At a Cooper City special-magistrate hearing the magistrate closed multiple code-enforcement matters, found violations in several property maintenance cases with compliance deadlines, dismissed at least one citation for lack of vehicle ownership, and certified fines where respondents did not appear or appeal.
In a public-parking case for Jacqueline David (case 5775), the magistrate dismissed the citation after testimony established the vehicle identified in the citation was not the homeowner's. The city had presented a photograph showing a van parked over a catch basin; Sergeant Mosca testified he placed the citation on the vehicle's windshield. The magistrate admonished the homeowner to prevent others from parking over the catch basin in the future.
Fernando Gonzalez (case 20511) was found to have complied with a previous order to remove junked vehicles; the magistrate waived the fine but amended the prior order to reflect a compliance date of Jan. 14 and required payment of a $150 administrative fee, which Gonzalez testified he had paid.
Inspector Michael Giordano presented multiple rear concrete masonry-wall cases. Valerie Germaine (case 2242941) was found in violation for a cracked and hole-filled rear wall; the magistrate gave her 90 days, until May 6, to repair or remove the wall and ordered a $150 administrative fee payable in 30 days. The magistrate warned that a $25-per-day fine would start on May 7 if the work was not done. Orlando Camacho (case 242946) was found in violation of similar wall-maintenance requirements; the magistrate set 30 days for compliance and a $50-per-day fine after that date and assessed a $150 administrative fee due in 30 days.
Other matters that were closed or amended after compliance included Invention Capital Income LLC (fence repairs) and CooperSquare26 LLC (removal of portable storage units), where staff confirmed compliance and payment of administrative fees so prior orders were amended and files closed.
Several cases on the docket were certified for enforcement because no appeals were filed and fines were unpaid. Those include multiple animal-control and parking violations tied to a single respondent, Brett Nieweiler (cases 5021–5024), and various property owners cited for parking of commercial vehicles or abandoned vehicles (case numbers noted in the hearing record). Where service was confirmed by certified and regular mail to addresses on the Broward County Property Appraiser website and no appeal was filed, the magistrate certified fines with $150 administrative fees.
The magistrate also recorded that Monterra Community Development District had timely appealed a landscape-maintenance citation (case 22795), and that administrative jurisdiction on that case was divested pending the appeal. The magistrate placed that matter for a status update on the June docket.
The code-enforcement docket concluded with the magistrate adjourning the hearing shortly after 10:07–10:09 a.m.