The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 162
COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CODE ENFORCEMENT

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F.S. 162.03

162.03 Applicability.—

(1) Each county or municipality may, at its option, create or abolish by ordinance local government code enforcement boards as provided herein.

(2) A charter county, a noncharter county, or a municipality may, by ordinance, adopt an alternate code enforcement system that gives code enforcement boards or special magistrates designated by the local governing body, or both, the authority to hold hearings and assess fines against violators of the respective county or municipal codes and ordinances. A special magistrate shall have the same status as an enforcement board under this chapter. References in this chapter to an enforcement board, except in s. 162.05, shall include a special magistrate if the context permits.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 80-300; s. 3, ch. 82-37; s. 2, ch. 86-201; s. 1, ch. 87-129; s. 2, ch. 89-268; s. 2, ch. 99-360; s. 63, ch. 2004-11.

Note.—Former s. 166.053.

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Amendments to 162.03

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 162.03

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 162.03.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

CLUB MADONNA, INC. a d. b. a. v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, a, 924 F.3d 1370 (11th Cir. 2019)

. . . . § 162.03 (providing that special masters with enforcement authority have the "same status" as enforcement . . .

SYLVIA LANDFIELD TRUST A. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES J., 729 F.3d 1189 (9th Cir. 2013)

. . . LAMC § 162.03-04; RACR §§ 1200.0KN), 1200.03-.04. . . . LAMC § 162.03-.04; RACR § 1200.04. . . . [effective waterproofing and weather protection of roof and exterior walls....”); LAMC § 162.03. . . .

CITY OF PALM BAY, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N. A., 114 So. 3d 924 (Fla. 2013)

. . . Section 162.03, Florida Statutes (2004), authorizes municipalities to establish by ordinance local code . . .

SARASOTA COUNTY, v. BOW POINT ON GULF CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPERS, LLC, a, 974 So. 2d 431 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . The use of special magistrates instead of boards is authorized by section 162.03, Florida Statutes (2005 . . . Under section 162.03(2), the special magistrate enjoys the same status as the code enforcement board. . . .

DA MORTGAGE, INC. A L. C. A v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, A, 486 F.3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2007)

. . . The plaintiffs argued that section 162.03, Florida Statutes, only allowed the City to “designate enforcement . . .

CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, v. MULLIGAN,, 934 So. 2d 1238 (Fla. 2006)

. . . See § 162.03, Fla. Stat. (1999). . . .

GRAYDEN, v. RHODES,, 345 F.3d 1225 (11th Cir. 2003)

. . . . § 162.03. . . .

MIAMI- DADE COUNTY, v. BROWN,, 814 So. 2d 518 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . . § 162.03, Florida Statutes. . . . authorized by Chapter 162 to create its own system and procedure for enforcement of its Ordinance, see § 162.03 . . .

RICHBON, INC. v. MIAMI- DADE COUNTY,, 791 So. 2d 505 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . It appears that Miami-Dade County uses special masters, rather than boards, as permitted by section 162.03 . . . The special master has the same status as a code enforcement board. § 162.03(2), Fla. . . .

METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, a v. A. HERNANDEZ,, 708 So. 2d 1008 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . First, section 162.03(2), Florida Statutes (1995), states that a county may “adopt an alternative code . . .

P. VERDI, Jr. v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, a, 684 So. 2d 870 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . use of hearing officers for its code enforcement proceedings to be statutorily authorized by section 162.03 . . . Second and more importantly, section 162.03(2) of Part I clearly and explicitly confers authority upon . . .

CITY OF TAMPA, a FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF CITY OF TAMPA CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD, v. BRAXTON A. s s s, 616 So. 2d 554 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Section 162.03(1), Fla.Stat. . . .

In ROCK INDUSTRIES MACHINERY CORP. f k a LITTON SYSTEMS, INC., 572 F.2d 1195 (7th Cir. 1978)

. . . ’s purpose of protecting the finality of orders confirming judicial sales. 14 Collier on Bankruptcy 162.03 . . .