By Coral Gables Gazette staff

A residential roof covered in loose, abandoned tiles will be among nine properties before the Coral Gables Construction Regulation Board next week, as the city weighs new deadlines, daily fines, and possible liens in cases ranging from a 232-unit condominium to a century-old downtown retail building.

The board meets on Monday, June 15 at 2 p.m. at 427 Biltmore Way. The agenda includes two properties facing notices of intent to lien, seven additional cases declared unsafe by the city’s building official, and the routine approval of prior minutes. In each case, the board may accept, modify, or reject the building official’s recommendations after hearing from staff, property owners, and members of the public.

In most of the cases coming before the board, the unsafe-structure designation stems from failure to complete required building recertification, not from a city finding that collapse is imminent. The Cantoria Avenue case is different: it involves loose roof tiles and construction materials the building official says should be removed quickly to prevent windstorm debris.

A Cantoria Avenue roof and a hurricane season warning

The most immediately pressing case on the agenda involves no recertification deficiency at all. The single-family home at 1545 Cantoria Ave, owned by JVC Holdings Inc, has had loose roof tiles stacked on its roof since at least May 2025, when work was abandoned on a re-roofing permit that was subsequently allowed to expire in December 2025. The building official has declared the structure unsafe under Section 105-89 of the city code.

The case has already passed through the Code Enforcement Board, which found the owner guilty in April, imposed $150-per-day fines beginning May 15, and issued a Notice of Intent to Lien on June 4. It now comes before the Construction Regulation Board, which the building official is asking to impose its own 7-day deadline for removing all loose tiles and construction materials from exterior areas, a concurrent 7-day deadline to renew the expired permit, and a 30-day deadline for complete installation and final inspection. A $250-per-day fine applies to any missed deadline.

The building official’s recommendation specifically references windstorm debris as the basis for the 7-day removal requirement — a standard that carries particular weight with South Florida now in hurricane season.

600 Biltmore Way: 232 units, fines retroactive to 2024

The 232-unit Biltmore II Condominium at 600 Biltmore Way has the longest and most financially consequential compliance history on the agenda. The building, constructed in 1973, last completed recertification in 2013. The city’s first notice arrived in January 2023. The electrical recertification was approved in April 2024. The structural recertification has not been completed.

The board issued an order in March 2024 requiring a revised structural report within 24 months and imposing $250-per-day fines for non-compliance. That order expired in March 2026. The building official is now recommending that fines run retroactively to March 11, 2024 — the date of the original order — and that the fine escalate to $500 per day going forward until the structure is fully recertified. An engineer’s letter attesting the building is structurally safe was submitted in January 2026 and expires July 6, three weeks from Monday’s hearing. The building official’s recommendation preserves authority to evacuate the structure, disconnect utilities, or pursue demolition if safety conditions require it.

290 Aragon Ave: A century-old retail building still short of compliance

The retail structure at 290 Aragon Ave, built in 1924 and owned by Lago Investments LLC, has been in the city’s enforcement process since courtesy notices began in May 2022. Both its electrical and structural recertification reports were rejected in May 2024, with repairs required on both systems. A 180-day extension expired in September 2025. A board order issued in January 2026 set a 120-day recertification deadline with $250-per-day fines. That order expired May 13, 2026.

On May 27, the owner submitted engineer letters attesting the building is safe for occupancy on structural and electrical grounds — but the electrical recertification report submitted the same day remained deficient, missing a required digital signature, the current report template, and color photographs. The structural report continued to show repairs required. The city issued a Notice of Intent to Lien on June 3. The building official is recommending retroactive fines from January 12, 2026, escalating to $500 per day going forward.

Five cases return after March deferral

Five properties that were heard and deferred at the board’s March 2026 meeting return Monday with compliance still incomplete.

At 3301 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Pines Group Inc owns a 1990 office building with no prior recertification listed in city records. The structural report shows repairs required; the electrical report is missing a required repair permit number. Prior safe-to-occupy letters were submitted in November 2025, but the city says current structural and electrical safe-to-occupy letters, a revised structural recertification report, and an electrical repair permit number remain outstanding. The building official is recommending a 30-day deadline for outstanding materials, a 60-day deadline for full recertification, and $250-per-day fines for non-compliance.

At 500 Biltmore Way, EGMF 504 LLC owns a 1945 retail building whose structural recertification was approved in March 2026 but whose electrical report remains deficient. An electrical permit for parking lot lighting was issued in April, indicating some recent activity. The building official is recommending a 60-day recertification deadline with $250-per-day fines.

At 235 Santillane Ave, owner Maria E Zenoz has a four-unit multifamily building, also built in 1945, for which neither a structural nor an electrical recertification report has been submitted despite courtesy notices dating to February 2023. A safe-to-occupy letter was submitted in March 2026. The building official is recommending a 30-day deadline for initial reports and a 60-day deadline for full recertification, with $250-per-day fines.

At 2603 Ponce de Leon Blvd, owned by 2603 Ponce LLC, the structural recertification was approved in March 2025 but the electrical report remains deficient. An electrical repair permit was submitted June 1 — the most recent compliance activity of any case on the agenda. The building official is recommending a 60-day recertification deadline.

At 382 S Dixie Hwy, Sunshine Gasoline Distributors Inc has completed structural recertification but the electrical report is missing a thermography report and color photographs. A safe-to-occupy letter is in place but expires July 26. The building official is recommending a 30-day deadline for the missing documentation and a 60-day deadline for full recertification.

Deering Bay Yacht and Country Club

The final new case is 13610 Deering Bay Dr, owned by Deering Bay Yacht and Country Club Inc. The case resume lists no prior recertification for the 1995 building, with recertification listed as pending for 2025. Both structural and electrical reports submitted in July 2023 showed repairs required. Safe-to-occupy letters were filed in November 2025 but have since expired and have not been renewed. The owner has not submitted revised recertification reports free of deficiency. The building official is recommending a 30-day deadline for renewed safe-to-occupy letters, a 60-day deadline for full recertification, and $250-per-day fines.

How to participate

The Construction Regulation Board meeting begins at 2 p.m. Monday, June 15 at 427 Biltmore Way, First Floor Conference Room. The meeting is also accessible by Zoom; participants may raise their hand digitally or by pressing *9 if joining by telephone. Members of the public wishing to address the board on any agenda item must record their name and address on the sign-in sheet at the recording secretary’s table before the hearing begins.