Davie, FL Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Legal effect
- automatic public nuisance
- Enforcement paths
- 5 separate remedies available
- Includes
- civil or criminal prosecution
- Citation
- Davie Code § 6-27
Summary
Any property that violates Davie's minimum housing and property maintenance code is automatically declared a public nuisance, letting the town pursue the special magistrate, code enforcement, the unsafe structures board, injunctions, or criminal prosecution.
Violations of this article are deemed to constitute a public nuisance and the town shall have the right to enforce the provisions of this article before the special magistrate or by any code enforcement procedure, or the unsafe structures board, or by any other legal remedy available including but not limited to temporary or permanent injunctive relief, or by civil or criminal prosecution in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 75).
Full Breakdown
Davie Code § 6-27, part of Chapter 6, Article II (Minimum Housing and Property Maintenance Standards), declares that any violation of that article is a public nuisance. That declaration opens up five separate enforcement paths for the town: a hearing before the special magistrate, standard code enforcement procedure, referral to the unsafe structures board, temporary or permanent injunctive relief, or civil or criminal prosecution in a court of competent jurisdiction. This is the enforcement backbone behind Davie's substandard-property and blight abatement work.
Violations & Fines
A nuisance finding under this article can lead to a special magistrate correction order, a civil injunction, or misdemeanor criminal prosecution in county court against the owner or occupant responsible for the substandard condition.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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