Pensacola magistrate orders fines, costs for three properties after code-enforcement hearings

Special Magistrate Jason Onacki presided over the City of Pensacola Code Enforcement Authority hearing on April 7, 2026, and granted enforcement requests in three separate property cases, setting compliance deadlines and ordering court costs.

Officer Ron Boughton, a City of Pensacola code enforcement officer, presented the first matter, describing a property where a truck and a cut-up tree pile remained in the backyard despite prior notices. Boughton said the owner had been given until April 6 to comply and the city requested that $25-per-day fines commence for continued noncompliance. "The structure's still there. Tree debris is still there," Boughton said while introducing photographs as evidence. Magistrate Onacki said he had reviewed the evidence and "I'm gonna go ahead and grant the request relief, as requested by the code enforcement officer," and directed staff to enter a written order.

In Case No. 25-4769, Officer Jason Hendricks presented evidence that a broken front window at 3415 Seabreeze Drive had been documented since inspections beginning Sept. 17, 2025. Hendricks described certified mail and posting efforts and told the authority that the owner had been given multiple opportunities to make repairs. "Based upon the evidence I presented, I asked the court to find that the property located at 3415 Seabreeze Drive, Pensacola, Florida, be found in violation," Hendricks said. Magistrate Onacki granted the requested relief, imposed court costs of $200 and set a compliance deadline of April 20, 2026; Onacki stated that a $25-per-day fine would begin April 21 if corrective actions were not completed.

Boughton returned to present a third case involving 3343 Marcus Drive, where he said an inoperable vehicle with flat tires and a vehicle tag showing an expiration of July 8, 2021, remained on the property despite notices and a posting of the hearing. Boughton asked the authority to find the property in violation and order court costs. Magistrate Onacki granted the request, ordered $200 in court costs and set the same compliance/fine schedule as the other matters.

The authority noted no unfinished business, declined to increase fines or place additional liens at this hearing, and adjourned after staff completed paperwork. The orders entered require the listed corrective actions by April 20, 2026; fines of $25 per day will begin April 21, 2026, on matters where compliance is not achieved.

Votes at a glance: The magistrate granted the enforcement requests in all three matters. No roll-call votes were recorded; decisions were made by the presiding special magistrate.

Notes on transcript inconsistencies: The hearing transcript uses the names "Ron Boughton" and later the spelling "Bowden" for the same code enforcement officer; this article uses "Ron Boughton," the form first used when the officer self-identified. The transcript also alternates between "Seabreeze Drive" and "Seabees Drive" for the 3415 address; this article uses "Seabreeze Drive" as the address stated earlier in the officer's presentation.