Monroe County v. Roy's Trailer Park, Inc.
A mobile home park sued Monroe County for a declaration that park owners cannot be the 'responsible party' for tenant fire code violations under section 723.024; the County counterclaimed for the opposite declaration plus injunctive relief and a receiver. The trial court dismissed the County's counterclaims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on the County's failure to exhaust its own local code enforcement procedures. The Third DCA reversed, holding exhaustion is a prudential doctrine, not jurisdictional, and that a local government need not exhaust its own administrative code-enforcement scheme before pursuing lawful judicial remedies.
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Key facts
- Mobile home park owner sued Monroe County seeking declaration that park owners cannot be held responsible parties for tenant fire code violations under section 723.024.
- County counterclaimed seeking opposite declaration, injunctive relief, and appointment of a receiver; trial court dismissed County's counterclaims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on County's failure to exhaust local code enforcement procedures.
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Why it matters
Practitioners defending code enforcement actions can no longer rely on a local government's failure to use its own administrative board as a jurisdictional bar; the Third DCA squarely holds exhaustion is prudential and… — full analysis with a trial
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