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          ALL RIGHT. IT'S RECORDING NOW. ALL RIGHT. THIS MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. I HAVE REVIEWED THE DOCKET. I DON'T SEE ANY BASIS FOR RECUSAL AS TO ANY OF THE CASES. I'M NOT HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE ABOUT THE CASES. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, I'D ASK THAT YOU EITHER TURN IT OFF OR PUT IT ON SILENT VIBRATE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. IF YOU ANTICIPATE GIVING TESTIMONY, IF YOU WOULD STAND AND BE SWORN. 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? I DO. 
          RECORD. REFLECT THAT EVERYONE HAS ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. AS ASHMAN, WHICH. SO TODAY WE HAVE ITEMS D, G, M, AND N PRESENT. SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE START WITH THOSE. OKAY. 
          STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER D PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 6926 COVE ROAD. RIGHT HERE. I GOT MY PHONE ON ME. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MARCH 12TH, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN REPEAT VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS SECTION 405. RESIDENTIAL ZONES IN THE FORM OF NON ALLOWABLE USE FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONING. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE FIVE DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $400, AND A DAILY FINE OF 500, OR, I'M SORRY, A DAILY FINE OF $75 TO BE IMPOSED FOR 25 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATOR. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AND OFFICER CHRIS HUBBARD IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING. CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. FOLLOWING HEARING, THIS WAS THE FIRST INSPECTION ON MARCH 18TH. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY STILL REMAINS IN VIOLATION. THAT'S TAKEN FROM COVE ROAD. YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCK, THE CAMPER AND THE TRAILER AND THE PERSONAL ITEMS STILL STORED ON THE PROPERTY. MARCH 18TH. THAT'S THE SAME PICTURE JUST FROM THE ROAD THERE YOU CAN SEE THE STUFF ON THE PROPERTY. APRIL 14TH. THE SECOND INSPECTION AFTER THE HEARING WAS CONDUCTED. THIS STUFF STILL REMAINS. THAT'S KIND OF A ZOOMED IN SHOT THERE, AS YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT WHITE PART OF THE CAMPER BEHIND THAT SCREEN AND INDICATE THIS STUFF IS STILL THERE. SO THE PROPERTY STILL REMAINS IN VIOLATION. IT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION. RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINED THAT THE MAGISTRATE FIND THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION. RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER THAT THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED AN INITIAL FINE OF $400 AND A DAILY FINE OF $75 FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, TOTALING 22. 75. THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZED CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY. HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER TO THE ANY AREA OF THE PROPERTY TO ABATE THE VIOLATION AS IDENTIFIED IN THIS ORDER. AND THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER IN PUBLIC RECORDS, BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND IN WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXIST AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT OF CHAPTER 21, BAY COUNTY CODE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. MR. MARSHALL. YES, SIR. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE FOR THE FIRST MEETING. I'VE. I'VE BEEN WORKING OUT OF TOWN, AND I DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE FOR ME TO GET GET OFF AND GET BACK INTO TOWN. BUT WE WENT THROUGH THIS IN 2023. WE CLEARED THE PROPERTY OFF AND EVERYTHING GOT BROUGHT UP TO CODE, AND I MOVED UP TO 8811 SEMINOLE STREET AND SOME FRIENDS OF MINE, AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS LIVING AT. AND WHEN THE TORNADOES HIT AND DESTROYED, IT TOOK OUT THAT WHOLE HOUSE. AND THERE'S SIX OF US LIVING IN SIX ADULTS IN ONE HOUSE. SO WHENEVER THEY WENT TO PUT OUR TRUCK CAMPERS ON THE PROPERTY, THERE WASN'T VERY MUCH ROOM TO OPERATE, TO CLEAN THE DEBRIS AND ALL THAT UP. AND THEY ASKED ME IF I COULD PUT MY PROPERTY, PUT IT BACK ON MY PROPERTY. I GOT ON THE WEBSITE AND SAW THAT IT SAID, YOU KNOW, IT SAID THAT IT HAD SPECIAL THINGS THAT YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, KEEP COULD STAY IN THE CAMPER IF 
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YOU WERE AFFECTED FOR ANYONE AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO. AND THAT'S WHY I ASSUMED THAT I COULD HAVE THE PROPERTY, THAT I COULD BE ON THE HOW MY CAMPER MOVED BACK UP THERE JUST UNTIL THE HOUSE GETS REBUILT. THERE'S A THEY HAVE TO GET A PERMIT FOR. THEY HAVE TO GET A TEMPORARY HOUSING PERMIT, AND IT WOULD BE FOR THE PROPERTY THAT THE TORNADO HIT. NOT ON THIS DIDN'T HIT THIS PROPERTY. IT DID HIT MY PROPERTY. NO, BUT IT'S JUST THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH. IT'S A QUARTER ACRE LOT AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO HAVE IT JUST SAYS IT SAYS IN THE WEBSITE THAT ANYONE THAT DON'T SAY ANY LOCATION, IT SAYS ANYONE AFFECTED. AND THAT'S WHY I ASSUMED THAT IT WAS OKAY. DID YOU APPLY FOR THE PERMIT? OR DID YOU APPLY FOR THE PERMIT? I DIDN'T NO, I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT NEEDING TO APPLY FOR THE PERMIT ON THE WEBSITE WHEN I GOT ON THERE, OR I WOULD HAVE. AFTER THE FIRST HEARING, WHY DIDN'T YOU CLEAN IT UP IN A TIMELY FASHION? WELL, I LIVED THERE. AND IF YOU LOOK THE PROPERTY, DON'T. IT DON'T LOOK LIKE THE PICTURE PORTRAYS IT. THE PROPERTY IS CLEAN, LANDSCAPED. I MEAN, Y'ALL LOOKS NICE. MY HOUSE BURNT DOWN IN 2022. AND I MEAN, I WENT GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE AND ALL KIND OF STUFF. SO THE REASON I HADN'T STARTED BUILDING BACK, BUT I INTEND TO BUILD BACK ON THE PROPERTY. BUT I CLEARED IT OFF AND GOT IT UP TO CODE AND I JUST THOUGHT WHENEVER I READ THAT AT THE TOP OF THE WEBSITE, I ASSUMED THAT I COULD I COULD HAVE THE TEMPORARY HOUSING. I DIDN'T IT DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT NEEDING TO PUT IN FOR A PERMIT OR ANYTHING. YOU GOT YOU GOT A COPY OF THIS ORDER. THIS ORDER WAS ENTERED ON MARCH THE 12TH. AND HERE WE ARE OVER IN APRIL. AND. THAT THAT THING DOESN'T SAY THE ORDER DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE. YOU KNOW, YOU'D BE EXEMPT IF THERE WAS A. PERMIT OBTAINED OR ANYTHING ELSE, OR YOU DIDN'T NEED TO GET A PERMIT OR. YES, SIR. I KNOW I'VE BEEN WORKING IN GEORGIA. LIKE I SAID, MY QUESTION IS, WHY DIDN'T YOU FOLLOW THE TERMS OF THE ORDER? I DIDN'T I DIDN'T REALIZE I THOUGHT IT HAD TO BE ADDRESSED TODAY AT THIS MEETING. I THOUGHT I HAD TO WAIT TILL APRIL 16TH TO ADDRESS IT. I KNEW WHAT IT SAID. 
          IT NEEDED TO BE DONE, BUT I JUST THAT'S THE FIRST CHANCE FOR ME TO TODAY, FOR ME TO PRESENT MY CASE AND EXPLAIN WHY THE WHY THE CAMPER IS ON THE PROPERTY. WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT PARAGRAPH FOUR, IT SAYS THAT YOU WILL HAVE FIVE DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT LIKE I SAID, I WAS WORKING OUT OF TOWN. 
          I JUST I HAD I HAD TO LEAVE TO COME INTO TOWN JUST TO COME BACK TO COME TO THIS MEETING TODAY. I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE EARLIEST I COULD ADDRESS EVERYTHING. WELL, QUITE FRANKLY, MR. MARSHALL, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IN LIGHT OF THAT PARAGRAPH I JUST READ YOU. 
          AND YOU ARE ALSO A REPEAT OFFENDER. NO. YEAH. 2023. WE CLEARED THE PROPERTY OFF AND GOT IT ALL HANDLED, AND I PAID ALL THE LANES AND FINES AND EVERYTHING ELSE LEVIED AGAINST ME TO GET IT BROUGHT UP TO CODE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED ANY EVIDENCE SHOWING WHY YOU'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE. YOU'VE HAD A QUESTION YOU COULD HAVE CALLED AND. YOU DIDN'T. AND CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT OBLIGATED TO SPOON FEED YOU ON THESE KIND OF THINGS. SO I, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THAT YOU DIDN'T TAKE ANY EFFORTS TO. TO DO ANYTHING. AND THEN YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF NOT RESPONDING TO THESE KIND OF THINGS. IT SEEMS LIKE AFTER YOU GOT ZAPPED THE FIRST TIME, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF THIS AND CALLING PEOPLE. YES, SIR. I WOULD HAVE IF I WOULD HAVE FOUND OUT IN A TIMELY FASHION. LIKE I SAID, I JUST I WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR MONTHS AT A TIME, AND BY THE TIME I FOUND OUT, IT WAS AFTER RIGHT THERE AT THE FIRST MEETING, RIGHT AROUND IT. RIGHT THERE. WELL, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT GOES ON ON YOUR PROPERTY, AND YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND THIS ORDER WAS PRETTY CLEAR IN ITS PROVISIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TELEPHONES THAT REACH OUT OF TOWN WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN TOWN. 
          SO BASED ON THE. YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE I'VE HEARD AND IN THE FORM OF TESTIMONY AND THE EVIDENCE I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS SUBMITTED 
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INTO EVIDENCE IN THIS MATTER, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT IS A REPEAT OFFENDER BASED ON PRIOR HEARINGS THAT HE WAS DIRECTED TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY AND ABATE THE VIOLATIONS WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE, HE FAILED TO DO SO. AND THAT AS A RESULT, THERE SHALL BE AN INITIAL FINE OF $400 AND A DAILY FINE OF $75 FOR NONCOMPLIANCE FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH THERE HASN'T BEEN COMPLIANCE. ADDITIONALLY. 
          THAT THAT. THERE IS A. THE PROVISION ABOUT INTERIM UPON THE PROPERTY AND CLEANING THAT UP OR ABATING THE VIOLATIONS. CORRECT. HOW MUCH IS YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM ANY TIME? WELL, THE PRE BIDS ARE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT. 30TH, THE 30TH OF THIS MONTH. AND SO WE'LL THAT'S TWO WEEKS. YEAH. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER ON THE PROPERTY AND CLEAN IT UP. IF YOU DON'T I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. I JUST THOUGHT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD TO GET A PERMIT TO WITH THE. I THOUGHT WHEN I GOT ON THE WEBSITE AND IT SAID, YOU KNOW, FOR ANYBODY AFFECTED BY THE BY THE TORNADOES, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE STAYED IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE CAMPER. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CROWDED LOT. AND I LIVED A MILE DOWN THE ROAD AND THEY KNEW I HAD SEPTIC AND POWER AND EVERYTHING TO HOOK UP TO. AND LIKE I SAID, I'M SORRY THAT IT DIDN'T GET HANDLED IN A TIMELY FASHION. LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN WORKING OUT OF TOWN, BUT I WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. I MEAN, WHATEVER I GOT TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF IT. CAN I APPLY FOR THE PERMIT TO THE PERMIT TO, TO STAY THERE FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING? NO LONGER IN EFFECT THE TEMPORARY HOUSING. IT JUST NEED TO BE CLEAR AT THE TOP OF THE WEBSITE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I NEEDED TO CONTACT ANYBODY. I WOULD HAVE SLOW DOWN. IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH THIS IN 2023, AND I PAID ALL THESE FINES AND ALL IT COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AND I MEAN, I GOT PRIVACY FENCES, PUT UP MY PLACE. 
          DON'T LOOK TRASHY. IT'S NOT BRINGING NO PROPERTY VALUES DOWN. AND I HAVEN'T HAD THE BEST EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, UNFORTUNATELY. AND THIS IS LIKE IN THIS TIME CHRIS KNOWS MY PHONE NUMBER AND I NEVER GOT A PHONE CALL. IT'S THE SAME NUMBER I HAD IN 2023. AND THE SAME FOR YOU. YES, SIR. AND LIKE I SAID, YES. YES SIR, YES, SIR. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST HADN'T HAD VERY MUCH LUCK GETTING STUFF RESOLVED WITH THEM. AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE CHANCE FOR ME TO, YOU KNOW, TO COME IN HERE AND EXPLAIN WHAT, WHY I WAS ON THE PROPERTY. YOU'VE GOT TO TALK WITH PEOPLE. YES, SIR. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY TOLD YOU THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM. YOU GOT AN ORDER SAYING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND YOU DIDN'T. YOU DIDN'T MAKE AN EFFORT. YOU'VE GOT TO. YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF AND. NO, I UNDERSTAND. I JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A DAY I DIDN'T WAIT FOR TODAY. LIKE YOU SAID, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WELL, WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS THEY'RE GOING TO DO AN INSPECTION ON THE 30TH. 
          AND IF THERE ARE VIOLATIONS THERE. IN OTHER WORDS, USING THIS NON ALLOWABLE USE IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN THERE AND CLEAN IT UP. AND THAT'S GOING TO COST YOU. I KNOW I'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH IT. I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT WITH THEM. I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED TO CLEAR IT UP. YEAH. QUICKLY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THAT. GOLDEN PARDON? NO, SIR. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. CODE ENFORCEMENT IS AUTHORIZED WITH ANY CONTRACTOR THEY MAY HIRE TO ENTER UPON THE PROPERTY AND ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY FIND TO THEN EXIST PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER AND THAT THE RECORDING OF THIS ORDER IN THE RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN UPON THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED. THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO ASSESS THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE, BUT GET THIS. SO IF I GET IT CLEANED UP, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO FINE. IF I GET IT CLEANED UP, THERE'S A FINE. YOU MISSED THE BOAT ON THAT. YEAH, I GOT YOU. YES, SIR. 
          SIR, WE DO NEED YOUR YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD. AND IN THAT MAILING ADDRESS, THOUGH. SAY THAT AGAIN. YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. YES, MA'AM. A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. THE JOSHUA MARSHALL. AND IT'S 6926 COVE ROAD. I ACTUALLY, I HAVE TO GIVE YOU, I GIVE I HAVE TO GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT ADDRESS. I FORGET WHAT CHRIS OR SOMEBODY AND GIVE THEM. I DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW. AT THIS EXACT MOMENT. WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU A COPY OF THIS ORDER. SO YOU'LL LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YES. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL BRING US TO ITEM G. 
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PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 6812 ROADRUNNER STREET. ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 24, THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING. THE FINES WERE IMPOSED FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. 
          A COPY OF THE ORDER WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED THE INITIAL FINE OF $50 AND THE PER DAY FINE OF $25 BEGINNING MAY 21ST, 2024, AND TO ACCRUE UNTIL THE VIOLATIONS WERE CORRECTED. ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2024, A ROOF PERMIT WAS ISSUED AND INVESTIGATOR RAY SCOTT DID ALL THE FOLLOW UP INSPECTIONS FROM THERE. MR. SCOTT, CAN YOU STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR US, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE RAYMOND SCOTT, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT ON. DECEMBER THE 16TH OF 2024, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY OF 6812 ROADRUNNER STREET IN YOUNGSTOWN AND DETERMINED THAT THE VIOLATION APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CORRECTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, MEANING THE ROOF THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. NEXT SLIDE. AND THESE ARE JUST THE CORRECTED VIOLATIONS, IF YOU WILL. THE OTHER THE OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS I DON'T KNOW THAT I PUT THAT ON THERE, BUT THAT HAD LIKE BLUE ROOFING STUFF. AND THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. THESE ARE THE PREVIOUS ONES PRIOR TO THE. COMING INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE WITH THE ROOFING. AND AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE WAS MAILED CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE RESPONDENT. MISS SELF CERTIFIED MAIL WAS MARKED UNCLAIMED AND RETURNED TO REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN AND THE AFFIDAVIT WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THE FILE. I WILL SAY, EVEN THOUGH SHE DIDN'T GET THE CERTIFIED MAIL MYSELF, HAS STAYED IN CONTACT BY EITHER TELEPHONE OR BY EMAIL. ON JANUARY THE 28TH, 2025, THE RESPONDENT SENT AN EMAIL REQUESTING A HEARING TO WAIVE OR REDUCE THE FINES. A HEARING DATE WAS SET FOR MARCH THE 12TH, 2025 AT 9 A.M. A COPY OF THE AGENDA FOR THE HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON FEBRUARY THE 26TH. ON MARCH THE 4TH, 2025 PROPERTY WAS RE INSPECTED AND REMAINED IN COMPLIANCE. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE AFTER PHOTOS AGAIN SHOWING THAT IT'S STILL IN COMPLIANCE. ON MARCH THE 11TH, 2025, THE PROPERTY OWNER MYSELF CALLED AND ADVISED THAT SHE WAS SICK AND WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MARCH 12TH HEARING. MARCH THE 12TH. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE CONTINUED THE CASE UNTIL THE HEARING. DUE HEARING DATE OF APRIL THE 16TH, 2025 AT 1:00 PM TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER TO APPEAR. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND ADVISE HER OF THE MAGISTRATE. PROPOSED. POSTPONE THE HEARING UNTIL APRIL THE 16TH TO ALLOW HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND. AND SHE DID CORRESPOND WITH ME THROUGH EMAIL SAYING THAT SHE WOULD BE HERE AND SHE IS HERE TODAY. MYSELF. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. 
          MY NAME IS ANGELA KAREN SELF. MY ADDRESS IS 6812 ROADRUNNER ROAD, YOUNGSTOWN, FLORIDA 32466. OKAY. 
          WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW, MISS SELF? I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE IN NOVEMBER. I WAS GETTING THE ROOF PUT ON MY HOUSE AND MY BRAIN WAS SCRAMBLED. I'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY DEPRESSED SINCE HURRICANE MICHAEL CAME THROUGH. A LOT OF BAD THINGS HAPPENED. I TRIED TO GET A NEW ROOF ON MY HOUSE AND EVERYBODY WAS QUOTING 60 $70,000, WHICH I KNEW ZERO THOUSAND. YES, SIR. 
          THAT WAS AFTER THE HURRICANE, I KNOW. AND THEN I WAS LUCKY TO GET A CALLBACK. BUT ANYWAY, I WAS ON A ROAD TO DEATH. I WANTED TO DIE, AND I ATE AND I ATE AND I ATE AND I WANTED EVERYTHING TO GO AWAY. I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY MOTHER. AND AFTER THE HURRICANE, SHE WAS MOVED TO PENSACOLA, WHICH MADE IT REALLY HARD FOR ME TO SEE HER. AND THEN COVID HIT. I GOT SHINGLES. MY 
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MOM DIED. MY LIFE HAS JUST BEEN I WAS GOING FOR DEATH, BUT. LAST YEAR, BEFORE I GOT THE LETTER FROM FROM MISTER RAY ABOUT MY PROPERTY, I. I COULDN'T STAND UP IN THE CHAIR, FROM MY CHAIR, WITH MY OWN LEGS. I HAD TO PUSH MYSELF TO GET UP, AND I LOOKED AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR AND I WAS SO HEAVY I WEIGHED MYSELF. THREE DAYS LATER AT THE DOCTOR AND I WEIGHED 185 POUNDS, AND I'VE NEVER WEIGHED OVER 135 140. BUT I WANTED TO DIE. BUT WHEN I COULDN'T GET MYSELF UP, I KNEW IF I WAS LAYING IN A BED AND NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF, IT WOULD BE A LONG, HORRIBLE DEATH. SO I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO LIVE AND. AND THEN I GOT THIS LETTER TRYING TO UNSCRAMBLE MY BRAIN. I HAVEN'T LEFT THE BAYOU. I HAVEN'T EVEN LEFT MY HOUSE FURTHER THAN TO GO TO GARDNER'S. IT'S A MILE AND A HALF AWAY. IN THREE YEARS, THIS IS THE FURTHEST I'VE BEEN TO TOWN IN LIKE FIVE YEARS. BUT I'M. I KNOW I'M EMOTIONAL AND I'M RATTLED, BUT I AM. TODAY'S A NEW DAY IN MY LIFE, AND I AM. I GOT MY ROOF PUT ON, I'M WORKING ON MY YARD. AND ALL THOSE FLOWERS THAT ARE GROWING RIGHT IN FRONT OF. THEY'RE ALL OUT IN THE FRONT. THOSE ARE ALL WILDFLOWERS THAT I PICKED UP WITH MY MOM, MY SISTER AND MY DAD OFF OF 231. AND I JUST WANT TO COLLECT THOSE SEEDS SO I CAN PLANT THEM IN ONE STRATEGIC AREA. AND THAT'S WHERE I AM. ARE YOU LIVING IN THE HOUSE? OH YES, SIR. OKAY. ALWAYS HAVE BEEN SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I UNDERSTAND HOW TRAUMATIC THE HURRICANE. AND THEN, LIKE YOU SAID, THEN FOLLOWED BY COVID AND THEN YOU HAD OTHER ISSUES WITH SHINGLES. I'VE NEVER HAD SHINGLES, BUT I HEARD THAT THEY'RE HORRIBLE. AND THEN THE LOSS OF YOUR MOM, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND I AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT. JUST FOR THE RECORD, MISTER MAGISTRATE, I DO WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT WITHIN A MONTH OF HER GETTING THAT, FINALLY GETTING THE PERMIT, SHE DID GET THE ROOF FIXED AND REPAIRED. SO ONCE SHE GOT THE PERMIT, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT SHE GOT RIGHT ON IT, TOO. OH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. 
          MISTER. CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING REAL QUICK? WHEN I STARTED THINKING ABOUT PUTTING A ROOF ON MY HOUSE AGAIN, I. I JUST FELT A PIECE OF ALL THE CALLS I HAD MADE, ALL THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO, AND THE OUTRAGEOUS PRICES. I KNEW I COULDN'T AFFORD IT. AND MY BROTHER AND I WERE TALKING AND I SAID, I, I JUST CAN'T CALL THESE PEOPLE ANYMORE. I CAN'T DO THAT. I CAN'T PUT MYSELF THROUGH IT. AND HE CALLED AND FOUND ME SOMEPLACE TO HAVE A ROOF PUT ON MY HOUSE. THAT'S HOW BAD MY MENTAL STATE WAS. I COULDN'T MAKE DECISIONS. I WANTED TO DIE. I HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I'LL PAY SOME FINES, BUT I REALLY CANNOT AFFORD ALL OF THAT. WE SURELY DON'T WANT YOU TO DO ANYTHING TO HARM YOURSELF. OH, NO, I WOULD NEVER DO THAT. THE. I WAS SLOW IN CIRCUMSTANCES OR UNDERSTANDABLY DISTRESSING TO YOU. DETACHMENT HAS INDICATED THAT YOU GOT RIGHT ON IT. ONCE THINGS GOT CLEARED UP AND YOU GOT THE ROOF ON AND SO I'M GOING TO FIND THAT BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE IS A BASIS TO GRANT RELIEF IN THIS MATTER, AND I'M GOING TO REDUCE THE FINE 
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TO $300. THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR HONOR. JUST TELL ME IN ORDER TO REFLECT ON THAT AND WE'LL RECORD THAT. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'M SORRY. OH. THANK YOU. HEY, I GOT MY HOUSE BACK, AND I'M. I'M OLD ENOUGH TO GET SOCIAL SECURITY. SO DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I THINK THANK YOU. I THINK THAT. I GOT IT WAS A TOTAL OF $300. THE OTHER ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN RECORDED. YES. 
          OKAY. IN ADDITION TO THAT $300, YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY ANY INTEREST THAT IS ACCRUED BECAUSE THEY THEY RECORDED IT. AND ONCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF LIKE STARTS A CLOCK RUNNING. 
          YEP, I GOTCHA. SO I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN WAIVE THAT. THAT'S OKAY. I DON'T THINK I'M THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. BUT YOU'LL PAY THE $300 PLUS ANY INTEREST THAT'S ACCRUED TO DATE. SO IF YOU WILL CALL THEM AND GET AN INTEREST ACCRUED AS OF TODAY, THEN THAT WILL BE WHAT YOU HAVE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR HONOR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I HOPE YOU HAVE A BETTER DAY AND A BETTER, A BETTER WEEK. I TOLD MY BROTHER ON THE WAY HERE. THIS IS THIS IS A NEW DAY IN LIFE FOR ME. WELL, THIS WAS THE. THE MONKEY ON MY BACK. MAKE THE MOST OF IT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, THAT WOULD BRING US TO ITEM M AS IN MARY ON THE AGENDA. 
          PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7629 SANTA ROSA AVENUE. AND THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE AND TO IMPOSE A LIEN. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MARCH 12TH, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF FOR UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. FLOODED MOBILE HOME JUNK, TRASH, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND UNSECURED SWIMMING POOL AND STAGNANT WATER. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOS ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. MARCH. THESE ARE JUST PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THAT MARCH 12TH HEARING, TAKEN TWO DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING, JUST AS A REMINDER OF THE PROPERTY AN INSPECTOR. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT RESPOND TO HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER CONCERNING THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME, UNSCREENED SWIMMING POOL, STAGNANT WATER. AND WE ALSO HAD A VIOLATION OF THE FENCE. THE HEIGHT OF THAT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. OR WAS THERE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT OR. WELL, THE STORAGE CONTAINER IS ON THE PROPERTY LINE ALONG WITH THE STRUCTURES IN FRONT, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. BUT IT IS THE FENCE. 
          THE FENCE IS ONLY 15FT BACK FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. IF IT THEY WANT AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE, THAT'S TO BE FURTHER BACK. THEY CAN ONLY THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE LOCATION WAS NOT RIGHT BUT OKAY FINE OF $200 WOULD BE IMPOSED AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 CONTINUING UNTIL THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. THE MAGISTRATE ALSO ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO ADDRESS THE FOR UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, JUNK AND TRASH, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES OR A FINE OF $1,000 WOULD BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE, AND STARTING ON APRIL 14TH, 2025, INSPECTOR THORPE CONTINUED WITH THE ONGOING INSPECTIONS. THESE ARE STILL PHOTOS FROM THE. FIRST YEAR. THAT'S THE SWIMMING POOL THERE. SO. AND INSPECTOR THORPE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON, INSPECTOR THORPE, BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS FOR THE RECORD. ALL MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ALSO SUBMITTED AS EVIDENCE. ON APRIL 14TH, I DID CONDUCT A RE-INSPECTION UPON THE RE-INSPECTION OF CONTAINER WAS STILL ON THE PROPERTY LINE. NOW THERE'S A RV ON THE COUNTY'S RIGHT OF WAY. A LOT OF ITEMS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. THERE'S A SECOND 
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DUMPSTER. THERE WAS A DUMPSTER IN THE DRIVEWAY AT ONE POINT. NOW IT'S OUT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. HOWEVER, A LOT OF THESE ITEMS ARE BEING, I GUESS, STACKED ON TRAILERS AND PRE-POSITIONED ALONG THE COUNTY'S RIGHT OF WAY. THE PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH THAT IS THIS PROPERTY BORDERS SANTA ROSA AND FIFTH STREET. SO WHEN YOU COME UP THE FIFTH STREET, YOU CANNOT SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE FENCE IS TOO HIGH. PLUS ALL THE TRAILERS AND JUNK AND TRASH ARE COLLECTED. UPON INSPECTION, I DID MEET THE PROPERTY OWNER'S SON. COULD YOU GO BACK ONE PHOTO, PLEASE? THERE'S A NEW SHED THAT HAS BEEN PUT, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMITTING. NEXT PHOTO I DID WALK THE PROPERTY WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER'S SON WHO EXPLAINED THAT HE'S LIVING IN THE RV AND HE HE PLANS ON MOVING IT SOON. THE WINDOWS ARE STILL BOARDED UP. BLIGHTED CONDITIONS STILL EXIST ON THE MOBILE HOME. 
          STAGNANT WATER, JUNK, TRASH SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE CORNER THERE. AND THAT ROAD THAT YOU SEE THERE IS FIFTH STREET. THERE'S ON SANTA ROSA, YOU HAVE THE RV AND THERE'S 2 OR 3 TRAILERS OVER BY THE RV THAT THEY WERE REPAIRING. THIS IS GOING DOWN FIFTH STREET NOW. EVERYTHING'S OUT IN THE STREET. SO THIS POSES A POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR TRAFFIC AND THE NEIGHBOR. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE INSIDE ARE NOW OUTSIDE. 
          THIS FENCE IS DOWN TO PULL THINGS OUT. THIS IS LOOKING FROM FIFTH STREET TOWARDS SANTA ROSA. 
          ON APRIL 14TH. LIKE I STATED DURING INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY, THE SON OF THE PROPERTY OWNER STATED THAT HE LIVES IN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THAT IT WAS HIS ALSO NEW ACCESSORY BUILD IN THE FRONT YARD WITHOUT PERMITS. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON APRIL 3RD, 2025. AS OF THIS DATE OF THE HEARING, NO ENGINEERING OR APPLICATION FOR PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. YET. MARJORIE SMITH. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS, PLEASE. 
          MA'AM, MY NAME IS MARGIE. SMITH. OKAY. AND THE MAILING ADDRESS IS 7629 SANTA ROSA AVENUE, SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA. 32409 OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW, MA'AM? I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT MADE ME A PROMISE. I'M 71 YEARS OLD, AND I WAS RAISED AS A CHRISTIAN. AND WHEN SOMEBODY MAKES A PROMISE TO YOU, THEY DANG SURE SHOULD KEEP IT. FIRST OF ALL, MY HOUSE WAS SET AFIRE. I HAD LOTS OF ANTIQUES IN THAT FRONT BUILDING THAT WAS BURNT DOWN. NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO SET THE FIRE. MY SONS HOME WAS BURNT A YEAR AGO. MY OTHER SON'S HOME WAS BURNED A YEAR AGO BEFORE THAT. BUT NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING WITH BAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT. PUT A SIGN IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE THAT I HAD RENTED AT 1109 SIXTH STREET, AND THEY MADE A PROMISE THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO THE FIREPLACE, THE BURNT HOUSE AT 7629 AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU WOULD DO THE 67TH STREET FIRST AND THEN 7629 SECOND. BUT BOTH OF THESE ARE GOING ON AT ONE TIME. MY HUSBAND IS DEAD. MY HUSBAND FOUGHT FOR YEARS IN VIETNAM, DIED FROM ESOPHAGEAL CANCER. BOTH OF MY SONS FOUGHT IN THE WARS. ONE A MARINE AND ONE OF AIRCRAFT MECHANIC IN THE NAVY. WHERE'S LAND OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE? DON'T WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO TALK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT? I CALLED, I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS ON THE 12TH AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WAS ON THE 19TH, AND I HAD PRAYED TO GOD THAT HE WOULD TAKE MY BODY AND MY SOUL BEFORE I HAD TO COME TO THIS OR BEFORE THAT, HAD TO COME TO MY HOUSE AGAIN. I APPLIED FOR PERMITS AFTER I FOUND OUT FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT THEY BROUGHT THE TRAILER OR THE SHED. ON SATURDAY. CODE ENFORCEMENT SHOWED UP ON MONDAY MORNING. IMAGINE THAT. SO FIRST THING, I WENT AND GOT PERMITS. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE 2 TO 4 WEEKS BEFORE I WOULD RECEIVE THEM, BUT THEY'RE IN THE SYSTEM. AND TIM SAID THAT WAS OKAY. YOU'VE APPLIED FOR THEM, SO THEY'LL BE IN THE SYSTEM, BUT APPARENTLY 
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THEY'RE NOT. IF YOU'RE THE HONORABLE JUDGE AND THEY'RE NOT IN YOUR SYSTEM, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHEN I APPLY FOR A PERMIT, IT SHOULD BE IN EVERYONE'S COMPUTER. I WORKED AT MARGARET KAY LEWIS WITH HANDICAPPED CHILDREN FOR 15 YEARS. EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW WAS IN THAT COMPUTER. I'LL REVIEW THE FILES IN THE COMPUTER. THOSE ARE NOT. THOSE ARE NOT MY RECORDS. I MEAN, I BASE MY DECISIONS ON WHAT I HEAR AND HEAR. I, I DON'T GO LOOKING BEHIND EVERYTHING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE. I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORD IS COMPLAINT OR WHAT IS, BUT THE FACT IS THERE'S I THINK THERE'S A SWIMMING POOL SOMEWHERE IN THERE. THERE'S A SWIMMING POOL. THEY REBUILD, SCARFED UP THE MOTOR, THE PUMP AND THE FILTER AND THE WELL, THE CHLORINATOR. THAT'S A HAZARD, BECAUSE IF A CHILD WALKS IN THERE AND FALLS IN THAT POOL, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT. MR. TONY BREWING, WHEN MY SON FINISHED PUTTING THE FENCE UP ALL THE WAY AROUND THE HOUSE, HE COME OUT TO THE PROPERTY AND HE SAID, MAN, THAT LOOKS GOOD. HE DIDN'T SAY ONE WORD ABOUT THE HEIGHT, ONE WORD ABOUT THE SWIMMING POOL. I MEAN, THE YARD IS COMPLETELY ENCLOSED. NO ONE BOTHERED TO MENTION THAT THERE ARE RULES ABOUT FENCING AND HOW HIGH THEY CAN BE AND ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF. AND NOW Y'ALL HAVE STUFF PILED UP ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. YES, MY SON IS. AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF. THE THING IS, YOUR NEIGHBORS DESERVE TO HAVE THIS CLEANED UP. THEY DON'T DESERVE TO HAVE THIS MESS OUT THERE LIKE THAT. AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S HAZARDOUS. I MEAN, SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T DESERVE THAT EITHER. I'M NOT SURE. YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE YOUR HUSBAND'S SERVICE AND ALL AND YOUR ALL YOUR KINFOLK SERVICE IN THE MILITARY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CODE THAT SAYS, IF I DO FOUR YEARS IN THE MILITARY, I GET CREDIT FOR THAT. AND I DON'T HAVE TO APPLY OR OBEY IT. ABIDE BY THE, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WHILE THEIR SERVICES IS ADMIRABLE, IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A DEFENSE TO A CODE VIOLATION. AND THE PART ABOUT THE BUILDING BEING DELIVERED AND THEN CODE ENFORCEMENT SHOWING UP THE NEXT DAY. I QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS GOT SOME SORT OF INSIDE LINE WITH THE STORAGE BUILDING PEOPLE OR WHAT? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT. THAT WAS MY 30 DAY AFTER INSPECTION DATE. OKAY. JUST FELL WHEN IT FELL. THAT'S IT. OKAY. BUT. YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, YOUR NEIGHBORS DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS. I DESERVE BETTER THAN MY HOUSE BEING BURNED. MY SON THE YEAR BEFORE, MY OTHER SON THE YEAR BEFORE THAT. YOU MENTIONED YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE NOT DOING IT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT INVESTIGATING IT. WE WE'RE NOT HERE ABOUT WHAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOES OR DOESN'T DO, OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE FIRE MARSHAL OR ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE. AGAIN, THE FACT THAT YOUR HOUSE WAS BURNED DOWN, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ARSON. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A BAD CIRCUIT BREAKER OR WHAT, BUT JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY HADN'T BEEN CHARGED OR WHATEVER WITH THAT, THAT AGAIN, THAT IS NOT A DEFENSE TO A CODE VIOLATION. AN, YOU KNOW, WHILE WHILE WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT IN OUR LIVES THAT HAPPEN AND EVERYTHING, WE CAN'T USE THOSE TO JUSTIFY SUCH AS THIS. SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, AND YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT HAPPY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THAT. WHAT I SEE HERE IS. A VIOLATION OF THE CODE. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. I'M ASKING FOR MORE TIME BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD NOT HIT ME WITH THIS PROPERTY UNTIL THEY FINISHED WITH THE OTHER PROPERTY. I SOLD THE OTHER PROPERTY. WE FINISHED WITH THE OTHER PROPERTY. THE OTHER PROPERTY IS SOLD AND THEY DEMOLISHED IT IMMEDIATELY. OKAY, SO THAT'S OVER WITH. AND THEY PROMISED THEY WOULDN'T ATTACK ME 
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WITH THIS ONE UNTIL THE OTHER. I DIDN'T BURN MY OWN PROPERTY. THIS GIRL CONFESSED TO IT. WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU DID BURN YOUR OWN PROPERTY. THIS GIRL SUGGESTED SAID THAT SHE DONE IT. 
          BUT THEN WHEN THE FIRE MARSHAL AND THE BOMB SQUAD CAME OUT, SHE DENIED IT ALL. SO SHE WAS JUST OFF AT HER. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BETWEEN THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND THEIR CASE. 
          I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE THERE TO PROSECUTE SOMEBODY. BUT. THE FACT IS THAT THESE CONDITIONS REMAIN. ALL I ASK FOR IS TIME TO DO IT. I'M 71 YEARS OLD. YES, MA'AM. BUT I MEAN, EVERYBODY. LET'S SEE. WHEN DID THE ORIGINAL CASE START? DO YOU HAVE THAT? IT WAS IN 24, SOMETIME IN 24. BUT SHE'LL SHE'LL HAVE THE EXACT DATE. ALL I HAVE IS A CASE NUMBER. I. ONCE UPON A TIME 19. I'VE GOT OTHER PROPERTY. OR IS THAT. ONE OF 24. ON JANUARY 2ND 20 SOMETHING. OKAY, SO JANUARY OF 24. YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD MORE THAN A YEAR THERE. WE'VE GOT ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF ON THIS PROPERTY. THAT COULDN'T BE. THERE WAS A BRAND NEW CAMPER SITTING THERE, A BRAND NEW DOUBLE WIDE SITTING THERE. AND I MOVED INTO IT. AND THE FIRE WASN'T UNTIL NOVEMBER. AND I WAS IN THAT HOME WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. THE NEIGHBOR CAME AND WOKE ME UP. SO IT WAS HAZARDOUS TO ME MORE THAN MY NEIGHBORS. OKAY. AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE SAME THING IN THE IN THE IN THE ORDER IT TALKS ABOUT OCTOBER THE 14TH, YOU GOT A COMPLAINT OF JUNK AND TRASH ON THE PROPERTY, LOCATED THE AREA. SO THEY THEN THE 15TH INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE WENT OUT THERE AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT JANUARY. WAS THAT THE CONTAINER OUT BY THE PARDON. THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT CASE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S DOUBLE CHECK THE CASE NUMBER 20 2024 3125. THE CONEX WAS OUT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND MR. JUSTICE HAD ME MOVE IT. AND I DID DO THAT. THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL CASES ON HERE, OKAY. SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND THIS ONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH HERE WITH WHAT WE GOT HERE OCTOBER OF 2024 OKAY. SO. WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS. AND APPARENTLY YOU'VE HAD PRIOR COMPLAINTS OR ISSUES OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE IT. BUT THE PROBLEM IS. THE. AND A LOT OF THE STUFF HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY, WHICH WAS MARCH THE 12TH OF 25. I GAVE YOU 30 DAYS AND. QUITE FRANKLY, THE ONLY THING I CAN SEE IS THAT IT'S BEEN SHUFFLED AROUND. YOU STILL GOT SERIOUS ISSUES AND SERIOUS HAZARDS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY AND THE. THE INITIAL CALL TO YOUR PROPERTY WAS BASED ON A COMPLAINT. SO OBVIOUSLY YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE DISTRESSED BY WHAT'S OCCURRING ON THERE. AND HE IS DESCRIBED CERTAIN PLACEMENT OF FENCES AND OTHER STUFF ON THE PROPERTY WHICH ARE CREATING A HAZARD AT THE INTERSECTION. COULD YOU GIVE ME A NAME? I DON'T HAVE A NAME. I JUST SAID IT WAS BASED ON A COMPLAINT. I'LL TALK TO MR. JUSTICE. WHAT I'M SAYING IS 
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YOU'VE HAD TIME, AND I DON'T SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN ANY PROGRESS. OH, THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF PROGRESS. WELL, IF THERE HAS BEEN, I HAVEN'T. I CAN'T DISCERN IT FROM THESE PHOTOGRAPHS. AND LIKE I SAID, THERE MIGHT BE WHAT YOU'RE CALLING PROGRESS, BUT IT'S MOVING IT FROM ONE SPOT TO ANOTHER SPOT. IT'S FOUR, THREE YARD DUMPSTERS FULL AND REMOVED FROM THIS PROPERTY THAT WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND YOU HAD MORE JUNK THAN I REALIZED, BECAUSE THIS PICTURE THAT I'M LOOKING AT ON APRIL THE 14TH HAS GOT A LOT OF DEBRIS AND JUNK IN THERE. AND THEN THERE WERE I SAW SOME OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS. I'M SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO 20 PHOTOGRAPH 22 NOW 21. YOU'VE GOT STUFF ON TRAILERS AND IT'S BASICALLY ALL ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. MY HANDICAPPED SON IS THE ONLY ONE WHO IS HELPING ME. WELL, AND THOSE ARE HIS LITTLE TRAILERS. YOU ARE CREATING BIGGER HAZARDS BY YOUR CLEANUP. IT LOOKS LIKE. WELL, THAT CAMPER IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE HAS BEEN REMOVED. 
          OKAY, WELL, THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND IT WAS ON THE OTHER PROPERTY THAT I SOLD. I DIDN'T EVEN SELL THE HOUSE. I JUST SOLD THE LAND BECAUSE THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS NOT WORTH SAVING THE SAME GIRL THAT BURNT THIS PROPERTY OR SAID SHE BURNT THIS PROPERTY, RAN INTO THAT HOUSE THAT I SOLD AND SAID SHE WAS COMMITTING SUICIDE. THEN THE NEXT THING I KNOW, HERE'S TWO OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THERE. CAN WE LOOK AT YOUR HOUSE? AND SHE WORKS FOR THE BAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AS A NARCOTICS AGENT. NOW SHE'S LEFT THE STATE, AND I'M LEFT WITHOUT TWO HOMES. WELL. BASED ON THE FACT AGAIN, BASED ON. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD AT THIS POINT? THERE'S SO MUCH I WOULD LOVE TO ADD THAT'S RELEVANT. OVER 70% OF THE STUFF THAT WAS IN MY YARD HAS BEEN REMOVED. I BOUGHT THE SHED TO. I DON'T SEE THAT BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT ANYTHING ELSE? I BOUGHT THE SHED TO STORE THE LAWNMOWERS AND THE GARDEN TOOLS AND THE THINGS THAT ONCE THEY'RE DUMPED INTO THE DUMPSTER AND THEY WILL BE STORED PROPERLY. AND IF YOU KNOW, IF IT'S STORED PROPERLY, BUT NOW HAS A PERMIT BEEN OBTAINED AFTER THE FACT FOR THE OR DO YOU ARE YOU AWARE? I'M NOT AWARE. BUT HERE'S THE THING WITH THAT. I WAS TALKING TO MR. JUSTICE AND PLANNING AND ZONING. THERE'S ALREADY THREE OTHER ACCESSORIES ON THERE, SO SHE MAY BE OVER THE 1% RULE AND THEY MAY NOT EVEN ALLOW IT THROUGH PLANNING. SO IF PLANNING STOPS IT THERE, THEN THE PERMIT WILL BE KICKED OUT. 
          IT'LL BE CANCELED PRETTY MUCH, AND REVOKED AGAIN. FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. YEAH, RIGHT. 
          MAY I ASK MAY I? SORRY, MAY I ASK, HAVE YOU GOTTEN A APPLIED FOR ANY PERMITS TO CORRECT THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS ON THE MOBILE HOME? MY HANDICAPPED SON PUT THOSE TWO PIECES OF PLYWOOD UP THERE. WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT THE COLD WATER ON THE WINDOWS THAT WERE NOT BLOWED OUT UNTIL HE PUT THAT ON THERE. ALL THREE WINDOWS BLOWED OUT. YES, HE PUT THE PLYWOOD ON THERE. AND THEN I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAVE TO HAVE A CERTIFIED CONTRACTOR TO COME AND REMOVE THESE TWO PIECES OF PLYWOOD. MY SON IS 14 YEARS GLAZER OUT ON THE BEACH PUTTING THESE SKYRISE WINDOWS IN, BUT HE CAN'T PUT THEM IN MY DOUBLE WIDE. I DON'T GET THE JUST TO THIS. I BELIEVE HE CAN. HE JUST NEEDS A PERMIT. I GOT THE PERMITS. I APPLIED FOR THE PERMITS. OKAY. YOU'VE APPLIED FOR PERMITS FOR THE WINDOWS. HOW ABOUT HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR THE PERMITS FOR THE UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES? I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT IS UNFIT AND UNSAFE EXCEPT FOR ONE, TWO BY FOUR. THAT'S BROKE ON THE CARPORT THAT MY DEAD HUSBAND PUT UP. WELL, THIS IS PICTURE 16, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE. THAT'S THE ONE SIDE THAT AREA HAS COLLAPSED. THAT'S THE ONE SIDE THAT THE TWO BY FOURS BROKE IN. WELL IT'S A LOT MORE THAN A TWO BY FOUR IS BROKEN ON THAT ONE. BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY. THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY UNFIT AND UNSAFE. WELL, THE SON THAT'S 
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HELPING ME IN THE YARD, HE'S THE ONE THAT PICKED THIS UP AND PUT IT IN THERE. WELL, OKAY, IT SAID IF SHE WERE TO GET A DEMO PERMIT THEN AND REMOVE THE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES, THEN SHE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO KEEP THE OTHER. CORRECT? CORRECT. SHE'LL HAVE THEY'LL HAVE TO BE GONE BEFORE THEY'LL APPROVE THAT, THOUGH. WHAT'S THE OTHERS? THE YELLOW ONE. AND WHAT'S UNSAFE ABOUT IT? IT CAN STAY THERE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE OVER YOUR 1% FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. YOU HAVE TOO MANY ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. THE PROPERTY IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH. 
          IT'S TWO LOTS. THAT'S THAT'S IT'S NOT IT'S NOT MY SQUARE FOOTAGE. IT'S SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          IT'S THAT'S PLANNING AND ZONING TO FIGURE OUT. SO THERE AGAIN, THE HOME OF THE LAND AND THE FREE, THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT RULES IN IN. YOU KNOW, THAT STUFF HAS BEEN THERE FOR 33 YEARS. WELL, THEN I'M SORRY I AM LATE GETTING TO THE CASE BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GONE LONG BEFORE 33 YEARS. THE STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 33 YEARS, EXCEPT FOR THE YELLOW ONE. YOU KNOW, AFTER 33 YEARS, THEY'RE THEY'RE SUFFERING SOME FATIGUE. 
          BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT THE HOME OF THE BRAVE AND THE LAND OF THE FREE DOESN'T MEAN NO RULES. THERE ARE RULES. I DIDN'T SAY THAT. WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING. YOU'RE SAYING THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ENTITLES ME TO DO WHATEVER I WANT TO ON MY PROPERTY, AND THAT AIN'T SO. SO. SOUTHPORT UNINCORPORATED AREA. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. 
          UNINCORPORATED AREAS HAVE RULES, TOO. YEAH. I ASKED HIM JUSTICE. WHERE COULD I GET THIS BOOK WITH ALL THE CODE ENFORCEMENT RULES ONLINE? ISN'T IT ONLINE? YES. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. I'D LIKE AN UPDATE ON THAT BOOK AS TO HOW I COULD GET IT. SO I WILL KNOW IF YOU GO TO THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT WEBSITE. AND UNDER CODE ENFORCEMENT, THERE'S A LINK SAYS BAY COUNTY ORDINANCES. OKAY. AND I CAN PRINT IT OUT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE ORDER DIRECTING. 
          SUCH. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? WHEN I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS PHAROPERTY WOULD NOT EVEN BE AT LARGE UNTIL THE OTHER ONE'S FINISHED, THE OTHER ONE I JUST SOLD. I ENTERED AN ORDER ON MARCH THE 12TH AND DIRECTED IT TO BE CLEANED UP AND IN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, AND IT HADN'T BEEN DONE. SO THAT'S THE BASIS FOR MY FINDINGS. THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND $1,000 FOR NON COMPLIANCE SHALL BE IMPOSED FOR TOTAL FINES OF $1,200. THERE SHALL BE AN ADDITIONAL DAILY FINE OF $25 PER DAY STARTING ON APRIL THE 12TH OF 2025 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS ARE CORRECTED. THE. COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES, ABATE ANY VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME, AND THEY'RE ENTITLED TO ENTER UPON THE PROPERTY AND CORRECT THOSE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY FIND TO EXIST AT THAT TIME. THE. ORDER, WHEN RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, WILL. CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS ENTITLED TO ASSESS THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, TO HELL WITH THE PROMISE. NO, MA'AM. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ANY PROMISES. WELL, YOU HIT ME WITH ALL THESE FINES. I'M NOT A RICH PERSON. MY HUSBAND'S DEAD. WELL, MA'AM, YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP RAISING THESE ISSUES THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER. BUT THE FACT IS, MY OBLIGATION IS TO FIND OUT WHETHER THERE'S A OR DETERMINE WHETHER THERE'S A VIOLATION OF THE CODE. AND I HAVE DETERMINED THAT THERE IS. WELL, YOU KEEP RAISING THESE ISSUES THAT I COULD DO THIS IN A DAY OR TWO, I CAN'T THAT I WOULD THAT I COULD DO THIS IN A DAY OR TWO AND I CAN'T. NO, MA'AM, I DIDN'T SAY A DAY OR TWO. I GAVE YOU 30 DAYS I THINK. SO DID YOU SEE THE DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE? I 
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SAW A BUNCH OF DEBRIS SCREENED PROPERTY. I SEE THAT SOME OF IT'S BEEN MOVED TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, BUT THAT YOU HAD SEEN THE PROPERTY AFTER THE FIRE. IT LOOKED HORRENDOUS AND THERE WAS NO BIG FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY EITHER. MY SON DID THAT. MY HANDICAPPED SON. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S MY RULING. AND TONY EVEN THOUGHT IT LOOKED AWESOME. WELL. I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S MR. BRUNI'S OPINION. I DON'T KNOW, BUT AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT HE CONSIDERED THE WHETHER THE FENCE WAS APPROPRIATE FOR WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND THOSE KINDS OF MATTERS. BUT THE FACT IS THERE ARE VIOLATIONS THERE, AND I'M DIRECTING THAT THEY BE CLEANED UP, THEY WILL BE CLEANED UP. OKAY. BUT IT WON'T BE OVERNIGHT. THAT'S UP TO YOU. THERE'S A FINE, A DAILY FINE FOR NOT CLEANING IT UP. SO AND YOU ARE AUTHORIZING US TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY, IS THAT. YES. SO. SO IF I GOT UP HERE AND CRIED AND TOLD YOU I WAS GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE, I'M NOT GOING TO BURN IN HELL FOR COMMITTING SUICIDE. I PRAY EVERY DAY FOR MY FATHER TO HELP ME AND TO HELP MY BACK. AND THEN YOU GIVE HER A $300 FINE AND YOU STOP ME WITH THE REST? NO, MA'AM. DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES MERIT DIFFERENT THINGS. SHE TOOK AN EFFORT AND MADE THE CORRECTIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED. I TOOK AN EFFORT. I JUST HAD TWO PLACES AT RISK. 
          WELL, YOU HAVE NOT. YOU HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE ISSUES THAT I. I WAS PROMISED THAT THIS OTHER ONE WOULD HOLD UNTIL THE OTHER ONE WAS FINISHED. THE OTHER ONE WHAT YOU WERE PROMISED. AND YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE MY ORDER, IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. I WAS I ISSUED AN ORDER DIRECTING THAT YOU CLEAN THIS PROPERTY UP, AND YOU FAILED TO DO SO BECAUSE OF THE PROMISE. WELL, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, I'M ONLY ONE PERSON. THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S TRUE JUST LIKE YOU ARE. YES, MA'AM. THIS HEARING IS AT AN END. ALL RIGHT, THAT'LL BRING US TO ALL. GO TO HELL. AND ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. 
          PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 3417 LONG ROAD. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE AND TO IMPOSE THE LIEN. DID YOU MAKE A RUCKUS? THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MAY 15TH, 2024 AND WAS FOUND. IS THIS THE MCSWAIN? YES. IS THIS YOUR YOU'RE STANDING IN FOR, NATALIE? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S RELATED TO THE ISSUE OF NONCOMPLIANCE AND ALSO PENDING. 
          THERE'S A MOTION TO CONTINUE IT. AND. YEAH. SO AND I DID TALK TO MISS MCSWAIN OKAY. SHE DID CONTACT ME. AND I TOLD HER WHAT MY RECOMMENDATIONS WERE GOING TO BE. AND YOU'LL GIVE YOU'LL BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO RESPOND AND DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO OKAY. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MAY 15TH, 2024 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED PROPERTY, TRASH, JUNK OVERGROWTH, DERELICT VEHICLES AND DEBRIS. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. PHOTOS OF THIS PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER TWO. 
          THESE ARE JUST PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE TIME OF THE MAY 15TH HEARING OF 2024. TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY OF WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKED LIKE AT THAT TIME, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 60 DAYS TO APPLY FOR THE NECESSARY PERMITS TO CORRECT THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS OR INITIAL FINE OF $100, AND A DAILY FINE OF 25 WOULD BE IMPOSED UNTIL THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE PROPERTY WAS ALSO. THE MAGISTRATE ALSO DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE OF THE TRASH, JUNK AND DERELICT VEHICLES. THE LIGHTING STRUCTURE THIS ROOF IS THAT LASER POINTER. THE ROOF IS WHAT WAS CONSIDERED BLIGHTED. THE PROPERTY WAS 
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CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2024 AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE FOR THE TRASH, JUNK AND DERELICT VEHICLES. HOWEVER, THE PERMITTED THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS. CONTINUED. LET ME BACK UP ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2024, THE RESPONDENT DID SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A ROOF PERMIT TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THAT PERMIT WAS ISSUED ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2024 WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE OF APRIL 11TH, 2025. THESE ARE THE PHOTOS ON OCTOBER 11TH AFTER THE CONTRACTOR CLEANED THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN A LITTLE HARD TO SEE IN THIS PHOTO, BUT THE ROOF REMAINED. THIS IS A BETTER PHOTO. BLIGHTED ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025, A SECOND HEARING TO IMPOSE THE FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE AND THE COST OF ABATEMENT WAS HELD. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING VIA TELEPHONE. THE MAGISTRATE SCHEDULED A COMPLIANCE HEARING FOR THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS FOR APRIL 16TH, 2025. THAT THE HEARING DATE IS INCLUDED IN THAT IN THE ORDER AND A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IN EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILED ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025. A COPY OF THE SECOND ORDER WAS MAILED TO THE RESPONDENT, WITH THE COMPLIANCE HEARING HIGHLIGHTED, AND THE ORDER WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON APRIL 1ST. ON MARCH 18TH, 2025, CODE ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE RESPONDENT STATE STATING A NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE CIRCUIT COURT. HOWEVER, THE NOTICE OF APPEAL HAS WAS NOT FILED WITH THE CIRCUIT COURT. IT WAS JUST GIVEN TO US. A COPY OF THAT NOTICE IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE OF EXHIBIT D, OKAY. ON APRIL 3RD, 2025, THE RESPONDENT CONTACTED THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND REQUESTED AN EXTENSION OF HIS PERMITS. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT DID GRANT A 90 DAY PERMIT EXTENSION, SO THE NEW EXPIRATION OF THAT PERMIT IS JULY 11TH, 2025. AND INVESTIGATOR BRUENING IS HERE. HE CAN TESTIFY THE TO THE PHOTOS SHOWING THAT THE PROPERTY IS REMAINING IN VIOLATION. WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025? MR. TONY BROWN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025 A REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY, THE ROOF. THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS REMAINED IN VIOLATION. YOU CAN SEE THEY GOT BRICKS ON THE ROOF HOLDING DOWN A PART OF A TARP. SEE A LITTLE BLUE SECTION OF THE TARP UP THERE. IT'S HARD TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THROUGH ALL THE TREES FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. ON APRIL 14TH, 2025, A RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. NOT A VERY GOOD PHOTO WHICH GOT OVERGROWTH NOW ON THE PROPERTY, AND I WENT BACK OUT TODAY AND TOOK MORE PHOTOS. THESE ARE THE PHOTOS FROM TODAY. 
          YOU STILL SEE THE BRICKS ON THE ROOF OR BLOCKS WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. GOT A PIECE OF A TARP THERE? YEAH. THE MORE BRICKS. THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS REMAIN AND WE GOT AN ADDITIONAL VIOLATION OF OVERGROWTH. NOW, HAS THE RESPONDENT MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO CONTACT YOU IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE? NO. AND I JUST TO TESTIFY IS WHILE WE WERE PREPARING THIS REVIEWING THIS REPORT ON MONDAY IS WHEN WE HAD DISCOVERED THAT THE PERMIT HAD BEEN EXTENDED. SO HE DIDN'T MAKE ANY CONTACT WITH US TO SAY HE WAS REQUESTING THAT AS OF TODAY, NOTHING. THE PERMIT HE'S HAD FOR SIX MONTHS AND THERE IS STILL NO. WORK BEING DONE ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY, SO IT IS ACTUALLY THE I SAID I HAVE IT HERE OR TONY HAS IT HERE. THAT COMPLIANCE HEARING IS SET FOR JULY 16TH AT 1 P.M. I WOULD LIKE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SET THE HEARING. SO IT SHOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION THAT COMPLIANCE HEARING BE HELD ON JULY 16TH. 
          THAT WILL BE FIVE DAYS AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERMIT. OKAY. AND I DID LET MISS MCSWAIN KNOW 
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THAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE GOING TO BE TO ASK THAT THE MAGISTRATE REINSTATE THE DAILY FINE OF $25 UNTIL ALL WORK IS COMPLETED, STARTING FROM, I GUESS, APRIL 12TH AFTER THE ORIGINAL. PERMIT WOULD HAVE EXPIRED. I'M TRYING TO. I HEARD I THOUGHT SOMETHING ABOUT WHEN THIS HEARING WAS NOTICED. IT WAS NOTICED AT THE COMPLIANCE. SO IN FEBRUARY. YEAH, FEBRUARY 12TH OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD A SECOND HEARING TO IMPOSE THE LIEN FOR THE COST OF ABATEMENT AND THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TRASH JUNK. AND AT THAT TIME HE WAS TOLD, SOLD. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND IT WAS TOLD THAT THAT THE REASON WE SCHEDULED IT FOR APRIL 16TH IS BECAUSE THE PERMIT EXPIRED ON APRIL 11TH. I WANT TO TELL US WHO YOU ARE AND ALL OF THAT. YES. YOUR HONOR, THIS IS RICHARD SCHENCK ON BEHALF OF BURKE BLUE, HERE ON BEHALF OF NATALIE MCSWAIN, WHO'S REPRESENTING MR. WESSON IN THIS MATTER. GOOD. MAILING ADDRESS IS 221 MACKENZIE AVENUE, PANAMA CITY. 32401. ALL RIGHT. SO I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THE CASE. FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THE CLIENT ACTUALLY CAME TO OUR FIRM THIS PAST FRIDAY ON APRIL 11TH, AND THAT'S WHEN HE DID HIRE US. SO ON THAT SAME DATE, MISS MCSWAIN DID MAKE A REQUEST TO CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR THE COMPLETE CASE FILE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HAS YET TO BE DELIVERED TO HER OR OUR FIRM. AS IT STANDS, I'M SEEING WHAT YOU ALL ARE SEEING IN THE SENSE OF THESE PHOTOS AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. WE JUST REQUEST THAT THE DAILY FINES BE TIED TO THE NEW PERMIT, BECAUSE INITIALLY ON THAT ORDER, THE DAILY FINES WERE TO START FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERMIT ON APRIL 11TH. THE PERMIT HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH JULY. AND WE JUST HOPE THAT BASED ON THE FACTS OF THE CASE, WE'D BE WILLING TO REPRESENT OUR CLIENT AT THE JULY 16TH HEARING AND WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD REFRAIN FROM IMPOSING DAILY FINES THROUGH THE HEARING. BATSMAN. YOUR RESPONSE? WELL, MY RESPONSE IS THE INITIAL ORDER. YOUR LAST ORDER SAID APRIL 11TH WAS THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERMIT. THE $25 A DAY AFTER THE FEBRUARY 11TH IS AN INCENTIVE FOR HIM TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE WORK AFTER FEBRUARY OF THE I'M SORRY, APRIL 11TH. OKAY, SO THE ORIGINAL EXPIRATION OF THE YOU KNOW, AS WE SAW IN THE LAST CASE, THE LADY WAS ABLE TO GET HER ROOF REPLACED IN LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER A PERMIT. IN THIS CASE, HE'S HAD A PERMIT FOR OVER SIX MONTHS AND HASN'T EVEN STARTED WORK. SO I WOULD REQUEST, AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, WHEN A PERMIT EXPIRES OR IS REVOKED, THAT THE FINE IS THEN ADDED UNTIL THE WORK IS COMPLETED. AND OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS READDRESS THE FINES ON THE JULY 16TH IF HE'S COME INTO COMPLIANCE BEFORE THAT, OR THEY WANT TO DEBATE IT, THEN DO YOU HAVE ANY, MR. SCHENCK, DO YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO THAT? AND I REALIZE THAT YOU'RE ON VERY, VERY SHORT NOTICE FOR BEING THROWN INTO THE FIRE. I APPRECIATE THAT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, MR. WESTON HAS ALREADY ACCRUED DAILY FINES ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AS PART OF THIS CASE, PRIOR TO TOTALING ABOUT $2,100. WE JUST ASKED THAT THE GOOD FAITH EFFORT HE HAS DEMONSTRATED BY COMING TO OUR FIRM ON APRIL 11TH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM, THAT THE COURT WOULD TAKE NOTICE OF THAT GOOD FAITH, GOOD FAITH EFFORT AND GIVE HIM THE LENIENCY OF GETTING THROUGH THIS EXTENDED PERMIT. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. FURTHERING YOUR YOUR CLIENT'S ARGUMENT ABOUT POSTPONING THE FINES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. I, I DISAGREE WITH YOU AS TO THE ISSUE OF GOOD FAITH, EFFORT AND. AS YOU'VE INDICATED, HE'S ALREADY INCURRED DAILY FINES IN THIS CASE PREVIOUSLY. WHICH. TO ME IS NOT A GOOD SIGN. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. 
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THE INITIAL. ORDER. WAS ISSUED IN MAY OF 2020 FOR, AND WE'VE BEEN. ROCKING ALONG ON THIS. ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH. RESPONDENT WAS ALLOWED TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE AND WAS MADE AWARE THAT THERE WOULD BE A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON APRIL THE 16TH OF 2025. AND. HE. GOT A. ROOFING PERMIT BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 24 THAT EXPIRED ON APRIL THE 11TH, 2025, THE VERY DAY THAT HE HIRED COUNSEL TO REPRESENT HIM. HE HAS PREVIOUSLY, ON MARCH 18TH OF 2025. CONTACTED CODE ENFORCEMENT VIA A LETTER STATING THAT HE WAS GOING TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE CIRCUIT COURT AND HE DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT. HE THEN, LIKE I SAID, HE HIRES COUNSEL. ON APRIL THE 11TH. AND. 
          IN MY CONVERSATIONS OR OR CORRESPONDENCE, I GUESS IS THE EMAILS FROM MISS MCSWANE NO CONVERSATIONS, JUST THE EMAILS THAT I'VE RECEIVED. SHE SAID THAT HE'S OUT OF TOWN. WORKING, SO HE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, YET HE KNEW ABOUT IT. ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH OF 25. BUT HE DID. HE FAILED TO MAKE ADEQUATE PROVISIONS FOR HIS ATTENDANCE AT THIS HEARING, EVEN THOUGH HE IS ATTENDING BY COUNSEL. AND I APPRECIATE THAT ASPECT OF IT. SO WE HAVE SEEN THAT HE HAS FAILED TO DO ANYTHING, RESULTING IN PREVIOUS DAILY ASSESSMENTS OF FINES HE HAS. OBTAINED ONE PERMIT AND LET IT EXPIRE ON APRIL THE 11TH, ONLY TO HIRE A LAWYER AGAIN IN AN EFFORT TO STOMP OUT THE FOREST FIRE, SO TO SPEAK. AND YET HE FAILS TO ATTEND THIS HEARING FOR BASICALLY FAILING TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH CERTAIN MATTERS. IN THAT CASE. I CONCEDE THAT HE HAS GOTTEN A NEW PERMIT WITH THE NEXT EXPIRATION DATE OF. JULY THE 11TH OF 25. BUT LET ME SAY HE WAS. AT. 
          SOLD IN FEBRUARY, ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH OF 25, AND THAT IF THE MATTERS WERE NOT CORRECTED BY APRIL THE 11TH OF 2025. THERE WOULD BE THIS NONCOMPLIANCE HEARING. THOSE MATTERS HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTED AS OF TODAY. AND. BASED ON ALL OF THAT, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE IS A WILLFUL NONCOMPLIANCE ON THE PART OF MR. WESSON. THAT MERIT THE IMPOSITION OF A DAILY FINE IN 
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ORDER TO HOPEFULLY. PROMPT A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER THAN HE HAS SEEN FIT TO GIVE IT THUS FAR. THE. CORRESPONDENCE THAT I GOT FROM MISS MCSWAIN, THE EMAIL INDICATED THAT. SOMETHING ABOUT IT HE WOULD BE CONTINUING HIS EFFORTS TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. AND QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T SEE ANY EFFORT AT ALL. SO THERE IS NO CONTINUANCE IN LIGHT OF WHAT I'M SEEING IN THE FORM OF THE EXHIBITS. BEFORE THIS TIME, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE IS A WILLFUL NONCOMPLIANCE ON HIS PART THAT. THE ALL OF HIS CONDUCT TO DATE SUGGESTS THAT HE IS. I'M GOING TO USE THE WORDS THAT I USED WITH WANING OR RESPONSE. HE IS GAMING THE SYSTEM. AND SO I AM GOING TO IMPOSE A FINE. WHAT WAS THE DATE THAT HE HAD TO BE CLEANED UP BY THE 11TH? YES. STARTING APRIL THE 12TH, THERE'LL BE A $25 DAY FINE AND THIS MATTER WILL BE RESET FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JULY THE 16TH, 2025 AT 1 P.M. AT WHICH TIME. THAT YOU OR MISS MCSWANE WHOEVER APPEARS ON HIS BEHALF, OR MR. WESSON IF HE ELECTS TO APPEAR ON HIS BEHALF, AND HE SURELY WELCOME TO APPEAR IN. TELL US WHY HE'S BEEN NEGLECTFUL IN THIS MATTER, WE'LL ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF FINE AT THAT POINT. BUT UNTIL THAT DATE, STARTING APRIL THE 12TH, 2025, THERE WILL BE A $25 A DAY TIME UNTIL HE BRINGS IT INTO COMPLIANCE. IF HE BRINGS IT INTO COMPLIANCE BEFORE JULY THE 16TH, HE'S ENTITLED TO NOTIFY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY WILL GO OUT, DO AN INSPECTION, AND THAT'LL STOP THE FINE. BUT. RIGHT NOW. I THINK YOU'VE BEEN GAMING THE SYSTEM AND I'M GOING TO TRY AND BRING HIS GAMING TO A STOP. US. UNDERSTOOD THAT. OKAY. 
          AND YOU'LL GET A COPY. WE'LL SEND YOU A COPY OF THE ORDER AND LET ME. LET ME. SPECIFICALLY FIND THAT HE'S HAD ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. HE DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THAT ORDER, AND THAT THERE WILL BE A DAILY FINE OF $25 PER DAY BEGINNING APRIL THE 12TH, UNTIL THE VIOLATION IS CORRECTED. AND. THE RESULTING FINES, WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED ON OR ABOUT JULY THE 16TH, WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY, THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT THESE SUMS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. THANK YOU FOR APPEARING. AND I AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THE SHORT NOTICE. THANK YOU. THROWN INTO THE FIRE. 
          THANKS, YOUR HONOR. I BELIEVE THAT IS ONE IN ATTENDANCE. TODAY DID START WITH A BACK WITH A WHICH IS PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 1113 EAST 24TH PLAZA. THIS IS. I'LL LET INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERT CLARKSON. BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY PICTURES FOR THIS PRESENTATION. THIS CASE DID GO BEFORE YOU FOR. RECREATION OR LIVING IN IN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ON A ZONED RESIDENTIAL LOT. YOU DID FIND HER IN VIOLATION AND GIVE HER TIME TO 30 DAYS TO REMOVE. AND SHE DID REMOVE IT. AND THIS CASE IS IN COMPLIANCE. GREAT NEWS. FINALLY! THANK YOU. SO WE'LL DO AN ORDER STATING THAT SHE'S IN COMPLIANCE, CORRECT? OKAY. IF 
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YOU AGREE WITH US I AGREE. OKAY. ITEM B AS IN BOY IS 6532 SUNRISE DRIVE. THIS IS ALSO COMPLIANCE HEARING AND. PETER CLARKSON IS HERE TO TESTIFY ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I'VE SUBMITTED MY REPORT AND PHOTOS FOR THIS HEARING. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE YOU ON MARCH 12TH, 2005 AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702 AND THE FORM OF BLIGHTED PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE. THESE ARE MY PICTURES THAT I TOOK PRIOR TO THE HEARING. THERE WAS TARPING ON THE ROOF. THIS IS THE FRONT THAT HAD OVERGROWTH THAT WAS REMOVED AND THEN THE. I GUESS THIS WOULD BE THE FRONT MISSING SOFT FASCIA AND TARPING ON THE BACK PORTION. THE MAGISTRATE DID ORDER THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE FOR 30 DAYS, OR A FINE OF $500 ON DAILY FINE OF $25 WILL BE IMPOSED UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT TO COMPLIANCE. SUCH FINES WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY, WHICH VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OF THE REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. ON THE 14TH, I DID CONDUCT A RE-INSPECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TARPING IS STILL THERE. THAT WOULD BE, I GUESS, THE BACK VIEW, THE SIDE VIEW, THE FRONT VIEW, THAT IS THAT IS WHAT'S KIND OF OVERLAPPING. PINE STRAWS KIND OF COVERED THE TARP IN THERE TOWARDS THE FRONT. AND THEN AS YOU SEE THE BACK IS STILL DONE. THERE'S BEEN NO NO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROOF OR REPAIRS. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED OR APPLIED FOR. AND AS OF THE 14TH, THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION. AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE MAGISTRATE FINDS THAT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER. THE ADMINISTRATIVE IMPOSED THE INITIAL FINE OF $500 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, AND THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZED THE DAILY FINE OF $25 CONTINUED TO ACCRUE UNTIL THE VIOLATION IS CORRECTED. THAT UPON RECORDING THIS ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS BAY COUNTY, THE COST 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. 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, BAY COUNTY CODE, OKAY, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD, THE EVIDENCE I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF EXHIBITS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION, HAS FAILED TO DO SO, AND IS THEREFORE IN VIOLATION OF PREVIOUS ORDER. BECAUSE OF THAT VIOLATION, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT AN INITIAL FINE OF $500 SHOULD BE IMPOSED AND A DAILY FINE TO BEGIN ON APRIL THE 12TH OF 2025. THAT DAILY FINE WOULD BE $25 PER DAY UNTIL THE VIOLATION IS CORRECTED. THE RECORDING OF THIS SECOND OR THIS ORDER IN THE RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS ENTITLED TO ASSESS THIS COST BY VIRTUE OF THE CONFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF TITLE THAT VEHICLE. I'VE ALWAYS SEEN THAT. HAS IT EVER MOVED? WELL, I CAN SAY THAT IT HASN'T BEEN THERE, BUT I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN IT IN IN TRANSIT. 
          BUT OKAY, OKAY. IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE IN EXACTLY THE SAME PLACE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS. AND I THOUGHT PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS, IT'S KIND OF COME AND GONE. OKAY. I HAVE I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY WAS AWARE OR TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT. I'VE LEFT CARDS, IT WAS POSTED AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE. OKEYDOKEY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM SEE? PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7139 BRETT ROAD. THIS IS ALSO A NON COMPLIANCE HEARING. THIS SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS THE PHOTO THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE MARCH 12TH, 2025 HEARING. AND. SECTOR INVESTIGATOR CHRIS 
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HUBBARD IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR CHRIS HUBBARD BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THE CASE WENT BEFORE YOU ON MARCH 12TH FOR OVERGROWTH. RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. 
          HE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $200. DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT IN COMPLIANCE. THE FIRST INSPECTION ON MARCH 24TH. FOLLOWING THE HEARING, THE PROPERTY REMAINED THE SAME. THERE'S BEEN NO CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER OR ANYBODY DURING THIS ENTIRE CASE. THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES TO IT. APRIL 14TH WAS THE FINAL INSPECTION BEFORE THIS HEARING. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S JUST CONTINUED TO GROW AS THE SEASONS PROGRESS. RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINED THAT FINDING RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION. RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER THAT THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, TOTALING $700, AND THAT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZED CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER INTO THE AREA OF THE PROPERTY TO ABATE THE VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THIS ORDER, AND THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXIST, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTIONS ACT, CHAPTER 21, BAY COUNTY CODE. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. OKAY, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION THERE HAS NOT BEEN COMPLIANCE AS RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS ORDER ENTERED IN THIS MATTER. ON MARCH THE 12TH OF 25, THEREFORE, IS APPROPRIATE TO ASSESS A FINE. AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25, FOR A TOTAL SUM OF $700. THE COUNTY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES, ALONG WITH ANY CONTRACTOR THEY MAY HAVE HIRED, AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS. IDENTIFIED IN THE PREVIOUS ORDER AND OR FOUND TO EXIST AT THE TIME OF ENTRY UPON THE PREMISES. THE. RECORDING OF THIS ORDER AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FOR THE COST 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 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ENTITLED TO ASSESS THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM E, PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 5528 ADDERLEY ROAD. AS THIS ONE IS NO REPORT OR RIGHT, THIS ONE DID COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR ORDER. THIS IS A MARCH 10TH, 2025. ONE OF THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE MARCH 12TH HEARING. AND ON APRIL 8TH, 2025, THE OVERGROWTH HAD BEEN REMOVED AND WE FOUND THEM TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN ARE IS HE GOING TO TESTIFY? NO, UNLESS SHE WANTS. HE TOOK THE PHOTOS. I MEAN, I, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID AND I'M IF YOU WERE SWORN. SO I'M GOING TO CONSIDER IT THE TESTIMONY AND THIS PHOTOGRAPH IN FRONT OF ME WHICH IS LABELED THREE PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER THREE, TAKEN ON APRIL THE 8TH, 2025 AT 8:21 A.M, SHOWS THAT THERE HAS BEEN COMPLIANCE IN THIS MATTER. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WILL BE ENTERED. ALL RIGHT. ITEM F PROPERTY ADDRESS 5922 PISA CIRCLE. THIS IS ALSO PROPERTY WAS ALSO BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR ORDER. THE FIRST PHOTO MARCH 10TH, 2025 SHOWING THE TRASH JUNK. YEAH, THEY WERE LIVING IN AN RV THERE INTO THE INTO THE DRIVEWAY AT THE TIME OF THE CASE, AND MY POINTER ON THERE'S THE RV. YES, SIR. TRASH AND JUNK. AND APRIL 10TH THEY WERE FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. 
          AND THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM A LITTLE FURTHER DISTANCE. BUT THE RV HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE VIOLATIONS CLEARED, SIR, DID THE DOGS KEEP YOU AT BAY? NO, THEY WERE FRIENDLY. THEY. ALL RIGHT. 
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BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN THIS MATTER HAD BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, AND IN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT, WILL BE ENTERED. ITEM H IS PROPER ADDRESS 7104 BIG DADDY DRIVE. THERE IS A REPORT ON THIS ONE. AND I'M GOING TO LET INSPECTOR THORPE TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORPE AGAIN AS OF LIGHT OF EVIDENCE, AS OF YESTERDAY, THIS HAS BEEN VC. WE'LL GET TO THE PHOTOS YOU ORDERED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER REMOVED THAT LEAN TO. THAT WAS KIND OF JANKY IN THE FRONT. AND THEN HE HAD A LARGE ACCESSORY ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME ON THE GABLE END THERE, WHICH WOULD BE THE EAST END THAT ALSO BE REMOVED. AND ALONG WITH THAT WINDOW, BLIND, THERE'S THE ADDITION. THE PROPERTY OWNER DID TEXT INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON, AND ON HIS WAY HOME, HE WENT BY THERE YESTERDAY AND IT'S AS OF NOW, IT IS GONE. THIS WAS MY FAULT. THIS IS MY MONDAY, APRIL 14TH PHOTOS SHOWING THAT IT WAS STILL THE PRESENT. BUT NOTHING LIKE WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE. 
          MR. CLARKSON, IT'S YOUR TESTIMONY THAT THE STUFF IS GONE. YES, SIR. I WENT BY THERE AND HE HAD STAYED IN CONTACT WITH ME. ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'D PRESENTED THIS CASE, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER STAYED IN CONTACT WITH ME AND SAID THAT MORNING HE'D HAVE IT GONE. AND I DROVE BY THERE AND TOOK THE PHOTOS, AND THE TWO STRUCTURES WERE GONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. KEEP GOING. THEM IN THERE, DON'T I? YEAH, I TOOK A PICTURE. OH THAT'S IT. THAT'S NOT UPLOADED. NO, I PUT THEM IN I PUT THEM IN THERE. BUT HIS TESTIMONY, HE'S AN EYEWITNESS. SO I'M GOING TO BASE IT. ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO BASED ON THE TESTIMONY OF MR. CLARKSON, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE IN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT WILL BE ENTERED. AND I CAN ATTEST TO THOSE PHOTOS BECAUSE SCOTT SHOWED THEM TO ME BEFORE RIGHT BEFORE THE HEARING. ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT MR. CLARKSON'S TESTIMONY ALONE IS NOT SUFFICIENT? I MEAN, I'M GOING TO PLEAD THE FIFTH ON THAT ONE. WHEN DID IT COME INTO COMPLIANCE? THIS MORNING. THIS MORNING. SO THEY TECHNICALLY THEY WERE NOT WITHIN THE TIME FRAMES. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK FOR ANY FINES. THEY END UP DOING THAT. I PUT THEM ON, I PUT THEM IN THE FOLDER ON THE COLD CHAIR. BUT I THINK YOU ALREADY TRANSFERRED THEM. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. ITEM I IS AN ITEM 8127 CLUSTER ROAD. AND THIS WAS ALSO ON MARCH 12TH, 2025. FIRST HEARING. AND INSPECTOR THORPE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAGISTRATE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER ON, OR A FINE OF $1,000 WOULD BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B CONTAINED IN THE FILE. MAY 14TH. THESE WERE PHOTOS TAKEN THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THE MARCH. UNFIT. UNSAFE. ACCESSORY. TRASH. JUNK RV ALL OVER THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. THERE. NOW THESE ARE. THESE ARE DATED MAY 14TH. THESE THESE ARE 2024 2024. YEAH. THIS IS JUST TWO. THESE ARE OLD, OLD PHOTOS. IT'S BECAUSE THIS WAS THE BUILDING INSPECTION. SO THEY TEND TO BE A LITTLE MORE DETAILED AND REMINDING YOU WHY IT WAS UNSAFE. NOW THAT WE'RE NOW WE'RE UP TO SPEED IN MARCH. SO THIS WAS RIGHT BEFORE TWO DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING. ALL RIGHT. A COPY OF NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON APRIL 3RD, 2025, AND A RE-INSPECTION ON APRIL 14TH WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY STILL REMAINS IN VIOLATION. SLIDE 16 HERE SHOWS ALL THE TRASH JUNK THE UNSAFE ACCESSORY. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED. A LARGE DEBRIS PILE TO THE RIGHT OF THE PROPERTY RV THAT SITS IN THE BACK. AND MORE JUNK AND TRASH IN BACK LEFT OF THE PROPERTY. AS OF DATE. NO HEARING. NO OF THIS HEARING. NO ENGINEERING APPLICATION OR PERMITS HAVE BEEN 
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SUBMITTED. OKAY, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN ENTERED, INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, AND FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE PREVIOUS ORDER ENTERED IN THIS MATTER. THEREFORE, THE RESPONDENT WILL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $1,000 FOR SUCH NONCOMPLIANCE. CODE ENFORCEMENT. IN ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY HAS ENTERED OR AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER. AT THE TIME OF SUCH ENTRY, UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH ABATING THE VIOLATION, AS WELL AS THE FINE, SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN. THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS HAVE OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS ENTITLED TO ASSESS SUCH COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT ACT AND CHAPTER 41. ITEM J. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 9219 SOUTH SILVER LAKE. THE SLIDE NUMBER THREE IS JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE CASE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ON MARCH 12TH, 2025, AND INSPECTOR THORPE WAS ASSIGNED THE CASE AT THAT TIME. AFTERNOON AGAIN. MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORPE, THE MAGISTRATE, ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER, OR A FINE OF $500 WOULD BE IMPOSED. 
          ALL INTERNAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. APRIL 14TH, 2025 ON SLIDE FIVE SHOWS YOU LARGE ACCESSORY FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. 
          COPY OF THE HEARING. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON APRIL 3RD, 2025. ON APRIL 14TH, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. 
          NO PERMITS OR ENGINEERING HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR TO DATE, AND AS OF MONDAY, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, PHOTOGRAPHS, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE ORDER PREVIOUSLY ENTERED IN THIS MATTER. THERE SHALL BE AN INITIAL FINE OF $500 FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF, OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND TO ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS. BY ANY ORDER AT THE TIME OF SUCH ENTRY, UPON THE RECORDING OF THE ORDER IN THE RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED AND THE FINE LEVIED IN THIS MATTER SHALL BECOME A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL PERSON, REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THIS COST BY VIRTUE OF THE ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21, BECAUSE. ITEM K PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7325. 
          TALLMADGE. AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? HARMONY. THIS CASE WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ON MARCH 12TH AND FIRST FEW PHOTOS ARE THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU ON MARCH 12TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          AND INSPECTOR THORPE WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE ON MARCH 12TH. AFTERNOON. AGAIN, MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER OR FINE OF $1,000 WILL BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONCEALING AGAINST REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN EVIDENCE FILE. BURNT MOBILE HOME RVS, JUNK TRASH, DERELICT VEHICLES STILL REMAIN. THE COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED TO THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON APRIL 3RD, 2025. ON APRIL 14TH, 2025, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. NO PERMITS OR ENGINEERING HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO DATE. NO DEMO PERMITS EITHER. 
          ALL THE JUNK TRASH STILL PRESENT PROPERTY AND THE ORIGINAL HEARING. THE PROPERTY OWNER DID NOT SHOW UP EITHER. THERE ARE TWO RVS ON THERE BEING OCCUPIED VEHICLES EVERYWHERE. AN ACCESSORY BUILDING APPLIANCES. JUNK AND TRASH. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD 
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AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL ORDER TO ENTER INTO THIS MATTER. THERE SHALL BE AN INITIAL FINE OF. BY A FINE OF $1,000 FOR SUCH NONCOMPLIANCE. CODE ENFORCEMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES, ALONG WITH ANY CONTRACTOR WHICH MAY BE HIRED BY THE COUNTY. AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER. UPON THEIR ENTRY UPON THE PREMISES, THE FINE AND THE COST OF. CLEANUP WILL BE. LEAN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ENTITLED TO ASSESS THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. ALL RIGHT. LAST ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM L. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7420 HIGHWAY 2302. 
          THIS CASE ALSO WENT TO ON MARCH 12TH, 2025. AND FIRST FEW PHOTOS ARE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THAT HEARING. THAT UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, DERELICT VEHICLES, OVERGROWTH. AND ON MARCH 12TH, INSPECTOR THORPE WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE AND HE. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MAGISTRATE. THIS ONE. LIKE I MANAGER SAID MARCH 12TH, 2025 WAS INTRODUCED. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR IN THE COURSE OF THIS CASE. THE RESPONDENT DID SEND A AN EMAIL WITH A LETTER TO PANAMA CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY FORWARDED OVER TO US, BASICALLY JUST STATING THAT THERE ARE OLDER COUPLE THAT THERE HEALTH PROBLEMS AND THEY WANTED TO REPAIR THE SHED. AND THEY WANT TO KEEP THE VEHICLES AND WANTS AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL TIME. BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO READ THE WHOLE THING WITH THEIR PERSONAL BUSINESS IN THERE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDER THAT RESPONDED TO HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $500 WILL BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON APRIL 3RD, 2025, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ELAINE HUTTO STATING WHY THEY ARE IN THE SITUATION THAT THEY'RE IN WITH THE PROPERTY. AS I STATED BEFORE, AND A RE-INSPECTION ON APRIL 14TH WAS 2025 WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. FINES WERE IMPOSED BEGINNING APRIL 12TH, 2025. SEVERAL DERELICT VEHICLES DERELICT. TRAILERS. TRASH. JUNK. IT WAS ABOUT THREE IN THE BACKYARD. INSIDE THE FENCE. 
          BACKYARD. AND THEN ON THE BACKSIDE OF IT, THERE'S A BOAT THAT'S A VEHICLE FRAME RIGHT THERE WITH THE BUMPER STILL ON IT. TRASH. JUNK. ANOTHER DERELICT VEHICLE. LARGE DEBRIS PILE TO THE FAR RIGHT AND A LARGE ACCESSORY MISSING THE ROOF. COPY OF NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON APRIL 3RD, 2025. AND AS I STATED, NO ENGINEERING, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR. JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING WITH THIS LETTER, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY VIOLATE HIPAA LAWS IF WE GOT A COMPLETE MEDICAL RECORD. OKAY. YEAH, THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THERE. HAVE YOU ALL HAD ANY CONTACT WITH THESE PEOPLE? I MEAN, I HAVE NOT, NO, SIR. I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY CONTACT, TONY. NO, NO. THIS IS YES. THIS IS THE ONLY CONTACT. OBVIOUSLY, IT WENT TO THE WRONG AGENCY. THEY WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO OR KIND ENOUGH TO. START OVER. BUT INVESTIGATOR BRUNING HAD NO CONTACT WHATSOEVER EITHER. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED, TO FIND THAT RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. IN THIS MATTER, AND HAS FAILED TO DO SO PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL ORDER. 
          THERE IS A FINE OF $500 TO BE AT THE TIME OF THE PROBLEM IN CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE ANY 
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VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER AND FOUND TO EXIST UPON ENTRY UPON THE PREMISES. UPON THE RECORDING OF THIS ORDER AND THE RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT TO INCLUDE THE FINE IN THE FINE AND THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT. WILL BE A LIMIT ON THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENTS. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ENTITLED TO COLLECT THIS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. BUT WE ARE STILL RECORDING UNTIL. WE'RE STILL RECORDING. MISTER NAGY CAN GET TO THE CONTROL ROOM. OKAY.
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