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Magistrate cuts five-figure fine to administrative costs in Fort Pierce lien hearing
Summary
A special magistrate reduced a $50,018.50 accrued fine related to a hazardous vacant-structure case to administrative costs ($1,056.26) and approved a separate lien reduction schedule; the orders require payment of the reduced amounts within specified windows or reversion to original sums.
In a Dec. 3 special magistrate session, the City of Fort Pierce reduced longstanding fines and liens after staff confirmed property compliance and reviewed administrative-cost calculations.
Case CE2024-113 concerned a caved-in hole and related hazardous conditions that had generated $50,018.50 in fines. Staff recommended reducing the assessment to administrative costs; the magistrate found the property had been…
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