The out-of-town owner of an investment property has been ordered to bring the rental into compliance.
The rental at 1098 Peninsula St. in Creekside Landing at Lake Sumter Landing was the subject of a deed compliance hearing Monday at the District Office at Brownwood.
A complaint was lodged on Sept. 2 with Community Standards regarding weeds at the property. Notices were sent to the property owner, XIE FL Property Holdings LLC, based in Boynton Beach. The property owner was informed that the weeds needed to be physically removed from the property. As of Monday’s hearing, the property remained out of compliance.
The special hearing officer presiding over the matter granted XIE FL Property Holdings LLC seven days to remove the weeds. If the weeds are not removed, fines will be imposed.
The proliferation of rentals has been a longstanding problem at Creekside Landing.
Residents of Creekside Landing appeared in 2021 before the Community Development District 8 Board of Supervisors after the SWAT team from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office descended on their neighborhood. Homeowners were evacuated or under lockdown for six hours after an armed man barricaded himself inside a short-term rental.
Last year, a 22-year-old fugitive who had been holed up in a rental at Creekside Landing in 2021 was sentenced to 25 years in prison for coercing nearly 20 minor females to send him nude photos and sexually explicit videos that he sold online.