The Miami Code Enforcement Board held its regular meeting on May 13, 2026, to hear cases involving code violations, including requests for extensions of time, mitigation of fines, and adjudication of properties pleading guilty or not guilty. The board addressed multiple agenda items covering residential and commercial properties, levied fines, and issued compliance orders.
Or you're going to be speaking on somebody's behalf. Please stand. Please stand. Please stand. Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth and the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Thank you. If you're here, regardless of whether you're here for a mitigation, a to be heard, or an extension of time, you're going to come up to the podium, state your name and the address. You're here on behalf. If you don't speak English and you need the assistance of an interpreter, just flag her down and she'll come up and she will speak on your behalf. If you're here for a to be heard, you're gonna come up and you're gonna plead the property guilty or not guilty. And I reiterate you yourself personally are not pleading guilty or not guilty. You're pleading whether the property at the time the violation was issued was guilty or not guilty. So the violation existed at the time that the that the violation was issued, probably guilty. If you inherited the property through a purchase and it was there when you purchased it, you can say guilty with an explanation, but generally you are not personally pleading guilty, so just keep that in mind. If you plead not guilty, if you plead guilty, the city will basically summarize the case against you. The board will determine uh if you plead guilty, the board the board will determine the amount of days you need to correct the violation and will issue a per diem violation if you don't correct it by that time. If it is a single family residential home, it's up to 250 dollars per diem for a first-time offender, and for a non-residential commercial property, it's a thousand. If you're a repeat violator for a residential, it's 500, and for commercial and non-residential, it's five thousand. Uh for certain violations that are irreparable or irreversible in nature, the board with specific findings can issue a irreparable harm fine of up to five thousand or fifteen thousand dollars with specific findings. When you're done with your case, there's a document in the podium. It tells you how to ask for an extension of time. As you heard earlier, if you don't ask for an extension of time before the time to comply has expired, your fines will start running on that day. So it's important that you take that document with you and you remember to ask for the extension of time. Now, if you're here for an extension of time that you're asking for more time, go ahead and let the board know what you've done so far and how much time you need, and the board will determine whether that's a reasonable amount of time, and the city will give its recommendation. And if you're here for mitigation, there is a chart, and I don't know if the clerk gave you the chart, but if you're here for mitigation, I think it's only two or three of you. The chart tells you what the board can and can't do. There's limitations on what the board can and can't do, and they're bound by that chart. So for residential property, it's five thousand dollars or with unanimity, they can go below five thousand dollars. That is all they can do. So take that chart and take a look at it while we while you wait for your case to be called. All orders of the board can be appealed to the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida within 30 days. And Mr. Chair, the order. Uh we have one ELT, so we're gonna call him first or her first and get them out of here first, then the couple of mitigations, and then we'll dive into the to be heards. And if you're here for the mitigation, the two or three of you that are here for mitigation. Once your case is and the board, I'm sorry, once the board determines your mitigation, wait for me over here so I can give you your order. And don't leave without your order because I'll give you payment instructions as well. Okay. All right. Page number 131. Case number 00131231. Property address 1028 Southwest 30th Avenue. Page 131. What's the address? 1028 Southwest 30th. All right, I have that as page 128. 128. It's one it's 131 for us. Take them back to the correct numbering. Okay.