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North Miami magistrate issues fines, deadlines across dozens of code‑enforcement cases
Summary
A special‑magistrate hearing on April 1 resolved dozens of North Miami code‑enforcement cases, imposing fines, confirming prior orders and setting 30–90 day compliance deadlines for businesses and property owners on matters from missing business tax receipts and certificates of use to unpermitted construction and a drainage nuisance at Citadel Plaza.
A special magistrate hearing in North Miami on April 1 resulted in multiple findings of code violations, monetary assessments and compliance deadlines across dozens of property and business cases.
Magistrate Smith opened the session by describing the process and swearing witnesses. The city presented evidence in case after case alleging failures to obtain business tax receipts (BTRs) and certificates of use (CUs), unpermitted construction work, damaged landscaping and other conditions. Where an earlier magistrate had already issued an order, today’s magistrate generally ratified that order. Where property owners or their representatives appeared and had active applications in process, several matters were continued or tabled for 30–90 days.
In one of the first matters, the magistrate found Archon Engineering Group lacked both a current business tax receipt and a certificate of use for its 1175 NE 125th Street location. Licensing manager…
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