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GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUT. ALL RIGHT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
[Code Magistrate Hearing on November 21, 2024.]
HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE, I WILL HEAR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT FIRST TO TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. THEN ANYBODY THAT NEEDS TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN IT, I WOULD GLADLY HEAR FROM YOU. SO WE CAN MAKE A DECISION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SITUATION. I MAY JUMP AROUND THE AGENDA BECAUSE I WANT TO DEAL WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS THAT ARE HERE FIRST, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE ALL DAY AND HANG OUT WITH ME. SO IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ THE AGENDA. I PROMISE IT'S BECAUSE I'M PURPOSELY TRYING TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN. I HAVE NO EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S LETTER D IS MY FIRST ONE ON THE AGENDA. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20240700 PROPERTY AT 310. JASMINE PLACE.GOOD AFTERNOON, CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. GOOD AFTERNOON. IF YOU RECALL, WE PREVIOUSLY HEARD THIS HEARING. SO AND IT WAS REALLY. OH I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. THE DELAYED UNTIL TODAY. BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PROPERTY LINE DISPUTES. SO THERE IS A COPY OF THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE FIRST ONE. I WAS JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME SLIDES. NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH THIS PROPERTY. I THINK THE PURPOSE OF TODAY WAS TO DETERMINE WHERE THE OWNER AND THE NEIGHBOR ARE WITH THE PROPERTY LINE DISPUTE, BUT IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS ON THE WEST END OF PANAMA CITY BEACH. THAT'S JUST A CLOSER UP AERIAL ON SLIDE NUMBER THREE OF THE PHOTO. SO SOME OF THE JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE WE FOUND THIS MOBILE HOME IN BLIGHTED CONDITIONS. ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU ON THAT DATE. THERE IS SOME OVERGROWTH. NOW THIS IS THE SIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME THAT'S IN QUESTION. AS FAR AS THE PROPERTY LINE GOES. AND AS YOU AS YOU SEE HERE, THE NEIGHBOR OF THE VACANT LOT ROPING IT OFF, NOT ALLOWING ACCESS FOR THEM TO MAKE THE REPAIRS. AND. SO THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. IS THIS WINDOW SOME OF THE SIDING. AND OF COURSE THE OVERGROWTH NEEDS TO BE REMOVED OFF THE MOBILE HOME. A HOLE IN THE SIDING.
WHERE AGAIN THIS IS THE SAME SLIDE SHOW SLIDE SHOW THAT WAS SHOWN TO YOU AT THE PREVIOUS HEARING. DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE UPDATED PHOTOS? YES. OKAY. IT'S THE MORE RECENT ONES FOR YOU.
THERE WE GO. AS OF NOVEMBER 18TH. THIS IS WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE. MY THOUGHT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF AT A STANDSTILL BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CIVIL, POSSIBLY CIVIL, WITH THE PROPERTY LINE GOING ON HERE. MY THOUGHT WAS, IS, IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO THE. IS THE PROPERTY OWNER HERE, PROPERTY OWNER WITNESSES. OKAY. ARE HERE TO UPDATE US ON WHAT THEY GUESS.
HAS CODE ENFORCEMENT GOTTEN ANY UPDATE ON THE PROPERTY LINE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE? THE OWNER OF THE VACANT LOT PROVIDED. OF COURSE WE'RE NOT SURVEYING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DETERMINE WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS. I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE ABOVE US TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. AND I THINK THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS ALSO GOTTEN A SURVEY, AND I CAN LET HER TALK TO THAT AS TO BECAUSE WHERE WE STAND THEN, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS, IS WHO'S OVERGROWTH IS IT AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING IT AT THAT POINT. SO THAT'S KIND OF HOLDING US UP RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THE PROPERTY OWNER. COME ON UP AND TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW. Y'ALL COME
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OVER TO THIS PODIUM THAT WAY THAT THEY CAN RECORD YOU. JUST GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. VICKI MCCONNELL, 310 JASMINE PLACE. WELL, TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON. I RECALL THAT WE HAD A PROPERTY LINE DISPUTE ISSUE WITH THE LAST TIME I FOUND SOMEONE, A CREW TO DO THE WORK FOR THE TRAILER, AND HE PUT UP THE PERSON NEXT DOOR OR WHATEVER, PUT UP ALL THIS, AND WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO CONTINUE WORK. WE HAD ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON THE YARD, BUT WOULD NOT LET US DO ANYTHING ELSE, AND SO LATER, YOU KNOW, A HURRICANE CAME AFTER WE WERE HERE LAST TIME AND MY CREW WENT TO GEORGIA. SO THE CREW IS IN GEORGIA. BUT MY SURVEY DID COME THROUGH AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, AND I HAVE IT HERE. AND I SENT A COPY OF THE SURVEY AND ALSO WENT BY THIS MORNING, AND WE DID A LOT OF CLEANING THIS MORNING AND HAVE FRESH PICTURES. AND I JUST SENT THEM TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO CLEANING WISE. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN DONE ON THE PROPERTY THAT MAINLY WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT MAINLY YARD WORK, BUT SOMEONE HAD GONE INTO THE TRAILER AND BEFORE MY HUSBAND DIED, HE HAD CUT TWO OF THE GLASS PANELS FOR THE WINDOW, BUT HE DIED BEFORE HE COULD GET THEM IN. SO THEY WERE IN THE LIVING ROOM, STANDING UP. SO SOMEONE WENT IN AND PUT UP ONE OF THEM WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. SO THEY TRESPASSED, WENT THROUGH MY STUFF. EVERYTHING'S THROWN AROUND IN THERE AND PUT UP ONE OF THE WINDOWS. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SURVEY THAT YOU GOT WITH THE PROPERTY LINE. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN. I CAN'T REALLY READ IT.YOU REALLY HAVE SOME MY VISION ISSUES THAT YOU GUYS ALL KNOW, LIKE THIS IS WRITTEN LIKE LESS THAN, LIKE 2% SIZE. I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I HAVE GOOD VISION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THAT GOOD. I WENT BY LOOKING FOR THE PENS THIS MORNING, BUT I COULD ONLY FIND THE ONE THAT THE PERSON NEXT DOOR HAD PUT IN, SO I COULDN'T FIND MY PENS. I DON'T KNOW, THEY SAY THEY'RE ON THERE, BUT THEY. I COULDN'T FIND THEM ON THE PROPERTY. WELL, WITH THIS WEATHER AND STUFF, I'M NOT SURPRISED IF IT WOULD BE MOVED FROM THE PROPERTY AT SOME POINT. HE HAD TOLD ME IT WAS UP TO 12IN, AND IT MAY BE THREE, BUT THE TRAILER TO REMIND EVERYONE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1985, AND THE SELLER OF THE LANDS ATTORNEY CALLED ME AND SAID THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MR. GRIFFIN TOLD HIM THAT WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT BEING ON HIS PROPERTY, AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NO PROBLEM WITH IT AND THEY WERE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT BUYER. BUT HE INSISTED ON THEM SELLING IT TO HIM. SO EVEN UNDER PURCHASE, HE HAD, HE THOUGHT IT WAS ON HIS PROPERTY, BUT HE WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT IT ANYWAY. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE REALLY IN THE SAME POSITION WITH THE PROPERTY LINE DISPUTE. WELL, IT'S NOT 12IN JUST THREE YEARS FROM EXPORT LOOKING AND IT'S THREE INCHES OVER THE PROPERTY LINE. GLADWIN, MI THIS IS NOT BAD BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I SAW IT. SO. ALRIGHT. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT ME TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW? MY UNCLE HAS COME BACK FROM WASHINGTON DC, SO HE WORKED HOURS ON IT THIS MORNING AND HE WANTED TO TRY TO WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DECEMBER AND MAYBE HAVE IT DONE BY MID JANUARY TO THE END OF JANUARY. ON THE YARD WORK. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT ME TO KNOW ABOUT? I DON'T GUESS SO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU CAN HAVE
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A SEAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? COME ON UP. TELL ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IF YOU'LL COME TO THE PODIUM FOR ME. OKAY, SO, MATTHEW GRIFFIN, THE NAME OF MY COMPANY IS BRIAN. CONTRACTORS. I'M A BUILDER. OKAY. YOU KNOW, I REALLY AND TRULY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START, BECAUSE I REALLY GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT Y'ALL DON'T HAVE. BUT I COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE LAST TIME, SO I WAS JUST IN ANOTHER WORLD. I WAS ACTUALLY INTEREST ON THE PROPERTY. SO WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. WELL, I BOUGHT THERE'S TWO LOTS THERE AND I BUILT A HOUSE TO THE B TO THE SOUTH OF IT ON THE FIRST LOT. I'M A BUILDER, SO I BUILT IT. I GOT IT SPLIT INTO BUILD TWO HOUSES. I'VE BEEN IN LAGUNA BEACH BUILDING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ME AND SEVERAL OTHER CONTRACTORS JUST, YOU KNO, TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE AREA, BUYING PROPERTY THAT'S GOT OLD TRAILERS ON IT, GETTING IT TORE DOWN JUST JUST BECAUSE IT NEEDS THAT. AND TO ANSWER MISS MCCONNELL'S QUESTION, I DID KNOW THE PROPERTY. I MEAN, THE TRAILER WAS PARTLY I TRIED TO FIND MY SURVEY AND I COULDN'T I MEAN, SO I DO HAVE IT. IT'S MORE THAN THREE INCHES ON MY SURVEY. I HAD THAT LOT. I HAD THE, THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THAT, THAT LOT WHICH HER LOT. I BUILT THAT HOUSE THERE. THE PICTURE OF IT ON CASA 309 CASA ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. SO I HAD THAT LOT SURVEYED FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES, AND EVERY FLAG HIT THE SAME SPOT. SO I KNOW THE SURVEY. I FEEL CONFIDENT THE SURVEY IS RIGHT. I HAD THIS LOT SURVEYED TWICE. AND SO THAT FRONT PIN THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE. IT'S IN CONCRETE. IT'S AND I'VE ALWAYS KEPT IT SWEPT OFF IN CASE ANYBODY EVER WANTED TO SEE IT BECAUSE IT IS SANDY THERE. BUT YOU CAN AND I'VE GOT A, I'VE GOT A PICTURE WHERE YOU CAN STAND IN LINE WITH THE PIN AND LOOK AT THE TRAILER, AND THE TRAILER IS ABOUT THIS FAR OVER ON MY PROPERTY, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A BIG ISSUE WITH THE TRAILER BECAUSE I WENT AND I'M AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR TOO. SO I WENT TO THE BACK CORNER IN THE POWER POLE. WAS NOT EVEN THERE.THE TRAILER HAD NEVER BEEN. I MEAN, IT HADN'T BEEN HOOKED UP FOR YEARS. SO I WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT IT ALL BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ABANDONED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POWER THERE. SO UNDER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I LOOKED I CALLED THE PANAMA CITY BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID THE WATER WAS DISCONNECTED IN 2007. SO WITH NO WATER BEING THERE FOR 17 YEARS, NO POWER BEING THERE, NOT EVEN A DROP, YOU KNOW, TO FEED POWER. SO IT LOOKED. SO NORMALLY WHEN WE RUN INTO A SITUATION LIKE THAT, IN FACT I OFFERED TO PAY TO GET IT TORE DOWN. I WOULD JUST PAY IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, I GOT A LOT OF MONEY IN THAT LOT.
SO I WOULD HAVE JUST PAID AND I OFFERED TO REMOVE IT BECAUSE I HAD A LAND CLEARING, GOT CLEARED IN THOSE LOTS. AND SO HE JUST GAVE ME A PRICE. ON TEARING THE TRAILER DOWN IF IT NEEDED TO BE TORE DOWN. AND WHEN I TALKED TO HER ABOUT IT, SHE SAID, WELL, THAT'S A THOUGHT OR SOMETHING.
I'LL THINK ABOUT. WELL, I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM HER, AND I NEVER COULD GET UP WITH HER BACK. THE CONTRACT WAS LIKE, IT DROPPED, YOU KNOW, I JUST AND I HAD HER NUMBER. SHE JUST WASN'T RETURNING MY CALLS. SO. SO I DID GET A AFTER I GOT MY HOUSE BUILT, AND I DID GET A THIRD PARTY TO GO OUT AND INSPECT THE HOUSE. HE'S AN INSPECTOR AND I HAVE A BUNCH OF ADDITIONAL PICTURES, BECAUSE WHAT WE DID IS WE GOT A LADDER AND WE GOT PICTURES OF THE ROOF.
THE ROOF IS PITTED AND IT'S PEELED UP, AND YOU CAN TELL THERE'S HOLES IN THE ROOF.
THERE'S THE HOLE THAT Y'ALL SHOWED IN THE SIDE. IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE INTO THE TRAILER. IT'S JUST NOT. IT'S NOT JUST A HOLE ON THE ON THE SHELL OF IT. SO I GOT PICTURES OF ALL THAT TOO. AND AS FAR AS THE POSTED SIGN, I PUT THAT THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE CUTTING ALL THROUGH MY LOT AND I'VE GOT PICTURES OF PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH IT. I GOT PICTURES OF PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS ON MY LOT. IT'S LIKE A DUMPING STATION FOR DOGS, PICTURES OF CATS. I HAD A CAMERA SET THERE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS. I GOT PICTURES OF CATS GOING BACK AND FORTH, POSSUMS GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THAT TRAILER. I TRIED TO BUY THE PROPERTY FROM HER. I MADE HER A FAIR OFFER ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS FAIR. I MADE A FAIR OFFER ON IT AND I JUST IT WAS LIKE, NO. I MEAN, I COULD GO ON AND ON, YOU KNOW, THE THERE'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER THE FRONT PORCH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW ON PART OF HER REPAIR IS TO REPAIR THAT FRONT PORCH, THAT TRESPASSING SIGN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT FRONT PORCH. SHE HADN'T TOUCHED THE FRONT PORCH.
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THERE'S STUFF THAT CAN BE DONE THERE THAT SHE'S JUST NOT DOING. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I LOOK BACK AT Y'ALL'S OR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT'S DEFINITION OF A BLIGHTED TRAILER OR A BLIGHTED.SHE FALLS UNDER FOUR OF THE SIX, AND THE OTHER TALKS ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S CONSIDERED A NUISANCE IS PART IS A NUISANCE, IS SOMETHING THAT DETRACTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, DETRACTS FROM THE VALUE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOES THAT. I MEAN, I COULD JUST KEEP ON GOING AND GOING AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST BEEN IT'S JUST BEEN GOING ON AND I'VE TRIED AND I'VE IN FACT, THIS I HEARD THAT SHE HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT. AND I GOT A PHONE NUMBER ON THAT TRESPASSING SIGN.
THE ONLY REASON I HAVE IT THERE IS BECAUSE OF BEING A BUILDING CONTRACTOR. I DIDN'T WANT HER OR ANYBODY ELSE REPAIRING ANYTHING ON MY PROPERTY AND FALLING AND GETTING HURT. ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS SOMEBODY TO GIVE ME A CALL. I WOULD HAVE MET HIM OUT THERE. I GOT A I GOT A FORM THAT THEY COULD SIGN JUST SHOWING ME THAT I'M NOT LIABLE IF ANYBODY GETS EVERYBODY SUE CRAZY THESE DAYS AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACK PART OF THAT LOT, MY LOT, IT DROPS OFF. SO IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A SAFE PLACE TO SET UP A LADDER. YOU KNOW, YOU AND I JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY FALL AND GET HURT. I DON'T WANT TO BE LIABLE. MISS MCCONNELL NEVER TRIED TO CALL ME. I'VE GOT PICTURES OF HER GOING ON MY PROPERTY TO THE BACK OF THAT TRAILER AND LOOKING AND COMING OUT. SO SHE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE TRESPASSING SIGN. SHE NEVER CALLED ME. I NEVER KNEW IT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I GOT PICTURES OF A CONTRACT. SHE GOT A CONTRACTOR BACK IN, LIKE, APRIL TO GIVE HER AN ESTIMATE ON THE REPAIRS AND THE REPAIRS OF THAT TRAILER. THAT'S THE ONLY ESTIMATE THAT I KNOW OF SHE'S EVER GOT. BECAUSE I'VE GOT A CAMERA THAT RUNS THERE 24 HOURS A DAY. I NEVER HAD A. I TALKED TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT GENTLEMAN, AND HE SAID HE GAVE HER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET TWO MORE ESTIMATES. I NEVER GOT A PICTURE OF A I. I'M NOT SAYING SHE DIDN'T GET THE ESTIMATES, BUT IF SOMEBODY WENT DOWN THAT SIDE OF MY PLOT, I GOT A PICTURE OF IT. I GOT ONE PICTURE OF ONE CONTRACTOR AND ALL THESE MONTHS AND I AND I CALLED. I KNEW THE GUY. I CALLED HIM AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT WHAT HE FOUND, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU BECAUSE HE'S NOT HERE. JUST BE HEARSAY. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE CODE VIOLATION STARTED BACK THE FIRST ONE WAS IN FIVE. I'M SORRY. THE MARCH OF 2007 WAS THE FIRST CODE VIOLATION. AND IT JUST WENT UP AND UP AND UP. THERE'S THAT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN CODE VIOLATIONS THAT THAT KEEPS GETTING. I MEAN, IT'S AND IT'S JUST A AND I'M NOT TALKING BAD ABOUT HER TRAILER, BUT IT'S JUST A LIKE A BROKEN DOWN CAR THAT'S YOU WOULD NOT YOU WOULD NOT SPEND THE MONEY TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE THE. I LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S IT'S ONLY IT'S THEY GOT IT VALUED AT $8,000, WHICH I'M NOT AN APPRAISER GUY, BUT I AM A BUILDER. SO I MEAN, I KNOW VALUE OF STUFF. I DON'T KNOW, AM I MISSING ANYTHING? WHAT? OKAY. SO CAN I STEP DOWN AND LET MY WIFE COME UP? I APPRECIATE THE TIME. NOT TO NOT TO. I THINK THE AGREEMENT IS EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT. IT'S BLIGHTED THE PROBLEM IS THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND WHO IF HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT OR SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. SO I YEAH. AND NOW WE'RE DIFFERENT THREE INCHES TO 12 12IN. HERE'S THE BIG ISSUE I'VE GOT AND THIS UNFORTUNATELY FALLS INTO MY JURISDICTION OF WHAT I CAN OR CAN'T DO. WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE IS BY ADMISSION OF BOTH SIDES, WE'VE GOT A SURVEY OR LINE OF DEMARCATION ISSUE, SO TO SPEAK, WHETHER IT'S THREE INCHES, WHETHER IT'S 12IN, WHETHER IT INVADES THE OTHER PROPERTY.
WHATEVER HAPPENS, I DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE THAT IS A CIVIL MATTER. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WELL BEYOND THE CONCERNS OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE. I DON'T THINK I'VE DONE ANYTHING OTHER THAN FIND THAT, YES, THIS PROPERTY IS DEFINITELY BLIGHTED. THE PROBLEM NOW IS FIGURING OUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. SO ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THREE INCHES THAT GO ONTO YOUR PROPERTY? IS SHE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF IT? HOW DO WE GET THROUGH THAT? AND I'LL BE VERY HONEST WITH YO, UNLESS THERE'S SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU GUYS, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE TAKEN TO CIRCUIT COURT TO MAKE SOME SORT OF DECISION CIVILLY, BECAUSE THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, IS NOT WHAT I HAVE JURISDICTION OVER HERE TODAY DOESN'T NEED TO GET FIXED.
YES. DOES IT LOOK QUITE. IT DOESN'T MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE ORDINANCE. ABSOLUTELY.
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WE FOUND THAT IT'S BLIGHTED. THE PROBLEM NOW IS TO HAS TO FIX IT. WHOSE PROPERTY DOES IT PERTAIN TO? IS IT YOURS? IS IT HERS? HOW DO WE DIVIDE THAT OUT? I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY OTHER THAN TO SAY YOU GUYS HAVE 30 DAYS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD ON YOUR OWN, OR I GIVE THE COUNTY THE ABILITY TO CLEAR UP THE PROPERTY AS A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE, AS IT IS, AS IT STANDS, AND THEN IT GETS CHARGED WHATEVER PORTION IS ON EACH PERSON'S PROPERTY, THEY'RE STUCK WITH THAT. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY. I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT I'VE GOT JURISDICTION OF, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS SETBACK LINE OR THE DEMARCATION LINE BETWEEN THESE TWO PROPERTIES IS AN ISSUE. IF YOU'VE GOT A TRAILER THAT RUNS HALFWAY DOWN, ESPECIALLY IF BOTH SIDES WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, DONE. BUT I'M ON BOARD COMPLETELY WITH THE IDEA THAT JUST LOOKING AT IT, IT DEFINITELY MEETS THE BLIGHTED DEFINITIONS OF THE ORDINANCE. SO WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF I DON'T HAVE THE JURISDICTION AS WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN WITH THAT. I THINK THE CONCERN I HAVE IS, AGAIN, THE PROPERTY LINE. SO THE OVERGROWTH IS HIS VIOLATION AND WE HAVEN'T NOTICED HIM FOR THAT VIOLATION. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO. YOU'VE DONE WHAT? I'M SORRY I MISSED THAT.WHAT DID YOU OVERGROWTH. TECHNICALLY YOU'RE SAYING IT'S 12IN UNDER THE PROPERTY. THAT MEANS THE OVERGROWTH IS ON YOUR PROPERTY. SO YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE TO REMOVE THE OVERGROWTH. THAT'S THE FIRST I'VE EVER HEARD OF. EXACTLY. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS. SO YOU'VE NEVER BEEN NOTICED ABOUT THE ISSUE? SHE'S BEEN NOTICED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE PROPERTY WAS CONSIDERED AS. BUT NOW YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE NOTICE ABOUT WHAT'S TECHNICALLY ON YOUR PROPERTY. WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE THE VERY FIRST TIME WE CAME IN FRONT OF ME WAS DEALING WITH HIS PROPERTY, WASN'T EVEN TO DEAL WITH. SO AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM IS YOU KNOW, WHEN A NEW FRONT PORCH TO BE WORKED ON. SO IT'S NOT BLENDED LOOKING. YEAH. BUT TECHNICALLY PART OF IT BELONGS TO YOU AND PART OF IT BELONGS TO HER. HOW MUCH CAN BE DONE WITHOUT INVADING THE OTHER ONE'S SPACE, SO TO SPEAK? THE OTHER ISSUE IS OBVIOUSLY THE OVERGROWTH THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED ON YOUR SID. IF YOU SAY THAT THAT SIDE BELONGS TO YOU, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN NOTICED ABOUT IT AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT CLEARED UP. SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM. OUR HANDS ARE TIED IN A LOT. AT LEAST MY HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE I'M STUCK WITH WHAT, IN MY OPINION, IS REALLY A CIVIL ISSUE WHERE YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO DECIDE AND FIGURE OUT, HEY, WHO DOES THIS BELONG TO? ARE YOU INVADING HIS PROPERTY? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? AND DOES HE NEED TO GET CLARIFICATION THAT YES, IT BELONGS TO HIM. HE CAN TAKE IT DOWN OR YES, IT BELONGS TO YOU. YOU CAN DO WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT. BUT THAT LEAVES CODE ENFORCEMENT JUST TO SAY, HEY, PICK AND CHOOSE THE OTHER ISSUES THAT CAN AT LEAST BE FIXED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS.
YEAH. THE ONLY THING THAT AND THAT'S THE ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THIS, WITH IT BEING BLIGHTED, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIX ANYTHING. WE'RE GOING TO IT'LL BE A DAILY FINE. THE ONLY THING THAT WE WOULD FIX WOULD BE THE OVERGROWTH. BUT WE COULD NOT FIX THE OVERGROWTH ON THAT PART OF THE TRAILER UNTIL WE NOTICED HIM FOR THE VIOLATION. AND THEN THE COST AND THE FINES WOULD GO TO HIM. YEAH. SO BUT GIVING WOULD GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT CLEANED UP FIRST, IF THAT WAS YOUR YOU KNOW THAT THAT CAN I DON'T I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU BUT YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME AND I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW Y'ALL'S CONVERSATION. SO YOU'RE SAYING THE 3 TO 12IN OF TRAILER IS MINE? NO. WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE BECAUSE YOU'RE CALLING IT OVERGROWTH OR WHEN YOU SAY OVERGROWTH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT VEGETATION OR THE.
YES. OH, VEGETATION. THE VEGETATION. YEAH. SO THE STUFF THAT IS GROWING ON THE GROUND AND I'M STARING AT MY COMPUTER SCREEN BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE SAME PICTURES YOU'VE GOT.
BUT THIS GRASSY AREA THAT'S GOING UP ON THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER, IF THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY IS YOURS, THEN TECHNICALLY THAT OVERGROWTH IS YOURS. SO THAT PUTS US BACK IN
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THE SITUATION OF WHO DO WE NEED TO NOTICE? WHO REALLY OWNS IT. SO IF THE OVERGROWTH IS YOURS, YOU NEED TO BE NOTICED ABOUT HEY, WE NEED TO GET THAT CUT DOWN. YOU HAVE X NUMBER OF DAYS TO GET IT DONE, OR IT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT FOR A HEARING. SO YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX IT.YOU GET THE CHANCE TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. THE PROBLEM UP UNTIL THIS POINT HAS BEEN WHO THE HELL HAS THAT PROPERTY? SO IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE OF FIGURING OUT WHO IT BELONGS TO AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO GO FROM HERE? AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S A CIVIL ISSUE. SO IF YOU'RE CONSTITUTING IT IS A BLIGHTED IF IT FALLS UNDER ALL THE GUIDELINES, WHY WOULDN'T IT BE JUST REMOVED? BECAUSE WE DON'T REMOVE BLIGHTED STRUCTURES? WELL, I KNOW CERTAIN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES DO. I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO THEM. THE COUNTY DOES NOT. YOU DON'T. SO YOU DON'T REMOVE IT. AND THEN YOU YOU PUT A LIEN ON THEIR PROPERTY. WHEN THEY SELL THE PROPERTY, THEY HAVE TO PAY YOU ALL BACK. IF IT'S AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. BUT IT IS NOT AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. YOU HAVE NOT BEEN OUT. CAN I SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES? NO. SEE? SEE YOU. IT IS. IT'S. WE'VE ALREADY INSPECTED IT. YOU HAD SOMEBODY TRESPASS ONTO HER PROPERTY TO GET THAT. OH, NO NO, NO NO NO NO NO. WE NEVER TRESPASSED. WE NEVER EVEN STEPPED FOOT ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY. WELL, THE PICTURES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US WERE TRESPASSING. NO THEY WEREN'T. SO I DON'T WANT TO ARGUE ABOUT THAT. OKAY. OKAY. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR IS IT IS BLIGHTED. IT IS NOT STRUCTURALLY UNSAFE. IF IT'S STRUCTURALLY UNSAFE, IT'S CONSIDERED UNFIT. UNSAFE. THE PROBLEM HERE LIES. AND WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD. THE PROBLEM IS, IS YOU CLAIM IT'S ON YOUR PROPERTY. SHE CLAIMS IT'S ON. YOU SAY 12. SHE SAYS THREE. WE DON'T DISPUTE PROPERTY LINES. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE DECIDED BY, I GUESS, A CIRCUIT JUDGE. OKAY. SO BOTTOM LINE IS UNTIL YOU WE KNOW WHOSE PROPERTY IS ON THAT OVERGROWTH, IF YOU ARE CORRECT, THEN THAT OVERGROWTH IS CLIMBING UP. HARM DOING THE DAMAGE. SO YOU WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERGROWTH. AND WE WOULD HAVE TO NOTICE YOU. SHE WOULD BE NOTICED FOR THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE ROOF ON THAT HOUSE, SIR? I'M. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
OH, I THOUGHT WE WERE HERE TO TALK ABOUT IF IT WAS BLIGHTED. NO. IT'S OKAY. SEE, I'M LOST BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET THE FIRST MEETING. YEAH, SO. AND IT. REGARDLESS, EVEN IF EVEN IF WE WERE GOING TO, WE WOULD NOT TOUCH THIS UNTIL THE CIRCUIT JUDGE SAID WE COULD TOUCH IT. SO I THINK I THINK YOU'VE PUT THE HORSE BEFORE THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, AND YOU NEED TO GET THE PROPERTY LINES. I WAS FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO. I DIDN'T PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. THIS IS THEY TOLD ME TO GO TO WORK THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT. FIRST IS WHAT I.
AND THAT'S. THIS IS WHAT I. THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING. WE DON'T WE DON'T WE DON'T DO PROPERTY LINE DISPUTES. BUT THAT AIN'T THE REASON I APPROACHED YOU. I NEVER TOLD THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE THERE WAS A PROBLEM. IF WE HAD KNOWN THIS AHEAD OF TIME, THEN MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE SAVED A LOT OF TIME. BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO APPROACH IT LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE I WASN'T WAS NOT I WAS I WAS TRYING TO BENEFIT MYSELF. I JUST WANT LOOK, THE HOUSE I SOLD. BESIDE THAT, I GOT MY I COME DOWN $20,000 BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THE GUY OFFERED ME, BECAUSE IT WAS BECAUSE OF THAT TRAILER OVER THERE. I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I'M. I LOST $20,000 BECAUSE OF THAT TRAILER. OKAY? AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CIRCUIT JUDGE TO TELL US. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T DO SQUAT WITH THIS BECAUSE BOTH BY YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL'S COMMUNICATIONS, WE HAVE A PROPERTY LINE DISPUTE. THIS TRAILER THEREFORE THE OVERGROWTH THAT COMES UP AS WELL AS THE TRAILER ITSELF ARE BOTH CONTAINED IN GUESS WHO THE HELL HAS TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND WHO OWNS IT. AND THE COUNTY IS NOT NECESSARILY. I'M NOT GOING TO PUT THE LIABILITY ON THEM TO GUESS AT WHO THIS PROPERTY BELONGS TO, WHO. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE TO FIGURE OUT. THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION NOW AS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED FIRST. AND SO WHILE I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET EVERYTHING DONE AND TAKEN CARE OF, THERE'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH. HOPEFULLY, WE WERE HOPING THAT THE UPDATED SURVEY WOULD HELP ALLOCATE WHO BELONGS TO WHAT AND GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE EVEN THE MOST UPDATED SURVEY SHOWS THAT THE PROPERTY LINES ARE SOMEWHAT IN DISPUTE. ONE SAYS THREE INCHES, ONE SAYS 12IN. EITHER WAY, IS THAT OVER? DID YOU BUY IT SUBJECT TO LOSING THAT PROPERTY? WAS THERE EVER CHANGE? THERE ARE A LOT OF
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ISSUES THAT A CIVIL COURT NEEDS TO LOOK AT AND MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THAT I DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION. COULD I LOOK COULD I SEE HER SURVEY? I HADN'T EVEN SEEN IT. IS THERE AN ISSUE WITHE CHOOSES TO SHARE THAT I HAVE A REALTOR? I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THE DAY BEFORE THIS HEARING, I GOT PICTURES OF HER SURVEY CREW SURVEYING THAT TRAILER. I DON'T I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT SHE WAS SAYING ABOUT HER CREW GOING TO GEORGIA, BUT THE DAY BEFORE Y'ALL'S LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A SURVEY CREW OUT THERE SURVEYING IT. BUT I HADN'T FOUND THE FIRST FLAG OUT THERE. I MEAN, AND I KNOW SURVEY CREWS DON'T HAVE TO FLAG A SURVEY IF THEY DON'T WANT TO. I'M JUST IT WAS SURVEYED IN A TIMELY FASHION, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE I JUST DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING.OKAY. BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. NO PROBLEM. HANG ON JUST A SECOND. THIS WAS ALL COMING UP.
AND GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS TO RECOMMEND THAT I ADDRESSED YOU. YES, PLEASE. THAT WAY THEY CAN SEND YOU A COPY OF ANYTHING. 12 974 NORTHWEST BAILEY CEMETERY ROAD, CLARKSVILLE, FLORIDA. I'M TRYING TO LOSE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. I GUESS I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING TOO, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO ISSUES HERE WITH THE. AND I DO HAVE A COPY OF THE SURVEY, BUT IT'S ON MY PHONE. BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE NOT THE ISSUE. THAT'S THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER ISSUE THAT Y'ALL CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT. BUT AS FAR AS THE BLIGHTED PART OF IT NOW, THIS SIDE OF THE TRAILER, THAT IS HER RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR THE HOLE IN THE WALL AND THE WINDOWS AND GET THE VINES OUT OF THE WINDOWS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. EVEN CORRECT. THAT'S PART OF BLIGHTED, THE PART OF WHERE THE PROBLEM FALLS. YEAH. SO WE HAVE TWO DISTINCT OPINIONS ABOUT WHO OWNS WHAT PART OF THE TRAILER, WHO OWNS WHAT PART OF THE OVERGROWTH, WHO HAS THE CONTROL OF THAT. NOW, THE NEXT QUESTION THAT THE CIRCUIT COURT OR SOME OTHER JUDGE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS, DID THE DAMAGE GET CAUSED BY THE OVERGROWTH? DID THAT GROW UP THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER BECAUSE OF THE OVERGROWTH NOT BEING CONTAINED? THOSE ARE ALL QUESTIONS I CAN'T ANSWER HERE. I DON'T HAVE THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT AND THEN. BUT THE HOLE IN THE TRAILER AND I MEAN THE THINGS LIKE THAT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T OWN 12IN OF THAT TRAILER AND WE COULD GO AND START TEARING IT APART IF WE WANTED TO, BECAUSE THAT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
BUT WE SENT AN EMAIL TO HER AND I COPIED CODE ENFORCEMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WENT THROUGH. AND I EVEN DID A RECEIPT NOTICE WHERE SOMEBODY VIEWED IT THAT I WOULD GET A RECEIPT THAT, THAT THAT HAPPENED AND THAT WAS LIKE PROBABLY IT WAS THE DAY AFTER THIS HEARING THAT WE THAT WE MISSED. I SENT HER THE EMAIL BECAUSE WE WERE INFORMED THAT SHE SAID SHE COULDN'T MAKE ANY REPAIRS TO THE TRAILER. SHE COULDN'T GET ANY CONTRACTORS OUT THERE TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE OF OUR NO TRESPASSING SIGN. AND THE EMAIL SIMPLY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS IT. I DIDN'T BRING A COPY. I DO HAVE A COPY OF THE EMAIL IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, BUT JUST STATING THAT WE WANTED WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET HER AT ANY TIME. AND TO SO THAT SHE COULD SIGN SOMETHING SO THAT WE WOULDN'T BE HELD LIABLE. AND MY HUSBAND EXPLAINED WHY, AND I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE AND BUT WE NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING BACK. WE'VE PRIOR TO THAT, WE'VE MADE PHONE CALLS TO HER. SHE DOESN'T RETURN HER PHONE CALL OR SHE'S CHANGED HER NUMBER. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED TO GET UPDATES THROUGH PEOPLE GETTING HER PHONE NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING, AND WE'VE TRIED TO CONTACT HER SO THAT SHE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE TRAILER, BUT THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO WORK THE SYSTEM. LIKE YOU WAIT THE DAY OF THIS HEARING TO GO OUT THERE AND START CLEANING UP AND SO YOU CAN GET ANOTHER 30 DAY EXTENSION. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND, THERE'S AN EXTENSION FOR THE BLIGHTED ISSUE THAT, I MEAN, THE PORCH COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN YOU CAN GO INSIDE THE TRAILER AND PULL THE VINES OUT OF THE WINDOWS AND THERE'S NO ATTEMPT THAT'S BEEN MADE UNTIL THE DAY OF THIS HEARING. THAT'S ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. OKAY. I AM JOAN WINCHELL AND THAT WHITE HOUSE
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RIGHT BEHIND THE TRAILER BELONGS TO MY TWIN SISTER, THERESA HINES. THERESA COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. SHE LIVES IN KANSAS CITY WITH HER HUSBAND AND SIX KIDS. AND SO I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY SISTER. SHE DID SEND. I ASKED HER TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT A LETTER TO MR. CLARKSON WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ABOUT HER PROBLEMS WITH THE PROPERTY. I ALSO, AFTER THE LAST HEARING, I SENT MR. CLARKSON, WHICH ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS HEARING TODAY, PICTURES OF THAT PROPERTY BEING BURIED UNDER FOLIAGE, TREES, BUSHES. IT WAS HIDDEN FROM PLAIN VIEW. THE ONLY REASON WE ARE SEEING IT TODAY IS BECAUSE OF THAT COUPLE RIGHT THERE CLEARING THAT LAND. AND BEFORE THEN IT WAS A FOREST BACK IN THERE AND NO ONE WAS GOING IN THE TRAILER. CODE ENFORCEMENT DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTED. SO YOU KNOW THIS, SHE WAS TOLD ABOUT THE CATS AND THE RODENTS, THE POSSUMS THAT WERE UNDERNEATH THE TRAILER. I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF MRS. MCCONNELL HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT HER PETS UNDER THE TRAILER THAT ARE CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY SISTER'S PROPERTY RIGHT BEHIND IT, BUT I'D LIKE. I'D LIKE HER TO ADDRESS THAT. ANIMAL CONTROL. MY SISTER HAS CALLED ANIMAL CONTROL AND CAGES OUT THERE. THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. BAY COUNTY HASN'T DONE ANYTHING. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF MRS. MCCONNELL HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THE ANIMALS LIVING UNDER HER TRAILER. SO THAT'S IT FOR ME TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, MR. MCCONNELL, I'M SORRY I SHUT YOU OFF BEFORE. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT YOU WANT TO MAKE? OH. THE HOLE IN THE TRAILER WAS NOT THERE UNTIL THEY STARTED TEARING DOWN THE WOODS. THAT WAS ON THE LINE. I THINK THEY ACTUALLY HIT IT. LOOKS LIKE THE TREE, MAYBE. AND I THINK THEY PUT THE HOLE IN AND THOSE WOODS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU TWO CITY AREAS. I DON'T KNOW TO WAS NOTHING BUT WOODS FOR AS LONG AS I REMEMBER, AT LEAST FROM 1985. SO WHEN THEY CUT THEM DOWN, THEY'RE ANIMALS THAT WERE LIVING ON THAT PROPERTY. I GUESS MAYBE WENT SOMEWHERE. BUT THEY'RE NOT MY ANIMALS AND I'VE NOT SEEN ANY. SO WHEN THEY CUT DOWN THOSE TWO CITY LOTS THAT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER, THAT'S OVER THAT TRAILER BECAUSE THEIR TREES KEPT FALLING ON MY TRAILER AND I HAD TO KEEP GOING BACK TO TAKE THE TREE OFF AND THEN ALL THE THINGS THEY WOULD PILE UP. I HAD TO GO BACK DOWN THERE AND HAUL IT OFF. SO THE ANIMALS ARE REALLY THEIRS THAT THEY PUSHED OUT OF THOSE WOODS, THAT THEY'VE BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE AT LEAST WELL, FROM BEFORE I HAVE, YOU KNOW, YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. SO THEY MAY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM. I IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM. I DON'T HAVE ANY ANIMALS DOWN THERE. AND THE CREW I WAS SPEAKING OF, AS IT WAS MADE CLEAR, WAS NOT MY SURVEY CREW. IT WAS THE CONTRACTING CREW THAT WAS THERE, AND THEY HAD ALREADY STARTED.AND THEN THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE I THINK IT APPEARS THAT HE DOESN'T WANT ME TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE PROPERTY. AND BY HIM HOLDING OFF AND NOT LETTING ME DO IT, HE MIGHT BE WORKING THE SYSTEM TOO, SO THAT I CANNOT MAINTAIN MY STRUCTURE. AND I SEE IT DETERIORATE RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES BECAUSE THEY KEEP DELAYING ME GETTING TO THAT SIDE. AND I BROUGHT NEW PICTURES THAT ARE CURRENT. DID YOU HAVE MORE THAN JUST THAT ONE THAT YOU WANTED HER TO SEE? AND THIS? SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. LAST ONE. OKAY. AND THERE IS A FLAG IN THE BACK. MISS MCCONNELL, YOUR MAILING ADDRESS IS AT THE JASMINE THAT YOU WANT MAILED TO GO TO. I'M SORRY YOUR MAILING ADDRESS THAT YOU WANT YOUR MAIL TO GO TO. AND THE MAIL COMES TO 1630. WELCOME. TO YOU. I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY
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TIRED OF HEARING THIS, BUT THAT'S FINE. GO AHEAD. I AT LEAST GOT TO DEFEND MYSELF.WELL, I'M GOING TO BE, AND I DON'T. I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE PROPERTY LINE. WELL, LOOK, HERE'S THE BIGGER PROBLEM. AND I'M GOING TO BE UP FRONT WITH BOTH SIDES. THE MORE I HEAR FROM EITHER ONE OF YOU, THE MORE THERE IS AN ISSUE. I AM NOT GOING TO JUMP ON THE COUNTY TO FIGURE OUT UNTIL YOU GUYS FIGURE IT OUT. THE PROPERTY LINE ISSUE, OKAY? AND NO MATTER, THERE IS NO WAY THERE IS CLEARLY SOME HISTORY AND SOME BLOOD GOING ON HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE ISSUES THAT I CAN DEAL WITH ON THIS PROPERTY ARE NOT ONES THAT CAN BE DEALT WITH TODAY. BETWEEN YOU GUYS, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHO OWNS WHAT. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHO CAN GO ON WHAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIGURED OUT AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH. WE'RE DEALING WITH UNFORTUNATELY, ANIMALS. AND YOU KNOW, STUFF THAT IS CAUSING DAMAGE AND ALLEGATIONS THAT HOLES IN A MOBILE HOME ARE BEING HANDLED BY YOU GUYS. I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE ISSUE THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT DEALS WITH YOU GUYS GET THAT FIGURED OUT AND THEN I CAN EASILY TELL YOU AT THAT POINT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CONDITION THE TRAILER IS GOING TO BE IN, WHETHER IT'LL BE CONSIDERED BLIGHTED, UNFIT, UNSAFE. WE DON'T KNOW AT THAT POINT IN TIME, BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT I'VE BEEN BROUGHT FROM BOTH SIDES IS THAT WE'VE GOT A SURVEY ISSUE, AND WHO THE HECK GETS FINED OR WHO HAS TO DO THIS IS UP FOR GRABS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I'VE NEVER, EVER TOLD HER THAT SHE COULD NOT REPAIR HER TRAILER. EVEN ON MY SIDE. I THINK THERE IS SOME STUFF THAT'S BUILT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION. SHE'S IN BIRMINGHAM, WE'RE HERE, WE NEVER SEE HER. SO WHEN WE DO TRY TO TEXT OR EMAIL OR CALL HER, THERE'S JUST NO RESPONSE. SO AS A LANDOWNER AND BUILDER, IT'S JUST UP TO ME TO BUILD A CASE. AND THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER HAD TO GIVE MY CASE THE FLAGS. THE TWO FLAGS THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS. THE TWO FLAGS. THERE'S NO NEW FLAGS BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT A NEW SURVEY FLAG LOOKS LIKE ON TOP OF HER TRAILE. THE TREES THAT HAVE HIT HER TRAILER. I'M NOT DENYING THAT.
IT WAS PROBABLY BEFORE I BOUGHT THE LOT, YOU KNOW? BUT AS SOON AS I BOUGHT THAT LOT, WE WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, WE CLEARED THAT LOT, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS THERE WITH MY SMILEY LAND CLEARING, WATCHING THE EDGE OF THE TRAILER AS THEY PULLED THE TREES BACK. SO WE IF I WERE TO HIT THE TRAILER, I WOULD HAVE SAID, I HIT THE TRAILER. SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT ALL SHE'S GOT TO DO IS WE GOT TO FORM IF SHE WANTS TO REPAIR HER TRAILER AND WINDOWS AND ALL THAT STUFF, ALL SHE'S GOT TO DO IS MEET ME RIGHT THERE, SIGN A FORM AND GET HER CONTRACTORS IN THERE. I'M NOT HOLDING HER BACK. I NEVER HAVE HELD HER BACK. AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROPERTY LINE DISPUT, AND I KNOW, BUT I WANT TO LET HER KNOW THAT I'VE NEVER TRIED TO HOLD HER BACK. THAT'S IT.
PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE. YEAH. THAT'S IT. EVERYBODY. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT EVERYBODY FINDS A WAY TO WORK TOGETHER AND FIGURE THIS OUT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS ALWAYS EASIER TO DECIDE ON YOUR OWN ABOUT YOUR OWN PROPERTY. WHO OWNS WHAT, THAN TO SIT BEFORE A JUDGE OF SOME SORT? WHO'S GOING TO DECIDE FOR YOU? YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME INPUT AND CONTROL OVER IT, BUT UNTIL THAT GETS FIGURED OUT, IT'S HARD TO SAY. OKAY, DO WORK ON YOUR TRAILER. AND BY THE WAY, YOU DON'T OWN THE PART THAT YOU JUST DID WORK ON OR THE, YOU KNOW, OVERGROWTH IS DAMAGING. WHAT SHE'S REPAIRING. SO BUT THAT PART BELONGS TO YOU. SO YOU GUYS NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT MEANS GOING TO CIRCUIT COURT, GET A JUDGE TO TELL YOU WHO OWNS WHAT OR HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH IT, OR COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOURSELVES AS TO WHO OWNS WHAT PROPERTY. TECHNICALLY, THE PROPERTY BELONGS TO YOU, BUT SHE'S ENTITLED TO X NUMBER OF INCHES OF IT FOR USE WITH THE TRAILER. WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO DECIDE WITH THAT, BY ALL MEANS, IF YOU GET THAT INFORMATION FIGURED OUT, LET US KNOW. BECAUSE THEN I CAN EASILY SAY WHO THE HECK BELONGS TO WHAT PROPERTY AND WHO CAN DO WHAT WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THIS THING FIGURED OUT. OKAY, OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THE PROPERT? NO. SO WE'LL JUST HOLD THIS CASE UNTIL CIRCUIT COURT. I WOULD SAY MY RULING WOULD BE HOLD THIS CASE IN ABEYANCE UNTIL EITHER SOME SORT OF CIRCUIT COURT DETERMINATION AS TO WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY AND THEREFORE WHO CAN HAVE CONTROL OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE
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DONE AND FIX AND FIND ON THE PROPERTY IF NEEDED, OR IF SOME AGREEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING IS MADE BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND PLEASE NOTIFY CODE ENFORCEMENT OF THAT SO WE CAN GET MOVING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT JODY, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? OKAY, OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20240700. PROPERTY ADDRESSES 310 WAS JASMINE PLACE ALL RIGHT.NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS LETTER F CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 2300098. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 9909.
HIGHWAY 231. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE HERE ON A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON THE PROPERTY. SORRY.
OH YOU'RE FINE. DO DO. NOT LIKE NOT. OKAY, SCOTT. I'LL JUST. I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR SCOTT THORPE SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS FOR THE RECORD. MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT AND MY PHOTOGRAPHS. ALSO FOR THE RECOR, THIS CASE WENT BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2024, AS FILED IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO AND FORM A FOR UNFI, UNSAFE STRUCTURES, ONE PRIMARY AND ONE MIDDLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, AND TWO BARN SHEDS, JUNK DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $1,000 BE IMPOSED UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. A COPY OF THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A FROM OCTOBER 21ST, 2024 THROUGH NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024, RE INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B. OKAY. ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2024, A NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER WEBSITE. THIS IS THE METAL BUILDING ENTERING IN. YOU CAN SEE THE HOLE ON THE SIDE THAT WHITE PIECE THAT'S ON THE GROUND, THAT'S AN OPEN SEPTIC COVER THERE. THAT'S HASN'T BEEN MOVED. THERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE DAMAGED SIDE THERE. THERE'S THE OPEN SEPTIC THAT SITS TO THE LEFT OF THE DRIVEWAY ENTERING THE PROPERTY. THE ONLY THE ONLY OTHER PROGRESS. THE CARPORT THERE. THEY'VE TAKEN DOWN THE RAFTERS. I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL.
I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST NIGHT OR THIS MORNING. I RESPONDED BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THEY WER.
THEY'RE HERE TODAY STATING THE STUFF THAT THEY THEY'VE DONE. A ROOFING CONTRACTOR THAT THEY HAD, BUT THEY CHANGED TO ANOTHER ROOF CONTRACTOR AND THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT SOME DETAILS, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE PLANS TO DO. BUT AS FAR AS THAT, I KNOW THE VEHICLE IS GONE. THE SHEDS THAT SIT BEHIND THIS STRUCTURE, THEY ARE STILL BACK THERE. KIND OF ENGULFED IN THE OVERGROWTH. NOW THAT STRUCTURE UP FRONT HASN'T BEEN CHANGED. THE ROOF ON THE PRIMARY IS STILL STILL MESSED UP. THE TARPS WERE REMOVED ON THE YOU LIVE IN THE DOUBLE WIDE IN THE REAR. THIS GENTLEMAN LIVES IN A DOUBLE WIDE IN THE REAR. THOSE TARPS HAVE BEEN OFF. THERE IS A LITTLE SIDING MISSING ON THE GABLE. NO BIG DEAL. IT'S PROBABLY TWO PIECES OF SIDING HE CAN FIX ON THAT. BUT THIS IS THE PROGRESS I'VE SEEN ON 18TH WHEN I WAS THERE. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR. AND ALSO THAT ADDITION THAT'S TO THE NORTH, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW WITH THE LARGE SIDE PANELS ON THERE. THAT ROOF THERE IS HEAVILY DAMAGED. AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S ATTACHED MUCH TO THE PRIMARY. I THINK IT'S JUST A BREEZEWAY OR I BELIEVE, BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE. ONLY COMMUNICATION I HAVE RECEIVED SINCE THE HEARING WAS THE EMAIL THAT WAS FORWARDED ME FROM INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON. I RESPONDED TO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME ABOUT THIS PROPERTY? NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION COMING UP TO THE PODIUM? JUST GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. ROB MANS 9921 NORTH HIGHWAY 231 PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32404. AS YOU SEE, THINGS HAVE NOT PROGRESSED VERY MUCH IN THE TIME SINCE WE LAST SPOKE. BUT MY BROTHER DID DO THE WORK OF REMOVING ALL OF THE DAMAGED DECKING. YOU KNOW THAT STRUCTURE, THAT OLD CARPORT IS WHAT I'LL CALL IT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. THE DECKING THERE AND THOSE RAFTERS WERE ALL SEVERELY DAMAGED. AND INSPECTOR THORPE HAD INDICATED
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THAT THEY COULD NOT BE REPAIRED WITHOUT HIRING AN ENGINEERING CREW. AND SO THEREFORE, MY BROTHER DID TAKE DOWN ALL OF THE DAMAGED DECKING AND ALL OF THE RAFTERS, EXCEPT FOR, I THINK, A CENTRAL RAFTER THAT STILL EXIST. AND OF COURSE, THAT'S PERIMETER STRUCTURE. AND THE SUPPORT POSTS ARE STILL THERE. THERE WAS AN OLD VEHICLE THAT WAS BROKEN DOWN AND DAMAGED, AND SOME TREES HAD FALLEN ON IT DURING THE HURRICANE. THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. THE ROOFING, AS MR. THORPE HAD MENTIONED, WE DURING THE LAST HEARING, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING JOHNSON ROOFING SOLUTIONS AS A AS OUR PERSON. WE WERE WORKING WITH SOME CONCERNS DID COME UP WITH USING THEM AND WE'VE SWITCHED TO KING'S ROOFING AND I'M JUST WAITING, AS MR. THORPE MENTIONED, TO WORK OUT JUST A VERY MINOR DETAILS ON THE PRICING AND EXPECT TO SIGN WITH THEM WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. MR. REDFERN FROM KING'S ROOFING I HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH HIM MULTIPLE TIMES AND HE INDICATED THAT ONCE WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD AND SIGN A CONTRACT, THEY IMMEDIATELY APPLY FOR PERMITS. THEY ORDER THE SUPPLIES AND HAVE THEM DELIVERED. AND HE SAYS USUALLY WITHIN 7 TO 10 DAYS THEY HAVE APPROVAL AND CAN BEGIN THE WORK. SO THAT IS MY ANTICIPATION FOR MOM'S HOUSE PRIMARY STRUCTURE A I THINK IT IS THAT THAT ROOF SHOULD BE REPAIRED WITHIN 3 TO 4 WEEKS, ALLOWING TIME FOR PERMITS AND SUCH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE OTHER STRUCTURES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WERE MOVED INTO THE METAL BUILDING STRUCTURE. WELL, LET ME TALK ABOUT THE SEPTIC TANK FIRST, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE METAL BUILDING. THE SEPTIC TANK. MY BROTHER HAD THOUGHT THAT OR HAS INDICATED TO ME, YOU KNOW, THAT WE COULD RENT THE EQUIPMENT AND WE COULD TAKE CARE OF THAT OURSELVES. THAT IS NOT HAPPENED DURING THIS TIME. AND IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH, I DID CONTACT. I FIRST ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT SUPERIOR SEPTIC, AND THE GENTLEMAN TOLD ME THAT HE'S NO LONGER DOING THAT TYPE OF WORK.YOU KNOW, THE HEAVY SEPTIC TANK REPAIRS AND THINGS. AND HE RECOMMENDED SHAWN CAMPBELL WITH VETERANS SEPTIC. AND I DID REACH OUT TO SHAWN. IT WAS BEGINNING OF LAST WEEK WHEN I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH HIM, AND HE WAS TO COME BY AND LOOK AT THE SEPTIC. HE HAS NOT YET DONE SO, BUT I DID TEXT HIM BACK AND HE SAID HE WOULD TRY TO STOP BY TODAY. SO I THE METAL BUILDING, I FEEL LIKE WE CANNOT START THE REPAIRS UNTIL WE HAVE THE SEPTIC TANK RESOLVED BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY. SO WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SHEDS OR THE OTHER STRUCTURES ARE ON THE. IT'S A LIKE AN OLD POLE BARN, WHICH IS BADLY DAMAGED. AND THEN A TRACTOR SHED, WHICH IS DAMAGED BUT REPAIRABLE. SO THOSE BEING ON THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY AWAY FROM WHERE ANYBODY GOES, I JUST HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON THESE OTHER ISSUES. FIRST, THE POLE BARN. WE INTEND TO TEAR DOWN THE TRACTOR SHED. WE INTEND TO FIX. THE PROBLEM WE'VE GOT IS THAT IT ALL NEEDED TO BE DONE. THERE WAS A TIME PERIOD THAT WAS SET IN PLACE TO GET IT DONE. RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. I CAN UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE HELD UP BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR, PARTICULARLY FOR THE ROOF, IS DELAYED IN GETTING THAT DONE, TAKEN CARE OF. BUT I'M WILLING TO SAY, HEY, WITH THE ROOF ISSUES WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, GET AN CONTRACT SET WITH THE ROOFER AND GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. THE REST OF THE STUFF IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE AS WE SEE IT RIGHT NOW. TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE OR THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO GO DO THAT. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. I UNDERSTAND IF I CAN GET SOMETHING FIGURED OUT. YOU KNOW, MR. CAMPBELL, WITH VETERAN SEPTIC, WHEN I SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT IT, HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD SOLUTION FOR REPAIRING THE TANK NECESSARILY. IT WAS TO. WHAT IS IT CALLED, ABANDON THE TANK OR TO JUST PUT A NEW TOP ON IT TO MAKE IT SAFE. SO THAT IS THE TWO OPTIONS. I'M EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM HIM. AND I BELIEVE THE PUTTING THE NEW TOP ON IS THE MORE ECONOMICAL OPTION. IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY. SO I BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE METAL BUILDING REPAIRS FAIRLY QUICKLY AND THAT WOULD BRING THOSE ISSUES, I GUESS, INTO COMPLIANCE. THE POLE BARN AND THE TRACTOR SHED, I, I GUESS I DIDN'T REALLY WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED AND JUST IN GENERAL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THOSE WERE AS MUCH PRIORITY. I THOUGHT WE COULD AS LONG AS WE WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ISSUES AND GETTING THINGS RESOLVED, THAT WE HAD MORE TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE. THE PROBLEM IS, WE'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF THINGS RESOLVED. IT'S JUST BEING PUSHED OFF. AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH, IS GET A DEAD SET DATE AND GET THINGS MOVING FORWARD. LIKE I SAID, WITH REGARD TO THE ROOF OR WITH REGARD TO EVEN THE SEPTIC STUFF. YES, MA'AM. I UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE AT THE MERCY OF GETTING A
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CONTRACTOR OUT THERE, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST EIGHT SIGNED WRITTEN CONTRACT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT WITHIN FIVE DAYS TO DEAL WITH THE ROOFING ISSUES, TO DEAL WITH THE SEPTIC ISSUE, AND SHOWED THAT THAT'S GETTING WORKED ON. BUT AGAIN, THE OTHER STUFF IS STILL OUT OF COMPLIANCE AS OF RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE YET. AND THAT STUFF GOT TO GET TAKEN CARE OF. YES.YOUR HONOR, I UNDERSTAND, AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH KINGS. I WOULD ANTICIPATE HOPEFULLY. WELL, LET'S SAY BY MONDAY, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY TODAY IS THURSDAY.
CORRECT. AND THEN WITH THE SEPTIC TANK, I HOPE THAT I'LL HEAR FROM SEAN. WELL, TOMORROW OR MAYBE THIS EVENING. WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST GET THOSE CONTRACTS OVER AN EMAIL TO CODE ENFORCEMENT SO THEY CAN SEE THAT WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS. TRUE, TRUE PROGRESS. BUT THE OTHER STUFF IS STILL OUT OF COMPLIANCE, EVEN WITH THOSE ISSUES BEING PUT TO THE SIDE.
THE OTHER STUFF NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. OKAY, OKAY. YES, MA'AM. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THIS CASE? RIGHT NOW? JUST OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. PLEASE GO AHEA.
IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, AND THE RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER THAT THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED THE FINE OF $1,000 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST, THAT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZES CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER ONTO THE PROPERTY AND ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THAT, UPON RECORDING THIS ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS. BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED AND EXISTS, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT ADD IN THERE, PLEASE, THAT WE ALLOW FIVE DAYS FOR A ROOFING CONTRACT FOR A NEW ROOFING CONTRACTOR TO BE SUPPLIED, AS WELL AS A NEW SEPTIC CONTRACTOR. BUT THAT INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THOSE TWO ISSUES. FIVE DAYS FROM TODAY'S HEARING DATE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN. I APPRECIATE YOUR INFO. OKAY. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. YOU'RE WELCOME. ARE WE DONE? YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE HM230098000098. MY APOLOGIES. 2909 HIGHWAY. 231 WAS THE PROPERTY ADDRESS. ALL RIGHT.
THAT MOVES US ON TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20241044. PROPERTY ADDRESS 4924 THOMAS DRIVE. CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. LEAST FIRST SLIDE HERE IS JUST FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. SLIDE NUMBER TWO. IT'S AN AERIAL VIEW FROM FEBRUARY OF 2004. THE PROPERTY LINES ARE NOT ACCURATE, BUT THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN THE BLUE WITH A GREEN PIN DOT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. BAY COUNTY, EAST END, PANAMA CITY BEACH. WE HAVE THE CURVE ON THOMAS DRIVE NEWBIES AND THEN THE STATE PARK IS THAT DIRECTION. AND ON JANUARY AND JANUARY 2024, WE HAD WINTER STORM FIN COME THROUGH. AND ON DECEMBER 10TH OF 2024, WE DID DO A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. AND OF THE AREA. AND THIS PROPERTY WAS ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES. AND SINCE OFFICER TONY BRUNING WAS INITIATED THE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND I'LL HAVE HIM HERE TO TESTIFY. TONY BRUNING, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND EXHIBITS FOR THE RECORD ON JANUARY 10TH, 2024. I INSPECTED PROPERTY AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF TWO SEPARATE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S THE I BELIEVE IT'S A WAFFLE OMELET HOUSE. IT USED TO BE TOTALLY COLLAPSED. NEXT PHOTO. THIS PHOTO IS YOU GOT TWO SEPARATE STRUCTURES ON THE SAME PARCEL. THIS IS JUST TO THE, I GUESS TO THE WEST OF THE OMELET HOUSE. YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF OF THE OMELET HOUSE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PHOTO. YEAH. ON APRIL THE SECOND, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AND THE TWO STRUCTURES REMAIN IN VIOLATION. ON JUNE THE 11TH, 2024, INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON SENT AN INFORMAL LETTER TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, NORMAN PADGETT,
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REQUESTING A CALLBACK TO DISCUSS THE DAMAGES TO THE PROPERTY AND PLANS FOR REPAIR. ON JUNE THE 2ND, 17TH, 2024, CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS FLAGGED DOWN BY A CITIZEN WHO EXPRESSED CONCERN OF THE BROKEN GLASS AND BUILDING PARTS IN THE AREA. JULY THE 12TH, 2024 MR. PADGETT SENT A LETTER TO INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON ADVISING HIM HE WAS GOING TO ADDRESS THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY, BUT WAS CURRENTLY HAVING MEDICAL ISSUES. HE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL TIME AND ADVISED HE WOULD CONTACT INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON. ONCE A PLAN WAS IN PLACE. ON AUGUST 19TH, 2024, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. BOTH STRUCTURES REMAIN IN VIOLATION.NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT TO THE CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN. OCTOBER 3RD, 2024 NOTICE OF VIOLATION. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2024. ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2024, OWNER AND ENCUMBRANCE REPORT WAS RECEIVED.
THERE WAS NO ENCUMBRANCES TO NOTIFY AND ON OCTOBER THE 29TH, 2024, THE PROPERTY OWNER'S BROTHER, JERRY HAM, CALLED TO ADVISE THEY WOULD HIRE AN ENGINEER AND REPAIR BOTH STRUCTURES. THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED ON NOVEMBER THE 6TH, 2024, AND ON NOVEMBER THE 7TH, 2024 COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. PROPERTY TAXES PAID IN FULL. THE 15TH, 2024. THE PROPERTY OWNER, NORMAN PADGETT, APPLIED FOR A DEMO PERMIT. DEMOLITION PERMIT? IT'S IN THE PLANS REVIEW STATUS. HE ONLY APPLIED FOR ONE PERMIT, WHICH HE NEEDS TWO DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S TWO SEPARATE STRUCTURES. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED IN NO WAY. I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF THAT. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO REAPPLY.
NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024 I REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION IN THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY 8TH, 2025. ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE WHOSE PRESENCE BEYOND THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? CARD. I RESIDE AT 812 ALABAMA AVENUE IN HAVEN, FLORIDA. JUST. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF VAL PAGEANT. HE'S HAD QUADRUPLE BYPASS AND KIND OF HEALING FROM THAT. BUT THE LAST PERSON I TALKED TO BEFORE I CAME IN HERE WAS DAVID REDMAN. IS COMING TO SAVE THE DAY AND CLEAN EVERYTHING UP AND GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED. MY ONLY CONCERN IS THE DATE IS IT HAS TO BE DONE BY THE 8TH OF JANUARY OR JANUARY 8TH WOULD BE THE DATE IN THE BACK AND FIGURE OUT IS THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE OR NOT. BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE CONTROLLED BY WHATEVER PERMITS ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE. IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE ONLY ONE PERMIT WAS PULLED FOR DEMOLITION AND MAYBE TWO NEED TO BE PULLED. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT MAY BE SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO TALK TO THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT AND GET THAT FIGURED OUT. SO THAT WAY, AT LEAST ON JANUARY THE EIGHTH FOR THE CODE, ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CAN EASILY SAY, HEY, BULBS HAD BEEN APPLIED FOR DEMOS AND STARTS. THIS IS THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY. BUT AT LEAST THAT WAY WE KNOW HOW THINGS ARE MOVING INSTEAD OF JUST A STAGNANT NOT BEING SOLD. AND THAT'S A REALISTIC TIME FRAME TO HAVE THIS COMPLETED. AND THE DEMO PERMIT THAT WAS APPLIED FOR SHOULD HAVE HAD TWO BUILDING VERSUS THE ONE. AND I'LL GO RESOLVE THAT RIGHT NOW. OTHERWISE I THINK EVERYTHING'S REALISTIC TO BE DONE. WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU GOT YOUR HANDS IN EVERYBODY'S HAVING TO DEAL WITH STUFF, SO I APPRECIATE YOU. IT'S OUR COMMUNITY. IT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT ALONG. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION I NEED? JUST JUST A RECOMMENDATION. PLEASE GO AHEAD. IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINE THAT THE ADDRESS, 4924 THOMAS DRIVE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 17 OF BAY COUNTY CODE. THE PROPER NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT THAT A VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO EXISTS IN THE FORM OF TWO UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES.
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THE MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME OF 30 DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY ADDRESS. ADDRESSING THE TWO UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES BY APPLYING FOR AND OBTAINING A DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR THE TWO STRUCTURES AND OR REPAIR THE TWO UNFIT. UNSAFE STRUCTURES BY SUBMITTING A COMPLETE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THE APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE A FULL STRUCTURAL REPORT AND A COMPLETE SET OF STRUCTURAL REPAIR DRAWINGS FROM A FLORIDA LICENSED AND REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, SUBMITTING A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIME FRAMES FOR THE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, ALL REQUIRED PERMITS. ENGINEERING PLANS MUST PASS A PLANS REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE PERMITS WILL BE ISSUED. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY BAY COUNTY BUILDER SERVICES DIVISION STAFF OR DESIGNEE.REPAIRS MUST BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED AND ALL PERMITS MUST BE FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE. IF AT ANY TIME THE REQUIRED PERMITS UNDER THIS ORDER EXPIRE, THAT SHALL BE CONSIDERED A FAILURE TO COMPLY. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE AND THAT IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, A FINE OF $1,000 SHALL BE IMPOSED.
SUCH FINES SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA. NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF THE RESPONDENT OBTAINS A DEMOLITION AND OR BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET ABOVE, AND THEN ALLOWS THE PERMIT TO EXPIRE TO BE CANCELED, REVOKED, OR REVOKED BY THE ISSUING AUTHORITY, OR BECOMES VOID FOR ANY REASON COLLECTIVELY A DEFAULT. IN SUCH CASES, THE COUNTY MAY ENTER ONTO THE PROPERTY 30 DAYS AFTER SUCH EXPIRATION. CANCELLATION, REVOCATION OF SUCH PERMIT, AND ABATE THE VIOLATION THEN FOUND TO EXIST. SUCH AUTHORITY SHALL BE THE SAME AS IF FOUND BELOW, AND SHALL NOT REQUIRE FURTHER HEARING. AND FINALLY, THAT IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS OR FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL, EXCUSE ME WITH ALL APPLICABLE CODES, ORDINANCE AND REGULATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER THAT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZES COUNTY STAFF TO ABATE THE CODE VIOLATION BY MARRYING THE TWO UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND TO ASSESS THE RESPONDENT WITH ALL REASONABLE COSTS OF REMOVING THE VIOLATION. ENFORCEMENT ABATEMENT DOES INCLUDE DEMOLISHING ANY ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AS PROHIBITED BY THE BAY COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. REMOVING ANY AND ALL POWER POLES. REMOVING ANY AND ALL TREES THAT POSE A DANGER TO THE ABATEMENT PROCESSING PROCESS. FILLING OR CRUSHING. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SWIMMING POOLS ON THE PROPERTY. OR CRUSHING ANY UNPERMITTED, UNSAFE OR ABANDONED SEPTIC TANK SYSTEMS. ANY ADDITIONAL UNSAFE CONDITIONS OR ATTRACTIVE NUISANCES IDENTIFIED DURING THE ABATEMENT WILL BE SECURE. AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE IT'S JANUARY SETTING A COMPLIANCE HEARING DATE OF JANUARY 8TH OF 2025. OKAY, SO THAT YOU HAVE A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANTLY GOING TO AFFECT YOU WOULD BE THE DEMOLITION PERMITS. YOU'VE GOT 30 DAYS TO GET THOSE PULLED. IF FOR SOME REASON SOMETHING CHANGES AND YOU DECIDE TO REBUILD OR RESTRUCTURE THESE TWO PROPERTIES, MAKE SURE THAT PLAN OF ATTACK IS FORWARDED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME. OKAY, BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU GET THAT NEW BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE SECOND PROPERTY. DON'T FORGET THE DEADLINES OF WHEN THOSE PERMITS ARE GOING TO EXPIRE WILL BE DIFFERENT, BECAUSE THE FIRST 1ST MAY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED EARLIER THAN THE OTHER ONE. SO IT'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME UNTIL EXPIRATION.
SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT CAUGHT BY THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 2024104 FOR PROPERTY ADDRESSES 4924 THOMAS DRIVE. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. WE HAVE LETTER N ON THE AGENDA. IT'S A CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE H M 20 2-0022 FOR PROPERTY ADDRESSES. 180 HITCHCOCK ROAD. HANG ON A SECOND. WE HAVE NOT YOUR TIME YET. WE HAVE. ACTUALLY, IT IS HIS TIME. HE'S DONE THE REQUEST. THIS IS SO. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT. OKAY, SO, MR. HERE TO. SO PRIOR TO US, I WAS JUST ADVISED BY OUR
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COUNTY, ONE OF OUR COUNTY ATTORNEYS, ALICIA. FOR OTHERS, I GUESS THERE WAS A RECENTLY HANDED DOWN ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION THAT OUR LOCAL MAGISTRATES AND CODE BOARDS DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION TO REDUCE OR WAIVE FINES ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN IMPOSED. I DON'T THINK ALICIA'S HERE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BEFORE HE HAD REQUESTED THIS HEARING. BUT YOU HAVE ALREADY IMPOSED THE FINES ON HERE ON THIS PROPERTY. SO BUT. THIS IS THE ONLY REASON I'M HERE. I HAD SOME ACTUAL PAPERWORK SHOWING THE SITUATION WHICH CAUSED ANY OF THIS, BUT I FIXED IT AND DEALT WITH THE CODE AND ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WHEN FINANCES WAS ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT. BECAUSE I WAS HAVING TO DO IT BY MYSELF AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING HELP BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST MY PROPERTY. IT APPEARS THAT THIS FINE WAS IMPOSED BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 23. IS THAT CORREC? IT WAS A WHILE BACK. I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THE PICTURE. YOU HAV, BUT THEY THERE WAS STUFF THAT WAS ADDED TO THE TAXES. THAT WAS THE ABATEMENT PART WAS ADDED TO THE TAXES. AND I'M ALREADY ON TOP OF THAT NOW. BUT MY QUESTION WAS TRYING TO GET SOME MERCY ON THIS FINE PART. YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE TIME FRAME OF WHEN IT WAS IMPOSED AND THEN THE NEWEST UPDATED LAW THAT THIS HAS COME DOWN, IT'S ALREADY BEEN ASSESSED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN RECORDED, IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPLIED. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING THAT THAT NO LONGER BELONGS TO.I HAVE NO JURISDICTION. IT. SO. SO HOW DOES THAT WORK THEN? BECAUSE IT'S JUST GOING TO FINANCIALLY TAKE THE PROPERTY FROM ME. MORE LIKELY. WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SET MAYBE A PAYMENT PLAN. I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT THEIR OFFICE DOES OR DOESN'T ACCEPT WITH REGARD TO THE PAYMENT PLAN SITUATION. THE OTHER GOES THROUGH THE TAXES.
THEY DEAL WITH THAT. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ON TOP OF THAT ISSUE, BUT IF IT WAS MY RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF PAYMENT PLAN YOU CAN WORK SO THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE GOING TO RELEASE ANY OF THAT. EVEN THOUGH I GOT IT COVERED, I FIXED IT AND ALL, BUT I JUST FIXED IT. AND THAT STOPPED THE BLEEDING. BUT SO FAR AS THE THERE'S THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN ALREADY IS GOING TO BE HAVE TO BE COVERED. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH THAT IS? I DON'T HAVE IT. BUT WHEN YOU CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS. OKAY, OKAY. I JUST COME HERE TO PLEAD FOR MERCY.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE RM 20 2-0022 FOR PROPERTY ADDRESSES 180. HITCHCOCK ROAD. ALL RIGHT. I SAW ONE OTHER GENTLEMAN. I'M PRETTY SURE HE'S. THEY'RE NOT HERE JUST TO HANG OUT WITH ME. YEAH. ITEM G CAME IN LATE AND THEY WILL NEED TO BE SWORN IN AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO BACK TO LETTER G ON THE AGENDA. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20 3-01583. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 11813. HARRINGTON ROAD IN FALLON. THIS IS A COMPLIANCE CASE. IT LOOKS LIKE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW. OFFICER TIM JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY FOR THIS CASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD, AS WELL AS MY PHOTOGRAPHS AND NOTICES ARE ATTACHED. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 7TH OF MARCH, 2024, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE, AN UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, JUNK, TRASH, DERELICT VEHICLES AND BAY COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION 3504, IN THE FORM OF AN OCCUPIED RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THAT HEARING. AT THE HEARING, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE CONCERNING THE JUNK, TRASH AND DERELICT VEHICLES OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS OR UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO
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COMPLIANCE. THE MAGISTRATE ALSO ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. CONCERNING THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE, THE UNFIT, UNFIT AND UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND CEASE HABITATION OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, OR A DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 30TH DAY OR UNTIL THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE SHOWN AT THE HEARING ON MARCH THE 7TH.THIS IS LOOKING BACK AT 11813 HARRINGTON. I'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. A REINSPECTION OCCURRED ON THE 18TH OF MARCH, 2024. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLENT VIOLATION. THIS IS THE UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY. ONE DERELICT VEHICLE. THE JUNK AND TRASH. AS YOU SEE IN THE BACKYARD OF HARRINGTON. APRIL THE 5TH. EXCUSE ME. THE FINES WERE IMPOSED STARTING MARCH THE 18TH. AFTER THE TEN DAY RE-INSPECTION ON APRIL THE 15TH, 2024, A REINSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATIONS. FINES WERE IMPOSED FOR THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE AND THE UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY. STARTING APRIL THE 7TH, 2024. THIS IS THE UNFIT IN THE BACK OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE HERE. YES, ON APRIL 22ND, 2024, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
ERNIE AND MICHELLE BANKS AT 11813 HARRINGTON ROAD ON THE 24TH OF APRIL, 2024. PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. WE WERE ABLE TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY THIS DAY. THIS IS ONE OF THE UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. ONE OF THE DERELICT VEHICLES YOU CAN SEE ALSO IN THE BACK SOME JUNK BEHIND HERE. ANOTHER DERELICT VEHICLE WITH THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. SOME JUNK TRASH AND THE BLIGHTED PRIMARY STRUCTURE. THE BLIGHTED IS THAT WINDOW WITH THE BOARD OVER OVER THE FRONT. SOME SOME TRASH WAS BEING STORED ON THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS SOME TRASH THAT HAD BEEN BURNT. THE DERELICT VEHICLE AND THE UNFIT UNSAFE ACCESSORY IN THE BACK. ON MAY 14TH, THE RE-INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE ONLY VIOLATION REMAINING AT THIS TIME WAS THE BLIGHTED PRIMARY STRUCTURE, WHICH YOU SEE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE BOARDED WINDOW ON JUNE THE 4TH. THE RE-INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. OVERGROWTH HAD NOW BEGAN. WE DO HAVE A CURRENT OVERGROWTH CASE ON THIS PROPERTY AS WELL. YOUR MAGISTRATE, THE BLIGHTED PRIMARY STRUCTURE REMAINS OCTOBER THE SECOND A RE-INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED, THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. YOU CAN SEE THE BOARD HERE IN THIS WINDOW. YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH. ANYWAY, ON OCTOBER THE SECOND, A STATEMENT OF NONCOMPLIANCE AND NOTICES.
NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, ERNIE AND MICHELLE BURKE. AT 11813 HARRINGTON ROAD. NEITHER THE CERTIFIED NOR THE REGULAR MAIL HAVE BEEN RETURNED AS OF THIS DATE. ON THE 9TH OF OCTOBER, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY. ON THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER, 2024, A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER AND ON THE 14TH OF NOVEMBER, A RE-INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A WINDOW. THE PLYWOOD HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CENTER. I'LL LET THE PROPERTY OWNERS ADDRESS IT. THEY ARE HERE TODAY. I'VE NEVER MET THEM UNTIL TODAY. THEY DID SAY THAT THEY HAVE THE WINDOW FIXED. I WILL SAY THAT I SPOKE WITH INSPECTOR THORPE. REPLACING THIS WINDOW WOULD HAVE REQUIRED PERMITS AS OF AN HOUR OR TWO. TWO HOURS AGO, THERE WERE NO PERMITS PULLED FOR THIS ADDRESS. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? COME UP AND GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND THEN WE'LL LET THE SEGMENT WHERE YOU AT? OKAY. ERNIE BURKE. OKAY. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH? THE WHOLE TRUTH? YES, MA'AM. I TELL YOU WHAT I NEED. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. WELL, THE SHED THAT WAS THERE, IT HAPPENED. YOU KNO, AT MICHAEL AND I FINALLY TORE IT ALL DOWN, GOT RID OF IT, AND THERE WAS SOME LITTLE BIT OF TRASH LEFT FROM IT. FINALLY GOT RID OF IT. BUT THAT THAT TRUCK THAT WAS IN THE BACK THAT WAS MY PARTS TRUCK. I DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO SELL IT, BUT I DID. WINDOW. YEAH. TELL ME ABOUT
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WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEIR PERMITS FULL. BUT SAID TO THE OFFICER THAT IT WAS. THE WINDOW. I REPLACED THE GLASS IN IT AND. TOOK TOOK THAT ONE OUT AND PUT THE NEW ONE IN. NOBODY NOBODY SAID WE NEEDED A PERMIT FOR THAT. NOBODY. NOT ONE TIME MENTIONED A PERMIT TO DO HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT THE GRASS IS CUT TO. I GOT A PICTURE OF IT TOO.OKAY, BUT FULLY GROWN IN THE WINTER SEASON. BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF RAIN AND SUN THIS YEAR, SO ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED ME TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY? NOT REALLY. I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT TOOK ME A LITTLE WHILE, BUT I WAS DOING IT BY MYSELF, YOU KNOW? AND IT'S GONE. AND TELL THEM HOW MANY HOURS A WEEK YOU WORK. HE HE HAS TO WORK A LOT. IT'S DARK WHEN I GET THERE AND DARK WHEN I LEAVE. SO I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO DO MUCH OF ANYTHING, YOU KNOW? AND THEN WHEN HE ASKED FOR A DAY OFF, THEY HAVE A FIT. I CAN'T EVEN I CAN'T GET NO TIME OFF EITHER. I MEAN. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A SEAT AND LET ME FIND OUT WHEN. I. OKAY, FOR THE RECORD, CAN WE GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESSES, PLEASE? MICHELLE BURKE. ERNIE BURKE, 11813 HARRINGTON ROAD. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. SO THIS WHAT YOU HAVE? THIS IS GLASS. YES, MA'AM. IT IS GLASS. OKAY. IT'S JUST A LITTLE LIKE MOLD, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED. OKAY. IT'S JUST LIKE AN OLD. IT WAS THROWN IN THERE PRETTY QUICK. WINDEX CAN FIX.
RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY GOT A PERMIT, NOW THAT WOULD HAVE CORRECTED THE BLIGHTED BECAUSE OF THE BOARD'S GONE. SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO STOP THE FINES AS OF LAST NOVEMBER 14TH. SO I'M GOING TO I CAN'T DO MATH. SO CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY DAYS THAT IS BETWEEN APRIL 7TH AND NOVEMBER 14TH? SO I'M GOING TO GO THERE ON MY.
AS $25. APRIL 7TH TO NOVEMBER 14TH.
TO 22 TIMES 25. NO. BECAUSE THE THERE WAS BUT NOT FOR THE BLIGHTED. OKAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION. THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, FOR THE TOTAL OF $700. AND THAT WAS FOR THE TRASH AND JUNK AND DERELICT VEHICLES. TO THAT, THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZED THE PER DAY FINE. WELL, CHANGE THAT WHOLE SENTENCE THAT THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED THE $25 DAILY FINE FROM APRIL SEVENTH, 2024 TO NOVEMBER 14TH, 2024, WHICH WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $5,550. AND THAT UPON RECORDING OF THE ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND
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AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT. DOES THE PROPERTY OWNER. IF THEY DO, I GUESS SCOTT WOULD SAY, BUT WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY. SO IS IT JUST THE GLASS YOU REPLACE? OKAY. THEY'RE FINE. IF IT WAS A COMPLETE WINDOW SASH FRAME AND EVERYTHING, THERE'S AN INSPECTION FOR MOUNTING, FLASHING TAPE AND SO ON FOR WATER INTRUSION. IF THEY JUST PUT A PANEL IN THERE AND RESEALED IT, THEY SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO. OKAY. GOT IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THE PERMIT WAS NEEDED, WE WERE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT AT THE TIME. SO WE CAN GET IT FIGURED OUT. YES. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS DOING IS LOOKING AT THE SEPARATE VIOLATIONS AS SEPARATE FROM THE OTHERS. BECAUSE THE OTHERS WERE CLEARED UP AND FIXED BEFORE THE WINDOW WAS. THE WINDOW WAS THE VERY LAST THING TO BE SAID THAT IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP. THE FIRST TIME. I MEAN, EVERYTHING WAS GOING GOOD. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WINDOW, WELL, BECAUSE THAT WAS WAS OVER THE WINDOW. SO IT WAS CONSIDERED A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE WITHOUT THAT BEING REPAIRED. SO SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE TO GET THE LID OFF AND GET THE GLASS ON THERE. SO IT WAS A WINDOW INSTEAD OF A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. THAT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. AND RESOLVED AT THIS POINT. DEALING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, I WILL ACCEPT CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT I WILL CHANGE THE FINE FOR THE ACTUAL WINDOW TO $1,000 INSTEAD OF THE $5,555. OKAY, SO JUST REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THAT DOWN SO IT REDUCES THAT FINE TO COMMISSIONERS. FINE. YES, MA'AM.THANK YOU. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ANYBODY'S GOT? WITH REGARD TO THIS CASE.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE 700 PLUS THE 1000. CORRECT. OKAY. SO IT REDUCES THAT SECOND ONE DOWN 1700. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE DATES OBVIOUSLY. RIGHT. WE'VE STILL GOT THE DATES BUT IT IT REDUCED 1700. YES MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT GUYS. AT THIS TIME I'LL GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING ON THAT CASE. IT'S CASE NUMBER. CODE ENFORCEMENT 20 3-01583. PROPERTY ADDRESSES 11813. HARRINGTON. RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR COMING DOWN. THANK YOU. AND WILL WE GET SOMETHING SAYING WHEN WOULD WE HAVE TO PAY IT? IT WILL GO AS A LIEN. ONCE IT'S RECORDED, IT'LL GO AS A LIEN. ONCE IT'S RECORDED, IT STARTS DAILY INTEREST. SO YOU WANT TO GET AS MUCH OF IT PAID AS YOU CAN BEFORE. AND YOU MAY HAVE SOME GRACE PERIOD, BECAUSE THE HOLIDAYS THAT IT MAY NOT GET RECORDED RIGHT AWAY. SO ANYTHING THAT YOU PAY BEFORE THE RECORDING WILL NOT ACCRUE DAILY INTEREST. BUT HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION IS IF YOU CAN PAY SOME OF IT BEFORE YOU RECORD, IT IS BETTER THAN NOT PAYING ANYTHING. OKAY. YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO TIME FRAME TO PAY IT. IT'S JUST THAT YOU GET DAILY INTEREST UNTIL YOU PAY IT. OKAY. SO YEAH. WELL, AND IT COMES THROUGH QUITE A BIT. YEAH. WELL, YOU CAN SEE LIKE THE $25 A DAY CAN ADD UP, RIGHT? SO THE INTEREST IS NOT GOING TO BE $25 A DAY. BUT IT'S, IT'S SIGNIFICANT ISN'T IT. IT'S LIKE 9%. LIKE 9%. IT CHANGES EVERY QUARTER. IT'S. A LOT. BUT WE APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN YOU'LL JUST SEE MISS JODI OR YOU CAN CALL OUR OFFICES. YOU HAVE OUR PHONE NUMBER. NO, NO, NO. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE THEIR CARD THAT YOU CAN GIVE, MISS? I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. JUSTICE WILL HELP YOU WITH THE PHONE NUMBER, BUT OUR OFFICES ARE UPSTAIRS. BUT YOU CAN CALL FOR THAT. OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN PERSON. I THINK WE JUST HAVE SOME PHONE CALLS NEXT TO ME. SO I THINK LETTER E IS THE FIRST ONE I HAVE FOR A PHONE
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CALL. IN CASE 20241328, PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 903 EAST 25TH STREET. THIS IS. OH, SORRY, I WAS LISTENING. I REALLY WAS.PLACING PRODUCT FOR MR. PATEL. THIS IS JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SWEAR YOU. YES, MA'AM. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND. BUT THE TRUTH. YES, MA'AM. AND CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU, PLEASE? IT IS P.O. BOX 5026, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. 33310. THANK YOU. MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS TIFFANY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M STILL STUCK ON THE MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS TIFFANY. SO I'M GOING TO BE YOUR MAGISTRATE TODAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. I CAN HEAR YOU. YES. PERFECT. WELL, I'M GOING TO HEAR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT. TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. FIRST AND THEN. ANYTHING YOU NEED TO TELL ME. WILL LISTEN TO AT THAT POINT. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. CODE ENFORCEMENT. IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TELL ME WHAT THE CONDITION IS ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'M THE INVESTIGATOR ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE. I'VE SUBMITTED MY AFFIDAVITS AND PHOTOS ON SEPTEMBER 19TH. THIS CASE WAS BROUGHT IN FRONT OF THE MAGISTRATE IN VIOLATION IN THE FORM OF JUNK, TRASH, DEBRIS OVERGROWTH, AND BLIGHTED PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR FOR THE HEARING. HOWEVER, THE HOUSE IS IN FORECLOSURE AND WE SPOKE TO MR. PATEL, CALLED IN FOR THAT HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY TO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 WILL BE IMPOSED UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE OF THE VIOLATIONS PERSIST AFTER 30 DAYS, AND A CONTINUING FINE OF $25 UNTIL THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS ARE CORRECTED. COPY. YOUR ATTACHMENT IS EXHIBIT A ON OCTOBER THE 21ST, I COMPLETED AN INSPECTION ON THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THIS IS MY PICTURES ON THE 21ST. THE JUNK AND TRASH. SOME OF THE OVERGROWTH HAD BEEN REMOVED AT THAT TIME. THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. SLIDE 12. YOU CAN SEE THAT STILL THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS ON THE STRUCTURE. SLIDE 13 THE JUNK 14 IS MORE OF THE DRUNK AND OBVIOUSLY THE OVERGROWTH IN THE BACKYARD. A COPY OF THIS HEARING WAS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE ON NOVEMBER THE 7TH. NOVEMBER. THE 14TH I REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY. I WAS CONTACTED BY THE PRESERVATION COMPANY SAYING THEY HAD CUT THE GRASS. I DID REINSPECT THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE SLIDES. 18 IN PREVIOUS SLIDE 17 THE YARD HAS BEEN CUT, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN DONE. IN CONTACT WITH THE PRESERVATION COMPANY, THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING INSURANCE CLAIMS TO GET THE STRUCTURE REPAIRED AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SENT SOMEONE OUT BY NOW TO CLEAN UP THE TRASH AND JUNK. SINCE THEY CUT THE YARD, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT HASN'T OCCURRED.
SO AS IT STANDS, THE PROPERTY STILL IS IN VIOLATION. I HAVE NO FURTHER TESTIMONY AT THIS POINT OTHER THAN RECOMMENDATIONS. ARE ANY OTHER TESTIMONY FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT ALL ON THIS PROPERTY? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. MR. PATEL, THIS IS TIFFANY. I'M LOOKING AT PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY JUST AS RECENT AS NOVEMBER 14TH. TELL ME WHAT ELSE I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROPERTY. YOUR HONOR, ALL THAT, ALL ALL ELSE WE CAN ADD IS THAT THERE WAS A FORECLOSURE SALE SET
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FOR DECEMBER 9TH, 2024. IF US BANK IS THE SUCCESSFUL PURCHASER OF THE SALE, THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY AS THEY AS THEY WILL BE THE TRUE OWNER AT THE TIME. IF IT DOES SELL TO A THIRD PARTY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY. WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? DO YOU NEED ME TO KNOW? NO, YOUR HONOR, THAT'S ABOUT IT. AS SOON AS THE SALE'S DONE, THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD. IF THEY THE PURCHASER. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. CODE ENFORCEMENT. DO YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM. RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINE ONE. THE MASTER. FIND THAT RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. AND RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER. TWO THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND DAILY FINE OF $25 FOR NONCOMPLIANCE UNTIL THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS ARE CORRECTED. THREE THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZES CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER ONTO ANY AREA OF THE PROPERTY TO ABATE THE VIOLATIONS. FOUR THAT THE ORDER UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXIST, AND AGAINST ANY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF BAY COUNTY CODE. THANK YOU, MR. PATEL. WHEN DID YOU SAY THAT THE FORECLOSURE HEARING WAS SET FOR? THE FORECLOSURE SALE IS DECEMBER NINTH. DECEMBER 9TH. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. BUT MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THE FORECLOSURE SALE IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 9TH. SO JUST FOR YOU TO BE AWARE, TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU MAKE ANY WORK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. PATEL, FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT? I DO NOT, YOUR HONOR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING AVAILABLE TODAY.I APOLOGIZE FOR HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR US TO CALL YOU, BUT LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO GET YOU. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO DO. IF WE COULD APPEAR BY PHONE. RIGHT. I'LL TAKE THAT. I'LL TAKE THAT. YOU KNOW, GIVE AND TAKE. THANK YOU. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU. THANKS. BYE. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20241328. PROPERTY ADDRESSES 903 EAST 25TH STREET. WE HAVE ANOTHER PHONE CALL. I BELIEVE. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO LETTER K ON THE AGENDA. IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE PHONE CALL.
OKAY. CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE C2024068911932 BRAINTREE DRIVE IS THE PROPERTY ADDRESS.
HELLO. CAN I PLEASE SPEAK WITH MR. SAUL RAMIREZ? YEAH, THIS IS SARA RAMIREZ. THIS IS JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. I NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN. YES, SIR. YES, MA'AM. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES, MA'AM. AND CAN I PLEASE GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU? ASWAN SOUTH, 1962 GMAIL.COM. OKAY. AND DO YOU HAVE A MAILING ADDRESS WHERE I CAN MAIL YOUR ORDERS TO YOU? YES, IT'S MY ADDRESS. YES, SIR.
IT'S 119 32 RAINTREE DRIVE, PANAMA CITY, 32 404. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. THIS IS TIFFANY SOTO. I'M GOING TO BE YOUR MAGISTRATE TODAY, SO I WILL HEAR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT FIRST ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROPERTY. AND THEN ANYTHING YOU NEED TO PROVIDE CAN BE DONE AFTER THEY'RE FINISHED.
OKAY. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. CODE ENFORCEMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOUR MAGISTRATE, TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. FOR THE RECORD, MY NOTICES ARE ATTACHED AS WELL AS MY PHOTOGRAPHS. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 1ST OF AUGUST, 2024. AND WAS FOUND IN
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VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO. IN THE FORM OF DERELICT VEHICLES AND JUNK.THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THAT HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200, AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS OR UNTIL THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT WERE SHOWN TO YOU THAT DAY AT YOUR HEARING.
DERELICT. YOU SEE THE DERELICT TAG ON THE TRAILER. SOME JUNK BEHIND THE SECOND DERELICT TRAILER AND THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE. THOSE HOUSES ARE BUILT VERY CLOSE TOGETHER. FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S FRONT YARD. AUGUST. THE 12TH AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. FINES WERE IMPOSED ON THE 12TH OF AUGUST 2020 FOR BOTH DERELICT VEHICLES REMAIN SEPTEMBER THE 3RD. AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. BOTH VEHICLES WERE OR EXCUSE ME, BOTH TRAILERS REMAINED DERELICT. THE JUNK. I THINK THE JUNK HAD DISAPPEARED DURING THIS. THIS FREE INSPECTION. OCTOBER THE 1ST AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. DURING MY INSPECTION OF THIS DAY, I PLACED A RED TAG ON THE PROPERTY STATING THAT THE TRAILERS WOULD BE TOWED ON OR AFTER MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 7TH, 2024. THAT WAS THE REMAINING TWO VIOLATIONS. RED TAG ON THE DOOR AS WELL AS MY BUSINESS CARD THAT THEY WOULD BE TOWED. ON OR AFTER OCTOBER, THE SEVENTH. ON OCTOBER THE 4TH, THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. SAUL RAMIREZ, CAME INTO THE LOBBY OF BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PROVIDED A TAG FOR THE BLACK TRAILER AND WAS LEAVING, LEAVING THE OFFICE TO OBTAIN THE REGISTRATION FOR THE OTHER TRAILER. I WAS NOT PRESENT WHEN HE CAME INTO THE OFFICE. HOWEVER, ON OCTOBER THE SEVENTH MY RE-INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY NOW IS IN COMPLIANCE. THIS IS A PERMANENT TAG FOR THE LOUISIANA TRAILER, AND AN UPDATED TAG FOR THE TRAILER THAT IS NOW IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND THAT WAS THE REMAINING TWO VIOLATIONS. ON THE 23RD OF AUGUST, THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED AND ON THE 7TH OF AUGUST. EXCUSE ME, I NOTICED A SECOND HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS. 11932 RAINTREE DRIVE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. ON THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER, A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER AND ON NOVEMBER THE 1ST, THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. RAMIREZ, CAME INTO THE BAY COUNTY CODE.
ENFORCEMENT REQUESTED TO BE CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE FOR THIS HEARING. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NOT AT THIS TIME, NO, MA'AM. I JUST WANT TO POINT THA, YOU KNOW, I WAS IN DALLAS, TEXAS. I HAVE, YOU KNOW, SITUATION A FAMILY PROBLEMS IN THE HOSPITAL. AND I WAS OUT OF TOWN WHEN THEY DO THAT, WHEN THEY TOLD ME TO REGISTER MY CAR, MY TRAILER, I WAS NOT HERE. AND THEN WHEN I COME BACK FROM OUT OF TOWN FROM A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, I FIND OUT THE SITUATION. SO I CORRECT IT AND, YOU KNOW, REGISTER AND EVERYTHING. SO I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, PLEASE THAT, YOU KNOW. THAT REMOVED THE FINE. OKAY. THE BOYS ARE FINE, YOU KNOW. YEAH. I HAVE AN ASSESSOR FINE YET, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS AND GO FROM THERE, OKAY? YES, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. CODE ENFORCEMENT, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM. IT IS CODE ENFORCEMENT RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINE ONE. THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A PER DAY FINE OF $25, FOR A TOTAL OF $700 IN FINES, PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. AND TWO THAT UPON RECORDING OF THE SECOND ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE. THAT CONCLUDES CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER INFO FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NO. OKAY. I AM GOING TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT. BUT WE WILL REDUCE THE FINE FROM $700 TO A $500 AMOUNT FOR THE INITIAL FINE AND THE PER DAY FINE. SO IT TOTALS $500 INSTEAD OF 700, BUT BUT I DID. I DID REGISTER WHEN I FOUND OUT AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I DID WHAT THEY TOLD ME AND THEY WENT AND TOOK PICTURES. I WENT TO THE OFFICE AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD, YOU KNOW, AVOID THE FINE. WELL NO, THAT'S WHY I REDUCED THE FINE FROM 700 TO 500. SO, YOU KNOW, I REDUCED IT JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
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COOPERATING. ONCE YOU OBTAINED THE INFORMATION AND WERE ABLE TO GET IT DONE. BUT TECHNICALLY THE FINE ASSESSED WOULD HAVE BEEN AT $700. WELL, I GUESS. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPEARING TODAY VIA PHONE AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20240689.PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 11932 RAINTREE DRIVE. THANK YOU, MR. RAMIREZ. THANK YOU. RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE MORE PHONE CALL. IT LOOKS LIKE ON L ON THE AGENDA IS CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 23, DASH 02970. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 20521. BRANDON ROAD.
THIS IS KEVIN. HEY, KEVIN, THIS IS JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOU SWORN I. OKAY. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES, I DO. CAN I GET YOUR FULL NAME, PLEASE? YES. KEVIN WILLIAM HOPPE. AND CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU? YES. 50 303 SOUTH 44TH STREET, ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72758.
MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK. GOOD AFTERNOON SIR. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? I'M DOING FINE. HOW ABOUT YOU? I'M GREAT. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. THIS IS TIFFANY SOTO, YOUR MAGISTRATE, FOR TODAY'S HEARING. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS FIRST HEAR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT ABOUT THE PROPERTY. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED TO ADD TO IT FOR ME TO KNOW. WE'LL DO THAT WHEN THEY FINISH. OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. CODE ENFORCEMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOUR MAGISTRATE, TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. AS FOR THE RECORD, MY PHOTO, THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND MY ATTACHMENTS, OR. EXCUSE ME, MY PHOTOGRAPHS AND MY NOTICES ARE ATTACHED. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON APRIL THE 4TH, 2024, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF TRASH AND JUNK AND BAY COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION 3504 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE LIVING. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE HEARING. AT THE HEARING, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE SHOWN TO YOU PRIOR TO THE HEARING ON APRIL FOURTH. APRIL 16TH, A REINSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THE OCCUPIED RECREATIONAL VEHICLE HAD BURNED AND THE REMAINING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES THAT WAS UNABLE, WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE AT THAT TIME IF THEY WERE OCCUPIED OR NOT. I'LL GET TO THAT LATER IN MY TESTIMONY. THE TRASHING, THE JUNK WAS FROM THE BURNT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE OR THE JUNK. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM THE FRONT OF APRIL THE 16TH. LOOKING AT BRANDON ROAD, YOU CAN SEE THE BURNT MOBILE HOME OR THE BURNT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. ANOTHER RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IN THE BACK. ANOTHER RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. I THINK THERE ARE 3 OR 4 ON THIS PARCEL.
MAY THE EXCUSE ME ON APRIL 24TH. INVESTIGATOR. EXCUSE ME. BACK UP. APRIL 18TH. THE TELEPHONE CALL WAS RECEIVED AT BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT FROM A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF ANDY STATED HE WOULD BE INHERITING THE PROPERTY SINCE THE SISTER OF THE PROPERTY OWNER DID NOT WANT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AT THAT TIME. HE SAID HIS HANDS WERE FULL AND THEY WERE TIED UP IN PROBATE. ON THE 24TH OF APRIL, INVESTIGATOR MCKINNON CONTACTED ANDY AND WAS INFORMED THE PROPERTY WAS IN PROBATE AND WILL BE PLACED IN HIS NAME RELATIVELY SOON. ANDY STATED HE HAS BEEN DOWN AND CLEANED SOME OF THE PROPERTY AND PLANS TO COME BACK LATER IN MAY TO HAVE THE BURNT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE REMOVED ON THE 14TH OF MAY, A RE-INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. NOT NOT MUCH HAD CHANGED SINCE THE HEARING WAS PART OF THE FRAME.
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BROTHER IN LAW OF THE DECEASED PROPERTY OWNER. KEVIN STATED PROBATE SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN A FEW WEEKS AND HE'S LOOKING FOR LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO REMOVE THE BURNT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. ON JUNE THE 11TH, 2024, A RE-INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE JUNK FROM THE BURNT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, AS WELL AS OTHER RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. IT WAS UNKNOWN AT THAT TIME IF THEY WERE OCCUPIED OR NOT. ON THE 11TH. ON THE 16TH OF JULY, A RE-INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION.ON THIS DATE, INVESTIGATOR MCKINNON CALLED AND LEFT A VOICEMAIL FOR KEVIN HOBBS, INFORMING KEVIN THE STATUS OF THE PROPERTY AND THE FINES AFFILIATED WITH OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIOLATIONS. YOU CAN STILL SEE ON THIS DATE HERE. IN JULY 16TH, THE BURNT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IN THE FRONT. ON AUGUST 13TH, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE CONCERNING THE JUNK FROM THE BURT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. ON OCTOBER THE 1ST, I PLACED A CALL TO KEVIN HOBBS LEFT A VOICEMAIL FOR PERMISSION TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY TO ENSURE THAT THE OTHER RECREATIONAL VEHICLES WERE UNOCCUPIED. ON THE 2ND OF OCTOBER, KEVIN CONTACTED ME ON MY CELL PHONE, GRANTED ME PERMISSION TO WALK THE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF THE REMAINING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES WERE OCCUPIED. KEVIN GRANTED ME VERBAL PERMISSION TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY. HE ALSO PROVIDED THAT IN AN EMAIL. YOU ARE SEEING SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE PARCEL IS ZONED AGRICULTURE, SO THE RVS ARE ALLOWED TO BE THERE. THEY JUST CANNOT BE OCCUPIED. THE PROPERTY WAS ACCESSED, PHOTOGRAPHS WERE OBTAINED, AND IT APPEARED THAT THE REMAINING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES WERE UNOCCUPIED. DURING THIS INSPECTION. I BELIEVE THERE'S FOUR OTHERS ON THAT PROPERTY. OCTOBER 16TH, A NOTICE A SECOND HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. ADDRESS LOCATED AT 20521 BRANDON ROAD, FOUNTAIN, FLORIDA, ON THE 22ND OF OCTOBER, 2024. THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED AND ON THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER 2024, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER THAT CONCLUDES CODE ENFORCEMENT'S TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. OKAY, MR. HOBBS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY? NO, ONLY THAT WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T. YOU KNOW, I DID THAT AFTER THE. AND WE TOOK US A WHILE TO GET SOME MONEY TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT WAS QUITE A BIT TO GET THIS OFF. AND THEN I THINK WE HAD IT CLEARED OFF BY JULY. I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP. I THINK IT WAS JULY 26TH OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE I. CLEARED OFF THE SITE. SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT INSPECTION THAT YOU GUYS MENTIONED. RIGHT. SO ANYWAYS, WE GOT IT ALL CLEARED OFF AND THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYBODY LIVING ON THE SITE. I DON'T KNOW WHY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THERE WAS ONE OTHER GENTLEMAN LIVING THERE. OBVIOUSLY MARK HASN'T BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE OCTOBER BECAUSE HE COMMITTED TO IT ON OCTOBER 27TH. SO OKAY, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I HAVE SO OKAY. AND WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY. WE DON'T OWN ANY PROPERTY YET BECAUSE IT'S STILL WE'RE JUST. PROBING IT RIGHT NOW. SO WE WE'LL GET THE ANSWER BACK PROBABLY WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OKAY. SO THE PROPERTY IS STILL SITTING IN THE PROBATE DIVISION OF THE COURT OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED? NEED ME TO KNOW AT THIS POINT? SORRY. WE, YOU KNOW, TOOK PART OF IT WAS JUST WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. AND THEN THE OTHER PART WAS WE JUST HAD TO GET THE MONEY TOGETHER TO DO IT. SO IT'S A LONG WAYS AWAY, AND WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. OKAY, WELL, NO PROBLEM. LET ME SEE WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION IS ON THE PROPERTY AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE OKAY? OKAY. NO PROBLEM. GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND. CODE ENFORCEMENT, DO YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? YES, MA'AM. IT IS CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINED THAT IMPOSE THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25, FOR A TOTAL OF $700 IN FINES, PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST, AND TWO THAT UPON RECORDING OF THE SECOND ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL
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CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXIST AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE THAT CONCLUDES CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER INFO FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT I NEED TO HAVE. NOT AT THIS TIME. NO, MA'AM. OKAY. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT. BUT INSTEAD OF THE $700. FINE. MR. HOBBS, I'M GOING TO REDUCE THAT DOWN TO $400. SO THAT IS A LOWER FINE AMOUNT TO YOU GUYS. OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, BEST OF LUCK WITH EVERYTHING IN THE PROBATE DIVISION. I KNOW THINGS SOMETIMES TAKE LONGER THAN YOU WANT THEM TO. AND THAT DEPARTMENT OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT WHILE WE'RE IN THE HEARING? YEAH, SURE. GO AHEAD. YES, SIR.CAN YOU HEAR ME? I GOT A BAD CONNECTION. I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. GOOD. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THAT'S. I THOUGHT I HEARD THE AMOUNT THAT YOU SAID. OKAY. YEAH. JUST CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEY CAN SET UP WHATEVER PAYMENT PLAN YOU NEED TO WITH THEM. OKAY? OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON. OKAY. I LOST HIM, BYE. BYE. BYE. OKAY. IT WAS BACK. I THOUGHT I LOST THEM FOR A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE SYRIAN CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE. 20 3-02970.
PROPERTY ADDRESS WAS 20521 BRANDON ROAD. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE ANY MORE PHONE CALLS THAT I HAVE MISSED? OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO LETTER A ON THE AGENDA CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20240320. PROPERTY 8304 HIGHWAY 22. AND THIS IS A COMPLIANCE HEARING. THIS THIS CASE WENT BEFORE YOU AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT YOUR OCTOBER HEARING. JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE PROPERTY AND THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY THE RESPONDENT WAS HERE FOR THAT HEARING. AND ON REINSPECTION AFTER YOUR ORDER, THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE TIME FRAMES. THE VEHICLES WERE TAGGED. THE JUNK EXCAVATOR WAS REMOVED. SO NO FINES OR THE PROPERTY OWNER COMPLIED WITH THE ORDER. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. SO WE CAN FIND THE LETTER A ON THE AGENDA. CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20240320 IS IN COMPLIANCE AS OF TODAY'S HEARING DATE. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO LETTER B ON THE AGENDA. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20242704.
PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 6740 EAST SIXTH STREET. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE ROBERT CLARKSON AND CODE ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATOR SIGN. I PRESENTED MY PICTURES AND AFFIDAVITS FOR THIS CASE.
THIS CASE DID GO IN FRONT OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON OCTOBER THE 3RD, AND WAS FOUND AS A REPEAT VIOLATOR IN THE FORM OF JUNK, TRASH AND UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING AND THESE ARE THE PHOTOS OF EXHIBIT A. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAS TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $300, AND DAILY FINE OF $50 TO BE IMPOSED FOR 25 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. THE DRAFT STATE EXCUSE ME, DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE SHOULD THE VIOLATIONS PERSIST. AFTER THE FILING PERIOD FOR 25 DAYS AND ALL INITIAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, OR AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS ON THE 14TH, AN INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. FINES BEGAN ON THAT DATE. ON THE 24TH, THE PROPERTY WAS REINSPECTED AND THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE ON SLIDE TEN. THIS IS A VACANT LOT, AS YOU CAN TELL THAT JUST JUNK AND DEBRIS WERE ON IT. COPY OF THIS HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE ON THE SEVENTH. THAT IS THE ONLY
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TESTIMONY I HAVE NOW. JUST THE RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WELL, PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. NO ONE IS PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MAGISTRATE TO FIND THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, AND RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER THAT THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSE AN INITIAL FINE OF $300 AND DAILY FINE FOR NINE DAYS OF $50 FOR NONCOMPLIANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $750 THAT, UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COSTS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXIST, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF BAY COUNTY CODE. THAT IS ALL ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME. I WILL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. I FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2024, THAT CONCLUDES THIS HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20242704. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 6740 EAST SIXTH STREET. MOVING ON TO LETTER C ON THE AGENDA IS CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20241486. PROPERTY 312 CARROLL PLACE. THIS PROPERTY WAS A PRESENTED TO YOU LAST IN OCTOBER AND THE COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS SCHEDULED TODAY. THESE ARE JUST THE FIRST FOUR PHOTOS ARE JUST REMINDERS OF WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKED LIK. THEY DID COME INTO COMPLIANCE.OOPS. LET ME BACK UP. IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE ROOF THERE WAS THIS TARP THAT WAS A VIOLATION. THERE'S A BETTER BACK VIEW OF I.
AND OCTOBER 28TH, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. AND THOSE CONDITIONS, THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS, HAD BEEN CORRECTED. AND THEREFORE THERE WAS ALSO A CAR LIKE A CARPORT HE WAS BUILDING WITHOUT PERMITS. AND HE HAD REMOVED THAT. SO THEY WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR ORDER.
RIGHT. WE'LL FIND THAT AS OF THE DATE NECESSARY. THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATED VIOLATIONS THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20241486 PROPERTY ADDRESS WAS 312 CARROLL PLACE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE LETTER I.
IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE HM22-00242. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 12123 HARRINGTON ROAD. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE ON. LIE TO ME. WAIT. I'M SORRY. NO. WE'RE RIGHT. YOU AND I ARE STRAIGHT. I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. YOU CAN NEVER QUESTION ANYTHING I DO BECAUSE IT'S BOUND TO BE A LITTLE OFF SOMETIMES I'M OKAY WITH THAT. IT'S BEEN A LONG AFTERNOON. YES. CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MAY 16TH, 2024, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE AND OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. STARTING ON SLIDE NUMBER THREE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE MAY 16TH HEARING.
WE HAD AN UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OVERGROWTH. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER AND SHOULD THE VIOLATION REMAIN, THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL, REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. ON JUNE 17TH, 2024, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AS YOU SEE IN THIS PHOTO ON JUNE 25TH, THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS STATING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER JULY 8TH. THAT NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. AS YOU SEE IN PHOTO NUMBER EIGHT ON JUNE 26TH,
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DURING A PRE-BID INSPECTION, AND PHOTOS NINE AND TEN ALSO SHOWING THAT THE STRUCTURE REMAINED. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF 2490, AT A COST OF $2,499, AND ON JULY 23RD, 2024 WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. AS YOU SEE IN THIS PHOTO, A NOTICE OF SECOND HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL ON SEPTEMBER 16TH OF THIS YEAR.THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON SEPTEMBER 24TH. THE TO AN ALTERNATIVE ADDRESS, THE NOTICE OF THE ADDRESS OF RECORD. THE NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED.
THE COPY WAS ALSO POSTED AT ON THE PROPERTY ON NOVEMBER 5TH AND AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON NOVEMBER 7TH, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WELL, PROPERTIES OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. NO ONE IS PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. DOES CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW? YES. IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. DETERMINE THAT THE RESPONDENT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT, AND THE AMOUNT OF $2,499 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. AND THAT UPON RECORDING OF THE SECOND ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENTS. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COSTS OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE PROPERTY IS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATED VIOLATIONS. ON JULY 23RD, 2024, AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT REGARDING THIS PROPERTY THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 22-00242. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 12123 HARRINGTON ROAD. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO LETTER J ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20242171 PROPERTY ADDRESS 21115 SOUTH LAKEVIEW DRIVE. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOUR MAGISTRATE, TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD, MY PHOTOGRAPHS AND NOTICES ARE ALSO ATTACHED. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2024 AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN REPEAT VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE FIVE DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $300 AND A DAILY FINE OF $50 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR A PERIOD OF 25 DAYS, OR UNTIL THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE ON THE SEPTEMBER THE 10TH, 2020. FOR AN INITIAL RE-INSPECTION OR EXCUSE ME, A REINSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION AND FINES WERE IMPOSED. ON SEPTEMBER THE 10TH.
ON SEPTEMBER THE 17TH, THE RE-INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. ON THE SEPTEMBER ON. ON THAT SAME DAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, I NOTICE A SECOND HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS 13383 NORTHWEST 11TH DRIVE, SUNRISE, FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY, APPRAISER'S DATABASE, THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. ON SEPTEMBER, THE 19TH, THE COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY AND ON NOVEMBER THE 7TH, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTICED, NO ONE IS PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM. IT IS CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IMPOSE THE INITIAL FINE OF $300 AND A PER DAY FINE OF $50, FOR A TOTAL OF $650 IN FINES, PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST, AND TWO. THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS SECOND ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A
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LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXIST, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY. PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE THAT CONCLUDES CODE ENFORCEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT EVER HEAR FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER DIRECTLY ON THIS PROPERTY? NO, MA'AM. THE LAST TWO CASES THAT I WENT BEFORE YOU. NO, MA'AM. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY HAD EVER MADE SOME. OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE EVENTUALLY CUTTING IT, BUT. SO THEY'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION THEY JUST AREN'T RESPONDING. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. I FIND THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS. ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING AT CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE CE20242171.PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 21115 SOUTH LAKEVIEW DRIVE. MOVING ON TO LETTER M ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 2024035 FOR PROPERTY ADDRESSES 9205 ROUGH DRIVE CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE YOU ON APRIL 4TH, 2024 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF A UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THE RESPONDENT AT THE TIME WAS CHRISTINA CONNOLLY, AND SHE DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THAT HEARIN. THEY WERE REPEAT VIOLATORS FOR TRASH AND JUNK. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $5,000 WOULD BE IMPOSED, AND SHOULD THE VIOLATION REMAIN, THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. ON MAY 6TH, 2024, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ON AUGUST 2ND, 2024, CODE ENFORCEMENT DISCOVERED THE PROPERTY SOLD TO ROD ROODS REAL ESTATE, LLC. AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS DONE ON AUGUST 8TH AT A COST OF $800. THE PROPERTY DID REMAIN IN VIOLATION. ON THAT SAME DATE.
WELL, WE DID. WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER. THE PROPERTY WAS THEN CLEANED BY THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER ON AUGUST 27TH AND FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. THE AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY FURTHER VIOLATIONS ON THIS PROPERTY SINCE WE'VE HAD THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME ON THE PROPERTY OTHER THAN THE WE DID MAKE I DID MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THIS. THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER, VIA TELEPHONE AS THE ORIGINAL FINE WAS $5,000 DUE TO THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER BEING REPEAT VIOLATORS. AND I KNOW HE DID CALL BACK AND I CALLED HIM AND LEFT A PHONE MESSAGE, BUT HE DID GET THE NOTICE OF THE HEARING PLAYING PHONE TAG. YEAH, YEAH. AND I, I WOULD NOT OBJECT TO THE REDUCING OR WAIVING OF THAT $5,000 FINE, SINCE HE WAS THE ONE THAT DID BRING IN BRING BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. AND HE DID IT RATHER QUICKLY AFTER PURCHASING IT. I THINK THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A DOUBLE WIDE AND THEY'VE PROVEN THAT THEY FOUND THE SPLIT IT TO THE SEVERE POIN.
THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A NICE BIG PENALTY. ALL RIGHT. DOES CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATION THEY WANT TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME? JUST THAT THE RESPONDENT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COSTS OF THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $800. SINCE WE DID USE TAXPAYER MONEY
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TO PAY THAT FOR THAT SURVEY. AND THAT'S ALL. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION WHILE NO ONE IS PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? PLEASE NOTE THAT PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. THE PROPERTY IS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS ON AUGUST 27TH, 2024. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO ASSESS THE INITIAL COSTS OF THE ASBESTOS SURVEY AND ANY INCIDENTAL ENFORCEMENT COSTS OF $800. I WILL WAIVE THE $5,000 FINE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND ANY OTHER PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION IS ALLOWED FOR BY MY ORDER, THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20240354. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 9205. ROUGH DRIVE. DID I MISS ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY, ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 318 ON THURSDAY* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.