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Magistrate orders fines as Deltona property owner fails to correct unpermitted seawall

City of Deltona Special Magistrate for Code Compliance · February 25, 2026
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Summary

At a Feb. 26 hearing, the City of Deltona won an order finding property owner Fred A. Kelly II in violation for an unpermitted seawall at 1114 Cambridge Street. The magistrate found the property remained noncompliant and ordered $25 per day to continue, with $1,175 already accrued.

Special Magistrate John Van Laningham found that a seawall at 1114 Cambridge Street remains in violation of a prior order and imposed daily fines after city witnesses said no permit had been issued.

The city’s code compliance officer, Joe Samar Jimenez, told the hearing that notices had been sent and posted and that the owner had been given a 180-day compliance period beginning with an earlier ruling. Jimenez said the owner failed to obtain an after-the-fact permit or to demolish the structure and that photographs and…

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