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ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON GUYS. IT'S 1:00. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TODAY'S MEETING TO ORDER AT 1:00 ON THURSDAY, JULY 17TH. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SWEAR EVERYBODY IN FIRST. IT'S GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY, IF YOU'LL STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SWEAR YOU IN. OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. I WILL NEED IS YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM. FOR THE RECORD, THAT YOU GUYS KNOW, MY NAME IS TIFFANY SORROW. I'LL SERVE AS YOUR MAGISTRATE TODAY. I'LL HEAR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY FIRST. SO I GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE SITUATION IS. AND THEN ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GIVE ME INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THAT THEY HAVE NOT HEARD, THEY CAN ADD TO IT. I'LL BE GLAD TO LISTEN TO THAT BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION ABOUT EACH CASE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH LETTER B ON THE AGENDA. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20241342. I HAVE NO EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME. THE FIRST PROPERTY ADDRESS. I DON'T JUST HAVE A PARCEL NUMBER. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. IT'S PARCEL NUMBER. 12810010000. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. FOR THE RECORD. MY PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ATTACHED AS WELL AS MY NOTICES. A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HEARD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 8TH OF JANUARY, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONSES HAD RESPONDENT HAD FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING ORDER HELD ON DECEMBER THE 5TH, 2024. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THIS HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE FROM THE JANUARY 8TH COMPLIANCE HEARING. THIS IS THE PARCEL NUMBER, ALSO 2300 DOUGLAS AVENUE. IT IS A VACANT RESIDENTIAL LOT. YOU CAN SEE THE VEHICLES SOME JUNK HERE WHERE MISS ASHMAN'S POINTING SOME JUNK TO THE LEFT OF PART OF A CAR. LOOKS LIKE A MAYBE A I THINK IT WAS A BUSH HOG OR SOME TYPE OF FARM EQUIPMENT. IN SLIDE THREE, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS TO PAY $700 IN FINES PLUS STATUTORY ENTRANCE FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, AND THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED THE STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B, AND IS CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON JANUARY THE 8TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, STATING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER THE 3RD OF FEBRUARY 2025. ON THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY, A PRE BID INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED WITH THE PRE BID OR EXCUSE ME, THE NOTICE OF INTENT ON TOP OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING. YOU CAN SEE THE TIRES IN FRONT OF THIS SHELL OF A VEHICLE, SOME OTHER TIRES, SOME JUNK IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER HERE IN SLIDE FIVE. TIRES. AN ENGINE BLOCK DERRICK VEHICLE TRASH, HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE TIRES. THERE'S THE DERELICT VEHICLE. EXPIRED TAG IN 2023. TWO OTHER VEHICLES WERE ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
MORE TRASH AND JUNK IN BETWEEN THE VEHICLES. THESE ARE JUST OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VEHICLES. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $1,830, AND UPON INSPECTION ON THE 12TH OF MARCH 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. ON APRIL THE 4TH, THE NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER'S ADDRESS USING 916 HARMON AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, ON THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEBSITE. THE CERTIFIED AND REGULAR NOTICE WERE RETURNED AS INSUFFICIENT ADDRESSES ARE UNABLE TO FORWARD JUNE THE 4TH. A COPY OF THE NOTICE. TODAY'S HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON JUNE THE 16TH. THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. PATRICK CAMPBELL, CONTACTED BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SPOKE WITH PATRICK AND INFORMED HIM OF THE FINES THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN ASSESSED AND THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT WOULD BE ADDRESSED. AT THIS HEARING TODAY, HE PROVIDED ME WITH AN UPDATED MAILING ADDRESS AT THAT TIME, AND I ALSO FORWARDED HIM A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING REGULAR MAIL TO HIS CURRENT ADDRESS, AND JULY THE 1ST. A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? YES. COME ON UP. GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. OKAY. I AM
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PATRICK CAMPBELL AND I AM MY CURRENT ADDRESS IN PANAMA. HERE IS 12 333 OSO ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. ZIP CODE IS 32404. WE ARE NOT CONTESTING THAT THE PROPERTY AT WAS WAS WAS USED FOR THE STORAGE OF UNUSED VEHICLE. THAT IS NOT OUR CONTENTION. HOWEVER, WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT THE PROPERTY WAS BEING ASSESSED AND AN ACTION BEING TAKEN AGAINST IT BY THE INSPECTOR HERE. WHY IS THIS IS SO? BECAUSE THE ADDRESS THAT THEY WERE USING, WE HAD NO AFFILIATION WITH THAT ADDRESS. THAT WAS NOT MY ADDRESS. I THINK, HOWEVER, THAT MY SON USE THAT ADDRESS SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, DISTANT FUTURE. SO WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE ACTION OF THE INSPECTOR. HAD WE KNOWN THAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE OUR JOB AND GET THE PLACE UP TO CODE STANDARD? SO MY APOLOGIZE TO THE COUNTY CLERK AND TO THE COURT HERE. SO. WE'RE NOT CONTESTING THE THING WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ASK THE COURT YOU TO USE YOUR GOOD OFFICES TO DEFINE OF $700. WE WOULD LIKE WE ARE ASKING THAT THE COURT HELP US ON THAT FIND THERE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T ATTEND THE COURT HEARING. WE DIDN'T GET A NOTICE. THE NOTICE WAS SENT TO SOMEWHERE THAT WAS NOT AFFILIATED WITH ME.AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE NOT HERE AND GET THIS THING IN ORDER, YOUR HONOR. OKAY. THERE'S HOW HE THREW YOU UNDER THE BUS. HE SAID IT MIGHT BE AN ADDRESS AFFILIATED WITH MY SON IN THE PAST. SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW BEFORE I MAKE SOME DECISION ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO ON THIS CASE? I DON'T THINK I LEFT ANYTHING OUT. YOUR HONOR. IF YOU THINK I DO, YOU CAN ASK ME AND I WILL CLARIFY, PLEASE. OKAY, OKAY. I WOULD RECOMMEND THE ADDRESS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT GOT AND THAT WE HAD IN THE FILE THAT I LOOKED AT WAS WHATEVER THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE HAS DOWN. SO MAKE SURE IT'S AN UPDATED ADDRESS. AND THEY CORRECTLY KNOW BECAUSE THAT MAY BE THE ADDRESS THAT IS BEING RELIED UPON. SO JUST FOR YOUR SAKES THAT YOU DON'T END UP IN THIS SITUATION AGAIN. AGAIN, YES. BECAUSE I CONTACTED THE GENTLEMAN AND WE SORT THAT OUT BECAUSE HE ADVISED ME THAT HE NEEDS THAT ADDRESS AND WHY IT WAS SO WE AND HIM WORK TOGETHER AND WE SORT THAT PROBLEM OUT. PERFECT. OKAY. JUST CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY AT THIS TIME? YES. PLEASE GO AHEAD. AND IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINE THAT THE RESPONDENT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COSTS OF THE ABATING, THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT, AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,830 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. AND THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST OF LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS. YES. ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF EVADING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF BAY COUNTY CODE, AND JUST IN REFERENCE TO THE FINES, THEY WERE ASSESSED AT THE LAST HEARING. AND IT WAS THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT. IT LOOKS BILL LEWIS MUST HAVE HAD THAT HEARING AND FILED THAT ORDER BECAUSE IT'S HIS SIGNATURE. THAT'S IT TOOK ME A MINUTE TO REMEMBER. USUALLY I HAVE A DECENT MEMORY, BUT I COULDN'T REMEMBER THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO WHAT I'M HEARING, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT YOU'RE ASKING TO REDUCE THE FINE. THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PROPERTY WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE. IT'S NOW BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. THE COST OF DOING THAT IS SEPARATE FROM WHAT THE ACTUAL FINE WOULD BE. THAT MR. LEWIS ASSESSED PREVIOUSLY. CORRECT? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I AM GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARD VIOLATIONS. I'VE SEEN PHOTOGRAPHS ON MARCH 12TH SHOWING THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE. I WILL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE COSTS OF RESOLVING THE ISSUE OF
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$1,830, I AM GOING TO REDUCE THE $700 FINE THAT MR. LEWIS HAD ASSESSED ORIGINALLY. GET THE ADDRESS CORRECTED SO THAT THEY HAVE THE CORRECT ADDRESS TO BE ABLE TO REACH YOU OUT, BUT I WILL REDUCE THE FINE IN HALF TO 350. SO THAT IS NOT ASSESSED. IT'S SUCH A LARGE RATE ON YOU.OKAY. BUT THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED BY A DIFFERENT MAGISTRATE. SO CODE ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THAT FINE REDUCED DOWN TO 350. BUT THAT ONE IS SEPARATE FROM THE COST OF ABATEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, STAY IN TOUCH WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND THEY CAN MAKE SURE IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS CONTACT THEM AND THEY'LL YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO OKAY. CORRESPONDENCE. IN THE FUTURE. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE NUMBER. I KEEP PUTTING STUFF IN THE WRONG PLACE. ALL RIGHT. CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20241342. PARCEL NUMBER 12810. DASH 010000. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO LETTER C. WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20240289 PROPERTY ADDRESSES 1792 4TH APRIL AVENUE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. FOR THE RECORD I NOTICE IS IN PHOTOGRAPH ARE ALSO ATTACHED. A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HEARD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 13TH OF FEBRUARY, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT RESPONDENT HAD FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING THAT WAS HELD ON JANUARY THE 9TH. THE RESPONDENT WAS PRESENT FOR THE FOR THE FEBRUARY 13TH HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE FEBRUARY 13TH HEARING. THEY'RE TAKEN.
THIS IS ACTUALLY TAKEN FROM THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. LOOKING BACK AT THE ADDRESS ON APRIL AVENUE. YOU CAN SEE THE VIOLATIONS HERE. JUST THERE WAS A LOT OF PILES OF THERE WERE PILES OF JUNK AND DEBRIS, FENCE PANELS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YOU SEE SOME OF THE VEHICLES AND MORE PILES OF DEBRIS IN THE BACK. AND ON THE 11TH YOU CAN SEE A DUMPSTER HAD ALREADY BEEN PLACED THERE AS THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD STARTED TO CLEANING PRIOR TO THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS TO PAY $700 IN FINES PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED THE STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B ON FEBRUARY THE 18TH, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, STATING THAT WORK WILL BEGIN ON OR AFTER MARCH THE 10TH. LET ■ME BACK UP. AFTER THE COMPLIANCE HEARING, I GAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHO'S HERE TODAY, MY CELL NUMBER. THEY IMMEDIATELY STARTED CLEANING THIS PROPERTY ON THE RIGHT AFTER THAT, AS SOON AS THEY COULD. ON FEBRUARY THE 24TH, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD TEXTED ME SOME PHOTOGRAPHS. THEY STARTED FROM THE BACK AND THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, JUST MOWING IT ALL THE WAY UP AND I GUESS KIND OF ORGANIZING WHAT THEY HAD TO DO, SEPARATING THE METAL AND THE JUNK AND THE TRASH FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE OTHER ITEMS. BUT SHE SHE KEPT IN TOUCH WITH ME DURING THIS PROCESS. YOU SEE SOME FENCE PANELS HERE, BOTH VINYL AND WOOD, THAT WERE STACKED ON THE ONE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. PILES OF JUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY. ON FEBRUARY 26TH, A PRE-BID WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY WAS WALKED BY MYSELF AND SEVERAL CONTRACTORS, AND THE TENANT THAT DAY. THIS IS LOOKING I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU SEE A VESSEL UNREGISTERED AND UNTAGGED, PILES OF JUNK ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE. A HUGE PILE OF DEBRIS THEY'D ALREADY STARTED CLEANING UP, SO THEY HAD PUT IT BASICALLY THE WOOD PILE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY. PILES OF DEBRIS RIGHT BY. THIS IS RIGHT BEHIND THE MOBILE HOME THAT SITS IN THE FRONT OF FRONT OF THE PARCEL. THERE IS ONE VESSEL IN THAT PILE. THERE'S SOME OTHER JUNK AND TRASH HERE IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH. SOME I BELIEVE THAT'S AN APPLIANCE. OR MAYBE IT LOOKS LIKE AN APPLIANCE FROM HERE. SOME OTHER JUNK AND TRASH THAT'S RIGHT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. A DERELICT VESSEL. THERE'S ONE IN THE WEEDS, A DERELICT VEHICLE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. DERELICT VESSEL. SOME MORE JUNK JUST PILED UP ALONG THE SIDE OF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY DURING THIS PRE-BI. ON MARCH THE 3RD AND THE FOURTH,
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THE PROPERTY OWNER TEXTED ME PHOTOGRAPHS, REFERENCE TO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY WERE BEING MADE. THIS IS THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OR SOUTH EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. SOME OF THAT JUNK AND TRASH HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE MIDDLE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH AND PRIOR PHOTOGRAPHS. YOU SEE THE DUMPSTER THAT THEY HAD FILLED. THEY WERE BRINGING ONE DUMPSTER UP AT A TIME. THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS. SOME OF THE JUNK AND TRASH HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE DUMPSTER. YOU STILL SEE THE BIG WHAT WAS TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY HUGE WOODPILE FENCE DEBRIS. AND THIS IS AN OVERALL BASICALLY FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE GATE, LOOKING BACK TOWARD THE EAST ON APRIL AVENUE, MARCH 18TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENT CONTINUED. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE WOOD, I GUESS THE JUNK AND THE DEBRIS HAD BEEN PLACED AND GONE IN THE DUMPSTER. THE FENCE LINE ON THE NORTH SIDE HAD STARTED TO BE CLEANED UP VERY, VERY WELL IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. APRIL THE 4TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. THIS IS JUST A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FRONT YARD. EVERYTHING'S FINE IN THE FRONT YARD. IT WAS BEHIND THE MOBILE HOME AND THIS WAS TAKEN OBVIOUSLY AFTER IT RAINED SEVERAL DAYS OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT IN VIOLATION AS OF APRIL THE 4TH.BLESS YOU. ON MAY THE 6TH, AN AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE AND NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT REGULAR AND CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS 6603 N'S OR THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON MAY THE 12TH. JUNE THE 30TH. A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY, AND ON JULY THE 1ST, A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY. DID A CONTRACTOR HAVE TO DO ANY OF THE CLEANING, OR THE COUNTY HAVE TO DO ANY CLEANING OR WISDOM STUFF TAKEN CARE OF? I, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT IN. YES, MA'AM. THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS. PERFECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? COME ON UP AND GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD. YEAH, MY ADDRESS IS CORRECT. GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M MARY JACKSON. LIKE I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE THING. SO I DID MISS THE FIRST HEARING. BUT AS SOON AS I GOT WITH HIM AND I HEARD ABOUT THE SECOND HEARING, WE DID START CLEANING IT UP. A LOT OF THAT. HE CAN TELL YOU WHY HE WAS OUT THERE. A LOT OF THAT WAS FROM PEOPLE DUMPING A LOT ON THE PROPERTY. WHEN YOU HAVE PROPERTY LIKE THAT AND NOT PEOPLE IN THE BACK, BACK THERE, YOU HAVE THAT.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, PEOPLE DROP STUFF OFF. A LOT OF THAT WAS NOT OURS, BUT I DID GET IT IN COMPLIANCE. AND IT IS LOOKS LIKE THAT. SO AND I JUST ASK THAT IF WE COULD REDUCE THE FINE OR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I SPENT RIGHT AT SEVEN LITTLE OVER $7,000 TO GET IT IN COMPLIANCE, TO GET IT ALL TAKEN CARE OF. SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANOTHER 700, I MEAN. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. BUT IT IS IN COMPLIANCE. AND THANK YOU. AND HE'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT ON RECORD. SO HE'LL DEFINITELY GET A GOOD PAT ON THE BACK FOR THAT ONE. RIGHT? YES. ALRIGHT. CODE ENFORCEMENT, DO YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU DETERMINE THAT THE RESPONDENT IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S. OKAY. WHAT FINE WAS ASSESSED ON THIS 700 $700 FINE. OKAY. AND THAT WAS FOR THE NONCOMPLIANCE WITHIN THE TIME FRAME ALLOWED. CORRECT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, SAME KIND OF SITUATION IS WHAT I'M HEARING. AT LEAST WE'VE GOT PROPERTY OWNER BROUGHT THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE. SO WE DON'T HAVE THE COST OF ABATEMENT THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT. BUT WE DO HAVE THIS FINE SITTING OUT THERE. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND SEE ME ANYMORE. I DON'T WANT IT, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO HANG OUT AND TALK TO HIM ANYMORE. UNLESS YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION, I WILL REDUCE THE $700 FINE TO 350. SO IT'S HALF OF THAT. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. NOW, WHERE DO I GO TO PAY THAT SO I CAN PAY IT TODAY? RIGHT NOW? YEP. THIS GENTLEMAN HERE WITH THE GOATEE
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WILL WALK YOU UPSTAIRS TO THE SECOND FLOOR. OKAY. AND LET ME RUN OUT TO MY TRUCK AND GET MY CREDIT CARD, AND THEN I'LL LOOK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN TODAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL FIND THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS FROM THE PHOTO SCENE FROM APRIL 4TH OF 2025. THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20240289. PROPERTY ADDRESS 1792 4TH APRIL AVENUE. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE PRESENT OR CAN I GO BACK TO LETTER A. WE CAN GO BACK TO LETTER A. ALL RIGHT. LETTER A ON THE AGENDA IS CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20250435 PROPERTY ADDRESSES 8804 FREEMONT AVENUE. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOUR MAGISTRATE, TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD, AS WELL AS MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ATTACHED.THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 12TH OF JUNE, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH AND YARD DEBRIS. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE HEARING. THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE OF THE PROPERTY, ARE ATTACHED, ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF 80 804 FREMONT THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO YOU ON THE JUNE 12TH HEARING, TAKING THE MONDAY BEFORE THE HEARING. THIS IS THE MOBILE HOME THAT SITS ON THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH. YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE OVERGROWTH FROM THE EAST SIDE AS IT GOES AROUND TO THE BACK, AND THE JUNK IN THE FRONT ARE ARE A YARD DEBRIS PILE THAT IS COVERED UP WITH OVERGROWTH. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH HERE IN THE LOWER IN THE MIDDLE LEFT. THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. AS THIS SITS ON FRI MAR AND THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. AND THAT IS THE PRIVACY FENCE FOR ANOTHER PROPERTY, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. AND A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON THE 23RD OF JUNE I REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THERE WERE NO CHANGES. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. YOU SEE THE DEBRIS PILE ON THE LEFT WITH OVERGROWTH TAKING IT OVER THE OVERGROWTH IN THE FRONT. THE OVERGROWTH ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME. IT'S ALSO GROWING UP ON THE SIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME. AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH ON JUNE THE 24TH, I WAS COMPLETING A CLEANUP ON AN ADJACENT PARCEL AND THE OWNER WALKED OVER FROM 8804 FREMONT. I ASKED HIM WHEN HE WAS GOING TO CUT HIS GRASS, AND HE INFORMED ME THAT HE WOULD LET THE COUNTY DO IT. SO I REINSPECTED ON THE 14TH OF JULY, 2025, THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THAT IS THAT DEBRIS PILE ALSO. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOUR ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? THE RECOMMENDATIONS? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. CODE ENFORCEMENT, PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY IS OUR RECOMMENDATION. THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINED FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION, AND THE RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER. BUT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZES CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER ONTO THE PROPERTY TO ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THIS ORDER, AND THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LEANING AGAINST THE LAND VIOLATION EXISTED, WHETHER 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 ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF BAY COUNTY CODE. AND FINALLY, THAT THE. FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WILL BE ADDRESSED AT OUR FINAL HEARING. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ONE HAS APPEARED AT ANY OF THE HEARINGS TO DISCUSS THIS CASE, EVEN THOUGH PROPER NOTICE AT THE EACH HEARING HAS BEEN PROVIDED THERE. I DON'T SEE ANY PROGRESS OR IMPROVEMENT MADE TO THE PROPERTY IN ANY FORM OR FASHION SINCE THE INITIAL HEARING. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250435
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PROPERTY ADDRESS 8804 FREMONT AVENUE. MOVING ON TO LETTER D ON THE AGENDA CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20243142 PROPERTY ADDRESSES 8813 FREMONT AVENUE. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOUR MAGISTRATE, TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. FOR THE RECORD. MY NOTICE IS IN PHOTOGRAPH ARE ALSO ATTACHED. A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HEARD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 20TH OF MARCH, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING ORDER HELD ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH, 2025. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT AT EITHER HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE MARCH 20TH HEARING LOOKING BACK AT 8813 FREMONT THAT'S TAKEN FROM THE ROADWAY. LOOKING BACK AT IT, I BELIEVE IT'S A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME. YOU SEE THE OVERGROWTH THROUGH THE FENCE PANEL. YOU SEE SOME JUNK LAYING IN FRONT OF THE FENCE, AND YOU SEE THE APPLIANCE, THE JUNK ON THE PORCH AND A LITTLE BIT OF JUNK AND TIRE, SOME JUNK TIRES LAYING AROUND THE PRIVACY FENCE ON THE EDGE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS TO PAY $1,550 IN FINES, PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED THE STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON THE 20TH OF MARCH, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, STATING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER MAY THE 12TH, AND ON THE 30TH OF APRIL, A PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT ON APRIL THE 30TH WAS POSTED TO THE FRONT PORCH. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH YOU CAN SEE THE JUNK ON THE PORCH. YOU SEE THE APPLIANCE RIGHT BY NUMBER SEVEN. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE FRONT YARD. YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH. SOME JUNK AROUND THE FRONT. FRONT OF THE MOBILE HOME. SOME JUNK UNDER THE FAR TREE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. THANK YOU. YOU SEE THE APPLIANCE? IT'S A PRETTY BIG. YES. THIS IS DIRECTLY WHEN YOU WALKED INSIDE OF THE BACK YARD. INSIDE THE PRIVACY FENCE. THIS IS WHAT'S LAYING AT THAT CORNER. YOU SEE ANOTHER APPLIANCE, A FREEZER, SOME JUNK PAINT BUCKETS. THIS WAS LOOKING BACK TOWARD THE BACK PORCH. SOME JUNK, A LITTLE BIT OF JUNK UNDER THE PORCH, A LOT OF JUNK ON TOP OF ON ON THE PORCH ITSELF. I TOOK THIS PHOTOGRAPH BECAUSE SOME OF THAT JUNK, I BELIEVE, HAD COME FROM 80 813, AND IT'S ACTUALLY ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY. THIS IS THE ENTIRE BACKYARD. YOU NOTICE THE DOOR OF THE MOBILE HOME WAS OPEN IN THIS WHILE WE WERE PRE-BIDDING IT THAT DAY. THANK YOU. YOU SEE HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE SITTING HERE. YOU SEE JUNK, YOU SEE A UNSCREENED PROPERTY IN THE FORM OF A WHEELCHAIR. SOME OVERGROWTH IN THE BACKYARD, JUST TRASH STREWN ABOUT IN THE BACKYARD. ONE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO ON THIS PROPERTY. YOU SEE THE JUNK AROUND IT. YOU SEE THE OVERGROWTH, A PALLET LEANING UP AGAINST THE BOAT, JUNK INSIDE OF THE BOAT. THERE'S A SECOND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. YOU SEE MORE PILES OF JUNK, MORE OVERGROWTH, SOME UNSCREENED PROPERTY. YOU SEE A DERELICT VESSEL. WELL, IT WAS CLASSIFIED AS DERELICT ON THIS DAY. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT THE COST OF $825, AND UPON INSPECTION ON THE 14TH OF MAY, 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. THIS IS LOOKING BACK AT THE FRONT OF THE MOBILE HOME. THE OVERGROWTH IS NOW GONE. THIS IS RIGHT WHEN YOU WALKED IN. YOU REMEMBER ALL OF THE JUNK WHEN YOU WALKED INTO THE FENCE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE BACK OF THE MOBILE HOME, THE OVERGROWTH, THE JUNK, THE TRASH, THE HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE, THE UNSCREENED PROPERTY. ALL OF THOSE ITEMS WERE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. ON MAY 19TH, A NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS 8813 FREMONT AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, FROM THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER. THE NOTICES WERE RETURNED AS VACANT AND RETURNED TO SENDER. ALSO ON THAT DATE, MAY 19TH, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS MAILED REGULAR MAIL TO THE ADDRESS WHERE THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER IS CURRENTLY RESIDING. HE'S CURRENTLY INCARCERATED, SO SEND IT TO WHERE HE'S INCARCERATED. AS OF THIS DATE, THE REGULAR MAIL HAS NOT RETURNED. ON JUNE THE 17TH, THE COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY, AND ON JULY THE 1ST, A COPY OF THE[00:30:01]
NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? RECOMMENDATIONS. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, HEARING WAS PROVIDED. IF CONVERSANT WILL PLEASE GIVE ME THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROPERTY. IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $825 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST.THAT, UPON RECORDING THIS FINAL ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED. SINCE ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE RESPONDENT MAY ASSESS THE COST OF THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT ACT AND CHAPTER 21, THE BAY COUNTY CODE. ALL RIGHT.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY, FINDING IT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS. ON MAY 14TH, 2025, AND ENSURING THAT THE ORDER THAT HAS PLACED THE FINES REMAINS IN PLACE. THE $1,550 FINE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PLACED ON THE RESPONDENT. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW ABATEMENT COSTS OF $825.
THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20243142 PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 813 FREMONT AVENUE. MOVING ON TO LETTER E, WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250468 PROPERTY ADDRESS 1139 FIFTH STREET. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ALSO ATTACHED. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 12TH OF JUNE, 2025. WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO AND THE FORM OF YARD DEBRIS, JUNK APPLIANCES, DERELICT VEHICLES AND DERELICT WATERCRAFT. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE HEARING.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE IN THE CASE FILE. THIS IS THE FRONT OF 1139 FIFTH STREET. DERELICT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE JUNK APPLIANCES. HERE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. MORE JUNK ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE RV. ON THE MAGISTRATE ORDER, THAT RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE FIVE DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $300, AND A DAILY FINE OF $50 WILL BE IMPOSED FOR 25 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON THE 18TH OF JUNE. AN INSPECTION WAS. SORRY. ONE QUESTION. YES, THIS A REPEAT. YES IT WAS. I LEFT THE WORD REPEAT OUT I APOLOGIZE, I CALLED IT WHEN I SAID FIVE DAYS, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO STOP. WELL, I DIDN'T WANT TO STOP. DON'T WORRY. I WOULD HAVE ASKED YOU IN JUST A SECOND BECAUSE I WANTED TO.
YOU'RE GOOD. I FIGURED MY BOSS WOULD CATCH IT, BUT I JUST. I WAS GOING TO KEEP GOING, SO I REINSPECTED ON THE 18TH OF JUNE, THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY, AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN REPEAT, VIOLATION OF EVERY VIOLATION THAT YOU FOUND IN THE 12TH. THE RV IS STILL HERE. THE GENTLEMAN IS SQUAT OR EXCUSE ME, THE GENTLEMAN IS A TENANT, ALLEGEDLY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND HE'S JUST A LOCAL. I GUESS HE DOES APPLIANCE REPAIR WORK, I DON'T KNOW, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE JUNK ON A TRAILER THAT IS DERELICT. YOU SEE, I THINK THAT'S A TV OR THE BACK OF A TELEVISION SITTING RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S HIS MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. THE. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ON THE 14TH OR EXCUSE ME, ON THE 30TH OF JUNE, 2025, I SPOKE WITH TAMMY CHAMBERS, WHO IS THE DAUGHTER IN LAW OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. I INFORMED TAMMY WHAT HAD TO BE REMOVED FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. ON THE 14TH OF JULY. THIS PAST WEEKEND, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION.
YOU SEE THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE? HE HAS MOVED THE TRAILER TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
JUST THAT'S FIFTH STREET, YOUR MAGISTRATE. AND SO HE'S MOVED IT OFF THE OFF PROPERTY INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY. YOU CAN SEE SOME JUNK UNDER THE MAGNOLIA TREE AND TO THE RIGHT IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH.
SOME MORE JUNK. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT
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TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY QUESTION? WELL, THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY. PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. JUST CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY THEY CAN PROVIDE? YES. IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION, AND THAT THE RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER, THAT THE MAGISTRATE THAT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZED CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER ONTO THE AREA OF THE PROPERTY AND ABATE THE VIOLATION IDENTIFIED IN THIS ORDER, AND THAT UPON RECORDING THIS ORDER IN PUBLIC RECORDS, BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LEAN AGAINST THE LAND IN 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 ELECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE COUNTY CODE, AND THAT CONCLUDES. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250468 PROPERTY ADDRESS 1139 FIFTH STREET. MOVING ON TO LETTER F, WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250158 PROPERTY ADDRESSES 1826 CALLAHAN STREET. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOUR MAGISTRATE, TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. FOR THE RECORD. MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ATTACHED. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 12TH OF JUNE, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN REPEAT VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM OF UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, JUNK, TRASH, YARD DEBRIS AND FURNITURE. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A. THESE WERE TAKEN JUNE THE 9TH BEFORE THE JUNE 12TH HEARING. THIS IS LOOKING BACK AT THE MOBILE HOME ON CALLAHAN. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE JUNK AND TRASH ON THE FRONT PORCH, ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY. UNSURE WHAT'S IN THE TRASH BAGS IS CLASSIFIED AS JUNK AND TRASH. JUNK AND TRASH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME. THAT WOULD BE THE WEST SIDE, AND SOME JUNK AND TRASH TO THE LEFT OF THE RV. I BELIEVE THAT'S AN OLD MATTRESSES ROTTING, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME JUNK IN FRONT OF THE RV. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE A BOX TV AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS. BY THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE THERE, THE MAGISTRATE WOULD ORDER THAT THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE FIVE DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $300, A DAILY FINE OF $100 TO BE IMPOSED FOR 25 DAYS, OR UNTIL WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT IN COMPLIANCE. A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON JUNE THE 18TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AGAIN, JUST A FRONT VIEW OF THE MOBILE HOME. I NO CHANGES IN THE JUNK IN THE TRASH. I DON'T SEE THE GARBAGE BAGS IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH, BUT I CAN'T SEE BEHIND WHATEVER THAT IS. I SEE A COUPLE OF THEM IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE REMOVED ON THE FRONT PORCH, MAYBE OVER ON THE SIDE. STILL JUNK AND TRASH IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. JUNK AND TRASH TO THE RIGHT OF THE MOBILE HOME AS WELL AS SOME UNSCREENED PROPERTY. ON JUNE THE 30TH, I SPOKE WITH REBECCA LYFORD, THE DAUGHTER IN LAW OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND I INFORMED HER THE VIOLATION SHE HAD ACTUALLY CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT. REBECCA INFORMED ME SHE HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE TENANT THAT THE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.I INFORMED REBECCA THE RESULTS OF MY INSPECTIONS ON JUNE THE 18TH, AND THE VIOLATIONS WERE STILL PRESENT, AND ALL THE VIOLATIONS MUST BE CORRECTED BEFORE JULY THE 14TH, 2025. ON JULY THE 14TH, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. HOWEVER, THERE APPEARED TO BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OVERGROWTH AND DEBRIS. THIS IS THE FRONT PORCH. SOME OF THE JUNK IN THE TRASH AND UNSCREENED PROPERTY HAVE DISAPPEARED, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SAY IT IS IN COMPLIANCE. THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME. THAT'S THE DOG. THE DOG HOUSE THAT'S IN EVERY OTHER PHOTO. SOME ONSCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY, A GAS CAN, SOME PALLETS. I THINK THAT MAYBE A CAR BATTERY IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH THERE. THIS IS SOME MORE JUNK OR UNSCREENED PROPERTY IN FRONT OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. THEY DID. THEY HAVE STARTED CUTTING
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THE OVERGROWTH. BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE OVERGROWTH IS IN THE BACK AND THERE IS SOME MORE JUNK AND APPLIANCES IN UNSCREENED PROPERTY, A WATER COOLER. IT LOOKS LIKE A TRASH BAG ON TOP OF THE WATER COOLER IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH IN SLIDE 16. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. AT THIS TIME. ANY OTHER CONTINUING CONTACT YOU'VE HAD BESIDES THAT ONE CALL FROM THE DAUGHTER IN LAW? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK IN THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. DOES CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? YES. IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION, AND THAT HONDA DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER, BUT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZES COUNTY 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, PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COSTS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED 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 THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT ACT ON CHAPTER 21 OF THE COUNTY CODE, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL RIGHT. AS OF JULY 14TH, WHILE THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THE PROPERTY, IT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDED ORDER. AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL FILE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20250158 PROPERTY ADDRESS 1826 CALLAHAN ROAD OR STREET. SORRY, LETTER G IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA. CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20243558.PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2604 SHORELINE AVENUE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE TONY BRUNI, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, EXHIBITS AND NOTICES. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON JUNE 12TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM OF BLIGHTED PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT'S SON, BRIAN BAKER, DID APPEAR BY PHONE AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AND THIS IS JUNE 9TH, 2025. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NO FINAL ROOFING ON THE ON THE ROOF ITSELF. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 CONTINUE FOR EACH, EACH AND EVERY DAY UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. ALL INCIDENTAL COST AND ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATOR. COPY. THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON JULY 10TH, 2025, A ROOF PERMIT WAS ISSUED. IT HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE OF JANUARY 10TH OF 2026. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 1ST, 2025, AND ON JULY 14TH, 2025, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. JUST CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY AT THIS TIME? YES, JUST AT THE RESPONDENT DID COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER BY OBTAINING A PERMIT AND THAT THIS HEARING BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE. ALL RIGHT. I WILL ACCEPT CODE ENFORCEMENT RECOMMENDATION WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. IF FOR SOME REASON THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE OR WORK IS COMPLETED PRIOR TO WHEN THE PERMIT SHOULD EXPIRE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING IT TO ME THEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON
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CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20243558. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2604 SHORELINE AVENUE. MOVING ON. WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20243475 PROPERTY ADDRESS 229 WEST 17TH STREET. AVENUE.MAGISTRATE BILL INSPECTOR SCOTT THORPE SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS FOR RECORD ALL MY NOTICES AND EXHIBITS ARE SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD AS WELL. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON JUNE 12TH, 2025. IT WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING.
PROGRESS OF THE PROPERTY INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE ORDER THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR ■$1,00 FINE, WILL BE IMPOSED. ALL ITS OWN 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. COPIED ORDERS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN CASE FILE. THIS IS JUNE 9TH. SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME THAT WAS DEEMED UNFIT UNSAFE OVERGROWTH ON THE LOT. AND A ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT IS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED BEHIND THE PRIMARY. ON JUNE 14TH, THE INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. SEE, THE ACCESSORY IS STILL IN THE SAME CONDITION. OVERGROWTH AND THE SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME. THERE IS A CLOSER VIEW. COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED TO BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 1ST, 2025. A COPY OF NOTICE, HEARING AND MAGISTRATE'S ORDER WAS MAILED, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR TO RESPOND TO ADDRESS OBTAINED FROM BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE.
ACCORDING TO THE USPS, TRACKING INDICATES THE CERTIFIED NOTICE IS STILL IN TRANSIT. IT HAS AN OVERSEAS ADDRESS. THEREFORE, AS OF THIS DATE, THE HEARING OF THIS HEARING, NO ENGINEERING OR APPLICATION FOR PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED.
DOES CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? YES. IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, AND THAT THE RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER, THAT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZES CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER ONTO THE PROPERTY OR ENTER ONTO ANY AREA OF THE PROPERTY TO ABATE ALL AND ANY VIOLATIONS NOTIFIED IN THIS ORDER. UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COSTS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT, AND THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY. PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF BAY COUNTY CODE. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20243475. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 229 WEST 17TH STREET. DID I MISS ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA? I DON'T THINK SO. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TODAY? SO ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO CLOSE AT 1:49 P.M. ON
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