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Cooper City magistrate continues multiple permit cases, orders fines and reduces long‑running penalties
Summary
At the Jan. 7 special‑magistrate hearing, Angel Petty Rosenberg continued several building and code‑enforcement matters for permit review, ordered compliance deadlines and administrative fees in multiple cases, and approved a substantial reduction in longstanding fines after reviewing permit and work‑date records.
Special Magistrate Angel Petty Rosenberg opened Cooper City’s Jan. 7 code enforcement and building‑department hearings and moved through a lengthy docket of residential and commercial cases, continuing many matters for plan revisions or inspections and issuing compliance orders where violations remained unresolved.
The magistrate repeatedly gave property owners short windows to remedy code violations or face daily fines, administrative fees and possible liens. Inspector Mark Reale of the Broward Sheriff’s Office told the magistrate that Sunshine Gasoline Distributors was operating without an active local business tax receipt; Rosenberg found a violation and ordered compliance by Jan. 21, 2026, and imposed a $150 administrative fee.
In multiple commercial‑property cases — including properties cited for litter, overgrowth and failing maintenance — the magistrate set 30‑day compliance deadlines (typically Feb. 6, 2026), assessed $50 per day fines for failure to remedy, and authorized city self‑help…
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