Coconut Creek, FL Code Violation Reporting: Response Times (2026)

Section 14-44 of the Coconut Creek Code sets the clock for the lot clearing and nuisance article. When an owner or tenant fails to comply with § 14-42, the city gives one written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the record owner at the address in the county property appraiser's records. Service is complete on mailing. The notice must describe the violation, specify the corrective action, and require the owner to remedy or abate within seven days of receipt. It must also warn that failure will lead to city abatement with the cost plus administrative charges as a lien, advise of the right to a hearing under § 14-45, and state that on reoccurrence the city can enter without further notice and that the violation can go to the code enforcement board or special master for fines under § 1-8.

If the owner requests a hearing within seven days of receipt, enforcement follows § 14-45. If no hearing is requested and the owner has not started the corrective action, the city has the right to enter the premises and abate. If the certified notice comes back unclaimed, or the return receipt does not reach the community improvement division within fifteen days of mailing, a copy is posted in plain view on the property and at city hall. If the nuisance is still there fifteen days after posting, the city can enter and abate. Posting can run at the same time as the mailing.

At the hearing the code enforcement board or special master decides whether the condition exists, and that decision is final. If it does exist, the owner has five days from the hearing to correct it, or the city abates without further notice. Under § 14-45(d), the city manager or designee can skip the timetable when a nuisance is an imminent danger to human life or health.