Greenacres special magistrate orders multiple properties to obtain permits or face $250-a-day fines; authorizes two foreclosures

Special Magistrate AMD Barnard presided over a Greenacres special magistrate hearing that resulted in compliance orders for multiple properties and authorization of two foreclosure actions.

Barnard found city staff had provided sufficient notice and evidence and set firm deadlines for several respondents to obtain permits or otherwise correct violations. For repeated and unresolved cases the magistrate signed orders authorizing foreclosure proceedings.

City code compliance officer Carlos Maldonado presented case 8-25-11337 for 505 Fleming Avenue, saying the property had an unpermitted rear addition and that the owners (listed in property records as Pedro Ramon Leva Perez and Julio Cesar Perez Viset) had applied for a permit on Jan. 13 but had not yet obtained an issued permit. The contractor representing the owner, Sandri Classe, asked for more time to address survey and permit comments. Barnard granted 60 days and said the fine would begin if the permit had not been issued by the deadline.

Planning and zoning representative Millie Rivera and Building Official Danny Guy described similar permit-related problems at several commercial sites, including doors and signage installed without permits at a Cuban/Latin restaurant owned by Military Trail Holdings LLC (cases CC-25-16 and KCC-25-17). Rivera said the restaurant’s live-entertainment permit was on hold because of unpermitted work and that some signage types installed were not permitable under city sign rules. The magistrate ordered compliance for the restaurant-related cases by Feb. 20, 2026, or $250 per day thereafter.

Other commercial and institutional properties were ordered to come into compliance on landscaping, parking lot striping and exterior maintenance. The American Polish Club (case CC-25-24) was required to obtain permits for restriping after planning staff said a site-plan amendment may be necessary; the magistrate allowed 60 days, setting a March 22, 2026 compliance deadline. JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. (case CC-25-26) was ordered to complete landscaping corrections, repair wheel stops and address exterior mold and finish work; staff supplied an updated landscape plan and the magistrate set a March 22, 2026 deadline.

On a commercial renovation matter (case CC-25-34, 3747 South Military Trail), staff reported the owner had applied for a site-plan amendment and resubmitted building permit materials after a stop-work order posted Nov. 13, 2025. The magistrate set a March 22, 2026 compliance deadline for outstanding permit-related violations.

Regarding enforcement remedies, Barnard repeatedly instructed respondents that compliance timelines would be enforced: "I will require respondents to comply with that section on or before March 22nd ... or a $250 a day fine will be assessed for each day that the violation continues thereafter," she said during the hearing.

City staff also presented two cases involving long-term unpaid fines at a vehicle-sales property owned by Pierre Auto Sales Inc. Staff said prior recorded orders and unpaid liens met the statutory requirements for foreclosure authorization; the magistrate found the requirements satisfied and signed orders authorizing foreclosure in case 10-21-8789 and case 9-24-10773. City testimony noted large accrued fines in the repeat-violation matters.

The hearing concluded with the magistrate signing orders and adjourning at 2:33 p.m. The orders set compliance dates or authorized foreclosure; affected property owners will receive the signed orders by mail as required by the magistrate’s process.