

Two 90‑day ANC fines of $4,520 were issued in contested matters where officers testified violations persisted. In COD2300579 (owner John Kenneth Horner Sr., 13560 Santa Maria Drive), Charlotte County officer Matthew Greenwood testified a reinspection on 11/10/2025 found violations still present; the magistrate imposed the $4,520 penalty after weighing testimony. In COD2401068 (12602 Chamberlain Blvd.), officer Ballard Canal testified to an unpermitted fence, outside storage and other unresolved violations; respondent Anthony Chisano argued a small removable shade was not a permanent structure but the magistrate found construction occurred and issued a $4,520 order.

Numerous one-day fines ($70 and, in one instance, $120) were entered for affidavit cases when reinspections documented continuing junk-like conditions, parking or unpermitted work. Examples: COD2301877 (Mary Jo Lee Trust / Philip Halcomb) — $70; COD2400303 (Lennon Pinto) — $70 for an after-the-fact remodel permitting issue tied to the county’s 50% FEMA…