[ Code Magistrate Hearing on June 19, 2025.] [00:00:07] ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT'S 1:00 ON THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL TODAY'S MEETING TO ORDER. MY NAME IS TIFFANY SOTO. I'M GOING TO SERVE AS YOUR MAGISTRATE FOR TODAY'S HEARING. I HAVE NO EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS TO DISCLOSE, BUT IF WE HAVE EVERYONE THAT'S GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY, STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SWEAR EVERYBODY IN ALL AT ONCE. YOU SWEAR? AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. ALRIGHT, I WILL NEED YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK, I WILL HEAR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT ON EACH CASE FIRST. AND THEN IF THERE'S A RESPONDENT HERE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CASE, WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM TO GET EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF. I'M GOING TO JUMP AROUND THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT TO TRY AND DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE. FIRST, MY UNDERSTANDING IS LETTER F IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS FIRST ON THE AGENDA. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. WE HAVE LETTER F ON THE AGENDA. CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20 2-00206. PROPERTY ADDRESS 13 010 SPRING HILL ROAD, YOUNGSTOWN, FLORIDA. AVENUE. MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS. FOR THE RECORD, THIS CASE WENT BEFORE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON APRIL 4TH, 2024. IT WAS FOUND A VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SEVEN, SECTION 17 DASH TWO AND A FORM UNFIT UNSAFE STRUCTURE. TRASH. JUNK DEBRIS. DERELICT VEHICLES. UNSAFE ACCESSORY. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF PROPERTY INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME TREE. DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE TAKEN OUT. JUST AS A REFRESHER, THESE WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE FIRST HEARING. THE PROPERTY. THAT IS THE MOBILE HOME AND ACCESSORY BARN, A FEW RVS. DERELICT VEHICLES. I JUST WANT TALK ABOUT THAT. YES, THE MAGISTRATE OR THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO REMOVE THE MOBILE HOME AND 45 DAYS TO REMOVE THE ACCESSORY AND TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR $5,000 WILL BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL 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 MAY 3RD, 2020, FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR THE MOBILE HOME WAS APPLIED FOR. TO PERMIT WAS ISSUED ON MAY 16TH, 2024 AND EXPIRED ON 12 NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024. AN EXTENSION REQUESTED ON FEBRUARY 14TH, 2025 WAS GRANTED. ANOTHER EXTENSION WAS REQUESTED ON MAY 12TH, 2025, AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL GRANTED EXTENSION UNTIL NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025, WITH A PASSING FINAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY BUILDING SAFETY DIVISION ON MAY 14TH, 2025 FOR THE SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME. ON MAY 16TH, 2024, A DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR THE ACCESSORY WAS APPLIED FOR AND READY FOR ISSUANCE ON JUNE 7TH. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER AND TO PAY FOR PICKUP FOR THE PERMIT, IT WAS FINALLY ISSUED ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2024 WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE OF MAY 17TH. NO FINAL DEMOLITION INSPECTION ON THE PERMIT HAS BEEN COMPLETED TO THIS DATE. INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED BETWEEN MAY, MAY 2024 AND FEBRUARY 2025 WITH CHANGES NO. WITH CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY AS OF, DEBRIS HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. VEHICLES, SOME TRASH AND THE SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME REMOVED. HOWEVER, THE RVS AND THE ACCESSORIES STILL REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY, AND DO WE HAVE ANY PENDING PERMITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE STILL FOR THOSE OR ARE THEY ALL? NO, THEY'RE THEY'RE ALL EXPIRED. THE MOBILE HOME HAS A PASS. THE ACCESSORY IS EXPIRED AND BUILDING PERMIT DIDN'T GRANT A EXTENSION BECAUSE OF THE PENDING NONCOMPLIANCE HEARING. AND THIS PHOTO NUMBER 15TH MAY 2023. THIS IS THE THIS IS THE LEFT OF THE OF THE PROPERTY BEHIND THE ACCESSORY. ALL THE DEBRIS THAT'S CLEANED OUT SEVERAL MONTHS OF REMOVING EVERYTHING. A FEW OF THE ACCESSORIES STILL REMAIN IN THE BACK WITH SOME DEBRIS. AND THAT'S THE SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME OVER HERE. YES. THIS IS THE RIGHT OF THE PROPERTY. AND THEY ARE STILL THEY WERE STILL WORKING ON AT THE TIME. WE WHEN WE WALKED THE PROPERTY ON EIGHT. [00:05:04] I'M SORRY. MAY 20TH AGAIN, THE SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME WITH THE ORIGINAL PERMIT FOR THAT WAS ABLE TO. EXTENSION. OKAY. I'M SORRY. IT WAS GIVEN IN MAY. MAY 3RD. THAT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. NO, THAT'S THE PROPERTY TO THE LEFT. THAT WAS THAT. THAT WAS JUST INCLUDED. THAT ALSO HAD A CASE ON IT. IT WAS ONE ONE PARCEL TO TWO DIFFERENT ADDRESSES. THAT'S THAT'S REPAIRED THOUGH. THIS IS BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PARCEL. TO THE LEFT OF THE PROPERTY AGAIN LOOKING FROM THE ROAD DOWN THE LEFT SIDE. IS 24TH MOBILE HOME STILL? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. YOUR DEMOLITION HAS STARTED ON EITHER STRUCTURE. NO PERMITS WERE POSTED. THE PERMITS WERE POSTED AT THE PROPERTY. JULY ON JULY 30TH. YES, THAT WAS 2024. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I'LL GET WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT TO GET. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UP. YEAH. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE ROOF TO THE PARCEL TO THE LEFT. THAT'S. THAT'S BEEN FIXED AND REPAIRED. THAT'S DONE WITH. GOT IT. WHAT WE'RE SEEING BASICALLY IN THESE PHOTOS, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A DEMO PERMIT. GIVEN IN MAY OF 20, MAY, 16 OR 24. AUGUST OF 26. AUGUST 26TH OF 24. AND NO ACTIVITY ON THE. RIGHT AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 20TH. TWO. SORRY, IT WAS A LITTLE A LITTLE CRAZY THERE. SO NO ACTUAL DEMOLITION WAS OBSERVED ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL. RIGHT. BECAUSE HE RIGHT. HE WAS STILL FIXING THE ROOF FROM THE OTHER PARCEL AND CLEANING STILL CLEANING THE PROPERTY. I'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE AT LEAST EVERY TWO WEEKS OR SO, BACK AND FORTH, AND MOST OF THE TIME WHEN I WENT TO PROPERTY, HE WAS THERE. AND THEN MARCH 31ST, PROBABLY A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT, THE DEMOLITION WAS STARTED. ON. BOTH STRUCTURES WERE JUST JUST THE ONE LATER ON THE BARN WAS THE SHOOTING STARTED TO BE REMOVED. THERE YOU GO. 558 THAT'S APRIL 24TH OF THIS YEAR. YES. AT MAY 19TH. MORE SHOOTING REMOVED FROM THE ACCESSORY WITH SOME FRAMING MOBILE HOMES DOWN TO JUST THE METAL FRAME AND DEBRIS. RVS WERE STILL THERE. JUNE 10TH. JUST LAST WEEK. MOBILE HOME HAS BEEN REMOVED, SOME OF THE DEBRIS STILL A LITTLE BIT ON THE GROUND, BUT MOST OF IT'S IN THAT ROLL OFF TRAILER. RVS ARE STILL THERE AND THE ACCESSORY IS STILL THERE. AND. THAT'S IT. MAY 7TH, 2025 STATEMENT OF NONCOMPLIANCE AND NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO PROPERTY OWNER RECORD. THE CERTIFIED MAIL RETURNED UNCLAIMED JUNE 9TH. HOWEVER, THE REGULAR MAIL HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED. MAY 19TH INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. FINES WERE IMPOSED. MAY 19TH, 2025. COPY. NO HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JUNE 5TH. ON JUNE 10TH, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND PROPERTY STILL REMAIN VIOLATION. AS OF DATE, NO NEW APPLICATIONS. LIKE I SAID, THEY REQUESTED AN EXTENSION. THE BUILDING OFFICIAL DENIED AFTER CONTACTING CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE OF THE PENDING HEARING OF TODAY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? JUST A RECOMMENDATIONS. LET ME HEAR FROM. YES, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE SPEAK ON PROPERTY? COME ON UP AND GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. DID YOU GUYS BOTH GET SWORN IN? HE ASKED ME. OKAY, SHE DID, AND I WAS RIGHT THERE BY HER, SO. OKAY. BUT DID YOU SWEAR YOURSELF IN AS WELL? IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, OUR SECRETARY ELSEWHERE IN YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. YEAH. OKAY. TELL ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. JAMES. ROBERT HOLLAND. OKAY. AND WHAT ADDRESS DO YOU WANT THINGS TO GO TO MAKE SURE YOU. SAME ADDRESS AS HERS. OKAY. 12932 SPRING ROAD, YOUNGSTOWN, FLORIDA. GOT IT. TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW. [00:10:05] ABOUT WHAT? THE STATUS. WE HAVEN'T STOPPED WORKING ON IT. OKAY? I'VE GOT MOST OF EVERYTHING STRIPPED OFF OF THE FRAME. I WAS IN CONTENTION WITH THE MOBILE HOME HAVING TO COME DOWN IN THE FIRST PLACE. I COULD HAVE REPAIRED IT EASILY. BUT WAIT A SECOND. LET ME FINISH. GAIL. BUT I HAVEN'T STOPPED. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT NEAR ABOUT EVERY DAY. I'LL BE 67 IN OCTOBER. AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT FLAT OUT. AND I DON'T CARE WHO DISAGREES WITH ME. THERE'S ONLY ABOUT MAYBE 2 OR 3 OUT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN KEEP UP WITH ME ON ANY GIVEN DAY. MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY. THAT BEING SAID, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SHOW DISRESPECT TO THIS COURT OR ANYBODY REPRESENTING CODE ENFORCEMENT. BUT WHEN. YOU DO, YOU WORK ALL THE TIME TRYING TO CORRECT A PROBLEM THAT WAS BASICALLY INHERITED. WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO HIRE BIG CONTRACTORS, AND IF WE DID, I STILL WOULDN'T BECAUSE CONTRACTORS TEND TO GO IN AND DESTROY. THEY DON'T TRY TO SAVE ANYTHING, THEY JUST TAKE A TRACKHOE, DRAG IT IN A PILE AND HAUL IT OFF. THERE'S ALMOST ALL THE PLYWOOD WAS IN THAT FLOOR. THE MOBILE HOME SOLID. GOOD. NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. TWO BY FOUR STUDS. NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. TWO BY SIX FLOOR JOISTS. NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM EXCEPT FOR A FEW. NOW, THAT BEING SAID, AM I GOING TO BURN IT ALL? HELL NO. I'M SALVAGING WHAT'S SALVAGEABLE. WHY? IT'S COMMON SENSE. YOU DON'T THROW AWAY MONEY AND THEN HAVE TO BUY IT BACK LATER. IT'S JUST REALITY. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COMMON SENSE RULE OF LAW? IT SEEMS TO BE GONE OUT THE WINDOW WITH THE DIRTY WASH WATER. NOT NOT TRYING TO DISRESPECT ANYBODY. WE HAD A CONVERSATION BEFORE IN THE OTHER ROOM. I'M NOT TRYING TO SPEAK TO YOU IN AN UGLY MANNER, HARSH MANNER OR DISRESPECTFUL MANNER. I'M JUST STATING THE FACTS AS I SEE THEM NOW. I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK I AM. WE HAVEN'T SAID THAT THINGS DON'T NEED TO BE CLEANED UP. YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES OF WHAT'S BEEN CLEANED UP. I DID MOST ALL OF THAT WITH A BROKE WRIST. SHATTERED WRIST. RUNNING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT EIGHT TEN HOURS A DAY FOR NEARLY THREE MONTHS. THAT'S. ABOVE AND BEYOND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. I SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO DO IT. I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY WRIST. I HAVEN'T TOOK THE TIME TO GO BACK AND SEE MY ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON TO GET THE REST OF THE PROBLEM FIXED, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TIME, BECAUSE THESE FOLKS ARE NOT ALLOWING THE TIME. AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT THEY'RE JUST PUPPETS ON STRINGS. THEY'RE STRINGS GET PULLED FROM UPSTAIRS IF THEY DON'T DO WHAT THEY'RE TOLD. THEN SOMEBODY SAYS GOODBYE. COLLECT YOUR LAST CHECK. IS IT RIGHT? NO. BUT IS THAT THE WAY IT IS? YES. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT, BUT WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN DO. SHE'S LIMITED IN WHAT SHE CAN DO. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF SHE WOULD LIKE TO HELP WITH, BUT I DON'T LET HER GET INVOLVED BECAUSE SHE WOULD POSSIBLY GET HURT OR INJURED. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT WHEN HE'S IN FROM OUT OF TOWN WORKING, GIVES ME A HAND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. BUT LIKE, RIGHT NOW, HE'S OUT OF STATE. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, DOING GOVERNMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR WORK. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I ASSOCIATE WITH BECAUSE I DON'T [00:15:06] CARE TO DEAL WITH. LESS THAN INTELLIGENT PEOPLE. I HAVE LITTLE TO NO PATIENCE FOR STUPIDITY. AND IN MY DEFINITION OF STUPIDITY IS PEOPLE KNOWING RIGHT FROM WRONG AND CHOOSING TO DO WRONG ANYWAY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I SEE THAT IN A LOT OF OUR GOVERNMENT. NOT MEANT TO OFFEND, JUST STATING WHAT I SEE. OKAY, SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M HEARING A LOT OF WHAT YOUR OPINION IS, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FINISH WHAT HAS BEEN STARTED. OKAY. WHEN WE FOUND OUT THE PERMIT EXPIRED ON THE BARN, WHICH IS IN THE PICTURE BEHIND YOU, I STOPPED. OKAY, CAN I ASK, MAY I ASK YOU? I TOLD HIM TO STOP. I SAID THE PERMIT IS EXPIRED. IT STOPPED. I WAS TOLD THE PERMIT EXPIRED. I HAD IT CONFUSED. I HAD CALLED ONE DAY BECAUSE I GO FOR CANCER TREATMENT. OVARIAN CANCER. AND ALSO I WAS LIMITED IN HELPING HIM BECAUSE I HAVE A NECK ISSUE WHERE C1, C2 AND C3 VERTEBRAE ARE PRESSING ON THE SPINAL CORD AND MY DOCTOR HAS REFERRED ME TO A NEUROSURGEON DESERVED IT JUST AS MUCH. BUT ANYWAY, I WAS TOLD THAT THE THING ON THE BARN EXPIRED ON APRIL 17TH. I THOUGHT IT EXPIRED ON APRIL 27TH ANYWAY, AND HERE IT SAYS IT EXPIRED ON MAY 17TH. BUT I WAS TOLD APRIL 17TH. AND IT ALSO SAYS THAT AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, SOMEONE FINALLY GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME TO GET THE BARN PERMIT. THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. AND I HAVE THE PAPERWORK WITH ME. AN INCORRECT PERMIT NUMBER WAS ISSUED ON THE BARN PERMIT. I CAME IN IN JUNE AND I WAS GIVEN AND I WAS CALLED AND TOLD BARN PERMIT WAS READY. I HAD IT DOCUMENTED IN THE CAR TO BRING IT OVER, AND I CAME IN. I THINK THEY CALLED ME ON JUNE 10TH. I LOOKED AT PARKING. I CAME IN ON JUNE 17TH AND PICKED UP THE PERMIT THAT THEY PRINTED OUT TO GIVE ME FOR THE BARN, AND THEN IN OCTOBER, I SAW AN EMAIL WITH A YOUNG LADY IN THE PERMIT OFFICE CALLED ME AND HE WAS LIKE, I DID THE PAPERWORK FOR IT SHOWS IT'S MARKED IN THERE AND CORRECT PERMIT NUMBER. SO I DIDN'T IGNORE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME ABOUT PICKING UP A BARN PERMIT. THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. AND AS FAR AS ALL THE THINGS ON THE PROPERTY, HE FINISHED THE ROOF. WE FOUND OUT A ROOF NEEDED TO BE DONE, AND HE FINISHED THAT IN OCTOBER OF 2024. AND ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN INHERITED. IT WAS 30 INHERITED, AND IT WAS FROM SOMEONE WHO HAD ACCUMULATED ALL THIS ON THE PROPERTY FOR 30 YEARS. AND WE DID GET A MACHINE AND CLEAN UP ALL THE DEBRIS. AND WE'RE ASKING FOR FREE BECAUSE THE PERSON THAT OWNED THE PROPERTY LIKED TO BUILD THINGS AND MAKE THINGS AND DO THINGS, AND I GOT I RENTED A MACHINE, BUT MY FINANCES ARE LIMITED. I DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED FINANCES, AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HIRE A WRECKING CREW TO DO IT. WE ARE WORKING ON IT. I DO HAVE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS I HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO, BUT WE HAVE NOT STOPPED WORKING ON IT AND WE DID REMOVE ONE OF THE MOTORHOMES. WE GOT ONE OF THE MOTORHOMES WE MOVED SO AND BOTH CARS, BOTH CARS AND I HAVE SOME PICTURES IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THEM. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU GUYS IS WHAT IS STILL ON THE PROPERTY THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED, THE STILL MOBILE HOME FRAME. AFTER I GET THE REST OF THE FLOOR OFF OF IT, THAT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT OF IT IS GET THE REST OF THE PLYWOOD UP, PULL THE FLOOR JOISTS OFF, AND THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE THE MOBILE HOME FRAME OFF OF THAT PROPERTY. I'M GOING TO USE THAT FOR THE HOME FRAME TO BUILD A FLATBED TRAILER. THE BARN. I'VE STILL YET GOT TO TAKE THE TOP OFF OF [00:20:03] IT AND THEN EMPTY OUT THE REST OF IT. THAT'S DOWN BELOW. THERE'S A DRILL PRESS TABLE SAW. THERE'S A WELDING MACHINE IN THERE, A COUPLE OF LAWNMOWERS, A GARDEN TILLER, ALL OF WHICH I'M HAVING TO SHUFFLE STUFF AROUND TO MAKE SPACE IN THE OTHER SHED THAT I REPAIRED. IT'S ACROSS THE ROAD FROM US. YES, MA'AM. IT ALL OF IT WAS JAM PACKED FULL FROM FLOORING TO THE TOOLS AND THINGS. AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE BARN. ROBERT DID GET SOME OF THAT CLEANED OFF AND GET THE WALL DOWN. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE TOP WALLS HAVE BEEN. YEAH, THERE'S NO DOUBT WORK HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN DONE. THE PROBLEM WE'VE GOT IS THAT I'VE GOT PHOTOS HERE FROM OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE TALKING AT LEAST ALMOST A YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE CONDITIONS ON THIS PROPERTY. YES, MA'AM. AND THINGS NEED TO GET RESOLVED. AND THAT'S PART OF, I'M GUESSING, WHY THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT SAID WE'RE HOLDING OFF ON ANY MORE EXTENSIONS OF PERMITS DEALING WITH THE. SHED OR FARMER SLASH CONSTRUCTION THAT'S ON THERE AS WELL. WELL, I'M JUST ONE PERSON. I'M LIMITED IN WHAT I CAN DO. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. I DO HAVE TO RECRUIT A LITTLE HELP BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT IT'S JUST BEYOND ANY ONE PERSON PHYSICALLY. BUT THE WORK HASN'T STOPPED. BEFORE. WE COULD TEAR THE MOBILE HOME DOWN. IT HAD TO BE GONE THROUGH AND EVERYTHING WAS EMPTIED OUT. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF. WENT TO GOODWILL AND SALVATION ARMY. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF. WENT TO THE BURN PILE. EXCUSE ME. GO AHEAD. GO THROUGH BOXES AND BOXES AND PAPERWORK TO TRY TO FIND TITLES TO THINGS. AND MR. HOW LONG HAS HE HAD HIS TAX BOXES UP? AND NOT ONLY THAT HIS GRANDSON HAD LIVED IT I THINK IN 2017 JULY WHAT I DIDN'T I HAD NOT ON THE MASTER BEDROOM PART. I THOUGHT THAT WAS TAKING CARE OF HIM. IT WAS JUST JAM PACKED FULL OF STUFF. YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY WE INHERIT THE GARBAGE ALONG WITH THE GOOD STUFF. UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT'S LEFT THERE WERE STUCK WITH LIKE I INHERITED QUITE A BIT AND I'M 69 AND I WORK ON, I DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP, LIKE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THE INSULATION AND THINGS, PICK UP THAT AND WHATEVER I CAN PHYSICALLY DO, I'M HELPING, BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO HIRE SOMEONE TO COME IN AND GIVE THEM WORSHIP, AND WE DON'T WANT. AND WE DON'T WANT. CONTRACTORS COMING IN WHO ARE GOING TO JUST DESTROY. THEY MAKE A MESS. I'VE SEEN BEHIND THEM. USUALLY THE SITES LOOK WORSE WHEN THEY LEAVE THAN BEFORE THEY GOT THERE, AND I COULD CALL SOME NAMES ON CONTRACTORS, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO. AND THEY WORK FOR THIS COUNTY. WELL, LET ME SAY THIS. IT'S I REALLY I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS. YES, THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE ALTOGETHER. ALL THE PROBLEM IS LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT PROPERTIES THAT NEEDED TO BE CLEANED, THAT I'VE GOT PICTURES RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME ALL THE WAY BACK TO AT LEAST OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. SO SOMETHING'S GOT TO HAPPEN. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE JUST ONE PERSON, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS TAKE SOME TIME. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, CAN YOU COME OUT THERE AND DRIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND DRIVE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES? OKAY, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S NOT MY JOB. NO, IT'S HIS JOB. AND SOME OF THESE OTHER FELLAS JOBS. SIR, HAVE YOU MADE ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT? NO, I'M NOT GOING TO. IT'S NOT MY JOB TO MAKE COMPLAINTS. IT'S NOT? NO, MA'AM. IT'S NOT ANY CITIZEN'S JOB TO POINT THE FINGER AT ANOTHER CITIZEN. THEN THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER. I'M NOT YELLING AT YOU, OKAY? I DON'T EXPECT TO BE YELLED AT EITHER. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO RAISE MY VOICE, BUT I TRY TO MAKE A POINT AND I GET IGNORED. IT IS NOT ANY CITIZEN'S JOB THAT IS YOUR OPINION AND YOU'RE ENTITLED TO HAVE THAT OPINION. THIS IS A GOVERNMENT SUPPOSED TO BE A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, RIGHT? YOU WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH MEANS YOU WORK FOR THE PEOPLE. OKAY? YOU'RE A CIVIL SERVANT, PUBLIC SERVANT. YOU'RE PART OF THE PEOPLE, AND I'M PART OF THE PEOPLE. SHE'S PART OF THE PEOPLE, ACTUALLY, HE HE ALL [00:25:04] THESE GUYS, THEY'RE PART OF THE PEOPLE, ACTUALLY. IN FACT, YOU'RE ONE OF THE PEOPLE. WHAT IS YOUR POINT, SIR? THE POINT IS, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY STEP ON THE NECKS OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE YOUR PAYCHECK? THAT IS YOUR OPINION. IF THAT'S THE. IT'S A FACT. I'M NOT. IT'S NOT A FACT, OKAY? IT'S NOT A FACT. IT IS YOUR OPINION AND YOU'RE ENTITLED TO HAVE IT. I HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE. WE'RE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS OPINIONS OF YOURS OR MINE TODAY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE AT HAND, I WILL DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS THE OPINION. AND HE WAS STATING, COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR US? OH, YEAH. GAIL OWEN. YES. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. AND HE'S STATING HIS OPINIONS. OKAY. WHEN IT CAME TO LOOKING AT OTHER PROPERTIES AND PLACES, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TOLD ME HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS THE COMPLAINANT. SO I UNDERSTAND THEN THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER RIDES AROUND AND LOOKS AT OTHER PROPERTIES, AND THAT'S HIS JOB TO WRITE UP AND BE THE COMPLAINANT OF ALL THE PROPERTIES. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT. I'M ROBERT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP TO ME. I'M SORRY IF SOME OF HIS OPINIONS ARE OFFENSIVE, I, I, I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT HIS OPINIONS ARE, BUT WE ARE WORKING AS HARD AND FAST AS WE CAN TO GET IT DONE. AND I DIDN'T MENTION WHEN I GO TO MY CANCER APPOINTMENTS, I HAVE TO GO TO TALLAHASSEE. THERE IS NO. GYNECOLOGY GYNECOLOGY ONCOLOGISTS HERE, HERE IN BAY COUNTY AND I HAVE TO GO OUT OF TOWN. I HAVE TO GO THERE TO HAVE MY PORT FLUSHED BECAUSE THE DOCTOR ISN'T HERE AND THEY WON'T FLUSH MY PORT HERE, SO I DO. THAT'S AN ALL DAY THING. BUT I'M COOPERATING. WE HAD A SHED THAT THEY SAID WE HAD TO HAVE TAKE TAKEN DOWN 2412 SHED. HE EMPTIED THE WHOLE THING, TOOK THE SHED DOWN. THEN WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THE ROOF. WE REPAIRED THE ROOF. AND THEN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT, ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, TRYING TO GET THIS DONE. AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO BE IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHEN AND ROBERT'S BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MR. THORPE WHEN HE WAS THERE IN AND OUT. BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I HAVE NOT FELT WELL ENOUGH TO BE THERE. RIGHT STANDING RIGHT THERE. I'M THERE ON THE PROPERTY, AND THESE PROPERTIES CONNECT. SO. AND, AND THE REASON FOR THE MIX UP ON THE DATE IS BECAUSE WE HAD THE PERMITS POSTED IN WHAT'S CALLED THE CUL DE SAC WHERE THE STREET COMES TO THE END. AND WE GO TO THAT PROPERTY THROUGH THE PASTURE ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND I UNDERSTOOD WHEN I CALLED THE GIRL A FEW MONTHS AGO AND I WROTE MY APPOINTMENT CALENDAR, SHE SAID PERMIT ON THE MOBILE HOME EXPIRED ON MAY 15TH AND ON THE BARN APRIL 27TH, AND I DON'T KNOW THE DATE STILL MIXED UP IN HERE. IT SAYS MAY 17TH. AND THEN I FOUND OUT APRIL 17TH. SO A LOT OF IT'S CONFUSING BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED OUT COMING TO MAGISTRATE COURT, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAID I HAD GOTTEN A ROOFING PERMIT AND DONE NOTHING, AND I HAD NEVER GOTTEN THAT ROOFING PERMIT. I HAD NEVER PURCHASED THAT ROOFING PERMIT. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T GET THE ROOFING PERMIT UNTIL THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAID SOMETHING TO ME ABOUT IT. AND THEN I WENT AND APPLIED FOR ONE TO COOPERATE AND BE IN COMPLIANCE. BUT THE REASON I WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO MAGISTRATE COURT, THAT'S NOT TRUE. OKAY, I AM LESS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT DATES THE ACTUAL PERMITS WERE PULLED OR EXPIRED OR ANY OF THAT. I WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE STILL NEED TO DO ON THE PROPERTY, WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG TO GET IT DONE, AND HOW WE CAN GET THIS MOVED FASTER ALONG TO GET IT COMPLETED. WELL, WE NEED TO FINISH WITH THE MOBILE HOME PARK AND TO DO THE BARN [00:30:02] PART. AS FAR AS WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG, IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S JUST ROBERT, ONE PERSON AND HE'S 67 AND I'M 69 AND I'M I DON'T KNOW ABOUT KEEPING, BUT NEITHER OF US ARE 20 YEARS OLD. AND AS FAR AS FASTER, WE'RE WORKING ON IT NOW WHEN IT'S POURING DOWN RAIN. I CAN'T GO OUT IN THE POURING DOWN RAIN, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT. WE'RE VIRTUALLY THERE EVERY DAY, SIX HOURS A DAY. GETTING IT CLEANED UP, GETTING IT TAKEN APART. AND AS WE WERE SAYING ABOUT CLEANING UP THE DEBRIS, THAT TOOK SOME TIME. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT ME TO KNOW BEFORE I GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS ON THE PROPERTY? I DON'T KNOW. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT I DIDN'T ANSWER IT, SO I'M TRYING VERY HARD TO COOPERATE, AND IT'S TOUGH. I INHERITED I DID NOT PUT THE STUFF THERE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I HAVE. PACKED EVERYTHING TO THE HILT AND DONE, AND I REALIZE I INHERITED, BUT I'M NOT THE ONE WHO DID IT. AND I'M WORKING VERY HARD. I'M TRYING VERY HARD TO WORK WITH PEOPLE TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF AND GET IT DONE, AND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COUNTY LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. UNDERSTOOD. ALL RIGHT, CODE ENFORCEMENT, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME ABOUT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINE THAT THE. MAGISTRATE FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. AND. WAS NOTIFIED BY THE PROMOTIONAL PHOTOS. THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZES COUNTY STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER THE PROPERTY TO ABATE ALL VIOLATIONS THAT APPLY TO THE ORDER ABOUT A RECORDING OF THIS ORDER AND IF THEY COME FORWARD AS A POSSIBILITY AGAINST RESPONDENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE A NEED IN THIS CASE AGAINST ANY KIND OF REAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THE RESPONDENT MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM AND OBVIOUSLY 100. KING CODE ENFORCEMENT. EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE STATUS IS OF THE PERMIT TO REMOVE THE SHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. I KNOW IT'S ON HOLD WITH THE. FIRED. OKAY. CAN IT BE RENEWED OR EXTENDED, OR DO WE NEED TO APPLY FOR A NEW PERMIT? I'M SORRY, I'M LOOKING OVER AT YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE ON THE PROPERTY DEPARTMENT. I'M TRYING TO GET YOU THE CORRECT ANSWERS. JODI. YEAH? UP HERE. I'M SORRY. MR. AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. OKAY? ALL RIGHT, JUST TELL ME YOUR NAME AND THEN TELL ME WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO ABOUT THAT PERMANENT THING CAN BE DONE. WE'RE GOING TO PUT A TECHNICIAN IN LATER THIS YEAR. I'M NOT SURE. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE. SO THIS IS A NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT. TYPICALLY WHAT INSPIRED YOU ARE ALLOWED TO REOPEN IT AS LONG AS ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY REQUIRED OKAY. WITH ANY OTHER INSPECTION REQUIRES LIKE IT REQUIRES COMPLIANCE. SO IT'S ALL IN A FILE EXTENSION WOULD REQUIRE IT TO REOPEN FOR A WEEK. ANY OTHER INSPECTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED? A LOT OF JOBS THAT REQUIRE IT. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE IF SHE HAS UP THERE, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT IT. BUT TO ME, THAT WAS WHAT MY BRAIN WAS THINKING. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT THE ONE WHO'S JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. BUT. MAY 17TH. COME ON. YEAH. MAY 17TH, 2025 WAS THE EXPIRATION. [00:35:26] SO AGAIN THAT THIS IS A DEMO PERMIT ONLY A FINAL. IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE USED. ON. THAT IS THE ONLY ONE I COULD. GET TO. SO OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SO SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. ALRIGHT. QUESTIONS FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT REGARDING IT. I KNOW MY ONLY QUESTION WAS HOW LONG IT COULD BE EXTENDED. OKAY. IS THERE A. NUMBER? I WOULD NEED SOMETHING. WHAT ABOUT THAT? IS THAT OKAY? DID YOU HEAR WHAT PERMITTING DEPARTMENT SAID? SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. OKAY, THEN I COULD GET. AND WAIT. I'M SORRY. THE LAST GET AN EXTENSION PERMIT WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED THAT ONE TIME TO REOPEN AND EXTEND IT, BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR A 90 DAY PERIOD OF TIME TO GET IT COMPLETED. AND THEN I'D HAVE TO GET ALL NEW PERMITS TO BEGIN WITH. OKAY, WELL, THAT EXPIRED. A NEW PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED. WELL, THAT'S. I'M I WANT I'M WILLING TO DO THAT SINCE THERE'S ONE OF US WORKING ON BOTH THE PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME IS DIFFICULT. OKAY. AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS, IF I GET EXTENSION PERMITS FOR BOTH OF THEM, IT'S AT THE SAME TIME. IT'S HARD TO BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE. THE MOBILE. THE MOBILE HOME IS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT PASSED IT FOR THIS TOWN. YEAH, THAT WAS GOOD ON THAT ONE. IT'S JUST THE BAR. OH, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY MORE ON THE MOBILE? NO, EVERYTHING IS DOWN. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE THE WAY THE MOBILE HOME OR THE BUILD DEPARTMENT LOOKS AT IT. THE STRUCTURE'S DOWN. IT'S JUST THE FRAME THERE. WE DO WANT THE FRAME GONE. HE'S GOING TO REMOVE IT. IF WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO COME IN, WE'LL REMOVE THE FRAME. IF HE DOESN'T REMOVE IT. WELL NOW DO WE NEED TO REMOVE THE FRAME BEFORE I GO OVER AND WORK ON THE BARN? OKAY. SO AS LONG AS THE FRAME IS REMOVED AFTER THE BARN IS DONE, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOUR PRINT WORK ON THE FLOOR WITH TWO WRENCHES. YOU'LL WORK ON THE BARN. OKAY? OKAY. AND I'M SORRY IF HIS OPINION WERE OFFENSIVE. IT'S FINE. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HEAR IT AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. BECAUSE SOMETIMES SOME OF THE OTHER DISCUSSION CAN START TO LIMIT THE ABILITY TO HEAR WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT IF WE CAN'T GET IT IN 90 DAYS, THEN I CAN JUST GET A WHOLE NEW PERMIT. SO YOU'D HAVE TO START THE WHOLE PERMITTING PROCESS OVER. IF TIME HAD NOT EXPIRED AS FAR AS WHAT YOU WERE GIVEN TO GET IT DONE. OKAY. AND THE WHOLE PERMITTING PROCESS INVOLVES, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO ASK IF HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING PRIOR TO ANY MORE NEW PERMITS, IF THAT EXPIRES. IF IT EXPIRES, IT EXPIRES IN THAT 90 DAYS. YEAH. GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE A COMPLIANCE HEARING FOR ABOUT THAT TIME BEFORE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING ON TWO YEARS FROM THE TIME. THAT IT IS. AND THAT'S GOOD FOR SIX MONTHS. ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO YEARS. EXTENDED. SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONCERN IS. EXACTLY. WHAT I HAD ALREADY MENTIONED IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. ROBERT IS DOING A LOT OF THE WORK HIMSELF. IT MAY BE THAT A REALIZATION COMES TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT MAYBE IT IS TOO MUCH WORK FOR ONE GENTLEMAN TO DO AT THE AGE OF 67 ON HIS OWN, AND HE MAY NEED TO GET SOME OTHER ASSISTANCE, OR YOU MAY CHOOSE TO GO SOME OTHER ROUTE TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. BUT WHAT'S BEING ASKED IS THAT IF THE PERMIT EXPIRES WITH THAT 90 DAY EXTENSION, IF THAT'S PROVIDED TO YOU, THEN WE COME BACK, GET A COMPLIANCE HEARING AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. SO WE AREN'T HERE WITH ANOTHER EXTENDED PERMIT FOR ANOTHER YEAR FROM NOW THAT WE STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM GOING ON. OKAY. WELL YES, MA'AM. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I GOT THE ORIGINAL PERMIT ABOUT A YEAR [00:40:06] AGO, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD TO DO AFTER THE HEARING WAS TO GO GET PERMITS FOR THE MOBILE HOME AND BARN, AND THAT'S WHAT I DID. SO I'M TRYING TO DO WHAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME TO DO AND TO BE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE MOBILE HOME IS EXACTLY WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN. IT'S BEEN BROUGHT DOWN, THE PERMIT WAS APPLIED FOR, IT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AS FAR AS DEMO, OBVIOUSLY THE REMAINDER OF THE STUFF NEED TO GET OFF THE PROPERTY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT THE MOBILE HOME HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. BUT WE'VE GOT PENDING IS JUST THE SHED THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. THE BARN. IT'S A BARN. YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIGGER THAN A SHED. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. IT'S BARN. AND I'M SORRY THAT IT'S JAM PACKED FULL, BUT IT'S. IT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES SOMETIMES, SO. DO YOU HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING DATE FOR SEPTEMBER 18TH FOR THAT? THAT SHOULD BE FINE. THAT WOULD BE AT 1:00. AND SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU DON'T WAIT ON THAT. YOU DO. WHAT MY ORDER IS, IS THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, YOU GET THAT PERMIT TAKEN CARE OF. AND THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL TO GET THAT PERMIT GOING ON THE BARN, OKAY, HAPPENS WITHIN FIVE DAYS FROM TODAY'S DATE. SO YOU GET THAT APPLICATION FOR THAT PERMIT DONE, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THAT PERIOD OF TIME ALLOWED IN THE PERMIT TO GET THAT STRUCTURE DOWN AND TAKEN CARE OF. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 18TH AT 1:00, SO I CAN GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. OKAY. BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENS. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OR FOR MYSELF AT THIS TIME? I CAN'T THINK OF ANY AT THIS TIME. OKAY. STAY IN TOUCH WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME UP, WE'LL BE GLAD TO HELP POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN TODAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20 2-00206 PROPERTY ADDRESS 13 010 SPRING HILL ROAD. DO WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA THAT CAME THROUGH? YES. I'M SORRY I CAME IN LATE. GOT IT. NEED TO BE SWORN IN. NO PROBLEM. SO WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE C 20 3-00167. PROPERTY ADDRESSES 9313 JODY LANE ON CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH THAT ONE. I'M SORRY. CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. THIS CASE WAS BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MAY 15TH, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF COUNTY LAND BELT REGULATIONS SECTION 405 ONE RESIDENTIAL ZONES. THAT WAS AGAINST PROHIBITION IN THE FORM OF STORAGE ON A VACANT LOT. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING LEAST STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER TWO. THIS IS JUST THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THAT HEARING. OKAY, SO I KNOW THAT THE STORAGE OF DERELICT VEHICLES, THIS IS SOME BUILDING SUPPLIES BACK HERE. THIS IS. WE HAD TWO UNPERMITTED SHEDS AND THEN THERE WAS ONE BEING BUILT WITH EXPIRED PERMITS. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE FOR INITIAL FINE OF $200. AND DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS OR WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST. MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE PERMIT WAS NOT RENEWED. THAT WOULD BE THE POLE BARN PERMIT WAS NOT RENEWED WITHIN THE NEXT TEN DAYS, WOULD ALLOW. ANOTHER TEMPORARY BEHAVIOR 30 DAYS. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE WOULD NOW HAVE TO REMOVE THE BUILDING MATERIAL, AS WELL AS ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. MAY 27TH. I WILL ASK MR. EVER HE WAS [00:45:01] IN ON THIS CASE. PRESENT PHOTOS AT THIS TIME STARTING ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE. CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. MAY 27TH WAS THE FIRST INSPECTION FOLLOWING THE HEARING. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY IS STILL IN VIOLATION, BUT SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS HAVE BEEN MOVED UNDER THE POLE BARN TO THE REAR THAT WAS PILED OUT IN FRONT OF IT PRIOR TO THE HEARING, SO THERE WAS SOME WORK BEING DONE AT THE TIME. THE FOLLOWING DAY, MAY 28TH, PERMIT FOR THE POLE BARN WAS REOPENED AND EXTENDED FOR 90 DAYS. IT EXPIRES ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025. NO OTHER PERMITS WERE OBTAINED FOR ANY OTHER STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY JUST FOR THE POLE BARN. COPY THIS HERE AND WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY JUNE 16TH, REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE CARGO TRAILERS WAS MISSING BETWEEN THERE, SO SOME STUFF HAD BEEN MOVED. SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL STUFF'S BEEN MOVED UNDER THE POLE BARN. AT THAT TIME IT STILL REMAINED IN VIOLATION. JUNE 17TH I SPOKE WITH MR. TOOL. HE'S HERE TODAY. HE CALLED ME AND SAID HE WAS CONTINUING TO WORK ON FINISHING THE POLE BARN AND TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE VEHICLES. HE WAS TRYING TO GIVE THEM AWAY. SO HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE THAT TIME AND HE'S HERE TODAY. THAT'S ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT. THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR THIS. ALL RIGHT, MR. TOOL, COME ON UP AND TALK TO ME. WE'RE GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND FIRST FOR ME, AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE'VE GOT HAPPENING WITH THE PROPERTY. OKAY. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STUFF MOVED UP ON UNDER THE POLE BARN. AND, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE I HAVE. THE POLE BARNS, LIKE 80% COMPLETED. BUT THE PERMIT DID RUN OUT AND I HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES, SO I COULDN'T FINISH IT. AND. SO I HAVE SOME GUYS, SOME POLE BARN GUYS THAT ARE GOING TO PUT THE ROOF ON BECAUSE IT'S SAFETY ISSUES FOR ME. I CAN'T GET UP THERE AND DO IT. AND, AND SO I CAME, I WENT OVER TO BUILD PERMITS AND TO, TO GET THE, YOU KNOW, TO PERMIT EXTENDED. AND SOMEONE WAS THERE FROM, FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT HAPPENED TO BE IN THE OFFICE AND, AND, AND THE LADY THE PERMIT LADY SAID, WELL, WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS. BUT ANYWAY, THEY GOT IT EXTENDED FOR 90 DAYS. AND SOMEONE IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE. I HAVE A SCHEDULING PROBLEM WITH THESE GUYS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT LITERALLY ONLY GOING TO TAKE THEM A FEW HOURS TO PUT THE METAL ON, YOU KNOW. SO THERE, MA'AM, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THEM THERE. YES, MA'AM. EXACTLY, EXACTLY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A BUSINESS AND, YOU KNOW, THE BIG JOBS THAT THEY TAKE PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, SO, SO MORE THAN LIKELY, I HAD IT SCHEDULED ONCE ALREADY ON A, ON A SATURDAY. SO MORE THAN LIKELY THAT'S YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS NEXT TIME. AND BUT I AM STAYING IN TOUCH WITH THEM TO, TO GET IT SCHEDULED. YOU KNOW SO THEY CAN GIVE ME A DEFINITE. BUT THE 90 DAYS WHOEVER DID THAT I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL BECAUSE THAT TAKES A LOT OF STRESS OFF OF ME. AND THEY'VE GOT THE POLE BARN PERMIT EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9TH. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. GOT IT. YEAH, YEAH. AND SO MY MEMORY SERVES ME WELL. YEAH. AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, FIND THE TIME TO DO MY THAT LITTLE BITTY JOB FOR ME, THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL GET IT DONE. ONE OF THE CAMPERS IS GONE. THE CARGO TRAILER AND ONE OF THE VEHICLES, HOPEFULLY THE OTHER CAMPER WILL BE GONE NEXT WEEK. AND ONE OF THE OTHER VEHICLES WILL BE GONE THIS WEEKEND. OKAY. AND SO AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S FROM OTHER PICTURES LIKE THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE. THERE WAS A BIG THERE WAS I HAD, YOU KNOW, ALL MY SEPTIC TANK STUFF AND EVERYTHING. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ODD AND STUFF LIKE, LIKE YOU SEE IN THAT PICTURE, YOU KNOW, MY BARBECUE GRILL AND SO, SO BEEN BEEN WORKING ON IT ALL THE TIME. AND IF IT GETS ANY HOTTER OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BARBECUE ON THAT GRILL. OH YEAH. IT REALLY IS. THROW IT ON TOP OF THE GRILL. AND ALSO I'M IN MY 60S SO YOU KNOW THE YOU KNOW THE HEAT OF THE DAY IS A FACTOR. YOU KNOW I GET OUT THERE IN THE MORNING AND I DO AS MUCH AS I CAN. AND, AND THEN I COME BACK LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A [00:50:01] LITTLE COOLER AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND SO, SO I AM AND, AND YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEKEND I'M GOING TO CUT THE GRASS AND, OR CUT THE GRASS AND THE WEEDS, YOU KNOW. AND SO, SO I, I MADE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, I'VE COME A LONG WAY, A LOT OF PROGRESS. BUT YES, YES, YES, MA'AM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, BY THIS TIME NEXT MONTH IT'S I, I EVERYTHING SHOULD BE HUNKY DORY. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST I'M KIND OF LIKE THAT THAT YOU PREVIOUS GUY. I'M, I'M IN MY 60S AND I JUST CAN'T GET OUT THERE AND HUMP IT LIKE HE USED TO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND I GOT NEWS FOR YOU. NONE OF US CAN HUMP IT LIKE BEAST. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND I'M DISABLED. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M ON A FIXED INCOME, SO I, YOU KNOW, THERE, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T PAY PEOPLE TO COME IN THERE. AND I APPRECIATE HOW MUCH IS BEING DONE OUT THERE. AND DOES CAN CODE ENFORCEMENT TELL ME IF THIS PROPERTY IS SET FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING. THIS IS THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. AND YOU KNOW THIS THIS THIS I AM. AS TIME AND FINANCES. ALLOW I, I AM DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY. I HOPE YOU KNOW TO LIVE THERE ONE DAY THIS YOU KNOW LIKE THE ONE BUILDING IS NOT A SHED. THAT'S MY PUMP HOUSE. I ALREADY HAVE MY WELL AND MY PUMP HOUSE UP AND ALL THAT STUFF IN THE PICTURE IS, IS THE DRAIN FIELD MATERIALS AND, AND THE SEPTIC TANK AND STUFF AND, AND IT'S JUST THAT I HAD, YOU KNOW, HAD HOPED TO HAVE BEEN ALONG A LOT FURTHER, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, HEALTH PROBLEMS GET IN THE WAY AND FINANCES AND STUFF AND, BUT I'VE COME A LONG WAY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, DOING THE BEST I CAN TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, SO WHAT WE REALLY HAVE GOING ON IS THE POLE BARN HAS THE PERMIT FOR THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9TH. SO WHAT WE REALLY HAVE ARE THE REMAINING ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE MOVED OFF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WE'RE BEING TOLD ARE GOING TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS WEEKEND. NO, I HAVE, I HAVE, I HAVE ONE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE VEHICLES WILL BE GONE THIS WEEKEND AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU KNOW AND I HAVE OTHERS UP FOR SALE AND THE CAMPER IS JUST I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF I HAVE BEEN USING IT FOR STORAGE, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S I STILL HAVE SOME STUFF I NEED TO GET OUT OF IT BEFORE I PUT IT ON MARKETPLACE, YOU KNOW, FOR FREE. AND IT'LL GO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT, IT'LL GO QUICK, YOU KNOW. AND SO, SO JUST TO I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY AND SELL IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S, IT'S, IT TAKE TOO LONG AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE. YOU KNOW I'M JUST GOING TO LET JUST GIVE IT AWAY. SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I SAY IF YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE ANOTHER HEARING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME NEXT MONTH, I SHOULD EVERYTHING SHOULD BE COPACETIC, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE, YOU SEE IN THAT PICTURE, THERE'S A FEW THINGS SCATTERED AROUND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT'S MOSTLY JUST GETTING, GETTING RID OF THOSE VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S JUST THAT. AND THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY THERE'S THREE IN THAT PICTURE. AND TWO OUT OF THOSE THREE RUN ACTUALLY. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE VEHICLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF ONE BREAKS DOWN THEN I STILL CAN JUMP IN THE OTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, AND BUT I, I STAY IN A, IN AN RV PARK AND I JUST DON'T HAVE ROOM TO, YOU KNOW, TO PARK THEM THERE, YOU KNOW, SO I WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD SPOT AS FAR AS THAT GOES. SO. BUT. BUT I'M, I'M. I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S I'M MAKING PROGRESS. I'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT UP TO COMPLIANCE. I'M, I'M ACTUALLY RELIEVED TO GET A LOT OF THAT STUFF OUT THERE. OUT OF OUT OF THERE. FEELS GOOD WHEN IT'S. OH YEAH. YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE THE, THE MATERIALS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SALVAGED MATERIALS. AND I ALWAYS HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS, YOU KNOW. WELL I'M GOING TO BUILD THIS WITH IT AND I'M GOING TO BUILD IT. AND THEN TIME GOES BY, YOU KNOW. AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. AND THEN IT'S, IT'S LIKE, OH WELL THAT TRUCK'S BROKE DOWN AND I'LL FIX IT. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S TIME AND MONEY AS WELL. AND IT ENDS UP JUST SITTING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. [00:55:04] AND IT'S YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT'S UNINTENTIONAL, YOU KNOW, AND I AND I HAVE A I HAVE A BRAIN INJURY. I'M A LITTLE SLOW NOW YOU KNOW. SO AND FORGETFUL. VERY FORGETFUL. BUT OF COURSE. SO YOU TELL ME LIKE THE SHEDS THEY ARE ALSO HAVE TO BE REMOVED. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THIS OVER HERE. THAT'S THAT'S MY PUMP HOUSE. THAT'S ON. THAT'S ON A SLAB. THE ONE ON THE RIGHT. AND THE SHED OVER THERE BY THE TRUCK. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, MR. HUBBARD TOLD ME I COULD PUT THE SHED THERE, BUT YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE, AND YOU ALREADY HAVE THE FULL BARN. SO AND I'M LOOKING AT THOSE AND WITH THE, WITH THE SHED. THE PUMP HOUSE AND ALL THAT. YOU KNOW. WELL, IT'S NEITHER ONE. THERE'S NO POWER RUNNING TO IT AND, AND IT'S NOT OVER 120FT■!S, YOU KNO. YEAH. IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A EIGHT BY EIGHT OKAY. SO YEAH YOU'RE ALLOWED ONE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON A VACANT. WELL IT DOESN'T THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE UNDER 120FT■!S. ONE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR, YOU KNOW, NO SIZE ON WHAT THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS OTHER THAN FALLING UNDER A PERMIT WHERE ONE IS EITHER OR NOT, THEN THE OTHER REQUIREMENT IS IT CAN'T BE 1% OF THE PROPERTY TO ACREAGE. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS WE HAVE THREE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY AND ONLY ONE WELL SEE OKAY. WELL LIKE I SAY, THERE WAS A WHEN THIS ALL STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE STUFF BEING THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THE VEHICLES. AND MR. HUBBARD TOLD ME IF I PUT THAT SHED ON THE PROPERTY THAT, THAT, THAT I WOULD BE OKAY. NOW, NOW I WAS YOU COULD EVERYTHING HAD TO BE STORED IN THERE. AND THAT WAS GOING TO AT THE TIME, THAT WAS THE ONLY SHED YOU POLEBARN DIDN'T EXIST. RIGHT. THE POLE BARN WASN'T THERE YET. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, I, I'M VERY, YOU KNOW, I MY MEMORY IS DAMAGED. SO, SO I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT I CAN REMEMBER, SO I, I SO HE SAID, HE SAID, HE MENTIONED THE SHED. SO I PUT THE SHED THERE AND, AND I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS, WAS GOOD, YOU KNOW. AND APPARENTLY IT WAS AT THAT TIME. NOW WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL ACCESSORIES. SO WE HAVE MORE THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED. RIGHT. WELL THEN, WELL THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN I GUESS IT WAS LAST YEAR. I'M NOT SURE. YOU KNOW, MR. HUBBARD'S YOU KNOW, TOLD ME I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO ALL THAT MATERIALS AND STUFF HAD TO GO UP UNDER A POLE BARN. SO, SO THAT'S WHEN I STARTED THE POLE BARN AND BUT BUT THE SHED WAS THERE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, AND I, I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL EVER HAVING, YOU KNOW, MR. HUBBARD TELLING ME I HAD TO PULL A PERMIT, YOU KNOW. BUT I DO KNOW, I DO KNOW ABOUT THE 1% THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY. THE POLE BARN IS A 20 BY 20, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, 1% OF THE OF THE. PROPERTY AND, AND, AND, AND SO THAT THAT OTHER SHED IT HAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY SO IT, IT HAS MATERIALS AND, AND TOOLS THAT I USE ON THE PROPERTY AND, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE REALLY AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I USE IT LIKE I SAY FOR, FOR EQUIPMENT AND STUFF THAT I'M DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY. SO, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD BE ALLOWED TO LET IT STAY THERE, YOU KNOW, WHILE I CONTINUE, I'M, I'M AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'M, I'M WORKING ON MY SEPTIC TANK PERMIT. I MADE A GRAVE ERROR. I'VE, I'VE ALREADY HAD ONE PERMIT, BUT I MADE A I MISS I MISREAD THE PERMIT. IT I HAD TO I HAD TO DIG OUT AND BACKFILL AND I MISSED THAT PART ON, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN THE PERMIT I'D ALREADY HAD FILL DIRT IN THERE AND EVERYTHING WAS AND HAD THE DRAIN FIELD SET UP WHEN SOMEONE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING, YOU KNOW, POINTED OUT [01:00:03] THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DIG OUT. SO NOW I START ALL OVER AGAIN WITH THE WITH THE SEPTIC TANK. BUT BUT SO IF THE OTHER SHED IS AN ISSUE, THEN THEN I CAN. WHAT I HAD HOPED TO DO WAS THAT, LIKE I SAY, I'M I'M WORKING ON MY PERMIT RIGHT NOW AND. YOU KNOW, DUE TO A BRAIN INJURY, THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO. AND. YOU KNOW, THEN I CAN GET THE MATERIALS FOR MY SEPTIC TANK AND, AND THE DRAIN FIELD OUT FROM UNDER THE POLE BARN. AND, AND THEN I CAN MOVE THE SHED UP UNDER THE POLE BARN. WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT SUFFICE? BECAUSE I REALLY HAVE NOWHERE TO, TO MOVE THE SHED I DON'T OWN. THAT'S THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT I OWN. AND I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, PUT IT WHERE I'M STAYING. UNDER THE, THE LDR. THE ONLY WAY I COULD ASK FOR A VARIANCE THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND PROBABLY NOT LIKELY TO BE APPROVED, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OUR COMPLAINANT BY THE COMPLAINANT ON THIS ON THE. THE OTHER OPTION. HAD ACTIVE BUILDING PERMITS FOR A PRIMARY STRUCTURE, NOT JUST A SEPTIC TANK BARN, BUT THEY WOULD STILL THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE MEETING. SO. I ALSO HAVE THE PAPERWORK FOR THE WHAT IS IT THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE. WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? A. PLAN OF ACTION THING. YEAH. SORRY I'M NOT. AND BECAUSE I DO I DO HAVE A MOBILE HOME THAT, THAT THAT I'M GOING TO PUT ON THERE YOU KNOW. SO BUT I WAS DOING THE SEPTIC TANK FIRST BECAUSE AS, AS, AS, AS I BELIEVE I HAVE TO HAVE THE SEPTIC TANK DONE BEFORE I CAN GET THE POWER POLE AND, AND, AND DO THE PLAN OF ACTION AND STUFF. IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S OUT OF MY AREA. SO. OH OKAY. OKAY. BASED ON THE CONVERSATION, YOU HAVE ANY PART OF YOUR COMPANY PLANS TO ENCLOSE A SMALL SECTION OF THE AUDIENCE WHAT THEY WANT BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE YOUR SHED IN OTHER TERRITORIES FOR A WHILE, RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT. WELL, I WELL, AS I SAID, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PUT THE SHED, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND THE COMPLAINANT SEE RIGHT THERE IN THE PICTURE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR AND, AND THEY'VE, THEY HAVE FILED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST ME. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT I, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE BECAUSE IT'S ON A DEAD END ROAD. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THERE'S, THERE'S, IT'S A IT'S A PRIVATE ROAD. AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT. I HAD A SURVEY DONE AND HIS, HIS, HIS FENCE AND HIS CARPORT AND HIS CHICKEN COOP AND EVERYTHING IS ON MY PROPERTY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HE HE HAD A FALLING OUT ABOUT IT. NOT NECESSARILY ME, YOU KNOW. AND HE KNOWS THAT EVENTUALLY I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T PRESSED THE ISSUE. BUT HE KNOWS THAT EVENTUALLY HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE ALL THAT DOWN. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT ME. IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL HAVE, YOU KNOW AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THE COMPLAINTS COME FROM. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW. WHAT I'M DOING. IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT THE GUY IS WELL, IT'S I BELIEVE THE, THE PROPERTY'S IN HIS WIFE'S NAME. YOU KNOW, SHE OWNED IT BEFORE THEY GOT MARRIED, I THINK. AND SO HE, HE [01:05:01] JUST THEY JUST HAVE IT OUT FOR ME. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THEY, THEY MAKE THE COMPLAINTS, YOU KNOW, IS. BUT. BUT ANYWAY, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M WORKING DILIGENTLY TO, YOU KNOW, TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AND, AND YOU KNOW, GIVE HIM MORE TIME. I'M, I'M CONFIDENT I'LL HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, COMPLETED YOU KNOW, BY SAY IF YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN DO THIS AGAIN NEXT MONTH, I SHOULD I SHOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND EFFORT TO FIX SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GETTING FIXED BY THE HARD WORK YOU'RE PUTTING INTO IT. YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW WHAT PART OF THE PROBLEM IS, IS THE NUMBER OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON AND INVOLVED IN A PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A MAIN STRUCTURE ON IT, RIGHT? RIGHT. OR A PERMIT FOR A MAIN STRUCTURE. WELL, IF, IF, IF I, IF I, IF I GO AHEAD AND LIKE I SAY I, I HAVE A MOBILE HOME YOU KNOW TO, TO PUT ON THE PROPERTY. IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M DUE TO MY INJURY, I, I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT DOING PAPERWORK. I GET CONFUSED EASILY AND, AND STUFF. SO IF I START WORKING ON THAT NOW, YOU KNOW, AND GET THE WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE PERMIT OR THE PERMISSION TO MOVE THE MOBILE HOME ONTO THE PROPERTY? AS LONG AS I GET THAT DONE THEN, THEN WOULD THE SHED BE OKAY TO REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY, THE NUMBER, IF THAT IS THEN CONSIDERED A MAIN STRUCTURE, THE NUMBER OF ACCESSORIES THAT YOU CAN HAVE WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN IF WE HAVE NO MAIN STRUCTURE AT ALL. RIGHT? RIGHT. BECAUSE I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. WELL, ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A MAIN STRUCTURE MEANING. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. RIGHT. YOU STAY IN SO YOU HAVE LOTS OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. TOO MANY FOR WHAT THE PROPERTY ALLOWS, RIGHT, RIGHT OUT OF MAIN CHURCH. SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU'VE GOT A PERMIT TO PUT A MAIN STRUCTURE ACTIVELY ON THERE. IT MAY CHANGE THE NUMBER OF. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. I JUST YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REAL GOOD. YOU KNOW, EXPLAINING MYSELF. BUT BUT LIKE LIKE I SAID, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. IF I, IF I GO AHEAD WITH THE PLAN OF ACTION TO, TO I GUESS, GET THE PERMIT TO PUT THE MOBILE HOME ON THERE ONCE, ONCE I ACQUIRE THAT, THEN THEN WILL IT BE OKAY FOR THE SHED TO STAY THERE? WELL, I DON'T ISSUE PERMITS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR WELL THE WELL, IT'S I'LL, I'LL WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, IS, IS THAT EVEN THOUGH. YOU KNOW THE MOBILE HOME WON'T YOU KNOW. MR. TULL, IT'S NOT A QUESTION WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER FOR YOU. OKAY? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS DECIDED DEPENDING ON WHAT AREA OF TOWN YOU LIVE IN, HOW MUCH PROPERTY YOU HAVE, WHERE THE SETBACKS HAVE TO BE. SO JUST TO SAY, YES, YOU CAN KEEP THEM. WE CAN'T DO THAT. WELL, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH PLANNING AND ZONING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN SOME AREAS YOU CAN'T HAVE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE FRONT YARD. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR MOBILE HOME AT. SO WE CAN'T TELL YOU IT CAN STAY UNTIL THAT THOSE MOBILE HOMES ARE THERE. AND OFFHAND, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ACCESSORY STRUCTURES YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE. A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT SETBACKS. SO WE CAN'T ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS TODAY. BUT IT'S POSSIBLE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO KEEP AT LEAST ONE OF THEM. SO. RIGHT, RIGHT. WELL, SEE, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S THAT'S THE YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE ON THE LEFT THERE. THAT'S THE PUMP HOUSE. YEAH. I ALREADY HAVE MY WELL DOWN AND I AND I, AND I, AND I PUT DOWN A SLAB, YOU KNOW, AND BUILT THE LITTLE PUMP HOUSE TO KEEP THE, YOU KNOW, TO PUMP HOUSE. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S LIKE I SAY I'M, I'M AGAIN IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER FOR YOU TODAY. SO. OKAY. YEAH. WELL I'M SORRY, I IT'S THE MOBILE HOME. AND YOU GET A PERMIT TO DO THAT. THAT'S THAT'S THE TIME WE CAN ADDRESS IT. RIGHT? RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY PROPERTY IS GOING TO PUT THE MOBILE HOME. OH, I'M GONNA PUT IT RIGHT THERE. WHERE THAT WHERE THAT RED TRUCK IS SITTING. YEAH. THERE HAS TO BE A SITE PLAN AND A SITE PLAN. YES. THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER THING. I WAS ADDRESSED HERE TODAY. RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT BUT WHAT I WAS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS IF, IF, IF I HAVE THE SITE PLAN AND THE [01:10:03] PLAN OF ACTION AND THE PERMIT, YOU KNOW, BY YOU KNOW. THAT THAT THAT SHED STAY THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL ALL DEPEND ON WHAT THEY ALLOW. RIGHT, RIGHT WHERE THE MOBILE HOME IS GOING TO GO, WHETHER IT'S IN THE FRONT OR THE BACK OR WHAT'S ALLOWABLE IN THAT AREA. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN ANSWER FOR YOU TODAY SITTING HERE. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND OKAY. WELL ANYWAY, SO OKAY. SO. TALK TO THEM AND FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW AND DO THE BEST I CAN TO GET THAT, GET THOSE, GET THAT PERMIT AND THE PLANT AND THE YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SAID. WHAT WHAT DID YOU SAY IT WAS AGAIN SITE PLAN. SITE PLAN. YES. THE SITE PLAN. AND I'LL GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF AND EVERYTHING SO THAT YOU KNOW AND HOPEFULLY I CAN HAVE THAT BY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO THIS AGAIN NEXT MONTH AND, AND I'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE AND, AND I'LL TRY AND HAVE THAT, I KNOW I'LL PROBABLY HAVE MY SEPTIC TANK PERMIT, YOU KNOW. BY THEN AND, AND SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL, YOU KNOW, I CAN HAVE ALL THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT BY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVING MORE TIME. OKAY. GIVE ME JUST A SECOND, MR. TOOL. LET ME SEE WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION IS. CODE ENFORCEMENT. WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND ON THIS PROPERTY? AS OUR RECOMMENDATION, THE MAGISTRATE FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND THAT THE RESPONDED DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF THE PEOPLE TO INCLUDE THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND TRAILERS, AS WELL AS THE REMOVAL OF THE UNPERMITTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZES. CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER ONTO THE PROPERTY AND ABATE THE VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THIS ORDER, AND THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORD, THE BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND 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 COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE COUNTY CODE. THE RECOMMENDATIONS OKAY, AT THIS TIME, A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THE PROPERTY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT'S BEEN ASKED FOR. WHAT I'M WILLING TO DO IS GIVE ANOTHER FIVE DAYS TO GET IT IN COMPLIANCE WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND IF NOT, THEN I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THAT PROPERTY. OKAY, SO WHAT IS WHAT IS WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION? I'M SORRY, WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION? THAT'S WHAT WAS JUST READ, SIR. OH, OKAY. WELL, I HAVE TROUBLE PROCESSING INFORMATION, SO I REALLY COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH HER FORM FOR YOU. ALSO ON THE BACKSIDE WHERE THEY SO I CAN'T, I CAN'T HAVE MORE TIME THAN THAT. JUST FIVE DAYS TO GET EVERYTHING DONE AND TAKEN CARE OF. BUT BY ALL MEANS, IF YOU WANT TO GO AND FIND OUT IF YOU CAN GET SOME OF THE PERMITTING THING DONE AND TAKEN CARE OF, AND GET THAT PLAN OF ACTION, I COULDN'T POSSIBLY DO THAT IN FIVE DAYS. YOU KNOW? OKAY, I MEAN, I, I CAN, YOU KNOW, CAN ALL I CAN DO IS THE BEST THAT I CAN DO. I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE STUFF THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO MY, MY, I HAD A BRAIN ANEURYSM AND IT DAMAGED MY BRAIN AND I'M, I'M REALLY NOT GOOD AT, YOU KNOW, DOING STUFF LIKE THAT ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO HAVE HELP AND, AND BECAUSE I GET EASILY CONFUSED AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS, I CAN, I CAN READ THIS PAGE AND THEN READ THIS PAGE AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WAS ON THIS PAGE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND BUT BUT YOU KNOW, AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE COMMITMENTS DURING THE WEEK, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE SCHOOL'S OUT. MY GRANDCHILDREN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I HELP I HELP, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, CHILDCARE EXPENSES AND, AND WELL, THE GOOD THING IS IT'S THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SO YOU'LL HAVE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OF THIS WEEKEND ALSO WHERE SCHOOL ZONE SESSIONS SUMMERS ALREADY HAPPENS. THEY'VE GOT SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH THAT. AND IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIME OFF FROM THE REGULAR WORKWEEK. OKAY, BUT I CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN FIVE DAYS. NO, SIR. FIVE DAYS. FIVE DAYS TO. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME [01:15:07] BEFORE. NOW THAT'S GONE ON. I'VE GIVEN TIME BEFORE. TODAY'S COMPLIANCE HEARING TODAY WAS TO COME AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ACTUALLY COMPLIANCE. WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE. THERE'S STILL A PROBLEM. I'M TRYING TO BE SUPER NICE HERE AND GIVE AN EXTRA FIVE DAYS TO GET WELL, THAT'S WHAT I, YOU KNOW. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THIS WAS A, THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM UNTIL. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN I FOUND THAT ORANGE PIECE OF PAPER, IT HAD BLOWN IN THE BACK TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM PREVIOUS TO THAT OR OR OR I WOULD HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO, TO COMPLY BEFORE THEN. YOU KNOW, I WAS I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ONCE I PUT THE ONCE I, I PUT THAT SHED ON THERE, THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY AND THAT WAS I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW LONG AGO THAT WAS, BUT THAT WAS. WELL, WE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN 15TH AND YOU WERE ONLY GIVEN TEN DAYS ON MAY 15TH. AND HERE WE ARE, JUNE 19TH, AND I'M GIVING YOU ANOTHER FIVE DAYS. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT. SO EVEN IF WE JUST TAKE IT FROM THE FIRST HEARING THAT IT CAME BEFORE ME, NOT EVEN WHEN YOU WERE FIRST GIVEN NOTICE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TIME GIVEN. AND IF WE CAN GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF IN THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, THAT KEEPS YOU PUTTING THINGS INTO COMPLIANCE, AND IT GIVES YOU THE TIME TO WORK ON GETTING THE PERMIT FOR WHATEVER GOES ON WITH THOSE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. OKAY. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND, BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I SAY, MOST OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME STUFF SCATTERED ABOUT, BUT MOST OF IT IS THE VEHICLES IN THE CAMPER. AND I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I CAN IF I CAN GET THOSE GONE IN FIVE DAYS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. ONE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, ONE OF THEM WILL BE GONE THIS WEEKEND AND BUT BUT THE LIKE THE CAMPER I JUST DON'T KNOW IF, IF I CAN GET IT GONE THAT SOON, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PEOPLE PEOPLE I CAN GIVE IT AWAY TO GET RID OF IT. AND THE WAY THE ORDER IS WRITTEN, IT ALLOWS CODE ENFORCEMENT TO GET A CONTRACTOR TO COME ON THERE AND DO THE SAME THING. I CAN'T GET IT DONE. YEAH, BUT PLEASE DON'T DO THAT. I CAN'T AFFORD THAT. I I'M DISABLED AND I CAN'T AFFORD STUFF LIKE THAT AND FINES AND LEVIES AND ALL THAT STUFF. JUST CAN'T GO AHEAD AND GET. AND I'M TAKEN CARE OF. OKAY. I'M. I'M TRYING. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO HERE TODAY. SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 23-00167. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 9313 JODY LANE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO LETTER B ON THE AGENDA. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE C202420 FOR TWO PROPERTY ADDRESSES 10727 LAS VEGAS STREET. THIS PROPERTY. JUST A VERBAL TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY DID COME INTO COMPLIANCE. OKAY. YOU SEE PHOTO TO THE LEFT IS THE BEFORE AND THE CURRENT. AND WE'LL JUST ASK THAT YOU FIND THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. I HAVE VIEWED PHOTOS ON TODAY'S DATE SHOWING THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE, AND I WILL FIND THAT THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20242042. FINDING THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS ON 10727 LAS VEGAS STREET. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO LETTER C ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20241838 PROPERTY ADDRESSES 10933 SOUTH FORK LUKE. GOOD AFTERNOON, CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE YOU ON MAY 15TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION. BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF JUNK, TRASH, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER TWO. THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THAT HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE [01:20:08] RESPONDENT HAVE TEN DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR INITIAL FINE OF $200 WOULD BE IMPOSED ON A DAILY FINE OF $25 FOR 20 DAYS OR WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST. THE COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND. ON MAY 27TH, 2025, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED VIOLATIONS. STARTING IN SLIDE NUMBER FOUR UP FRONT OF THE MOBILE HOME AND SCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, TRASH AND JUNK. RIGHT AT THE FRONT OF THE MOBILE HOME. FINES WERE IMPOSED BEGINNING MAY 26TH. COPY OF THE HEARING. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JUNE 8TH. ON JUNE 9TH OF THIS YEAR, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MOBILE. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTING. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WELL, THERE'S NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. PROPERTIES OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED, JUST CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR A CONDITION ON THIS PROPERTY. YES. IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINE OR THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSE THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 FOR A PERIOD OF 15 DAYS TO TOTAL $575 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST, AND THAT THE MAGISTRATE FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER FROM MAY 15TH, 2025, THAT UPON RECORDING OF THE ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE COUNTY, FOR THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND VIOLATION EXISTED, AND 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. RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I FIND THAT I VIEWED A PHOTO AS OF JUNE 9TH SHOWING THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS, AND I WILL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES PHASE HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20241838 PROPERTY ADDRESS 10933 SOUTH FORK LOOP. MOVING ON TO LETTER D ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250155 PROPERTY ADDRESS 4941 DEERWOOD AVENUE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MAY 15TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 400 4-1 RESIDENTIAL ZONES R-1 SINGLE FAMILY ALLOWABLE USE IN THE FORM OF STORAGE ON A VACANT LOT. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. THOSE ARE THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A. SO SLIDE NUMBER TWO HERE IS JUST A SLIDE SHOWING YOU REMINDING YOU OF WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKED LIKE. IT'S THE ONLY THING LEFT ON THE PROPERTY WAS THIS SORT OF MAGISTRATE ORDERED. THE RESPONDENT HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $200, AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 WILL BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS AND WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED IN PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IN EXHIBIT D AND CONTAINS FILE AND THEN JULY 27TH OF THIS YEAR, INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HUBBARD COMPLETE INSPECTION. AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. AND CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THIS IS THE FIRST REINSPECTION AFTER THE HEARING MAY 27TH. YOU CAN SEE NOTHING HAS CHANGED. THE STORAGE REMAINS AS IT WAS. COPY THIS HERE AND WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON THE WEBSITE JUNE 16TH. THE NEXT INSPECTION YOU CAN SEE NOTHING HAS CHANGED. IT STILL REMAINS AS IT IS. HAD NO CONTACT WITH ANYBODY CONCERNING THE CASE. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE EXCEPT FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WELL, NO ONE IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. PROPER NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS PROVIDED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. PLEASE GIVE ME THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROPERTY. IT'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINED, OR FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE [01:25:02] VIOLATION, AND THE RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER THAT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZED. AUTHORIZED. AUTHORIZES, CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND OTHER AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER INTO ANY AREA OF THE PROPERTY TO ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THIS ORDER THAT UPON RECORDING 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 RESPONDENTS. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY AND RECOMMENDATION. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF TEN ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250155. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 4941 DEERWOOD AVENUE. MOVING ON TO LETTER E ON THE AGENDA IS CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20241048 PROPERTY ADDRESSES 4012 TREASURE CIRCLE. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR COURT. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON ON MAY 5TH OR 15TH, 2025. IT WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF UNFIT UNSAFE STRUCTURE. RESPONDENT DID APPEAR VIA PHONE AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE. BUILD INSPECTION PHOTOS. STORY. WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE. THAT'S LEGENDARY MARINE ACROSS THE STREET OFF THOMAS DRIVE. DAMAGED BY THE TORNADO THAT WENT THROUGH LAST JANUARY. PART OF ROOF. SECOND STORY DECK. FRONT AND BACK STAIRS. BLOCK STRUCTURE ON THE BOTTOM. ROTTED FLOOR DECKING. UP DOWN BOX. SEVERAL EXTENSION CORDS GOING INSIDE TO POWER WHATEVER THE METRO ORDER THAT RESPONDED TO HIM. 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR $1,000 FINE WILL BE IMPOSED ON MAY 30TH, 2025. MONTY ODOM FROM LAG CONSTRUCTION CONTACTED ME AND SUBMITTED THE ENGINEERING AND BE GIVEN THE PROPERTY OWNER QUOTE FOR REPAIRS ON THE NEXT DAY, HE STATED. COPY NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JUNE 5TH. ON JUNE 16TH, SECTION WAS COMPLETE AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THE OTHER SIDE. ALSO ON JUNE 16TH, I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL AGAIN FROM LAG CONSTRUCTION STATING THEY'VE COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH PROPERTY OWNER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REPAIRS, AND THEY WILL BE APPLYING FOR PERMITS ON JUNE 17TH AND RECEIVE AN EMAIL OF CONSTRUCTION STATING THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS GIVEN THEM A DEPOSIT AND THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A PERMIT AND SUBMITTED. SO THE RENT OFFICERS ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE REPORTED AND THEY SHOULD BE ON THEIR WAY. SO SHE MADE IT JUST ON TIME, JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME. I JUST LET YOU KNOW. SO IF THE I'VE WORKED WITH LAG CONSTRUCTION ON SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES, THEY'VE ALWAYS COME THROUGH. HOWEVER, WE WOULD LOVE TO BRING THIS BACK IF STALE OR EXPIRED WORK HASN'T BEEN DONE. UNDERSTOOD. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENCE, WE OWN THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. PROPERTIES OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS. CONCERN IS AND I ACCEPT EXACTLY WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED BY BEING ABLE TO WITHHOLD JURISDICTION AND COME BACK IF NECESSARY. IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS WITH THE PERMITS BEING ASSESSED, THE PROPERTY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER ONE THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY THAT I NEED TO BE TOLD ABOUT? NO OTHER BUSINESS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THIS HEARING. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING AT * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.