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Ocala magistrate grants extensions, trims fines to clear redevelopment hurdles

City of Ocala Special Magistrate (Code Enforcement) Hearing · January 28, 2026
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Magistrate Ryan Fong on Jan. 28 approved targeted compliance extensions, reduced fines in consolidated petitions to allow property sales and redevelopment, and adopted staff recommendations in multiple code-enforcement cases, while ordering administrative costs where incurred.

Ocala Special Magistrate Ryan Fong on Jan. 28 granted a series of targeted extensions and approved reductions in assessed fines across several code-enforcement cases to allow property owners time to comply or complete transactions tied to redevelopment.

The actions included a 30-day extension for multiple vacant commercial parcels owned by Rock Hospitality Partners 22 LLC — extending the compliance deadline to Feb. 26 to permit site-plan review and permitting — and an extension to Feb. 27 for a vacant-lot case involving…

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