Resident asks Cooper City for mercy on long‑running code enforcement case

Mar 24, 2026

Alice Lacey told the commission a decades-old structure at her home predates her purchase and that enforcement would cause severe financial hardship for her disabled family; staff confirmed the case is pending before a magistrate and said the office will continue communications with the family's counsel.

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Alice Lacey, a Cooper City resident of 28 years, urged the commission to consider her household’s reliance interest and financial hardship in a pending code enforcement matter affecting a structure that has been in place since before she bought the home.

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