[Code Magistrate Hearing on August 14, 2025.]
[00:00:07]
OKAY, WE'RE ON THE AIR. CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I HAVE REVIEWED THE DOCKET. I DON'T SEE ANY BASIS FOR ANY RECUSALS. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY EX PARTY COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE REGARDING THESE. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, I'D ASK THAT YOU TURN IT TO SILENT OR OFF. AND IF YOU ANTICIPATE GIVING TESTIMONY, PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN. 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. OKAY. EVERYONE HAS ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. OKAY. MISS ASHMAN IS WE HAD TWO ITEMS PRESENT, ITEM D AND ITEM F, SO IF WE COULD START WITH ITEM D, PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2038 BALLPARK ROAD. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE AND INVESTIGATIVE JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. MY PHOTOGRAPHS AND EXHIBITS ARE ALSO ATTACHED. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 10TH OF JULY, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF JUNK APPLIANCES, OVERGROWTH AND UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. HOWEVER, THE RESPONDENT'S GRANDSON, FRED. BRUGGE. THANK YOU. BRUGGE WAS PRESENT. PHOTOGRAPHS ARE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE ATTACHED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE SHOWN TO THE MAGISTRATE ON JULY THE 10TH.
THIS IS LOOKING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. YOU SEE A SOME JUNK TRASH. THE TRAILER THAT IS COVERED BY THE TARP ALSO. IT DID CONTAIN APPLIANCES AND JUNK. AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
OR THAT WOULD BE THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. LOOKING SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH, SOME DEBRIS IN FRONT OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH BEHIND THE CHAIN LINK FENCE. THANK YOU, MISS ASHMAN. HERE IN SLIDE SIX, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE 15 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 15 DAYS OR WHENEVER THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION.
THIS IS JUST A FRONT SHOT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND THE HOUSE AT 238 BALLPARK ROAD, TO THE LEFT OF THE DRIVEWAY. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE TRAILER WITH TARPS AND JUNK, UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY IN FRONT OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND IN FRONT OF THE TRAILER TO THE LEFT. HERE OF THE DRIVEWAY.
THERE IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE DRIVEWAY LOOKING BEHIND THE CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT IS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE BACK. SOME JUNK PILED IN FRONT OF IT TO THE WEST OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, YOU CAN STILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF OVERGROWTH AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY OR JUNK BEHIND THE CHAIN LINK FENCE. CLOSER VIEW HERE. AND HE HAS GOTTEN RID OF SOME OF THAT WOOD. I BELIEVE HE GOT RID OF THE WOOD. I THINK THOSE ARE CROSS TIES. OR I'LL LET MR. FRED EXPLAIN IN A MINUTE. WHATEVER THEY WERE STILL APPEAR IN FRONT OF IT. AUGUST THE 11TH AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AGAIN A FRONT, JUST A FRONTAL SHOT OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. LOOKING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. YOU STILL SEE THE TARP TRAILER? THAT'S GOT SOME JUNK ON IT. TO THE RIGHT OF THE TARP TRAILER, SOME MORE JUNK PILED UP AGAINST A SHEET OF PLYWOOD. YOU SEE THE CHAIN LINK FENCE TO THE RIGHT OF THAT. SOME JUMP ON SCREEN PROPERTY STASHED IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. I BELIEVE THAT'S A DESK. OR A TABLE THAT MAY BE A WORK TABLE. AND TO THE RIGHT. I BELIEVE HE'S TRYING TO START PUTTING UP A PRIVACY FENCE ON THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE. ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH OR IS THAT IT? THANK YOU. BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME OF THE OVERGROWTH AND SOME OF THE JUNK OR UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT IS VIEWABLE VIEWED FROM THE ROADWAY. THIS PROPERTY IS SCHEDULED FOR A TAX DEED SALE ON THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. OKAY, WHO'S HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY? IF YOU WOULD TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS, PLEASE. FREDERICK BRUGGE AND ADDRESS IS 2038 BALLPARK ROAD. DID YOU GET THE NAME? YEAH.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WHAT? WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW ABOUT THIS? I THE JUNK STUFF CLEARED UP. I'M ACTUALLY TAKING THE TRAILER THIS AFTERNOON, TAKING IT AND GETTING RID OF
[00:05:02]
EVERYTHING ON IT. AND THEN I'VE GOT ALMOST EVERYTHING CLEANED UP. WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS SIDE? THAT'S. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. THAT'S WHAT I'M TAKING THE TRAILER WITH ALL THAT STUFF ON IT THIS AFTERNOON. ACTUALLY. LET ME GET DOWN HERE. YEAH. THE. ORIGINAL HEARING WAS HELD ON JULY THE 10TH, AND YOU WERE GIVEN 15 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IT WASN'T BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. SO THERE'S AN INITIAL. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO THE 25TH, 26TH AND THEN A DAILY FINE OF UP TO 15 DAYS. SO IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE AS OF AUGUST THE 11TH, AT LEAST. SO ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD? YES, SIR. 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. RESPONDENT WAS. ORDERED TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS WITHIN 15 DAYS OF THE JULY 10TH DAY. AND. THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS DID NOT OCCUR. SO THERE'S AN INITIAL FINE OF $200.THERE IS A DAILY FINE. THROUGH THE 11TH. HOWEVER MANY DAYS THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE. ALSO IMPOSED.
THE. COUNTY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED BY THE CODE OR THROUGH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE ANY VIOLATIONS THEY FIND TO EXIST UPON ENTRY. THE COST OF THE CLEANUP WILL BECOME A LEAN AGAINST THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE FINES. IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THE ORDER OF. JULY THE 10TH. IF. IF Y'ALL GET UP THERE AND FIND THAT THE. WHEN YOU DO YOUR INSPECTION, FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS STILL IN OR OUT OF COMPLIANCE, THEN YOU CAN LET ME KNOW. BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THE 11TH OF AUGUST, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE GOT TO SUPPORT A FIND A DAILY FINE.
JUST JUST A SUGGESTION. I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL MAGISTRATE ON THIS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PROPERTY MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLEANED, JUST NOT BEFORE THE 11TH WAS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A OFF AND ON A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHICH IN CASE THEN WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO HAVE A FINAL HEARING EVEN IF WE DON'T CLEAN IT. WE WOULDN'T BE OUT TO BID FOR ANOTHER WEEK. 27.
YES, MA'AM. 27TH. WE COULD BRING IT BACK TO THE MAGISTRATE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH FOR THE FINAL HEARING. AND YOU COULD IMPOSE THE LIENS THEN, IF YOU. THAT'LL BE FINE. WHATEVER. HOWEVER, IF HE'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE, WE WON'T HAVE THAT HEARING. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ABATE. WELL, LIKE I SAID, THE ONLY TESTIMONY THAT'S BEFORE ME RIGHT NOW IS THROUGH THE AUGUST THE 11TH PHOTOGRAPHS.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'VE GOT TO BASE IT ON. SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO IMPOSE THE FINE THROUGH AT LEAST THROUGH AUGUST THE 11TH. I WON'T IMPOSE IT AT THIS TIME, BUT I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE FINE IS DUE AND OWING AT SOME POINT IN TIME THROUGH THE 11TH. SO IF YOU GET OUT THERE AND IT'S NOT CLEANED UP, THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME PICTURES AT THAT POINT IN TIME AND WE'LL COME BACK AND CLEAN IT. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO IMPOSE THE FINE THAT AT THE SAME TIME AS AN ABATEMENT. THAT'S FINE. WHATEVER. OKAY. SO BUT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE BASIS FOR THE FINE HAS BEEN PROVEN AT THIS POINT. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT IMPOSING IT. WE'RE JUST. YEAH, WE'RE JUST MAKING THE FINDINGS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND YOU CAN YOU CAN SCHEDULE WHATEVER ADDITIONAL HEARINGS YOU MAY NEED. THAT MEANS IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO AN ABATEMENT, THERE'LL BE A FINAL HEARING TO
[00:10:03]
IMPOSE THOSE FINES. OKAY. SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE WILL BE FINE? IF WE DO HAVE TO DO AN ABATEMENT, IT'LL BE REFINED, PLUS WHATEVER IT COSTS. THAT WOULD BE THE FINAL HEARING.OKAY. THERE'S MY RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM F. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 930 WEST PEARSON DRIVE. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. WITH. THE FIRST. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON JULY 10TH, 2025. AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. JUNK DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE AND SECTOR. SCOTT THORP IS HERE TO TESTIFY. AFTERNOON. INSPECTOR THORP, BUILD INSPECTOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SUBMIT MY CREDENTIALS FOR THE RECORD, MY PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS AS WELL. THE MAGISTRATE ORDER RESPONDED, HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A $1,000 FINE WOULD BE IMPOSED. ALSO COST OF ENFORCEMENT SHOW. CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND UPON ANY OTHER OR REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY ORDER IS INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE. AS EXHIBIT B, THE RESPONDENT'S 30 DAYS WAS AUGUST 9TH. EXPIRATION ON THAT COPY AND NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY IN BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 31ST, 2025. ON AUGUST 11TH, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ALSO ON THAT YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH? YEAH, LET'S GO THROUGH THE PICTURES. I THINK THIS WAS THIS THIS WAS YEAH. YES. THIS IS MISATO'S CASE. THIS IS THE BUILDING INSPECTION, SINGLE FAMILY WOODEN FRAME STRUCTURE. IT HAS AN ADDITION ON THE REAR, WHICH IS A SUNROOM WHICH HAS BEEN HEAVILY DAMAGED. IT AFFECTS SOME OF THE ROOF LINE ON THE BACK STRUCTURE ALONG THERE. AND THESE WERE DAMAGES FROM HURRICANE MICHAEL? YES. THERE WAS HURRICANE MICHAEL DAMAGE? YES. JULY 9TH WAS BEFORE THE HEARING OR BEFORE THE HEARING ON THE 10TH. SO WE HAVE OVERGROWTH. THAT IS GONE AS OF TODAY OR AS OF THE 11TH. IT WAS GONE. JUNK AND TRASH AND DRIVEWAY PALLETS AND JUNK AND TRASH WOULD. AND AUGUST 11TH FOLLOW UP INSPECTION. THIS IS COMING UPON THE PROPERTY. STILL OVERGROWTH IN FRONT, SIDES. BACK. DEBRIS AND JUNK AND WOOD DEBRIS. STONE. DRIVEWAY. ALL THIS IS BEHIND THE HOUSE HERE. IT'S GETTING TOWARDS THE BACK. IT'S ON THE SIDE OVERGROWTH. YES, IT'S ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE. THE ADDITION IS STILL IN THE SAME CONDITION. THIS IS IN THE DRIVEWAY AS WELL. GARAGE DOOR PALLETS, OTHER WOOD ITEMS, SOME METAL ROOF VENTS. PARTIALLY. I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THEM. RUBBERMAID SHEDS, POSSIBLY WITH SOME ITEMS INSIDE. IS THAT IT? YES. OKAY. ON THAT SAME DAY, ON AUGUST 11TH, MAGISTRATE, I DID RECEIVE A CALL FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. WALKER, SAYING THAT HE WAS SENDING MYSELF AND MR. CLARKSON OVER THE ENGINEERING REPORT AND ASKED HOW TO GET THE PERMITS. AFTER EXPLAINING THE COURSE OF ACTION NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE TO OBTAIN PERMITS, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MR. WALKER WAS PAST HIS 30 DAY TIME FRAME THAT WAS ORDERED BY THE MAGISTRATE ORIGINALLY ON JULY 10TH. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED HIM THAT ONLY THE MAGISTRATE COULD MAKE THE DECISION OF WHAT HE'D BE ABLE TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY. AS OF THIS DATE OF HEARING, NO APPLICATION FOR PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. HOWEVER, SOUTHEASTERN CONSULTING ENGINEERS DID SEND OVER A
[00:15:01]
ENGINEERING REPORT. THEY THEY STATED THE STRUCTURE OVERALL WAS IN GOOD CONDITION. HOWEVER, THE BACK ROOM AND THE ADDITION WERE DAMAGED AND THEY NEED TO BE REPAIRED OR REMOVED. SO BEING ATTACHED TO THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE, IT'S STILL ONE PIECE, IT'S STILL A DAMAGED STRUCTURE.AND MR. WALKER IS HERE TODAY. MR. WALKER, COME ON UP, SIR. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. I'M EDDIE WALKER, 2719 FARRELL LANE. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? SO, FOLLOWING THE HEARING AND AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING, I DID INFORM THE MAGISTRATE THAT I HAD A TRAVEL THAT WAS GOING TO PUT ME OUT OF TOWN FOR A BIT AND REQUESTED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR THAT EXPIRATION, BUT THAT I WAS GOING TO BE FOLLOWING UP WITH ENGINEERS TO HAVE THE PROPERTY VIEWED. AND THE ULTIMATE THE PLAN WOULD BE ONCE A DETERMINATION WAS MADE BY THE ENGINEERS, THEN WE WOULD DETERMINE AND PULL THE PERMITS NECESSARY. WENT OUT. THERE WERE MULTIPLE VISITS PERFORMED BY THE ENGINEERS. THEY PROVIDED ME THE LETTER ON THIS MONDAY, AND AS SOON AS I RECEIVED THAT LETTER, I REACHED OUT TO SORRY TO SCOTT AND ASKED HOW I MAY PROCEED. AT THAT TIME, HE TOLD ME THAT I WOULD NEED TO COME DOWN AND OBTAIN THE BUILDING PACKET TO REQUEST THE PERMITS NECESSARY TO RECTIFY WHAT WAS NECESSARY ON THE PROPERTY. I SHORTLY, I'D SAY WITHIN FIVE, MAYBE TEN MINUTES. HE CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THAT I WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO REQUEST THOSE PERMITS UNTIL AFTER I'D MET WITH THE MAGISTRATE, AND THE HEARING WAS HELD. SO THAT CAUSED ME TO NOT PROCEED ANY FURTHER PENDING COMING HERE. THE FIRST CALL WAS TO MR. CLARKSON. INITIALLY. THE FIRST CALL WAS TO MR. CLARKSON, AND THEN HE CALLED ME BACK.
OKAY. YEAH. I WAS SIMPLY FOLLOWING UP WITH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF LETTING MR. CLARKSON AS THE. NOT BUILDING INSPECTOR, BUT IN HIS CODE ENFORCEMENT ROLE, KNOW WHAT HAD PROCEEDED.
BUT OF COURSE, HE'S NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE ME GUIDANCE ON THE BUILDING INSPECTION. SO THAT'S WHY I REACHED OUT TO MR. SCOTT. OKAY. WELL, OBVIOUSLY, YOUR REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOR ADDITIONAL TIME WAS DENIED. YES, SIR. AND. THIS IS YOU SAID THIS WAS HURRICANE MICHAEL DAMAGE BECAUSE IT'S GOT A C NUMBER. YEAH, WELL, BECAUSE NEW SYSTEM, NEW SYSTEM. AND WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S JUST IT'S BEEN DAMAGED. AND REALLY THE OVERGROWTH IS ACTUALLY RIGHT BEFORE THE HEARING, HE REMOVED THE OVERGROWTH FROM THE HOUSE THAT WAS GROWING. YOU COULDN'T EVEN SEE THE HOUSE. SO AND MOWED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE SPACE OF, I WOULD SAY APPROXIMATELY 20FT, WHICH IS. WHAT I INTEND TO HAVE MAINTAINED AND ALLOW THE REST OF THE PROPERTY TO. I LOST OVER 90 TREES ON THAT PROPERTY, AND I'M TRYING TO ALLOW THINGS TO GROW BACK UP. SOME OF THE PINE TREES HAVE STARTED TO COME BACK. IF I JUST CONTINUE TO MOW OVER EVERY SAPLING THAT IS COMING UP, THEN I WILL NEVER REACH HAVING ANY KIND OF WELL, IF YOU WANT TO PRESERVE THE TREES, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GET A PUSH LAWNMOWER SO YOU CAN MOW AROUND THEM. OKAY? BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS DON'T DESERVE A NEIGHBOR OR A YARD THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT. OKAY. AND I BELIEVE THE ORDER ADDRESSED THE OVERGROWTH. THE WHAT? I BELIEVE THE ORDER ADDRESSED THE OVERGROWTH, THAT HE HAD A CERTAIN TIME FRAME TO CORRECT THE OVERGROWTH AND THE TRASH AND JUNK. AND DEBRIS IN THE DRIVEWAY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S OVERGROWTH IN THE BACKYARD. THE TRASH CAN IS THERE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PICKING THINGS UP AND. HAVE YOU PICKED THAT UP? THE THAT HAS NOT BEEN PICKED UP YET. AND I WOULD SAY THAT I'M
[00:20:05]
TALKING ABOUT ALL THE STUFF AROUND. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE TRASH CAN. OBVIOUSLY, THE OVERGROWTH IN THE DRIVEWAY. HAVE YOU SEEN THE ENGINEERING REPORT? YES, SIR. I GOT IT RIGHT HERE.WE GOT IT. SURE. THANK YOU. I'LL BRING IT UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR. YEAH.
SAYS THAT THE VISITS WERE PERFORMED ON JULY 31ST AND AUGUST THE 7TH. WHEN'S YOU RETAIN THESE PEOPLE? I RETAINED THEM PROBABLY THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK OF JULY. AND IT WAS WHEN THEY WERE AVAILABLE AND I WAS THERE, SOMEONE WAS AVAILABLE TO ALSO ALLOW THEM TO ENTER THE PROPERTY FOR THE INSPECTION THEY NEEDED. WELL, WHAT IS WHAT HAS KEPT YOU AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY THAT WOULDN'T ALLOW YOU TO BE THERE? SO I HAD SOME FAMILY THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF DOWN IN ORLANDO, IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA. THAT KEPT ME AWAY. WELL. I DON'T MEAN TO BE UGLY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE EXPECTING EVERYTHING TO REVOLVE AROUND YOU. AND. NO, SIR, THAT'S THAT'S NOT I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE DISTRESSED OR THEY WOULDN'T BE CALLING COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS THING. AND BASED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN, THEY'VE GOT A BASIS TO BE COMPLAINING. THE. HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE HIM TO GET A PERMIT PACKET IF WE EXTEND. HE CAN PICK UP A PACKET TODAY, IT COULD BE UP TO 21 DAYS, TO DETERMINE ALL THE DOCUMENTS ARE THERE BEFORE THE FINAL DECISION. OKAY. IT'LL BE A PARTIAL DEMOLITION. SO IF YOU PLAN ON TAKING DOWN. CORRECT I AM. AND THEN ANY REPAIRS ON THAT BACK WALL INTERIOR OR ON A ROOF LINE, WE WOULD NEED TO ATTACH THE ROOF LINE TO MEET YOU SEPARATE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY.
COULD I, I WOULD LIKE TO, TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ARE AUTHORIZED AT LEAST TO REMOVE THE OVERGROWTH AND REMOVE THE DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY. YEAH. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. THE. I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE COUNTY IN A SPOT WITH TRYING TO REMOVE THAT SUNROOM OR WHATEVER YOU
[00:25:06]
CALL IT. AND THEN HAVE A CLAIM OF DAMAGE TO THE REMAINDER OF THE STRUCTURE BEING MADE.OKAY, MISS JODY, ARE YOU READY? YES. MAY I ASK A QUESTION OF. SO IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY FROM THE STREET, WHAT IS WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED, I GUESS UNSCREENED WOULD BE THE TRASH CANS AND THE SCRAP LUMBER THAT NEED TO FINISH CLEANING UP. ANYTHING ELSE. SOMEONE WOULD BE TRESPASSING ON THE PROPERTY. ALL OF THIS IS WHAT THE SUNROOM. OTHER THINGS WOULD ALL BE.
THINGS THAT I'M WORKING TO RECTIFY. BUT WHAT IS VISIBLE THERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS THE TRASH CANS AND THE SCRAP LUMBER THAT I WOULD NEED TO CLEAN UP. THE REST OF IT WOULD, MA'AM. AND THE OVERGROWTH. OKAY. AND SO TO THE POINT WHERE I NEED TO BRING. OVERGROWTH INTO COMPLIANCE. BUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT IS VISIBLE THERE WOULD BE IS SCREENED. AM I INCORRECT? I CAN'T TELL FROM THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS. THIS IS DEBRIS ALL OVER YOUR YARD, AND I CAN'T TELL THAT IT'S SCREENED. AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU WERE GIVEN 30 DAYS TO CLEAN IT UP. YOU DIDN'T DO IT. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. YES, SIR. OKAY, SO. YOU KNOW, I'M I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU A BREAK ON THE ENGINEERING AND LETTING THEM CONTINUE WITH THAT, BUT. AGAIN, NOT TO BE UGLY, BUT YOU HAVEN'T SHOWN ME ANYTHING THUS FAR. I MEAN, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN DRAGGING YOUR FEET. THE. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN AND THE TESTIMONY THAT WE'VE HAD, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS FOUND ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 930 WEST PEARSON DRIVE IN LYNNHAVEN, IN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, AND HE HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER OF JULY THE 10TH. THEREFORE, CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF OR THROUGH A CONTRACTOR IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND CORRECT VIOLATIONS RELATED TO TRASH, DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH. AND. THE REMOVAL OF ALL OF THAT. THEY THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO GO IN THERE AND CLEAN THE OVERGROWTH AND GET ALL THAT TRASH OUT OF THERE AND WHATEVER IT MAY BE. I AM, IN LIGHT OF THE ENGINEERING REPORT THAT I'VE SEEN, I'M GOING TO GIVE. WHEN IS THE NEXT TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO MEET AFTER 21 DAYS. WELL, THANK. AFTER 21 DAYS. WELL, WE HAVE SEPTEMBER 10TH AND SEPTEMBER 17TH ARE YOUR NEXT TO COMPLIANCE OKAY. SEPTEMBER THE 10TH. YES I WANT IT RESCHEDULED AS IT RELATES TO A BUILDING PERMIT OR DEMOLITION AND OR BUILDING PERMIT. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE UNTIL. I'M GOING TO MAKE IT SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE THE PAPERWORK DONE BY THE TIME WE GET HERE ON THE 10TH TILL SEPTEMBER THE 9TH TO GET A BUILDING AND OR DEMOLITION PERMIT TO CORRECT THE STRUCTURAL ASPECTS. OF THE PRIMARY
[00:30:02]
RESIDENCE ON THE PREMISES. FAILURE TO OBTAIN THAT PERMIT BY SEPTEMBER, THE NINTH WILL.RESULT IN A FINDING OF UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE AND FURTHER REMEDIES PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY TO CORRECT THOSE DEFICIENCIES. SO I'M GIVING TO GIVING YOU UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE 9TH TO GET THE BUILDING PERMIT. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO GET ON THE STICK, SO TO SPEAK, AND GET IT THERE, GET THE ENGINEER, EXPLAIN TO THEM, HEY, I'M UP AGAINST THE DEADLINE ON THIS THING, AND YOU NEED TO HAVE IT DONE BY SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, OR A PERMIT ISSUED BY THEN. AND SO IF THEY SAY, WEL TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A T IN HERE THAT YOU DIDN'T CROSS, YOU NEED TO GET ON THE STICK AND, AND PUT IT ON THE FRONT BURNER, SO TO SPEAK, AND GET THAT T CROSSED BECAUSE SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, IT'S GOING TO SHUT DOWN. YOUR WINDOW WILL CLOSE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. SO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR MORNING OR AFTERNOON ON THE 10TH. PARDON. DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE MORNING OR AFTERNOON ON THE 10TH THAT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? I MEAN IT'S GOT TO BE DONE ON THE NINTH OKAY. THAT'S THE REASON I'M MAKING A HEARING BACK ON THE 10TH CORRECT. YES. YES. AND THERE IS A IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT HE'S FAILED TO CORRECT THE OTHER STUFF, THERE'S A FINE OF $1,000 IMPOSED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. OKAY. SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ABATE THE OVERGROWTH, TRASH AND DEBRIS AND ALL THAT AND HAVE A COMPLIANT ANOTHER COMPLIANCE HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 1:00 IN THIS ROOM AS IT RELATES TO THE STRUCTURE, THE PORTIONS OF THE FRONT WILL BE MOWED AROUND WHERE TREES OR SAPLINGS ARE COMING UP. AND. THE REST OF WHAT IS THERE WILL BE REMOVED OR SCREENED. I'M NOT TELLING THEM HOW TO MOW THE GRASS. YOU FAIL TO MOW THE GRASS SO WELL. NO, I'M TELLING YOU, THEY'RE. BY TOMORROW MORNING.
THAT WILL ALREADY BE DONE. THAT THAT'S FINE. AS LONG AS IT'S AS LONG AS IT'S, YOU KNOW, CONTROLLED AND EVERYTHING, I MEAN, IT'S. IF THEY SHOW ME PICTURES OF WHENEVER THEY GO OUT THERE OF. EVERY. VOLUNTEER TREE THAT'S COME UP, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. I MEAN, I WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN THIS INTO JUNGLE LAND. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A BASIS FOR YOU. SAVING TREES IS WHAT I'M SAYING. WE WILL HAVE OUR PRE BID INSPECTION AND TAKE PHOTOS DURING THE PRE BID INSPECTION. MAKE SURE YOU TAKE GOOD PICTURES. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'VE GOT TO SAY. OKAY THAT'S IT. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON THE 10TH. HERE YOU NEED YOUR REPORT OR THIS IS YOUR REPORT. SO AM I CLEARED TO GO AND REQUEST THE PERMIT PACKET THAT I IS NECESSARY FOR ME? YES. OKAY. I'LL THE DOOR TO THE LEFT ON THE FLOOR. DO THEY NEED TO KNOW UP THERE THAT THERE'S A OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAD ANOTHER LATE PARTICIPANT. IT'S ITEM H. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 9407 INDIAN BLUFF ROAD. AND WE WILL NEED TO BE SWORN IN. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT HISTORY WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY.
SO WE'LL TRY TO BE A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTIVE IN THIS ONE FOR YOU OKAY. SO I'M SORRY, INSPECTOR THORPE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE BUILDING REPORT THAT STARTED IN DECEMBER OF 2024. AFTERNOON MAGISTRATE. AFTERNOON. MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR SCOTT THORPE, BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO, WOODEN FRAME, SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE. IT SITS OFF OF 2301 BETWEEN 2301 BAY HEAD OFF THE CHEROKEE HEIGHTS, LANDING OVER THAT AREA A TORNADO WENT THROUGH DID SOME DAMAGE. IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK IN IN JANUARY. SO IT BLEW IN THE GARAGE DOORS, SOME WINDOWS BROKEN OUT, GABLE VENT KNOCKED OUT SOME SIDING. THE GARAGE TOOK THE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO IT. A
[00:35:07]
LOT OF WATER INTRUSION, ROOF RIPPED OFF. INTERIOR OF THE GARAGE. THE HOUSE WAS UNSECURED FRONT AND REAR. A LOT OF TRANSIENT ACTIVITY. WE HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES DIRECTLY ACROSS. HE'S RAN OUT MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR. SO US AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT GOT INVOLVED JUST WALKING THROUGH THE HOUSE, JUST DOING INSPECTION ON IT. THAT'S THE FIRST PHOTOS. AND THEN AT THE TIME OF THE THAT WE HAD A DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNER. IT WAS A KELLY DYER AND HER DECEASED HUSBAND. AND THIS MR. SAVAGE IS THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER. AS OF MAY OF THIS YEAR. EMPLOYEE. AND ON JULY 10TH, 2025, THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THE RESPONDENT TO PAY THE COST OF ABATEMENT INCURRING BY THE INCURRED BY THE COUNTY THE AMOUNT OF $3,300 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR ASBESTOS SURVEY AND MOBILIZATION. COST OF EQUIPMENT. TO START THE DEMOLITION, THE MAGISTRATE ALSO ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORIGINAL ORDER DATED FEBRUARY 13TH, 2025. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE ORDERS FROM THE MAGISTRATE WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN CASE FILE. ON AUGUST 7TH, 2025, MR. SAVAGE PROVIDED A LETTER FROM COASTLINE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED STATING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HIRED TO DO THE INSPECTION AND REPORT. THE LETTER WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE, AND ON AUGUST 11TH, A RE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. IT'S ALL SO MAGISTRATE ASKED HIM TO CLOSE UP THE WINDOWS SECURITY GARAGE DOOR. THERE WAS APPLIANCES AND TRAILER OF DEBRIS AND STUFF IN THE YARD. A LOT OF DEBRIS LAYING AROUND. MR. SAVAGE HAS ACCOMPLISHED THAT. HE DID MAKE SEVERAL CLEAN PASS WITH A BUSH HOG AROUND THERE, WHICH HAS OVERGROWN SINCE THEN BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF. SO ON AUGUST 11TH, THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS. AND AS OF TODAY, NO ACTION PLAN OR PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. HOWEVER, I DID SPEAK TO MR. SAVAGE TODAY AGAIN, AND BY MONDAY THEY SHOULD BE PUTTING IN ALL THEIR PERMITS. THEIR ENGINEERING IS BACK. I DO HAVE IT IN HAND AND IT IS ATTACHED TO THE FILE, SO THEY'RE READY TO PULL THE TRIGGER AND MOVE FORWARD. AND HE IS HERE TODAY. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE ENGINEERING REPORT? YES. I ACCEPT IT AS EVIDENCE AND I AM SATISFIED WITH IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE $3,300? SO LET ME KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT. SO WE ACTUALLY HAD MAGISTRATE SATO AUTHORIZE US TO DEMOLISH AFTER MULTIPLE COMPLIANCE HEARINGS. MR. SAVAGE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY PUTTING THE PROPERTY IN HIS NAME. HE DID PRIOR TO. HE ACTUALLY DID THE BOARDING UP PRIOR TO HIM OWNING THE PROPERTY. AT ONE POINT, HE MOWED THE GRASS AND MOVED SOME OF THE DEBRIS. HE WAS GIVEN. SO IT CAME DOWN TO APRIL AND SHE GAVE US THE ORDER TO DEMOLISH. SO WE WENT AHEAD WITH THE.SURVEY AND WE DID THE THREE BIDS AND WE HELD OFF ON THE DEMOLITION AS LONG AS WE COULD.
AND ON MAY 15TH, A DAY AFTER HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET OWNERSHIP, HE CAME IN, STILL DIDN'T HAVE OWNERSHIP. AND SO WITH AN ATTORNEY AND 5:00 THAT AFTERNOON, THEY FINALLY GOT THE PROPERTY IN THEIR NAME. SO WE HAD REQUESTED ONE. THEY PAY FOR THE ASBESTOS SURVEY, AND WE HAD ALREADY SET UP TO DEMOLISH. AND SO THAT WAS OUR CONTRACTOR'S PRICE. HE HAD ALWAYS EQUIPMENT.
HE WAS READY TO GO. BUT IN AN EFFORT TO GIVE THEM LITERALLY THE VERY LAST CHANCE. BUT THAT WAS SO WHY WE HAVE THAT THOSE COSTS. OKAY. SO THE $3,300 REPRESENTS THE ASBESTOS SURVEY AND THE DEMOLITION CONTRACTORS MOBILIZATION FEES. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT. OKAY. AND AT JULY 10TH HEARING, WE BASICALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW OWNER
[00:40:05]
THAT HE UNDERSTANDS HE HAS TO HE HAS 30 DAYS TO GET THE ENGINEERING AND START, OKAY. AND SO FORTH. TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT. ME. OH, YOU GOTTA SWEAR. YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT GIVES THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO. OKAY, SIR. ALL RIGHT. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US TO KNOW. YEAH. SO THE PICTURES THAT YOU SAW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN INSIDE THE HOUSE YET, BUT I'VE PROBABLY TAKEN ROUGHLY AROUND 20 TO 30,000 POUNDS OF TRASH OUT OF THERE. EVERYTHING'S PRETTY MUCH CLEAN AND READY TO GO. HUGH HARDMAN IS MY GC. TALKED WITH HIM YESTERDAY. YOU KNOW, I PUT IN FOR THE ENGINEERING TO GET OUT THERE. FINALLY GOT HIM OUT THERE LAST WEEK. I KNOW I'M KIND OF CUTTING IT CLOSE OR WHATNOT, BUT YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THEIR SCHEDULE, MONEY SITUATION, THE WHOLE NINE, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ME THE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS YESTERDAY FOR THE ENGINEERING SITUATION. I TALKED TO HUGH LAST NIGHT AND HE SAID THAT WE'LL BE MOVING ON IT ON MONDAY AND GETTING THINGS PREPARED AND READY TO GO. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON NOW WILL BE THE FIRST THING WOULD BE THE ROOF ON THE GARAGE AND THE DORMER WINDOW ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE BUILDING. I CAN'T HAVE GUYS GO OUT THERE AND MOW BACK EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE FROM THE ROAD LIKE, I MEAN, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN VISIBLY SEE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK DOWN TREES. I TOOK DOWN SEVEN TREES THAT WERE LAID OUT. IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, REALLY. YOU KNOW, WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'LL BE DOING DOORS, WINDOWS AND ROOF FIRST. IT'S JUST GETTING EVERYTHING SITUATED HERE FIRST AND MOVING FORWARD. OKAY, NOW THIS AGAIN, THE ENGINEERING STUFF IS ON FILE OR WHATEVER. IT'S. YOU'VE RECEIVED IT ANYHOW. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN ARE WE BACK TO THE 21 DAY KIND OF THING. OR HAS HE IS THERE A PACKET SUBMITTED YET FOR THEIR PUTTING TOGETHER AS WE SPEAK. OKAY OKAY. MONDAY THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD PUT APPLY GET IN AND THEN IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE A FEW WEEKS TO GET IT THROUGH. I'LL TRY TO I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. SO WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE GETTING THE SUBMISSION IN ON MONDAY AND THEN GO FROM THERE. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO ROUGHLY 20 TO 30 DAYS HE SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING IN HAND AND SET FORTH THE MOVE FORWARD OKAY. TOLD ME SEPTEMBER THE 10TH. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER DAY? 17TH. LET'S DO THIS ONE ON THE 17TH. SO WE GOT MORE THAN 30 DAYS AND WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT OPEN. WE'LL JUST CONTINUE THE MATTER UNTIL THE 17TH, UNTIL HE GETS A CHANCE TO GET HIS PAPERWORK IN AND DUCKS IN A ROW AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I'LL BE AT 1:00, 1:00 PLACE.SORRY ABOUT THAT. I SLICED MY FINGER UP OFF PRETTY MUCH SO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YEAH. GOOD LUCK WITH IT. YEAH, MAN. IT'S COMING AROUND. IT'S TAKING A HUGE. YOU'RE GETTING GRAY HAIR OVER IT THOUGH, I'M SURE. OKAY. 17TH AT 1:00. I BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE, EVERYBODY THAT'S PRESENT I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PHONE CALLS. THAT WOULD BRING US BACK TO ITEM A.
PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 13 210 SHERRY LANE. THIS IS ALSO A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INVESTIGATOR RICK MCKINNON IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING. MANAGER RICK MCKINNON. BAY COUNTY CODE. THE CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, BAY COUNTY, ON JULY 10TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION. BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO PROHIBITS, IN THE FORM OF JUNK, TRASH DERELICT VEHICLES. THE RESPONDENT, ANGELA BATSON, DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. FORGET THE PROPERTY OR JUST AN EVIDENCE. EXHIBIT A THIS WAS TAKEN ON THE 22ND WITH THE VEHICLE. YOU'VE GOT SMALL AMOUNTS OF JUNK AND TRASH OFF TO THE RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE VEHICLE. THERE'S A LARGER PILE IN THE BACKGROUND BEING OVERGROWN BY THE OVERGROWTH BEING TAKEN OVER BY THE OVERGROWTH. IT'S ACTUALLY METAL. IS THAT A TRAILER WITH THAT'S A FIFTH WHEEL. THAT'S A FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER. AND THAT IS A ANOTHER TRAILER WITH CHAIN LINK FENCE IN IT TO HOLD THE TRASH IN. OKAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT THERE IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER,
[00:45:06]
THERE'S SOME TIRES THERE. I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE. THERE. AND THEN SHE HAD PLACED A NEW FENCE DURING THE PROCESS. OFF TO THE LEFT OVER THERE IS MORE JUNK AND TRASH. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENTS TO HAVE 15 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH ORDER OR INITIAL FINE OF 200, AND A DAILY FINE OF 25 FOR 15 DAYS, AND WOULD BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS AND ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONTINUE TO LEAN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND UPON OTHER REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT, AND A COPY ORDER WAS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AND LIKE I SAID ON JULY THE 22ND, WHICH YOU SAW THE PROPERTY HAD REMAINED IN VIOLATION, WENT BACK ON THE SEVENTH. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT NO IMPROVEMENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THE PROPERTY. IT STILL HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF JUNK AND TRASH. THE TRAILER FULL OF TRASH, THE FIFTH WHEEL IN THE BACKGROUND. THERE'S ALSO THE DERELICT WHITE VEHICLE SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT PHOTO. THAT'S THE LAST PHOTO, OKAY, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL PRESENT ALONG WITH THE TRASH ON THE SIDES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M BEGINNING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. LOCATED AT 1320 SHERRY LANE IN FOUNTAIN, AND HAS FAILED TO DO SO, AND IN FAILING TO DO SO, HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER OF JULY THE 10TH.THE STAFF OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS THEN FOUND TO EXIST UPON THEIR ENTRY. THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION WILL BECOME A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED. THERE IS A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF AN INITIAL FINE OF $200, AND THE DAILY FINE RUNNING FOR 15 DAYS AT $25 A DAY. I THINK THAT THAT'S IT. THAT'S ITEM BRINGS US TO ITEM B IS 75, 14, TEN. I GOT THIS ONE. IT'S OKAY. 7514 JEFFERSON AVENUE. AND REASON I'M WAVING HIM OFF. IT'S JUST WHEN THIS INITIALLY WENT TO THE FIRST HEARING ON JULY 10TH, 2025, THERE WAS A DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNER AND THAT THAT PROPERTY OWNER WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF 17 TWO IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THAT PROPERTY THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE DATE OF THE HEARING. FINE WITH SLIDE NUMBER THREE. SEE, THERE'S SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OVERGROWTH. THE MAGISTRATE AT THAT TIME HAD ORDERED. THE RESPONDENT HAVE FIVE DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, OR A FINE OF $300, AND A DAILY FINE OF $50 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 25 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY CAME INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST. ON JULY 15TH, THE PROPERTY SOLD AT TAX DEED AUCTION TO A NEW PROPERTY OWNER AND INVESTIGATOR. JUSTICE MET WITH THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER, JAMES BACAK. REPRESENTATIVE OF SEASHORE PROPERTIES, AND ADVISED HIM OF THE ORDER. SO ON JULY 16TH, WHEN THE FIVE DAYS WERE UP, DID AN INSPECTION. EXCUSE ME. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WAS IT WAS STILL IN VIOLATION. HOWEVER, THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER DID TEXT THAT SAME DAY SOME PHOTOS OF THE PROGRESS THAT HE HAD MADE ON THAT DAY. AND YOU CAN SEE A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE. CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT. ON JULY 18TH, THE PROPERTY WAS INSPECTED AND IS TOTALLY IN COMPLIANCE ROW, EXCEPT FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER ON THIS AREA, BUT TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROPERTY AS YOU. AND AS OF JULY 29TH, ALL THE VIOLATIONS WERE CORRECTED, ALL THE OVERGROWTH. SO. OKAY, SO I GUESS WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS NOW IS THAT YOU FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE AS OF JULY 10TH, AND WE'RE NOT ASKING
[00:50:04]
FOR THE NEW PROPERTY. BE FIND IN REFERENCE TO WHAT THE ORDER YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR. NO. OKAY.BECAUSE THOSE FINES REFLECTED A REPEAT ON A OKAY. AND HE TOOK CARE OF THE VIOLATIONS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY UPON OWNERSHIP. ALL RIGHT. WELL, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY, I'VE HEARD THE EXHIBITS IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE THE. PROPERTY AT 7514 JEFFERSON AVENUE IN SOUTHPORT IS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. AND BECAUSE OF THE TRANSFER OF THE OWNERSHIP, THE PORTION OF THE ORDER FINDING THE ORIGINAL OWNER AS A REPEAT VIOLATOR WILL BE WAIVED. ALL FINES WAIVED. ALL RIGHT. ITEM SEE PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7401. WHAT? EXCUSE ME.
WIREGRASS BOULEVARD. THIS IS ALSO A COMPLIANCE HEARING FROM THE JULY 10TH, 2025 HEARING. AND INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. ATTACHED ARE MY PHOTOGRAPHS AND NOTICES. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON JULY THE 10TH, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF JUNK DERELICT VEHICLES AND UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT WAS PRESENT FOR THIS HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ATTACHED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE. SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS. IS BASICALLY A VACANT RESIDENTIAL LOT CONTAINING MULTIPLE DERELICT VEHICLES, MULTIPLE VEHICLES. ONE SMALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. YOU SEE IT TO THE RIGHT. YOU SEE VEHICLES. THAT WHITE EXCUSE ME, IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER. THAT'S AN UNTAGGED VEHICLE, I BELIEVE. UNREGISTERED. THE VAN. EITHER WAY, IT CANNOT BE ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE IS NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY. YOUR MAGISTRATE. SO THAT'S JUST THE STRUCTURE THAT YOU SEE IN THERE IS CLASSED AS AN ACCESSORY. YES, SIR. THERE IS NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE. HE BOUGHT IT AS IS TWO YEARS AGO. I BELIEVE YOU SEE SOME UNSCREENED PROPERTY AROUND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. HERE ARE TWO OTHER VEHICLES. AND I'M SORRY. IN SLIDE FIVE. RED VEHICLE. THERE IS ONE UNDER A TARP AND YOU SEE THE ONE IN THE BACK. YOU SEE A PILE OF JUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH HERE ON THE RIGHT. AND YOU ALSO SEE AN RV. HERE IN SLIDE FOUR. THERE IT IS.
SLIDE THREE. THANK YOU, MISS ASHLEY. THIS IS ACTUALLY TAKEN FROM THE ROADWAY. SLIDE THREE WAS TAKEN FROM THE ROADWAY LOOKING BACK DUE WEST. WELL HE WAS TRYING TO GET RID OF SOME OF IT PRIOR TO THE HEARING. I BELIEVE HE BURNT SOME OF IT AND SOME MORE JUNK LAID UP IN THE BUSHES. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ALL THE JUNK, REMOVING ALL THE UNSCREENED, UNUSED PROPERTY AND ALL BUT ONE DERELICT VEHICLE, OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $20 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS. THE RESPONDENT WOULD ALSO HAVE 30 DAYS TO REMOVE OR STORE THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE. IF THE RESPONDENT CORRECTED THE VIOLATIONS WITHIN A TEN DAY TIME FRAME BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE VIOLATION, THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 WOULD BE IMPOSED. ON JULY THE 22ND, I RETURNED FOR A RE-INSPECTION.
THE I BELIEVE ONE VEHICLE IS MISSING FROM IN FRONT OF THAT JEEP. ONE RED VEHICLE, BUT ANOTHER ONE HAS SHOWN UP. THE TRUCK IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER HAS SHOWN UP. IS IT DERELICT? IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE. I WAS UNABLE TO. IT DOES NOT. IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE DERELICT. BUT IT IS ON THE PROPERTY STILL. THE VEHICLE IN THE REAR IS STILL PRESENT, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND JUNK. I BELIEVE HE STARTED ANOTHER FIRE IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER. SOME OF THE UNSCREENED PERSONAL. THANK YOU, MISS ASHMAN. OR HE WAS TRYING TO START A FIRE WITH SOME OF IT. YOU SEE SOME OF THE OVERGROWTH HERE. AND THIS IS LOOKING DIRECTLY FROM THE ROAD, BASICALLY AT THE ENTIRE PARCEL. THE VEHICLE, THE RV, SOME OF THE OVERGROWTH IN THE MIDDLE AROUND THE PUMP HOUSE OR THE DOG SHED, SOME OF THE JUNK AND UNSCREENED PROPERTY IN THE MIDDLE, IN BETWEEN THE SHED AND THE PINE TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, THE JEEP AND THE VEHICLE AND THE RV, AND STILL SOME OF THE RESIDUAL FROM THE BURN PILE. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OTHER ITEMS BEHIND THE JEEP A LITTLE BIT. LOOKS LIKE A STACK OF WOOD OR STACK OF PALLETS IN THE BACK HERE IN SLIDE 15 AND SLIDE 16 TO THE RIGHT OF THE
[00:55:07]
VEHICLE THAT APPEARED DURING THIS INSPECTION. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE SAME BURN PILE WHERE IT HAD BEEN ADDED TO. AND THERE'S SOME MORE JUNK CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT STILL ON THE PROPERTY AT THIS ADDRESS HERE IN SLIDE 17, AUGUST, THE 11TH INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED.THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, ONE VEHICLE REMAINS. I DO BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO BE A DERELICT VEHICLE. NOW IT IS APPEARS TO HAVE A TOWEL OR A TARP OVER IT. THE OVERGROWTH HAS RETURNED ALL OVER THE PARCEL. AS OF THIS PAST MONDAY. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WOOD AND PILED UP.
SOME OF THE UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY HAD DISAPPEARED FROM AROUND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
YOU SEE, THE RV IS STILL PRESENT. SOME OF THAT THAT WAS BEHIND THAT PICNIC TABLE, I BELIEVE HAS DISAPPEARED FROM FROM THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE OR. IT'S SOME RIGHT. MAYBE IN OVERGROWTH TOO. BUT I WAS GIVING YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. THANK YOU.
THE RV IS STILL PRESENT. THE JEEP IS STILL PRESENT. SOME UNSEEN PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH YOU SAW. THIS VEHICLE IS STILL PRESENT. IT DOES APPEAR TO BE A REGISTERED VEHICLE AND OPERABLE. THE BURN PILE IS STILL PRESENT. AND I BELIEVE THAT CAR IN THE BACK IS STILL. IT'S STILL PRESENT AS OF THIS PAST MONDAY. HAVE YOU SEEN ANYBODY WHEN YOU'VE GONE TO THE PREMISES? NO, SIR. THE ONLY TIME I'VE. I'VE MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE FIRST ONE WAS BEFORE THE INITIAL HEARING IN THE LOBBY OF CODE ENFORCEMENT. I EXPLAINED THE VIOLATIONS TO HIM.
I EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM WITH HIS MAIL. HE PROVIDED ME WITH ANOTHER ADDRESS. I FORWARDED THE NOTICE OF HEARINGS TO HIM. AT THAT TIME, BOTH OF THOSE LETTERS CAME BACK WITH THE ADDRESS HE GAVE ME. HE SHOWED HE WAS PRESENT FOR THE FIRST HEARING. HE WAS EXPLAINED, AND MAGISTRATE SATO ACTUALLY GAVE HIM. MORE TIME CONCERNING THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE THAN NORMAL. AS OF AUGUST THE 11TH, THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION THIS PAST MONDAY. THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A FLORIDA TAG TO ME. I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT SO MANY TAGS NOW, THOUGH IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO TELL WHETHER IT'S A FLORIDA TAG OR NOT, BUT THAT THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A FLORIDA TAG TO ME. ALABAMA TAG. OKAY, I WAS EXPECTING HIM HERE TODAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE'S NOT. OKAY.
WELL. ALL RIGHT, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT ON JULY THE 10TH WAS GIVEN THE. GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND HAS FAILED TO DO SO AS OF THIS DATE. THE. IN THE IN IN YOUR PARAGRAPH TWO, IT TALKS ABOUT IF THEY DIDN'T CORRECT THE INITIAL OR THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 WOULD BE IMPOSED. SO NONE OF THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADDRESSED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THERE IS AN INITIAL FINDING OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE FOR 20 DAYS AT $25 PER DAY. THE COUNTY, THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS THAT EXIST AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. THE COST RELATED TO THE ABATEMENT OF THE VIOLATION, AS WELL AS THE FINES, WILL BE IMPOSED AT A LATER DATE TO THROUGH AN ORDER WHICH WILL BECOME A LIEN UPON THE PREMISES ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED. I DON'T THINK I THINK THAT THE WAY SHE HAD IT STRUCTURED, ALL THE TIME PERIODS HAVE NOW ELAPSED AND SO Y'ALL CAN CLEAN UP THE WHOLE MESS.
THANK YOU. ITEM E PROPERTY ADDRESS 1119 FOURTH STREET. THIS IS ALSO A HEARING FOR COMPLIANC.
AND INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. MY PHOTOGRAPHS AND EXHIBIT NOTICES ARE ATTACHED. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 10TH OF JULY, 2025, AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF TRASH, JUNK AND APPLIANCES.
[01:00:04]
THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT. PHOTOGRAPHS ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THIS IS JUST LOOKING FROM THE ROADWAY ON THAT IS 1119 FOURTH STREET, SOUTHPORT, NEAR THE CEMETERY. THIS WAS THE VIOLATION SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THE MAJORITY OF THE VIOLATIONS. YOU SEE SOME JUNK AND UNSCREENED PROPERTY AND THE APPLIANCE AND BEHIND IT THE SECOND APPLIANCE. THANK YOU, MISS ASHLEY. AND YOU CAN SEE TO THE LEFT OF THE SECOND APPLIANCE THERE IS PILES OF JUNK BEHIND THERE. NEXT PHOTO PLEASE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE JULY 10TH HEARING THAT THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. ON JULY THE 16TH, THE TENANT, STACY, TEXTED A PHOTO AND IT APPEARS THAT THE APPLIANCES HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THIS IS LOOKING TO THE RIGHT OF THE HOUSE. DO NOT SEE THE TENANT, BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE JUNK AND SOME UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY TO THE RIGHT OF THE BACK SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THIS IS LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE ACTUAL TENANT PHOTO. YES, SIR.THIS IS NOT MINE. THESE ARE NOT TIME DATE STAMPED. BUT I DID RECEIVE THE TEXT ON THE 16TH. ON JULY 22ND, A RE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THE JUNK AND THE UNSCREENED OR EXCUSE ME UNSCREENED PROPERTY STILL REMAIN. THAT IS THE EAST SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND YOU CAN SEE THE JUNK KIND OF WRAPS AROUND. I'M NOT SAYING THE APPLIANCES ARE BACK THERE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THEY'VE DISAPPEARED AFTER THIS INSPECTION. AGAIN, THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. AND THIS CAME INTO PLAY DURING THIS INSPECTION, DURING MY ENTIRE COURSE OF INVESTIGATION, PRIOR TO THE FIRST HEARING. THIS WAS NOT HERE. THE WHATEVER THIS IS ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THE WOOD PANELS ON THE BACK. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. DECKING THAT IS JUST LAID UP AGAINST THE HOUSE. THERE IS SOME UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY THERE AS WELL AS THE FRONT, AND NOW THERE'S A RETAINING WALL IN THE FAR LEFT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. AND THE PREVIOUS PHOTOGRAPH. I THINK YOU COULD SEE ANOTHER HOUSE THAT'S NOT SUBJECT TO. NO THAT'S NOT.
NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS, THIS IS THE BACKSIDE OF THE THIS IS ACTUALLY THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. YES. OKEYDOKE. AUGUST THE 11TH, A RE INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION THIS PAST MONDAY. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A FRONTAL SHOT. THERE IS THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE. IT APPEARS THE UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND JUNK AND ITEMS ARE STILL ON THE WEST SIDE NOW. AND PROBABLY TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
SOME JUNK AND UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY STILL EXISTS, SO THE PROPERTY AS OF AUGUST 11TH WAS STILL IN VIOLATION. AND THAT'S A ZOOMED IN PHOTO OR EXCUSE ME, I'LL GO. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE 14TH PICTURE NUMBER 14. PICTURE THAT DECKING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. IS IT ACTUALLY LEANING UP? I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BACK WINDOW BACK THERE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT EGRESS IS BLOCKED BY ALL OF THIS STUFF. IT LOOKS TO ME IF IT'S THE MAINTENANCE OF A DECK, BECAUSE HERE'S YOU SEE THE HANDRAILS AND THE STAIRS. YEAH. THE GO TO THAT WINDOW AND THEN MAYBE THIS AND THE RAILINGS AROUND. IT'S LIKE THEY DISMANTLED A BACK PATIO AND LEANED IT UP. AND THAT'S A STRONG POSSIBILITY. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS DECEASED. THIS IS HER GRANDDAUGHTER, I BELIEVE THAT IS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN IT. BUT IT DOES REALLY IT DOES APPEAR TO BE BLOCKING THAT. YEAH. THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE CITED FOR. BUT I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS AN ISSUE AS TO, RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, THE CLEANUP AND EVERYTHING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I INTERRUPTED YOU. NO, YOU'RE FINE. AND THIS PHOTOGRAPH ALSO IS JUST A CLOSER VIEW OF THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE. YOU SEE THE ON SCREEN PROPERTY, BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE SOME TIRES JUNK UP CLOSE TO THE HOUSE. SO MY LAST PHOTOGRAPH. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE SEEN THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE ORDER OF JULY THE 10TH AFFORDED THE RESPONDENT ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A FAILURE TO DO SO. THEREFORE, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO OR BY A CONTRACTOR, ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS THEN FOUND TO EXIST UPON ENTRY. THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATIONS, AS WELL AS THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 A DAY, RUNNING FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS. SHALL ALSO BE WITHIN THE SCOPE
[01:05:03]
OF THE LIEN IMPOSED. UPON DETERMINATION OF THOSE COSTS. FINAL COSTS. OKIE DOKIE. ALL RIGHT. BRINGS US TO ITEM G. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 8813 FREMONT AVENUE. AND THIS IS A COMPLIANCE HEARING OR HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY.SORRY. INSPECTOR THORPE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. EXCUSE ME. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LET HIM TESTIFY TO THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON, INSPECTOR THORPE. THIS IS 8813 FREMONT. THIS IS DURING MY BUILDING INSPECTION DURING PRE-BID FOR CLEANUP. TRASH, JUNK OVERGROWTH OF THE PROPERTY. DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME, DILAPIDATED DECK DIRECTLY ATTACHED TO THE EXTERIOR END WALL THERE, WHICH WOULD BE THE NORTH SIDE. PRETTY MUCH EVERY WINDOW HAS BEEN BROKEN OUT. THE REAR DECK IS ROTTED. THERE'S A POOL ATTACHED TO THAT REAR DECK AS WELL, AND A HOT TUB THAT WAS FULL PULLED.
THE POOL WAS DRAINED, BUT IT WAS FULL OF JUNK, TRASH, DEBRIS, NO HANDRAILS. IT'S OVER 30IN, SO IT WOULD NEED HANDRAILS ROTTING TO THE RIM JOISTS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT DECK, ON THE BACK, ON THE FRONT SIDE. APPLIANCES EVERYWHERE ATTACHED TO THE MOBILE HOME. YES, IT IS ATTACHED WITH A LEDGER BOARD. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW CAN WE BACK UP? LET ME ASK ONE MORE. KEEP GOING.
ONE THAT ROOF AND THAT DECK, IS THAT ATTACHED TO IT ALSO? AND WHERE THAT SLIDE ON THAT PICTURE. THAT'S JUST THE BACK SIDE OF THAT. THIS THIS PORCH HERE. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE ALL VIOLATIONS ABOUT THE WAY YOU CORRECT DO ATTACHMENTS I GUESS OR NON ATTACHMENTS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES SIR. ANYTHING ELSE. JUST JUST SHOWING BOTH FRONT REAR DOORS WERE KICKED OPEN I BELIEVE THE BARRIER WAS MISSING. FLOORS ROTTED I MEAN NOTHING OF VALUE LEFT IN THERE. IT'S BEEN PILFERED THROUGH SEVERAL TIMES. LOTS OF VAGRANT ACTIVITY. A LOT OF THIS NOW HAS BEEN THROWN OUTSIDE. PARTIAL MECHANICALS, REMOVED THE TWO. THERE'S A LARGE AND A SMALL SHED IN THE REAR. WINDOWS BROKE OUT, BOARDED UP WITH FOAM AND STEEL PLATE, CORRUGATED METAL DAMAGE TO THE ROOF LINE AND BACK DUE TO A TREE ON IT, AND THE INTERIOR OF THE LARGE SHED WAS USED AS A FOR HABITATION. AT ONE TIME. THE SMALL SHED FLOORS ROTTED OUT, ROOFS ROTTED OUT. FULL OF JUNK AND TRASH. IS THAT IS THIS THE ONE THAT WAS USED FOR HABITATION? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. IS IT UNFIT? UNSAFE ALSO? YES. OKAY. ALL THREE PRIMARY AND TWO ACCESSORIES AND SOME APPLIANCES. APPLIANCES. OKAY. THIS CASE BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, BAY COUNTY ON JULY 10TH, 2025 WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE MOBILE HOME. TWO UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, UNSECURED SWIMMING POOL, DERELICT VEHICLES, DERRICK WATERCRAFT. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $1,000 WILL BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. COPY OF THE NOTICE HEARING WAS POSTED TO BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 31ST, 2025, AND ON AUGUST 11TH A RE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND THE JUNK TRASH MOST OF THE OVERGROWTH WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIRST PRE-BID.
HOWEVER, LIKE I STATED, A LOT OF THE STUFF FROM INSIDE HAS NOW MADE IT INTO THE POOL AND OFF THE BACK PORCH. TWO DERELICT VEHICLES IS A GRAND AM IN THE BACK AND A VAN OUT FRONT. SOME NEW TRASH BAGS HAVE APPEARED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE PROPERTY REMAINDER AND VIOLATION AS OF AUGUST 11TH, 2025. AS OF THIS DATE OF HEARING, NO ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKIE DOKIE. ALL RIGHT, SO BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THE PROPERTY AT 8813 FREMONT AVENUE AND SOUTH FORT. REMAINS IN VIOLATION. THERE WAS AN ORDER ENTERED ON JULY THE 10TH, ALLOWING FOR 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE ORDER OR A $1,000 FINE WOULD BE IMPOSED. I
[01:10:08]
FIND IT'S APPROPRIATE TO IMPOSE THAT FINE AT THE PRESENT TIME AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF, OR A CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY CAN ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY FIND TO EXIST, TO INCLUDE THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOME AND TWO UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. AN UNSECURED SWIMMING POOL, DERELICT VEHICLES AND DERELICT WATERCRAFT. THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT, ONCE DETERMINED, WILL ALSO BECOME A LIEN UPON THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED.THAT, ALONG WITH THE FINE, WHICH WILL ALSO BECOME A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY, IT'S. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS ITEM I. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2601 BEACH STREET AND THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. MR. BECK'S NOT HERE. MR. BECK IS NOT HERE. OKAY. DID NOT ATTEND THE FIRST HEARING EITHER. OH. AND. BRANDON IRWIN IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. BRANDON IRWIN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. NOTICES ARE INDICATED IN THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. THE CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON JULY 10TH, 2025. WAS FOUND IN REPEAT VIOLATION. THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE PHOTOS JULY 3RD, 2025. BEFORE THAT CASE WENT TO THE HEARING, YOU CAN SEE THE OLIVE GROVE OVER THE FENCE. LOOKS LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY PUSHING THE FENCE DOWN ON THE PROPERTY. YEAH, OVER THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AS WELL. AND THEN SIDE FOUR.
THERE WAS SOME TRASH OUT BY THE ROAD. AND SLIDE FIVE YOU CAN SEE OVERGROWTH IN FRONT OF THE OR ALL AROUND THE VEHICLES. THERE'S IS THERE ANOTHER SLIDE THERE. SLIDE SIX CLOSER VIEW OF THE OVERGROWTH. THERE'S ACTUALLY A DAMAGED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. DO I HAVE THAT. IT WAS THAT TWO PHOTOS AGO I THINK YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE OVERGROWTH. THERE YOU GO. THERE'S THOSE CARS PARKED.
IS THAT ON THE RIGHT OF WAY OR IS THAT. YES, IT IT IS ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. OKAY. YEAH. THE JEEP IS ACTUALLY APPEARS TO BE DERELICT. THE VAN WAS RELATIVELY NEW AND APPEARED TO BE REGISTERED, BUT THIS CASE WENT FOR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. ON JULY 10TH WAS FOUND A REPEAT VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO PROHIBITIONS IN THE FORM OF JUNK TRASH TO INCLUDE THE DAMAGED SHED FURNITURE, OVERGROWTH ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY AS WELL. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO HAVE FIVE DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $300, AND A DAILY FINE OF $50 WOULD BE IMPOSED AFTER THE FIFTH DAY FOR A PERIOD OF 25 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST. ALL INITIAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATOR. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. JULY 16TH WAS MY FIVE DAY RE-INSPECTION. THE TRASH HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THE OVERGROWTH STILL REMAINED ALL THROUGHOUT. YOU CAN SEE IT GROWS UP OVER THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR PART OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT'S LEFT. IT'S GROWING ALL AROUND THE FENCE LINE. IS THAT AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR IS THAT PART OF THE BUILDING THAT WAS A SMALL RESIN LIKE RUBBERMAID SHED AT ONE POINT THAT HIS THE ROOF HAS FALLEN OFF OF IT. WALLS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY THING STANDING IN, LIKE ONE PANEL OF THE ROOF IS REMAINING ON THAT SHED. IS THAT A STEERING WHEEL ATTACHED TO IT? IT'S SOMETHING. YEAH. OKAY. SLIDE TEN. YOU CAN SEE THE JUNK AND TRASH BEHIND THE VEHICLE ON SCREEN. PERSONAL PROPERTY DOES APPEAR A LITTLE BIT OF OVERGROWTH AROUND THAT JEEP HAD BEEN CUT AT THIS INSPECTION, BUT OTHER THAN THAT ALL THE OTHER OVERGROWTH REMAINED AND YOU CAN SEE SOME MORE JUNK ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY THROUGH THE PARCEL SCREENING THAT IS CONSTRUCTED ON THIS PROPERTY IN SLIDE 12. AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE ROOF IS MISSING ON THAT RUBBERMAID. YES, MA'AM. SLIDE 13. JUST SEE SOME MORE, I GUESS, DEBRIS AND STUFF BEHIND THE JEEP AND KIND OF ALONG THE PROPERTY
[01:15:01]
LINE AND DUSTPAN, PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF AROUND THERE. AUGUST 12TH WAS A 30 DAY RE-INSPECTION OTHER OVERGROWTH WAS STILL IN VIOLATION ALL ALONG THE FENCE LINE. THE HOUSE, THE JUNK SHED, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, STILL REMAINED. THE JUNK TRASH ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY WAS STILL NOTICEABLE IN THE DRIVEWAY, BUT A TARP HAD BEEN THROWN OVER A MAJORITY OF IT BEHIND THE JEEP. THE OVERGROWTH HAD RETURNED AROUND THE DERELICT JEEP AS WELL. I ACTUALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE IF WE CAN. PART OF THAT, SEEING HOW YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE ORIGINAL CASE, THE PART OF THE ISSUE IS TO, AS YOU SEE, THERE'S BRICKS STACKED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND, AND. ONE OF THE, THE ROCKS THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL. IT'S HARD TO TELL IN THESE PHOTOS, BUT THERE'S SOME MINOR VIOLATION THERE AS WELL.OKEY DOKEY. ANYTHING ELSE THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY? 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 THE. PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2601 BEACH STREET IN PANAMA CITY BEACH IS. REMAINS IN NONCOMPLIANCE AT THE PRESENT TIME OR AS OF THE DATE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS. I BELIEVE THE 12TH AND THEREFORE. RESPONDENT SHALL SUFFER THE INITIAL FINE OF $300 AND THE DAILY FINE, WHICH WAS $50, WHICH WAS IMPOSED FOR A PERIOD OF 25 DAYS. SHALL BE IMPOSED. THE COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT, OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES WITH SUCH ASSISTANCE AS MAY BE NECESSARY FROM THE BAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. TO ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY THEN FIND TO EXIST. THE COST OF SUCH ABATEMENT, AS WELL AS THE FINE, WILL ALL BECOME LIENS AGAINST THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND THOSE COSTS WILL BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE ONCE. THEY ARE DETERMINED. THAT'S OKEY DOKEY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.