Miramar, FL Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Pre-posting notice
- 14 days by certified mail
- Appeal deadline
- Not less than 15 days
- Enforcement board
- Unsafe Structures Board
- Emergency power
- Immediate vacate/secure/demolish order
- Unpaid lien
- Foreclosable after 6 months
Summary
Miramar's building official can post any building found unsafe, unsanitary or a fire hazard and order it vacated under City Code Sec. 22-81 through 22-85. Owners get 14 days' written notice before posting, and the unsafe structures board can order repair, securing or demolition if violations continue, with all costs becoming a lien on the property.
The building official, on his or her own initiative or as a result of reports by others, shall examine or cause to be examined every building or structure appearing or reported to be unsafe, and if such is found to be an unsafe building or structure, the building official shall post the property concerned and shall furnish the owner of such building or structure with written notice in the manner provided for in sections 22-82 and 22-83.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 104 | Land Development Code: Supplement 46).
Full Breakdown
Under Code of the City of Miramar Sec. 22-81, the building official investigates every building or structure reported as unsafe and, if it is found unsafe, posts the property and serves the owner written notice under Sec. 22-82 and 22-83. Sec. 22-82 requires the notice be sent by certified or registered mail at least fourteen days before posting, state the defects and code violated, set a compliance deadline, and explain the right to appeal to the unsafe structures board. Sec. 22-83 requires the posted placard to read that the structure 'SHALL BE VACATED, SHALL NOT BE OCCUPIED' until the building official removes the notice.
Sec. 22-84 lets the building official record the notice of violation in the county public records if the owner neither complies nor appeals, giving constructive notice to future purchasers, mortgagees and lessees; a corrected violation is likewise recorded once cured. Sec. 22-85 gives the building official emergency authority: where collapse, fire or windstorm danger is imminent, the official may order occupants out, close adjacent rights-of-way, and secure or demolish the structure immediately, with the city's emergency costs becoming a lien against the property. This process runs alongside the general blighting-factor standard in Sec.
10-124 of the general code, which requires owners to keep the exterior of premises free of hazards, deteriorated foundation walls, unsound porches and stairs, and any 'unsightly conditions such as stains, discolorations, chipped or faded paint, cracked walls, rot, mildew or any other blighting deterioration' that constitutes a blighting factor for adjoining property.
Violations & Fines
If an owner does not comply or appeal, the unsafe structures board (a nine-member panel appointed by the city commission) holds a public hearing after published notice and can order the owner to repair, secure or demolish the structure within a set deadline. If the owner still fails to act, the city or its contractor performs the work and files a lien for all costs, administrative expenses, and attorney's fees against the property, foreclosable after six months unpaid.
Frequently Asked Questions
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