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Port St. Lucie magistrate hears about 100 code-enforcement cases; dozens get compliance deadlines or abatement orders
Summary
Special Magistrate Keith Davis presided over a Dec. 10 hearing that covered roughly 100 code-enforcement cases; he set compliance dates, continued several hearings to early 2026 and authorized the city to abate properties that remained out of compliance.
Port St. Lucie’s special magistrate, Keith Davis, presided Dec. 10 over a long docket of code-enforcement cases and issued a mix of continuances, compliance deadlines and abatement or fine orders.
The hearing, which opened at 9 a.m., began with the clerk swearing in city code officers and the magistrate noting an agenda of about 100 cases. The city’s neighborhood services staff read a long list of postponements and abatements before the court moved through individual property matters.
In many cases the city presented inspection photos and testimony showing violations such as high grass and weeds, open storage, unmaintained or unsecured pools, inoperable vehicles and accessory-structure deficiencies. Where respondents were absent or the evidence showed noncompliance, Davis repeatedly found proper notice, set short compliance deadlines…
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