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Special magistrate finds 138 Esther Drive in violation; owner offers partial payment
Summary
A Cocoa Beach special magistrate found violations at 138 Esther Drive for unpaid local business tax and an unregistered vacation rental; the owner, Isabella Raymond, offered $1,396.70 toward a city-calculated balance the city said totals $2,746.70. The magistrate ordered two years of business-tax violations and one year of rental-registration violation to be entered.
Special Magistrate Lonnie Groot entered an order finding that the property at 138 Esther Drive operated as a vacation rental without required registration and failed to pay local business tax for the period the city asserted in this hearing.
The city presented screenshots and system records showing an active Airbnb listing for the address dating back to December 2019 and evidence staff said showed operation without a business tax receipt and without required vacation-rental registration. Danielle Crawford, a city staff member presenting the case, said staff issued a notice of violation in January 2025 and later issued two citations on Nov. 4, 2025: a $250 citation for operating without required registration and a $100 citation for operating without a local business tax receipt. A life-safety fire…
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