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Magistrate accepts lien-reduction agreement for Stuart property; payment due within 30 days
Summary
A Martin County magistrate accepted a staff-recommended reduction of an outstanding lien on 2686 SE Bonita Street (original fines $347,200), recording a respondent offer to pay approximately 10% and requiring payment within 30 days; the transcript contains a small discrepancy in the exact offered amount.
Magistrate Gemma Torcivia accepted an agreed order reducing the lien on property at 2686 Southeast Bonita Street in Stuart and set terms requiring the respondents to pay the agreed amount within 30 days.
Rachel Spradley, the county's Nuisance Abatement Coordinator, explained the property's enforcement history: an order finding violation issued May 20, 2020 led to an outstanding fine balance shown in staff records as $347,200 plus $575 in costs. Spradley said the respondents offered a reduced payment of approximately 10% of the total fine plus costs and that staff recommended accepting the reduction.
In her presentation, Spradley stated the respondents had offered to pay $34,720 plus $575 in costs, totaling $35,295. The magistrate's oral recitation later referenced the respondents' offer as $34,722 but confirmed the accepted total payment to be $35,295, payable within 30 days of the order; the order specifies that if the payment is not made within 30 days the fine will revert to the previously accrued amount.
Magistrate Torcivia received the county exhibits into evidence, reviewed the fine-reduction stipulation and the agreed order, and entered the order accepting the payment arrangement. The magistrate directed that the reduced payment be made within 30 days and warned that failure to pay will restore the original accrued lien amount.
