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Magistrate orders owner to clear vacant lot, imposes daily $250 fine for noncompliance
Summary
After repeated inspections and notices spanning January–July 2026, the magistrate found a vacant lot at 0 Brown Chapel Road in violation for high grass and weeds, ordered compliance by 07/30/2026, assessed $386.47 administrative costs and a $250-per-day fine for continued noncompliance.
Pam Neal, the city's code enforcement officer, presented a chronology of inspections and notices for a vacant lot at 0 Brown Chapel Road, documenting repeated failures to remedy high grass and weeds across multiple re-inspections from January through July 2026.
Neal testified she sent observation and courtesy notices, performed multiple reinspections and posted notices by certified mail and on the property. Staff recommended the special magistrate find the property in violation and require correction by 07/30/2026, assess administrative costs of $386.47 and impose a daily fine of $250 for noncompliance after the cure date.
The magistrate found the property in violation, ordered the owner to bring the property into compliance by the date set, assessed the administrative costs and established the $250-per-day fine to begin if the property remains out of compliance after the cure date. The written order will be mailed to the property owner and registered agent.
