Coconut Creek, FL Code Violation Reporting: Common Violations (2026)

Section 14-42 of the Coconut Creek Code lists the conduct that is a violation when an owner, occupant or tenant permits it. The list covers accumulation of litter, garbage, rubbish, junk, debris or refuse, excessive accumulations or untended growth of weeds, undergrowth or other living or dead plant life, untended vegetation, collection of stagnant water, and conditions conducive to infestation by mosquitoes, rodents, snakes, wild animals and other pests. The duty reaches beyond the parcel: it extends to the adjoining public right-of-way from the front plot line to the centerline, and between the extensions of the side plot lines. Subsection (f) declares all of these conditions public nuisances.

Section 14-44 sets the notice. The city sends one written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the record owner at the address in the county property appraiser's records, and service is complete upon mailing. The notice requires the owner to remedy the violation within seven days of receipt. If the mailing is returned unclaimed or no return receipt reaches the community improvement division within 15 days, the notice is posted on the property and at city hall, and the city can abate if the nuisance remains 15 days after posting.

An owner can request a hearing within seven days. Under Section 14-45 the code enforcement board or special master decides whether the condition exists, that decision is final, and the owner then has five days after the hearing to correct it. The city manager or designee can abate at once when a nuisance is an imminent danger to human life or health.

When the city abates, Section 14-46 makes the cost payable within 30 days. Unpaid costs plus a $25 lien recording fee become a lien bearing interest at 12 percent per annum, and the city can also impose the amount as a non-ad valorem assessment under Sections 14-48 and 14-49.