Commission adopts code amendments on health/sanitation, junk vehicles and nuisance procedures

Oct 28, 2025

Deputy County Manager Trisha Johnson presented three code amendments (Ch. 95, 120 and 168) to streamline definitions, abatement and delegation procedures to the code enforcement manager and special magistrate; the board adopted each ordinance unanimously after public hearing.

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Deputy County Manager Trisha Johnson summarized recommended amendments to three chapters of the Seminole County Code designed to modernize and streamline nuisance abatement and related procedures. The proposed changes delete obsolete or duplicative language, add clearer definitions (including a definition for vehicle coverings), clarify authority to address abandoned/junk vehicles, and authorize the code enforcement division manager and the special magistrate to take specified abatement steps to move cases efficiently through the process.

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