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Fla. Stat. § 162.11 (2025)

Appeals.

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162.11 Appeals.An aggrieved party, including the local governing body, may appeal a final administrative order of an enforcement board to the circuit court. Such an appeal shall not be a hearing de novo but shall be limited to appellate review of the record created before the enforcement board. An appeal shall be filed within 30 days of the execution of the order to be appealed.
History.s. 1, ch. 80-300; s. 10, ch. 82-37; s. 3, ch. 85-150; s. 10, ch. 86-201.
Note.Former s. 166.061.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 41 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1984–2025 · leading case: Club Madonna, Inc. v. City of Miami Beach, 924 F.3d 1370 (11th Cir. 2019).
Club Madonna, Inc. v. City of Miami Beach, 924 F.3d 1370 (11th Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “Fla. Stat. Ann. § 162.11 ; see also Fla Stat.”
Wilson v. Cnty. of Orange, 881 So. 2d 625 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). · cites it 5× “Second, failure to file an appeal to the circuit court pursuant to section 162.11, Florida Statutes, is not technically an administrative remedy.”
Kirby v. City of Archer, 790 So. 2d 1214 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). · cites it 4× “If he then disputed the final order of the Board, his remedy was to file an appeal in the circuit court pursuant to section 162.11, Florida Statutes (1997). Having failed to challenge the Board's action, Kirby cannot raise factual disputes with the Board's findings in the…”
Schwarz v. City of Treasure Island, 544 F.3d 1201 (11th Cir. 2008). “Instead of appealing the Board’s interpretation of the zoning ordinance to the state circuit court, see Fla. Stat. § 162.11 ; Code § 2-169, on September 9, 2005, Schwarz, along with Gulf Coast Recovery and several Jane and John Does, sued Treasure Island and the Code Enforcement…”
Holiday Isle Resort & Marina Assocs. v. Monroe Cnty., 582 So. 2d 721 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991). · cites it 4× “This is a consolidated petition for a writ of certiorari which seeks review of two circuit court orders dismissing appeals taken under Section 162.11, Florida Statutes (1989), by Holiday Isle Resort and Marina Associates and Joe Roth [petitioners] from adverse orders of the…”
Massey v. Charlotte Cnty., 842 So. 2d 142 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). · cites it 2× “Although an "aggrieved party" may appeal a final administrative order of the board to the circuit court, that appeal is not a hearing de novo but simply an appellate review of the record before the code enforcement board.”
City of Palm Bay v. Palm Bay Greens, LLC, 969 So. 2d 1187 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007). · cites it 2× “" Section 162.11, Florida Statutes, specifically authorizes appeals of final administrative orders of enforcement boards to the circuit court.”
Bee's Auto, Inc. v. City of Clermont, 927 F. Supp. 2d 1318 (M.D. Fla. 2013). · cites it 2× “See Fla. Stat. § 162.11 ; Ordinance Section 86-251; Board of County Commissioners of Brevard County v.”
City of Deland v. Benline Process Color Co., 493 So. 2d 26 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986). · cites it 2× “NOTES [1] The circuit court was acting in its capacity as an appellate court pursuant to section 162.11, Florida Statutes (1985).”
City of Miami v. Cortes, 995 So. 2d 604 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008). · cites it 2× “See § 162.11, Fla. Stat. (2007) (governing appeals from final orders of code enforcement boards; "An appeal shall be filed within 30 days of the execution of the order to be appealed.”
Monroe Cnty. v. Cisneros, 49 So. 3d 801 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). · cites it 2× “Cisneros and Griset Cisneros, rendered by the Monroe County Circuit Court, sitting in its appellate capacity, pursuant to a request made by the Cisneroses to that court while the court had pending before it the Cisneros’ statutorily authorized appeal, see § 162.11, Fla. Stat.…”
Hardin v. Monroe Cnty., 64 So. 3d 707 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011). · cites it 2× “See § 162.11, Fla. Stat. (1999) (“Appeals. — An aggrieved party, including the local governing body, may appeal a final administrative order of an en *710 forcement board to the circuit court.”
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