10-01-89 v HIGHLIGHTS OF FLORIDA STATUTE CHAPTER 162,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARDS ACT
AMENDMENTS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1989
A. Clarifies that Code Enforcement Boards may be used to
enforce all local codes and ordinances.
B. Permits municipalities to designate special masters to
hear ordinance and code violations.
C. Streamlines the process and enhances the penalties for
repeat offenders.
D. Permits small local governments to establish five rather
than seven-member Code Enforcement Boards.
E. Permits local governments to name board alternates .
F . Permits local governments to file an order of violation in
the public records.
G. Clarifies that Code Enforcement Boards may subpoena
evidence only to its hearing.
H. Allows boards to reduce fines .
I . Permits fines to continue to run following the filing of a
lien.
J. Reduces the time from six to three months in which a Code
Enforcement Board must wait to foreclose on a lien.
K . Increases the time limitation on which a Code Enforcement
Board may foreclose on a lien from five to twenty years .
L. Permits the prevailing party to recover costs and
attorneys ' fees incurred in an action to foreclose a lien.
M. Permits notices to be left at the violator 's place of
residence with any person above the age of 15 who resides
with the violator , not just the current set up with
"Family Member" .
N. Permits local governments to enforce Florida ' s "anti-
litter" and abandoned property laws.
O. It also authorizes DNR to delegate to local governments
the authority to get rid of derelict vessels clogging our
waterways .
P. It expands the codes for which "inspection warrants" can
be issued, clarifying that they may be issued if the local
government satisfies either of the U. S. Supreme Court
standards governing the issuance of inspection warrants.