[Code Magistrate Hearing on January 8, 2025. ]
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ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WE'LL GO AHEAD. OOH, THAT'S REALLY LOUD. SORRY. I'M USED TO JUST TALKING, AND IT TAKES ME UP A LOT. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL TODAY'S MEETING TO ORDER. IT'S 901 ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY THE 8TH. MY NAME IS TIFFANY SATO. I'LL BE YOUR MAGISTRATE FOR TODAY'S HEARING. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WHERE EVERYBODY IN FIRST THAT'S GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY, YOU'LL STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE'LL LET OUR SECRETARY KERRY. WHEN. TO AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. I DO. ALL RIGHT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE, I'LL HEAR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT FIRST ON THE CASE. THEN ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO ME ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CASE, WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT. THAT WAY, I CAN MAKE A DECISION ABOUT EVERY CASE. BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE. I WILL JUMP AROUND THE AGENDA BECAUSE I'M CERTAIN THAT YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO HANG OUT WITH ME ALL DAY LONG, SO I'LL TRY AND GET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FIRST AND TAKEN CARE OF. I HAVE NO EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS TO DISCLOSE, SO WE'LL BEGIN OUR PUBLIC HEARING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE ON LETTER D ON THE AGENDA. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20242981. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 4823 HISPANIOLA STREET UNIT. GOOD MORNING, CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
THIS FIRST AERIAL VIEW IS JUST FOR LOCATION PURPOSES ONLY. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN THE ON THE EAST END OF PANAMA CITY BEACH, IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. THAT'S THE CURB. SAINT ANDREW'S PARK IS GOING TO BE OFF TO THE RIGHT. AND. ON MAY 6TH OF 2024, INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY. THEY INSPECTED THE VIOLATION OR THE PROPERTY AND FOUND, IN VIOLATION OF 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE. THE PHOTOS ARE GOING TO BE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A ON AUGUST 22ND, 2024, INVESTIGATOR TONY BERNING WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. MISTER VERNON, CAN YOU STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR ME, PLEASE? TONY VERNON AND YOU SUBMITTED YOUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD? YES, MA'AM. AND I'M SORRY, I DO HAVE PHOTOS UP HERE. OF THE INITIAL INSPECTION BY MISTER CLARKSON, WHO IS ALSO HERE. IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM. AND IT'S JUST THE BLUE TARP. AND SO, INVESTIGATOR BRUNING, CAN YOU, STARTING WITH YOUR FIRST PHOTOS ON AUGUST 22ND, SLIDE NUMBER SIX. ON AUGUST 22ND, 2024, I WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION OF A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE. BLIGHTED PROPERTY. ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2024, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2024. ON OCTOBER THE 9TH, 2024, THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. BOYD, CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT TO ADVISE THEY WERE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY. ON NOVEMBER THE 14TH, NOTICE VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT REGULAR AND CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED ON CLAIM. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN. NOVEMBER 25TH, 2024 I RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE, PLEASE? ON SLIDE NUMBER NINE, IT IS A THE END UNIT OF A MULTI UNIT COMPLEX. THE BIG ISSUE UNDER THE TARP THE WALLS DAMAGED. THE BACK CORNER OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE PORCH IS. IT APPEARS THAT MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE DAMAGE TO IT. BUT THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS ALL THE POWER METERS ON THAT WALL. THEY HAVE TO COME OFF AT SOME POINT TO REPAIR THE WALL. ON DECEMBER THE 11TH, 2024, MRS. BOYD, PROPERTY OWNER, CALLED AND ADVISED SHE RECEIVED THE NOTICE OF HEARING. SHE ADVISED THEY WERE STILL FIGHTING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY. NEXT. DECEMBER. THE 12TH, 2024 I POSTED THE PROPERTY. BACK BACK UP JUST A LITTLE. THERE'S NOT MUCH ROOM BETWEEN THE THAT WALL AND THE FENCE. JUST ENOUGH ROOM
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TO KIND OF WALK DOWN THROUGH THERE AND THAT'S IT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE OR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE POWER METERS. IT'S GOING TO BE TRICKY. ON JANUARY 6TH, I REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON FEBRUARY 13TH, 2025 AT 1 P.M. THANK YOU.NOT AT THIS TIME. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON PROPERTY? QUESTION. COME ON UP.
GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND THEN TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. OKAY, I'M BENNY MOORE. I'M A CERTIFIED GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND STATE COUNTY SINCE 1979. BUILDING. SO GOT SEVERAL ISSUES. TWO PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT BUILDING. I GOT TO CUT THAT POWER OFF. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT AN HOA. THAT'S THAT BUILDING. THE VOIDS ON THAT END OF THAT BUILDING, THEY DON'T OWN THE POWER. I WENT TO GULF POWER, MET WITH GULF POWER OUT THERE TO PUT. AND YOU'VE SEEN THESE ORANGE TUBES THAT YOU CAN PUT OVER THEM.
WON'T LET US PUT ORANGE GULF POWER. WELL, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT USUALLY PUT THAT OVER.
THEY DON'T DO THAT ALLOW THAT ANYMORE. SO WE CAN'T WORK THERE. WE GOT FIVE FOOT TO WORK OVER IT, SO WE GOT TO SET A SCAFFOLD UP, METAL SCAFFOLD ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. I CAN'T PUT ANY OF MY GUYS UP THERE. FIRST OF ALL, OSHA WILL BE THERE WITHIN TEN MINUTES. THAT'S GOING TO COST ME $110,000. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WON'T GIVE ME SCENARIO TO PUT IT BACK. THE NEW CODE SAYS THAT HAS TO BE OFF THE BUILDING. FIVE FOOT OFF THE BUILDING. AND THEN ANOTHER THING ABOUT THIS IS IN THE VISITOR CORRIDOR. SO THEY WANT IT TO BE UNDERGROUND. NOW PULL THAT PICTURE BACK UP WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT FACE DOWN THROUGH HERE. AND WHAT WE GOT TO GET DOWN THROUGH THERE. RIGHT THERE TO THE RIGHT. YEAH. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN GET THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO PAY FOR THIS IS A LETTER FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TELLING ME WHAT VIOLATIONS I'M. AND I'VE BEEN MET WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. WHAT VIOLATIONS WE GOT AND HOW TO FIX IT. BECAUSE I JUST GO OUT THERE AND PUT THE POLES UP. THEY'RE GOING TO TELL ME IT'S NOT RIGHT. AND THAT WHOLE WALL HAS GOT TO COME DOWN TO GO BACK TO THE NEW CODE. IT HAS THERMAL PLY BEHIND. IT HAS TO HAVE PLYWOOD NOW. SO ALL THAT STUCCO HAS GOT TO COME OFF. ALL THE POWER METERS GOT TO COME OFF AND THEN I'LL GO BACK HOME. AND I CAN'T GIVE THE BOYS A TIME FRAME ON THAT. I'M ASKING FOR 30 DAYS FOR THE POWER. NOW, WE DID MEET WITH THE POWER COMPANY. IF THE COUNTY WOULD TELL ME WHERE TO PUT IT OVERHEAD. RIGHT THERE. THE CODE SAYS I CAN TRENCH IT TO THE BOTTOM. I DON'T HAVE IT HERE, BUT SHOW ME THIS PICTURE. SHE DON'T HAVE IT EITHER. YOU DON'T? YOU CAN'T SEE THAT. BUT YES, I CAN SIT THIS UP ON THE SIX BY SIX OUT HERE WHERE THAT SHORT PALM TREE IS RIGHT THERE, AND I CAN TOP IT OVER AND GO IN THE BOTTOM FOR A NEW WIRE INTO EVERYBODY'S UNIT. FROM THAT BOX ALL THE WAY OVER AND CONCRETED OVER, SO I DON'T HAVE TO BURY IT. BUT FOUR INCHES, FOUR INCHES OF CONCRETE, FOUR INCHES DEEP. BUT THE BOARDS OR SOMEBODY'S GOT TO PAY ME FOR THAT. I'M NOT DOING THAT FOR FREE. YOU'RE NOT. I WILL IF YOU TELL ME TO, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO. SO. AND YOU KNOW ME, I THINK, OH, WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DEAL WITH ALL THESE. WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT COMING OVER. WE'RE WAITING ON THEM. WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON BACK HERE? THAT'S TORE UP. THE HANDRAIL WAS KNOCKED DOWN. THERE'S A POST AND A HANDRAIL THAT WAS ON THERE AND TORE IT OFF. OKAY. IS THAT ABLE TO BE FIXED WITHOUT CUTTING THE POWER? THAT PART. I GOT TO GET A PERMIT. WELL, I'M ASKING. YEAH, IT'S NOT A TRICK QUESTION, I PROMISE. SO WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET THAT PORTION FIXED? I GUESS I GOT A QUESTION, ENGINEER. JOHN. I'M NOT GOING TO PAY FOR THAT UNTIL I WRITE. CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME? BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THE POWER OFF EVENTUALLY SO THAT I CAN
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TAKE THAT OFF AND GET A PERMIT TO TAKE THAT OFF PROPERLY? OKAY. BUT IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE REDONE AT SOME POINT IN TIME. YES. BUT IS IT GOING TO TAKE I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY WASTE MONEY AND REDO THE WHOLE STREET, $1,600 TO GET THE ENGINEERS LOOK AT ALL OF IT. IT WON'T LOOK AT ANY OF THEM. HE WON'T LOOK AT INDIVIDUALS. OKAY. SO IS THE WALL GOING TO HAVE TO COME DOWN AGAIN TO GET FIXED IN ORDER TO DO THE BACK PORTION AS WELL? THE FIRST THING, IF YOU'LL NOTICE IS STUCCO ON THAT CORNER RIGHT THERE. SO I NEED TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE CORNER. FIX IT.THAT THAT WAS MY QUESTION. NOW SEE THE STUCCO PAST THE BLUE RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNERS. SO CAN BE FIXED, BUT IT'S GOING TO COME BACK. ALL OF IT HAVE TO COME BACK DOWN IN THAT. SO PAUL DUSHANE IS HERE FROM OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT. NOW YOU'RE SAYING THE IF YOU COULD RECAP AGAIN WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND A LETTER FROM I DID 895 CLAIMS AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL. ANY OF THEM THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY. THE CONTRACTOR CAN'T TELL THE INSURANCE COMPANY WHAT TO DO. SO I HAVE TO SHOW THEM IN A CODE VIOLATION WHAT THE CODE IS, HOW TO REPAIR IT, HOW TO FIX IT AND GIVE THEM THAT CODE AND THE PRICE JUST FOR THAT. AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS TO PAY FOR IT. SO THE INSURANCE COMPANY WANTS SOMETHING FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THEY DON'T WANT MY WORK. THESE ARE THE. YEAH. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU.
YEAH. NO OFFENSE, BUT WHAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS WANTING IS SOMETHING FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT SAYS THESE ARE THE VIOLATIONS. THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO FIX IT.
AND THIS IS WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO GET IT BACK UP TO CODE. AND THEY HAVE THE THEY HAVE CODE ON THEIR POLICY. OKAY. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT CAN PROVIDE. SO. SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE YET. COME UP HERE PAUL. ME AND PAUL KNOW EACH OTHER FOR 30 YEARS. SO. OKAY.
IT'S NOT AN HOA. PAUL, WAIT WAIT WAIT. LET ME LET ME GO AHEAD AND SWEAR HIM IN. CAN YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? 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. GOOD MORNING. PAUL. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. AND PAUL TO DO THAT BUILDING THAT'S GOT THERMAL POWER ON IT, NOT PLYWOOD. SO THE CODE SAYS NOW I GOT TO GO BACK WITH PLYWOOD ON THE WHOLE EXTERIOR WALL, THAT THE POWER OFF THE WALL, IT'S FIVE UNITS. BUILT 94. AND. OFF THE BUILDING ALSO IN THE CORRIDOR. CAN YOU SHOW THAT? WE ALREADY LOOK. IT'S NOT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT IN THE CORRIDOR. OKAY, WELL, THEY TOLD ME OVER HERE. LEE TOLD ME IT WAS. NO IT'S NOT. OKAY, GOOD. WELL, THAT HELPS IT. YEAH, THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT. SO I TALKED GULF POWER IN TO BACK UP WHERE THAT PICTURE JUST WHERE THAT PALM TREE IS. I REMEMBER RIGHT THERE. I'VE SEEN IT. YEAH. OKAY. NOW WHAT I WANT TO DO IS GO RIGHT THERE AND PUT JUST LIKE THIS ONE OVER HERE. PUT TWO, SIX BY SIXES. BRING IT OVERHEAD DOWN TO THAT POINT RIGHT THERE. ACTUALLY THAT IS STILL HIS PROPERTY. BUT THEN TAKE IT AND TROUGH IT OVER THERE AND GO INSIDE THE OTHER UNITS. TROUGH IT PUT FOUR INCHES OF CONCRETE OVER. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY GO IN THE BOTTOM LIKE WE BUILT. SO, SO IT'S OFF HERE.
THAT'S THE BOTTOM. THAT'S THE BOTTOM. YEP. AND COME BACK OVER AND COME TO THAT POST RIGHT THERE. SO THEY WANT TO PUT TAKE THIS AND PUT IT ON THIS POST. OKAY. YEP. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT. NOTHING'S WRONG WITH THAT. NOTHING. THE INSURANCE. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING AND UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY BELIEVES YOU MORE THAN HIM SAYING IT. SO THEY WANT A LETTER FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT SAYS, YES, THESE THINGS ARE THE VIOLATIONS. THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND THEN THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL POTENTIALLY PAY FOR THAT TO GET DONE IS AT LEAST WHAT I'M HEARING. OKAY. BUT MAY I SAY SOMETHING? SURE. COME ON UP. THE INSURANCE COMPANY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY YOUR NAME. JUST TELL ME YOUR NAME. WELL, YOU HAVE TO SAY YOUR NAME IS BOBBY BOYD. I'M OWNER. THE PROBLEM WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL PAY FOR US. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR THE OTHER FOUR UNITS. THEY'VE TOLD US THAT THAT THAT WHATEVER WE DO, THAT'S ON US OR WHOEVER. THE PROBLEM IS CUTTING THAT POWER OFF. ALL THAT TIME.
COUPLES LIVE THERE. SO THEY WILL BE WITHOUT POWER FOR HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES. HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE TO BE WITHOUT POWER? BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY THE THREE WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THAT PANEL OFF, AND THEN I GOT TO GET IT. YEAH, BUT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE LIKE I WANT TO SAY AND
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THIS IS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I MEMORY TELLS ME THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT GULF POWER OR FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT WAS ABLE TO PUT UP A TEMPORARY LINE. SO LITERALLY IN THAT OTHER UNIT, WE HAD WATER POWER AND LIGHT SAID THEY'LL BE OUT OF POWER FOR MAYBE TWO HOURS AND THEN HAVE A TEMPORARY THAT KEEPS THEM RUNNING THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME UNTIL PERMANENT POWER. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE ACTUALLY TALKED TO AN ENGINEER FROM GULF POWER AND HE DID NOT OFFER THAT.HE DIDN'T OFFER ANYTHING, ACTUALLY, BUT THAT WOULD BE AWESOME IF THAT'S. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. MEMORY. IF MEMORY SERVES ME THAT POWER WANTS US TO DO, IF WE'RE THAT PALM TREE IS COME OVERHEAD TO THERE AND BUILD THAT NEW TOWER. YES. SO IF YOU IF YOU PRE-BUILT THE POST WITH THE FIVE SERVICES ON IT, GOT EVERYTHING READY TO RUN AND POWER DROPPED IT AND RUN CABLES TO. YOUR TROUGH ALREADY THERE. YEP. YOU KNOW, I CAN DO THAT, BUT I GOT TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO PAY THE BOYD'S FOR THE OTHER FOUR UNITS GOING OVER THERE. THAT'S NOT THE CHEAPEST. ONCE I PULL IT OFF THE BUILDING, IT CAN'T GO BACK ON THAT BUILDING. I COULDN'T, AND Y'ALL HAD THE SAME WAY ON THE WEST END OF THE BEACH WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT WAS THE EXACT SAME THING. NO, IT'S DIFFERENT, BUT. YEAH. NO, IT'S DIFFERENT FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T PUT IT ON THE BUILDING. YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE IF THEY'RE GOING TO, IF THEY'RE GOING TO. IF I TAKE IT OFF, WHAT IF WE DON'T TAKE IT OFF? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? I CAN'T WORK THERE. BUT IF THE POWER'S CUT. FOR HOW LONG? WELL, YOU HAD AN IDEA OF THE TEMPORARY POWER THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT IS A THING, THEY CAN TEMPORARILY FIND FIVE BUILDINGS, A TEMPORARY ONE. THEY CAN'T. TEMPORARY FIVE.
THEY'D HAVE TO HAVE FIVE SEPARATE POLES UP THERE. OKAY. SERVICES NEED. WELL, I DON'T CARE HOW YOU I DON'T CONTEMPORARY. RIGHT. YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TEMPORARY POLES? YEAH.
I DON'T CARE HOW YOU ARRANGE THE TEMPORARY. YEAH, I KNOW, BUT I'D HAVE TO PUT FIVE POLES UP AT LEAST. YOU KNOW, ONE POLE WITH FIVE METERS OR. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? I THAT'S THE MOST LOGICAL WAY. YEAH. THAT'S THE HUMAN POWER COMPANY. I MY BACKGROUND IS ELECTRICAL. MAYBE YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO THIS METAL CONDUIT COULD JUST FALL APART, CRUMBLE BECAUSE IT'S SO OLD AND RUSTY. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO. SO SOMEONE COULD BE WITHOUT POWER FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, EVEN THOUGH YOU PLAN AHEAD AND IT COULD HAPPEN. YEAH. I WOULDN'T YOU'D HAVE TO DO IS PUT THE TEMPORARY THE POLES UP OVER THERE AND THEN YOU GOT TO RUN UNDERGROUND. NEW CONDUIT OVER THERE. CUT THAT CONDUIT OFF AT THE GROUND AND RUN IT INTO THERE EACH UNIT. AND IF THE POWER WOULD HAVE TO RUN FROM THE FARTHEST END UNIT, BACK OUT THAT BACK TO THE TEMPORARY POLE. BECAUSE IF IT GOES OVERHEAD, I CAN'T CAN'T WORK, CAN'T HANDLE THEM. I KIND OF STUCK TO THE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT DUDE IS GOING TO STICK WITH THE TOP HALF OF IT. IT'S NOT. OKAY, SO YOU WON'T LET ME TAKE HALF OF IT OFF? THERE'S A THERE'S A PROVISION FOR REPAIRS. I MEAN, WE CAN'T MAKE YOU REDO THE WHOLE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. IT'S GOT CRACKS AND ALL IN THAT. OKAY. SO IT'S ALL BEEN. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT. THAT'S NOT ME, THOUGH. I UNDERSTAND THAT. WE JUST NEED TO DO IT. THE WHOLE THING. YEAH.
WELL, THAT'S. THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS WILLING TO PAY THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE IT'S GOT TO BE DONE. YES, BUT THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO PAY THE OTHER PEOPLE'S POWER. AND THEN TWO PEOPLE LIVING THERE, AND I'M ASKING FOR FOUR WEEKS TO TAKE THE POWER OFF, PUT A TEMPORARY OVER THERE, BUT I CAN DO IT. IF WE COULD GET THE OTHER PEOPLE TO PAY FOR THEIR UNITS, TO PUT THE TEMPORARY POLES OVER, BUT MAKE THEM PERMANENT POLES. LOGICAL. BUT THAT'S A LOGICAL YES, BUT I DON'T THINK THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL THAT. OH, WELL, LET ME SO SEE IF I UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT'S GREEK TO ME, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTRICAL. BUT WHAT, WHAT I THINK I'M HEARING EVERYONE SAY IS YOU COULD DO A TEMPORARY POWER OR THAT PALM TREE IS RUN THE CONDUIT AND THEN YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK RIGHT. THEN IT WOULDN'T BE TEMPORARY POWER, IT WOULD BE REGULAR POWER. IT WOULD BE REGULAR POWER. YES.
OKAY. BECAUSE IT WOULD IT WOULD ALL GO UNDERGROUND. UNDERGROUND. AND IT WOULD FEED ALL THE UNITS.
RIGHT. EACH ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN POWER. OKAY. AND THEN YOU COULD DO THE WORK. YES.
OKAY. SO IT CAN BE DONE. YOU'RE. YOU'RE JUST ARGUING WHO SHOULD PAY. WE'RE NOT HERE TO DECIDE
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WHO SHOULD PAY. OKAY, SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE A. WELL, LET ME FINISH, PLEASE. I WOULD IMAGINE, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GETTING IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF THING, THAT WOULD BE A SMALL CLAIMS OR SYBIL THAT HE COULD TAKE THEM TO CIVIL COURT TO GET THEM TO PAY IT IF THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO PAY IT. WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAS OR HASN'T GONE ON WITH INSURANCE VERSUS THESE HOMEOWNERS OR ANYTHING, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR INSURANCE IS NOT WILLING TO COVER THE COST OF IT, CONSIDERING THAT IT'S REQUIRED BY THE CODE TO MOVE THINGS. AND THEY ARE IN ATTACHED BUILDINGS.SO THEIR INSURANCE SHOULD BE COVERING THAT. CRAIG. BUT WHAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR IS JUST JUST BOBBY SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. I HAVE NO AUTHORITY. SO OF COURSE THEY'RE THEY'RE SAYING THEY DON'T CARE. I'M NOT I'M NOT DEALING WITH IT. AND I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU MADE A POINT. IS THERE AN HOA? NO, THERE IS NOT. BUT YOU MADE A POINT ABOUT WHEN YOU START PULLING ALL THOSE CABLES, WE CAN DO SOME DAMAGE TO THE AND NOT BE ABLE TO GET THEM UNDER BACK UNDER THERE AT ALL. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO WHEN YOU PULL ALL THOSE CABLES OUT. YOU COULD DESTROY SOMETHING UNDERNEATH THE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PULL THOSE CABLES OUT. YOU'LL USE THEM. YOU'LL HAVE A TROUGH UNDERNEATH HERE. OKAY. AND THOSE WIRES THAT ARE IN THERE ARE GOING TO STAY THERE. THEY'RE PLENTY LONG. THEY GO ALL THE WAY UP TO HERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO PULL THEM BACK AND PUT THEM OVER HERE. MR. MORRIS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MAYBE PUTTING NEW CABLES UNDER. EVERYBODY'S WELL FROM DOWN HERE OVER TO THERE. THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE. I WAS JUST MISUNDERSTOOD. WHAT? WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. THE ONLY THING WE'D HAVE TO DO IS RIGHT THEN THAT TROUGH WE ONE DAY, WE COULD TAKE IT DOWN, GET ENOUGH POWER TO CUT IT LOOSE, HAVE JACK ALREADY ALL INSPECTED AND RUN IT BACK OVER THERE TO IT. AND THEY DROP THE POWER ONE DAY AND COME BACK AND PUT IT BACK OVER THERE ONCE WE GOT AN INSPECTION. SO I GUESS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A DIRECTION TO KIND OF HOLD OVER THE OTHER HOLD, NOT HOLD OVER THEIR HEAD. THAT'S THE WRONG MORE OF A DIRECTION FOR THEM TO GIVE TO THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY BECAUSE IT'S ONLY ME SAYING IT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO ME. SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS SOMETHING THAT SAYS, HEY, WE GOT TO DO THIS. VIOLATIONS THAT ARE EXISTING, THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CORRECT IT. AND THIS IS THAT WAY THE INSURANCE COMPANY ISN'T JUST RELYING ON. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. I MEAN, TELLING YOU, MAN. TONY, I REDID HIS HOUSE AFTER THE STORM. HE HAD A BLACKBOARD ON HIS WALLS, AND HE HAD TO TAKE THE STUCCO OFF HIS HOUSE WHEN THE INSURANCE WOULDN'T PAY US UNTIL WE PROVED IT WAS THAT BOARD WAS THERE. AND THEN WE HAD TO FIGHT IT IN, DIDN'T WE, TONY? SO IT TOOK US A WHILE, BUT WE GOT IT DONE AND WE DIDN'T TAKE THE POWER OFF HIS HOUSE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM I JUST THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO TELL ME THAT I CAN DO THAT. AND IT'S IF I TAKE IT OFF THAT BUILDING THERE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET ME PUT IT BACK. WE WILL PUT GIVE YOU A LETTER SAYING THAT, FIX THIS PROBLEM. WE COULD DO THAT. WE CAN PUT A LETTER SAYING, OKAY, THAT'S CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL AND MADE THAT SERVICE. THEN THE NEW CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR A DISCONNECTS THAT WE CAN WE CAN GIVE YOU A LETTER. I THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO PROCEED IF WE COULD. AND THEN THAT WAY THEY COULD GO TO THE BUILDING, I MEAN TO THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY AND SAY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. MOVE IT ALL OUT HERE. AND THEN THAT THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY SHOULD DO IT AND THEN SUE THE OTHER ONES IS WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS. NOW, I, I'VE DONE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THESE. MY BACK TO THE QUESTION WITH THE IF YOU DO THE TROUGH AND THAT YOU DO IT THAT WAY, THEN POWER ONLY HAS TO BE CUT FOR A COUPLE HOURS, TWO DAYS, PROBABLY TWO DAYS. THE REASON WHY I GOT TO DO IT OVER HERE, MAYBE. MAYBE I GOT TO GET AN INSPECTIONS IN BETWEEN THOSE. AND THEN I GOT TO GET THE POWER COMPANY BACK OUT THERE. SO IT REALLY IS. YOU KNOW, IF WE DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN ADVANCE AND LET THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT KNOW THAT THIS IS WHEN WE NEED THE INSPECTION AND LET GULF POWER OR FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT KNOW, SHUT IT OFF IN THE MORNING AND TURN IT BACK ON IN THE NIGHT. MAYBE WE CAN LIMIT THE AMOUNT. YEAH, THAT'S ONE DAY. BUT SEE IF IT GOES INTO THE NEXT MORNING. THAT'S TWO DAYS. IT'S GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TO DO SOME PLANNING. WELL, IF YOU COULD PULL ALL THAT, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK THAT EASY. YEAH. THE MORE YOU CAN DO IN ADVANCE. YES.
GREAT. BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE WHAT IF FACTOR THAT GOES INTO IT. IF WE PULL THAT WIRE OUT AND IT BROKE OR SOMETHING ELSE OUT OF THERE AND WE GOT IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT GAME AND WE COULD
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MAYBE PUT FOUR UP INSTEAD OF FIVE. SO I DON'T KNOW. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 1979, SO. I DID. MY NAME IS PAM BOYD, AND SO I'M THE ONE I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE INSURANCE. THING, ALL OF THIS GOD BLESS JANUARY. TOMORROW WILL BE A YEAR. SO LONG STORY SHORT, AND I HAVE ALL THE EMAILS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ME AND THE DESK GESTURE AND THE REAL GESTURE SAYING THEY'RE ONLY PAYING FOR OURS. SO IF THAT BE THE CASE THAT THEY'RE ONLY PAYING FOR OURS, HE'S SAYING THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS SAYING THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL UNIT, THEIR INSURANCE SHOULD PAY FOR THEIRS.IS THERE ANY WAY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE DECIDE THIS IS WHAT'S GOT TO BE DONE AND WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, THIS IS HOW WE HAVE TO PROCEED, THAT THESE THERE'S SOMETHING I CAN GIVE THESE OR WE CAN MAIL TO THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE UNITS SO THEY LIKE HE KIND OF SAID. SO THEY'RE NOT JUST BECAUSE I KNOW AFTER LIKE I SAID, AFTER DEALING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY, WHICH THEY PUSHED US TO WHERE THEY WANT US. SO I'M JUST TIRED AND I'LL FIX IT AND WE'LL MOVE ON. AND THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S AN ADDITIONAL $20,000 TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND $20,000 ON EVERYBODY ELSE'S ELECTRICITY WHEN IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT THEIR POWER WAS ON MY WALL. SO IF THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FIX IT AND WE DROP POWER OR AND WE JUST SAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE WITH, YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO HAVE POWER, HOW DOES THAT APPLY TO THEM? I THINK THAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS AT LEAST FIRST GET SOMETHING FROM THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY, TO TAKE CARE OF YOURS.
THEN HOPEFULLY THAT SAME INFORMATION GOES TO THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS. AND FINGERS CROSSED, THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY DOES THE RIGHT THING UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT THEY DO OR DON'T SAY.
WE'RE ALL STUCK IN A WHAT IF SITUATION. SO I WOULD THINK HISTORICALLY THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN COVERING WHAT NEEDS TO GO ON ON THIS OTHER PROPERTIES. BUT UNTIL THEY SAY YES OR NO, WE'RE ALL KIND OF SUCK OUR FINGERS IN HER EAR, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT HOPEFULLY THAT LETTER CAN COVER GIVING IT TO THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS, AND MAYBE THEY CAN GET THEIR INSURANCE TO COVER THAT END OF THINGS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, SOMETHING FOR THEM TO HAVE TO PRESENT TO THEIRS. BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT SHOULD COVER IT BASED ON WHAT I'M BEING TOLD.
BUT NOW WHAT I'M BEING TOLD, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER IT'S THE TRUTH OR NOT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, SO CAN WE AT LEAST CLEAN UP THE. I HAVE TO SAY, I CAN PROBABLY GET A PERMIT TO GO OUT THERE AND DO DEBRIS CLEANING. PROBABLY GET THAT, BUT YEAH, THE DEBRIS CLEANUP OR ALL THAT STUCCO IS LAYING IN BETWEEN. OH WELL YEAH. YEAH. LIKE THE BACK DECK STILL HANGING WELL AND YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, THE ONLY PERMIT TO CLEAN THE DUMPSTER OUT THERE. BUT AS SOON AS I PUT A DUMPSTER OUT THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO CATCH ME AGAIN. BUT NO PERMIT. SO. WELL, HERE'S AN AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING YOU ABOUT THIS BACK PART, BECAUSE, YES, THAT'S MORE UNSAFE. THAT IS, IS A BACK DECK. AND THERE WAS A GRILL THERE AND IT TOOK THAT. SO THERE WAS A WALL THAT LIKE A, NOT A WALL WALL, BUT IT WAS LIKE A LOUVERED. LOUVERED LOUVERED WALL THERE. IT TOOK IT OUT. IT TOOK THE GRILL IS HANGING THERE. THE IT'S ALL ON THE GROUND THERE STILL. SO EVERYTHING LOOKS JUST LIKE IT DID. AND WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT FOR A YEAR NOW. YEAH. BECAUSE AT LEAST WE COULD GO OUT ON OUR DATE SAFELY. AND, YOU KNOW, LET MY DOG OUT IN THE BACKYARD. AND RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE THIS IS A BLIGHTED BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET ANY INDICATION OF WHAT WE WERE SEEING THERE. SO THAT WOULD TO ME, IT IT IS UNFIT UNSAFE AT THAT POINT. AND THAT WOULD BE MY BIGGER CONCERN IS GETTING THAT FIXED. AND THAT'S WHY I'LL PUT A TEMPORARY HANDRAIL UP THERE. WELL, AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU IF YOU COULD FIX THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE POWER STUFF THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE TO WHERE THAT STUCCO ENDS AND IT TURNS ONTO THE BACK. THEY'RE STUCK ON THE BACK AS WELL. AND IT DID RIP OFF. YEAH. WHERE THAT WALL GOT RIPPED. IT RIPPED THE STUCCO THERE AS WELL. YEAH. OH. SO BEHIND THIS FENCE IS WHERE ALL THE STUCCO IS THAT STUCCO. EVERYTHING IS LAYING DOWN. OKAY. BEHIND THAT, DOWN THAT WHOLE SIDE. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO DO THAT FIRST, BECAUSE IF I PUT A DUMPSTER ON THESE OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, WHICH SHE CAN GET ME PERMISSION TO DO, THAT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER THAN THEY DO IT RIGHT THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO GET A DEMO PERMIT, AND I COULD DO THAT FROM RIGHT THERE. SO THE
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CODE ENFORCEMENT DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT SORT OF GETTING CLEANED UP, OBVIOUSLY.NO, I MEAN WE COULDN'T SEE THAT FROM THE ROADWAY, SO WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE. BUT NO WE DON'T. YEAH. THAT WAY IT AT LEAST GETS SOME OF IT STARTED FOR YOU. AT LEAST GET IT. YEAH.
WE'RE CLEANED UP. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW FROM YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON? RIGHT. CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS, MISS BOYD? MISS BOYD. DO YOU THINK. CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOUR ORDER? OUR MAILING ADDRESS IS 107 DEL MAR DEL MAR DRIVE. AND THAT'S IN HEADLAND 36345. ALL RIGHT, CODE ENFORCEMENT, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? YES. IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINE THAT THE ADDRESS. 4823 HISPANOLA STREET, UNIT C, PANAMA CITY BEACH 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. THE VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO EXISTS IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE. THE MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME OF 30 DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY ADDRESSING THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE, AS FOLLOWS. SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIMEFRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE STRUCTURE. THE ACTION PLAN MUST BE APPROVED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT PRIOR TO MAKING ANY REPAIRS OR APPLYING FOR PERMITS, AND YOU MUST APPLY FOR ALL REQUIRED PERMITS FOR THE BUILDING. DEPARTMENT. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE BAY COUNTY BUILDER SERVICES DIVISION STAFF OR DESIGNEE. REPAIRS MUST BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND STRUCTURAL REPORTS. 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, THIS SHALL BE CONSIDERED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. BUT IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS FOR THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25, CONTINUING UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION TO SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION TO VERIFY THAT ALL PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND ALL REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN ORDER FOR THE FINES TO CEASE, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED. IF THE RESPONDENT OBTAINS A BUILDING PERMITS WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET ABOVE, AND THEN ALLOWS THE PERMITS TO EXPIRE, OR TO BE CANCELED OR REVOKED BY THE ISSUING AUTHORITY, OR BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON COLLECTIVELY A DEFAULT IN SUCH CASE, THE COUNTY SHALL COMMENCE WITH THE $200 INITIAL FINE AND THE $25 DAILY FINE AS SET FORTH ABOVE, AND SUCH FINES SHALL BECOME BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA. NOT AT THIS TIME. WHAT I AM INCLINED TO DO IS ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION. BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. DEMO PERMIT IS ALLOWED TO BE PULLED IN THAT IMMEDIATELY AT DEMO AND DUNK OUT OF THERE SO YOU CAN. THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO PROVIDE WHATEVER NECESSARY LETTERS YOU HAVE DISCUSSED TODAY THAT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME OF 30 DAYS, TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT TO REPORT. WOULD THIS IS REQUIRING IS JUST TO TELL CODE ENFORCEMENT WHAT YOUR PLAN OF ACTION IS WITHIN THAT 30 DAY PERIOD. NOW WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO HAVE TO PULL SOME SORT OF PERMITS AND THINGS THAT NEED TO GO WITH THAT. BUT THE IDEA OF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THIS IS OUR PLAN OF ACTION. THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT NEEDS TO GO TO CODE ENFORCEMENT BEFORE THAT PERMIT GETS PULLED.
SO THAT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED WITHIN THIS 30 DAYS. AND THEN WE CAN PULL WHATEVER PERMITS WE NEED TO FROM THERE. OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR ME AT ALL. OKAY. CODE ENFORCEMENT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. SO YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY OBTAINED THAT DEMOLITION PERMIT THAT WOULD IF THEY DO THAT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, THAT ACTUALLY WOULD PUT THEM IN COMPLIANCE TEMPORARILY WITH THIS ORDER. SO IT WOULD IN EFFECT, GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL TIME BECAUSE THAT DEMOLITION
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PERMIT IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR SIX MONTHS. SO. IS THAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? OKAY, OKAY. AND WE DO HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH THAT WE CAN FILL YOU IN AT THAT TIME.FILL ME IN AND LET ME KNOW WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON SO WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON THAT. THOUGHT WILL BE YOUR CONTACT OKAY. AND HE'S HE KNOWS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THAT LETTER.
CORRECT. NO, NO, I'LL FIGURE IT OUT. NO, BUT HE'LL GET IT. YEAH. HE'S GOT TO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN. GIVE ME AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON OKAY. THAT WILL BRING OUR MEETING FOR TODAY ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20242981. PROPERTY ADDRESS 4823 HISPANOLA STREET TO A CLOSE. AND WE HAVE ITEM E THAT IS HERE NOW AS WELL. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON. THE AGENDA TO LETTER E IS CODE ENFORCEMENT.
CASE 20241106. PROPERTY ADDRESSES 404 BAYSHORE DRIVE. A LITTLE SLOW TODAY, OKAY, I'M LOSING MY VOICE. WE'RE HEADING ON FIVE. WE STARTED. ON APRIL 3RD, 2024. WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT ON THIS PROPERTY. FINGERS WORKING THIS FIRST SLIDE. SLIDE NUMBER TWO ACTUALLY IS JUST AN AERIAL FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. PROPERTY IS RIGHT HERE OUTLINED IN BLUE. IT'S AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF PANAMA CITY BEACH. THIS IS THE HATHAWAY BRIDGE HERE. IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE WOODLAWN COMMUNITY. ANOTHER AERIAL VIEW FOR AGAIN, LOCATION PURPOSES AND FLOOD ZONE PURPOSES. THESE OUTLINES ARE NOT ACCURATE AS FAR AS THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT IT IS NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE. AGAIN, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT FOR A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE AND ON APRIL 8TH, 2024, INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON INITIATED THIS CASE AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I HAVE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND AFFIDAVITS FOR THIS CASE. WE DID RECEIVE A, EXCUSE ME, A COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS PROPERTY. ON APRIL 8TH. I DID A INSPECTION. I'M SORRY. SLIDE FIVE. THIS WAS MY FIRST INSPECTION. YOU CAN SEE THE EXCESSIVE OVERGROWTH, THE COMPLAINTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE FRONT. THEY ALSO WERE COMPLAINING A LOT ABOUT THE OVERGROWTH IN THE BACK, THAT IT WAS PRACTICALLY PENETRATING EVERYBODY'S FENCES AND PUSHING IT SIDEWAYS. I DID NOTICE THERE WAS TARPING THAT WAS ON THE ROOF. THAT PHOTO SIX JUST AS ANOTHER SIDE VIEW OF THE HOUSE OR THE DRIVEWAY. I WAS INITIALLY IN. THE COMPLAINT TOLD THAT THE HOUSE WAS VACANT. WHEN I SAW THE GARBAGE CAN AND A CAR, I WENT UP AND TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ANYONE THAT WAS IN THE HOME. AT THAT POINT, I DID MAKE CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS WHO LIVES HERE, MISS SUZANNE LARK.
SHE WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SPEAK WITH. SHE APPEARS TO HAVE SOME MEDICAL ISSUES GOING ON.
THERE WERE SOME COMMUNICATIONS WITH HER THAT THAT I THINK SHE BELIEVES THAT SHE WAS IN SOME SORT OF PROGRAM DURING THE HURRICANE THAT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE ROOF, AND SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT ASSISTANCE. I COULDN'T FIND ANY RECORDS OF HER HAVING ANYTHING THROUGH BAY COUNTY. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS THROUGH PANAMA CITY, BUT I DID EXPLAIN WHY I WAS THERE, AND SHE SHE WAS SAID SHE WOULD TRY TO WORK ON THE OVERGROWTH AND TO FIX THE ROOF. I DID MAIL OUT INFORMAL LETTER THAT DAY THAT DID DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS, SO SHE WOULD HAVE A COPY OF IT.
YOU KNOW, WHERE SHE COULD EXPLAIN WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. APRIL THE 15TH, I DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM MISS SUZANNE LARK. WHERE I THOUGHT THAT IT SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS ASKING A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FOR WHAT WAS GOING ON AT HER HOUSE. SO I DID MAIL HER EVERYTHING THAT I'D
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DONE UP TO DATE, AND TO INCLUDE PICTURES AND LETTERS AND COPIES OF THE CITY VIEW SCREENS, AND THEN GAVE HER, ADVISED HER THE ACCESS FOR ANY PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS THAT THAT SHE WOULD MIGHT NEED. APRIL 28TH. WE DID RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT FROM THE COMPLAINANT WANTING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. APRIL 23RD I DID RECEIVE ANOTHER LETTER FROM MISS LARK, AND THAT LETTER WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, BUT IT SEEMED TO ME SHE WAS ASKING FOR SOME SORT OF PUBLIC AID, WHICH AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROGRAMS AVAILABLE.APRIL 23RD, I DID RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM MISS ASHLEY WHITFIELD, WHO WAS ONE OF THE CO-OWNERS. MAIDEN NAME IS LARK. SHE ADVISED THAT HER AND HER MOTHER AND BROTHER ARE QUARTER OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY. SHE DID SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY THE MOTHER HAS SOME PROBLEMS AND SHE'S KIND OF INCAPABLE OF FIXING THESE ITEMS. AND SHE WOULD TRY AT THIS POINT TO, TO GET CONTRACTORS OUT THERE FOR ESTIMATES AND TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THE OVERGROWTH CONTRACTORS TO DO THAT. I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THE CONTRACTORS SHOW UP, THE MOTHER HAS THEM LEAVE. SO I CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT. MAY 13TH OBVIOUSLY DID A RE-INSPECTION AND THE PROPERTY WAS STILL IN VIOLATION. SLIDE EIGHT. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE CLOSE UP ZOOMED IN ON THE CHIMNEY AREA WHERE MOST OF THE TARPING YOU DO SEE, IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW IN THE PICTURES, BUT THERE'S REMNANTS OF TARPING ALL OVER THIS ROOF. AND THE DAUGHTER AND MISS LARK AT THE RESIDENCE DID SAY THE ROOF WAS DAMAGED FROM MULTIPLE STRIKES DURING THE HURRICANE. MICHAEL. THE COMPLAINANT DID CALL AGAIN, WANTING TO FILE AN ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT THAT THE OVERGROWTH HAD GOTTEN WORSE.
LET'S SEE. JUNE 17TH, I WENT OUT WITH THE INSPECTOR THORPE TO TRY TO FOR HIM TO DO AN INSPECTION ON THE ROOF, BUT DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE OVERGROWTH, HE WAS UNABLE TO ACCESS THE ROOF FROM THE FRONT OR YOU REALLY COULDN'T GET INTO THE BACK FROM THE DUE TO THE OVERGROWTH. I DON'T THINK THE SLIDES REALLY OBVIOUSLY I NEVER WENT TO THE BACK, SO THE SLIDES DON'T SHOW IT. BUT HE DID DETERMINE OBVIOUSLY FROM THE, THE, THE TARPING THAT THE HOUSE WAS BLIGHTED. 23RD, JUNE 20TH 3RD OR JULY 23RD, WENT OUT AND DID ANOTHER INSPECTION. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY. I AT THAT POINT SENT OUT MY NOTICES CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE ADDRESS TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED ON CLAIM, BUT THE REGULAR MAIL DIDN'T. AUGUST 1ST RECEIVED ANOTHER COMPLAINT. AUGUST THE 26TH CONDUCTED A RE INSPECTION.
THERE WAS NO CHANGES IN THE PROPERTY. SEPTEMBER THE 30TH CONDUCTED ANOTHER RE INSPECTION.
SHOULD SAY THAT ON THE 23RD I DID RECEIVE ANOTHER CALL FROM THE COMPLAINANT. WANTED AN UPDATE ON THE PROPERTY ADVISING THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, GETTING WORSE AND DAMAGING HIS PROPERTY.
THE 30TH OR EXCUSE ME, OCTOBER 22ND OBVIOUSLY RECEIVED ANOTHER COMPLAINT FROM THE COMPLAINANT STATING THAT NOW THERE'S COYOTES RUNNING FROM THE BACKYARD AND HE FEELS LIKE THEY MUST HAVE A DEN IN THE BACK OF THIS PROPERTY. I WAS AT THAT POINT. THEN I SCHEDULED THIS FOR A HEARING AND SENT OUT THE NOTICES FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. I DID GET ALTERNATE ADDRESSES FOR MISS WHITFIELD AND FOR HER BROTHER GEORGE JUNIOR LARK, AND SENT NOTICES TO THOSE ADDRESSES.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NOTHING HAS COME BACK FROM THE POSTAL SERVICE TO INDICATE THEY WERE DELIVERED OR NOT. THE 12TH TAXES PROPERTY APPRAISER HAS NOT SHOWN ANY CHANGE IN THE PROPERTY.
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DECEMBER 16TH I DID RE INSPECT THE PROPERTY AGAIN. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES. THE 19TH I POSTED THE PROPERTY ON DECEMBER THE 23RD. I DID RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM MISS WHITFIELD, AND SHE SPOKE TO STAFF AND WOULD EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROCESS GOING ON. SHE SAID SHE WAS AGAIN IN THE PROCESS OF DUE TO ISSUES. OUT OF HER CONTROL, HAD PUT HER BEHIND ON TRYING TO HIRE SOMEONE TO FIX THE ROOF, BUT SHE HAD HIRED A CONTRACTOR WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMING OVER TO START. BUT OBVIOUSLY SHE HAD CONCERNS THAT THE MOTHER WOULD HAVE THEM LEAVE. JANUARY 6TH, WENT BACK AND CONDUCTED A RE INSPECTION. SLIDE 32. THE CONTRACTOR HAD BEEN THERE AND STARTED DOING SOME CLEARING THE OVERGROWTH. YOU CAN SEE THE DUMPSTER ON MY WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING. I DID NOT TAKE A PHOTO, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENT. OBVIOUSLY NOTHING TO THE BLIGHTED CONDITION BUT SOME IMPROVEMENT TO THE OVERGROWTH. AND THIS MORNING THERE WAS A LOT MORE IMPROVEMENT TO THE FRONT, BUT I DO NOT HAVE A PHOTO OF THAT. BUT MISS WHITFIELD IS HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU THIS WHITFIELD. COME ON UP. WE'RE GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN WHEN YOU GET UP HERE. BUILD THIS RACE. RIGHT. HANDS IN THE AIR FOR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH. AND I'M SORRY, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAD JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEING RECORDED AND. I SAID, JUST KEEP. YOU'RE SCARY. IT'S ASHLEY WHITFIELD AND I LIVE AT 96 SHOAL CREEK, TALLAHASSEE, OKAY. THERE'S SO MUCH I CAN'T FIX ALL OF THIS. BUT WHAT I CAN WORK TO FIX. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS COMPLICATED. I KNOW IT IS. SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS MY MOM'S PROPERTY TO GO WAY BACK WHEN MY MOM AND DAD DIVORCED 30 SOMETHING YEARS AGO. I THINK HE HAD HALF THE HOUSE. SHE HAD THE OTHER HALF 50 OVER 50. AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY 25 YEARS AGO WHEN I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE. GOD, THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. HE SIGNED HIS 50%, HALF TO ME AND HALF TO MY BROTHER. I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WAS HE THOUGHT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL DOWN THE ROAD. BUT THE POINT IS, WAY BACK WHEN THEY DIVORCED, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SELL. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO SELL THE HOUSE. HE HAD MOVED OUT. HE WAS GETTING HALF. SHE WAS GETTING THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROCEEDS. SHE NEVER COULD SELL IT. SHE WOULDN'T SELL IT. SO I THINK HE DID THAT IN AN ATTEMPT TO KIND OF HELP. HELP US HELP HER, IF YOU WILL. AND I THINK THAT I TOOK OVER MY BROTHER REALLY NEVER HELPED WITH HER TAXES AND HER INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING. ALLSTATE, 6 OR 7 YEARS LATER, DROPPED US BECAUSE OF WHEREVER HER HOUSE WAS LOCATED, TOO CLOSE TO THE WATER, AND THEN IT WOULD JUST GOT TOO HIGH TO INSURE. SO WE LOST THE INSURANCE ON IT. BUT I CONTINUED TO PAY THE TAXES AND WHATNOT FOR HER. SHE'S A VERY COMPLICATED PERSON, VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH. I HAVE TRIED FOR 20 YEARS TO GET HER TO SELL THE HOUSE AND GET HER SOMEWHERE. THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER FOR HER TO MANAGE AND FOR US TO HELP HER MANAGE TRUTHFULLY. BUT SHE HAS REFUSED. I THINK MY WHOLE FAMILY HAS KIND OF CHIPPED IN AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THAT REEF WAS ACTUALLY REPLACED RIGHT BEFORE MICHAEL, NOT LONG BEFORE MICHAEL FOR $20,000, BUT 5 OR 6 TREES HIT THE ROOF DURING MICHAEL. IT COST A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THOSE TREES OFF OF THE ROOF, OBVIOUSLY. AND THEN WE ENCOURAGED HER SINCE THEN AGAIN TO LET'S GET YOU OUT OF THIS HOUSE. LET'S TRY TO SELL IT. I THINK EVERYONE HAS SORT OF BAND AIDED IT, IF YOU WILL, TO TRY TO KEEP HER HAPPY. SHE IS ABLE TO CARE FOR HERSELF, ODDLY ENOUGH.OBVIOUSLY IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT, BUT SHE LIVES INDEPENDENTLY AND IS HAPPIER THAT WAY. I THINK WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW, AND WHAT I EXPLAINED TO ROBERT, WAS THAT WHEN WE GOT THE FIRST LETTER, I HAD ACTUALLY BEEN SITTING IN HER LIVING IN HER KITCHEN WITH HER AGAIN AT SOME POINT AT THE END OF APRIL, TRYING TO ENCOURAGE HER ONCE AGAIN, LET'S SELL THIS. LET'S GET YOU OUT OF HERE. LET'S GET YOU SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN ALL HELP YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND THEN SHE HANDED ME THE LETTER THAT SHE HAD GOTTEN. SO I CALLED ROBERT THAT DAY ON MY WAY BACK TO TALLAHASSEE AND KIND OF TOLD HIM THE SITUATION, AS I SHARED WITH ROBERT. AND THIS IS TOTAL SIDE NOTE, BUT WE HAD GOTTEN FIVE DIFFERENT ROOFING COMPANIES OUT TO GIVE US QUOTES.
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IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT $25,000 TO REPLACE THE ROOF, WHICH IS FINE, BUT I SORT OF DRAG MY FEET AFTER THAT BECAUSE I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT ENDED UP IN A HOSPITAL IN TEXAS AT THE END OF JULY, SO ALL OF MY ATTENTION HAS BEEN SHIFTED. MY DAD ENDED UP GETTING CANCER. I FLEW TO SOUTH FLORIDA TO BE WITH HIM. HE PASSED AWAY RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE THAT HAVE TAKEN MY ATTENTION OFF OF THIS. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I GOT THE LETTER FROM ROBERT. I THINK AT SOME POINT AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER AND CONTACTED THE OFFICE AGAIN. I DID GET SOMEONE OUT THERE TO START WORKING ON THE FRONT YARD. I'VE CONTACTED TWO ATTORNEYS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I CAN DO TO FORCE HER TO SELL THE HOUSE. AT THIS POINT, I ONLY HAVE 25% OWNERSHIP IN IT, SO IT'S NOTHING THAT I CAN DO ON MY OWN. BUT IN ORDER TO FORCE HER FROM MY WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, IT WOULD REQUIRE HER TO BE CONSIDERED INEPT TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF, BASICALLY. WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE THERE YET.SO IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED THING. I DID GET HAMMERED DOWN ROOFING TO COME BACK THIS WEEK, DO ANOTHER EVALUATION ON THE ROOF, BECAUSE IT KIND OF HAD TIMED OUT OF THE 90 DAYS. AND I THINK WE WILL PROCEED IF I CAN'T FORCE HER TO SELL AT THIS POINT OR TALK HER INTO SELLING, I'M NOT READY TO GO. SORRY. THE ATTORNEY ROUTE AT THIS POINT. I'M NOT READY TO DO THAT TO HER YET. BUT IF WE HAVE TO DO THE ROOF, WE WILL. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE FRONT YARD GOING AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET STARTED IN THE BACK YARD IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T IT'S A COMPLICATED SITUATION. I APPRECIATE YOU JUST LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. YES. AND I FEEL HORRIBLE FOR THE NEIGHBORS. I MEAN, I LIKE I SAID, I HAVE TRIED FOR A LONG TIME TO GET HER TO DO WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT, BUT IT'S BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO NAVIGATE. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEFORE I GET A SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS NOT REALLY EVER BEEN ABLE TO HOLD DOWN A JOB, SO HER FINANCES ARE EXTREMELY TIGHT. THE HOUSE REALLY IS ALL SHE HAS. SO IF WE WERE TO SELL THAT PROPERTY, THEN OBVIOUSLY MY PART OF MY BROTHER'S PART WOULD GO TO JUST PUTTING HER SOMEWHERE TO TRY TO HELP HER BE INDEPENDENT FOR A WHILE. YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY SHE'S JUST NOT ABLE TO DO IT. ANYTHING THAT GETS DONE FOR HER OVER AND BEYOND, WHAT SHE'S ABLE TO DO FOR HERSELF WITH GROCERIES AND WHATNOT IS, YOU KNOW, FAMILY PITCHING IN. SO IT'S YEAH, THAT'S IT. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE. I THINK IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A HARD TIME. S. YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. CODE ENFORCEMENT, DO YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS. YES, IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINE THAT THE ADDRESS, 404 BAYSHORE DRIVE, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA, IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 17 AND BAY COUNTY CODE. THE PROPER NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT THAT A VIOLATION. BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO EXISTS IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE AND OVERGROWTH, BUT THE MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME OF 30 DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS. REMOVE ANY AND ALL EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF OVERGROWTH TO INCLUDE ANY GRASS, INVASIVE PLANTS, WEEDS, VEGETATION OR OTHER PLANT WHICH IS UNINTENDED TO EXCEED ONE FOOT IN HEIGHT. ADDRESS THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE AS FOLLOWS. REMOVE ALL TARPING ON THE ROOF. SUBMIT A DETAILED OR SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN AND SCOPE OF WORK, INCLUDING TIME FRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE DAMAGED ROOF AND ANY WOOD ROT TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. THE DETAILED ACTION PLAN AND SCOPE OF WORK MUST BE APPROVED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT PRIOR TO MAKING ANY REPAIRS AND APPLYING FOR PERMITS. ALL PERMITS MUST BE ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. DETAILED ACTION PLAN AND SCOPE OF WORK FROM A LICENSED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER MAY BE REQUIRED BEFORE PERMITS MAY BE OBTAINED. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE BUILDING DIVISION, OR DOES. ANY REPAIRS MUST BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETE 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, THE SHALL CONSTITUTE A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND FORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. BUT IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS FOR THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE, THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 IN DAILY FINE OF $25, CONTINUING UNTIL
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THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT TO SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION TO VERIFY THAT ALL PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND ALL REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. IN ORDER FOR THE FINES TO CEASE, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED. IF THE RESPONDENT OBTAINS A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET ABOVE, AND THEN ALLOWS THE PERMIT TO EXPIRE TO BE CANCELED OR REVOKED BY THE ISSUING AUTHORITY, OR BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON. IN SUCH CASE, THE COUNTY SHALL COMMENCE THE $200 INITIAL FINE AND THE $25 A DAY DAILY FINE AS SET FORTH ABOVE. SUCH FINE SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT THE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET ABOVE, THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZES COUNTY STAFF TO ABATE THE REMAINING CODE VIOLATION BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF OVERGROWTH, AND ASSIST THE RESPONDENT WITH ALL REASONABLE COST OF REMOVING THE REMOVING THE VIOLATION. ENFORCEMENT, AND THAT CONCLUDES. AND THEN ALSO, JUST FOR THE RECORD AS WELL, THERE IS A COMPLIANCE HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THIS PROPERTY ON FEBRUARY 12TH AT 1 P.M. AT 1 P.M. SO WE JUST GAVE YOU A I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, SO IF I HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. BASICALLY, WE HAVE 30 DAYS TO GET IS IT COMPLETED OR JUST STARTED WITH THE PERMIT? GOTCHA. AND THEN BECAUSE I'M NEW TO THIS, I THINK I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE ONE COMPANY I SPOKE WITH YESTERDAY FOR THE ROOF. BUT DID THEY DO THE PERMIT STUFF? OKAY. BECAUSE YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT. OKAY, OKAY. THE ACTUAL CONTRACTOR WILL GET THE TERM ITSELF, BUT IT ALWAYS HELPS. AND I SAID IT ALL THE TIME. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE HAD REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATION. YES, SIR. OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE JUST FROM THE PICTURES I'VE SEEN. AND MR. CLARKSON SAID HE DIDN'T TAKE PHOTOS THIS MORNING, BUT EVEN THE ONES ON JANUARY 6TH, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT, OH, 100%. YEAH. AND SHE DIDN'T RUN THEM OFF, WHICH IS GREAT. IT WAS SOMEBODY I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH. SO SHE APPROVED. YEAH. I'M GOING TO TAKE YES I UNDERSTAND.YES. IT WAS. YES. YOU'RE DEALING WITH. YES. BUT THAT WAY IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE CONTRACTOR USUALLY PULLS UP. BUT YOU KNOW I WOULD SAY STAY IN TOUCH AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT CONTRACTOR IS BEING USED FOR THAT PLAN OF ACTION OF WHEN THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO START, WHEN THE PERMITS AND ALL THAT STUFF CAN BE PROVIDED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
POLITICAL COMMENTS. OKAY, OKAY. I KNOW YOUR HANDS ARE TIED WITH A LOT OF STUFF THAT GOES ON AT THAT HOUSE AND THAT PROPERTY. SO PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT IF YOU'RE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH ACTORS BEING RUN OFF OR CONTRACTORS BEING HIRED AND THEY'VE BEEN WITH PROPERTY MULTIPLE TIMES, AND MAYBE MOM'S NOT ON BOARD WITH KEEPING THEM THERE, OKAY, LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE I DO APPRECIATE. OKAY, NOW I KNOW THE PROPERTY IS SET FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON FEBRUARY. OKAY. PLEASE LET. CALLED VIA TELEPHONE. AND THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY FROM TOWN OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEP. I MEAN, NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I JUST APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING PATIENT. I KNOW THIS IS AN EYESORE. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH IT FOR A LONG TIME, SO I'VE TRIED TO ENCOURAGE HER. SO I DON'T WANT THE NEIGHBORS. I FEEL BAD FOR THE NEIGHBORS AND EVERYTHING. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S IT. THERE'S A BIG PROGRESS STARTING, SO MAYBE THEY'LL GET A HAPPIER MOOD. YES. STEVIE, THE GUY WORKING IN THE YARD CALLED ME LAST NIGHT AND SAID, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NEIGHBORS HAVE COME BY AND SAID, THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IT'S LIKE, I BET. SO, YES, WELL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT, GUYS, DO I DO ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. I'LL SPEAK TO YOU AND MR. CLARKSON WILL TALK TO YOU ON THE WAY OUT, OKAY? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WILL ACCEPT CODE ENFORCEMENT RECOMMENDATION. AND THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20241106. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 404 BAYSHORE DRIVE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TWO PHONE CALLS. DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE ITEM A FIRST. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL
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START WITH LETTER A. IT'S A CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20 3-02599. PROPERTY ADDRESS 85613 MONTH GRADE.II. AND THEN. GO AHEAD. YES I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOU SWORN IN. OKAY. AND HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE ROUGHLY. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD AND SWEAR YOU IN.
AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH. AND THAT'S CORRECT.
AND WHAT IS A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU? FOR FIVE ZERO OAK ROAD? WELL, THE PROBLEM IS, IS MY MAILING ADDRESS IS CHANGING AND IT'S ABOUT TWO WEEKS. BUT NOW CAN YOU USE MY OFFICE ADDRESS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT CHANGING 11111111 PARK CENTER BOULEVARD, UNIT 207 MIAMI GARDENS. SL 33169. GOOD MORNING. SORRY, THIS IS TIFFANY SATO. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? I'M GREAT. I'M GOING TO BE YOUR MAGISTRATE FOR TODAY'S HEARING. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS HEAR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY, AND THEN ANYTHING YOU NEED TO ADD TO IT WE CAN DO AT THAT TIME. OKAY? OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME CLEARLY? BECAUSE I AM IN I AM I AM IN A GYM. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME CLEARLY. I CAN HEAR YOU PERFECTLY WELL. IF AT ANY TIME YOU CAN'T HEAR US, LET ME KNOW, OKAY? OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD MAN. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE STILL COMING WITH SOME. GOOD MORNING, CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. THIS FIRST. I CAN'T I CAN'T HEAR YOU CLEARLY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE. SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TALKING FROM FAR AWAY. YEAH, YOU MAY HAVE TO COME UP AND USE THIS. GIVE ME A. WHAT DID YOU SAY? I WAS JUST TELLING CODE ENFORCEMENT THEY MAY HAVE TO COME UP AND USE THIS MICROPHONE SO IT CAN BE HEARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM.
THIS FIRST SLIDE IS SLIDE TWO. IS. TAKEN FROM DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY 2024. IT'S JUST FOR LOCATION PURPOSES I DON'T. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. IT BASICALLY IS OFF OF HIGHWAY 2301. AND.
THIS IS JUST AN UP CLOSE AERIAL VIEW SHOWING US. HEAR ME. OKAY, MR. FINN? YES? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I HEAR YOU. FINE. OKAY. ON AUGUST 8TH, 2023, I OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY WHILE PATROLLING THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF BAY COUNTY KNOWN AS BAYOU GEORGE. I OBSERVED A TWO STORY FAMILY DWELLING WHICH HAD SUSTAINED ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. I FOUND THE PROPERTY TO BE IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 1702, IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE, OVERGROWTH, TRASH, AND DERELICT VEHICLES. SO THOSE ARE ATTACHED. ON AUGUST THE 9TH, I SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. BEFORE WE GO THERE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PHOTO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? YES, THAT'S I GUESS IT WOULD BE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THE SIDING IS GONE FROM THERE. AND THEN PHOTO SIX. PHOTO SIX, YOU SEE THE OVERGROWTH, THE DERELICT VEHICLE. AND YOU CAN STILL ON THIS PARKING AREA AND ON THE GARAGE ON THE FAR END. I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE MORE NORTH GROWTH. AND THERE IT WAS, THE DERELICT TRUCK THAT WAS SITTING THERE AT THE AT THE TIME, AT THE TIME THAT THOSE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN, THE PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY A MR. JOHN B TAYLOR AND NOTICES WERE SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE ADDRESS THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. NONE OF THOSE NOTICES HAD RETURNED. I, WHILE SEARCHING THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER WEBSITE ON OCTOBER THE 23RD, IT SHOWS THAT A. UNPLANNED GROUP WITH AGENT MR. BENJAMIN.
I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY THE LAST NAME. I DON'T WANT TO MESS IT UP. I HAD PURCHASED A
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PROPERTY BY. WELL, THIS IS YOUR NEXT. WE'RE ON YOUR OCTOBER 11TH. YES. OCTOBER 11TH.CONTINUED INSPECTIONS THROUGHOUT AND THE WHITE CAR IS NOT A DERELICT VEHICLE. THE GRAY ONE IS SO I GUESS. CHECKING ON IT AS WE. 19TH DUMPSTER HAD BEEN PUT UP THERE AND THE OVERGROWTH HAD BEEN CUT. HOWEVER, THE DERELICT VEHICLES. AND WAS THERE ANY REPAIRS TO THE. THERE ARE NO REPAIRS TO THE SIDING OR THE ROOFING FOR THE SECOND 2024. ANOTHER INSPECTION. SIDING MESSED UP AND SOME OF THE WINDOWS. RAJ. AND THERE'S THE OTHER. SIDING ON THAT, ALONG WITH THE ROOFING. CERTIFIED NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE RECORD. THE OWNER OF RECORD, WHICH IS MR. BENJAMIN. IT SHOWED THAT THE CERTIFIED MAIL HAD BEEN DELIVERED ON AUGUST THE 31ST OF 2024. IF. NOT A GOOD PHOTO, BUT YOU KIND OF STILL SEE THE ROOFING AND SUCH OF THAT DERELICT VEHICLE AND OVERGROWTH HAD COME BACK. RUN OVER IT WITH THE OTHER DERELICT VEHICLE. I CONTINUED TO DO THE INSPECTIONS BETWEEN OCTOBER 11TH AND THIS HEARING DATE. VIOLATION. THEY WERE POSTED DECEMBER THE 12TH. THANK YOU THAT YOU CAN SEE THOSE IN THE BACK ALONG WITH THE ROOFING. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON LATE I GOT AN EMAIL I GUESS FROM THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PEOPLE ASKING. THAT THE OVERGROWTH AND THE DERELICT VEHICLES ON. I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY WENT OVER AND SEEN THAT SO. IF I CAN GET A. ON DECEMBER THE 31ST, THE ROOFING PERMIT WAS ISSUED AND JANUARY THE 7TH OF THIS YEAR PROPERTY APPRAISER AND HAD NOT CHANGED HANDS. IN GEORGIA. IT WAS POSTED A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY THE 12TH, 2025 AT 1 P.M. TESTIMONY. AND ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TAKE A STAB AT THE LAST NAMES THAT MR. TOTH CALL OFF. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING I NEED TO KNOW FROM YOUR END AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY? IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE PHOTOS I'VE LOOKED AT THAT THE DERELICT VEHICLES, ACCORDING TO WHAT'S BEEN TOLD TO THE OFFICER, HAVE BEEN MOVED OFF THE PROPERTY AND A BUILDING PERMIT HAS BEEN PULLED TO THE ROOF. GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON NOW.
WELL, WE'RE WE'RE DILIGENTLY TRYING TO GET THE PROPER PERMITTING SO WE CAN FIX THE ROOF AND FIX THE SIDING AND GET EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, REPAIR ON THE PROPERTY, UP TO CODE. WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'VE IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE OUT OF WE DON'T LIVE IN LOCAL IN THE AREA. BUT I AM IN, YOU KNOW, AN INVESTOR AND WE DO BUY AND FIX PROPERTIES. YOU KNOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE PROPERTIES IN SEVERAL AREAS IN FLORIDA. SO IT'S PRETTY YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST WORKING DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO GET THE PROPERTY FIXED AND FIX THE FIX THE RIGHT WAY. IT'S JUST TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WE THAN EVERYONE WOULD HAVE LIKED BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NEW A NEW COUNTY FOR US. WE HAVEN'T WORKED IN THE COUNTY BEFORE, AND WE OBVIOUSLY EVERY COUNTY WORKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS. SO BUT WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO, YOU KNOW, PULL THE CORRECT PERMITS AND GET THE GET THE ROOF FIXED AND GET THE SIDING FIXED AND SECURE ALL OF THOSE VIOLATIONS THAT YOU GUYS MENTIONED, WHICH WE HAD INHERITED FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER. LUCKY YOU. WELCOME TO FAYETTE COUNTY. SO YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GOING TO GET THE PROPERTY CLEANED UP AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T IT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE AN EYESORE FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, FOR THAT STREET IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE JUST WE ASKED, YOU KNOW, I ASKED POLITELY FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS TO WORK WITH US AND, AND, AND LET US, YOU KNOW, GET THE PROPERTY UP TO CODE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S BETTER FOR EVERYONE. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT A ROOFING PERMIT HAS BEEN PULLED AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER. ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT OR IS THAT. YES, YES, WE ARE IN THE. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THAT
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DONE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE ROOF DOES NEED TO BE REPLACED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO TECHNICALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ROOFING STUFF, YOU'RE CONTROLLED UNDER THE TIMELINE OF THAT PERMIT. SO DO YOU HAVE A PLAN OF ATTACK WITH WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME OUT AND START WORKING ON THE ROOF, OR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ON THAT? DO WE START? THE QUESTION WAS, DO WE HAVE A PLAN OF ATTACK? BASICALLY, HAVE THEY TOLD YOU WHEN THEY PLAN ON STARTING THE WORK ON THE ROOF OR GETTING THAT DONE? I, I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. OKAY. BUT I NEED, YOU KNOW, I DON'T TO BE TOTALLY HONEST AND TRANSPARENT WITH YOU. MY BUSINESS PARTNER IS THE ONE THAT HANDLES THE CONSTRUCTION. GOT IT. SO HE'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN DEALING WITH THE ROOFERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I CAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU AN INCORRECT TIMELINE.I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET IT DONE. I'D LIKE TO GET IT DONE, YOU KNOW, AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT THAT SIMPLE. ALWAYS, ALWAYS. BUT I CAN, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO GET YOU, LIKE, A MORE SPECIFIC TIMELINE, I COULD POTENTIALLY SEND YOU AN EMAIL. YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, OR. I DON'T KNOW IF OR I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE OR NOT. I DON'T HAVE AN. THAT ALWAYS HELPS IF YOU'LL GET AN UPDATE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT SO THAT THEY KNOW, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE ROOF WITH THIS IDEA OF THEY'RE GOING TO START ON THIS TIMELINE, THIS IS WHO DOING THE ROOF OR WHAT OTHER ITEMS YOU'RE WORKING ON ON THE HOUSE. ARE YOU GOING TO YOU KNOW, THE SIDING IS GOING TO BE REPAIRED BY THIS COMPANY AT THIS TIMELINE. THIS IS THE PLAN OF ACTION WE HAVE. WHAT IS THE BEST EMAIL TO CONTACT YOU GUYS WITH THAT INFORMATION? BENJAMIN, THIS IS RAY SCOTT AGAIN, MISS SANTOS. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH ON EMAILS. IF YOU CAN JUST GET HER THE INFORMATION OR SHE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH MY EMAIL, OR YOU CAN GIVE HER THE INFORMATION THAT SHE CAN EMAIL IT TO ME. OKAY. SO SORRY. SO ARE YOU GOING TO PROVIDE ME WITH HER EMAIL OR MISS SANTOS? IF I'M HEARING IT CORRECTLY, MISS SANTOS HAS HIS EMAIL ADDRESS ALREADY, SO. OH. OH. WHEN YOU SAY SANTOS, YOU MEAN THE ONE THAT WORKS FOR ME? OKAY. GOT IT.
GOT IT. GOT IT. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. PERFECT. THAT'LL DO THAT. I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE A SANTOS AS WELL. NO, NO. THAT KEEPS YOU FROM HAVING TO GET OFF OF WHATEVER EQUIPMENT YOU'RE WORKING ON AT THE GYM AND NOT HAVE TO WRITE THAT DOWN, SO HOPEFULLY SHE CAN HELP WITH THAT ISSUE. YEAH. NO, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO HAVE HER I'M GOING TO HAVE HER GET WITH MY BUSINESS PARTNER AND GET GET US A TIMELINE AND WE CAN SEND THAT OVER TO YOU GUYS. SO YOU GUYS HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE TIMELINE IS LOOKING LIKE AS FAR AS THE ROOFING AND THE SIDING.
OKAY. PERFECT CODE ENFORCEMENT. DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? YES. IS OUR RECOMMENDATION? IS SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINED ADDRESS 8561 FREMONT ROAD IS LOCATED WITHIN THE. PROPER NOTICE OF HEARING WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT THAT A VIOLATION OF STATE COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO. ARE INVITED, BLIGHTED PROPERTY, DERELICT VEHICLES AND OVERGROWTH. YES, THE MAGISTRATE SAID A REASONABLE TIME OF TEN DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER AND TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS TO REMOVE ANY AND ALL TRASH AND OVERGROWTH. REGISTER, SHELTER OR REMOVE ALL BUT ONE DERELICT VEHICLE AND IMPROPERLY STORE OR REMOVE ANY UNSCREENED. PROPERTY.
30 DAYS TO ADDRESS THE BLADE STRUCTURE NOW. THERE IS A PERMIT FOR ROOFING, BUT THERE IS NOT A PERMIT FOR THE SIDING. SO HE WILL NEED TO STILL GET A PERMIT TO THE SIDING. ALL RIGHT. SO 30 DAYS TO ADDRESS THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE BY SUBMITTING A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIME FRAME FRAMES, OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE GOT, THE DAMAGED SOFFIT, MASONRY SIDING, AND ANY MISSING WINDOW FRAME MUST BE APPROVED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT PRIOR TO MAKING REPAIRS AND APPLYING FOR PERMITS OR PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE BAY COUNTY BUILDING SERVICES DIVISION STAFF OR DESIGNEE. REPAIRS MUST BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND STRUCTURAL SUPPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED AND ALL PROGRAMS MUST BE FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE. BUT AT ANY TIME, THE REQUIRED PERMITS UNDER THIS ORDER ARE. THEY SHALL CONSTITUTE A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING. IF THE
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RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS FOR REMOVING THE TRASH, OVERGROWTH AND DERELICT. BARNETT SHALL BE FINED INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY, 20 DAYS FROM WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. AND IF HE FAILS TO COMPLY, IF THEY FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS AND TIMEFRAMES FOR. A FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF 25 WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE. ALL RIGHT.OKAY. I THINK I GOT THIS. I THINK I GOT THE GENERAL GIST. I THINK SHE BASICALLY SAID THAT WE HAVE 30 DAYS TO GET THIS, TO GET THE WORK DONE, I GUESS. I, I KNOW. SO LET ME SUMMARIZE FOR YOU A LOT OF WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR. SO WITHIN TEN DAYS, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY HAS ALREADY GOTTEN THE DERELICT VEHICLES OFF OF THERE AND GOTTEN RID OF THE TRASH AND OVERGROWTH. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF THAT HAS BEEN DONE, SEND SOME PICTURES OF THAT. I WILL ALSO INSTRUCT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO GO AHEAD AND GO OUT TO THE PROPERTY TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THAT, TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S BEEN DONE WITHIN THE TEN DAYS THAT WAS PROVIDED WITH REGARD TO THE 30 DAYS. BASICALLY, THEY'RE GIVING YOU 30 DAYS TO SUBMIT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN OF ATTACK IS, WHAT PERMITS DO WE NEED TO PULL, WHAT ELSE WE'RE GOING TO DO? WE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A PERMIT FOR THE ROOFING ALREADY PULLED, SO YOU'RE OBLIGATED UNDER THAT GUIDELINE OF TIME. BUT WITH REGARD TO THE SIDING OR ANY OTHER REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE ON THE PROPERTY THAT HAS NOT BEEN PULLED. SO THE BAY COUNTY PERMITTING DEPARTMENT MAY REQUIRE SOME OTHER PERMITS. BUT WHAT THIS IS, IS THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS YOU'LL SEND AN EMAIL THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS IS OUR PLAN OF ATTACK. THESE ARE THE OTHER PERMITS WE NEED TO PULL. THIS IS THE OTHER STUFF WE NEED TO GET DONE ON THE PROPERTY. SO THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. SO BASICALLY WITHIN 30 DAYS, HAVE THE ACTION PLAN. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT A LOT SOONER THAN THAT. SO THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME OR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT WHILE I'VE GOT YOU ON THE PHONE? NO, I THINK I THINK WE'RE WE'LL BE GOOD. WE'LL COMMUNICATE AGAIN VIA EMAIL. AND THEN, IF ANYTHING, IF ANYTHING ELSE, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WE'LL EMAIL YOU GUYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR CALL YOU GUYS. PERFECT. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING AVAILABLE. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE. BYE. BYE BYE. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL I WILL ACCEPT KIND OF FORTUNE'S RECOMMENDATION ON PROPERTY. SEE? 20 02599 PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 8561 FREMONT ROAD. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. WE HAVE LETTER F ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S ANOTHER PHONE CALL. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE FOR A241820 PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2009 EL REPOSO PLACE.
CAN I PLEASE SPEAK WITH HARRY CODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT? YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SWEAR YOU IN. OKAY. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING? OH, YES, I DO. AND CAN I GO AHEAD AND GET A GOOD MAILING? ALL RIGHT, HERE'S ME. OUR MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS TIFFANY, SIR. YOUR MAGISTRATE TODAY. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'LL HEAR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE PROPERTY AND WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND WHY IT'S IN FRONT OF ME. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED TO ADD AFTER WE HEAR FROM THEM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HEAR THAT INFORMATION.
SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH EACH CASE OKAY. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. CODE ENFORCEMENT, TELL ME WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON ON THIS PROPERTY. GOOD MORNING, CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. MAYBE NOT. I'M GOING TO GET HER
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TO COME UP A LITTLE CLOSER SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS HEARD. JOE, DO YOU WANT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. MAGISTRATE. JOE TRIPP, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORDS NOTICES THAT ARE INDICATED IN THE REPORT, ALONG WITH PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT. THIS IS AN AERIAL OVERVIEW OF THE AREA IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE BEACH. AND IT'S PROBABLY TWO TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE CAROUSEL GROCERY STORE. THIS IS A ZOOMED IN SHOT OF A PROPERTY. AGAIN, THE PROPERTY FACES EAST APPROXIMATELY TWO BLOCKS FROM THE BEACH. CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT. INITIAL TELEPHONE COMPLAINT JUNE 6TH. ON JUNE 10TH, I INVESTIGATED THE PROPERTY. PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER FIVE SHOWS THERE WERE SEVERAL WATERCRAFT AND VEHICLES WHICH WERE DERELICT, UNREGISTERED AND DERELICT. WELL, I MAILED THE PROPERTY OWNER A POSTCARD DESCRIBING THE ACTIONS NEEDED TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE. JULY 11TH WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY HERE. PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER NINE. ALL VIOLATIONS REMAINED. THERE WERE SEVERAL DERELICT VEHICLES AND WATERCRAFT. IS. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU POINT OUT WHICH ONES ARE? DIRECTOR DESCRIBE. THERE WAS A GRAY PICKUP TRUCK, A GREEN VOLKSWAGEN, SEVERAL BOATS BEHIND WHERE THAT VOLKSWAGEN WERE. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME JET SKIS OR WATERCRAFT. AND A TRAILER, WHICH I COULDN'T TELL WHETHER OR NOT IT HAD A PLATE ON IT OR NOT. JULY 11TH, WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. SAME VIOLATIONS REMAINED IN PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER 12. JULY 11TH, I MAILED OUT A CERTIFIED NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY HIM ON JULY 17TH. AUGUST 31ST, IT WAS INSPECTED. VIOLATIONS REMAINED. SEPTEMBER 10TH VIOLATION REMAINED. THERE WAS NONE. SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE DRIVEWAY ALONG WITH THE DERELICT VEHICLES. SEPTEMBER 23RD WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AGAIN. VIOLATIONS REMAINED. NUMBER 17TH. I WENT AND INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. I ACTUALLY MET WITH MISTER VANDENBERG ON THIS OCCASION. I TOLD HIM WHAT WAS GOING TO NEED TO BE DONE. HE STATED HE WAS GOING TO HAVE THE LARGE BOAT REMOVED, REGISTERED OR REMOVED.BUT BACK WHEN WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY ON NOVEMBER 13TH, VIOLATIONS REMAINED DERELICT VEHICLES, POSSIBLY THAT BLUE TRUCK IN THE BACK, SOME ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE DRIVEWAY. NOVEMBER 13TH WE INSPECT THE PROPERTY. ALL VIOLATIONS STILL REMAINED. ON THE 14TH OF NOVEMBER, I MAILED OUT A CERTIFYING NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE OF VIOLATION, WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER ON NOVEMBER 18TH. DECEMBER 18TH THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED. THIS IS THE OTHER TRAILER I WAS TALKING ABOUT. I COULDN'T TELL WHETHER OR NOT IT'S REGISTERED. THIS ONE I HEAR. YEAH. OKAY, THIS IS AT THE VERY FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? RIGHT OFF THE STREET. ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS REMAINED. JANUARY 6TH, THE PRE-HEARING INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. ONE DERELICT VEHICLE HAD BEEN COVERED WITH A TARP. THERE WERE SEVERAL VESSELS BEHIND THIS LARGE BOAT. THAT LITTLE BOAT. 33. ONE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED ALONG WITH ANOTHER ONE IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE BOAT STILL REMAINED. AND THERE'S SOME TIRES, A TIRE. PICTURE 34 A VEHICLE PARTS. HERE'S LOOKING UP THE DRIVEWAY. PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER 35. THERE WAS THE BLUE PICKUP TRUCK FACING BACK THEN OVER HERE, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED. THERE WERE SOME OTHER UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT WITH AN APPLIANCE WHICH.
WHICH WASN'T IN THE INITIAL VIOLATIONS BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE. YESTERDAY I RECEIVED A
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PHONE CALL FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER STATING THAT IN FACT, THAT WASHER HAD BEEN REMOVED ALONG WITH 1 OR 2 OF THE VEHICLES. HE SAID THEY HAD SOME SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY AND THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY. AND. ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE FROM ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NOT AT THIS TIME. OH, SORRY. THE CASE IS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING FEBRUARY 13TH AT 1:00. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISTER VANDENBERG, THIS IS TIFFANY SOTO. TELL ME IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO WHAT I KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY, OR ANYTHING I NEED TO BE AWARE OF. I BEEN TRYING TO MOVE STUFF. I'VE. WHERE A COUPLE PLACES I WAS GOING TO MOVE THEM TO. I WAS NOT ABLE TO. I'VE MOVED EVERYTHING OR GOTTEN RID OF. THE GOLF CARTS. SO THERE ARE TWO GOLF CARTS HERE. ONE OF THEM IS NOT MOVING AT THE MINUTE AND I CAN COVER IT UP, BUT I'M JUST WAITING ON THE PART TO FIX IT.BUT IT'S TAGGED AND REGISTERED AS WELL AS THE OTHER GOLF CART. THE LITTLE BEETLE. I COVERED IT UP. WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THAT ON THE ROAD WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. OR FOR MY WIFE, THE BIG BOAT. I'VE GOT A PLACE TO MOVE IT TO. I'M JUST WAITING ON A BUDDY TO COME GET IT AND MOVE IT FOR ME. LITTLE BOAT IS REGISTERED TRAILER. I MEAN, I CAN MOVE THE TRAILER OFF TO THE SAME PLACE I MOVED THE BOAT BECAUSE I'M NOT USING IT RIGHT NOW. IF.
EVERYTHING JUST COST A LOT OF MONEY AND IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY TIGHT LATELY. SO I HAD AN ISSUE MOVING. I HAD JUST TOO MUCH STUFF THAT I HAD TO PUT SOMEWHERE, AND NOW I'M I'VE GOT A PLACE TO MOVE. OFF TO, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE USING THE BOAT FOR ANOTHER FEW MONTHS. SO IS IT THE BIG BOAT OFF? ALL RIGHT. CODE ENFORCEMENT. DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? OUR RECOMMENDATION TO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINE THAT THE ADDRESS 209. A CITY BEACH IS LOCATED. PROPER. NOTICE THE HEARING WAS PROVIDED TO THE RESPONDENT. IN VIOLATION OF DADE COUNTY CODE 17 DASH. CRAFT, AN ON SCREEN ART PROPERTY. AND SET A TIME OF TEN DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ALL BUT ONE BARREL, VEHICLE OR WATERCRAFT, OR PROPERLY STORING AND PROPERLY STORING OR REMOVING ALL ON SCREEN PROPERTY. OR HE CAN. REGISTER. SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT, INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. BUT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN WITH ALL CODES ORDINANCES. ON IT SHALL BE FOR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER. PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST, THE FINE SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. AND IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE AFTER FIGHTING FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, AUTHORIZES COUNTY STAFF TO ABATE CODE VIOLATION BY REMOVING ALL BUT ONE ALLOWABLE DERELICT VEHICLE OR WATERCRAFT, AND BY REMOVING ALL AND ANY PROPERTY AND ACCESSORY FROM BOTH COSTS OF REMOVING THE VIOLATION AND ENFORCEMENT, AND THIS IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON THE 13TH OF 1:00. SO WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND, SIR, IS THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE ONE DERELICT VEHICLE ON THE PROPERTY, SO ALL OTHER STUFF NEEDS TO HAVE A REGISTRATION TAG TO SHOW THAT IT IS NOT A DERELICT VEHICLE. IF IT'S GOING TO STAY ON THE PROPERTY. WHAT I
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WILL DO IS INSTRUCT THE CODEENTT THE PROPERTY. FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IS THAT THE STUFF HAS BEEN REMOVED OFF THE PROPERTY, LIKE THE SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, APPLIANCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.THE UNSHELTERED STUFF HAS BEEN REMOVED OFF THE PROPERTY. I'LL INSTRUCT HIM TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE CONDITION IS ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, BUT KNOW THAT EVERYTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND DEALT WITH. OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OR MYSELF AT THIS TIME? I DON'T THINK SO. ALL RIGHT. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS ACCEPT TEN ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION. AND I WOULD ALWAYS RECOMMEND STAYING IN TOUCH WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT REVIEWS THE PROPERTY, TO LET THEM KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BYE BYE. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20241820. PROPERTY IS 209 ELBA PLACE. ALL RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE PHONE CALLS OR QUESTIONS. CORRECT. OKAY. THAT SHOULD MOVE THIS BACK TO LETTER B ON THE AGENDA IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE. THANK YOU. FINE. OKAY. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE AND TO IMPOSE A LIEN. SO I INVESTIGATOR TONY BREWING HERE IS HERE TO TESTIFY ON THIS ONE TONY BREWING, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT AND EXHIBITS FOR THE RECORD, THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2024, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME. JUNK TRASH OVERGROWTH, DERELICT VEHICLES AND UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE OWNER OF SHERMAN PINES MOBILE HOME PARK APPEARED AT THE HEARING. THE OWNER OF THE MOBILE HOME DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VIOLATION ARE ATTACHED TO EXHIBIT A. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT SHERMAN PINES MOBILE HOME PARK HAD 60 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE CONCERNING THE JUNK TRASH OVERGROWTH, DERELICT VEHICLES AND UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE SHOULD THE VIOLATIONS PERSIST. AFTER FINDING FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS AND ALL INCIDENTAL INCIDENTAL COST OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS.
THE MAGISTRATE ALSO ORDERED THAT THE MOBILE HOME OWNER HAVE 60 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. CONCERNING THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME, OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED UNTIL THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. SUCH FINES SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, A COPY OF THE ORDER IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B AND JUST AS A PAUSE PHOTO, STARTING WITH PHOTO NUMBER THREE, THESE ARE JUST WERE PRESENTED TO YOU THREE, FOUR, FIVE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THAT HEARING. JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY. IT'S THE BACK SIDE. IF YOU'LL RECALL ON SLIDE FIVE, THAT DERELICT VEHICLE, ACCORDING TO THE OWNERS OF MOBILE HOME PARK, IS ON A SEPARATE LOT. SO EVEN THOUGH IT PROBABLY BELONGED TO THEM. BUT.
SORRY, NO, GO AHEAD. ON MAY 20TH I RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU GOT SOME JUNK THERE OFF THE PORCH IN FRONT OF THE PORCH. THERE'S STILL SOME SOME STUFF IN THE BACK. THERE'S TRASH BAGS THERE BY THE DERELICT VEHICLE. THEY'VE GOT A BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME SIDING OFF OF IT. ON JUNE 24TH, I WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THE ALL THE VIOLATIONS REMAIN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME. IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED. SEPTEMBER 30TH OR SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR A RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THE VIOLATIONS ALL EXCEPT FOR THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME REMAIN. NOVEMBER 6TH, 2020 FOR RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. WE GET
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MORE JUNK ACCUMULATED VIOLATION REMAINED. THERE'S ALSO AN APPLIANCE NOW OUT BACK. POSTED THE PROPERTY ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2020 FOR. ON JANUARY 6TH RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THERE'S SOME PROGRESS, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN VIOLATION. YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACK THERE BY THE SHED. STILL GOT SOME JUNK TRASH ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY LADDER LAYING ON THE GROUND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS BY THE SHOP VAC. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOME KIND OF A PLANT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.IT LOOKS LIKE A PORTION OF WATER HEATER, BUT I'M NOT CERTAIN. YEAH. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? JUST OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINE THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, AND THE RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER. THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED ON CHAIRMAN PINES MOBILE HOME PARK THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25, FOR A TOTAL OF 20 DAYS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. THE AMOUNT OF $700 THAT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZED, CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF, AND ANY CONTRACT HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER ONTO ANY AREA OF THE PROPERTY AND ABATE THE VIOLATION THAT BEING THE TRASH AND UNSCREENED AND USE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND THAT UPON RECORDING OF THE ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS, BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, 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. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE NO ONE IS PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20230469 PROPERTY ADDRESS 1940 SHERMAN AVENUE. UNIT 114.
MOVING ON. WE HAVE LETTER C ON THE AGENDA. CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20230471. PROPERTY ADDRESS 1940 SHERMAN AVENUE. UNIT 103. THIS IS ALSO A COMPLIANCE HEARING, STARTING WITH PHOTO NUMBER TWO. WE HAVE THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST HEARING. THROUGH PHOTO FOUR. AND INVESTIGATOR BRUNING WAS THE INVESTIGATOR FOR THIS CASE, TONY BRUNING, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT AND EXHIBITS. FOR THE RECORD, THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2024, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME, TRASH OVERGROWTH AND UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE OWNER OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. THE OWNER OF THE MOBILE HOME DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VIOLATION ARE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT SHERMAN PINES MOBILE HOME PARK HAD 60 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE CONCERNING THE TRASH OVERGROWTH AND UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE SHOULD THE VIOLATION PERSIST, AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF THE ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS.
THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE MOBILE HOME OWNER HAD 60 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE CONCERNING THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME, OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25. CONTINUE FOR EACH AND EVERY DAY UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. SUCH FINES SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, A COPY OF THE ORDER IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B ON APRIL 22ND, 2024. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. IF YOU NOTICE, THERE'S A SMALL GRAY CAR THAT WAS THERE AT THIS TIME, YOU GOT THE JUNK, TRASH AND THE FURNITURE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. YOU GOT THE OVERGROWTH THERE AND THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME MISSING SIDE. AND. ON THE END
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AND ON THE BACK. MISSING SIDE. AND. ON NOVEMBER 6TH, I REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THE VEHICLE WAS GONE, BUT THE JUNK TRASH AND IT REMAINED THE OVERGROWTH REMAINED AND THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME. IT APPEARS THEY CUT THE GRASS WITH A BUSH HOG, BUT THEY DON'T MESS WITH THE WEED EATER. THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED ON DECEMBER THE 12TH. SORRY ABOUT THE BLURRINESS. ON JANUARY 6TH I REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AND ON PHOTO 15 IT APPEARS THAT IS THAT FRONT DOOR. THE FRONT DOOR IS OPEN AND IT APPEARS THAT VAGRANTS HAVE TAKEN OVER THAT PLACE. IT'S UNKNOWN WHO OWNS THAT MOBILE HOME. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THIS PROPERTY? JUST OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. PLEASE GO AHEAD. IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINE THAT THE RESPONDENT, SHERMAN PINES MOBILE HOME PARK AND THE MOBILE HOME OWNER WERE GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, AND NEITHER COMPLIED WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER THAT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZED CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER ONTO THE ANY AREA OF THE PROPERTY AND REMOVE ANY AND ALL TRASH, JUNK AND FURNITURE AND OVERGROWTH. AND THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS, BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21, BAY COUNTY CODE. WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE MOBILE HOME OWNER IS. IT'S ABANDONED. SO THAT'S. WE DON'T HAVE A MEANS TO FIND THAT PERSON. SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE FINES ON THAT.AND AS FAR AS THE THERE WERE NO FINES ASSESSED TO THE MOBILE HOME, SHERMAN PINES MOBILE HOME PARK ITSELF. OR ANYONE PRESENT ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. WHILE NO ONE IS PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY, PROPER NOTICES TO. FIND IT AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20230471. PROPERTY ADDRESSES 1940 SHERMAN AVENUE. UNIT 103. MOVING ON TO LETTER G ON THE AGENDA. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 2024480 PROPERTY ADDRESS 908 LAKE A LIGHTHOUSE, LAGOON COURT. THIS FIRST SLIDE, SLIDE NUMBER TWO, IS TAKEN FROM DECEMBER OF 2023.
OVERVIEW. AERIAL JUST FOR LOCATION PURPOSES, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF PANAMA CITY BEACH. YOU SEE IT? IT'S KIND OF SMALL, BUT THERE IT IS. YOU HAVE THE OLD KMART OR WOW AND THE HATHAWAY BRIDGE. JUST A CLOSER UP AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. AND ON AUGUST 7TH, 2024, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF STAGNANT WATER OVERGROWTH AND CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS ON THIS PROPERTY. AND ON AUGUST 8TH, INVESTIGATOR BRANDON BRANDON IRWIN INITIATED HIS CASE AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE BRANDON IRWIN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. NOTICES ARE INDICATED IN THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ATTACHED TO EXHIBIT A AUGUST 8TH I CONDUCTED A SITE INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY. AND AS YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE IS FACING WEST. JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE. NEXT PHOTO AND SLIDE SIX. YOU CAN SEE THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AND A LITTLE BIT OF OVERGROWTH LAYING IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE. SLIDE SEVEN MORE OVERGROWTH ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND SOME UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY. CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS ON THE BACK PORCH, AND THEN MORE OVERGROWTH OF THE BACKYARD AND STAGNANT WATER IN THE POOL. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DEPICT FROM THAT PHOTO.
MORE OVERGROWTH. THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. AND SLIDE TEN A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON AUGUST 10TH OF
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2024. SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2024 RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT DID REMAIN IN VIOLATION. THE OVERGROWTH HAD BEEN CUT AT THIS INSPECTION. SLIDE 12. JUST A REVIEW OF THE PROPERTY. SEE THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. AND SLIDE 13 STILL OUT IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THE OVERGROWTH HAD BEEN REMOVED, MORE OVERGROWTH REMOVED AND ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AND SLIDE 14. SOME STUFF HAD BEEN CLEANED UP ON THE BACK PORCH AND SLIDE 15, BUT THERE WAS STILL SOME UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY OUT THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH REMOVED IN THE BACKYARD. AND SLIDE 16. AND THE STAGNANT WATER IN THE POOL REMAINED OCTOBER OR SEPTEMBER 13TH. RE INSPECT THE PROPERTY AGAIN. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. NOT MANY CHANGES ON THIS ONE. CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS WAS STILL UP FRONT. OVERGROWTH HAD APPEARED OR STAGNANT WATER IN SLIDE 19. OVERGROWTH WAS STILL CUT AT THIS TIME. OCTOBER 3RD RE INSPECTED. THE PROPERTY DID REMAIN A VIOLATION. YOU CAN SEE THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS HAD BEEN REMOVED AND SLIDE 21 FROM THE FRONT YARD. OVERGROWTH WAS STARTING TO RETURN ON THE SIDE IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. SLIDE 21 AND 22. HERE ON THE SIDE, STAGNANT WATER IN THE POOL AND SLIDE 23 AND OVERGROWTH IN THE BACKYARD. AND THEN THE BACK PORCH OF THE PROPERTY HAD PRETTY MUCH BEEN CLEARED OF ALL ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY. YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME MORE OF THE OVERGROWTH IN SLIDE 24. NOVEMBER 13TH RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY.IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. TRAILER HAD THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS THAT WASN'T LAYING OUT IN THE YARD. AND SLIDE 27 OVERGROWTH ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND SLIDE 28. SLIDE 29.
SEE SOME MORE DEBRIS IN THE BACK PORCH KIND OF RETURNED. AND THEN STAGNANT WATER AND OVERGROWTH AND SLIDE 30. NOVEMBER 15TH I NOTICED THE HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED TO THE AND REGULAR MAIL. THE PROPERTY OWNER. IT WAS DELIVERED TO RESPONDENT ON NOVEMBER 20TH OF 2024 AND DECEMBER 19TH. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. THE OVERGROWTH HAD AGAIN BEEN CUT AT THIS INSPECTION. STILL SEE THE STAGNANT WATER INSIDE 35.
THERE'S SOME DEBRIS FROM THEM REMOVING THE OVERGROWTH, BUT THE STAGNANT WATER STILL REMAINED.
IN JANUARY. THIRD PRE HEARING INSPECTION RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. OVERGROWTH WAS STILL CUT. STAGNANT WATER WAS THE ONLY THING THAT REMAINED ON THE PROPERTY INSIDE 39. UP UNTIL YESTERDAY THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. THEY DID CALL YESTERDAY.
I SPOKE WITH MRS. LANG. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WAS UNAWARE OF THE VIOLATIONS UNTIL THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED, EVEN THOUGH THE CERTIFIED MILLS WERE DELIVERED. SHE SAID THAT SHE PERSONALLY DID NOT RECEIVE THEM. SHE STATED THE POOL HAD BEEN SHOCKED. IT'S STARTING TO TURN BLUE, BUT SHE SAID IT'S NOT QUITE CLEAR YET AND SHE WILL CONTACT ME ONCE IT'S CLEAR. I ADVISED HER OF THE NEXT REINSPECTION DATE POST HEARING AND THAT SHE CAN CALL ME BEFOREHAND IF IT'S CLEAR, AND I'LL COME OUT AND GET THE CASE CLOSED SOONER. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. I WAS ANYTHING ELSE WE COULD ENFORCE AT THIS TIME? NO, MA'AM. WE DO HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY 3RD. AND THAT SHOULD BE 2025 OR NOT. JANUARY. FEBRUARY.
SORRY. CORRECT OR NO, BECAUSE I CUT THE NEVER MIND. NO WITH THE STAGNANT WATER WILL JUST BE ONGOING FINES UNTIL WE'RE NOT TAKING ABATEMENT ACTION. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ABATEMENT ACTION.
SORRY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS? IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINED THAT THE ADDRESS. 908 LIGHTHOUSE LAGOON COURT, PANAMA CITY BEACH IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 17, BAY COUNTY CODE. THE PROPER NOTICE AND HEARING WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. THE VIOLATION BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO EXISTS IN THE FORM OF STAGNANT WATER THAT A VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 TWO DID EXIST IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH, AND THAT IF THE VIOLATION REOCCURS, IT WILL BE CONSIDERED A RE. REPEAT OFFENSE, AND THAT THE MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME OF TEN DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY DRAINING OR PROPERLY TREATING ALL STAGNANT WATER, SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, AND THAT IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH
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ALL APPLICABLE CODES, ORDINANCE AND REGULATIONS WITHIN TEN DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF 25 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY, AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. AND SUCH FINE SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT THE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED, AND TO SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION TO VERIFY THAT THE STAGNANT WATER HAS BEEN CORRECTED. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL RIGHT.IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, WHILE NO ONE IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CASE NUMBER C20242480. PROPERTY ADDRESS 908 LAKE. HOW I KEEP SAYING THAT LONG LIGHTHOUSE LAGOON I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M READING IT RIGHT I'M JUST NOT SAYING IT CORRECTLY. ALL RIGHT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT LETTER H HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS I NEED TO BE TOLD ABOUT? NOT FOR THIS MORNING. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING CLOSED AT 10:53 A.M.
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