[Code Magistrate Hearing on April 9, 2025.] [00:00:04] ALL RIGHT, WE'RE RECORDING. IT LOOKS LIKE. CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I'VE REVIEWED THE DOCKET. I DO NOT SEE ANY CASES ON THE DOCKET THAT REQUIRE. AN ORDER OF RECUSAL. IF YOU HAVE A TELEPHONE, I'D ASK YOU TO TURN IT TO SILENT OR TO VIBRATE OR TURN IT OFF ALL THE WAY. IF YOU ANTICIPATE GIVING TESTIMONY, STAND AND RAISE YOUR HAND AND BE SWORN, PLEASE. SWEAR. AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. I DO, YES. OKAY. EVERYBODY HAS ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. ALL RIGHT. MISS ASHBURN. GOOD MORNING. WE HAVE ITEMS C AND E PRESENT FOR TODAY'S HEARING. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PHONE CALL WITH ITEM A, SO IF WE COULD START WITH ITEM C ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS 12503 SILVER LAKE ROAD. THIS SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS JUST AN FOR LOCATION PURPOSES SHOWING THAT THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS FOUNTAIN. WE HAVE HIGHWAY 231 OFF TO YOUR RIGHT. SILVER LAKE RUNS RIGHT OFF OF 201, AND THIS IS JUST A CLOSER UP AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. AND THE MOBILE HOME THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IS CIRCLED. AND ON MAY 21ST, 2024, INVESTIGATOR RAYMOND SCOTT OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE RAYMOND SCOTT, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATOR. I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS, EXHIBITS AND NOTICES FOR THE RECORD ON MAY THE 21ST. I OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY WHILE PATROLLING THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY KNOWN AS FOUNTAIN. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT. TO HAVE A VIOLATION FORM OF UNSAFE MOBILE HOME. UNFIT. UNSAFE STRUCTURE, UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY, JUNK, TRASH AND OVERGROWTH. ON JUNE THE 4TH OF 2024, INSPECTOR THORPE COMPLETED A BUILDING INSPECTION AND FOUND THE MOBILE HOME TO BE UNSAFE. AND HE'S HERE TO TESTIFY ON THAT. ONE. INSPECTOR THORPE, BUILDING INSPECTOR, CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS FOR THE RECORD. I WAS ABLE TO INSPECT THIS SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME AND ACCESSORY SET ON THE PROPERTY. IT WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME. ASHMAN WILL GET THE PHOTOS. IT WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME POWER WATER WAS AVAILABLE. I DID SPEAK TO THE TENANT. WALKED AROUND AND KIND OF SHOWED ME EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON. AS YOU CAN SEE, SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE OUTSIDE. I'M ASSUMING THIS WAS PROBABLY HURRICANE DAMAGE. MOST OF THE TIN'S BEEN DISLODGED. IT'S SEPARATED FROM THE OUTSIDE. SOME OF IT'S BEEN SCREWED BACK ON ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER THE INTERIOR AND DAMAGE THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS AND THE GYPSUM ON THE INSIDE. MORE DAMAGE TOWARDS THE ROOF. SEVERAL PIECES OF TIN HAVE BEEN PLACED OVER DAMAGED AND MISSING AREAS. IT DIDN'T COMPLETE COMPLETELY COVER ACROSS THE FRONT THERE. EXPOSING A LARGE AREA OF INTERIOR WALL. AS YOU SEE, WE GO AROUND. A LOT OF THE UNDERLAYMENT AND INSULATION HAS COLLAPSED FROM DOWN BELOW ALONG WITH THE PRESS BOARD. SUBFLOOR THAT'S IN THESE OLDER MOBILE HOMES. THERE'S A VIEW THERE. NOT MUCH DAMAGE THERE ALONG THE BACK. A LARGE PORTION OF THE WALL WAS MISSING. A TARP WAS COVERING THAT UP. IT IS ALLOWING ELEMENTS IN THE WATER AND MOISTURE. SO IT'S FURTHER DAMAGING THE MOBILE HOME. DETERIORATING THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS. SOME OF THE TOP PLATE IN THE TRUSSES WERE ALSO ROTTED OUT ALONG THE BACK. THERE'S MORE EVIDENCE OF THE UNDERLAYMENT. INSULATION AND FLOORING HAS COLLAPSED UNDERNEATH. THE. THE DOOR IS AFTERMARKET. IT'S NOT ORIGINAL TO THESE. TO THIS. MOBILE HOME. LARGE GAP ACROSS THE TOP. NOT FILLED IN. ALSO ALLOWING ELEMENTS TO ENTER INSIDE. MORE BUCKLING ON THE END. THIS WILL BE THE NORTH. THE WEST END OF THE MOBILE HOME. THERE WAS A LARGE ACCESSORY NON PERMITTED TO BE THERE. NO EVIDENCE OF TIE DOWNS OR STRAPPING. FOR THIS. THERE WAS ANOTHER ACCESSORY YOU CAN SEE BACK THERE. THE. OBVIOUSLY A DOOR DOESN'T FIT. UNPERMITTED AGAIN. NOT. NOT ANCHORED. AND THE EXTERIOR IS NOT A FINAL COVERING. MUST BE A WATERTIGHT. WITH TYVEK AND EITHER INSULATION OR SOME KIND OF VINYL OR HARDIE [00:05:05] BOARD OR WHATEVER. THAT SHEETING ON THE OUTSIDE IS NOT A FINAL COVERING BEING PAINTED OVER, BECAUSE IT'S JUST GOING TO DETERIORATE AND ROT AS THEY SIT ALL THREE. UNFIT. UNSAFE. UNPERMITTED. TWO ACCESSORIES. AND IT HAD A LEAN TO ALSO ADDED TO IT THAT WAS COLLAPSING. ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2024. NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD OF MISS BARFIELD, USING THE ADDRESS 25 084 NORTHWEST POWER LINE ROAD, WHICH WAS OBTAINED OFF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER DATABASE. THE CERTIFIED MAIL WAS RETURNED, MARKED UNCLAIMED, UNABLE TO FORWARD. THE REGULAR MAIL HAD NOT RETURNED. ON DECEMBER THE 4TH OF 2024. MISTER QUINCY KERR, THE OWNER OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTY, CALLED AND ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A FIRE ON THE PROPERTY. MISTER KERR STATED THAT THERE WAS NOW A BUNCH OF JUNK AND TRASH THAT COULD BE SEEN FROM THE ROADWAY. BASED OFF THE PHONE CALL FROM MR. KERR. I COMPLETED AN EARLY INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY. THE LARGE SHED ON THE PROPERTY WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE MOBILE HOME IS STILL STANDING AND REMAINS IN VIOLATION, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE TRAVEL TRAILER THAT WAS IN SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ACTUALLY BURNT TO OR IF IT WAS REMOVED BEFORE. I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE IT RIGHT THERE. AND AGAIN, JUNK AND TRASH THAT REMAINED AFTER THE FIRE. THAT WAS THIS THE WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL THE STORE BOUGHT SHED OR WAS THIS THE OTHER EVERYTHING THAT WAS ALL THERE TOGETHER. STORE BOUGHT SHED AND THE LEAN TO AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS THAT WENT UP. I DID CHECK WITH THE BAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THERE WAS NO TYPE OF FIRE MARSHAL INVESTIGATION THAT WAS DONE ON IT. LET'S SEE. INSPECTIONS WERE COMPLETED BETWEEN DECEMBER THE 4TH OF 2024 AND THIS HEARING DATE. AND THE ONLY CHANGE WAS TO THE SHEDS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE OTHER VIOLATIONS REMAINED. MARCH THE 5TH OF 2025. I SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND HEARING CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO MISSUS BARFIELD AT THE SAME ADDRESS ON POWER LINE ROAD. A SEARCH OF THE USPS WEBSITE SHOWED AS OF MARCH THE 7TH. THE CERTIFIED MAIL IS BEING HELD OR WAS BEING HELD AT THE FOUNTAIN POST OFFICE FOR PICKUP. THE REGULAR MAIL HAS NOT RETURNED. MARCH THE 20TH NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY AND AT THE BE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. I'M SORRY. ON THE 27TH. ON THE 21ST, MISS BARFIELD CAME INTO THE OFFICE AND SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE OTHER INVESTIGATORS WHO SAID THAT SHE OWNED THE MOBILE HOME BUT HAD AN AGREEMENT TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL AND THAT THE INDIVIDUAL OWED 2500 MORE DOLLARS THAN IT WAS HIS. SHE SAID THAT IF SHE CAN'T GET FINAL PAYMENT THAT SHE WOULD PULL A PERMIT. SHE WAS PROVIDED THE INFORMATION OF THE HEARING TODAY. APRIL THE 7TH. A CHECK OF BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER AND TAX COLLECTOR SHOWED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAD NOT CHANGED. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY ON APRIL THE 7TH OF 2025, AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION AS OF THIS MORNING AND THIS HEARING DATE, THERE WERE NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED. THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON MAY THE 14TH, 2025 AT 1:00 PM. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. AND BARFIELD IS ABOUT. TO STAND HERE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. OKAY. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS, PLEASE, MA'AM. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA BARFIELD. IT'S 2584 NORTHWEST POWER LINE ROAD, FOUNTAIN, FLORIDA. 32438. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? MISS BARFIELD? WELL, BEFORE MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY, WE SOLD THIS PROPERTY IN 2018 THROUGH AN AGREEMENT WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL. HE ONLY OWED $2,500. RIGHT NOW, HE HASN'T. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO SELL IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. AND HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE. BUT HE GOT WAYLAID OR WHATEVER. BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING IT, AND HE'S GOING TO PULL PERMITS AND CLEAN IT UP. OKAY. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD GET AN EXTENSION TILL WE CAN GET THAT IN PROCESS. WELL, IS HE LIVING IN IT NOW OR IS HE. NOBODY. NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE LIVING IN IT. I WAS GOING [00:10:01] TO SAY IT'S PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE. THE GENTLEMAN THAT BOUGHT IT FROM ME IS DOWN SOUTH WITH HIS FATHER. I JUST I HATED TO I MEAN, HE ONLY OWED $2,500 TO ME AND I HATED TO, TO DO THAT TO HIM, BUT HE AGREED. HE'S IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PERSON TO SELL IT TO HIM. SO HE'S GOING TO SELL IT TO THIS NEW BUYER THAT YOU FOUND. WE TOGETHER ARE GOING TO SELL IT BECAUSE IT'S STILL LEGALLY IN MY NAME. OKAY. HE'S GOING TO GET HIS MONEY AND I'M GOING TO GET MINE. I CAN GIVE YOU THE NAME OF THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO BUY IT IF YOU. OKAY. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF THAT DEBRIS FROM THE FIRE AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF. THAT WAS ALSO IT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL. YEAH. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WAS IN THE REPORT THAT SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BECAUSE HE CALLED ME AND I TALKED TO HIM. SO THE FIRE MARSHAL. HIS NAME IS LOGAN RICHARDSON. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S A FIRE MARSHAL OR. OKAY. WELL. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE. DID YOU SAY THE POTENTIAL OWNER IS GOING TO PULL PERMITS? WHAT TYPE OF PERMITS? HE WANTS A DEMOLITION. HE'S GOING TO DEMOLITION. ALL OF IT. AND BUILD A HOME. WELL, IS THIS THE THIS GUY THAT'S GOING TO PULL THE PERMITS? IS HE THE GUY THAT'S DOWN SOUTH WITH HIS FATHER? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NO. THIS IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT GUY DOWN SOUTH WITH HIS FATHER. THE NEW BUYER, THE GUY THAT'S DOWN SOUTH IS THE ONE THAT WE SOLD IT TO IN 2018. OKAY. THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO THAT'S GOING TO BUY IT LIVES RIGHT HERE IN FOUNTAIN OR LIVES IN FOUNTAIN. AND HE'S THE HE'S GOING TO PULL THE PERMITS. SEE IT'S GOT TO BE IN HIS NAME BEFORE HE CAN PULL A PERMIT. WELL. WE'RE IN. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING IT RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE DOING THE TITLE SEARCH ON IT. OKAY. SO THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING IT. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN YOU'LL CLOSE ON IT? I REALLY I DON'T KNOW. WELL, I MEAN, IT SHOULD BE SOON. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 30 DAYS, BUT IF Y'ALL CAN CLOSE BEFORE THAT AND SHOW THAT A THERE'S A NEW OWNER, THEN WE'LL CONSIDER A CONTINUANCE TO LET HIM GET HIS DUCKS IN A ROW. BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LONG CONTINUANCE. IT WILL BE 30 DAYS AT THE MAX. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 30 DAYS. AND IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU CAN CLOSE WITHIN THE 30 DAYS. AND THIS OTHER GUY GET A PERMIT. WE WON'T HAVE TO DEAL THAT. THAT PERMIT WILL GIVE HIM SOME BREATHING ROOM. OKAY. WHAT IS A PERMIT IS GOOD FOR SIX MONTHS. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. IT'S GOOD FOR SIX MONTHS. SO THAT'LL THAT'LL CURE THE PROBLEM FOR RIGHT NOW ANYHOW. BUT HE'S GOT TO HE'S GOT TO MOVE ON THAT. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY. IF I WAS TO PULL THE PERMIT. WHAT WOULD THAT WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I PULLED THE PERMIT AND THEN HE BOUGHT IT DURING THAT TIME. IT'S NOT. YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. TRANSFER IT FROM FROM YOU TO HIM. SO IF YOU IF YOU PULL IN YOUR NAME AND GET RID OF IT BEFORE HE BUYS IT, THAT PROBABLY BE THE BEST YOU NEED TO DO. BUT YOU WON'T. BUT IF HE BUYS IT, THEN THE PERMIT. PERIOD. AND THAT'S IT. PERIOD. SECOND PERIOD. AND THEY WILL TRANSFER AT THE END OF THE DAY. THAT HAS TO BE A NEW PERMIT. OKAY. THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME GETTING A PERMIT. I'M JUST WOULD BE ABANDONED AND CLOSED. OKAY. YOU'D JUST BE OUT THE MONEY FOR A PERMIT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH A PERMIT IS, BUT I THINK THAT THEY TOLD ME IT WAS 180. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S UP TO YOU. HOW YOU HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT? I MEAN, WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T GET IT CLOSED WITHIN 30 DAYS. I MEAN, WELL, I MEAN, IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT IT, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU AGAIN, THAT WILL GIVE YOU BREATHING ROOM. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BREATHING ROOM YOU WANT. IF YOU GOT HIM UNDER THE GUN TO GET IT TO CLOSE, THAT MIGHT BE I JUST KNOW I CAN'T GO DO ALL THAT BY [00:15:01] MYSELF. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND, AND BEING, YOU KNOW, BEING THE PERMIT HOLDER, YOU KNOW, IF IT IF IT GOES AWAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU'VE JUST LOST $172 OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO IF YOU CAN CLOSE AND SAY, LOOK, CODE ENFORCEMENT MAGISTRATE IS BREATHING DOWN YOUR NECK TO GET THIS. YEAH, HE KNOWS THAT. HE KNOWS THAT ALREADY. OKAY. THAT'S WHY HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE. BUT HE GOT HELD UP ON A JOB. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK THAT'S IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 12503 SILVER LAKE ROAD AND FOUNTAIN, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE. THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN NOTICE OF THIS HEARING, HAS APPEARED AND TESTIFIED IN THIS MATTER, AND OFFERED AN EXPLANATION OF THE STATUS OF EVERYTHING. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702 ON THE PREMISES IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOME, UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, JUNK, TRASH TO INCLUDE WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL FIRE, DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ALL OF THE JUNK, TRASH, DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH AND PROPERLY STORE ANY AND ALL UNUSED, SCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. REPAIR THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOME IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU'D HAVE TO DO SUBMIT A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITH THE MANUFACTURED HOMES SPECIFICATIONS IN IT FOR THAT SPECIFIC MODEL OF MOBILE HOME OR ENGINEERING DRAWINGS AND ETC. TO SHOW THAT THE MOBILE HOME IS A DEVIATION FROM THE ORIGINAL HOME REPAIR OR REMODEL. OF THE MOBILE HOME REQUIRES THE USE OF MATERIAL AND DESIGN EQUIVALENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. THE STRUCTURE IS DEFINED TO INCLUDE ANYTHING THAT ANY. DEFINED TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ROOF SYSTEM, WALL FLOOR SYSTEM, WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR DOORS OF THE MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME. THE ELECTRICAL AND THE PLUMBING REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT HAS GOT TO BE MADE USING MATERIALS, AND THE DESIGN EQUIVALENT OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION. THE REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE BY SOMEONE WHO HAS. DESIGNATED AND DEFINED IN FLORIDA STATUTE 320 .82454. YOU'VE GOT TO SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIME FRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE STRUCTURE TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AND ALL PERMITS AND MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS. HAVE GOT TO BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS AND BE APPROVED BEFORE THE PERMIT WILL ISSUE. THE INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE BUILDERS SERVICES DIVISION, OR A DESIGNEE, AND THE REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED, AND PERMITS MUST BE FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE. ANYTIME IF THE PERMITS OBTAINED UNDER THIS ORDER EXPIRE, IT SHALL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERM OF TERMS OF THIS ORDER AND BY EXPIRE. THAT MEANS THAT THEY THEY EXPIRE BY PASSAGE OF TIME. THEY'RE CANCEL, REVOKED OR SUSPENDED FOR ANY REASON. ALL OF THOSE SHALL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT, AND THAT WILL BE A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE ORDER. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP CODE ENFORCEMENT NOTIFIED OF THE PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS TO OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT. FOR THE PREMISES TO. TAKE DOWN THE MOBILE HOME. AND YOU'VE GOT TO REMOVE ALL OF THE DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM THAT. DEMOLITION EFFORT. IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS ORDER. CHANGE THAT TO A [00:20:04] $100 FINE SHALL BE IMPOSED. SUCH FINES SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY. NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED. IF YOU OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT OR A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME, SET FORTH AND THEN ALLOW THAT PERMIT TO EXPIRE, HAVE IT CANCELED, REVOKED, OR OTHERWISE BECOMES VOID FOR ANY REASON. AGAIN, THAT WILL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT AT THAT POINT, THE COUNTY, 30 DAYS FOLLOWING SUCH DEFAULT, THE COUNTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND. CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS THEN FOUND TO EXIST, AND THE COST FOR SUCH ABATEMENT SHALL BE A LIEN ON THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE RESPONDENT. IF YOU GET RUNNING DOWN THE TRACKS HERE AND THIS GUY THAT'S GOING TO BUY THE THING SAYS, I'M NOT GOING TO BUY IT. YOU PROBABLY NEED AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO GET YOUR DEMOLITION PERMIT TO AGAIN TO GIVE YOU SOME BREATHING ROOM. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. IF THE SALE GOES SOUTH. OKAY. AND IF HE BUYS IT WITHIN LIKE THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WHAT DOES HE NEED TO DO? DOES HE NEED TO LET NEEDS TO GET A DEMOLITION PERMIT AS QUICKLY AS HE CAN TO JUST JUST GET THE DEMOLITION PERMIT? HE. I DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK IN OR YOU'RE NOT THE OWNER ANYMORE AT THAT. OKAY. SO DOES HE NEED TO. HE JUST NEEDS TO GET A DEMOLITION. HE NEEDS TO GET A DEMOLITION PERMIT, OR HE'S GOING TO FILE A NEW I. GOTCHA. OKAY. A NEW COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM, AND HE'S GOING TO BE IN HERE LISTENING TO THE SAME STORY. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, AND WE WILL HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON MAY 14TH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. 1:00. SO IF YOU ARE THE PROPERTY OWNER, YOU'LL NEED TO BE HERE. IF HE'S THE PROPERTY OWNER. HE'LL NEED TO BE HERE IF YOU HAVEN'T. OKAY. EVEN IF HE GETS THE DEMOLITION PERMIT, HE WILL STILL HAVE THE HEARING TO SEE. OKAY. WE'LL JUST SAY OKAY. NO HARM, NO FOUL, BECAUSE YOU GOT THE PERMIT. OKAY, I THINK I HAVE THAT. I'LL GIVE YOU A COPY. OH, OKAY. SORRY. OKEYDOKEY. ANYTHING ELSE? YOU HAVE A MAILING ADDRESS FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL? FOR THE ONE. THE BUYER. THE BUYER KNOW WHERE IT IS. OKAY. IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET IT, IF YOU'LL CALL THE OFFICE AND GET THAT ADDRESS OR HAVE HIM CALL THE OFFICE, WE CAN SEND HIM A COPY OF THIS ORDER AS WELL. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM ON THE AGENDA. PROPER ADDRESS IS TWO, THREE, THREE EIGHT EAST 34TH PLACE. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE AND TO IMPOSE THE LATE IMPOSED LIEN. AND THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MARCH 20TH, 2024, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE, TRASH AND JUNK. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN AND PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING. FOR INSPECTOR THORPE'S PHOTOS, AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. INSPECTOR THORPE AGAIN. THIS CASE WENT, AS MISS ASHTON SAID, WENT BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE MARCH 20TH, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO AND FORM UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES. TRASH AND JUNK. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 60 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR $200 FINE WILL BE IMPOSED SHOULD VIOLATION REMAIN. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY BY THE RESPONDENT. COPY WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B CONTAINED IN THIS FILE. THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE ACCESSORY THAT SITS BEHIND THE MOBILE HOME, HEAVILY DAMAGED FROM THE HURRICANE. OBVIOUSLY. I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM BOTH HIS DAUGHTERS. EXPLAINING THE SITUATION. THEY DID HAVE INSURANCE AND A ROOFER COME OUT. IT WAS KIND OF A LONG PROCESS WITH REPAIRING THE MOBILE HOME. I JUST THAT'S HIS SECOND ONE. THE HURRICANE TOOK OUT THE FIRST ONE, SO I WAS BEING A LITTLE LENIENT WITH HIM AND LETTING HIM, YOU KNOW, RUN THE COURSE. HE DID APPLY FOR BOTH PERMITS FOR A ROOF AND A DEMOLITION. THE ROOF PERMIT DID EXPIRE, BUT I GRANTED AN EXTENSION. BECAUSE THE WORK WAS DONE. SO THEY COULD GET A FINAL INSPECTION FOR A PASS. AND IT DID PASS ON. MARCH 31ST. MAY 16TH. THE DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS APPLIED FOR. LIKE I STATED FOR THE ACCESSORY ON FEBRUARY 25TH OR 28TH. I'M SORRY OF 2025. IT DID EXPIRE, HOWEVER. [00:25:08] NO WORK WAS DONE. KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE? YES, SIR. YEAH. AND IN MY CASE FILE, THE ROOF IS PASSED AND IS DONE AND COMPLETED. THAT PORTION OF VIOLATION IS SIGNED OFF. OKAY. SO BASICALLY WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ACCESSORY. INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED ON A REGULAR BASIS FROM MAY 20TH TO MARCH 20TH, 2024 TO MARCH 31ST, 2025, WITH LITTLE OR NO CHANGES TO THE ACCESSORY. NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE WAS SENT OUT ON MARCH 3RD. NOTICES WERE DELIVERED ON MARCH 8TH. MARCH 31ST INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATIONS. FINES WERE IMPOSED BEGINNING ON MARCH 31ST. I DID RETURN A CALL ON MARCH 13TH. TO HIS DAUGHTER, BRANDI WADSWORTH. EXPLAINING THE WHOLE CASE DETAILS. AND THAT SHE WAS HELPING OUT HER FATHER. THEY WERE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD TO CLEANING THE ACCESSORY OUT SO THEY COULD DEMOLISH IT AND KIND OF GET SOME MONEY FOR THE MATERIAL. THAT WAS THE SHED WAS BUILT OUT OF. I DID RECEIVE A EMAIL FROM BRANDI AGAIN ON MARCH 28TH STATING THAT THE ROOF WAS DONE. I ADVISED THAT IT WAS SIGNED OFF AND I DID CLEAR THE VIOLATIONS. I ADVISED HER. OR SHE ADVISED ME THAT THEY STARTED CLEANING OUT THE ACCESSORY BUILDING. BEFORE THE COUNTY HAS TO DEMOLISH IT IF IT GOES THAT COURSE. A COPY OF NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED. PROPERTY IN BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON MARCH 27TH. ON THE MARCH 31ST, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED IN THE PROPERTY AND THE ACCESSORY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AS THIS DATE. NO NEW PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR THE DEMOLITION AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HERE. MR. TODD? YES. COME UP AND. TELL US WHERE WE STAND HERE. WELL, ORIGINALLY IT WAS MONEY. AND THEN MY WIFE PASSED AWAY, AND I JUST, I DON'T KNOW. I'M STILL TRYING TO GET MY STUFF TOGETHER. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRAILER DONE, AND NOW I WANT TO DO THE SHED. I'M JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. THIS IS MOSTLY. STARTED IN MARCH OF 24, SO WE'RE MORE THAN A YEAR OUT NOW. BUT YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR GETTING THE ROOF FIXED ON THE TRAILER AND GOING ON WHAT IS. WELL, I'VE EMPTIED ALL THE TRASH OUT OF THE BUILDING, SO NOW IT'S JUST READY TO COME DOW. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT MYSELF SO I COULD AT LEAST SELL THE METAL. WOULD THIS REQUIRE A ASBESTOS SURVEY, TOO? NO, SIR. THERE'S NO THERE'S ELSE. IT IS. IS WOOD AND TIN IN THERE? THAT'S IT SIR. BUT IT DEPENDS ON IF WE SPEND GOVERNMENT MONEY ON IT. SOMETIMES THEY REQUIRE SURVEYS. I UNDERSTAND, SIR. YES. YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY. SO? YEAH. I THINK SOME PERMIT JUST EXPIRED. THEY MAY GIVE HIM. ALLOW HIM TO GET A EXTENSION ON IT. OKAY. FOR I BELIEVE IT MAY BE 90 DAYS. I HAVE TO GO. HE'D HAVE TO GO. ASK ME IF THAT WAS YOUR COURSE OF ACTION. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE MORE TIME, IF WE CAN. HERE. AND BECAUSE HE HAS MADE THE EFFORT TO GET THIS STUFF OUT OF THERE. BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY HURT. I THINK THE DAMAGE IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. BASED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE SEEN. AND I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO GET HURT BECAUSE WE'RE DRAGGING AROUND ON THIS. SO I'LL LEAVE SCOTT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IT'S A 90 DAY. SO AT 90 DAYS, IT LOOKS FINE. NOT SIX MONTHS. RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH. THEY'LL THEY'LL THEY'LL EXTEND THAT DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR, I BELIEVE, 90 DAYS. I MEAN, WE CAN GO IN AND ASK THEM. THERE'S A FEW STIPULATIONS THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO CLARIFY TO HIM, BUT. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW OR EXTEND OR APPLY FOR THE EXTENSION ANYHOW. OF THE OF THE DEMO PERMIT. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS ON A CALENDAR FOR THE 14TH, MAY [00:30:01] THE 14TH, AND IF HE GETS THE EXTENSION, WE CAN TAKE IT OFF AT THAT POINT. BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO DRAG AROUND TOO VERY LONG. SO I WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE STATUS OF IT. SO IS THAT A COMPLICATED PROCESS, THE EXTENSION? NO, SIR. HE SHOULD BE. HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT ACCOMPLISHED TODAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WALK HIM OVER AND ASK REAL QUICK. OKAY. HE'S GOING TO GO WITH YOU OVER TO BUILDER SERVICES. AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IF THEY CAN EXTEND IT DEPENDING ON THEIR RULES. I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT. I CAN'T ORDER THEM TO DO THAT. BUT IF YOU CAN GET IT EXTENDED, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER 90 DAYS BY VIRTUE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THAT PERMIT. WE ARE GOING TO PICKLE IT FOR MAY THE 14TH BY TICKLING IT. I'M JUST WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON A ANOTHER CALENDAR CALL FOR THIS, THIS TYPE OF HEARING THAT WE'RE HAVING. AND. IF YOU GOT IT AND YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU FINISH YOUR DEMO. BUT WE NEED TO SEE PROGRESS ON MAY THE 14TH. WELL, YOU LOOK AT IT NOW AND COMPARE THOSE PICTURES.GRESS. YE OF THAT TRASH. IT'S ALL GONE. SO FURTHER PROGRESS. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. BUT I'M JUST SAYING YOU WOULDN'T. I MEAN, THERE'S PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. SO. OKAY. WELL, LET'S LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO GET YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW AND GET YOUR HEAD STRAIGHT AND START PULLING ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF OUT OF THERE AND BRINGING THE BUILDING TO THE GROUND, AND. YEAH, AND YOU GOT TO HAUL OFF THE DEBRIS, TOO. OH, YES. THAT'S PART OF IT. SO WE WILL TICKLE IT FOR MAY THE 14TH AT 1:00. OKAY. AT 1:00, THAT SAME ROOM ON MAY 14TH AT 1:00. AND. I KNOW I CAN, I CAN I CAN RUN HIM OVER REAL QUICK AND I'LL WRITE IT DOWN. OKAY. SO HE'LL SCOTT WILL GO WITH YOU OVER IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT GETTING SQUARED AWAY WITH THAT AND WRITE THAT DATE DOWN. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET WITH IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE ITEM. EXCUSE ME. A ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE PHONE CALL FOR 1026 24TH PLAZA. OKAY. HERE WE GO. THERE TO SPEAK? YEAH, I THINK SO. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE. FOR (971) 331-3137. THIS IS BILL LEWIS WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'M THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE. WE WILL CALL YOU BACK AT THE END OF THE OTHER HEARINGS THAT WE HAVE. BUT SHOULD YOU FAIL TO ANSWER IT AT THAT TIME, WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE HEARING WITHOUT YOUR PRESENCE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM B. IS PROPERTY ADDRESS 2360 BAYVIEW AVENUE. THOSE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE. I'M SORRY. THIS IS A HEARING A COMPLIANCE HEARING TO IMPOSE LIENS AND FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. AND INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON WAS THE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE. AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND AFFIDAVITS FOR THIS HEARING. THIS IS A FINAL HEARING OR COMPLIANCE HEARING TO IMPOSE LIENS AND FINES. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MAY 17TH, 2023. WAS FOUND IN [00:35:06] VIOLATION BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM OF BLIGHTED STRUCTURE AND OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR BY PHONE AT THE HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT 30 DAYS BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $200 IN DAILY FINE OF $25 BE IMPOSED UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. ON APRIL THE 14TH, THIS CASE AGAIN WENT IN FRONT OF THE MAGISTRATE FOR AN ORDER TO IMPOSE FINES FOR NON COMPLIANT. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR BY PHONE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED TO PAY AN INITIAL FINE. THE RESPONDENT PAY AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST, AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST STARTING ON NOVEMBER THE 13TH, 2023, AND CONTINUE TO OCCUR UNTIL THE BLADDER STRUCTURE IS CORRECTED. SO I DID RE-INSPECTIONS FROM NOVEMBER 14TH OF 2023. THIS IS BAYVIEW THERE IN SAINT ANDREWS OFF OF 23RD RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO BACK UP. THIS IS THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE. THE TARPING THERE ON THE BACK. NOW, THOSE ARE STUMPS UNDERNEATH THE PALMS WITH KIND OF FRONDS THAT HE'S LET GROW UP. BUT OBVIOUSLY THE GRASS. AND WHAT'S THE MAIN PROBLEM THOUGH? GROWTH. AND THE AND THE AND THE TARPING THERE AT THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE BUILDING. ARE THOSE VINES GROWING? YES, SIR. VINES GROWING ON THE HOUSE AS WELL. IT. WELL, HE WANTED THAT THEY WERE DECORATIVE VINES. VINES? I THINK HE EXPLAINED THAT TO YOU. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE HEARINGS WE HAD. JANUARY 27TH, 2000, 25. NOTHING CHANGED. I WENT BACK OUT. YOU KNOW, HE'S CUT THE PROPERTY. THE VINES HAVE DIED. STILL TARPING ON THE ROOF. IT'S CLOSE UP. ON MARCH 3RD. PROPERTY IS REINSPECTED, AND NOW HE HAS A BRAND NEW ROOF OF 2025. WAS IT PERMITTED? YES, IT WAS PERMITTED. ON MARCH THE 3RD, I ISSUED AN AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE AND NOTICE. THE HEARING WAS SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THROUGH CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON MARCH 25TH. MARCH 27TH. THEY WERE POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. APRIL 1ST, THE PROPERTY WAS ALSO POSTED. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. I'VE HAD NO CONTACT FROM THE ON THIS HEARING. WOULD YOU LIKE MY RECOMMENDATIONS? THIS GUY USED TO BE A BAIL BONDSMAN, DIDN'T HE? HONESTLY, I DO NOT RECALL WHAT HIS BACKGROUND IS. WHAT I'M GETTING AT. I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT HIM DYING. I WAS JUST CURIOUS, AND I MIGHT BE MISTAKEN ON THAT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S DIED OR NOT. I DON'T HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT. NO, SIR. WELL, UNLESS HE PASSED, HE HE DID SIGN FOR THE NOTICE ON MARCH 24TH. I DON'T GUESS HE DIED THEN. SO. SO. BUT THIS ISN'T HIS PRIMARY RESIDENCE. THIS IS A RESIDENCE. RESIDENCE OR SOMETHING. HE'S. HE'S IN HIS NAME. I THINK HE CLAIMS HIS COUSINS LIVE THERE, BUT HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOME. BUT ANYHOW, MY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED A FINE OF $25 FOR A PERIOD OF 476 DAYS, FOR A TOTAL OF 1000 111,000. I'M SORRY, 11,000 AND $900 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. THE COURT HAS ORDERED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS. BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, CALLS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT HE PAID THE $200 FINE? WE NEED TO INDICATE THAT ON THE. THE 200. YEAH, THE $200 FINE WAS ALREADY IMPOSED. BUT HAS IT BEEN PAID? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE SEEN THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE PREVIOUS ORDER. DIRECTING THAT HE CLEAN UP THE YARD AND GET RID OF THE UNDERGROWTH, ETC, ON THE PREMISES. THAT HIS FAILURE HAS EXTENDED FOR A PERIOD OF 476 DAYS WITH THE BAND. NOW [00:40:05] TOTALING. SINCE THAT'S SINCE NOVEMBER THE 13TH OF 23, $25 A DAY, 476 DAYS, FOR A TOTAL OF $11,900 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. IN ADDITION TO THAT, $11,900, THERE SHALL BE A $200 INITIAL FINE, WHICH ALSO THROW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE. AND THE. FINAL RECORDING OF THIS SECOND OR THIS ORDER. THE COST, THESE COSTS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE HILLS WE NEED TO KNOW. Y'ALL, Y'ALL DIDN'T CLEAN IT UP OR ANYTHING. NO, NO. IT WAS JUST ONGOING FINES FOR BLIGHTED. OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ITEM D ON THE AGENDA. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 761 WESTWOOD BEACH CIRCLE. THIS IS A. FIRST HEARING. WE SLIDE STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS AN AERIAL VIEW FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. THIS AREA WAS TAKEN BETWEEN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. A LITTLE TINY BLUE DOT IN THE CENTER OF THE. THE MAP HERE IS THE PROPERTY LOCATION THAT PANAMA CITY BEACH PARKWAY AND FRONT BEACH ROAD THAT MEET HERE. OKAY. ON PHOTOGRAPH TWO, CLOSE TO THE BLUE DOT, THERE IS A RED. LOOKS LIKE A RED BOX. I THINK THAT'S JUST THE. WHEN YOU. THE MOUSE. THE MOUSE LEFT THAT MARK. OKAY. IT'S IRRELEVANT. IT'S IRRELEVANT TO THE REST OF THE PHOTO. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T LEAVE THAT UNDEFINED OR MENTIONED ON THERE. AND THIS IS A CLOSER UP AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. INVESTIGATOR JOE TRIPP OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY ON JANUARY 7TH OF THIS YEAR, AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, JOE TRIPP, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT AND CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE RECORD. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE ENCLOSED AS EXHIBIT A. THIS IS MY INITIAL INSPECTION JANUARY 7TH. FROM THE STREET. THE PROPERTY FACES NORTH, APPROXIMATELY ONE BLOCK PARALLEL WITH BACK BEACH ROAD. HERE'S TWO DERELICT VEHICLES. A DERELICT PHOTOGRAPH TO THE RIGHT. THE YARD FULL OF TRASH, JUNK AND ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY WHICH CAN VISIBLY BE SEEN. TWO MORE DERELICT VEHICLES TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, FOR A TOTAL OF ROUGHLY FOUR VEHICLES ABOUT. I MAILED A POSTCARD TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. ADVISING THEM OF THE VIOLATIONS ON THAT DATE. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY BACK JANUARY 29TH. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ALL VIOLATIONS STILL REMAINED. FEBRUARY 6TH, I SENT OUT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION VIA CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. ADDRESS USING THE PROPERTY DATABASE. TO 8255 LANDSHARK ROAD BOULEVARD. THE CERTIFIED COPY WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL COPY HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO DATE. I RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AGAIN MARCH 5TH. IT STILL REMAINED A VIOLATION. IT WAS A TRAILER FULL OF STUFF SO EVIDENTLY STARTED TO CLEAN UP THE YARD A BIT. HOWEVER, ALL THE DERELICT VEHICLES STILL REMAINED. MARCH 6TH I SENT A CERTIFIED COPY AND REGULAR MAIL COPY. EXCUSE ME. NOTICE OF HEARING. NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ON RECORD. THE CERTIFIED COPY WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT. THE REGULAR MAIL COPY WAS NOT RETURNED. MARCH 12TH I RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER STATING THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED NOTICE OF HEARING. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT HER SON IS STAYING THERE. THERE WAS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. THEY WERE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS GETTING IT STRAIGHTENED OUT, BUT SHE WAS GOING TO TRY TO URGE HIM TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. MARCH 19TH I RETURNED TO THE PROPERTY AND ALL THE VEHICLES STILL REMAINED THERE. YARD STILL CONTAINED TRASH. JUNK. UNSECURED. ONSCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY. ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY, I ALSO POSTED THE PROPERTY. ALL VIOLATIONS THAT STILL REMAINED ON THAT DATE. APRIL 7TH. THIS PAST MONDAY, I RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. ONE OF THE DERELICT VEHICLES, I BELIEVE WAS REMOVED. [00:45:02] THERE WAS A TRAILER WHICH WAS LOADED UP WITH SOME JUNK FROM THE YARD, WHICH APPEARED LIKE THEY WERE TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN THE YARD OUT. HOWEVER, VIOLATIONS STILL REMAINED. SEVEN I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION FROM THE RESPONDENT. THIS CASE IS ALSO SET FOR A MAY 14TH HEARING ON AT 1:00. OKAY. AND THAT'S CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 761 WESTWOOD BEACH CIRCLE, IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE. NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. THEY HAVE FAILED TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY IN THIS MATTER. THE. COUNTY. ITEM ITEM A, A COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT YOUR HONOR. RECORDED LINE. HOW CAN I HELP YOU? HI. SORRY, I THINK I MISSED A CALL FROM THE MAGISTRATE. YES, SIR. CAN I HAVE YOUR NAME, PLEASE? MY FIRST NAME IS PAUL P A L. MY NAME IS LYDIA. YES, SIR. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOU SWORN IN. WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. HE'S GOING TO WAIT TILL THE END. OKAY. YEAH. WE WILL CALL YOU BACK. STAY BY YOUR PHONE. BECAUSE IF. OKAY. IF YOU DON'T ANSWER IT THE NEXT TIME, IT'S OVER. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702. IN THE FORM OF DERELICT VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT, TRASH, JUNK, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY ON THE PREMISES. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS IN WHICH TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY SHELTERING, REMOVING OR REGISTERING ALL BUT ONE DERELICT VEHICLE OR WATERCRAFT, OR MOVING OR SHELTERING ALL UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REMOVING ALL TRASH AND JUNK. IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP CODE ENFORCEMENT NOTIFIED OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES WITHIN TEN DAYS OF 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. FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST. IT IS THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, AND SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION IN ORDER TO STOP THE FINE, THE DAILY FINES. ANY FINES THAT ARE IMPOSED IN THIS MATTER SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA. AND WE WILL HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON THE 14TH. IS THAT. YES. IS THAT 1:00? AT WHAT? AT 1:00? YES. 1:00. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SIR. DID YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO A OR CONTINUE? NOPE. WE'RE GOING TO FINISH. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BRING US TO ITEM F IS PROPERTY. ADDRESS IS 1708 SHERMAN AVENUE. THIS IS A SECOND HEARING TO IMPOSE A LIEN FOR THE COST OF ABATEMENT AND FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. MOHAMED STREET INSPECTOR THORPE AGAIN. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IN BAY COUNTY ON MAY 16TH, 2024. AND IT'S FILED IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 90 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $100 WOULD BE IMPOSED 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 ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THESE ARE YOUR FIRST PHOTO HERE, OR PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE MAGISTRATE AT THAT HEARING. YES, MA'AM. AND YOU CAN SEE THEY [00:50:04] LIFTED THE REAR ROOF WITHOUT ENGINEERING OR PERMITS, TRIED TO EXTEND THE STRUCTURAL OUTWARD, WHICH WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BUILDING OVER THE SEPTIC TANK. THEY WERE PUTTING THE ROOF OVER THE CHIMNEY. SO. YES. I KNOW, AND A BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME. OKAY. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. ON AUGUST 15TH, 2024, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024, AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT THE COST OF $800. ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2024, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, STATING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 7TH, 2024. ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024, PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $5,991.00. UPON INSPECTION ON ON MARCH 3RD, 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. ON MARCH 26TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF SECOND HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS 1708 SHERMAN AVENUE, LISTED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. THE NOTICE IS STILL IN TRANSIT AS OF APRIL 4TH, 2025. A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON MARCH 27TH, 2025. SO THE STRUCTURE IS NOW GONE. AND INVESTIGATOR BRUNING HAS THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE STILL IN HIS CONTROL. NOW WHAT ASPECT IS THE BLIGHTED. IS THERE A SEPARATE STRUCTURE ON HERE? THAT'S GOT A HOUSE OR A HOME OR A BLOCK HOME? AND YOU HAVE THIS MOBILE HOME HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THIS ONE IS STILL BLIGHTED. OKAY. BUT NOW WE'RE NOT HAVING. THAT'S NOT SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING TODAY, IS IT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED IN THE EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ORDER THE RESPONDENT, PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE AND THE INCIDENTAL COST OF ENFORCEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,791, WHICH SHALL DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE. UPON RECORDING THAT INCLUDES THE $800 ASBESTOS. RIGHT? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A FINE. FOR $100. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. A FINE OF $100. IT'S BEEN ASSESSED. AND THAT SHALL ALSO DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE. UPON RECORDING. UPON RECORDING OF THIS SECOND ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY. THESE COSTS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO ASSIST THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. THANK YOU. ITEM G. PROPERTY ADDRESS 1712 GAINER AVENUE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON JULY 17TH, 2024 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, TRASH, JUNK DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. THESE ARE STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER THREE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING. REMIND YOU OF PROPERTY. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $1,000 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 AUGUST 19TH, 2024, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE TRASH, JUNK AND DEBRIS HAD BEEN COLLECTED. HOWEVER, THE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE REMAINED. STRUCTURE IS REMAINED. PHOTO NINE SHOWS THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, AND SLIDE NUMBER TEN IS THE ACCESSORY. ON [00:55:08] SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024, AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT THE COST OF $800. SLIDE NUMBER 12 SHOWS THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. STILL IN VIOLATION. 14 IS THE INSIDE OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, AND 15 IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2024, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, SAYING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 7TH. ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024, THAT NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY DURING A PRE-BID INSPECTION. AGAIN, THE PROPERTY STILL REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ON SEPTEMBER 25TH OF 20. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $11,967.98. AND ON JANUARY 27TH, 2025 WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. NOTICE OF SECOND HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE ADDRESS OF RECORD. THE NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED WITH NO FORWARDING ADDRESS. A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON MARCH 20TH, AND AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON MARCH 25TH OF THIS YEAR. AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND PETITIONED EVIDENCE, I FIND THAT THE ONE THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS NOTICED BY PUBLICATION AND POSTING, AND THAT HAS FAILED TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING. THE RESPONDENT SHOULD BE ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE AND THE INCIDENTAL COSTS RELATED TO THAT IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,768, $67.98. WE'RE ALL INTERESTED IN THE STATUTORY RATE. THAT SUM INCLUDES THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT PLUS THE ASBESTOS INSPECTION. ADDITIONALLY, THE RESPONDENT IS FINED $1,000, WHICH SHALL ALSO DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE FROM THE DATE OF RECORDING. FROM THE RECORDING OF THIS SECOND ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY. THESE COSTS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT IN BAY COUNTY, AND THE COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO ASSESS THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE ABATEMENT. ITEM. ITEM H IS. H IS IN HENRY. YES. 14. 101 TEN FINGER LANE. THIS IS A SECOND HEARING TO IMPOSE A LANE FOR THE COST OF ABATEMENT AND FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON JULY 17TH, 2024, AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER TWO. JUST A SLIDE TO REMIND YOU OF THE PROPERTY. THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THAT FIRST HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE AT THAT HEARING ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 60 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF 100 $100 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 SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND AS YOU SEE IN SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2024, AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT THE COST OF $800. SLIDE NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN. STRUCTURE REMAINED THE SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT WAS THE REMNANTS OF. THERE WAS SOME DEBRIS ON THE PROPERTY. HOWEVER, THE ORDER WAS ONLY FOR THE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THE. NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND [01:00:10] ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2024, THE. CONSENT WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY DURING A PRE-BID INSPECTION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN SLIDE 11, 12 AND 13. THE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. STILL REMAINED. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $5,421.12, AND ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025 WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. ON MARCH 3RD, A NOTICE OF SECOND HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL. TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON MARCH 6TH. A COPY OF THE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON MARCH 20TH, AND AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON MARCH 27TH, 2025. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. OKAY, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS ENTERED ARE IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IN THIS MATTER. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE IN THE AND DENTAL COSTS. OF THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. THAT SUM IS $6,221.12, WHICH ARE ALL INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE FROM THE DAY OF REPORTING. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A $100 FINE IMPOSED WHICH SHALL ALSO DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE UPON A RECORDING OF THE SECOND ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY. THESE COSTS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED. AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT IN BAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION. BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, JODY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I BELIEVE THAT LAST ITEM IS A I DIDN'T MISS ANY. OKAY. READING BACK AT THIS POINT. HELLO MR. NGUYEN? YES, MISS JODY WITH BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY SWORN IN. 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, SO HELP YOU GOD? YES. AND WHAT IS A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU? OH, IT'S GOING TO BE 1026 EAST 24TH PLAZA. 32405. THANK YOU. SIR. CODE ENFORCEMENT AND MAGISTRATE ARE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT. MR. NGUYEN, WHAT YOU WILL HEAR FIRST IS FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. HE WILL TESTIFY AS TO HIS FINDINGS AND INVESTIGATION. YOU WILL BE THEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT, AND THEN TO OFFER TESTIMONY THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN THIS MATTER. SURE. OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. PAUL, THIS IS ROBERT. I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING. OKAY. OH, YEAH. THAT'S. YEAH. OF COURSE. ON MARCH 18TH. WELL, FIRST ON SLIDE TWO, PAUL, WE'RE PRESENTING A SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION. I THINK I TOLD YOU ON THE WEBSITE YOU CAN GO IN AND CLICK ON AND SEE WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE. THIS SLIDE IS JUST SHOWING YOU WERE THE MOBILE HOME PARK IS LOCATED THERE ON 24TH PLAZA BY MERCEDES, RIGHT OFF OF HIGHWAY. THERE. 231 AND THAT'S THE MOTORCYCLE DEALERSHIP THERE FOR THE 25, WHICH IS LOWER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND TWO 3122. 53 THIS CLOSE UP OF THE PARCEL. IT IS ONE PARCEL. THERE'S A MOBILE HOME PARK THAT HAS MULTIPLE ADDRESSES. AS YOU CAN SEE, STARTING FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST. THE TOP TWO HAVE ONE ZERO, TWO, TWO DROPS DOWN TO ONE ZERO, ONE TWO. AND THEY'RE ALL ARE NUMBERED LOTS 123, FOUR. AND THEN WHEN YOU MOVE OVER TO ONE TO SEE 1026, THOSE ARE LETTERS FOR EACH LOT. BUT THEY ALL HAVE THE 1026. SO YOU COME OVER HERE TO THE FAR CORNER DOWN THE BOTTOM THERE AT MERCEDES. THAT STARTS OFF AT 2401, 2403 AND [01:05:08] 2405 2407. SO IT'S A VERY LARGE PARCEL, KIND OF CONFUSING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ADDRESSES. BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS HEARING, YOU KNOW, IT IS INCUMBENT SEEING THE ENTIRE PARCEL, WHICH IS ONE, TWO, 966-0, DASH 38. THAT'S THE PARCEL NUMBER. YES. OKAY. PARCEL NUMBER. RIGHT. SO A LITTLE BACK HISTORY. WHAT LED US HERE TODAY ON MARCH 18TH, 2024, FORMER INVESTIGATOR JENNIFER WILBURN WAS ON ROUTINE PATROL IN THIS AREA, AT WHICH TIME SHE OBSERVED SEVERAL NUMEROUS RECREATIONAL VEHICLES THROUGHOUT THIS PARCEL. THIS PARCEL IS ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL ZONE R2 FOR ALLOWABLE USE. SO THEY HAVE THE MOBILE HOME. THEY CAN HAVE RVS WITH PEOPLE LIVING. AT THAT TIME. SHE FOUND THE PROPERTY TO BE IN VIOLATION OF NON ALLOWABLE USE. AND THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT RECREATIONAL VEHICLES THAT WILL BE THERE AT THE TIME. DURING HER INITIAL INSPECTION, THERE WAS SEVERAL THAT WENT THROUGHOUT ALL THE WHOLE PART A WHOLE PART. YES, SIR. SHE DID ISSUE, LIKE I SAID, NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. WYNN, ON MARCH 20TH. SHE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MR. WYNN. ACCORDING TO HER NOTES, SHE DISCUSSED THE VIOLATION. I BELIEVE IT WAS WHEN IT WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY AND THAT SOMEHOW HE WAS GRANDFATHERED IN TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE ON RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. HE WAS TOLD THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND THAT HE NEEDED TO HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE RV. THIS CASE WAS THEN TURNED OVER TO ME FOR AN INVESTIGATION ON JUNE 27TH. I DID, I DID GO OUT AND CONDUCT REINSPECTION, AT WHICH TIME I DETERMINED THAT OBVIOUSLY THE VIOLATION IS CORRECT. THROUGH THE COURSE OF MY INVESTIGATION, I LEARNED THAT THE. PERSONS WHO LIVED IN THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN NOTICED BY OUR DEPARTMENT OF ANY ONGOING CASE. SO AT THAT POINT, I, I BEGAN POSTING ALL THE RECREATIONAL HERE. IN DOING SO LED TO NUMEROUS NUMEROUS OCCUPANTS TO CALL ME AND OR WERE ON SITE. THEY ALL BASICALLY HAD THE SAME STORY. THEY FOUND THE RENTAL PROPERTY ON FACEBOOK. THEY ENGAGED IN A CONTRACT WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH THEY REQUIRED. YOU KNOW, SOME TWO MONTHS IN ADVANCE. RENT. SO FAR FROM 400 TO $500. WAS THAT MR. WYNN OR WAS THAT SOMETHING? OKAY. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A DIFFERENT OWNER. OKAY. I CONTRACT WITH MR. WYNN. OKAY. THEY AND MOST OF THE CONTRACTS THAT ANYONE SHOWED ME OR VERBALLY TELL ME IT WAS OVER A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS. BUT I LATER LEARNED THAT THAT ALSO WAS THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD GET POWER HOOKED UP. THEY HAD TO HAVE THE LEASE CONTRACT AS WELL. DUE TO THE FACT I DID FIND OUT THAT MR. WYNN HAD NOT ADVISED THEM THAT THE PROPERTY WAS UNDER ANY TYPE OF VIOLATION BY CODE, AND THE CODE WAS TELLING THEM THAT THEY HAD TO. OBVIOUSLY, I FELT COMPASSION FOR THESE PEOPLE. THEY'RE KIND OF CAUGHT IN A SITUATION THAT'S OUT OF THEIR CONTROL. SO I. GAVE THEM WHAT I FELT WAS ADEQUATE TIME TO LEAVE THE TRAILER PARK ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT US HAVING TO EVEN MOVE THEM FOR A LONG TIME. I SHOULD SAY DURING THIS INVESTIGATION, IT WENT ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTACT WITH MR. WYNN. MR. WYNN HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH MANAGER ASHLEY. WILBURN AND MYSELF. MOST MOST OF THE CONVERSATIONS WERE. I WOULD SAY EARLIER, GENIUS OF HIM EXPRESSING HIS THOUGHTS THAT HE WAS PICKING ON HIM, THAT HE'S GRANDFATHERED IN AT ONE POINT. I KNOW HE'S IDENTIFIED OTHER MOBILE HOME PARKS THAT HAVE THE SAME VIOLATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS BASED ON THOSE COMPLAINTS AND DID OPEN CASES ON THE OTHER MOBILE HOME PARK. THEY SAME THING. THEY WERE THE TENANTS WERE GIVEN NOTICE THAT THEY HAD TO LEAVE AND THEY ENDED UP IN THE WRONG. NOW TO DATE, THE MOBILE HOME PARK HAS NOT HAD [01:10:02] ANY MORE VIOLATIONS. BUT INITIALLY ON ON MR. WYNN'S PROPERTY, ALL THE MOBILE HOMES LEFT. RECREATIONAL VEHICLES LEF. AND THE SLIDE SHOWS THAT SHOW BACK ON OCTOBER 9TH, 2004 17, WHERE THE SPACES ARE NOW EMPTY. OKAY. AND THIS WENT UP TO NOVEMBER 13TH, BUT BY NOVEMBER 13TH, 2004, ALL THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON MR. LEE'S PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN THEY GONE. SO BASED ON THAT, I CLOSED THE CASE AND FELT LIKE TO ME, MR. WYNN HAD A GOOD UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A. FUN THING TO DO. SO THIS LEADS ME TO THIS CASE. ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025, I WAS CONDUCTING ROUTINE PATROL, AND ON SLIDE 21, I OBSERVED A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE THERE ON THE 1026 PORTION OF THE PARCEL. OBVIOUSLY, A MOTOR VEHICLE WAS THERE ON FOOT. SORRY, 21 IS ON RANDALL. SO OUR DAUGHTER AND THEN WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SAME INFLUENCES TO SET UP A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, SET UP ON THE FIELD OUT MORE. AND THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY PERSONS LIVING THERE. AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I ATTEMPTED TO. I'M SORRY. I DID FIND A PROPERTY THAT WAS IN VIOLATION. I IMMEDIATELY SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, AND SINCE WE ALREADY HAD THE PREVIOUS CASE, I WENT AHEAD AND SCHEDULED THIS FOR A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. NOTICE OF HEARING. FOR NOT ALLOWING THE USE. FOR HAVING PEOPLE LIVING IN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. ON THE 12TH I THE NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TO THE TO THE LAND. AND I ALSO WENT BACK TO THE LOT AND THEY KEPT ME IN CONTACT WITH THE OCCUPANTS. THROUGH THE COURSE OF EDUCATION, I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS. MR. JOHN WEBER, TO. HIS STATEMENT TO I WAS A PART CAMPER. HE STATED THAT HE HAD MOVED IN TO ON JANUARY WITHOUT. HE DID SIGN A MONTH TO MONTH LEASE WITH MR. AND HE DID PROVIDE ME A PHONE COPY OF HIS LEASE WHICH CONTAINED IN THE FILE SIGNED BY MR. LIM OR IT WAS A MONTHLY THE MONTHLY RENT FOR. $550. HE HAD TO PUT $700 DOWN AND ONCE HE RECEIVED HIS NOTIFICATION FOR HIS VIOLATION, HE CONTACTED MR. LAND AND GET THE MONTHLY HERE. TO LEAVE THE PHONE WITHOUT PROVIDING A REFUND, AND TOLD THAT HE COULD STAY UP UNTIL THE HEARING IN APRIL. IF HE DID, HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY, YOU KNOW, RENT. HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE AND, YOU KNOW, HE FELT LIKE. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED. I DID MAKE I LEFT THE PART AT LOT SEVEN. NO ONE ANSWERED THE DOOR. THAT OCCUPANT. WELL, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A MALE THAT WOULDN'T IDENTIFY HIMSELF. STATED HE DID LIVE THERE, BUT I. HE WAS THERE THE DAY I LEFT THE BUSINESS CARD AND WAS ON A WORK CALL. HE HE SAID THE SAME THING. HE HAD JUST MOVED IN. HE HAD A LEASE. HOW TO MAKE A DOWN PAYMENT. BUT HE WAS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET OUT OF THERE. BOTH HE TELLING US THAT THEY HAD GOT THEIR. THEY FOUND THIS ADVERTISEMENT ON FACEBOOK. IT SHOULD BE NOTED. POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT BACK ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE. I DID FIND THIS WHEN I FOUND IT, THEY HAD TO ADD TO AND FOLD THIS ONE. THIS AND THIS ONE SAID IT WAS LIKE IT WAS AN OLD AD AND HE'D HAVE IT REMOVED. THESE GENTLEMEN FOUND IT ON FACEBOOK OR HE READ IT. AND WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE NOTICES, THEY BOTH NOTED THAT THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN DOWN. SO ONCE I TOLD THESE GUYS WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY OBVIOUSLY LEFT THE MOBILE HOME PARK. CONCESSION ON MARCH 10TH. I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND SO ON. AT THAT TIME, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE. I WAS MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS HEARING. SO 27TH COPY WAS POSTED ON THE [01:15:03] WEBSITE ON MARCH 31ST. I POSTED THE PROPERTY ON THEIR LOT. APRIL 2ND I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM MR. LYNN. HE QUESTIONED WHY WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS HEARING. I EXPLAINED WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS HEARING BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS VIOLATION, THAT IT WAS THAT I HAD A PRETTY STRONG BELIEF, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS, THAT THIS WAS A VIOLATION, THAT HE KNEW THIS WAS A VIOLATION. AND WHEN I SAW HIM BACK AGAIN. SHORTLY IN JANUARY, THAT THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO, TO GET HIM. OUT THERE, THAT IT WAS VIOLATION. HE'D BE CONSIDERED A REPEAT OFFENDER. AND THE END EXPRESSED THAT HE'D BEEN PICKED ON. QUESTIONED PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET. IT HAS GONE TO THE HEARING. AND STILL BELIEVES THAT HE WAS GRANDFATHERED IN. I ASKED HIM TO PROVIDE ME WITH PAPERWORK THAT HE WAS REFERRING TO. HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE IT. I ADVISED HIM THAT HE COULD CALL TO HIS HEARING TODAY. I THOUGHT THERE WAS A LOT OF TIME IN MY PHONE SUPPLY YOU WITH THIS PAPERWORK. IT MIGHT MAKE A, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A DECISION AND THE PAPERWORK THAT WOULD PROVIDE THAT. BUT AT THIS POINT, THE PROPERTY IS. PLAYER A PLAYER. VIOLATION AND I HAVE IT FOR A PLATFORM. I HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TESTIMONY MYSELF, IF I MAY. OKAY. SURE. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE AERIAL VIEW OF THIS PROPERTY. SO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REGULATES MOBILE HOME. THEY GIVE LICENSES FOR RV PARKS AND SUCH. THEY AND THE NUMBER OF MOBILE HOMES IN THE PAST, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DID GIVE HIM SOME. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. I CAN'T HEAR HER. OKAY. GAVE HIM PERMIT. AND. VIOLATION OF CONTROL. SO. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT GAVE IT. BUT IT WAS A PLATFORM THAT WASN'T THERE, A VIOLATION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE. THEIR TAKE ON THIS IS THAT WE CAN'T COMPLY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT. SO I ALSO WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT AERIAL. PHOTOGRAPHS. 1999 AND 2001, FOLLOWED BY. SO. THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT THEY HAVE FOR GRANDFATHERING IN. BUT. AFTER THE 2004, THERE WAS NO SUCH. ALL RIGHT. MR. WYNN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF EITHER CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER? I DO NOT HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM IN REGARDS TO WHAT? SHE JUST SAID. I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS LOOKING, BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY PHOTOS OF TWO RVS AT LEAST. YEAH, TWO RVS. PRIOR TO MY OWNERSHIP. IN 2018. FROM MR. LEONARD MOORE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEM, BUT THEY WERE THERE. AND DO YOU HAVE THOSE DID YOU SUBMIT THOSE? I DID NOT. OKAY. AND THEN IN REGARDS TO. IN REGARDS TO. ROBERT'S CLAIM THAT I'M BEING PICKED ON THIS, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING PICKED ON. YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST. THE FACT THAT FLORIDA STATUTE ALLOWS MOBILE HOME PARKS TO HAVE RVS. THAT'S WHY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HAD GIVEN ME PERMITS PRIOR TO 2018 OR MR. LEONARD 2018, GOING ALL THE WAY UP TILL TO THIS POINT. SO I NEVER SAID, YOU KNOW, HE'S TAKEN ON WHOEVER. THIS IS JUST THE STATE FACTS THAT UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE, WHO I BELIEVE OVERSEES PRETTY MUCH ALL THE COUNTIES THAT THEY DO ALLOW THIS, AS LONG AS YOU ARE A [01:20:02] LICENSED MOBILE HOME PARK, YOU CAN IN TURN REPLACE A MOBILE HOME WITH AN RV. HAVE YOU BROUGHT ANY OF THAT TO THEIR ATTENTION OR PROVIDED THEM WITH THE STATUTES? I AM HAVING LEGAL COUNSEL WORK ON THIS, AND AT SOME POINT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE OPENED UP AGAIN. AND PRICING IN ANOTHER. COURT. DO WHAT? MY LEGAL COUNSEL WANTS TO TAKE THIS TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF COURT, SIR. NOT A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE AS THEY SEE. THEY THINK THIS IS BEYOND THAT. OKAY. BUT WE HAVE TO START HERE. SO. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. OKAY. SO I WILL I DO, I WILL I WILL HAVE TO SAY YEAH. HIS HIS TESTIMONY FOR, FOR MY RENTERS THE LAST, THE LAST TWO THAT CAME IN ARE, AREN'T. AREN'T FACTUAL. THE ONE MAN HE SAYS THAT I CLAIMED THAT DIDN'T OFFER HIS REFUND, IN FACT ASKED TO STAY LONGER AND I REFUNDED HIM HIS. HIS DEPOSIT AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ON RESERVATIONS. MANY MONTHS BEFORE THEY CAME OVER, WHICH THEY DID NOT MENTION. THAT PROBABLY MAKE IT SEEM SO. THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, STAY THERE LONGER OR NOT GET PENALIZED. BUT THAT'S WHAT I'LL HAVE TO SAY TO THAT, UNLESS THEY'RE HERE TODAY TO SAY DIFFERENT. THAT'S THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE VIOLATIONS REGARDING THE HABITATION OF AN RV VEHICLE HAVE BEEN CLEARED UP. I AM, HOWEVER, GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT KNOWINGLY RENTED THESE. LOT SPACES. WHATEVER. HAVING BEEN TOLD THAT SUCH WAS A VIOLATION OF THE COUNTY CODE, AND THAT THIS WAS. THESE WERE INTENTIONAL ACTS THAT HE ENCOURAGED THE VIOLATION OF THAT PROVISION OF THE CODE OR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND THAT THE CAUSE OF THAT, SHOULD ANOTHER VIOLATION OCCUR. YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO BE A REPEAT OFFENDER. SO I'M GOING TO FIND THAT YOU DID HAVE VIOLATIONS ON YOUR PREMISES, AND THAT ALL YOU HAVE PRESENTLY CURED THEM. ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION WILL BE A REPEAT OF. IN THE. LET ME SPECIFICALLY FIND THAT THE PARCEL NUMBER 12966 DASH, 000. DASH 000 IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT, CHAPTER FOUR NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE HAS APPEARED BY TELEPHONE, HAD BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AS WELL AS OFFER TESTIMONY IN HIS OWN BEHALF. THE THERE WAS A VIOLATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION 17 OR. EXCUSE ME. 405-1 THE NON ALLOWABLE USE FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONE TWO HABITATION OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND SECTION 400 3-5. THE PROHIBITED ACTIVITY OF. ACTUALLY USING A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. AND THOSE VIOLATIONS EXISTED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE RESPONDENT. THIS PROPERTY IS PRESENTLY ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL TWO AND HABITATION OR OCCUPANCY OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 320 .01 OF THE STATUTES. FLORIDA STATUTES IS PROHIBITED. IF THESE VIOLATIONS [01:25:03] REOCCUR, IT SHALL BE DEEMED A REPEAT OFFENSE SUBJECT TO THE RESPONDENT TO THE PENALTIES RELATED TO SUCH. REPEAT. OKAY. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT. AND WHEN. YES, I HEARD YOU. OKAY. I HEARD THAT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. THIS HEARING IS OVER. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE. ON THE AGENDA. ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. AGENDA. BUT JUST TO UNDER NEW BUSINESS OR JUST TO SAY, TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN. WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE HAD RVS ON THAT PROPERTY PRIOR TO 2004. AND HE WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER. SO AND THAT'S WHAT I. YES, YOU'LL HAVE AERIALS THAT SHOW THE RV. HOWEVER, FROM 2004 AND 2018 THERE WERE NO RVS. SO AND OF COURSE, AS HE SAID HE WAS, HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. HE PREPARED TO SHOW IT SHOULD IT REOCCUR. YES. OKAY. MEETING * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.