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Fort Pierce special magistrate orders abatement deadlines and fines for multiple properties
Summary
Special Magistrate Jamie Barrow on April 15 ordered abatements, deadlines and fines for a series of code-enforcement cases in Fort Pierce, granting one owner a 90-day extension on a previously reduced fine and waiving a late fee in another case.
Fort Pierce Special Magistrate Jamie Barrow convened a city code-enforcement hearing on April 15 and issued abatement orders, deadlines and fines across a slate of properties, citing nuisance and lot-clearing violations.
Barrow found nuisance conditions and ordered owners to cut grass, trim trees and remove debris, typically allowing seven days to comply and warning of $100 per day fines and city abatement costs if work is not completed. In one case involving outside storage and debris near U.S. Highway 1 the magistrate approved a review-and-determination so that repeat violations may be treated as repeat offenses under Florida statutes 162.06 and 162.09, which allow enhanced fines for repeats.
Notable outcomes from the hearing included: a $60 fine (late fee waived) for the owner of a vehicle cited for permanent markings at 1901 Rio Vista Drive; a 30-day compliance order for a parcel owned by Premier Hospitality Inc. after the company acknowledged it had initially cleared the wrong lot; and a 90-day extension for a reduced fine on a Rosarito Avenue property to allow sale efforts to proceed.
The magistrate accepted city photographic evidence across cases, frequently based orders on returned certified-mail green cards and on-site postings, and repeatedly instructed owners to contact code enforcement when work is complete so compliance can be verified without further court action.
The hearing closed after the clerk listed a number of cases marked complied or rescheduled. Magistrate Barrow adjourned the session.
