Special Magistrate Hearing

About this meeting

A special magistrate is a hearing officer who rules on code enforcement cases; the city's special magistrate acts under Chapter 162 of Florida Statutes and Section 2-71 of the city code. At these hearings, the magistrate decides whether a property brought by the Code Compliance Unit violates city code, sets a deadline to fix it and a possible daily fine, and, if the problem is not fixed, can later certify the accrued fines, which are recorded as a lien (a legal claim) against the property. The city and the property owner can each present their case and call witnesses, and testimony is taken under oath, though formal rules of evidence do not apply. The magistrate also hears requests to reduce code liens; those rulings can be appealed to the City Commission within 10 days.

Summarized by Island City Today from the City of Wilton Manors' Code Enforcement Process and Lien Reductions pages. Checked Nov 3, 2026.

• wiltonmanors.gov: Code Enforcement Process (opens in a new tab)
• wiltonmanors.gov: Lien Reductions (opens in a new tab)
• wiltonmanors.gov: calendar entry (1) (opens in a new tab)
• wiltonmanors.gov: calendar entry (2) (opens in a new tab)