A deal to have Pulte donate $2 million to help build a newcenter for the Osceola Council on Aging collapsed before thecommissioners met to vote on the issue, brokers following themonth-long controversy tell GlobeSt.com. At a public hearing,commissioner Paul Owen called the $9,750 fine "a slap on thewrist."

Pulte officials acknowledged at the hearing they erred inconverting garage bays into an extra bedroom at the $311,000residences. The Michigan company has three weeks to demolish thefourth bedrooms and replace the space as a second garage.

Pulte officials told commissioners they lost at least $250,000since the county halted all construction at Windsor Hills May 4when the violations were first noted by the county's codeenforcement division.

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