[Code Magistrate Hearing on August 13, 2025.]
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          OKAY. IT'S 1:00. WE'RE ON THE AIR NOW. I'VE REVIEWED THE AFTERNOON DOCKET. DO NOT SEE ANY BASIS FOR AN ORDER OF RECUSAL. AS TO ANY CASES ON THE DOCKET. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, I'D ASK THAT YOU TURN IT TO SILENT OR TO. OR ALL THE WAY OFF. AND IF YOU ANTICIPATE GIVING TESTIMONY, IF YOU WOULD STAND AND BE SWORN. WE CAN AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. I DO. 
          HEY, MR. JUSTICE. YES, SIR. YOUR MAGISTRATE ITEMS B C, E, F AND H ARE PRESENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THOSE IN THAT ORDER, THEY ARE HERE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOUR MAGISTRATE, TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT, MYSELF AND INVESTIGATOR RAYMOND SCOTT WILL BE PRESENTING THIS CASE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 9TH OF JULY, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF JUNK AND UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THAT HEARING. THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE MAGISTRATE ON THE 9TH OF JULY. THIS IS LOOKING BACK AT THE SIDE OF THE ADDRESS. 6731 HIGHWAY 231. JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. THIS IS ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD AS QUORUMS ON 231. IT'S JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH. OKAY. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE JUNK BEHIND THE DOWNED TREE. SOME OF THE JUNK IN THE BACKYARD. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200, AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. COPY THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. INSPECTOR RAYMOND SCOTT CONDUCTED THE TEN DAY INSPECTION STARTING ON JULY THE 21ST. INVESTIGATOR SCOTT SCOTT RAYMOND SCOTT, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATOR. AS MR. JUSTICE SAID ON THE 21ST, I DID MY TEN DAY INSPECTION. AS WE GO DOWN TO THE NEXT PHOTOGRAPH, YOU CAN SEE THE JUNK. UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY IS STILL PRESENT IN THE FRONT. AND AUGUST THE 11TH, I DID A FINAL INSPECTION. YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME OF IT UP. UP CLOSE TO THE HOUSE. FRONT OF THE WHITE TRUCK IS THE SIDE YARD AND THE BACKYARD. HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONTACT WITH THE RESPONDENT SINCE THE HEARING DATE OF JULY THE 9TH? I DID, I ACTUALLY WENT AND MET WITH MR. HATHAWAY AND WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION. HE WAS TELLING ME WHILE THE STUFF WAS THERE, AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO GET THE VIOLATIONS UNDER CONTROL. AND HE IS HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY'S BEHALF. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MR. HATHAWAY. COME TO THE PODIUM. IF YOU WOULD TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. BENJAMIN HATHAWAY, 6731 NORTH HIGHWAY 231, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 32 404. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW ABOUT THIS? I, I DID NOT START WORKING ON IT AS I SHOULD HAVE. I'LL AGREE WITH THAT. I'VE GOT A LOT OF HEALTH PROBLEMS, MY HEART AND MY BACK. BUT I'M WORKING ON THIS AS HARD AS I CAN NOW. I'D LIKE FOR AN EXTENSION TO SEE IF I CAN GET IT ALL CLEARED UP WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY MUCH FINES, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT, SCOTT. WHAT KIND OF EXTENSION ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 30 DAYS. THAT'S A LITTLE LONG FOR THESE KINDS OF. OKAY. WHAT CAN YOU GIVE ME? ANYTHING WILL BE A HELP.EL HOW ABOUT 15? OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL EXTEND IT FOR 15 DAYS. AND I'D ASK THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DO RE INSPECTION ON WHETHER THE 28TH. MAY I 
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INTERJECT? SURE. THREE BIDS FOR THIS MONTH ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE 27TH. HE IS SCHEDULED TO BE PRE-BID ON THE 27TH UNLESS YOU EXTEND IT PAST THAT DATE, WHICH IS THE 28TH. I WOULD KINDLY ASK YOU TO HAVE THE CUTOFF DATE, THE 25TH OF SEPTEMBER. EXCUSE ME, OF AUGUST. INSTEAD OF 15 DAYS. BUMP THAT DOWN TO. 11 DAYS. AND THAT WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO PRE-BID ON THE 27TH. IF NOT, IT WILL BE PRE-BID IN OCTOBER. I'M JUST ASKING. YEAH, I'M. I'M JUST. I KNOW, AS HOT AS IT IS, I MEAN, IT'S TOUGH TO IT'S ROUGH OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. BAD. IT'S TOUGH TO GET OUT THERE. ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE PRE BIDS ON THE 27TH. YES SIR. AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS WOULD BE IF WE DID THE PRE BIDS, WE STILL WOULD NOT CLEAN THE PROPERTY UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE 15TH ON OR AFTER. SO IF WE DO THAT HE'S STILL GOING TO LEGALLY GET TO THE 14TH OF SEPTEMBER. REGARDLESS IF WE PRE-BID IT ON THE 27TH. I CAN'T PRE-BID IT DURING THAT 30 DAY WINDOW OF. RIGHT. I CAN'T CLEAN IT UP DURING THAT 30 DAY WINDOW. RIGHT. OKAY. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO LEAVE HIM AT 15 DAYS, BUT GO AHEAD AND DO THE INSPECTION ON THE 27TH. OKAY. THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP AND LOOK AT IT AND CHECK YOUR PROGRESS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT ON THE 27TH, 27TH. THEY CAN LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER LITTLE ODD. AND THEN I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. YOU MIGHT YOU MIGHT GET A TIP LIKE CLEAN THIS OR THAT OR WHATEVER. AND THEN LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU A 30 DAY WINDOW THERE AFTER THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE NOT DONE BY THE 27TH, YOU OR WHATEVER, THE 28TH, I GUESS I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE 15 DAYS, BUT. IT IF SOMEBODY WILL INSPECT IT ON THE 28TH JUST AFTER THE FACT AND MAKE SURE HE'S DONE IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. YES, SIR. THAT WILL BE THE NEXT INSPECTION. YEAH. EVEN THOUGH WE WILL CONDUCT PRE BIDS ON THE 20. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. 15 DAYS ADDITIONAL. I SURE APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. HAVE A GOOD ONE. THAT ONLY TO ME. YES, SIR. YOU'RE FREE TO GO. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WHAT WAS THE 27 OF AUGUST? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO 1734 BUCHANAN STREET. THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. OF NEW MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORPE SMITH. I SUBMIT MY CREDENTIALS FOR THE RECORD. ALL MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ALSO SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON JULY 9TH, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. SEVEN UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES REPEAT VIOLATION FOR JUNK DERELICT VEHICLES, DERELICT WATERCRAFT, UNSCREENED. UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A CONTAINED IN THIS FILE. THIS IS THE DURING THE BUILDING INSPECTION. SINGLE SINGLE FAMILY. WOODEN FRAME STRUCTURE. ROOF DAMAGE. FIRE DAMAGE ON THE BACK. GO AHEAD. 
          TIM. DAMAGE IN THE FRONT. GOOD. MISSING WINDOWS. OVERHANG. DAMAGED REAR WALL ADDITION ON THE REAR. THAT'S WHERE THE FIRE DAMAGE WAS. SEVERAL LAYERS OF ROOFING MATERIAL BEEN APPLIED. 
          ELECTRICAL. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE TEN DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER BY REMOVING ALL JUNK. ALL JUNK. PROPERLY STORING AND OR REMOVING ALL UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REGISTERING OR SHELTERING ALL BUT ONE DERELICT VEHICLE OR WATERCRAFT. IF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE IS REPAIRED PROPERLY. THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER AND INITIAL FINE OF $300 AND A DAILY FINE OF $50 FOR 20 DAYS WILL BE IMPOSED. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER CONCERNING THE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE OR A FINE OF $1,000 WILL BE IMPOSED. ALSO, COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND UPON ANY AND OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THE ORDER WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. RE INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON AUGUST 8TH, 2025 
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AND SLIDE 27 STRUCTURE STILL REMAINS ALONG WITH ALL THE ACCESSORIES, WATERCRAFT ITEMS ON TRAILER IN FRONT. ITEMS INSIDE YARD. SHEDS ON THE SIDE. TIRES ON THE TRAILER IN THE BACK. 
          OKAY. COPY. NO HEARING IS POSTED AT BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 31ST, 2025. AS I STATED ON AUGUST 8TH, 2025, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED IMPROPERLY IN VIOLATION AS THIS HEARING DATE. 
          NO ENGINEERING OR APPLICATION FOR PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THIS PROPERTY IS SCHEDULED FOR FORECLOSURE ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2025 OF THIS YEAR. IT'S LIKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR YOU WANT TO READ THEM. I GOT THEM. THANK YOU SIR. MISTER CRUNKILTON. OKAY. TELL US YOUR NAME, YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO MISTER CRUNKILTON AND A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. APRIL. DEAL. I'M HIS DAUGHTER AT 1734 BUCHANAN. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW ABOUT? OKAY. SINCE THEN, THIS IS THE GUY WE HAVE FIXED THE HOUSE. THE ONLY THING WE'RE WAITING ON IS GOING THROUGH A BANK TO GET THE HOUSE. I'M BUYING THE HOUSE. AND ONCE I GET THE HOUSE IN MY NAME, WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I'M GOING TO PUT THE ROOF ON. BUT WE HAVE I HAVE PICTURES. THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE. HE'S THE ONE THAT DID THE WORK HAS BEEN THE YARD HAS BEEN CLEANED, THE ELECTRICAL HAS BEEN DONE. THE ROOF ON THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE SIDING THAT HE SHOWED HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE ELECTRICAL HAS BEEN REPLACED. I HAVE THE PICTURES. I TOOK PICTURES TO SHOW. DID YOU GET PERMITS FOR ANY OF THIS? HE'S BEEN WORKING ON IT. WHAT? WHAT WAS WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. I WENT TO THE PEOPLE AND THEY SAID IT DID NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT. IT WAS TO REPLACE A BOARD ELECTRICAL OF ANY KIND OF SPECIAL FIXTURES REQUIRED FOR TO BE REPLACED. I MEAN, WITHDRAWN, TAKEN AWAY. IT WAS TAKEN AWAY. IT WAS. YEAH. WE JUST TOOK ALL THAT AND COVERED IT ALL UP AND ALL THAT. 
          EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE TO FACIAL AND STUFF. YEAH. WHEN I EVEN ASKED, I EVEN ASKED THE PEOPLE DID IT NEED THE PERMIT? AND THEY SAID, YOU GO AHEAD AND TESTIFIED, I'M GOING TO CALL HIM UP AFTERWARDS BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT IT DID NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT BECAUSE I CALLED, I ASKED EVERYBODY. YOU HAD ELECTRICIAN OUT THERE. KENNETH SWOFFORD AND HE'S THE ONE THAT DID IT. HE'S A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN. AND HE SAID IT DID NOT REQUIRE WHAT HE DID, DID NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT. 
          SO I'M JUST I DID EVERYTHING I WAS SUPPOSED TO. I CALLED THE ELECTRICIAN OUT THERE. HE DID ALL THE FACIAL STUFF, REPLACING OF THE BOARDS AND ALL THAT. CUT THE ROOF BACK UP. WE CLEANED THE YARD UP, REMOVED ALL THE JET SKIS, REMOVED ALL THE. THE ONLY THING WE HAVE LEFT IS WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THE SHED. AND IF YOU GIVE ME WHATEVER TIME I CAN HAVE ALL THAT. BECAUSE WE GOT A DUMPSTER OUT THERE NOW. BUT I DIDN'T. THEY TOLD ME STRUCTURAL. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNDERNEATH THE SHED, WHAT SOUNDED LIKE CUTTING THE ROOF BACK IS GOING TO BE A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT. I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF YOU WOULD LET MR. THORPE AND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN HERE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS SO YOU CAN. OKAY. I'LL LET HIM DO IT TONIGHT. HE'S ALREADY PIPED ALL THAT ALL THAT THINGS ON FACEBOOK AND PUT BACK ON. GO BACK TO PIPE. SO THE GREEN ONE WITH THE GREEN ONE STILL IRRIGATION PIPE. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT GRAY. NO. BUT HE SAID THAT THAT WAS. THAT'S NOT. HOW DID YOU GET THE WIRES IN THE PIPE. ELECTRICIAN DID IT. I DID NOT KNOW THE WIRE. ALL THE WIRES BEEN ELIMINATED. OH, THAT. THAT WIRE. THAT'S WHY THERE'S A PICTURE IN THERE THAT SHOWS TIM ROMEX AND EVERYTHING COMING OUT OF THERE. YEAH, HE TOOK ALL THE WATER OUT OF THAT IN THE FIELD. 
          NO, HE DIDN'T DO THAT. HE JUST ELIMINATED EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE ORIGINALLY. IS THERE? HE JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT I'M SAYING. SO THOSE WIRES ARE GOING IN AND THEY'RE HOOKED TO A BREAKER. YES, SIR. IN ORDER TO GET THEM IN A PIPE WHICH ONLY HAS AN OPENING ON EACH END, YOU HAVE TO DISCONNECT THAT WIRE AND RUN IT THROUGH THE CONDUIT. ELECTRICIAN DID THAT. SHOULD YOU NEED A PERMIT FOR THAT, ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO INSIDE THAT METER BOX, THAT'S DISCONNECTING. BREAKERS. DISCONNECTING WIRES, REMOVING WIRES OR RUNNING THAT. HE DIDN'T. HE JUST ELIMINATED WHATEVER WIRES THAT WERE EXPOSED THAT THE ONES THAT. YEAH, HE JUST TOOK THEM OFF. YES. YEAH. THE WIRES THAT WERE SITTING THERE, THERE WAS THE YELLOW WIRES THAT WERE THERE ORIGINALLY COMING OUT OF THERE THAT WAS HOOKED AT THE BREAKERS THERE. 
          THEY'RE SHOWING US MAGISTRATE THE GREEN. THEY THEY TOOK THE ALL THE. YEAH. ALL THAT BLUE IT. 
          YES. CONDUIT OUT THE GREEN, WHICH IS A IRRIGATION PIPE WHICH IS NOT A GREAT ELECTRICAL. THE 
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LARGE GRAY ONE TO THE RIGHT HAS BEEN REMOVED. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S GONE. THEY PUT A NEW GRAY PIPING IN, WHICH WOULD BE A DISCONNECT. THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN POWER DISCONNECT TO RECONNECT IN THERE. SO ALL THAT'S BEEN PULLED OFF IN THE UMBRELLA TUBING, THE METAL WIRING DOWN THERE. THAT ONE'S BEEN REMOVED AT THE BOTTOM. THE TUBE THAT COLUMNS RUN IN. YEAH. 
          EVERYTHING. YEAH. BECAUSE EVERYTHING. ALL THAT OTHER WIRE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT. 
          YEAH. EVERYTHING. YEAH. BUT THAT ALL REQUIRES A PERMIT. ONCE YOU GO INSIDE THAT SERVICE ENTRANCE. 
          YES. YEAH, YEAH. HE JUST ELIMINATED. HE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE WIRES THAT WERE THERE ORIGINALLY. HE'S MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THAT METER FAMILY. YOU NEED A PERMIT FOR THAT? YEAH, I KNOW THAT. BUT HE ELIMINATED ALL THAT MATTER. WHAT? HE ELIMINATED WHAT HE DIDN'T DO. HE'S DOING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THAT METER BOX. ELECTRICAL WIRING. 
          GOTCHA. SO YOU GO FROM IT. YOU GOT TO GET A PERMIT FOR THAT. SO HE INSPECTED. ALL RIGHT. 
          EVERYTHING THAT HE'S TAKEN OFF HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF PROPERLY. ANYTHING TO PUT BACK. PUT BACK. 
          SO WE COULD JUST GO GET A PERMIT FOR THAT THEN. AND JUST HAVE THEM GO IN THERE AND RESPECT THAT. PROPERTY'S NOT IN YOUR NAME. YOU CAN'T DO IT. THAT ELECTRICIAN IS THE ONE THAT DID THE WORK. HE SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT PULLS THE PERMIT. OKAY. WELL, THEN ELECTRICIAN DID IT SO I CAN GET HIM TO. BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PERMIT. I CALLED HIM, I DIDN'T, I CALLED HIM. I DID WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD KNOW IF THERE HAD TO BE A PERMIT PULLED. BECAUSE HE'S A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN. WELL, WHO IS IT? KENNETH. KENNY. STRANGE. I THINK SO. THAT WASN'T THE NAME THAT SHE SAID A LITTLE WHILE AGO. IT SOUNDED LIKE SWAFFORD TO ME. 
          YEAH. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WORKS FOR KENNY STRANGE. KENNY STRANGE SHOULD BE PULLING THE PERMIT. HE'S A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN, BUT THIS GUY'S DOING IT ON THE SIDE FOR HIM. 
          IT'S ILLEGAL. WELL, I CALLED, I CALLED THE COMPANY. OKAY, LET'S LET'S LOOK AT THE REST OF THE PHOTO. OKAY. ANY. AND THEN REPLACE THE STRUCTURE. BACK UP MORE. TIM. PLEASE KEEP GOING. 
          KEEP GOING TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOF. TO THE RIGHT. KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. BACK, BACK, BACK. KEEP GOING. OKAY. AND REPLACE THE WINDOW. SO YOU HAVE TRUSS. THE TRUSSES WERE STILL GOOD SHAPE. ALL THAT DAMAGE THAT THEY PUT NEW FASCIA AND COVERED UP. YEAH OKAY. YES. 
          THAT'S A STRUCTURAL. YES, SIR. ALL THAT STRUCTURAL. YES. YES, SIR. AND PERMITTED. YES. OKAY. 
          YEAH. GO TO THE NEXT ONE. AND THAT'S A THAT'S RUNNING RIGHT IN THE FRONT RIGHT WINDOW. OKAY. SO REPLACE THE WINDOW WHICH THE WINDOW. AND NEXT TWO PHOTOS DOWN TO THAT WINDOW HAS BEEN REPLACED. WHERE THE PLYWOOD IS. YES. OKAY. THAT'S A STRUCTURAL THAT'S A PERMITTED ISSUE. YES. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ELSE? IS THAT IT? YES. YEAH. THAT'S ALL. WELL, LIKE I SAID, BASED ON WHAT THE EXPERTS OVER HERE TELL ME YOU DIDN'T HAVE PERMITS FOR THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN GETTING PERMITS FOR. THAT'S. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S AN APPROPRIATE REPAIR OR NOT, BECAUSE IT WASN'T INSPECTED PURSUANT TO A PERMIT. SO. AND I'M GOING TO GET THE LOAN WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO PURCHASE THE HOUSE. SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DO ALL THAT. A MONTH I CAN PULL MY OWN PERMITS. RIGHT NOW I'M STUCK WHERE I CAN'T PULL ANY PERMITS. WELL, I MEAN, THE. IS YOUR FATHER STILL ALIVE? NO. HE'S DEAD. DID YOU OPEN A PROBATE ESTATE? YES. WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT NOW WITH MISS. SOMERS. MISS. SABBATH. SABBATH? YEAH. SABBATH. WHY DIDN'T SOMEBODY APPEAR AT THE FIRST HEARING? WHAT HEARING? I WAS HERE AT THE FIRST HEARING. I WAS ON THE NINTH. I WAS TOLD BY THAT. WHAT'S HIS NAME? THAT THEY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO COME BY TO CLEAN THE YARD UP, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO COME BY ON THE NINTH TO LOOK AT MY YARD, AND THAT I HAD TO APPEAR TODAY. AND IF MY YARD WAS CLEAN, THEN THERE 
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WOULD BE IT WOULD LOOK BETTER FOR ME IN COURT, FOR MORE TIME TO GET THE PLACE IN MY NAME AND ALL. THE PERMITS ARE BEING ENTERED. WELL, THE LIKE I SAID, THE PROBLEM IS YOU DID A I HAD THAT NOBODY SHOWED UP ON THE NINTH. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT I WAS TOLD? I DIDN'T HAVE TO SHOW UP ON THAT. THERE WAS. AND SOMEBODY COME OUT AT 9:00 AT MY HOUSE ON THE NINTH TO LOOK AT MY PROPERTY. I IMAGINE ALL THESE FOLKS WERE IN HERE ON THE NIGHT, BUT SO DID YOU POST YOUR APPEARANCE HERE? I WAS NO OKAY. NO. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT MY PROPERTY ON THE NIGHT THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE A HEARING UNTIL TODAY. I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO RIGHT. THIS THIS IS A THIS IS A REPEAT VIOLATION, RIGHT? YES. FOR EVERYTHING BUT THE STRUCTURE, I BELIEVE. OKAY. 
          STRUCTURE? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. TWO PRIOR VIOLATIONS. MA'AM. THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU'VE HAD TWO PRIOR VIOLATIONS. NOBODY SHOWED UP AT THE LAST HEARING. SO THIS IS NUMBER THREE. YOU MADE MODIFICATIONS, NUMEROUS MODIFICATIONS, AND INCLUDING ELECTRICAL STUFF. 
          THAT'S. THAT'S THE SCARY PART OF IT. I THINK WITHOUT A PERMIT. AND NOW WE'VE GOT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MONTH TO DO SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT BUYING THE HOUSE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LONG PAST THAT STAGE. WE'RE LONG PAST THAT STAGE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1734 BUCHANAN STREET IN SOUTHPORT, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE THAT A PREVIOUS ORDER WAS ENTERED ON. JULY THE 9TH. FINDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO BE THE TOPIC OF TWO PREVIOUS CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS, AND THIS ONE BEING THE THIRD. MAKING IT A REPEAT OFFENDER. PROPERTY THAT MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE HOUSE AT THE PRESENT TIME THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH CODE AND OR WERE MADE WITHOUT ADEQUATE OR APPROPRIATE PERMITTING PRIOR TO THEIR BEING MADE. THAT THE ORIGINAL ORDER OF JULY THE 9TH. GAVE THE RESPONDENT ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, AND THE RESPONDENT HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THAT ORDER. THEREFORE, THE COUNTY, THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF OR A CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY, IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PROPERTY AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER. THAT THE COST OF SUCH ABATEMENT, AS WELL AS THE FINES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THE ORDER OF JULY THE 9TH, WILL ALL BECOME LIENS UPON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT IN BAY COUNTY. 
          WHEN WOULD Y'ALL DO A. INSPECTION ON THIS? I WILL DEFER THAT TO INSPECTOR COURT BECAUSE THIS WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ASBESTOS SURVEY DONE PRIOR TO PRE BIDS. OKAY. IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE PRE BID ON. PRIOR. IT'S NECESSARY WITHIN 5 TO 7 DAYS. SO THERE'S THE 
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POSSIBILITY THAT THIS COULD BE PRE BID. I APOLOGIZE BY AUGUST THE 27TH. THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. 
          WHAT. WHAT WAS YOU WANTING TO SAY. WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IF EVERYTHING DOESN'T WORK OUT AND IT HAS TO BE DEMOLITION. CAN I DO IT MYSELF WITHOUT HAVING THEM DEMOLITION IT? BECAUSE MY OLD MAN IS HAS THE ABILITY TO DEMOLISH IT DOWN? BECAUSE WE WAS GOING TO MAYBE PUT A DOUBLE WIDE THERE. YOU GOT TO HAVE A PERMIT NOW YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW. RIGHT? RIGHT. PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO YOU KNOW, THE. YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET ON THE STATE AND GET THE DEMOLITION PERMIT. YES, I'M GOING TO I GOT TO GET IT IN MY NAME FIRST. OKAY. WELL IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO A QUITCLAIM DEED AND GET IT IN YOUR NAME. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL SATISFY THEM OR NOT, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S A MORTGAGE OUT THERE I ASSUME IS THERE. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BANK AND THIS SAID SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT FORECLOSURE. RIGHT? I HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER. ME AND HIM GOING TO THE BANK. HE'S GOING TO COSIGN. WE'RE GOING TO GET IT IN MY NAME. THAT'S THAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND THE BANK. BUT. 
          RIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT DEMO PERMIT PRETTY QUICK BECAUSE HE SAID WHAT THE 27TH FOR. BID 27. SO THAT AIN'T FAR OFF. SO THAT'S IN PLACE. YEAH. YOU NEED YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET ON THE STICK TO DO IT. BUT. YOU KNOW I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF MISS SMITH CAN GET THE COURT TO. APPOINT YOU THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE IN TIME TO ALLOW YOU TO PULL A PERMIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE RESOLVED THAT WAY, BUT. THERE'S NOT ANY TIME TO LET THE GRASS GROW UNDER YOUR FEET BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS MOVING ON. AND HOPEFULLY NOBODY WILL GET HURT BY THE, THE MODIFICATIONS OR WHATEVER. BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, THEY'RE MOVING ON. THEY'RE GOING THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR INSPECTION AND EVERYTHING ON THE 27TH. SO YOU NEED TO MOVE ON. IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO GET A PERMIT BY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THAT INSPECTION OF WHAT THE, THE PREMISES THEY GET, THEY GET SOMEBODY TO COME OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT AND BID ON TEARING IT DOWN. OKAY. SO YOU KNOW, OKAY, THE COUNTY CAN TEAR IT DOWN. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY GET A BETTER PRICE ON DEMOLITION WORK. SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT NOT. THEY HAVE TO DO AN ASBESTOS INSPECTION AND THAT'S THAT COST A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LET THEM TEAR IT DOWN. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S UP TO YOU. OKAY. I'LL TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT. YOU CAN TALK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CHECK INTO SOME THINGS AND SEE ABOUT HOW LONG THINGS MIGHT TAKE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU CHECK WITH THEM AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET A BID. SO. THE 20, DO THEY GIVE THEM TO YOU PRETTY QUICK? NO, SIR. THERE'S A SIX DAY GRACE PERIOD THAT WE ALLOW WITH LABOR DAY BEING THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. THOSE BIDS WILL PROBABLY BE DUE SEPTEMBER THE 3RD. THERE AGAIN, WORK WOULD NOT START UNTIL ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 15TH REGARDLESS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE WINDOW THERE. BUT LIKE I SAID, DON'T LET THE GRASS GROW UNDER YOUR FEET BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO MOVE ON. THE TRAIN'S COMING DOWN THE TRACK. YES, SIR. OKEY DOKE. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM E9104. NORTH SILVER LAKE IS PRESENT. ARE A REPRESENTATIVE OF. AVENUE MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORPE, BUILD INSPECTOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. THIS CASE BEFORE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IN BAY COUNTY ON JULY 16TH, 2025 WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702 AND FORM AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. RESPONDENT'S ATTORNEY, MISS SMALLWOOD, DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THIS STRUCTURE WAS BUILT UP ON PRETTY MUCH ALMOST THE COUNTY LINE OF SILVER LAKE BACK THERE IN FOUNTAIN. UNPERMITTED PROPERTY HAS CHANGED HANDS SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE COURSE. WHAT AN ACCESSORY. AND A CHICKEN COOP AND ANOTHER TWO LITTLE ACCESSORIES. CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AND WHATNOT. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE 
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RESPONDENT HAVE 15 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER BY MAKING THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE AND ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE INTERIOR STAIRWELL, AND THAT THE SECOND FLOOR STORY DECK IS TO HAVE RAILINGS PUT AROUND IT. COPY ORDER IS INTRODUCED EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED AS CASE FILE. ON JULY 29TH, AN EMAIL WAS RECEIVED FROM MISS SMALLWOOD, THE REPRESENTATIVE ATTORNEY, STATING THAT MR. WILSON HAS CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL BE REMOVING UNPERMITTED PERMITTED STRUCTURE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COVERED BREEZEWAY WHICH HE WISHES TO KEEP IN PLACE IF POSSIBLE. THE STAIRS THAT HAVE WERE CONCERNED HAVE BEEN REMOVED, AND THE TOTALITY TO AVOID ACCESS TO THE UPPER FLOOR PENDING ITS DEMOLITION THIS WEEKEND. ADDITIONALLY, ALL THE EXCESSIVE BUILDING MATERIALS AND DEMOLISHED PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE WILL BE REMOVED THIS WEEKEND WITH THE INTENTION OF PROVIDING ME AN UPDATE. PHOTOS OF THE WORK DONE NEXT WEEK. ON JULY 30TH, FIRST INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE STAIRWELL HAD BEEN REMOVED TO MAKE THE SECOND STORY INACCESSIBLE. HOWEVER, THE SECOND STORY DECK DID NOT HAVE RAILINGS AROUND IT, WHICH IS THERE, AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE LADDERS ON SITE. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET UP THERE. ON AUGUST 5TH. I'LL GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. WE'LL CONTINUE THESE PHOTOS. THAT'S IT. COUPLE MORE, SEVERAL MORE. 
          ARE THESE BACK UP FOR THE UPRIGHT POST? ARE THEY ARE THEY STRAIGHT? SOME OF THEM LOOK AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST THE ANGLE OF THE CAMERA, BUT SOME OF THEM LOOK LIKE THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT THOSE TREATIES. NO OKAY. THEY'RE NOT PLUMB. YEAH I DON'T MR. WILSON DIDN'T CONSTRUCT IT. BUT WHO WHO DID IN THE PAST, ON AUGUST 5TH, AN EMAIL WAS SENT TO MISS SMALLWOOD STATING THAT THE FOLLOWING A SITE VISIT AND. CONSULTATION WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIALS WERE DETERMINED THAT ALL REMAINING STRUCTURES ON MR. WILSON'S PROPERTY MUST BE REMOVED IN FULL. IN PARTICULAR, ANY STRUCTURES EXCEEDING A TEN BY 12 120FT■!S INTACT REQUIRES STAMPED DESIGN PLANS AND DRAWINGS PREPARED BY PREPARED BY A LICENSED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL, AS WELL AS A VALID BUILDING PERMIT. TO REMAIN IN PLACE, PLEASE ARRANGE FOR THE COMPLETE REMOVAL OF ANY UNAUTHORIZED STRUCTURE. IF YOU PLAN TO LEAVE ANYTHING ON THE PROPERTY THE THAT EXCEEDS THE SIZE LIMIT, YOU'LL NEED TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION AND PERMIT APPLICATION PROMPTLY. ON THE SAME DAY, MISS SMALLWOOD RESPONDED WITH IN THIS REGARDS AND MY CLIENT INFORMED ME THAT THEY SIMPLY RAN OUT OF TIME TO REMOVE TO REMOVE IT AS ALL AND WELL THERE AND BUT INTEND TO REMEDY THE MATTERS IN TOTAL BEFORE THE HEARING DATE AS EXPLAINED, SINCE THEY HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BUILDING OF A STRUCTURE THAT REQUIRES PERMITS TO BE ISSUED, THE INTENTION IS TO REMOVE THE ISSUE AS REQUESTED BY THE COUNTY WITHIN THE GIVEN TIME FRAME. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WEEKEND'S WEATHER HAMPERED FURTHER PROGRESS WITHIN THE MIDDAY DEADLINE SET FOR REMOVAL OF THE STAIRS AND UPPER STRUCTURE. SO WITH THAT BEING THE COURSE OF ACTION TO BE TAKEN, I KINDLY ASK THAT YOU CONFIRM THAT MY CLIENT WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S DIRECTIVE BY COMPLETELY REMOVING THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO BE REMOVED COMPLETELY DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. IF THERE IS ANY ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED, PLEASE ADVISE. COPY OF NOTICE. HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE COUNTY PROPERTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 31ST, 2025, AND ON JULY 8TH THE INSPECTION WAS DONE. THE UPPER PORTION HAS BEEN REMOVED, HOWEVER, THE FLOORING AND UPRIGHTS ARE STILL THERE, ALONG WITH THE ADDITION ON THE BACK. THERE'S FRONT VIEW AND THIS ACCESSORY THAT HAS A KIND OF WARPED ROOF THERE, AND THEN THE CHICKEN COOP AND STUFF IN THE BACK. HOWEVER, MOST OF THE MATERIALS FROM THE SECOND STORY WERE BEING BURIED TO THE LEFT OF THE PROPERTY. THAT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATE NO. IT SHOULD BE HAULED OFF IN A DUMPSTER AND THE BUILDING MATERIALS ARE STILL THERE. AS OF THIS DATE. NO HEARING OR OF THE HEARING. NO ENGINEERING APPLICATION FOR DEMO PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO THE DEMO WAS DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT TO WRITE. AND MR. MCDERMOTT HERE WITH THE LICENSED TRADES INVESTIGATOR CAN ELABORATE ON THAT. HE'S ALSO A PERMIT TECH. SO HE'S ALSO A PERMIT TECH OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PERMITTING WHAT. BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN AS FAR AS TEARING DOWN AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE, WHAT VIOLATIONS OCCURRED THERE? THE DEMO. WELL, THEY DEFINITELY NEED A DEMO PERMIT TO DEMOLITION ANYTHING ON THE PROPERTY. AND THEN THE PART THAT'S LEFT, IT SAYS IT WAS UNPERMITTED. IT NEEDS TO BE PERMITTED IF THEY INTEND TO KEEP THE BOTTOM HALF THERE, THAT THAT STRUCTURE WOULD HAVE TO BE PERMITTED IN ORDER 
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FOR IT TO STAY. AND IT'S LARGE ENOUGH. AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD NEED ENGINEERED STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS WHICH I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED IN. EXCUSE ME, WHAT IS HERE? OH. I'M SORRY. COME ON UP. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE. THAT'S OKAY, THAT'S OKAY. SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO BLEND IN. 
          EVERYTHING THAT THE INVESTIGATOR HAS INFORMED YOU IS CORRECT. YOUR HONOR, MY CLIENT MADE INROADS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT HE HAS NOT COMPLETED IT. NOW THAT I'VE HEARD YOU ARTICULATE THE NEED FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN COORDINATE WITH HIM. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A DUMPSTER WILL BE DELIVERED IN THE NEXT WEEK. I SPOKE WITH MY CLIENT THIS MORNING. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT EVEN THOUGH HE HAD MADE INROADS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT MORE THAN LIKELY THERE WOULD BE A ORDER ENTERED PROVIDING A DEADLINE FOR THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS THIS. BUT EQUALLY, AS YOU'VE EXPLAINED TO THE TWO PRIOR OWNERS THAT HAVE APPEARED BEFORE YOU, THOSE TWO LANES CAN RUN IN TANDEM AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IN COMPLIANCE BEFORE THE COUNTY NEEDS TO INCUR ANY, ANY EXPENSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER, AT LEAST IN, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS, THE MEDIA CONCERNS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED LATE IN LAST MONTH WERE ADDRESSED TO PREVENT ANY, ANY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, CLIMBING UP AND FALLING OVER. THERE IS NO PLUMBING OR ELECTRICAL TO ANY OF THIS HERE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY REMOVAL OF MATERIALS. BUT AGAIN, I WILL INFORM MY CLIENT OF THE NEED TO GET RIGHT WITH THE DEMOLITION PERMIT. AND HOPEFULLY ONCE I KNOW THAT THE PERMIT IS IN PLACE AND THAT THE DUMPSTER IS THERE, I CAN COORDINATE WITH THE GENTLEMAN HERE FROM THE COUNTY AND HOPEFULLY AVOID THE NEED FOR FURTHER INTERVENTION FROM YOUR HONOR, MR. THORPE, IN LOOKING AT THIS, THE END, WITH THE ROOF REMAINING. YES, SIR. IS THAT. IT'S KIND OF WARPED. YES. OKAY. IT'S COMING DOWN. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S ALL COMING DOWN. I'M. YOU KNOW, WHOEVER BUILT IT DIDN'T DO THE GREATEST JOB. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY TEARING IT DOWN. YEAH. WHEN I SEE THINGS LIKE THAT, THOUGH, IT CONCERNS ME THAT. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT. I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT OR AN ENGINEER, SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING AS TO, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT IS DOING A DEMOLITION, THAT IT DOESN'T FALL ON THEM. I MEAN, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THEY DO BRING A BIG ENOUGH EXCAVATOR. THEY GET CLOSE ENOUGH, THEY CAN JUST HIT IT AND KNOCK IT DOWN. YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS PART OF WHAT HE EXPLAINED THAT THEY NEED OTHER EQUIPMENT TO DO SOME. THERE WAS SOME KIND OF PIECE OF EQUIPMENT UP THERE BECAUSE IT WAS BIG. THERE WAS BIG TIRE TRACKS. I THINK THEY HAD LIKE A VARIABLE REACH FORKLIFT TYPE ITEM. THEY PROBABLY RENTED FROM SUNBELT OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THOSE TRACKS ALL OVER THE PLACE. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT, I LIKE I SAID, I WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ISSUE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. THIS THIS STRUCTURE HAS HAD A. I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT A CHECKERED PAST BEING OWNED BY A GAZILLION DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, AND BEING CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT ANY PERMITS WHATSOEVER. SO THAT THAT CONCERNS ME. BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD AND SEEN IN THE FORM OF THE EXHIBITS, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, BAY COUNTY, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, AND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN AN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE MATTERS OF CONCERN IN THE INITIAL ORDER, AND THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN COMPLIANCE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO I'M GOING TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF OR ANY OTHER CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER UPON THE PROPERTY AND ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY FIND TO EXIST AT THE TIME OF THEIR ENTRY. THE COST RELATED TO SUCH ABATEMENT, AS WELL AS ANY FINES PREVIOUSLY IMPOSED IN THIS MATTER, WILL BE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT IN BAY COUNTY. AGAIN, 
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AS YOU'VE HEARD SITTING HERE, THERE'S A. A DELAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCESS. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO I WANT TO KNOW THOSE DATES SO THAT I CAN MAKE SURE THAT 27TH, 27TH IS PRE BIDS. 
          OKAY. START WORK DATE WOULD BE ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER THE 15TH. SO IF IT'S NOT 100% CLEAN BY SEPTEMBER 14TH AT MIDNIGHT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A CONTRACT SHOWING UP ON THE 15TH. WELL I'M GOING TO INFORM MY CLIENT THAT IT'S THE 27TH THAT THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR. HE NEEDS TO GET SOME SOME DEMO EQUIPMENT WITH A DEMO PERMIT AND GET THE REST OF IT DOWN. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. THAT CONCLUDES MY BUSINESS. YES, MA'AM. YOU'RE FREE TO GO. YOU CAN STAY IF YOU WANT TO, BUT. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD ONE. YOU TOO. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM F2628 LOWRY AVENUE, LOT B. IT'S ALSO A COMPLIANCE HEARING FOR INSPECTOR SCOTT THORPE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORPE AGAIN. BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON JULY 9TH, 2025. IT WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE MOBILE HOME. THE RESIDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE A FOLLOW UP BUILD INSPECTION. THE OCCUPYING RESIDENT THAT WAS THERE, IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAD A DOOR OUT THERE, BUT IT WAS A HOUSE DOOR AND THEY BROUGHT I BROUGHT THE CODE BACK SHOWING IT COULDN'T BE INSTALLED. HE BROUGHT ME IN TO SHOW ME WHAT HE WAS GOING TO TEAR APART. MOST OF THE FLOORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED OR PULLED OUT. NO, NO FIRE ALARMS IN THERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT ORIGINAL FLOORING HAD BEEN RIPPED OUT AND REPLACED WITH OSB AND SOME OTHER ITEMS. THE MECHANICALS HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT. MOST OF THE FRONT WALL WAS ROTTED OUT AND ELECTRICAL PULLED OUT OF THE CEILING. THE METRIC ORDERED TO RESPOND TO HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $1,000 WILL BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTANTLY LEAN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED IN EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON AUGUST 6TH, THE PROPERTY OWNER, ANTHONY WRIGHT, CALLED THE OFFICE ASKING IF THE MOBILE HOME WAS BEING DEMOLISHED. IF YOU DO REMEMBER, MAGISTRATE, WE DID DEMOLISH THE OTHER TWO, WHICH ARE C AND D THAT WERE ON THERE. I BELIEVE IT IS THE ONE THAT WAS BEHIND HIS AND THE ONE TO THE RIGHT. OUR COMPANY, BREAKING GROUND, REMOVED THOSE AND HE CALLED ON THAT DAY AND THEY WERE REMOVING IT. THE OTHER MOBILE HOMES ARE BEING DEMOLISHED ON THAT DAY. THAT'S WHY HE CALLED. IT WAS STATED AT THIS. HIS WAS NOT BEING DEMOLISHED AT THIS TIME. HE WAS VERBALLY REMINDED OF THE HEARING SCHEDULED AUGUST 13TH, 2025 AT 1:00 PM. HE IS HERE TODAY WITH THE PARK MANAGER. HOWEVER, A ON AUGUST 8TH REINSPECTION WAS DONE. THEY DID INSTALL THAT DOOR WHICH WAS NOT APPLICABLE. SIDING STILL MESSED UP AND THERE STILL IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS IN THE FRONT, BACK AND ON THAT LITTLE CORNER BACK THERE WHERE THAT WINDOW IS IN THE BACK, WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING ON PUTTING THAT VINYL WINDOW. COPY OF NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 31ST, 2025. THE RE-INSPECTION ON AUGUST 8TH DETERMINED THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AS THIS HEARING DATE, NO ENGINEERING OR APPLICATION FOR PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME I WAS ABLE TO TALK WITH THE SAID PROPERTY OWNER OR A SAID MOBILE HOME OWNER HAVE HAD NO CONTACT WITH THE ACTUAL LANDOWNER OWNER. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHO'S HERE ON BEHALF OF HIM? COME ON UP. IF YOU WOULD TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS, 2309 LAUREL AVENUE. NUMBER FOUR. OKAY. AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ANTHONY. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. WRIGHT, WHAT DO YOU WISH US TO KNOW? I MOVED THERE IN. FEBRUARY, ABOUT FEBRUARY 15TH TO OF 25. YES. OKAY. TO MAKE REPAIRS ON MY 
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TRAILER. OKAY. IN THE MEANTIME, IT WAS VACANT. A SQUATTER BROKE IN AND TOOK OVER. HE. HE WAS IN THERE AND HE TOOK THE FRONT DOOR OFF, AND I HAD A I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW FRONT DOOR FOR IT, WHICH WAS IN THE HOUSE LEANING AGAINST THE WALL, AND I WAS GOING TO GET A PERMIT TO HAVE THAT INSTALLED. BUT WHEN HE TOOK THAT FRONT DOOR OFF, THAT'S WHEN CODE NOTICED AND CAME IN AND TALKED TO HIM, AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS THE NEW OWNER AND CODE WANTED TO INSPECT. AND HE SAID, GO AHEAD AND INSPECT. SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN HE BROKE IN THERE, HE FOUND THE TITLE TO MY TRAILER AND HE FORGED MY NAME ON IT AND SAID THAT I, THE SELLER, MUST ENTER SELLING PRICE. HE WROTE ON THERE A GIFT. SO WITH MY NEW LANDLORD, SHE HELPED ME WITH THE EVICTION PROCESS AND HE WAS GOING TO CONTEST IT. AND HE WENT TO THE COURTHOUSE AND THEY TOOK A COPY OF THE TITLE THAT HE FORGED. AND THEN HE SHOWED THIS TO CODE, AND CODE SAID, WELL, YOU'RE THE OWNER. WE WANT TO COME IN, INSPECT IN WHICH THEY DID. THAT'S WHEN THEY FOUND ALL THE VIOLATIONS IN THAT INSPECTION DATE. MAGISTRATE. AND NOR DID MR. BURNING OIL THERE. OKAY. BUT HE DID TELL ME HE HAD THE TITLE, BUT HE COULDN'T FIND IT AT THE MOMENT. OKAY, OKAY. SO THEY POINTED OUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS WRONG AND HE MADE ALL THE CORRECTIONS WITHOUT A PERMIT. AND IN THIS TIME IT TOOK LIKE THREE, THREE MONTHS TO PROCESS THE EVICTION. SO AFTER HE WAS EVICTED, THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT OF THIS HEARING. AND SO. I HAVE A TIMELINE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED. I HAVE THE EVICTION NOTICE AND. LET'S SEE. OH, AND THEN HE FILED AN EMERGENCY STAY. AND THAT'S WHEN HE NEVER SHOWED FOR COURT. AND SO AFTER ALL THAT, HE STOLE ALL MY PROPERTY OUT OF THE TRAILER. I HAD A BUNCH OF BRAND NEW BIKES THAT I RIDE BECAUSE I CAN'T DRIVE. I'M BLIND IN MY LEFT EYE. AND SO I COLLECTED NEW BIKES FROM WALMAR. AND BECAUSE OF HIM STEALING ALL OF MY BIKES, MY FURNITURE, MY CLOTHING, I GOT A. INVESTIGATOR AND TOMMY OR. JOSEPH HERRING, AND HE'S INVESTIGATING HIS WHEREABOUTS AND THE FORGERY AND THE FRAUD, AND HE'S GOING TO GO TO A STATE JUDGE AND GET A WARRANT. LUCKILY, I HAD ABOUT EIGHT BICYCLES WITH THE RECEIPTS, AND THOSE HAVE THE SERIAL NUMBERS ON THE BIKES, SO THAT'LL GIVE HIM A SEARCH WARRANT TO GO IN AND LOOK FOR MY PROPERTY. HE JUST MOVED DOWN THE END OF HOUSTON. I FOUND THAT OUT. SO THAT'S IN THE WORKS I HAVE. I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM YET, BUT I'M GOING TO CALL HIM AND TELL HIM THAT I WENT TO COURT TODAY AND UPDATE HIM AND HE'LL HE'LL UPDATE ME ON HIS PROGRESS. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH. WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW. OR WHAT YOUR INVESTIGATOR TOLD YOU, BUT THE COURT'S NOT GOING TO GIVE HIM A SEARCH WARRANT. THEY MIGHT GIVE POLICE A SEARCH WARRANT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR A SEARCH WARRANT. WELL. LET'S SEE. OH, HE'S A DETECTIVE. DID I SAY PRIVATE OR PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR? I MEANT DETECTIVE, OKAY. AND WHO DOES HE WORK FOR? THE BAY COUNTY SHERIFF. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. NOW WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. OKAY? I GET IT MIXED UP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO IF I'M HEARING YOU RIGHT, THIS GUY BROKE INTO YOUR HOUSE, FOUND THE TITLE, PUT IT IN HIS OWN. HAS HE IS IT STILL 
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IN HIS NAME, OR HAVE YOU GOTTEN IT? NO, I HAVE A DUPLICATE. I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. OKAY. DID HE TRY TO RECORD THE THING AND GET IT PUT IN HIS NAME? YEAH, I GOT A COPY OF THE TITLE THAT HE FORGED. HE SHOWED THAT TO THE JUDGE ON THE EVICTION. OKAY, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S GIVEN IT TO DHS, MV OR ANYBODY LIKE THAT TO PUT THE TITLE TO THE. NO, NO, HE HASN'T TRIED TO TRANSFER THE TITLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST I'M TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING STRAIGHT HERE. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DID PUT THAT DOOR IN THERE. HE DID. HE TOOK THE ORIGINAL DOOR THAT HE TOOK OFF AND INSTALLED IT BACKWARDS. SO NOW IT OPENS FROM THE OTHER SIDE INSTEAD OF FROM THE LEFT SIDE. IT USED TO OPEN. OKAY, SO HE PUT THAT IN THERE. NOT YOU. NO, NO, HE DID THAT. HE DID. HE PUT THE PLYWOOD DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND MADE OTHER REPAIRS WITHOUT A PERMIT. OKAY. AND HAS THIS THE DOOR THAT YOU HAD BOUGHT. PARDON. IS THIS THE DOOR YOU BOUGHT? YES. BRAND NEW FROM HOME DEPOT. OKAY. WELL, WHEN YOU REPAIR A. MOBILE HOME, YOU'VE GOT TO USE A MOBILE HOME DOOR AND YOU'VE GOT TO USE EVERYTHING. THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL, YOU KNOW, ORIGINAL KIND OF FURNISHINGS AND EVERYTHING. THE BECAUSE MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT USED TO ALL OF THAT WEIGHT. AND SO IF, IF YOU BUILD A HOUSE AND YOU USE TWO BY FOURS, THEY MIGHT USE TWO BY THREES IN A THIS THING AND THEY MIGHT USE THINNER SHEETROCK AND ALL OF THAT OTHER SORT OF STUFF. SO YOU REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE DONE IN A CERTAIN WAY. CAN I, CAN I INTERRUPT. 
          PARDON. CAN I INTERRUPT YOU. MAY I WENT TO HOME DEPOT AND HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO INSTALL THE DOOR, AND IT WAS GOING TO TAKE LIKE THREE WEEKS BEFORE THEY COULD DO IT. AND WHEN THEY WENT THERE, JOHNNY STALLINGS, THE SQUATTER, SENT THEM AWAY. AND SO THEY COULDN'T DO IT, DO THE WORK. 
          WELL, EVEN EVEN PEOPLE THAT WORK ON MOBILE HOMES HAVE GOT TO BE CERTIFIED IN A CERTAIN WAY. YES. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WHOEVER HOME DEPOT SENT OUT THERE WAS CERTIFIED APPROPRIATELY OR NOT. WELL, YEAH. SEE, THEY SUPPLY THE BUILDING PERMIT. HOME DEPOT DOES. OKAY. WELL. SO LET ME. WHAT WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO HERE TODAY? WELL, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WHERE THEY TORE THE OTHER TWO PROPERTIES DOWN, TWO MOBILE HOMES DOWN, I ASSUME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CLEAR OUT THE WHOLE PARK. SO I PUT IT ON THE MARKET, AND I'M TRYING TO SELL IT. AND LIKE CRAIGSLIST. AND IT MUST BE MOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. 
          THAT'S THE SELLING POINT. THAT'S IT CAN'T BE. I CAN'T LEAVE IT THERE. IT'S GOT TO BE MOVED OFF THE PROPERTY. AND UNTIL THEN, I NEED SOME TIME TO GET IT SOLD AND GET IT MOVED OUT OF THERE. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE THAT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT MOVED THE MOBILE HOME, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS THING AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, I WOULDN'T MOVE THAT THING ON THE HIGHWAY, I'M AFRAID. AND SO THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVING IT. RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE'S THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH DOT AND PERMITS. THEY DO A PRE MOVING INSPECTION. THE LEGITIMATE MOVERS DO THAT. YOU KNOW IT'S SO WHEN THERE'S DAMAGE INCURRED THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT ONCE IT'S HOOKED UP. SO IF ANYTHING FALLS APART IN THE ROAD THEY GET FINED FOR IT. SO THEY TRY NOT TO MOVE ANYTHING THAT IS DILAPIDATED. WHAT PLANS DO YOU HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THAT LOT? DO YOU OWN THE LOT OR DO YOU PROPERTY OWNERS RIGHT THERE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO DO YOU PLAN ON PUTTING A NEW MOBILE HOME IN THERE OR WHAT. NO, NO, I JUST WANT TO MOVE THAT OUT BECAUSE I'M LIMITED ON 2309 NOW. OKAY. SO I JUST WANT OUT OF IT COMPLETELY. I JUST WANT TO SELL IT AND HAVE THEM MOVE IT TO WHEREVER THEY WANT TO. WELL, YOU 
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KNOW, BASED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN, YOUR CHANCES OF SELLING IT ARE PRETTY SLIM, I THINK. THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO SELL IT FOR 5000. IF YOU GET $5,000, YOU'LL BE ONE LUCKY RASCAL. I MIGHT HAVE TO GIVE IT AWAY. YES, OR YOU MIGHT. YES, SIR. COME ON UP. SURE. TELL US YOUR NAME AND. AND A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. YES, SIR. THAT'S RICK CLOP, CLOP. MAILING ADDRESS. P.O. BOX 1931, BLAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA 30514. WE ARE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR THIS MOBILE HOME PARK. OKAY. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH MR. RIGHT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON THE PHONE, AND HE DID INFORM ME THAT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES GOING ON IN HIS DELAYED HIS MAKING THE REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE TITLE ISSUANCE, THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT EITHER FOR DEMOLISHMENT OR REPAIRS WITHOUT THE TITLE BEING IN HIS NAME. HE IS NOW TAKING CARE OF THAT ISSUE. HE IS ATTEMPTING TO SELL THE MOBILE HOME TO MOVE IT OFF THE LOT. HE'S INFORMED ME THAT IF THAT HASN'T HAPPENED WITHIN 30 DAYS, THAT HE WILL APPROACH THE COUNTY FOR A PERMIT FOR ONE OF THOSE TWO THINGS. NOW THAT HE HAS A TITLE IN HIS NAME. IS THAT CORRECT? THIS IS THE TITLE. IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? MR. IT'S UP TO DATE. YES, YES. THANK YOU. SO IT'S BACK IN YOUR NAME NOW? YES. OKAY. IT'S NOT BACK IN YOUR NAME BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER OUT OF YOUR NAME. YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE WAS A SQUATTER IN THERE AND YOU KNOW, THAT COMPLICATES THE PICTURE. IT DOES COMPLICATE THE SITUATION. AND IT'S. IT CAUSES ME CONCERN THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING IN THERE. CORRECT. I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY FALLING THROUGH THE FLOOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OR, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE IS IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE. IS THE PROPERTY SECURED AT THIS POINT? IT'S ALL SECURED NOW. THE DOOR HAS A DEADBOLT ON IT AND THE BACK DOOR IS LOCKED. IN THE MEANTIME, WILL YOU MAKE AN EFFORT TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY AROUND THE MOBILE HOME? YEAH. CAN I ADD THAT WHEN THEY TORE DOWN THE TRAILER BEHIND ME, THEY THEY THREW ALL THAT JUNK BACK THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS CLEAN BEFORE, SO I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP. BUT, SIR, THE PROBLEM WITH THE PREVIOUS TWO MOBILE HOMES IS THEY WERE NEVER IN POSSESSION OF THEIR TITLE, WHICH DID NOT ALLOW THEM TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR DEMOLISHMENT OR REPAIR. MR. RIGHT NOW HAS THE TITLE IN HIS NAME. WE'LL BE DOING THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS. IF HE DOES NOT HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SALE OF THE MOBILE HOME. I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT 30 DAYS. I'M GIVING HIM TIME TO SELL IT. AND I AGREE WITH YOU, 5000 WOULD BE A WINDFALL. BUT LIKE YOU SAID, YOU MAY HAVE TO GIVE THAT AWAY OR MAY HAVE IT MOVED. BUT IN THE EVENT IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, ARE YOU PREPARED WITH FROM 30 DAYS TO APPROACH THE COUNTY FOR A PERMIT? SURE, YES. WHEN IS YOUR NEXT DATE? AFTER THE 27TH. DO YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE SET UP YET? IN OCTOBER IT WOULD BE THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER OR EXCUSE ME, SEPTEMBER. PRETTY GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT HE'S GETTING BASED OFF OF YOUR ORDER REGARDLESS, TODAY HE'S GETTING UNTIL ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER THE 15TH BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING. AND IN FACT, IT STILL HAS TO CONDUCT AN ASBESTOS INSPECTION ON THIS MOBILE HOME. IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE PRE BID ON THE 27TH. DEPENDS ON THE ASBESTOS COMPANY, BUT IF IT IS HE WILL STILL HAVE UNTIL ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER THE 15TH TO DO SOMETHING BASED OFF WHAT YOU ORDERED TODAY. OKAY. DUE TO THE APPEAL PROCESS. SIR. YES. 
          ONE ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION, MAYBE TO CLARIFY THIS FOR MR. WRIGHT, IF HE WERE TO APPROACH THE COUNTY AND OBTAIN A PERMIT AT THIS TIME, SAY, WITH BEFORE THE AUGUST 27TH DATE, WOULD THAT ALLOW HIM SUFFICIENT TIME AFTER THAT TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AND OR THE FURTHER DEMOLISHMENT EXCEEDING THE SEPTEMBER 15TH DATE? THE DEMOLITION? AND CORRECT ME IF I SAY ANYTHING WRONG, BY ALL MEANS, THE DEMOLITION PERMIT IS GOING TO GIVE HIM A SIX MONTH WINDOW BECAUSE THE PERMIT STAYS GOOD FOR SIX MONTHS. THAT THAT'S THAT. BUT THE. THE LIABILITY IS 
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STILL THERE FOR HIM. HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE. LIKE MR. JUSTICE WAS SAYING. MY ORDER TODAY. IF I SAY ALL RIGHT GUYS, TEAR IT DOWN. IT'S GOING TO TAKE UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE 15TH TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. SO HE MIGHT WANT TO WAIT INSTEAD OF I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH A BUILDING, I MEAN, A DEMOLITION PERMIT COST, BUT HE MIGHT WANT TO WAIT UNTIL CLOSER TO SEPTEMBER THE 15TH TO DO THAT AND SEE IF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO HAVE ANYBODY KNOCKING DOWN HIS DOOR TO, TO BUY IT. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'LL GIVE HIM SOME TIME TO SEE HOW THIS THING IS GOING AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN. HE CAN CALL MR. JUSTICE HERE AT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SAY, HEY, THINGS ARE NOT MOVING THE WAY I THOUGHT THEY WERE. Y'ALL TEAR IT DOWN. DO YOU APPROACH YOUR OFFICER? HE WILL APPROACH INSPECTOR FOR EXCUSE FOR THE FOR THE DEMO PERMIT. NO, HE WILL GO TO THE COUNTY BUILDING SERVICE. OKAY, SO. SO WHAT? WHAT THE MAGISTRATE IS SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE UNTIL PROBABLY THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER TO TRY TO MAKE A SALE, RIGHT? IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN PRIOR TO THE 15TH, YOU WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT. OKAY. NOW, IS THAT A DEMOLITION PERMIT? DEMOLITION OR REPAIR? REPAIR. OKAY. WELL, NOW LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A REPAIR THING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SUBMITTING ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THAT PARTICULAR MODEL. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, SIR. YEAH, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED WITH A MOBILE HOME TO REPAIR THEM. YOU'VE GOT TO YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE ORIGINAL SPECS FOR THAT THING. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE ALL OF THE. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ORIGINAL SPECS AND YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT HIM TO THROW GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD COULD MR. RIGHT. IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, SIR, I THINK WHAT HE IS SAYING IS THAT FOR YOU TO OBTAIN A REPAIR PERMIT, MAYBE EITHER BOTH COST PROHIBITIVE AND YOU HAVE TO GET SPECIFICATIONS WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT EVEN BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. SO WHAT WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THAT BY THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, IF YOU HAVE NOT MADE A SALE OF THIS AND HAVE IT OFF THE PROPERTY, THEN MORE THAN LIKELY YOU NEED TO GO TO THE OFFICE THAT ISSUES THE DEMO PERMIT, APPLY FOR THAT AND MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY REMAINS SECURE. OKAY. AND THEN YOU HAVE UP TO A FEW MONTHS TO HAVE IT REMOVED YOURSELF. OKAY. BUT WOULD THAT INCLUDE IF I GET THE PERMIT FOR THE DEMOLITION, DO I STILL HAVE TIME TO SELL IT, OR IS THAT CUT THAT OFF? I BET I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SELL IT DURING THAT TIME OR NOT. IF YOU DON'T SELL IT PRETTY QUICK, YOU NEED TO ABANDON THAT IDEA. I WOULD SUGGEST, BUT I MEAN, IT'S YOUR TRAILER, SO YOU KNOW, MR. THORPE, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, I. WELL, WE'RE PAST THE 30 DAYS THAT YOU GET ANY KIND OF PERMIT. OH, OKAY. THIS IS THE COMPLIANCE. COMPLIANCE HERE. OKAY, SO HE'S PAST HIS 30 DAYS TO GET ANY KIND OF REPAIR, SUBMIT ANYTHING, OR GET A DEMOLITION PERMIT. SO IF HE DOESN'T SELL IT BETWEEN NOW AND THE PRE-BID DATE AND GET IT OFF THE PROPERTY, THE COUNTY WILL. OKAY, WELL, I APOLOGIZE FOR ME MISSTATING IT. SO. SO YOU HEAR THAT YOU'VE RUN OUT OF TIME ON GETTING THE PERMITS? BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO FIND IT IN NONCOMPLIANCE. OKAY. SO YOU NEED IF YOU'RE GOING TO SELL IT, YOU GOT TO SELL IT REAL QUICK OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2628 LAUREL AVENUE LOT IS B, AS IN BOY. YES. OKAY. IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE. THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND FAILED TO DO SO. CODE ENFORCEMENT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED EITHER BY THEM OR THROUGH A CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY, TO ENTER UPON THE PROPERTY AND ABATE ANY VIOLATIONS THAT THEY FIND TO EXIST. THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION WILL BECOME A LIEN AGAINST MR. RIGHTS PROPERTY, WHICH HE MAY OWN IN BAY COUNTY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BECOME A LIEN AGAINST YOUR CLIENT'S DIRT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT NOT THEIR FAULT. SO. LIKE I SAID, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SELL 
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IT, SELL IT QUICK, OKAY. AND BUT THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ABATEMENT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. IF I KNOW YOU'RE ALREADY PROJECTING YOUR ORDER, BUT GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES HE'S HAD WITH THE TITLE, CAN YOU EXTEND HIM SEVEN DAYS TO APPLY FOR THE DEMO PERMIT NOW THAT HE HAS THE TITLE BACK IN HIS NAME? YES, SIR. NO, SIR. OKAY, SIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NO. THAT'S IT. WE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. GOOD LUCK WITH IT. I HOPE YOU CAN FIND A BUYER. YEAH, I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN GIVE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM H ON THE AGENDA. 213 EL REPOSO. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A COMPLIANCE HEARING. OKAY, INSPECTOR JOE TRIPP IS ASSIGNED IN THIS CASE, INSPECTOR TRIPP. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE INVESTIGATOR JOE TRIPP, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. PHOTOS ARE ATTACHED AND INCLUDED IN THE CASE FILE. THIS CASE DID GO BEFORE MAGISTRATE. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE JUNE 11TH WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF 1702, IN THE FORM OF JUNK. TRASH ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS PRIOR TO THAT JUNE 11TH HEARING SHOWING THE VIOLATIONS. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO VIOLATION, OR $200 FINE, AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO IMPOSE FOR 20 DAYS OR WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. ALL, ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY OF WHICH THE ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND UPON ANY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS COMPANY. ORDER WAS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B PROPERTY, HOWEVER, DID COME BACK IN FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JULY 16TH. MR. DAVIDSON, THE PROPERTY OWNER, WAS PRESENT AND EXTENSION WAS GRANTED UNTIL AUGUST 13TH AND WAS ORDERED TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. COPY THAT ORDER IS ATTACHED AND INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE ON JULY 30TH. I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THE FENCE WAS DOWN, DISPLAYING TRASH AND JUNK AND ONSCREEN PROPERTY IN THE BACKYARD. HERE'S A CLOSE UP SHOT. TRASH AND JUNK IN THE REAR YARD WITH. HE EVIDENTLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FENCE. HAVE A SEAT. I DON'T GET TO OBJECT. NO, SIR. NOT RIGHT NOW. HAVE A SEAT. CAN I SAY THERE WAS A NOTE? CAN YOU NOTE? HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE, SIR. OH, JUST HAVE A SEAT. YOU'RE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO TALK, BUT I'LL JUST NOTE THESE THESE PHOTOS I'M OBJECTING TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, EVIDENTLY, HE'S HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE FENCE. KEPT SAYING THE WIND WAS BLOWING DOWN, WHICH WAS LEAVING ALL OF THE PROPERTY YARD VISIBLE FROM THE STREET AS WELL AS FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD. HE HAS SOME MORE PHOTOS TAKEN FROM THAT DAY, JULY 30TH. TRASH, JUNK, DEBRIS ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY. AUGUST 5TH I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM MR. DAVIDSON. HE REQUESTED A INSPECTION STATING THAT ALL THE VIOLATIONS HAD BEEN CORRECTED. AUGUST 6TH I MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THESE WERE PHOTOS FROM THE SIXTH, WHICH ALONG WITH MR. DAVIDSON, HE HAD CLEANED THE DRIVEWAY UP THE VAN THAT WAS THE TRUCK THAT WAS THERE IN THE PAST HAS BEEN REMOVED. HOWEVER, THE FENCE WAS BROKEN AND YOU COULD SEE THROUGH THE YARD AND TRASH AND JUNK DEBRIS, UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY BASICALLY AS FAR AS YOU COULD SEE, THESE WERE PHOTOS TAKEN FROM THAT DAY WHILE HE WAS PRESENT. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? AUGUST 11TH I RE-INSPECTED THIS PAST MONDAY, THE FENCE WAS PARTIALLY CLOSED. SCROLL. SOME OF THE PROPERTY WAS IN VIEW FROM THE STREET NEXT TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. LATER ON IN THAT DAY, THE FENCE WAS DOWN, MAKING EVERYTHING VISIBLE FROM THE STREET WHICH WAS IN THE BACKYARD, INCLUDING TRASH, JUNK ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY. 
          THAT'S CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. OKAY, OKAY, NOW COME UP AND TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US TO KNOW. 
          OKAY. FROM THE TIME PERIOD THAT I CALLED AND ASKED FOR A RE-INSPECTION, I HAD THE GATE. I 
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HAD THE GATE REPAIRED. AND I MEAN, IT'S A WORKABLE GATE, BUT IT'S ONE OF THESE ISSUES I KEEP HAVING TO. FIGHT WHEN IT'S BLOWN DOWN. I JUST PUT IT UP NOW I'VE GOT IT STRAPPED TO A POINT, STRAPPED TO A POINT THAT I CAN GET IT PUT BACK UP. BUT THAT DAY THAT THESE LAST FEW PHOTOS, HE HE COMES IN, THE INSPECTOR CAME IN AND HE HAD ME OPEN THE GATE. AND I MEAN BY THAT, I MEAN I UNSCREENED IT FOR HIM TO TAKE THESE PICTURES, THESE LAST PICTURES. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WAS A SCREEN GATED PROPERTY. AND THEN HE, HE SAID, OPEN THE FENCE. HE TOLD ME TO OPEN THE FENCE. AND I OPENED THE FENCE. AND THEN HE TOOK EACH OF THOSE PICTURES AT THAT POINT. I, I THAT'S ANYWAY, I, I'M IN THE POSITION RIGHT, RIGHT NOW. HE'S GOT ME SAYING I CAN'T SCREEN IT. 
          I'M TRYING TO DO WHAT I CAN TO MAKE THE FENCE WHERE IT'LL STAY IN PLACE BETTER. BUT RIGHT NOW, IF I UNDO IT ANY, IT'S A IT'S A DIFFICULT FENCE TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE IT BLOWS DOWN BECAUSE. 
          BUT I'VE GOT IT WHERE IT'S LOCKED IN PLACE, IT STAYS IN PLACE. SO THEN ALL I HAVE TO DO IS PUT IT BACK UP. SO IF HE SAW IT KNOCKED DOWN FOR, FOR A DAY, THAT'S BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER THAT JUST HAPPENS. I CAN'T STOP THE BAD WEATHER. ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT IN BEHIND THERE, I. I SCREENED IT BY THROWING A TARP OVER IT. I THREW THE TARP OVER IT. SO MY LAWNMOWER AND YARD TOOLS AND SO FORTH THAT ARE RIGHT THERE. HE THOSE, THOSE ITEMS, HE HE SAID, YOU CAN'T HAVE THOSE. AND I, I ASSUMED IT WAS IF IT WAS UNDER IF I AT LEAST HAVE IT COVERED UP. HE CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN ABOUT IT IN FACT. ANYWAY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS I'VE TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS SINCE THEN. HE KEEPS REFERRING TO MY NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS THE ONLY PEOPLE ON THE PLANET THAT CAN SEE THAT PROPERTY. HE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT MY NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR. THEY'RE THEY'RE FINE WITH WHAT I'VE DONE BEFORE. BEFOREHAND, I HAD A BUNCH OF STUFF IN THAT PROPERTY THAT I'VE HAD A STROKE. I HAD A AND MY TRUCK TRUCK WAS BROKE DOWN ALL AT ONE TIME. SO I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET SOMEBODY AND BRING A TRAILER TO GET THAT ALL HAULED OFF. I GOT EVERYTHING HAULED OFF. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I NEEDED TO GET RID OF. AND THEN WE HAD TWO, TWO, TWO, 2 OR 3 LOADS OF STUFF THAT I HAD TO GET. I JUST DIDN'T HAVE A TRUCK TO LOAD IT OFF WITH. AND SO ONCE, ONCE I GOT MY TRAILER UP THERE AND WE DID IT, I GOT EVERYTHING LOCKED OUT OF THE WAY, I, I MEAN, I'M LOOKING RIGHT HERE. HE HE'S SHOWING THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE. HE'S LOOKING AT AT A SAWHORSE THAT I DID AS A PROPERTY DIVIDER. I GUESS IT'S I MEAN, I JUST MADE IT THAT THAT WHOLE LANE DOWN THERE IS NICE AND CLEAN AND PRETTY, AND MY AND MY NEIGHBORS ARE HAPPY WITH IT, AND I THE PROPERTY WAS SCREENED, AND I CAN'T HELP IF IT'S I EVERY TIME I HEAR THE THING GO DOWN. AND THAT'S EVERY FEW DAYS I'M ABLE TO PUT IT RIGHT BACK UP AND MAKE IT WHERE IT REMAINS SCREENED, AS ALWAYS. SO I JUST, I MEAN, I'M FRUSTRATED, BUT I'M EVEN MORE FRUSTRATED THAT HE LITERALLY HAD ME UNSCREENED, THE PROPERTY TO SAY IT WAS TO SAY IT WAS VIOLATED, WHATEVER. BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE LITERALLY THAT WE'VE HAD ALL THE RAINS THIS WEEK, LITERALLY THAT HAPPENED ONE DAY, ONE DAY. AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT UP THE NEXT DAY. I DON'T I I'M ABLE TO GET IT UP EVERY TIME. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. PHOTOGRAPH 37 UP THERE. 37. YES, SIR. PLEASE. OKAY. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM THE ROADWAY OR RIGHT AWAY ANYHOW. NO. AND IT SHOWS. A BUNCH OF UNSCREENED PROPERTY IN THE BACK IN THAT BACKYARD. SO. I'M GOING TO BASED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE SEEN AND THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THIS PROPERTY LOCATED AT 213 EL REPOSO PLACE, IS IN THE 
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UNINCORPORATED AREA AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 1702 OF THE CODE, THAT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS ORDER ENTERED DIRECTING THAT THE RESPONDENT. PICK UP THE UNSCREENED PROPERTY, ETC, THE CHAIR AND. EXCUSE ME. DON'T INTERRUPT ME, PLEASE, SIR. DON'T INTERRUPT ME. AND. REMOVE THE UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE BACK THERE. AND THAT HE HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE ORDER. THEREFORE, CODE ENFORCEMENT THROUGH STAFF OR CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY MAY ENTER UPON THE PROPERTY AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS THEY FIND TO EXIST WHICH HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS ORDER. THE COST OF ABATING SUCH VIOLATIONS WILL BECOME A LEAN UPON THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THEY OCCURRED, AS WELL AS ANY FINES IMPOSED. THE. 
          COUNTY IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE HEARING THAT'S OVER. I HEARD, I HEARD THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU'LL GET A COPY OF THE ORDER. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM K ON THE AGENDA OF ONE, TWO, THREE FOUR NORTHEAST AVENUE. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A COMPLAINT, INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON. YES, SIR. INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON WILL BE PRESENTING THIS AS WELL AS MYSELF. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY PHOTOS AND AFFIDAVITS FOR THIS AS SENIOR INVESTIGATOR HAS STATED, THIS IS A SITUATION OF A COMPLIANCE HEARING. THE COMPLIANCE HEARING TOOK PLACE ON JULY THE 16TH, WHICH TIME THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT SECTION 1305. FENCES, HEDGES, WALLS AND SECTION 605-1 COMMERCIAL ZONE C ONE. ALLOWABLE USE IN THE FORM OF FENCE HEIGHTS AND ALLOWABLE USES. THE DEFENDANT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EXHIBIT INTO EVIDENCE EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. THESE ARE THE PHOTOS THAT I SHOWED ON JULY THE 16TH. THIS IS THE FENCES IN QUESTION. HE WAS GIVEN EXTRA TIME TO KEEP REMOVING THE PANELS DOWN TO THE CORRECT HEIGHT. THERE WAS NOTATION. IF YOU GO BACK TO 12, THE AMBULANCE I GUESS THAT HE USES NOW FOR HIS WORK. YOU DID SPECIFY THAT IN TWO WEEKS HE WAS TO SHOW THAT THAT HAD A CURRENT REGISTRATION AS PART OF YOUR CONTINUATION, AND FOR HIM TO GET THE REMAINING ITEMS OFF THE PROPERTY. THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WERE STILL THERE ON THE 16TH. THE RESPONDENT WAS WAS GIVEN A HAND DELIVERY OF THIS CONTINUATION FOR THIS HEARING TODAY. AND ALSO THE ORDER WAS MAILED TO HIM AS WELL. ON JULY THE 31ST I WENT BACK OUT AND YOUR DIRECTION ON REINSPECTION. AT THIS TIME I FOUND THAT THE FENCE HEIGHT SEEMS TO BE IN IN IN CORRECTED. ALTHOUGH THE OTHER ITEMS ARE STILL THERE AS FAR AS THE TOW TRUCKS AND OTHER ASSORTED VEHICLES. THE AMBULANCE WAS GONE. I COULD I DID NOT SEE IT FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY UNLESS IT'S BEHIND ONE OF THE PANELS. THIS WAS BACK ON 13TH STREET, WORKING BACK DOWN TOWARDS EAST AVENUE. 
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ON AUGUST 11TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. WHICH TIME THE DERELICT VEHICLES, AND THERE'S A BOAT NOW THAT HAD BEEN PULLED OVER FROM THE OTHER PARCEL BACK THERE. TOW TRUCK. SOME OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRAILERS STILL ON PROPERTY. AND IT'S JUST SHOWING FENCES. 
          THERE WAS A SECOND TOW TRUCK THERE IN THE FRONT YARD. AT THIS TIME. THIS CONCLUDES MY PHOTOGRAPHS. AND BASED ON THIS, THE PROPERTY STILL IS IN VIOLATION. ALTHOUGH THE FENCE HEIGHT HAS BEEN CORRECTED, THE OTHER ITEMS STILL REMAIN. OKAY, I KNOW FOR THE TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. OKAY, COME UP AND TELL US YOUR SIDE OF IT, SIR. YEAH. HE'S. OH, OKAY. I NEED YOU SWEAR. AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. SO HELP YOU GOD, I DO. ALL RIGHT. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. JAMES ADKISSON, 1234 NORTHEAST AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW, SIR? AS OF THIS THIS MORNING, I AM IN COMPLIANCE. THE WHEN WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME, I TOLD YOU WE WERE WAITING ON SOME PARTS FOR THE TRUCK. THOSE PARTS CAME IN. UNFORTUNATELY, WE NEEDED MORE PARTS. WE MOVED. WE DID GET THE TRUCK STARTED. WE MOVED THE TRUCK TO THAT LOCATION TO WASH THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO SEE WHERE WE HAD FUEL LEAKS, THAT KIND OF THING. YOU TALK ABOUT THIS TRUCK THAT'S PICTURED IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH? YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT TRUCK? YES. AND WE HAD WE WORKED ON THE TRUCK LAST NIGHT UNTIL 2 A.M. WE HAD ISSUES WITH A WE HAD A SENDING UNIT THAT WAS BLOWN OUT. ULTIMATELY WE MOVED BOTH BOTH TRUCKS OFF THE PROPERTY LAST NIGHT. I COMPLETED THE FENCE LAST NIGHT ALSO. AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I FOUGHT WITH MY PRINTER. I HAVE PICTURES IN MY PHONE. I FOUGHT WITH MY PRINTER FOR 30 MINUTES AND THAT WAS WHY I WAS LATE GETTING HERE. BY A FEW MINUTES I WOULD BE MORE THAN I WOULD LIKE TO IF. IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO SUBMIT THESE PICTURES THAT I HAVE IN MY PHONE, IF I CAN SEND THEM TO AN EMAIL ADDRESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO THAT OR I CAN SHOW THEM TO YOU RIGHT NOW, MR. LEWIS, SHOWING THAT BOTH TRUCKS ARE NOT NOT ON THE TRUCKS. ALL THE TOWING EQUIPMENT IS NO LONGER ON THE PROPERTY. AND THE FENCE THAT'S RIGHT THERE IS COMPLETED FOR SCREENING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. THERE WAS ALSO A CAR THAT WAS. ONE OF THE GUYS THAT WORKED FOR ME, WAS WORKING ON THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE AMBULANCE HAS BEEN REMOVED. THERE WAS NO TOWING EQUIPMENT ON THE PROPERTY. AND THE HEIGHT ISSUE FOR THE FENCE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. AND AS OF THIS POINT, WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE WITH YOUR ORDERS. BUT THERE'S STILL SOME CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ON THE LOT IT LOOKS LIKE. IS THAT CORRECT? THE SKYTRAC IS SCREENED AND IT'S IT IS I HAVE PICTURES OF THAT. IT'S PROPERLY SCREENED. THE SKID STEER I USE ALMOST DAILY ON THE PROPERTY. I USE IT FOR CUTTING GRASS. I USE IT FOR TRIMMING THE TREES, I USE IT, I USE IT IN MY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, BUT I USE IT PERSONALLY FOR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE AND THAT KIND OF THING. THERE'S A NUMBER OF USES THAT I HAVE FOR IT, AND IT YES, IT IS ON THE PROPERTY AND I USE IT ON THE PROPERTY ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND THERE APPEARS TO BE A, I CALL IT A DUMP TRAILER. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A DUMP. THE DUMP TRAILER I USED TO PUT IN THE, THE TRASH FROM THE PROPERTY. I HAD A TENANT THAT I, I GOT OUT OF THERE THAT MY MECHANIC TRASHED UP, AND I'M SLOWLY CLEANING EVERYTHING UP AND GETTING EVERYTHING INTO THE DUMP TRAILER I HAVE. BUT I USE 
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THAT FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES. RIGHT NOW. I'M USING IT TO CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP THINGS ON THE PROPERTY AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND I HAVE THE PICTURES HERE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE RIGHT NOW, AND. HOW CAN I SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE OF THE SCREENING? CAN I SEND THAT TO YOU, OR CAN YOU GIVE THAT TO HIM? YOU HAVE EMAIL ON YOUR PHONE I DO, I DO GOOD, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. I'LL GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS. OKAY. FOR SOME REASON I MY PHONE AND MY COMPUTER AND THEN I TRY TO DO MY, MY EMAIL, THE PICTURES TO MY EMAIL. AND THEN BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN A PDF FILE. AND I'M HOPING THAT ONE DAY I WILL ACTUALLY HELP ME ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING ELECTRONIC. 
          BUT FROM WHAT I FROM WHAT I GATHER ABOUT, I'M NOT SUPER SAVVY WHEN IT COMES TO COMPUTERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT. SO. NOW THERE APPEARS ALSO TO BE A. I'M GOING TO CALL IT A HEAVY DUTY TRAILER. THAT'S FOR TRANSPORTING. MAYBE THE SKID STEER. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. FOR TRANSPORTING THE SKID STEER. OKAY. I CAN'T TELL IF THE BOAT IS CURRENTLY REGISTERED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT. YOU CAN SEND THE PHOTOGRAPHS TO MR. JUSTICE. THE THING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, I MEAN, IT SEEMS SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING. 
          NOW THIS PICTURE THAT'S UP THERE RIGHT NOW, THERE APPEARS TO BE WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL A FLATBED TRUCK BEHIND THAT POST RIGHT THERE. I MEAN, A TOW. OKAY. THAT'S A ROLL OFF. YES, THAT'S A ROLLBACK. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S NO LONGER ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY. AND I HAD A PICTURE OF THAT SHOWING. YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE GRASS WAS, WHERE THAT THAT TRUCK HAS BEEN MOVED. THAT WAS ONE OF THE PICTURES I HAD FOR THE COURT. MY PRIMARY CONCERN NOW IS. ALLOWABLE C-1 USES, WHICH IS I HEARD YOUR ARGUMENT LAST TIME THAT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THAT DIFFERENT KINDS OF BUSINESSES CAN BE OPERATED, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN USE THEM FOR STORING THE EQUIPMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING ME CONCERN WITH THE SKID STEER AND THE SKID STEER TRAILER AND THE DUMP TRAILER. AND THAT CHERRY PICKER GIZMO THAT SKYTRAC. OKAY, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING ME CONCERN RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW, THAT. WAS HE CITED FOR DERELICT VEHICLES AND VESSELS? FAILING VEHICLES? YES, SIR. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S KIND OF. 
          YEAH, WELL, I THINK VEHICLES INCLUDES VESSELS. I THINK THE DEFINITION DOES. SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE BOAT BEING THERE. AS A DERELICT. VEHICLE VESSEL. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME EVERYTHING IS SCREENED AND INSIDE, INSIDE AN ENCLOSURE. 
          THIS IS YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT SCREENING IS ONE ISSUE BUT THEN USES IS ANOTHER. AND IF YOU'RE USING THIS FOR YOUR CONTRACTING BUSINESS, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO THAT. I MEAN, I THINK YOU COULD HAVE AN OFFICE THERE, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN USE IT FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RELATED MATTERS. AND, YOU KNOW, AND MR. LEWIS, THE, THE, THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND HAVING A PIECE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS TO GIVE MORE RIGHTS TO THE LANDOWNER. I HAVE YOUR WHAT THE WHAT WHAT YOU'RE IMPLYING IS THAT I HAVE LESS RIGHTS AS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER THAN A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER. AND IF I HAD, IF I HAD A FLEET OF VEHICLES THAT WERE STORED, IF I HAD A FLEET OF. I HAVE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND A TRAILER TO HAUL EQUIPMENT. YOU KNOW THAT ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON I USED THAT THE SKID STEER ON A WEEKLY BASIS ON THE PROPERTY, 
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DOING SMALL THINGS. SOME DAYS I MIGHT USE IT FIVE HOURS, ONE WEEK I MIGHT USE IT ONE HOUR. 
          BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE THINGS ARE, THE THINGS ARE SCREENED FROM THE STREET. I'VE TRIED TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. THE WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE I WAS APPROVED FOR ZONING FOR C-3, AND I'M STILL UNCLEAR TODAY AS TO WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WENT SIDEWAYS ON THAT APPROVAL THAT I HAD FOR A C-3 ZONING. BUT PART OF THAT ZONING, C-3 ZONING WAS THEY WANTED ME TO INSTALL A FENCE ON THE PROPERTY. SO EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T GET THE ZONING, I STILL TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE THE PROPERTY TO WHERE IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THE NEIGHBORS I'VE GOT. I'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASONS, HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY WANT PURSUE ISSUES THAT SHOULDN'T BE PURSUED. AND PART OF THE WAY THEY'RE DOING THIS, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES. I DON'T SEE WHERE THERE'S A PROBLEM, MR. LEWIS. IF IT'S SCREENED AND IT'S AND IT'S COMMERCIAL. I HAVE MY OFFICE THERE. I DON'T SEE I DON'T HAVE A FLEET OF TRUCKS. I DON'T HAVE A FLEET OF EQUIPMENT. I HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE COMMERCIAL RELATED. THREE IF YOU COUNT THE TRAILER TO TOW. IF I PUT THE SKID STEER ON THE TRAILER, WE'RE BACK. WE'RE BACK TO TWO, TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT SOMEONE OR THAT YOU HAVE LESS RIGHTS THAN OTHER PEOPLE, BUT THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEXT DOOR TO YOU OR ARE AROUND YOU AND EVERYTHING, THEY HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS TOO. AND THOSE RIGHTS SAY THAT NOBODY CAN OPERATE A BUSINESS ON THIS PROPERTY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AND IT DOESN'T SAY, WELL, YOU CAN HAVE A FLEET OF TRUCKS THAT'S 12, BUT NOT ONE. THAT'S 13. THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. IT JUST SAYS THAT YOU DON'T DO IT, PERIOD. I MEAN, IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT. AND I DIDN'T WRITE IT AND HE DIDN'T WRITE IT. IT'S JUST THAT'S THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN. AND IF YOU YOU CONCEDE BY THE FACT THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO GET A C-3 THAT IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR WHAT YOU'VE GOT THERE BECAUSE YOU WERE TRYING TO GET IT CHANGED. AND SO YOUR ARGUMENT, I MEAN, YOU'VE YOU'VE PUNCHED A HOLE IN YOUR OWN ARGUMENT BY DOING THE C-3. I'M, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, GOLLY, HE'S ONLY GOT ONE SKID STEER AND A TRACTOR OR, AND A TRAILER FOR IT. SO LET'S JUST CALL IT, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT A BIG DEAL. WE'LL JUST. 
          THAT'S A DE MINIMIS VIOLATION AND WE'LL WE'LL LET THAT GO. I DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ZONING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I'VE GOT A DRAGLINE ON THERE AND I SAY, WELL, GOLLY, YOU KNOW, ONCE A WEEK I PICK UP A LITTLE PILE OF DIRT AND MOVE IT FROM HERE TO THERE. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S NOT GOING TO ALLOW ME TO KEEP THAT DRAGLINE ON THE ON THE PROPERTY THAT IS COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF A CONTRACTING BUSINESS. AND IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE IN VIOLATION OF THAT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY ISSUE THAT THAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS. AND I DON'T QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN ADDRESS IT AND SAY IT'S REALLY C-3. I MEAN, WELL, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED ME TO ADDRESS THAT. NUMBER ONE, YOU'RE HERE TO ENFORCE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES. WHEN I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, I BOUGHT IT AS A PIECE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN WHEN CEDAR GROVE STILL EXISTED. I OPERATED MY TOWING COMPANY IN CEDAR GROVE UNTIL THE COUNTY TOOK OVER THE PROPERTY. THE COUNTY WENT THROUGH A ZONING PROCESS. I SAW THAT THE COUNTY HAD ZONED THE PROPERTY COMMERCIAL. I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN C-1, C-2, AND C-3, AND I OPERATED MY TOWING COMPANY THERE 
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FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS. NOW. BILL DOZIER, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, THAT MY DISTRICT CAME OUT AND AGREED THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN. AND WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE THAT ON RECORD FROM MR. DOZIER. MR. DOZIER INSTRUCTED THE PERSON, EITHER IN ZONING OR CODE ENFORCEMENT, TO MAKE IT SO SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, THEY SAID, WELL, LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S DO THIS, LET'S DO THAT. BUT IN SAYING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHIN FEET OF ME THAT HAVE DIFFERENT ZONINGS AND THEY HAVE THIS, THIS SHOULD BE ZONED CONSISTENTLY WITH MY NEIGHBORS AROUND ME AND EVERYONE THAT IS ON HIGHWAY EAST AVENUE, HIGHWAY THREE, 98, WHATEVER. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE CONSISTENT ZONING. THE ZONING SHOULD BE CONSISTENT FOR EVERYONE. IT SHOULD NOT BE. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND MY PROPERTY RIGHTS, BETWEEN MY RIGHTS AND SOMEBODY ACROSS THE STREET, SOMEBODY 400FT DOWN, SOMEBODY'S 500FT DOWN. NATE. SANITATION HAS GOT LITERALLY 200 COMMERCIAL CONTAINERS INSIDE A RESIDENTIAL AREA, 20 ACRES OF ALL KINDS OF STUFF. AND THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF COMMERCIAL C-3 IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA BACKED UP TO GRACE AVENUE. THEY HAVE ALL THESE THINGS. SO THE SCREENING, THE SCREENING UNDER UNDER THE DIFFERENT CODES. AND I'LL LOOK THOSE UP AND FIND THOSE FOR YOU. 
          BUT UNDER UNDER THE DIFFERENT CODES. THE SCREENING ALLOWS ME TO KEEP MULTIPLE TYPES OF PROPERTY, MULTIPLE THINGS THAT IF IT'S OUT OF SIGHT, IT'S OUT OF MIND, SO TO SPEAK. I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE LAW SAYS. WELL, I KNOW AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THERE IS. I KNOW FOR A FACT THERE IS A CODE. AND I WILL BRING THAT CODE AND SUPPLY THAT CODE TO YOU. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY A CODE. AND THEN AND THERE AND THE PROPERTY LOCATED JUST DOWN THE STREET, THEY USE THAT AND THERE'S A BUILDING THERE THAT HAS NO ROOF ON IT ON EAST AVENUE HAS NO ROOF ON IT, BUT IT'S SCREENED AND IT MEETS THE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. WELL, BUT YOU CAN HAVE ZONING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET IS, IS ZONING A AND THE OTHER SIDE IS ZONING B. WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE NOW. AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN CHANGE OR THAT I CAN JUST SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, GOLLY, IT'S HARDLY FAIR TO LET THE PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET BE A AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, B BE THAT'S, THAT IS A LEGISLATIVE DECISION. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO ADDRESS. NOT FOR ME TO ADDRESS, NOT FOR ME TO FORGIVE OR NOT FOR ME TO WEAR A BLINDERS ABOUT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT. THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY THE LAW WORKS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW, IF. 
          MR. CLARKSON DRIVES DOWN THE ROAD AT, AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND I GO PAST HIM AT 100, HE CAN'T SAY WHEN THE MAN STOPS HIM FOR SPEEDING. HE SAYS, WELL, LEWIS JUST WENT DOWN THE ROAD AT 100, WHY CAN'T I? YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT I DID IT DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT. THE FACT THAT I DID IT DOES NOT GIVE HIM A PASS. SO THE THIS OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING IT, THAT JUST DOESN'T HOLD WATER WITH ME. THAT'S JUST NOT A, THAT'S NOT A LEGAL BASIS TO ALLOW YOU TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND SO, YOU KNOW. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO DO THIS. SO I'VE GOT THE SKYTRAC SHIELDED. SO ARE YOU SAYING I CAN'T USE MY OWN SKID STEER ON MY OWN PROPERTY TO DO MY MAINTENANCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT? BECAUSE I USE IT IN MY COMPANY? I MEAN, I KNOW I'M NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL, BUT I'M SAYING THAT YOU'VE GOT TO STORE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. I, I FIND THAT. FIRST OF ALL, I FIND THAT TOTALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL. NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, I FIND THAT UNCONSCIONABLE. I FIND THAT UNETHICAL. I FIND THAT YOU CAN FIND IT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO 
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FIND IT. OKAY. WHAT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO. SO ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE A SCHEDULE THAT IF I BRING MY SKID STEER OVER, IT CAN ONLY BE THERE FOR SO MANY HOURS? I CAN ONLY USE IT AND MUST LOAD IT UP. SO HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO HANDLE THAT SITUATION?IT YOU'RE SAYING I CAN USE IT, BUT YOU'RE SAYING I CAN'T HAVE IT ON THE PROPERTY? NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. 
          NO, I SAID YOU CAN'T STORE IT ON A STORE. IT. OKAY, THERE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. WELL, LET'S LET'S JUST LET'S LET'S. MR. ATKINSON, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EVER AGREE ON THIS. I CAN JUST TELL. WELL, GIVE ME YOUR DEFINITION OF STORE. NO, SIR. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU AN HOUR. IS IT TWO HOURS? IS IT 24 HOURS? I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITION. I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITION. AND WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT YOU CAN'T STORE IT THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE CALLS AND COMPLAINS AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, MR. ATKINSON HAS HAD THIS THING OVER HERE FOR TWO WEEKS AND YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE GRASS AND DOING THIS AND DOING THAT WITH IT, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO, I GUESS, HAVE A HEARING ON IT, HAVE THEM TO COME IN AND TESTIFY. NO, IT'S BEEN SITTING ON THAT TRAILER AND, YOU KNOW, HE AIN'T BEEN RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE GRASS. HE AIN'T DUG A HOLE WITH IT. HE HASN'T DONE THIS WITH IT. HE HADN'T CHOPPED DOWN A TREE WITH IT. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTES STORING IT OR ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I AM SIMPLY GOING TO FIND THAT YOU ARE MAKING AN UNLAWFUL USE OF THE PROPERTY AT THIS POINT IN TIME. OKAY, SO. 
          EVEN SCREENED, I NEED TO MOVE THE SKYTRAK AND I NEED TO STORE THE SKID STEER AT ANOTHER LOCATION. WELL, I GUESS YOU KNOW. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY MOVE? YOU NEED TO STORE THE SKYTRAK AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. YOU NEED TO STORE THE SKID STEER. YOU NEED TO STORE THE SKID STEER TRAILER. YOU NEED TO STORE THE. DUMP TRAILER AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THOSE ARE BUSINESS PIECES OF EQUIPMENT RELATED TO YOUR CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS, AND THEY CAN'T BE STORED THERE. 
          MAYOR. YES. THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON. YOU'RE TESTIFYING THAT YOU EVER MOVED ALL EQUIPMENT RELATED TO YOUR TOWING BUSINESS TO INCLUDE ALL BUT ONE TOW TRUCK, TRAILER, CAR HAULER, ALL TOWED VEHICLES, JUNK AND DERELICT VEHICLES? AM I UNDER THAT ASSUMPTION? ABSOLUTELY. 
          THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. ALL THE VEHICLES RELATED TO THE TOWING BUSINESS? YES. THANK YOU. 
          IN ORDER TO STOW STORE A COMMERCIAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT SUCH AS A SKID STEER, WHICH IS 99% OF THE GENERAL POPULATION, DOES NOT USE SKID STEER TO CUT GRASS. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. 99% OF THE GENERAL POPULATION DOESN'T USE SKID STEER TO CUT GRASS. THAT'S FINE IF YOU SAY YOU CUT GRASS. WHAT I'M WOULD LIKE TO DO IS DEFER THE STORING OF THE EQUIPMENT USED. SKYTRAC. OKAY. I'M SORRY. THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE. I WILL DISCUSS THAT WITH WAYNE PORTER, THE DIRECTOR, THE MANAGER OF PLANNING AND ZONING. THERE MAY BE A WAY TO SCREEN IT, BUT IT HAS. HIS DEFINITION OF SCREENING IS NOT GOING TO WORK. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE INSIDE. INSIDE OF A PERMITTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. BUT I WILL CONFIRM THAT WITH WAYNE PORTER, INSTEAD OF GOING ROUND AND ROUND TODAY, THAT IS THE ONLY RESOLUTION. THAT'S AND IT COULD BE THAT MAGISTRATE LEWIS IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YOU CANNOT STORE THAT ON A COMMERCIAL LOT. AND IT COULD BE THAT MR. PORTER MAY ALLOW IT IF IT IS INSIDE OR UNDER A PERMITTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. 
          THE PROBLEM IS, IS WHEN YOU ALLOW THAT, THEN OTHER THINGS OF THAT BUSINESS START SHOWING UP FROM YOUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT 60 SKID STEERS STORED UNDER IT. 
          AND BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO BE ALLOWED A VERY SMALL POLE BARN TO STORE THAT ON, BASED OFF OF THE 2.319 ACRES THAT YOU HAVE. BUT I THINK THAT GETTING PLANNING AND ZONING INVOLVED, THAT'S FINE WITH ME. I MEAN, I STILL THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LEGAL TO STORE THERE, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR PLANNING AND ZONING TO SAY, NO, I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO PROHIBIT HIM FROM DOING ANYTHING THAT'S ALLOWED BY WHOEVER REGULATES THAT SORT OF STUFF. BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME, 
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WHEN IT SAYS THAT IT'S OPEN STORAGE, I SEE ONE. YOU CAN'T DO ALL THAT STUFF. THAT'S WHAT I'M BOUND BY. WELL, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE COMPLAINING. I'M SEEING IT IN A PICTURE AND I'M SAYING THAT THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. IT'S NOT A COMPLAINT. IT'S EVIDENCE, YOU KNOW, AND SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT, BUT. AND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHAT CAUSED THEM TO GO OVER THERE. BUT THE FACT REMAINS, YOU KNOW THAT. THE ARGUMENT IS SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE IF YOU SHOOT SOMEBODY AND KILL THEM AND THEY DON'T COMPLAIN, WELL, I GET I GET TO GET AWAY WITH THAT. NO, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I GOT A DEAD BODY ON THE, ON THE HIGHWAY HERE. AND GUESS WHAT I MISS. YOU KNOW, MR. ATKINSON'S THE ONE THAT SHOT HIM AND PUT HIM THERE. JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NO COMPLAINT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT UNLAWFUL. SO RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING THINGS THAT ARE UNLAWFUL ON THE PROPERTY. BUT IF PLANNING AND ZONING CAN GET SOME WAY WHERE YOU CAN BE LAWFUL, HAVE AT IT. BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN PROPERTY RIGHTS, BUT UNTIL THEY SAY, OKAY, BECAUSE HE'S GOT A POLE BARN, HE CAN PUT THIS WHATEVER IT IS THERE, THAT IF THEY SAY THAT AND THEY SAY THAT, THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CODE PROVISIONS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S STORED, SCREENED. CONFINED, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO USE, WHATEVER KIND OF WORD YOU WANT TO USE. IF THEY SAY THAT THAT MEETS THE CODE REQUIREMENTS, THAT WORKS FOR ME. SO HE'S GOING TO HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT. AND I KNOW THAT THE CODE REQUIREMENT IS MET BY SCREENING AND FENCING. WELL, IF HE TELLS ME THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S SO, I'LL HELP HIM FIND IT. OKAY. SO BUT IF CODING AND ZONING SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'VE GOT A EIGHT FOOT FENCE AND, AND YOU CAN HIDE 10,000 SQUIRRELS OVER THERE AND THAT WOULD MAKE IT LEGAL AND YOU'RE NOT A ZOO AT THAT POINT. THAT'S FINE WITH ME. 10,000 SQUIRRELS. I GOT PECAN TREES. I CAN'T DO WELL. ALL RIGHT. NO SQUIRRELS? NO. YOU KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT 10,000 CATS OVER THERE EITHER. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. BUT HE'S GOING TO WORK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, WITH ZONING AND PLANNING TO SEE IF HE CAN TELL YOU HOW TO WAVE THE MAGIC WAND AND GET IT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE CODE. SO. 
          MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? YOU CAN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR THIS BACK THE NEXT TIME YOU HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING, AND I WILL HAVE YOU AN ANSWER FROM BOTH PLANNING AND ZONING. WELL, THE SCREENING OR WOULD YOU EITHER THE NEXT TIME I HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING OR THE NEXT TIME I'M SCHEDULED TO BE HERE, SEPTEMBER THE 10TH AT 1:00, IF THAT WORKS, THAT WORKS FOR ME. 
          SO THAT THAT WAY HE CAN GET AN ANSWER QUICKER AND I CAN GET AN ANSWER QUICKER. AND HOPEFULLY I WON'T KEEP SEEING HIS FACE DOWN HERE EVERY TIME. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT A PEN? I'LL I'LL GIVE YOU MY EMAIL ADDRESS. I NEED THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. WILSON. YES, SIR. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES EVERYTHING. AND HEARD THAT IS PRESENT. WE SKIP TO ITEM A ON THE AGENDA. I DO NOT HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS. THIS IS SIMPLY AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT BY INVESTIGATOR BRENNAN. TONY BRUNING, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THIS CASE IS 6740 TOPHER BOULEVARD. CASE NUMBER C, 20242668. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON JULY THE 9TH, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM OF BLIGHTED PROPERTY. 
          THE RESPONDENT'S BROTHER, SAM ABDOU, DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. 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, CONTINUING EACH AND EVERY DAY UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT 
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INTO COMPLIANCE. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL AND REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND UPON ANY AND OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATOR. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON JULY 31ST, 2025, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON AUGUST THE 4TH, 2025, A BUILDING PERMIT WAS ISSUED. THAT PERMIT EXPIRES ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026. THE RECOMMENDATION? SURE. WHY NOT? IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINE THE RESPONDENT DID COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER BY OBTAINING A BUILDING PERMIT, THAT THE HEARING IS CONTINUED UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE BUILDING PERMIT OR FINAL BUILDING INSPECTION. OKAY. LET'S DO WE HAVE A DATE FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER FEBRUARY THE 4TH? OH, THEY HAVEN'T EVEN APPROVED THE DATE, MUCH LESS THE BEEN APPROVED. BUT THEY'VE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE CHIEF JUDGE OVER AT THE COURT. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SOMEBODY SOMEBODY ELSE HAS GOT TO WAVE THE MAGIC WAND. OKAY, LET'S TICKLE THIS. AND AS SOON AS YOU GET A APPROVAL FOR SOME SORT OF HEARING THAT I'M DOING AFTER FEBRUARY THE 4TH, PUT IT ON THERE. AND THEN IF MR. BRUNI WILL JUST GO OUT AND SAY THEY BUILT THE TAJ MAHAL OR THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SOUNDS GOOD. OKIE DOKE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SIR, THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE. ITEM D IS 4930. SPYGLASS IS A PHONE CALL. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT. WHAT ABOUT NOW? I HAVE J D ALSO ARE THOSE. HAVE WE HEARD THOSE D D AS IN DOG. DID WE HEAR THAT ONE? THAT'S SPYGLASS D OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM D 49. ALL RIGHT BEFORE WE DO THE PHONE CALLS WHAT I'M SAYING LET'S DO EVERYTHING ELSE OKAY I APOLOGIZE. YEAH. NO PROBLEM. WE WILL GO TO ITEM G AS IN GEORGE ON THE AGENDA WHICH IS 6622 SUNRISE AVENUE. SOMEONE'S DRIVING DRIVE. THANK YOU. INSPECTOR, INVESTIGATOR JOE TRIPP IS ASSIGNED THIS CASE. INVESTIGATOR TRIPP. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE JOE TRIPP, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY PAPERWORK. INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, PHOTOGRAPHS. FOR THE RECORD, EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED IN THE CASE FILE. THIS CASE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON JULY 4TH. AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM OF APPLIANCES, TRASH, JUNK FURNITURE AND OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. 
          MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE FIVE DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $300 AND A DAILY FINE OF $50 BE IMPOSED FOR 25 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF THE 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. THE COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, AS IT WOULD BE AND CONTAINED IN A CASE FILE. THESE WERE SOME PHOTOS TAKEN PRIOR TO THE JULY 9TH HEARING, WHICH SHOWED FURNITURE, TRASH, JUNK, DEBRIS, AND SOME OVERGROWTH. JULY 15TH THE PROPERTY WAS REINSPECTED. ALL VIOLATIONS REMAINED. FINES HAD BEGUN. AUGUST 11TH. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY WELL. PRIOR TO THAT. THE HEARING NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 31ST AUGUST 11TH. I RETURNED TO THE PROPERTY CONDUCTING AN INSPECTION WITH THIS PAST MONDAY, ALL VIOLATIONS REMAINED. 
          I'VE HAD NO COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OF THE RESPONDENTS. DOES IT LOOK LIKE ANYBODY'S LIVING THERE OR ANYTHING? OR IT'S HARD TO TELL BECAUSE THE GARBAGE PAILS WERE OUT FRONT AND THEY WERE EMPTIED, BUT ALL THE OTHER JUNK REMAINED. SO I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY COME OR GO. I'VE HAD NO, IT'S A RENTAL. IT'S AN OUT OF STATE. IT'S AN OUT OF STATE OWNER AND I DON'T KNOW. WELL, THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS, WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6622 SUNRISE DRIVE, IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17, THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE 
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VIOLATIONS IN THE ORDER OF. JULY THE 9TH AND HAS FAILED TO DO SO. THEREFORE, THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND TO OBEY ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME OF THEIR ENTRY. THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATIONS WILL BECOME A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE RESPONDENT, LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, AND THE COUNTY IS ENTITLED TO DO THAT BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. BRINGS US TO ITEM I, WHICH IS 6509. DALIA, DALIA, DALIA, HAVE YOU PRONOUNCE THAT THIS IS JUST A THERE'S NO INVESTIGATIVE REPORT OR MAGISTRATE. I COULDN'T FIND ONE. PHOTOGRAPHS ONLY. THEY BROUGHT IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE TIME FRAMES RECOMMENDED BY THE MAGISTRATE. THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FRONT YARD THAT WERE SHOWN PRIOR TO THE WEEK OF THE HEARING. DRUNKEN TRASH AND OVERGROWTH. 
          UNSCREENED PROPERTY AROUND THE PROPERTY. EVENTS IN THE BACK. OVERGROWTH IN THE BACK. SEVERAL DERELICT VEHICLES THAT WERE IN THE BACKYARD WITH OVERGROWTH. A LOT OF 21ST. OVERGROWTH WAS GONE. SOME DERELICT VEHICLES HAD BEEN REMOVED, IMPROPERLY STORED ON THE ON THE PARCEL ITSELF. 
          THAT CONCLUDES 6509 DALIA OKAY. THEY WERE WITHIN THE TIME FRAMES OF THE INITIAL FINDS, CORRECT? CHRIS. YEAH, THEY WERE BEFORE THE INITIAL FINDINGS. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE IS COMPLIANCE. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM J, 6422 ROGERS DRIVE, YOUNGSTOWN, FLORIDA. INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HUBBARD. THIS IS A COMPLIANCE HEARING. GO AHEAD CHRIS. AFTERNOON CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. PHOTOGRAPHS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CASE FILE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON JULY 9TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM OF JUNK TRASH APPLIANCES, DERELICT VEHICLES AND FURNITURE. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR FOR THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE, EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE. THIS IS THE PHOTOGRAPHS JUST BEFORE THAT HEARING. THEY'RE SHOWING IT SHOULD IT SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR BECAUSE WE DEALT WITH THIS CASE EARLIER IN THE YEAR. BUT THAT'S WHAT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE THE HEARING. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE APPLIANCES, THE JUNK, TRASH, DERELICT VEHICLES ALL SCATTERED ABOUT THE PROPERTY. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD FIVE DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $300 AND A DAILY FINE OF $70.70 $5 BE IMPOSED FOR 25 DAYS OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. ALL THAT'S NO COST ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LEAN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY OF WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, OR UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE, AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE FIRST HEARING FOLLOWING THAT, THE FIVE DAY INSPECTION HEARING JULY 16TH, 2025. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION WITH THE DERELICT VEHICLES, JUN, TRASH, APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, DERELICT RV, NO CHANGES TO IT. A COPY OF THE NOTICE HERE WAS POSTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 31ST AUGUST 11TH. AFTER THE 25 DAYS, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY HAS GOTTEN WORSE. THERE'S BEEN NO IMPROVEMENT. 
          I'VE BEEN NO CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER DURING THIS CASE. JUST A SIDE NOTE ON THE FIRST CASE WE DID EARLIER IN THE YEAR, THEY BROUGHT IT INTO HIS OWN COMPLIANCE HIMSELF, AND SHORTLY AFTER WE CLOSED THE CASE, HE STARTED JUNKING THE PROPERTY. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. THE ONLY THING THAT REMAINS IS THE RECOMMENDATION. OKAY, I GOT THAT IN THE REPORT. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD, THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6422 ROGERS DRIVE, IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN AN ADEQUATE TIME TO 
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CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. THE RESPONDENT IS ALSO A REPEAT OFFENDER. AND HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. THE INITIAL FINE OF $300, PLUS THE 25 DAYS AT $75 A DAY, IS IMPOSED. THE COUNTY. THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND OR A CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY, IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND TO ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS FOUND TO EXIST UPON ENTRY. THE FINE AND THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT WILL LATER BE REDUCED TO A JUDGMENT WHICH SHALL. BECOME A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE RESPONDENT FOUND IN BAY COUNTY. AND THEY'RE ENTITLED TO DO THAT BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM L. IF YOU SEE THERE'S NO INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOR NO PHOTOS, THIS IS 6926 CO ROAD. 
          AND IF YOU REMEMBER YOUR MAGISTRATE, THE GENTLEMAN THAT KEPT BRINGING THE RV ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF, I REMEMBER THAT. OKAY. AFTER THE HEARING ON THAT FRIDAY, THE RV WAS STILL PRESENT. SATURDAY WAS STILL PRESENT. MONDAY IT WAS GONE. BUT YOU ALSO ORDERED 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF UNANNOUNCED VISITS. IT HASN'T BEEN 30 DAYS. I WOULD LIKE TO RESCHEDULE THIS FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 13:01 P.M, TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S WITHIN THAT 30 DAY WINDOW. HE IS AWARE OF THAT. IT'S BEEN ABOUT 2425 DAYS NOW. OKAY. YOU DID ORDER THE COMPLIANCE HEARING TODAY FROM MISS ASHMAN. AND I DISCUSSED THAT AND WANTED THE 30 DAYS TO BE FULLY 30 DAYS OF UNANNOUNCED VISITS. AS OF THIS MORNING, HE IS STILL IN COMPLIANCE. I THINK YOU GOT HIS ATTENTION, BUT I'M NOT SURE YET. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL LET'S JUST CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT MONTH. WHATEVER. MY NEXT HEARING DATE WILL BE SEPTEMBER THE 10TH AT 1 P.M. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. KEEP CHECKING HIM. 
          TELEPHONE CALL. ALL RIGHT. NOW, WHICH ONE IS THAT ONE GOING TO BE? IT'S GOING TO BE 4930. 
          SPYGLASS. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE LETTER. OH I AM SO SORRY D AS IN D AS IN BOY D AS IN DOG. D AS IN DOG. OH, DAVID. OKAY, OKAY. NOW Y'ALL. 
          HELLO. CAN I PLEASE SPEAK WITH MR. HALE PALMER? YES. MR. TIM. JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOU SWORN IN. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO. AND CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU, PLEASE? 743 NORTH 84TH STREET, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98103. MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT. OKAY, MR. PALMER, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS GOING TO TESTIFY. AFTER HIS TESTIMONY, YOU WILL BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO, AND THEN YOU'LL BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS OR OFFER ANY EVIDENCE YOU WANT AFTER THESE. YEAH. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORPE. HOW THIS IS SCOTT FROM. WE'VE BEEN EMAILING BACK AND FORTH. YES, SIR. OKAY. THIS CASE BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON ON JULY 9TH WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF COUNTY CODE 17 TWO INFORM TWO PRIMARY UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES. MISS RUSSELL APPEARED AS LONG AS AS WELL AS MR. PALMER VIA TELEPHONIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE. AS EXHIBIT A, THE MAGISTRATE GAVE THEM 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER. LONG STORY SHORT, MAGISTRATE, ON AUGUST 4TH, A DEMOLITION PERMIT HAS BEEN OBTAINED BY REDMOND'S INCORPORATED TO REMOVE BOTH STRUCTURES. THE PERMIT DOES EXPIRE ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2026. AND I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH 
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MR. REDMOND. THEY'RE GOING TO NOTIFY ME WHEN THEY START AND HE IS ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS. THAT PLACE IS GOING TO LOOK, COME DOWN, WHISTLE CLEAN. AND LIKE I STATED, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SEAN AND MR. PALMER BACK AND FORTH THROUGHOUT THE COURSE. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. OKAY, MR. PALMER, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING OR TAKE AWAY ANYTHING OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. AND THANK YOU, INVESTIGATOR THORPE. WE'RE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS, SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. GOOD LUCK WITH IT, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. BYE BYE BYE. OKEY DOKEY. IS THAT ALL OF THEM? YES, S
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