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Magistrate authorizes city to secure vacant St. Pete Beach pool, recover abatement costs
Summary
Special Magistrate Erica Augello found a vacant St. Pete Beach property presented an immediate life‑safety hazard and ordered the city to make reasonable repairs to secure the pool and eliminate public risk, with the city to recover actual costs from the property owner; the magistrate retained jurisdiction to set exact charges after work is complete.
Special Magistrate Erica Augello on May 11 ordered the City of St. Pete Beach to take action to secure a vacant property with an unsecured, stagnant pool and to recover the cost of those repairs from the property owner.
The city’s code‑enforcement officer presented photographs and testimony showing the pool and surrounding property were in disrepair after recent storms and that the pool provided an open invitation to the public. The officer told the magistrate the pool was "stagnant and requires a safety fence," and that the trailer and other debris had been removed but the pool…
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