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Code Magistrate Hearing on October 9, 2025.

Oct 09, 2025 Code Magistrate Hearing

Code Magistrate Hearing on October 9, 2025.

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EVERYONE. GOD, THE MICS AREN'T EVEN CLOSE TO ME. OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IT'S 901.

[Code Magistrate Hearing on October 9, 2025.]

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL. TODAY'S MEETINGS WERE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9TH AT 901.

MY NAME IS TIFFANY. SO I'M GOING TO BE YOUR MODERATOR FOR TODAY'S HEARING. ANYONE WHO'S GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY, IF YOU'LL STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, WILL GO AHEAD AND SWEAR EVERYBODY IN ALL AT ONE TIME. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE? IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. BUT IF YOU DO. ALL RIGHT, I AM GOING TO JUMP AROUND THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN DEAL WITH YOU GUYS THAT ARE HERE. THAT WAY I GET YOU IN AND OUT FIRST. SO YOU'RE NOT STUCK HERE ALL DAY WITH ME. I'M GOING TO HEAR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT FIRST ABOUT THE PROPERTY. THEN I'LL HEAR WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE TOLD TO ME ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, AND WE CAN GET A RESOLUTION OF THAT CASE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. I HAVE NO EX PARTE COMMUNICATION TO DISCLOSE.

LET'S BEGIN ON THE AGENDA WITH LETTER E. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 2025084 FOR PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 3102 AMANDA CIRCLE. GOOD MORNING, CATHERINE ASHMAN, COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.

GOOD MORNING. SLIDE NUMBER TWO. HERE IS JUST A AERIAL FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS BAYOU GEORGE. PROPERTY IS THE GREEN PIN DOT HIGHWAY 231 PIPELINE ROAD. AND CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

DISCUSSING. ON APRIL 7TH OF THIS YEAR, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF DERELICT VEHICLES ON THIS PROPERTY. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS DECEASED AND THE PROPERTY WAS ABANDONED, AND THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL DERELICT VEHICLES ON THE PROPERTY. ON APRIL 10TH, 2025, INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON INITIATED THIS CASE AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I'VE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND AFFIDAVITS FOR THIS HEARING. ON APRIL 10TH, 2025. I DID GO DO AN INSPECTION ON THE PROPERTY. BASED ON THE COMPLAINT, I FOUND A MOBILE HOME LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE BACK. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE GRASS WAS SOMEWHAT KEPT. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE NUMEROUS CARS HERE THAT THAT YOU COULD TELL THE TAGS HAD EXPIRED ON IT. THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A CLOSER VIEW FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN THREE CARS HERE ON THE SIDE OR TWO CARS AND TRUCK. AT THAT TIME, I WAS ABLE TO RESEARCH THE PROPERTY AND LEARN THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER, MISS VALERIE. VALERIE DALE, I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU MIGHT PRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME, HAD PASSED AWAY AT THE HOME IN FEBRUARY OF 2023.

AT THE TIME, SHE HAD HER ADULT SONS LIVING WITH HER, THAT THAT SHE HAD LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP OVER.

ONCE SHE PASSED AWAY. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THE SONS WENT TO LIVE WITH THEIR FATHER, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN HER EX-HUSBAND. AT THAT POINT IN TIME. I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY ANY CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THE FAMILY. SO A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT TO THE REGISTERED OWNER. THE DECEASED CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL, AND OBVIOUSLY THOSE BOTH RETURNED AS UNABLE TO DELIVER. BETWEEN MAY 13TH OF 2025 AND SEPTEMBER 2ND OF 2025, I DID MONTHLY INSPECTIONS. THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY AS THE PICTURES WILL SHOW HERE. YOU KNOW, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY IN THE GROWING SEASON. SO THE YARD BEGAN GROWING HERE IN JUNE, AS THE PICTURES WILL DEPICT LATER ON. I THINK SOMEBODY PROBABLY WENT ON TO THE PROPERTY BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S STUFF THAT'S KIND OF SCATTERED ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT I BELIEVE SOMEONE HAD GONE INSIDE, EITHER THE ACCESSORY OR THE THE MOBILE HOME AND TAKEN SOME STUFF OUT.

SEPTEMBER THE 2ND, OBVIOUSLY, THE OVERGROWTH HERE IN SLIDE 20 IS MORE PROMINENT. BUT AT THAT POINT THERE REALLY WEREN'T ANY CHANGES. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS THIS FURNITURE THAT WAS HERE. SOMEONE HAD PUT ON THE PROPERTY. I ASSUME MAYBE SOMEONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD

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JUST DUMPED IT THERE. YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND THAT STUFF KIND OF SCATTERED ABOUT THAT WASN'T THERE AT THE BEGINNING. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK SOMEBODY HAD GONE INTO THAT ACCESSORY BACK THERE IN THE BACK. WHEN I WAS THERE ON SEPTEMBER THE 2ND TO DO MY INSPECTION, I SENT OUT NOTICE OF HEARINGS TO OBVIOUSLY THE THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND AT THAT TIME THEY ALL CAME BACK UNDELIVERABLE, UNDELIVERED AND UNCLAIMED. SEPTEMBER 23RD I DID REINSPECTION ON THE PROPERTY AND I POSTED THE PROPERTY. SEE, NOW THE OVERGROWTH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. AT THAT TIME. THE COMPLAINANT, WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET, SAW ME OUTSIDE AND MADE CONTACT WITH ME. HE STATED THAT THE FURNITURE THAT WAS THERE, THAT'S BY THE VEHICLES, A VEHICLES LEAVING OUT OF THE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT FELL AND BROKE AND THEY JUST KIND OF SET IT OVER THERE ONTO THE SIDE AND LEFT IT. HE OBVIOUSLY THINKS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING AND GOING FROM THE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S ABANDONED. HE DID SAY THAT HE HAD A CONTACT NUMBER FOR HER EX-HUSBAND AND IDENTIFIED HIM AS MR. ERIC LOVDAHL, AND HE GAVE ME A PHONE NUMBER FOR HIM. BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, I WAS ABLE TO CALL HIM AND WE MADE CONTACT. I ADVISED HIM ABOUT THE THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE ON THE PROPERTY, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT HIS SONS WOULD HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS AS THE SURVIVING HEIRS. THERE'S NO PROBATE HAS BEEN TAKEN ON THE PROPERTY. DUE TO MONETARY ISSUES. BUT HE DID DRIVE UP FROM GAINESVILLE TODAY, AND AFTER SPEAKING WITH HIM AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S HE'S MAKING ATTEMPTS TO GET THE CARS DONATED AND HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT AND CUT THE GRASS AND TRY TO CLEAN THINGS UP. AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. AND AT THIS TIME, I HAD NO FURTHER TESTIMONY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? JUST THAT THIS IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON NOVEMBER 20TH AT 1:00. ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM. GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. JUST FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY NAME IS ERIC LOVDAHL. I'M VALERIE'S EX-HUSBAND. THESE ARE HER SONS WITH ME. MY ADDRESS IS 205 SOUTHEAST 16TH AVENUE. APARTMENT 24 G, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM IS, NUMBER ONE, I. THEY THE BOYS WERE IN KIND OF BAD SHAPE WHEN I FIRST GOT THEM BACK. AND SO I DIDN'T REALIZE SO MUCH TIME HAD PASSED. BUT WE HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE THE GRASS MOWED AND THE VEHICLES WE DONATED TO THE VETERANS AND THE TRUCK ITSELF. HE'S GOING TO DRIVE HOME TODAY, SO IT'LL BE GONE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE I GUESS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO SET IT UP FOR, YOU KNOW, PROBATION FOR OR WHATEVER THEY CALL IT, PROBATE FOR THE BOYS TO, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR, YOU KNOW, WELL, THAT'LL HELP YOU BE ABLE TO GET THE TITLE CORRECTED IN THEIR NAME AND THEN THEY CAN DO AS THEY NEED TO WITH IT, WHICH WE CAN DO PROBABLY NEXT WEEK. I CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LAWYER IN GAINESVILLE THAT I COULD PROBABLY TAKE CARE OF THAT WITH. BUT LIKE I SAID, THE I HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS. WE ALREADY GOT THE WHATEVER THAT IS THE YOU KNOW, THAT THE TRASH THAT WAS SITTING THERE, WE GRABBED IT UP AND PUT IT IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT WITH US, THROW IT IN THE DUMPSTER, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHERE TO TAKE IT HERE. SO BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, THE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.

SO I MEAN, IT'S YEAH. SO THERE'S A PLAN GOING FORWARD OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. YES, MA'AM. WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH, OBVIOUSLY FROM GAINESVILLE, IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO TRY AND. WELL, THEY WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT. SOME NEIGHBORS KNEW SOME LAWN MAINTENANCE PEOPLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO AND THE YOU KNOW, VEHICLES WERE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, GONE. SO YEAH. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED

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ME TO KNOW RIGHT NOW? NOT THAT I CAN THINK OF. OKAY. CODE ENFORCEMENT, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THE PROPERTY? YES. IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINE THAT THE ADDRESS, 3102 AMANDA CIRCLE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 17, BAY COUNTY CODE. THE PROPER NOTICE. THE HEARING WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT THAT A VIOLATION BY BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF DERELICT VEHICLES, JUNK DEBRIS, UNUSED UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND OVERGROWTH. THE MAGISTRATE SAID A REASONABLE TIME OF TEN DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL JUNK DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH, REGISTERING, SHELTER, SHELTERING OR REMOVING ALL BUT ONE DERELICT VEHICLE, AND PROPERLY STORING, SCREENING OR REMOVING ALL UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT. INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

BUT IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF 25 FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT OTHER THAN THAT? THE COMPLIANCE HEARING IS NOVEMBER 20TH AND I CAN OFFER THAT WOULD APPEAR BY PHONE IF YOU PREFER AND NOT HAVE TO COME OVER. YEAH, I PROBABLY WILL. OKAY. IF WE NEED TO HAVE A HEARING. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF WHAT'S BEING ASKED HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE OR IS IN PLACE TO BE ARRANGED. YES. SO THE TEN DAY ISSUE JUST SAYS, HEY, GET IT DONE SO THAT WE CAN PUT A FIRE UNDER YOUR HEINIE AND GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE MOVING IN EXACTLY THAT DIRECTION TO GET ALL THAT STUFF TAKEN CARE OF. THAT'S GOOD. WHAT I ALWAYS SAY IS STAY IN TOUCH WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, WITH THE OFFICER THAT'S HANDLING THE PROPERTY.

THAT WAY YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION IF, GOD FORBID, THERE'S A PROBLEM OR YOU NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANYBODY, THEY'LL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THAT. OKAY, WE CAN DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AT THIS TIME IS I'LL ACCEPT CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROPERTY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION ANYWAY, SO YOU'VE GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF FOR YOU. WELL, THAT'S GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. WE'VE GOT THAT COMPLIANCE HEARING.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THAT COMPLIANCE HEARING IS I'LL HEAR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE GOTTEN EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF. BASICALLY, THEY'LL GIVE ME AN UPDATE AND WE CAN FIND THE PROPERTY COMPLIANCE UP. EVERYTHING'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.

BUT BY ALL MEANS, IF YOU WANT TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY AND NOT HAVE TO DRIVE YOURSELF ALL THE WAY UP HERE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. OKAY, WELL, I WILL DO THAT. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS. IT WAS NICE TO SEE YOU SO MUCH. NO PROBLEM. APPRECIATE IT. HAVE OF COURSE THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING ON LETTER E ON THE AGENDA CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 2025084 FOR PROPERTY OWNERS 3102 AMANDA CIRCLE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO LETTER G. AS IN GARY. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20242891 PROPERTY ADDRESS 7116 BROWN ROAD. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON FEBRUARY 13TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION. THEY KIND OF CODE 17 TWO IN THE FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE MOBILE HOME JUNK AND OVERGROWTH. ATTORNEY MITCH DEAVER DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT. PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE.

I AM GOING TO LET INSPECTOR THORPE TESTIFY TO THE PHOTOS AND CONTINUE. BADGERING INSPECTOR THORPE, BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS FOR THE RECORD. ALSO, MY PHOTOGRAPHS AND NOTICES ARE ALSO ATTACHED TO THE RECORD. IF YOU REMEMBER THIS DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME, IT SITS IN OFF 2301 IN YOUNGSTOWN. THE INITIAL BUILDING INSPECTION. INITIAL INSPECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, SEVERE HURRICANE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THIS STRUCTURE. IT SAT DORMANT FOR ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 5 OR 6 YEARS BEFORE ANY

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WORK WAS STARTED ON IT. EXTENSIVE ROTTING AND DAMAGE TO THE OUTSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE SHEETING. AS WE GET AROUND THE BACK, THOSE ROTTING UNDER THE WINDOW SILL PLATE, THE BOTTOM PLATE, RIM JOIST AND EVERYTHING WAS ROTTED AROUND THE BAY WINDOWS THERE IN THE FRONT. SO GET AROUND THE BACK. SEVERAL AREAS OF THE BACK WALL WERE MISSING AND ROTTED OUT. YOU NOTE THE SMALLER WINDOWS TO THE FAR RIGHT AND SLIDE SIX. THEY WERE REPLACED WITH LARGER WINDOWS AND ALSO A DOUBLE DOOR WAS PLACED IN THE REAR. THIS IS THE LEFT OF THE REAR OF THE MOBILE HOME. THERE YOU CAN SEE ROTTING TO THE WALL STRUCTURES. A LITTLE CLOSER VIEW. HOT WATER HEATER PULLED OUT, ROTTING ALL THE WAY ALONG THE BOTTOM. ROTTED BACK DECK. DISLODGED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ON THE REAR WALL. LOTS OF DEFLECTION IN THE CEILING OR IN THE ROOF AREA FROM DAMAGED TRUSSES. THEN YOU GOT THE FRONT PORCH ROOF WAS CAVED IN ON THERE. TREE STRIKES TO IT. LACK OF SUPPORTS UNDERNEATH THE FRONT PORCH. NO HANDRAIL. ROTTED. ROTTED DECKING AGAIN AND THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE PHOTO 11 ROTTED TO THE WALLS. WATER DAMAGE TO THE THE DECKING ON THE ON THE ROOF THERE THAT WAS VISIBLE IN THAT PICTURE. AND THEN THIS PHOTO DAMAGED AND ROTTED TO THE FLOORS. AND ALSO SEVERAL TRUSSES UP THERE THAT WERE SPLICED AND DAMAGED AS WELL. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 60 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $1,000 TO BE IMPOSED. ALL 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 RESPONDENT COMPANY. INTRODUCES EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2025, THE OWNER DID OBTAIN A REPAIR PERMIT ON ON AUGUST 11TH. OH, THIS IS YEAH. THIS IS YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS BEFORE THE PERMIT WORK HAD BEEN STARTED. YOU CAN SEE THE REPAIRED THE PORCH, REPLACED WINDOWS, REPLACE SIDING AS WE GET ALONG ON THE OTHER SIDE, THEY PUT SOME SKIRTING UP TO COVER SOME OF THAT ROTTING THAT WAS EXPOSED. AND THEN THE BACK. THEY REPAIRED THE WALLS AND PUT UP SHEETING. BUT IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM OF PHOTO 17 ALONG THE BOTTOM, THE BOTTOM PLATE RIM JOIST IS ALL ROTTED. THAT'S BEEN SOME OF IT'S BEEN REPAIRED. MOST OF IT'S BEEN COVERED UP NOW IS A OF A SINGLE DOOR. THERE'S A DUAL DOOR AND A REAR AND SMALLER WINDOWS THAT WE SEEN IN PHOTO SEVEN. THEY'RE REPLACED WITH LARGER WINDOWS THAT DON'T MEET THE MOBILE HOME SPECS. THEY'RE TOO CLOSE TO THE TO THE FLOOR AS WELL. MORE REPAIRS DONE AROUND THE BACK AND ON THE SIDE. WINDOWS ARE STILL BROKEN OUT AND THOSE WINDOWS TODAY ARE STILL BROKEN OUT AS LONG AS AS WELL AS THOSE FRONT WINDOWS, REPAIRS TO THE PORCH WERE DONE. STOP WORK ORDER WAS PLACED ON HERE. AND THEN OF COURSE, I DID RECEIVE ENGINEERING IN NOVEMBER 26TH FROM ENERGY CONSERVATION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025 OR ACTUALLY AUGUST 11TH, 2025, INSPECTION COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAIN VIOLATION. COPY OF NOTICE HEARING WAS SENT AND POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY CENTER OR GOVERNMENT CENTER ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND PROPERTY STILL REMAIN VIOLATION. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WORK. DEFLECTIONS, THE ROOF AND ALL THE ADDITIONS AND REPAIRS. IT'S STILL IN THE SAME CONDITION. THE LARGE AREA OF ROOF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER ON. ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, I DID RETURN A CALL TO THE ATTORNEY, MISS DEBORAH. DURING THE CONVERSATION, MR. DEBORAH STATED THAT THE PROPER PERMITS DID NOT EXPIRE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22ND, CONTRARY TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED, THE PERMIT TRACK SYSTEM, WHICH LISTED THE EXPIRATION DATE AS AUGUST 6TH. THIS DISCREPANCY AROSE BECAUSE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAD MODIFIED THE PERMIT ISSUANCE DATE, BUT DID NOT UPDATE THE SYSTEM, SO THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THE DATE IN THERE, SO WHICH WAS FINE. THE ORIGINAL PERMIT HAD BEEN REVOKED DUE TO SCOPE OF WORK BEING INCOMPLETE AND FOR THE SCOPE OF WORK NOT INCLUDING THE PREVIOUS WORK BEFORE THE PERMIT HAD STARTED OR WAS APPLIED FOR. AS A RESULT, THE PERMIT WAS REISSUED MARCH 26TH.

AT THAT TIME, MR. DEBORAH AND I AGREED UPON THE HEARING BEING PLACED TODAY AT 9 A.M. ALSO, AN EMAIL WAS SENT TO HIM TO CONFIRM THAT ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, THE PROPERTY OWNER DID COME IN TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT LOBBY. HE SPOKE WITH INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE. THAT WAS THE SUPERVISOR AT THE TIME. HE WAS ASKING TO EXTEND HIS PERMIT SINCE IT EXPIRED ON SEPTEMBER 22ND. THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS INFORMED BY INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE OF THE INSPECTION THAT

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HE WAS NOT SURE OF THE RESULTS FROM THE INSPECTION THAT DAY, BUT WAS WILLING TO FIX ANY ISSUES THAT WERE NOTED, AND INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE THEN CONTACTED MYSELF. I WAS OUT IN THE FIELD AND INFORMED ME. I INFORMED HIM TO LET THE PROPERTY OWNER KNOW TO COME TO THE HEARING TODAY. IN OCTOBER, DUE TO THE PARENTS NOT BEING ABLE TO BE EXTENDED BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE DISCREPANCIES FROM THE INSPECTION OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. NEXT PHOTO PLEASE.

SO A DRY INSPECTION WAS CALLED IN FOR SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2025. INSPECTOR JUSTIN WRIGHT IS HERE.

THAT DID THE INSPECTION FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. ONE OF MY COWORKERS AND AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION FOR THE BUILDING, INSPECTOR WRIGHT FOUND THE FOLLOWING ISSUES NEW EXTERIOR WALL FRAMING, NEW EXTERIOR WINDOWS AND DOORS. OPENINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SIZES. NEW EXTERIOR STRUCTURE SIDING, NO FRAMING OR KNEELING. NAILING INSPECTION WAS REQUESTED.

SEVERAL TRUSSES HAVE BEEN CUT AND REPAIRED WITHOUT THE DESIGN OF A REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL OR PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS EXISTING. FRAMING MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SUN EXPOSED, DAMAGED AND EXTENSIVE ROTTING. REQUESTING AN ENGINEER OF RECORD EVALUATION OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY FOR HOME BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH REPAIRS. IF YOU ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN AFTER TODAY. ALSO, A LEVEL TWO REPAIR ISSUES WERE SEEN. REPAIR OF EXISTING EXTERIOR WITH DIFFERENT FINISH MATERIAL THAT IS HEAVIER THAN THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL. ADDITIONS OF ADD ON FRONT PORCH ATTACHED TO THE EXTERIOR BUILDING AND WALL.

REPAIR OF REMODEL. REMODEL OF WINDOWS AND DOORS WITH DIFFERENT SIZES. ALSO, LEVEL THREE CHANGES THAT DISQUALIFIED STRUCTURE AS A MOBILE HOME. NEGLECT, DISCOLORATION OF FRAMING AND THEN BROKEN TRUSSES NEEDS INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS. ALSO NEEDS ELECTRICAL PERMIT AND RECEPTACLES FOR CABLE. LIKE I STATED ON NOVEMBER 26TH, A VERY VAGUE REPORT CAME IN TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE HEARING AND AFTER MY INSPECTION. MOST OF THOSE ISSUES WEREN'T ANNOTATED IN THIS IN THIS REPORT. SO THE REPORT IS KIND OF INCONCLUSIVE AT THE TIME. AND DURING THE INITIAL HEARING, THE MOBILE HOME WAS DEEMED A LEVEL THREE, WHICH PRETTY MUCH IS CATASTROPHIC IN THE DS, DS, MV MANUAL. SO DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE FROM THE HURRICANE AND INSPECTOR WRIGHT WOULD LIKE TO ADD A FEW THINGS. I'M SORRY, THE PHOTOS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH. THESE WERE TAKEN BY MR. WRIGHT.

YES, MA'AM. THEY WERE. SO IF MR. WRIGHT. WOULD LIKE TO, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, JUSTIN WRIGHT, BUILDING INSPECTOR WITH BAY COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT. SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER 35. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DESCRIBE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. YEP. SO THEY'VE ADDED ON AN AWNING WHICH YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT AN ENGINEER OF RECORD. THERE'S BUILT STAIRS AND STAIRCASES THAT DON'T MEET CODE.

PORTIONS OF IT HAVE BEEN REPLACED. AND THERE ARE OTHER PORTIONS THAT HAVE GRAY, DISCOLORED, ROTTING WOOD THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. ALSO IN THE PHOTOS WE ARE SEEING, THEY'VE SKIPPED INSPECTIONS, THEY'VE DONE MAILINGS, AND THEY NOBODY'S INSPECTED THE RAILINGS.

THEY WENT PAST THOSE WITHOUT INSPECTIONS ON THEM. THEY'VE ADJUSTED WINDOW SIZES, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED. YOU CAN'T TAKE A 30 BY 30 WINDOW AND MOVE IT TO A BIGGER WINDOW. WAS THAT EVER ADDRESSED IN THE ENGINEERING REPORT OR AN ENGINEERING? IT DOES SAY ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS NEED TO BE REPAIRED, REPLACED OR UPGRADED AS NEEDED. BUT THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO DRAWINGS FOR PHOTOS WERE ADDED. ONE WAS A SITE SITE PHOTO OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE MOBILE HOME.

ONE WAS JUST SHOWING ELEVATION AND FLOOD DAMAGE OR FLOOD PLAIN ON THERE. ONE WAS SHOWING SOME TRUSSES, THE GOOD TRUSSES THAT WERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS THE RIGHT, AND THEN JUST THE ONE PHOTO OF BLOCKING AND MISSING UNDERLAYMENT UNDERNEATH. BUT NO, NO ADDRESSING OF TRUSSES. OKAY. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. YEAH. NO. YOU'RE FINE. NO. IT'S OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SEE. I KNEW THAT THE SIZE OF THE WINDOWS HAD BEEN CHANGED, SO I WAS CURIOUS WHETHER THEY EVEN ADDRESSED THE ENGINEERING. THE THE WAY THE ENGINEERING READS, IT'S LEADS TOWARDS LIKE FOR LIKE WHICH THEY HAVE NOT DONE. AND IN THE PREVIOUS PHOTO, THEY ALSO SHOWED THE ONE MORE PREVIOUS. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE. I THINK HE HAD A BETTER PHOTO, BUT THE ROOF LOOKS LIKE A TREE BRANCH OR SOMETHING HAD LANDED ON THE ROOF, AND THERE'S ABOUT A FOOT OR TWO OF DEFLECTION, WHICH THEN LEADS TO BROKEN TRUSSES. ALSO IN THAT PHOTO AT THE TOP OF THE WINDOW IN THE MIDDLE, IT APPEARS THAT THE

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WALL HAS MOVED ABOUT 2 OR 3IN INWARD. SO THEY'VE HAD TO THEY'VE BASICALLY PUT IN TWO BY FOURS TO MAKE THE FLASHING CONNECT STILL, BUT THE WALL IS DEFINITELY CAVED IN TO THE RIGHT AND KEEP GOING. NOTHING REALLY ON THAT ONE. I HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED BACKSIDE.

THEY'VE CHANGED AND MODIFIED WINDOW SIZES, DOOR SIZES, AND THERE WAS A SINGLE DOOR IN THERE THAT WAS A DUAL SLIDING AS A SLIDING DOOR. YEAH. GOT IT. NEXT PHOTO OKAY. YEAH IT'S SAME.

THIS IS THE SLIDING NOW SLIDING DOOR IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE THE WINDOWS LAYING ON THERE. THAT'S WHERE THE HOT WATER HEATER WAS POPPED OUT OF THE WALL. AND IT WAS A DECK ON THE BACK. OF THE WALL THAT YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT WAS IN FRONT. WHAT WAS IN FRONT. THAT'S JUST SHOWING PICTURES OF THE NEW WINDOW VERSUS THE OLD ONE. KEEP GOING. THAT ONE. YOU SEE THE TWO BY FOURS UP AT THE TOP. THAT'S WHERE THEY'VE TRIED TO FIR OUT THE WALL TO MAKE IT LINE UP WITH THE ROOF FLASHING BECAUSE IT'S BOWED IN NOW. THEY'VE REPLACED SIDING. NO NAILING INSPECTION. KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. THAT WAS THE ROOF. WHERE AS THE DIPS IN IT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS PICTURE THEY GOT THE NEW NM CABLE NOT SECURED MOUNTED IN THEIR SCOPE OF WORK. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WITH ELECTRICAL IN IT. THEY FOUND A FEW AREAS WHERE APPEARS TO HAVE NEW CABLES RAN. AND THEY'RE NOT SECURED PROPERLY EITHER. AND THE NEXT PHOTO. THE SAME PHOTO I KEEP GOING. BOOM. SO THAT ONE WOULD BE INCONSISTENT FRAMING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT WINDOW, WE'VE GOT A KING STUD AND. CRIPPLE UNDERNEATH. ONE OF THEM IS ROTTED, BUT IT'S NOT SYMMETRICAL. THEY USUALLY WOULD HAVE ANOTHER CRIPPLE STUD ON THE RIGHT SIDE. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT HE'S FRAMED THAT HIMSELF. NO HEADER. YEAH. AND THE ORIGINAL ENGINEERING, IT SAYS ALL THE FLOORING NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE SUBFLOORING. THAT'S NOT. IT'S JUST BEEN PATCHED IN SEVERAL AREAS. YEAH, THAT'S THE SAME FOOTAGE JUST SHOWING THAT THE INCONSISTENT FRAMING WITH THE WINDOW. YEAH. NEXT WITH. THE PLUMBING IN THE SCOPE OF WORK DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT PLUMBING AS FAR AS THAT GOES. AND IT APPEARS TO BE EXTENSIVE PLUMBING WORK.

NEXT. AND MECHANICAL VENTS GRATES REMOVED.

SOME OF THESE ARE DUPLICATE PHOTOS, YOU KNOW, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE GOT THIS APPEARS TO BE A WHERE THE TRUSSES ON THE ROOF HAVE SAGGED OR DEFLECTED. THEY'VE APPEARED TO GO IN THERE AND MODIFY. THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER WEBBING THAT I TYPICALLY SEE THAT METAL TRUSS THERE. IT'S MISSING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRUSS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT, THERE'S A BOTTOM BOARD AND YOU'VE GOT THE DIAGONALS, WHICH IS CALLED WEBBING IN BETWEEN THAT MIDDLE ONE THERE. THERE'S NOT HAVING ANY OF THAT. SO THEY JUST PUT A 45 BLOCKING UP THERE TO SUPPORT THE TRUSS. AND THAT'S DONE SEVERAL TIMES. YES. THAT'S DONE 3 OR 4 TIMES. AND THERE'S MULTIPLE TRUSSES THAT HAVE BEEN BROKEN DAMAGED WHICH I THINK WILL SHOW IN THE NEXT SLIDE. IF YOU GO BACK ONE REAL QUICK. MISS ASHMAN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON SLIDE 65 THAT TRUSTS ARE LEFT THERE, THEY WERE DUE TO THE THE ROOF DEFLECTIONS, THEY'VE ACTUALLY PUT IN A ONE BY TWO FIRST STRIP AT THE TOP OF THE TWO BY FOUR. COULD YOU PUT THE RED DOT UP THERE BETWEEN THE WHITE AND THE AND THE BROWN SHEETING AT THE TOP.

KEEP GOING TO THE LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT TO THE RIGHT. JUSTHT, RIGHT UP RIGHT UP THERE, RIGHT UP TOP. THERE'S THE FIRST STRIP UP THERE. SO THAT SHOULD JUST BE A TWO BY FOUR LIKE THE CENTER ONE TOUCHING THE SHEETING. AND OF COURSE IT'S EITHER SAGGING OR WHATEVER. SO THEY SHIMMED IT UP WITH SOMETHING UP TOP WHICH IS NOT NOT ALLOWED. THIS THIS

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PHOTO WAS THE ONE THAT'S ON THE ENGINEERING WHERE IT SHOWS PRETTY DECENT TRUSSES, NOT TOO MUCH DAMAGE. AND THIS WAS TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THE HOUSE, WHICH WOULD BE THE EAST SIDE.

THE NEXT PHOTO. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE DAMAGED TRUSSES THAT YOU CAN SEE REPAIRED WHERE THEY'VE JUST SCABBED ON EXTRA PIECES OF LUMBER, WHICH CANNOT DO. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ENGINEER OF RECORD COME AND GIVE A PRESCRIPTIVE METHOD TO FIX IT. THAT WIRE. YES. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE PLACES WHERE NEW WIRE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN RAN, WHICH IS NOT IN THE SCOPE OF WORK. SOME THAT ONE LOOKS LIKE EXISTING WIRE, BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE AREAS APPEAR TO BE NEW WIRE WITH NO DISCOLORATION. IT LOOKS LIKE WIRE WAS WRAPPED AROUND ON THE OTHER IN THAT PHOTO. YEAH, THEY JUST RAN IT THROUGH THE WEBBING RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN SEE THERE FOR CANISTER LIGHTS. SO YEAH, YOU CAN SEE THE BROKEN TRUSSES SCABBED TOGETHER WITH LUMBER. AND THIS IS THE AREA OF THE ROOF WHERE THE SMOKE OR THE VENT STACK WAS WHERE ALL THE DEFLECTION THIS IS INSIDE OF IT. YEAH. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY GRAY DISCOLORED WOOD. THAT'S ANOTHER BROKEN TRUSS MEMBER WHERE THEY'VE SCABBED ON APPEARS TO BE A ONE BY ONE WITHOUT AN ENGINEER APPROVAL.

YEAH. AND ON OCTOBER 6TH REINSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED THIS WEEK WITH PRETTY MUCH LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME FROM SPECTRAL RIGHTS PHOTOS. AND JUST ONE MORE QUESTION FOR MR. RIGHT. SO YOU SAID THERE WERE WERE THERE ANY OTHER TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE? WELL, HAS ANYBODY FROM THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HERE TODAY? THERE WAS NO OTHER NO OTHER INSPECTIONS ASKED FOR OR REQUESTED? NO. SO THEY WERE MISSING INSPECTIONS. AND THERE WAS A I'D LIKE TO PREFACE THIS ON THE BOTTOM OF MY INSPECTION. THIS IS NOT AN ALL INCLUSIVE INSPECTION. I CAN'T SPEND 3 OR 4 HOURS PER INSPECTION WITH MY WORKLOAD. THIS IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES FACE VALUE. THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE GOING ON HERE THAT HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE DOVE INTO, SUCH AS THE MECHANICAL SYSTEM I THINK WOULD ALSO DISQUALIFY. IT APPEARS TO BE EXTENSIVE WORK GOING ON WITH THE MECHANICAL SYSTEM, THE WATER HEATER AND OTHER AREAS. AND SO IT LOOKS. IT APPEARS THAT THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO HAVE ANY INSPECTION WAS DONE WAS TWO DAYS FOR THE EXPIRED PERMIT, MAYBE THREE DAYS BECAUSE IT SAYS SEPTEMBER, THE WEEKENDS, WEEKENDS THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING.

SO IT'LL BE THE DAY BEFORE. SO IT WAS ASKED. DRYING WAS ASKED ON A FRIDAY. THE PERMIT EXPIRED ON MONDAY. OKAY. YEAH. SO YOU HAVE IN HERE SEPTEMBER 19TH, THE PROPERTY OWNER CAME INTO THE LOBBY. THAT'S WHEN THEY WERE ASKING FOR THE PERMIT TO BE EXTENDED. AND THEN CALLED IN FOR THE DRY IN, CORRECT? YEAH. THE DRYING WAS DONE THAT MORNING. THEN AFTER THE REPORT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE RESULTS OF IT. SO THEY HAD COME INTO THE OFFICE LATER ON THE AFTERNOON TRYING TO GET EXTENDED. OKAY. WHAT IS WHAT DID THE DRY IN CONSIST OF WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO A DRY INSPECTION, WHAT ARE YOU INSPECTING. TYPICALLY IT'D BE DRYING FOR IS ESSENTIALLY FRAMING MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING. IT'S ALL TRADES BEFORE THEY'RE COVERED UP WITH INSULATION AND SHEETROCK. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. COME ON UP AND TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MA'AM. ALRIGHT, MITCH, ON BEHALF OF MR. RAZAVI. GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR. GOOD MORNING. WE'RE HERE ABOUT THIS 7116 BROWN ROAD. MY PRESENT OFFICE LOCATION IS 312 THOMAS DRIVE. SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE'S BEEN EXTENSIVE REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AS REQUESTED BY YOU, MA'AM. AND THE BUILDING PERMIT WAS OBTAINED. THE WINDOWS. WE HAD A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WINDOWS LAST TIME. THOSE PARTICULAR WINDOWS WERE ACTUALLY APPROVED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. MR. SHANE, WHO WAS HERE LAST TIME WE MET WITH HIM, AND THOSE PARTICULAR WINDOWS WERE APPROVED. SO SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT IS IS SOMEWHAT INACCURATE. IF I MAKE A CORRECTION EXCLUDING EXCLUDING THE ONE THAT'S A SLIDING DOOR, I'M SORRY IF I HAVE PERMISSION. NO, YOU HAVE PERMISSION. MA'AM. MR. BASHIR IN HIS OFFICE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION. HE WASN'T ON THE PHONE WITH THE ENGINEER. HE SAID THIS ON THE WINDOWS. TOO LOW TO THE GROUND. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU EITHER PUT A SMALLER WINDOW OR I SAID, WHAT ABOUT A

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SLIDING DOOR? HE SAID YES. THAT'S WHY I WENT. AND I GOT IT SLIDING DOOR. AS FAR AS THE MODIFICATION, EVERY MODIFICATION BACK WALL, THE WINDOWS. MR. BOUCHER WAS WELL INFORMED AND IT WASN'T IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE ENGINEER. FOR THE MORE THE GRADE OF THOSE WINDOWS ARE 20 TIMES MORE SUPERIOR. AS FAR AS THE DURABILITY, SUSTAIN. YOU KNOW, DURING A STORM, THE MORE DURABLE. YEAH, I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE. EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. HE'S SAYING THAT THE DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL TOLD HIM HE COULD DO SOMETHING. WE'RE GOING TO GO GET HIM. MR. SHANE, IF WE WANT TO TAKE A I'M SORRY IF IT'S OKAY. TAKE A BREAK. SURE. I WOULD LIKE MR. SHANE HERE TO CONFIRM OR DENY WHAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS SAYING AT THIS POINT. SO IF WE COULD JUST. ABSOLUTELY. YOUR HONOR, I WOULD LIKE. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. LIKE. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD. I MEAN, IF WE CAN AND AGAIN, I CAN I CAN QUESTION HIM IN A MINUTE, MA'AM. OKAY. WE NEED TO CONTINUE ON. I APPRECIATE YOU OKAY? OKAY, SIR. PUT YOUR HAND DOWN, PLEASE. MA'AM. I'M TALKING. IT'S MY TURN TO TALK. LOOK, IT'S MY COURTROOM. CHILL OUT FOR A MINUTE, GUYS, OKAY? I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND. I'M NOT HERE TO. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT HE NEEDS. MR. SHANE NEEDS TO BE HERE TO HEAR WHAT'S BEING SAID THAT HE TESTIFIED TO OR THAT HE APPROVED. UNDERSTOOD. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THOUGH, THAT INFORMATION I NEED TO KNOW THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH MR. BRYCE? ABSOLUTELY. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. I DON'T NEED MR. BHUSHAN HERE. RIGHT. I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE I WANT TO ASK. THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT WORK DONE. THE QUESTION IS, IS IT QUALITY WORK THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE FOR PEOPLE? THAT'S CORRECT. AND BEFORE I QUESTION, MR. RAZAVI, I JUST WOULD LIKE THE COURT TO KNOW OR TO YOU TO KNOW THAT AS INSTRUCTED, THERE WAS AN ENGINEER OBTAINED. THERE WAS A PERMIT OBTAINED AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE APPEAR TO BE NO ISSUES WITH ESTHETICS OR THAT THE YARD IS CLUTTERED, OR THAT THE YARD IS NOT BEEN MOWED, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. IT ALL APPEARS TO BE SOME TYPE OF STRUCTURAL MATTER NOW. YEAH, OKAY. AS TO WHETHER IT IS SAFE OR NOT SAFE. SO LET ME GO AHEAD IF I COULD AND QUESTION MR. RAZAVI ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE SINCE THAT LAST HEARING. ALL RIGHT. STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. SANDRA. SAVVY OWNER. OKAY. DID YOU OBTAIN AN ENGINEER'S REQUESTED BY THE MAGISTRATE? PREVIOUSLY? TWICE.

I HAVE HIRED TWO ENGINEER THAT CONFIRMED THE STRUCTURE OF THIS PROPERTY. SOUND. CONTRADICTING WHAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS PRODUCED TO YOU, YOUR HONOR. OKAY, NOW, WITH RESPECT TO OBTAINING THAT ENGINEER, DID YOU THEN GO AND OBTAIN A PERMIT? I OBTAINED A PERMIT, AND SHORTLY AFTER CODE ENFORCEMENT GOT INVOLVED AND REVOKED IT. AND THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO PREVENT ME TO PROCEED TO BRING THIS PROPERTY TO. AND MR. SHANE IS NOT HERE TO HEAR THIS TESTIMONY. GO AHEAD AND LET ME ASK YOU, SIR, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO THROW AS MANY LOGS IN THE ROAD AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN, BUT LET ME ASK YOU, WHAT WAS THE SCOPE OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE PERMIT? SCOPE OF THE WORK? WAS DAMAGE REPLACE ANY DAMAGED SIDING PAINTING, SHEETROCK WORK, REPLACING THE WINDOWS. I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH MR. BRASHEAR THAT I'M GOING TO GET RID OF ALL THE DECKING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE. WHICH DISTRIBUTION IS NOT HERE. UNDERSTOOD. AND WE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY IF NEEDED WHEN MR. BOUCHER ARRIVES. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. SIR. MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY IS COMPLETELY CLEANED. AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, I MADE A PROMISE TO HONORABLE JUDGE THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS PROPERTY ONE OF THE BEST LOOKING HOUSES ON THE STREET, WHICH WORK IS IN PROGRESS. I THINK I HAVE, YOU KNOW, COMPLIED WITH THAT PROMISE. IS IT DRIED IN AT THIS POINT IN TIME? ARE THERE ANY LEAKS OR ARE THERE ANY WATER INTRUSION AT THIS TIME? NO, THERE'S NO LEAKS. YOU KNOW, WHATSOEVER ON THE PROPERTY. NO LEAKS WHATSOEVER. OKAY. SO YOU'VE REPLACED WINDOWS. YES, SIR. REPLACE DOORS, SLIDING GLASS DOORS. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? I HAVE REPLACED ONE WINDOW, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW HIS NAME. I HAD A

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DISCUSSION WITH THE PERMIT OFFICE. IT WAS TOO LOW. AND EITHER I USE A SMALLER WINDOW OR USE A SLIDING DOOR. SO I DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED. TAKE OUT THE WINDOW THAT WAS ALREADY THERE AND PUT A SLIDING DOOR. OKAY, SO YOU'VE DONE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROPERTY SINCE OUR LAST HEARING HERE, I HAVE EASILY SPENT OVER $10,000 BETWEEN THE ENGINEERS AND MY LAWYER FEES. AND RESPECTFULLY, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S PRODUCED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT, I DON'T THINK IS CORRECT. I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T DONE ANY WIRING. ALL THE WIRING IS ON THE CEILINGS IS ORIGINAL. AS FAR AS. WHAT I'M A LITTLE BIT UPSET ABOUT IS I DID CALL FOR FOR INSPECTION AND INSPECTOR WAS ALREADY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND THEY WERE PUTTING MICROSCOPE ON EVERY INCH OF THIS PROPERTY.

AND EVERY TIME I ASK HIM, SIR, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT. YOU WANT ME TO CORRECT. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO IT. HE LEFT. TEN MINUTES LATER, HE'S ON THE PHONE WITH THE CODE. ENFORCEMENT COMES BACK IN AND I HAVE THE VIDEO OF IT IF YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR HONOR VERY RUDELY, VERY DISRESPECTFULLY, LESS INTERESTED IN THE HE SAID SHE SAID BS. JUST STICK TO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. MY CONCERN IS I'M SEEING THE SAME PICTURES THAT YOU GUYS SAW. I'M LOOKING AT THEM AND I DON'T. I DON'T HAVE A DEGREE DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION, BUT I WOULD NOT WANT ANYBODY LIVING IN THAT WITH SHIMMED UP ROOFING JOISTS AND STUFF THAT ARE THERE. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE WHILE IT MAY LOOK PRETTY ON THE OUTSIDE, THE INSIDE DOESN'T LOOK SO PRETTY. AND THAT'S MY BIGGER CONCERN.

SO WHAT? YES, A LOT OF WORK'S BEEN DONE, BUT IS IT WORK THAT WE WANT TO RESIDE IN AND BE SAFE? I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO RECTIFY IF YOU TELL ME. HEY, LISTEN, I NEED THIS. THIS. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO IT. I WASN'T TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING. IF IT WAS, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO. YOUR HONOR, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE. I WANT TO RESIDE IN THIS PROPERTY. I TOLD YOU, I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS PROPERTY ONE OF THE BEST LOOKING HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I PROMISE YOU, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT CONTINUOUSLY REPETITIOUSLY INTERFERES. THEY KEEP REVOKING MY PERMITS. THEY DON'T LET ME GET EXTENSIONS AND. WELL. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN THE BEST CONDITION INTERNALLY. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET THAT SAFE. AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS JUST THE REPORT THAT YOUR ENGINEER DID. YOU HIRED THIS ENGINEER. AND THE ENGINEER'S REPORT JUST SAYS THAT SIGNIFICANT THINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A LOT OF WHAT THEY EVEN MENTIONED IN THEIR REPORT WAS REPLACED AND SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS KIND OF I SAY THIS VERY RESPECTFULLY, BUT WHOEVER WAS DOING SOME WORK MAY HAVE JIMMY RIGGED ENOUGH STUFF TO MAKE IT SAFE LOOKING, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT IT PASSES MUSTER AS FAR AS WHAT YOUR ENGINEER SAYS OR WHERE I WANT TO SAY YES, IT LOOKS SAFE.

IT DOESN'T LOOK SAFE TO ME. WELL, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE AN ENGINEER COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND PROVIDE SOME DRAWINGS OR FIND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT WHAT TYPICALLY TAKES PLACE IS WHEN AN INSPECTOR COMES OUT AND FINDS VIOLATIONS. I HAVEN'T HEARD HIM SPECIFICALLY CODE VIOLATIONS, BUT IF YOU FIND VIOLATIONS OF ANY SORT, WHETHER IT'S THIS TYPE OF HOME, WHETHER IT'S A $10 MILLION HOME IN THE COVE, WHATEVER IT IS, IF YOU'RE BUILDING IT, I SEE THIS. THIS NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. THIS YOU DON'T TERMINATE THE PERMIT, YOU JUST SAY IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. PERMITS DON'T TERMINATE UNLESS YOU DON'T HAVE AN INSPECTION ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS. THEIR PERMITS IN THIS COUNTY THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. SO THERE WAS NO JUSTIFICATION. MAYBE I AM INCORRECT ABOUT THIS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM JUST THE DATES THAT I'M LOOKING AT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A DRAWING INSPECTION WAS EVEN REQUESTED UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE THE PERMIT WAS SET TO EXPIRE, BASED UPON TIME, NOT ANYTHING ELSE. AND JUST FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, MR. SHANE IS ON SPEAKERPHONE. GOT IT? YES, YOUR HONOR, YOU ARE CORRECT. I WAS DEALING WITH SO MANY PERSONAL MATTERS IN ATLANTA, AND I LOST TRACK OF TIME. I THOUGHT I HAD ONE MORE

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MONTH, AND I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE UP, ANY STORIES. BUT LIKE I INDICATED TO YOU, WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO AHEAD. I CAME SO FAR. RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T GO BACK, YOUR HONOR. AND THAT TREATY, YOU SEE TO YOUR LEFT HAD A BRANCH THAT FELL DOWN ON THE TOP OF THE ROOF. I'M IN PROCESS OF GETTING RID OF THAT TREE. IT CAUSED ME A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA HEADACHE AND PROBLEMS. THAT'S WHY THAT TRUST THAT THEY SENT WAS BROKEN. IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE BRANCH FELL ON TOP OF THE ROOF. BUT I PROMISE YOU, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT TREE DONE ASAP. YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY DANGER IN THIS PROBLEM. MY BIGGER CONCERN IS NOT THAT TREE THAT IS NOT ON THE ROOF RIGHT NOW. IT'S THE FACT THAT THE BROKEN TRUST IS JUST JIMMY RIGGED TO BE OKAY.

YOUR HONOR, IF HE NEEDS TO SUPPORTS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT FIVE MORE SUPPORTS TO MAKE IT TEN TIMES AS STRONGER. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BRING IT IN THE STANDARD. EVEN BETTER THAN THE STANDARD. WE WEREN'T TRYING TO HIDE IT. NO. AND AND ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS FORGET. I'M IN NO WAY SAYING THAT ANYTHING IS HIDDEN. I THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.

I'M SEEING WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. SO THE INSPECTOR INSPECTOR COULD HAVE SAY, LISTEN, THIS IS NOT SAFE. IT NEEDS TO BE. BUT HE DIDN'T SPEND TIME TELLING ME WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. HE WAS MORE SPENDING MORE TIME ON THE PHONE THAN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTUALLY WAS TALKING TO ME. I NEVER SEEN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE SO MUCH POWER IN THIS CITY. IT JUST. IT BLOWS MY MIND. I MEAN, EVERY EVERY TIME. I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T LIKE CODE ENFORCEMENT. NO NO NO NO, NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT, YOUR HONOR. I DON'T LIKE THEM. I AT THE END OF THE DAY. WHAT WHO YOU DEALT WITH IS DOING THE BUILDING INSPECTION, WHICH THEN MEETS THE PERMITTING PROBLEM. AND THE THING IS, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THIS DISRESPECTFULLY, BECAUSE YOU MAY KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT CONSTRUCTION AS ANYBODY ELSE DOES, BUT I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR OPINION SAYS. AND I'M PRETTY SURE MITCH WOULD SAY THE SAME THING. WHAT MATTERS ON THE RECORD IS WHAT THE ENGINEER SAYS IS APPROPRIATE, OR WHAT HAS BEEN CLEARED WITH THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT OR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THE ENGINEER'S REPORT THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE, OR INFORMATION I HAVEN'T NECESSARILY SEEN TO SAY, YES, IT'S OKAY WITH THE ENGINEER THAT WE NOT ONLY CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE WINDOWS. MAYBE, YES, MAYBE IT'S A MUCH MORE SECURE WINDOW, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY FIT THE LIKE AS LIKE REQUIREMENT THAT IS MADE WITH MOBILE HOMES. SO WE'RE PUTTING MAYBE TOO MUCH WEIGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON IT. THAT'S WHERE MY BIGGER PROBLEM IS, IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STUFF DONE. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT ALL MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOUR HONOR. SURE. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. MR. BUSH IS ON THE PHONE.

HE CAN'T HEAR ME. ALL THESE MATTERS WAS BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION. AND. MR. BUSH, GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I CAN, IF YOU RECALL. I'M SORRY. I'M. THE OLDER I GET, MY MEMORIES GO DOWN THE DRAIN. WHEN I WAS SITTING AT YOUR OFFICE, YOU WERE ON THE PHONE WITH THE ENGINEER, AND YOU DISCUSSED THAT WINDOW THAT YOU SAID IT'S TOO LOW TO THE GROUND.

EITHER. I NEED TO GO AHEAD. I NEED TO RECTIFY THAT. PUT A SMALLER WINDOW. DO YOU RECALL THAT, SIR? WE DID TALK ABOUT THE WINDOW AND THE SIZE, BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES. BUT IT WAS THE SIZE OF THE WINDOW YOU WERE ALLOWED TO CHANGE, LIKE FOR LIKE. AND YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO GET RID OF THE WINDOW. YES. AND I BROUGHT ONE MORE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, PUT A SLIDING DOOR INSTEAD OF HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVING A WINDOW RIGHT THERE. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT. BUT IF YOU WERE GOING TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE WINDOW OR TO A DOOR, IF YOU GET AN ENGINEER TO, TO PUT THAT IN THE PLANS. YES, SIR. AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY CONSIDER IT. ARE YOU OKAY IF I GO BACK TO THE ENGINEER AND HAVE THIS SLIDING DOOR REMAINS, SIR? OVER THE PHONE. SO UNTIL WE SEE WHAT HIS LETTER SAYS, WE WOULD PROBABLY TAKE IT, BUT THIS IS OVER THE PHONE AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, SO. BUT YES, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE DOOR IS THE PROBLEM. IT'S WHETHER OR NOT THE ENGINEER SAYS THE DOOR IS OKAY. OPENING WITH A THREE FOOT. SO IF HE IF HE TAKES ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT, WE WOULD PROBABLY TAKE IT. OKAY? YES, SIR. MR. BHUSHAN, THIS IS MITCH. WE'LL GET AN ARCHITECT OR AN ENGINEER OUT THERE TO SAY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND ONCE THAT WORK IS PERFORMED, THAT IT IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND. AND THAT

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SHOULD SATISFY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. I THINK WE THAT WAS. MA'AM. LET HIM SPEAK. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. PUT YOUR HAND ON MY FACE. MR. BHUSHAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN'T. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HAVING AN ENGINEER INSPECT THE WHOLE JOB? OR JUST THE THE COMPONENTS THAT HE'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR? ANY ISSUES THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT PRESENTLY HAS WITH THAT MOBILE HOME, WE WILL HAVE AN ENGINEER OR AN ARCHITECT INSPECT IT, PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE WORK WILL BE PERFORMED PURSUANT TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE ENGINEER WILL CHECK OFF ON IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THAT WILL SATISFY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. WE'RE STILL GOING TO LOOK AT IT. THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. AGAIN. THIS IS OVER THE PHONE. WHEN HE DOES A REPORT ON THE WHOLE THING, WE'LL LOOK AT IT AND AND SEE IF WE SEE ANY RED FLAGS OR HAVE ANY ISSUES. BUT THAT'S THAT TYPICALLY SATISFIES WHAT WE NEED. TYPICALLY I DIDN'T FINISH WELL BECAUSE SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T MATCH. THEY SAY ONE THING THE ENGINEER CALLS ONE THING, AND THEN THEN WE GO OUT THERE AND IT'S SOMETHING ELSE. HE'S SAYING IT'S OKAY. WHAT HE NEEDS TO PUT THAT IN WRITING. HE NEEDS TO MAKE THE ADJUST THE PLANS. IF HE IF THEY VARY FROM WHAT HE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED AND THAT WE APPROVED. YES, SIR, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IF AN ENGINEER OR AN ARCHITECT COMES OUT, MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOLLOWED, ANY ISSUES ARE CORRECTED. THE ENGINEER PROVIDES A REPORT THAT THAT STRUCTURE IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS OBLIGATED TO ACCEPT THAT, NO, WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO ACCEPT THAT WE HAVE AN OPTION WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE. WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THAT BECAUSE WE WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO TAKE THIS REPORT. SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT HAS A LICENSE FOR PURPOSES OF INSPECTIONS CAN OVERRIDE AN ENGINEER, AN ARCHITECT? THEY MAKE MISTAKES ALL THE TIME, MITCH. OKAY. AND IN ALL HONESTY, LOOKING EVEN AT THIS REPORT THAT WAS DONE, IF THIS IS WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT, I WOULDN'T FAULT THEM FOR SAYING THIS IS NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH. THIS MAY HAVE COME FROM AN ENGINEER'S OFFICE, AND AN ENGINEER MAY HAVE WRITTEN THIS, BUT IT IS CLEARLY NOT AN ENGINEERING REPORT. THAT'S THE FIRST ENGINEER, YOUR HONOR. WE'VE WE'VE HIRED ANOTHER ONE. DENNIS EVANS, ARCHITECT. I NEVER GOT THE SECOND REPORT. BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THAT PARTICULAR ARCHITECT. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SOME, I GUESS, SOME DISCUSSION WITH MR. RIGHT.

AND HOW THIS IS TYPICALLY HANDLED WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A SCENARIO AS THIS. SURE. ALL RIGHT. STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE. YEAH. THIS MIC SHOULD PICK YOU UP. WELL, ACTUALLY THIS ONE I KNOW WILL BECAUSE IT'S GREEN. THAT 1ST MAY NOT GET YOU, BUT THIS WILL BECAUSE IT'S GREEN.

SO YOU'RE SO ALL RIGHT, SIR. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? DUSTIN. RIGHT. AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT? ABOUT SIX, SEVEN MONTHS. SIX, SEVEN MONTHS. WHAT WERE YOU DOING PRIOR TO THAT TIME? BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. ARE YOU A LICENSED CONTRACTOR? OKAY. WHAT SORT OF LICENSE DO YOU HAVE FOR INSPECTIONS? RESIDENTIAL INSPECTOR? MECHANICAL BUILDING. PLUMBING. ELECTRICAL. YOU DO HAVE MECHANICAL. ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. NOW, LET ME ASK YOU, JUST IN GENERAL TERMS, YOU DO INSPECT, I GUESS NEW CONSTRUCTION, THAT SORT OF THING TO IS THAT. YES. YES. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU GO OUT AND MAKE THESE INSPECTIONS, YOU SOMETIMES PASS THAT PARTICULAR INSPECTION AND SOMETIMES FAIL THAT INSPECTION. YES. SOMETIMES SOME INSPECTIONS PASS AND SOME INSPECTIONS FAIL. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN IT FAILS? IT FAILS I DO IN THIS CASE I PROVIDED CORRECT. NOT IN THIS CASE, SIR. AND JUST GENERAL CASES. I WOULD CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT. USUALLY THE SUPERVISOR. YEP. AND TELL THEM THAT I HAVE PROVIDED THEM WITH A LETTER WITH CODE CITATIONS OF EVERY DISCREPANCY OR ISSUE THAT I HAVE SEEN. ISN'T IT TRUE THAT YOU NEVER CONTACTED MR. VIVALDI ABOUT THIS MATTER? I DID NOT IN HIS SCENARIO, BECAUSE HE WAS DOWN IN THE OFFICE ALREADY TALKING TO EVERYBODY. YOU CONTACTED MR. THORPE, DIDN'T YOU? THAT IS INCORRECT. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH ANOTHER INSPECTOR, ASKING CLARITY ON SOME OF THE THINGS I WAS SEEING. OKAY. PRIOR TO YOUR INSPECTION, HAD YOU HAD COMMUNICATIONS WITH MR. THORPE OR ANYONE ELSE THERE AT CODE ENFORCEMENT REGARDING THIS MATTER? DON'T REMEMBER? I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I'M NOT. I WOULDN'T SAY CONFIDENTLY ON THAT. OKAY, LET'S GO BACK. SO WHEN A JOB, WHATEVER IT IS, FAILS YOU CHECK IT OFF. THERE'S A DISCREPANCY HERE. THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE. WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP OTHER THAN CONTACTING THE OWNERSHIP OF THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, PROVIDE A LETTER TO

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THEM WITH ALL THE CORRECTIONS AND WHATEVER WE FOUND, YOU DON'T TERMINATE THE PERMIT, DO YOU? I DON'T TERMINATE ANY PERMITS. I'M AN INSPECTOR. I INSPECT THE WORK BEING DONE.

THAT WOULD BE THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT. OR DOES THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT TYPICALLY TERMINATE A PERMIT WHEN THERE IS A FAILURE OF AN INSPECTION? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IF A NO INSPECTION IS POST, DON'T TESTIFY TO THINGS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN YOUR SCOPE. HE'S NOT IN THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT. IF WE NEED TO QUESTION SOMEONE FROM THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT, LET'S QUESTION THEM. HE KNOWS WHAT HE DOES AS AN INSPECTOR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO QUESTION HIM ABOUT. I'LL BE VERY HONEST. FROM ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN BY BOTH YOUR CLIENT AND BY CODE ENFORCEMENT, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT WAS TERMINATED PERMANENT WISE, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE HIM. HE DIDN'T ASK FOR AN INSPECTION UNTIL THE DAY THAT, BEFORE THE TERMINATION OF THE. BASED ON TIME, YOUR HONOR, LET ME ELABORATE ON ONE THING.

THIS IS. LET ME FINISH. YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY AS IMPORTANT. MAYBE THERE WAS A DELAY. MAYBE THERE WAS A PERSONAL ISSUE. IT CREATED AN EXTENSION OF TIME WHEN HE ASKED FOR AN INSPECTION. WHATEVER. BUT THE INSPECTION FAILED IN A LOT OF WAYS OTHER THAN, HEY, CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS INVOLVED OR ANYONE ELSE MADE THE DECISION. LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY, IT DOESN'T MEET ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE ENGINEERING REPORT YOU PROVIDED REQUESTED. THE PROBLEM I HAD IS THAT A PERMIT DOES NOT TERMINATE COMICS HAVE A CERTAIN ALLOTTED TIME PERIOD. THEY HAVE NO ALLOTTED TIME PERIOD THAT I'M AWARE OF. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO JUST A SECOND IS MAKE AN INSPECTION EVERY SIX MONTHS. THEIR HOMES ON THAT BEACH THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, THAT IS THE ONLY REQUIREMENT, JUDGE, THAT INSPECTION TAKE PLACE EVERY SIX MONTHS. THAT'S NOT THE UNDERSTANDING I HAVE OF YOU.

PERMITS. YOU'RE NOT GIVEN A SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD TO CONSTRUCT SOMETHING. ABSOLUTELY NO WAY, NO HOW. YOU DO HAVE TO REQUEST THAT AN EXTENSION BE DONE PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION.

YOU ALSO HAVE TO MEET THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PERMIT.

THAT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE AN INSPECTION EVERY SIX MONTHS, THEN THE PERMIT CONTINUES. THAT'S NOT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT. SO, MR. BHUSHAN, ARE YOU ON THE PHONE? YES, I AM OKAY. ISN'T THAT CORRECT, SIR? THAT PERMITS DO NOT HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE? THEY DON'T. BUT IF YOU DON'T PASS AN INSPECTION IN SIX MONTHS. THE PERMIT EXPIRES.

THAT'S. THAT'S NOT EXACTLY ACCURATE, MR. BHUSHAN. IF IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN INSPECTION, IF YOU DON'T PASS AN INSPECTION. PASSED INSPECTION. YEAH. SO IF YOU DON'T PASS AN INSPECTION EVERY SIX MONTHS, THEN THE PERMIT EXPIRES. IT'S CONSIDERED A YES IF IT DOES EXPIRE. YEAH.

AND WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN A PERMIT EXPIRES? THEY CAN EITHER PERMIT OR IF IT'S IF THEY'VE PASSED ALL THEIR PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS AND THEY NEED ONE MORE INSPECTION, WE WILL OPEN THE PERMIT UP FOR 14 DAYS SO THEY CAN GET THAT ONE LAST INSPECTION TO SEE THAT IT PASSES THE. WELL, HERE'S THE THING, MITCH. YES, SIR. BEFORE HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL 30 DAYS BEFORE THAT EXPIRED, LETTING HIM KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO EXPIRE 30 DAYS, THEN HE NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION. IF HE DOESN'T TAKE ACTION, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? WE CAN'T MANAGE HIS JOB. WE DON'T CALL HIM. WE GOT AN EMAIL. SO SAYING IS GOING TO EXPIRE IN 30 DAYS. OKAY, WELL, NEVER GOT AN EMAIL, BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT. WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS THAT YOU'RE TELLING ME TELLING THIS COURT, TELLING THIS OFFICE THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP A PERMIT ACTIVE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PASSING INSPECTION EVERY SIX MONTHS. THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS IN THE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. IS THAT WHAT'S BEING ENFORCED? IT'S I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THE DETAILS, WHAT'S BEING PASSED, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE DO. I MEAN, THE COMPUTER ACTUALLY, IF YOU

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DON'T PASS AN INSPECTION, IT WILL VOID THE PERMIT. IF, IF THE I KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY VOIDED, BUT THAT'S WHAT POPS UP. OR MAYBE IT SAYS CLOSED. I FORGET EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS, BUT THE COMPUTER DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY SIX MONTHS OR 180 DAYS IF IT HAS NOT PASSED THE INSPECTION, THE COMPUTER AUTOMATICALLY. PUTS THAT RIGHT. OKAY. MALE VOICE I THINK WHAT IT SAYS, I DON'T REMEMBER RIGHT OFF. I DON'T GOING TO DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, ARE YOU TELLING ME BECAUSE THE INSPECTION FAILED THE PERMIT WAS TERMINATED OR WAS THE PERMIT TERMINATED FOR SOME OTHER BASIS? IT WASN'T PERMANENT FOR ANY OTHER BASIS. IT WOULD HAVE THE COMPUTER WOULD HAVE DONE AUTOMATICALLY IF 180 DAYS WENT BY AND IT DID NOT HAVE A PAST INSPECTION. OKAY. SO THE HOMEOWNER OR THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR CAN TYPICALLY REQUEST AN EXTENSION TO OBTAIN THAT PASS IF THEY CAN.

IF THEY DO IT BEFORE IF THEY BEFORE IT EXPIRES, IF THEY CALL US UP OR SEND US AN EMAIL. THE REASON WHY THEY NEED AN EXTENSION, WE GIVE THEM A 90 DAY EXTENSION. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ISN'T IT TRUE THAT MR. RAZAVI HAS REQUESTED THAT EXTENSION? SAY THAT AGAIN? IS IT TRUE THAT MY CLIENT, MR. RAZAVI, HAS ACTUALLY REQUESTED THAT EXTENSION? I HAVE NO IDEA, I HAVE. OKAY. SAME DAY. IF HE HAS REQUESTED IT, WOULD THERE BE ANY BASIS WHATSOEVER TO DENY THAT EXTENSION? PROBABLY VERY RARELY. DENIAL. IF THEY HAVE A REASON TO DO IT FOR A REASON WHY? THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. YOU'RE NOT HERE TO LOOK AT THE THIS PARTICULAR PERMIT. SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS OF THIS CASE, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING IN GENERALITY. YES. FOR MOST OF US. THANK YOU. YES. IT'S NOT SPECIFIC I MEAN I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THAT PERMIT, BUT I HAVE A COMPUTER SYSTEM. YES. THEY SAID THEY HAVE TO CONFIRM WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BEFORE THEY CAN ACCEPT MY EXTENSION. I HAVE TO GO UPSTAIRS TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. I DID, I'LL TALK TO ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS. HE CAME AND HE TOLD ME I NEED TO COME TO COURT TODAY. WOULD THAT BE AN UNUSUAL SITUATION, MR. BOYKIN, WHERE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS TO CONFER WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT BEFORE THEY CAN EXTEND A BUILDING PERMIT? WE WANT TO KNOW SOME DETAILS. WE TYPICALLY DO ASK THEM, DO THEY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH EXTENDING THE PERMIT, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED? THAT'S NOT PART OF, YOU KNOW, OUR WE CAN'T GO SEARCHING FOR IT. PROBABLY. BUT WE ALWAYS JUST AS A COURTESY TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS. THEY DO, YOU KNOW, CONTACT THEM AND SEE IF THERE'S AN ISSUE BECAUSE SOMETHING MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN DECIDED ON A PERMIT. THAT'S VERY KIND OF A DEMOLITION PERMIT ON IT. WE CAN GO ISSUING THE PERMIT. THEY'RE EXTENDING A PERMIT THEN THAT'S AN ISSUE. SO YEAH, WE DID CONTACT THEM AND ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THEM, MR. BHUSHAN, BUILDING DEPARTMENT. MR. BHUSHAN, WAIT JUST A SECOND.

MISS ASHMAN, YOU CAN QUESTION MR. BHUSHAN. JUST A MOMENT. MR. DEVORE. FINISH WHAT YOU NEED TO QUESTION HIM ABOUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. MR. BHUSHAN, IS THERE ANY JUSTIFICATION FOR NOT EXTENDING THAT PERMIT AS FAR AS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITHOUT CONVERSING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE? IS THERE ANY BASIS WHATSOEVER FOR REFUSING TO EXTEND THAT BUILDING PERMIT? WE DON'T HAVE TO EXTEND THE PERMIT. IT'S VOIDED. I'M NOT ASKING IF YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR BASIS WHY YOU WOULD NOT EXTEND THE PERMIT IF HE ASKED IT IN TIME? YES, SIR. I'M UNBELIEVABLY NOT EXTENDED WITHOUT ASKING CODE ENFORCEMENT.

IF THERE'S AN ACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE THERE. I DIDN'T ASK YOU THAT, SIR. IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT EXTEND THIS BUILDING PERMIT AS REQUESTED BY MR. ROSATI, WHICH WOULD NOT EXTEND THAT PERMIT WITHOUT CHECKING WITH. IT'S AN OPEN BUILDING VIOLATION CASE THERE. YOU WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT BEFORE YOU COULD EXTEND THE PERMIT. IF THERE'S AN ACTIVE CASE THERE. YES, WE DO THAT. IS THERE ANY REASON WHY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT EXTEND THE PERMIT WITHOUT CONVERSING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT? THAT'S MY QUESTION. IF MR. BEAUCHAMP SAID TO TO CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE WOULD EXTEND THE PERMIT. BUT IF THERE'S A RED LINE OR ORANGE LINE ON THAT PERMIT, THE COMPUTER, IT TELLS US THERE'S A ACTIVE CASE THERE, AND WE ARE GOING TO CHECK THAT ACTIVE CASE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. OKAY. BUT WITH RESPECT TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, THE BUILDING

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DEPARTMENT, THERE WOULD BE NO ISSUE EXTENDING THAT PERMIT. CORRECT, SIR, IF THERE WAS NO OPEN CASES, WE WOULD EXTEND THEM. WE WOULD. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. I ASK THE QUESTION NOW. MR. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. NOT AT THIS TIME. GO AHEAD. MR. AND CASES THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE MAGISTRATE ORDER ON LIKE THIS ONE YOU WOULD CHECK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. SO THIS IS NOT JUST THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SAYING THIS. THERE IS AN ACTIVE MAGISTRATE ORDER THAT SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS ALREADY. SO CASES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TO A HEARING AREN'T SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NECESSARILY DENY BECAUSE THE MAGISTRATE HASN'T RULED ALREADY. CORRECT. SO IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS ALREADY AN ACTIVE MAGISTRATE ORDER. THE MAGISTRATE HAD ORDERED THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN. SHE HAD YOU HAD DEEMED THAT THEY WAS AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE AND THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, THE PERMIT IS NOT ONLY DID IT NOT PASS. FAILED IN THE SIX MONTHS WERE UP. SO THAT'S WHY WE WOULD YOUR MAGISTRATE WE WOULD HAVE TOLD HIM HE NEEDED TO COME TO THIS HEARING, BECAUSE HE HAD NOT COMPLIED WITH WHAT YOU HAD ORDERED. THANK YOU. PAUL. MR. AND I DO RECALL, YOUR HONOR, SAYING THAT WE WOULD COME BACK AFTER SIX MONTHS AND REEVALUATE AS LONG AS THERE'S SOME WORK BEING PERFORMED IN THIS PLACE IS BEING PUT BACK IN SHAPE. CLEARLY IT'S BEEN CLEANED UP.

ALL OF THE EXTERIOR MATTERS RESOLVED AS FAR AS IT BEING A NUISANCE OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO REQUEST SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF MR. RIGHT. MR. RIGHT. THIS ONE I KNOW THIS. MICROPHONE. I'LL PICK YOU UP. THAT ONE'S STILL RED. SO, YEAH.

I STILL JUST STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. JUSTIN. RIGHT. OKAY. I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE COME UP WITH. YOU SAID NEW EXTERIOR WALL FRAMING. WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE EXTERIOR WALL FRAMING? I THINK FOR THE NEW EXTERIOR WALL FRAMING, HE HAD SKIPPED AN INSPECTION. THERE WAS NO NAILING INSPECTION SCHEDULED. OKAY. HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED BEFORE IN THE LIFETIME OF BUILDING OFFICIALS AND INSPECTORS MISSING INSPECTION CONTRACTORS? EVER MISSED INSPECTIONS? YES, SIR. YES. OKAY. YOU DON'T TERMINATE THE PERMIT FOR THAT, DO YOU? NOT MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THE PERMIT? THAT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

OKAY. WHAT'S THE OTHER ISSUE WITH I MEAN, IT HAS CORRECTIONS AND IT JUST HAS NEW EXTERIOR STRUCTURAL SIDING. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE SIDING? THE INSPECTION PRIOR TO THE SIDING. SO. SO THIS STUFF HAS TO DO WITH MISSING AN INSPECTION OR SOMETHING, CORRECT, SIR. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT STUFF WAS PUT BACK UP AND COVERING ISSUES THAT NEEDED TO BE INSPECTED BEFORE STUFF GOT COVERED UP. THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. YES, MA'AM. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS SOME ROTTING WOOD AND SOME OTHER ISSUES MAYBE COVERED UP BY WHATEVER HAS BEEN PUT UP THERE WITHOUT THE INSPECTION BEING DONE TO SEE THAT STUFF.

AND THAT'S THE CONCERN IS HOW SAFE IS THAT ROTTED WOOD THAT'S UNDERNEATH THAT. AND IF I MAY ELABORATE. AND THE ENGINEER CAME, HE EVEN WENT UNDERNEATH OF THE PROPERTY. I EVEN ASKED HIM, AND HE CAN TESTIFY. THERE IS NO ROTTED WOOD, YOUR HONOR. OKAY. BUT SEE, THE ONLY INFORMATION I HAVE FROM YOU GUYS IS THE ORIGINAL ENGINEER. SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THIS ADDITIONAL ENGINEER IS. I DON'T HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION. I DON'T HAVE AN IDEA. AND TO EXPECT MYSELF OR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO JUST FIGURE IT OUT RIGHT ON THE SPOT RIGHT NOW, THAT. OH, WELL, SOME OTHER ENGINEER HAS NOW LOOKED AT IT AND SAYS THAT IT'S ALL OKAY AND THERE'S NO ROTTED WOOD. WELL, WELL, WHY WOULD THAT NOT PROVIDED BEFORE THIS TIME OR BEFORE THE PERMIT EXPIRED? IS THERE A PROBLEM? THERE IS A SET OF PLANS, YOUR HONOR. DIDN'T SUBMIT TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO A REPORT FROM THE ENGINEER. AND HE'S ACTUALLY NOT AN ENGINEER. HE'S AN

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ARCHITECT, WHICH STILL QUALIFIES. SO. BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR THE COURT SHOULD THE COURT ALLOW US TO DO THAT? THAT'S SUBMITTED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. MR. BOUCHER HAS SEEN THAT ALREADY COMMUNICATED. SORRY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IT AT ALL, BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE FIRST I THOUGHT. YEAH. OH YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT. MR. RIGHT. NOW, IS THERE A PARTICULAR CODE SECTION THAT ADDRESSES SUN EXPOSURE DAMAGE? I WANT TO KNOW THE CODE SECTION. WHAT'S THE PARTICULAR CODE SECTION? I BELIEVE THAT WOULD GO UNDER NEGLECT AND THAT WOULD BE A LEVEL THREE WELL CITED FOR ME, SIR. WHAT SPECIFICALLY WHAT DOES IT SAY AS TO WHY SUN EXPOSURE, DAMAGE TO THE HOME, AS WELL AS DAMAGE FROM STORMS CAN RENDER MOBILE HOME MANUFACTURED HOMES UNFIT AND DANGER TO RESIDENTS? A FEW EXAMPLES ARE STORM DAMAGE AND NEGLECT AND OR ABANDONED HOMES. I'M LOOKING FOR SUN EXPOSURE AS BEING A VIOLATION OF THE CODE. DO YOU HAVE IT? YES. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. SO WITH RESPECT TO THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE SAYS REQUEST OR IS THAT AN ENGINEER OF RECORD ARCHITECT WOULD ALSO APPLY. CORRECT. OKAY. EVALUATION. SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT YOU'RE PERFORMING YOUR INSPECTION, YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. YES. CORRECT. OKAY. GREAT. MAIN POINT OF MY LETTER WAS SAYING AN ENGINEER ARCHITECT NEEDS TO COME IN AND EXAMINE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE AND BASICALLY APPROVE WHAT HE'S DOING THERE, BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED. OKAY. AND THEN ON THE BACK PAGE IT TALKS ABOUT REPAIR OR REMODEL OF EXTERIOR WITH DIFFERENT FINISHED MATERIAL THAT IS HEAVIER THAN ORIGINAL. AGAIN, I ASSUME YOU WOULD NEED SOMETHING FROM THE ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER SAYING THAT THAT WOULD THAT IS STRUCTURALLY SUFFICIENT TO HOLD THAT UP. OKAY, WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE DISCOLORED GRAY FRAMING WOULD DISQUALIFY THE STRUCTURES OF MOBILE HOME? IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND? I DON'T DO THAT EXCLUSIVELY. I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. LEVEL THREE CHANGES THAT DISQUALIFY THE STRUCTURE AS A MOBILE HOME. PERIOD. NEGLECT, DISCOLORED GRAY FRAMING AND BROKEN TRUSSES. SO IF YOU HAVE A BROKEN TRUST IN A MOBILE HOME, THAT DISQUALIFIES THE MOBILE HOME AS A, AS A AS A MOBILE HOME, MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT. YES, SIR.

OKAY. AREN'T THERE DIFFERENT RULES THERE ACTUALLY FEDERAL RULES THAT GOVERN MOBILE HOMES.

OKAY. MH 24, WHICH IS WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO DO YOU TYPICALLY INSPECT MOBILE HOMES FOR THESE TYPE OF MATTERS. YEAH THIS WOULD BE MY FIRST ONE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU OKAY.

OKAY. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY NEW ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES OR ANYTHING ELSE WERE ADDED TO THIS MOBILE HOME? MY OBSERVATION, IT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU HAVE BEEN ADDED BY THE AGE OF THE WIRES, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THEM WERE EXISTING. FEW OF THEM WERE ADDED BASED ON NOT HAVING NAIL GUARDS AND STUFF. I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING IT CAME FROM THE MANUFACTURER THAT WAY. DO YOU KNOW IF MR. RAZAVI DID THAT? NO. OKAY. COULD HAVE BEEN THE PRIOR OWNERS OR MAYBE THE OWNERS BEFORE THAT, OR THE OWNERS BEFORE THAT, CORRECT? YES. OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME ASK JUST YOUR OPINION. WHEN YOU HAVE A SCENARIO LIKE THIS AND YOU HAVE FAILED IT FOR WHATEVER REASON. THAT TYPICALLY ALLOWS THE CONTRACTOR OR THE HOMEOWNER TO COME BACK AND MAKE THOSE REPAIRS CORRECT. AND THEN YOU GO OUT AGAIN AND MAKE INSPECTION ONCE AGAIN. IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT. YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. MISS ASHMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? NO. CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION FROM HIM, IF I MAY, YOUR HONOR, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU ASK YOUR ATTORNEY ONE QUESTION. DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. RESPECTFULLY, YOUR HONOR, ARE YOU TELLING THE COURT IN NO TIME? YOU ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH MR. THROAT? NO. I'M SAYING THAT WHEN YOU GUYS ARE ON THE PHONE WITH SOMEBODY. YEAH. WHEN HE CAME TO THE PROPERTY, ON THE PHONE WITH ANOTHER INSPECTOR ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION ON A FEW OF THESE THINGS I'D PERSONALLY NEVER SEEN IN A MOBILE HOME HAPPEN. MY FIRST CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIM, MY BEST, MY MEMORY WAS AFTER MY REPORT WAS SUBMITTED. ALL RIGHT.

DID I ASK YOU WHAT IS EXACTLY YOU WANT ME TO DO? AND YOU NEVER RESPONDED TO ME. BUT WHAT

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DO YOU WANT ME TO, YOU KNOW, CORRECT. WHAT CORRECTIONS DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE TO THE PROPERTY? TO YOU? AN OFFICIAL LETTER WITH EVERYTHING IN IT. SO I DID RESPOND TO YOU. YOU SAID 2:00. BUT DO YOU SEND OUT A LETTER AT 7:00 THAT NIGHT? THAT IS UNTRUE. ISN'T THAT PROBABLY 2 OR 3 P.M. SITTING IN MY OFFICE? THE EMAIL I GET WAS LATER ON. BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR ISSUES WE WOULD JUST ASK TO ALLOW MR. RAZAVI TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE THESE CORRECTIONS. WE WILL PROVIDE AN ARCHITECT OR AN ENGINEER. WE'LL USE THE SAME ARCHITECT WE'RE USING NOW AT DENNIS EVANS OFFICE, BUT WE WILL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. YOUR HONOR, WITH RESPECT TO ISSUES PRESENTLY EXISTING. AND THEN THE COURT WOULD ALLOW TIME TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS. AND THEN WE WOULD PROVIDE CORRESPONDENCE FROM THAT ARCHITECT THAT THOSE ISSUES WERE RESOLVED. AND THIS MATTER IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? YES. JUST OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT TO POINT OUT, I KNOW I DON'T NEED TO POINT OUT TO YOU THE FACT THAT THIS CASE WENT BEFORE YOU ON FEBRUARY 13TH, 2025. AT THAT TIME, YOUR ORDER WAS FOR HIM, FOR THE RESPONDENT TO OBTAIN THE PERMITS AND COMPLETE AND NOT TO LET THE PERMITS EXPIRE.

IF THE PERMITS WERE TO EXPIRE, BE REVOKED, OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON. IT IS A VIOLATION OR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER. ADDITIONALLY, THE FACT THAT. WORK WAS DONE UNPERMITTED BEFORE PERMIT WAS ISSUED. THERE IS OBVIOUS EVEN IN THE PHOTOS THAT THERE IS ROT WHERE RESPONDENT IS SAYING THE ENGINEERS OR DESIGN PROFESSIONAL SAID THERE WAS NO ROT, BUT WE CAN SEE WITH OUR OWN EYES THERE'S ROT. THE COVER UP OF WHAT'S BEEN DONE DURING THIS PERMIT, THE FAILURE TO PERMIT IS PROVIDING A. HISTORY OR TRACK RECORD OF NOT BEING TRUTHFUL. THEREFORE, IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS BEEN GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND THE RESPONDENT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER THAT THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZES CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER ONTO THE PROPERTY AND ABATE THE VIOLATION IDENTIFIED IN THIS ORDER THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE COUNTY CODE, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT? NO. OTHER THAN CAN I ALLOW MR. SHANE TO. YES. HE'S OUT DOING INSPECTIONS. SORRY, MR. POROSHENKO, WE KEPT YOU ON THE PHONE LONG ENOUGH. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. PAULA, I AGREE WITH. THAT. YEAH. I'M SO SORRY. IF WE'RE STICKING WITH YOUR PHONE. SORRY WE HAD YOUR PHONE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I GOT A CHARGING STATION.

WE'LL. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE PROBLEM AND THE CONCERN I HAVE. THERE WAS AN ORDER IN PLACE THAT SAID YOU NEEDED TO DO X, Y, AND Z. IT WAS VERY DETAILED, VERY LAID OUT, VERY SET IN PLACE. THE FACT THAT INSPECTIONS WEREN'T ASKED FOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PERMIT THAT YOU DID OBTAIN, THE FACT THAT LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT NOW, I CAN SEE WHAT IS NOT NECESSARILY IN THE BEST OF SHAPE AND STUFF HAS JUST BEEN PUT BACK UP TO COVER IT UP. MY CONCERN IS WHAT'S STILL UNDER THERE. MY OTHER CONCERN IS WHY IN THE WORLD IF YOU DIDN'T

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STICK WITH THIS FIRST ENGINEER AND YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE, WHY DIDN'T WE NOT GET A COPY OF THAT? WHY DID NOBODY SEE IT UNTIL JUST NOW? I HEARD EVERYTHING I NEED HERE. WHY DID WE NOT GET A COPY OF IT UNTIL JUST NOW? EVEN FOR ME TO LOOK AT. WHY DID THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT NOT HAVE IT UNTIL NOW? SO WHY WASN'T THAT PROVIDED BEFORE THIS POINT IN TIME AGAIN, TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT, IT WAS PROVIDED TO MR. BOUCHER, YOUR HONOR. OKAY, AGAIN? THE ONE I WAS PROVIDED DOESN'T COMPLY WITH ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR. SO IF YOU GOT A DIFFERENT ENGINEER OR DIFFERENT ARCHITECT, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING. CONSIDERING THAT I ISSUED AN ORDER AND TOLD YOU TO DO SOMETHING, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED OR GIVEN. I THINK A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THE PROPERTY. I'M NOT NECESSARILY INCLINED TO THINK WE JUST GET RID OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, BUT I WILL BE VERY HONEST. I AM NOT TRUSTING OF THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT'S BEEN DONE MEETS CODE, OR MEETS WHAT AN ARCHITECT IS GOING TO SAY IS, OKAY. WHAT I WILL DO IS FIVE DAYS. WITHIN FIVE DAYS, I WANT A COPY OF THAT ARCHITECT'S REPORT. NOT JUST SAYING IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DONE AND THIS IS THE PLAN. WHAT IS WRONG? WHAT PIECES OF WOOD ARE BROKEN? I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT ANY ARCHITECT IS GOING TO LOOK AT BROKEN ROOF TRUSSES AND SAY, THOSE ARE SAFE. I WANT TO KNOW EVERY SINGLE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, AND THAT WAY YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND YOU CAN DECIDE HOW MUCH MORE DO I WANT TO DUMP INTO THIS AND HOW MUCH DO I WANT TO FIX THIS? BECAUSE THEN YOU KNOW WHAT HAS TO BE DONE. BECAUSE THAT ROOF IS GOT A BIG DIVOT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, AND IT'S COMING FROM NOT CORRECTLY PLACING TRUSSES IN THERE. INSTEAD, WE'RE SHIMMYING AND TRYING TO MAKE THINGS WORK. FIVE DAYS. GET THE ENGINEER'S REPORT BOTH TO CODE ENFORCEMENT TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, AND I CANNOT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO FORCE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE A PERMIT IF THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT IS SUFFICIENT. THAT'S THEIR DECISION TO DO.

BUT WITHIN FIVE DAYS, IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM ISSUE, I'M IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM ISSUE ANOTHER PERMIT POSSIBLY AND YOU WANT TO ASK FOR THAT WITHIN FIVE DAYS FROM TOMORROW. SO TODAY IS GONE. WE'LL SAY STARTING TOMORROW YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS TO GET THAT ARCHITECT'S REPORT TO THEM. LET THEM MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY EVEN WANT TO ISSUE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, KNOWING THAT WHATEVER THE ENGINEER OR ARCHITECTURAL REPORT SAYS HAS TO BE DONE TO GET THIS INTO OKAY SHAPE. OKAY, I HAVE REAL CONCERNS WITH THE FACT THAT THERE WAS AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING TALKED TO YOUR ARCHITECT, THE AWNING THAT WAS ADDED ON TO THE FRONT OF THAT, AND THE WEIGHT OF WHATEVER WAS USED TO FIX THE FRONT DECKING, THE FACT THAT THERE'S A SLIDING DOOR BACK THERE, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY METHOD OF WALKING DOWN STAIRS THAT MEET CODE OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THAT. THERE'S A BIG DARN DROP OFF RIGHT THERE. SO LOTS OF ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND DEALT WITH THAT. I, AS A LAYMAN CAN JUST SEE LOOKING AT THE PICTURES. OKAY.

YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT FOR ME? YES, YES.

YOUR HONOR, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. COULD YOU ALLOW INSTEAD OF FIVE DAYS? NOW, AT LEAST TEN DAYS. FIVE DAYS, SO I CAN BE ABLE TO LOCATE THE ENGINEER AND ALL THAT STUFF? YOUR HONOR, I DROVE ALL OVER FROM ATLANTA, AND IT'S JUST. IT'S A TIMING ISSUE.

WE'LL GET UP IN FIVE DAYS, I GUARANTEE YOU CAN FIND. I HAVE FAITH IN MR. DEAVER. OKAY? HE KNOWS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, GUYS? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. SO. ENGINEERING

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ARCHITECT, PROFESSIONAL DESIGN, FIVE DAYS. THAT IS A COMPLETE THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WILL ACCEPT. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THESE THESE TWO THAT ONE WE KNOW OF WAS SUBMITTED. THE OTHER ONE WE CAN'T CONFIRM WOULD NOT HAVE MET THE BUILDING. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. I CANNOT FORCE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO DO ANYTHING AS FAR AS ISSUING A PERMIT. BUT THAT IS THE FIRST STEP THAT I AM LOOKING AT THIS SAY, HEY, GET WHAT I HAVE JUST IN FRONT OF ME, AND I DON'T ISSUE THE PERMITS IS NOWHERE NEAR SUFFICIENT FOR ME TO SAY AT THE ENGINEERING PART I HAVE NONE OF THE STUFF HAS BEEN DONE, AND JUST LOOKING AT THE PICTURES OF THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY INSIDE, AS WELL AS A SLIDING GLASS DOOR BEING ADDED, STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT, DON'T RELY ON A VERBAL CONVERSATION YOU HAD WITH MR. BROUGHSHANE, WHETHER IT'S HIM NOT GETTING IT CORRECT OR YOU NOT GETTING IT CORRECT, GET ME AN ENGINEER THAT SAYS THE WEIGHT IS FINE, EVERYTHING IS DONE. THIS IS HOW WE DEAL WITH IT. ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WAY, THERE'S NOT THIS, HE SAID. SHE SAID BS GOING BACK AND FORTH. OKAY. I'M SORRY, YOUR HONOR. WHY DON'T CAN YOU PUT THIS IN WRITING SO I CAN GO TO THE ENGINEER SAID, I'VE GOT IT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COMPLY WITH YOUR. I'LL MAIL THIS OUT TO ME AND I'LL EMAIL YOU. MITCH, THE SIGNED ORDERS. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW YOU. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN TOUCH WITH THE ARCHITECT BEFORE I GET ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BY ALL MEANS. EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS HOW TO FIND ME. I WILL ANSWER WHATEVER I NEED TO TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR. IF THERE'S A QUESTION THAT IS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW HOW TO FIND ME. OKAY, SO IT WOULD BE OKAY IF I HAD TO CONTACT YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.

YEAH. OKAY. CALL EMAIL ME IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I. I HAVEN'T TOUCHED MY PHONE SINCE I GOT HERE, SO EMAIL YOU MAY GET A RESPONSE AT 3 A.M. I'M SORRY, BUT I WILL RESPOND WHEN I CAN TALK TO SCOTT. SCOTT HADN'T BEEN. YEAH. GET IN TOUCH WITH US. OKAY. GOOD COMMUNICATION. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. ALL RIGHT GUYS THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON I'M SORRY BRANDON, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ANYTHING I JUST SAID? ARE WE COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER HEARING? YEAH. AFTER THE FIVE DAYS ARE UP, WE AND IT'S. THEY FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THAT. WE CAN PROCEED. YEAH, YOU CAN PROCEED ACCORDING TO WHAT'S HERE. BUT THAT FIVE DAYS WHEN IF THEY DIDN'T RESPOND AND THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE THE INFORMATION IN FIVE DAYS, THEN WE REVERT BACK TO WHAT'S LEFT IN THE ORDER THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ENTERED. BUT AGAIN, FIVE DAYS.

THEN WE HAVE A DEAD SET STOP. WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ORDER THAT WAS IN PLACE. BUT IF YOU HAVE THIS CONTINUING CONTACT OF GETTING A PERMIT THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT GOING, IT'S FINE. THANK YOU. SO, JASPER, WE HAVE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL HERE, AND HE'S HEARING THIS, SO THEY PROVIDE THE THEY GET A CLARIFICATION ON THE WINDOW SIZE AND THAT HOLDS UP THE PERMIT. IF NOTHING ELSE, IT DOESN'T MEET THE EXPECTATIONS THE TRUST. LET'S JUST SAY THE

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TRUSSES AREN'T ADDRESSED. I'M GOING TO JUST BE OUT THERE. AND THE SO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS TO CLARIFY WITH THEM THAT THE TRUSSES ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED AND THEN GIVE THEM TIME TO ADDRESS THE TRUSSES. NOT WITH US, YOUR HONOR. BETWEEN THE. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. ARCHITECT. YEAH. SO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT CLARIFICATION CAN GO ON FOR MONTHS. THAT'S WHY I JUST WHEN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT DETERMINES WERE DONE, THAT IS OUR DEAD STOP DATE WHEN THERE IS NO MORE CLARIFICATION THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE ONLY REQUIRED TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ONE TIME. I NEED THIS AND THIS AND THIS AND THIS, THOSE FOUR THINGS. IF THE PROPERTY OWNER ONLY COMES BACK AND EXPLAINS TWO OF THEM, THE OTHER TWO GET LEFT OFF. HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEEDED. BE VERY CLEAR WITH HIM. HE CAN BE VERY CLEAR WITH YOU. AND WE CAN GET A PERMIT AND GET THIS THING FIXED SO THAT NOBODY HAS TO HANG OUT WITH ME ANYMORE. OKAY? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS? OKAY. THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND GIVING ME SOME EXPLANATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE LETTER WITH THAT. THAT WAS LETTER G ON OUR AGENDA. CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20242891. PROPERTY ADDRESS OF 7116 BROWN ROAD. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO LETTER J ON THE AGENDA. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 2024. OH I'M SORRY. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. IT'S OKAY. ITEM F IS A PHONE CALL, BUT WE DO HAVE THE COMPLAINANT HERE. OKAY, A LITTLE LATE, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. SURE. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT ONE. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. THIS IS WHAT I WISH I HAD WATER BECAUSE I CAN FEEL I WAS TALKING SO MUCH. I NEED MY WATER. WELL, WHERE'S MY REPORT? OKAY. SO. OKAY, SO WE'RE ON LETTER F ON THE AGENDA. CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20251356 PROPERTY ADDRESSES 334 CHRISTMAS TREE LANE. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU NEED ME TO TURN RIGHT BACK AROUND? I PROMISE I'M NOT STEALING YOUR MIC. I'M JUST TURNING IT SO THAT IT CAN PICK UP THE PHONE. ACTUALLY, I'LL LEAVE THAT ONE AND I'LL PUT. NOW. HELLO? YES, IT'S CARRIE RODWIN. YES, THIS IS CARRIE. CARRIE, THIS IS BRENDA. NO ONE FROM THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT HEARING. I DO NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN. WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR YOUR CASE. OKAY. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES. OKAY. THE MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK FIRST. OKAY? OKAY. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS TIFFANY, YOUR MAGISTRATE. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYBODY THAT'S SPEAKING, DON'T HESITATE TO INTERRUPT AND SAY SOMETHING. WE'LL FIND A BETTER WAY TO MAKE SURE WE GET GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, OKAY? OKAY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO DEAL WITH YOUR CASE TO TRY AND TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE NEED TO GET TO A RESOLUTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. BUT I'VE GOT CODE ENFORCEMENT HERE. THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. AND WHEN THEY FINISH UP, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ANY TESTIMONY YOU NEED TO ADD TO IT.

OKAY. YEP. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD TONY. BURNING BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THIS SLIDE SLIDE TWO IS FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. IT RUNS OFF OF BACK BEACH ROAD ON THE WEST END OF THE BEACH.

YOU GOT WHITE SAND STORAGE ACROSS BACK BEACH. THIS IS A CLOSER UP VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

GOT THE THE CARPORT AT A DECK STAIRWELL AND A LOOKOUT DECK. YOU GOT A ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TOWARD THE BACK. AND JUST TO THE LEFT OF THAT ACCESSORY IS A STORM SHELTER. ON JUNE 25TH, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED A COMPLAINT OF UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE ON

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THIS PROPERTY. LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY. ON JUNE 30TH, INVESTIGATOR JOE TRIP INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. THESE ARE INVESTIGATOR TRIPS PHOTOS. YOU SEE THE CARPORT. IT'S KIND OF BOWING IN THE MIDDLE. ON JULY THE 8TH. THE COMPLAINANT, THE NEIGHBOR, ALLOWED INVESTIGATOR TRIP ONTO HIS PROPERTY TO TAKE BETTER PHOTOS OF THE VIOLATION. OR INVESTIGATOR TRIPS, PHOTOS. CARPORT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE THAT LOOKOUT DECK UP THERE ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. THERE IT IS. SOME RAILINGS.

THAT THE STORM SHELTER MISSING A DOOR. AND ALSO THE BACK DECK THAT'S ROTTED. JULY THE 9TH, 2025 I WAS ASSIGNED THE CASE AND ON JULY THE 15TH, 2025 INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY INSPECTOR SCOTT THORPE. I'M SO SORRY. WE JUST LOST. HE WENT OUT. HE'S DEALING WITH THE OTHER PROPERTY OR SOMEONE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO GET HIM. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GETTING THE BUILDING. INSPECTOR, CAN YOU GIVE ME A GOOD ADDRESS FOR YOU? FOR THE RECORD. YOU CAN USE. YOU WANT FOR ME PERSONALLY? YES. FOR MAILING. IS THAT OKAY? ONE FIVE. FIVE SIX. ARAGON WAY A H A R A G O N WAY. AND THAT'S IN ATLANTA. 30319 OKAY. THANK YOU. MY BUSINESS PARTNER ACTUALLY LIVES DOWN THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HER ADDRESS BY HEART, SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU MINE. THAT WORKS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE HAVE MR. THORPE. I'M SO SORRY THAT WE HAD TO WAIT, BUT WE GOT HIM NOW. GOOD MORNING. I'M INSPECTOR THORPE AGAIN. I BELIEVE I TALKED TO YOU ON THE PHONE. CORRECT. ME. YES, MA'AM. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? YES, I SPEAK TO MY BUSINESS PARTNER. OKAY? YEAH. WE TALKED. WE TALKED EXTENSIVELY. YES. ALL RIGHT, SO BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A THIS IS SINGLE, WIDE MOBILE HOME. IT HAS SOME DOUBLE WIDE I'M SORRY. IT HAS SOME SINGLE. IT HAS A ADDITION ON THAT SIDE HAS A PORCH HAS A KIND OF A CROSS. YEAH A LITTLE LOOKOUT A LARGE CARPORT. INSUFFICIENT. SO BASICALLY GETTING INTO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, THE SPAN OF EACH PIECE OF WOOD AND THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT UNDERNEATH, YOU CAN'T TAKE A TWO BY FOUR, EXPAND IT 30, 40FT BECAUSE THAT'S SUCH BONE IN THE MIDDLE. IT'S KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ONLY ONE LATERAL SUPPORT THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE. IT WAS A METAL ONE. IT'S KIND OF MAKESHIFT PUT ON THERE. BUT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DEFLECTION WHICH SAGGING WHATEVER INSUFFICIENT SUPPORTS INSIDE SIMS TIE STRAPS TO SECURE IT TO THE UPRIGHT POSTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

THERE'S ROTTING TO THE TO OUTSIDE FRAMING AND SOMETHING THAT CAME UP THERE, AND I DIDN'T SEE WHERE THE TWO BY SIX HAS BEEN SPLICED TOGETHER. NORMALLY WHEN YOU SEE SIMPSON TIE STRAPS OR THESE SIMPSON PLATES, EVERY HOLE PER THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE MUST BE FILLED WITH A TECO NAIL STAINLESS STEEL SINCE IT IS CLOSE TO THE BEACH, OR IT HAS TO BE HOT DIP GALVANIZED TO PREVENT FROM RUSTING. BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE IT'S TOO MUCH OF AN EXPANSION. THEY PUT ANOTHER BOARD BEHIND IT, WHICH IS CALLED SISTERING UP OR LADY.

IN CLOSER VIEW OF THE UPRIGHT, WHICH IT'S KIND OF A BY TWO BOX STEEL, WHICH I DON'T DO THAT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ADEQUATE. THERE'S ONE LIGHT BOLT THAT'S HOLDING IT. GOOD KICK. YOU COULD KNOCK IT OFF BALANCE OPEN ELECTRICAL. IT'S NOT AN EXTERIOR BOX DOESN'T HAVE A PLATE COVER ON THERE. AND OF COURSE THAT CORD IS PRETTY ROTTED. THAT CORD DOES EXTEND. HAS A SPLICE IN. IT GOES TO THE POLE AND THEN UP TO THE FASCIA SOFFIT INTO THE INTO THE THE FRONT PORCH ADDITION THAT WAS ENCLOSED THERE. SO IT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROTTING ON THERE. SO IT'S KIND OF AN ELECTRICAL HAZARD RIGHT THERE. THIS IS THE PORCH THAT WAS ON THE SIDE. INADEQUATE RAILINGS. IT'S OVER 30IN. SO YOU GET A FALL HAZARD ON THAT. PLUS IT'S PRETTY ROTTED AND BOARDS ARE BOLTED UP. NEXT THIS GOES AND THERE'S RAILINGS THAT ARE MISSING. THIS GOES UP TO LIKE I SAID LIKE A OBS OBSERVATION DECK. AGAIN INADEQUATE RAILING.

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THERE'S NO LATERALS THAT GO UP AND DOWN THE SPAN OF THE OF THE STRINGERS IS TOO GREAT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT UNDERNEATH. ROSENBERG LATTICE IS FALLING DOWN, WHICH IS KEEP FALLING OFF.

AND AGAIN RAILING SUPPORTS THE NOT USED CARRIAGE BOLTS THROUGH THE STRINGER. PLUS THE STRINGERS BEEN NOT JUST BE ON SLIDE 30, THEY'RE JUST BEHIND THE UPRIGHT POST THAT STRINGERS BEEN NOTCHED FOR A SUPPORT RIGHT THERE. THAT LEADS TO CRACKING AND AND FAILURE OF THE STRINGER. AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADDITION THAT'S IN THE BACK. OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF DAMAGE ALONG WITH THE LATERAL FRONT SUPPORT THERE. I SUPPOSE IF YOU BROUGHT IN AND BROKEN, I GUESS YOU WOULD. TRUSSES THERE MORE LIKE CURLING THAT THEY HAD IN THERE. AND THEN THERE'S A I GUESS IS A STORM SHELTER. THEY HAD NOT SECURED DOOR COULD FILL UP WITH WATER. THIS. I TOOK THIS AS A REFERENCE FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. IT IS DIRECTLY ON THE PROPERTY LINE.

I THINK IT WAS THEIR PREVIOUS TO THEIR RULING, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'D HAVE TO ANSWER TO THAT THERE'S INSIDE OF IT JUST A HAZARD FOR KIDS WANDER OFF AND IT IS I DON'T KNOW IF INVESTIGATOR. IT IS RELATIVELY CLOSE TO FRONT BEACH ROAD. THERE'S A BUS STOP RIGHT IN THE CORNER. SO THERE'S AS IT SITS AWNING DECK, OBSERVATION TOWER AND THE FALLOUT SHELTER ALONG WITH THE SHED ARE ALL. THERE. ON JULY 16TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS. 1404 DOUBLE GATE DRIVE, BROOKHAVEN, GEORGIA. 30319. THE CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN.

ON JULY THE 17TH, 2025, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT REGULAR MAIL TO THE TENANT USING THE ADDRESS. 334 CHRISTMAS TREE LANE. SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, 2025 A NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD ADDRESS 1404 DOUBLE GATE DRIVE, BROOKHAVEN, GEORGIA. 30319 CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN. ALSO SENT A COPY OF THAT NOTICE OF HEARING TO THE TENANT AT 334 CHRISTMAS TREE LANE ON SEPTEMBER THE 17TH, 2025, I SPOKE WITH CHRIS SEPTEMBER. I GOT THE NINTH AND THEN I DIDN'T. WHAT WAS AFTER THAT? SEPTEMBER 17TH WAS THE NEXT DATE. THAT'S WHAT WAS THAT? THAT'S WHAT HE WAS JUST GOING TO SAY. HE SPOKE WITH I'M SORRY, CHRIS, I'M SO SORRY. I'M GOING TO BUTCHER THE LAST NAME. I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME.

CHRIS. SAID CARLOS. OKAY. COMMON SPELLING. YEAH. WHO WAS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LLC WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY? HE ADVISED HE DID RECEIVE THE NOTICE OF HEARING. HE ADVISED HE PLANS TO DEMOLISH ALL THE STRUCTURES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STORM SHELTER. HE WANTS TO KEEP THE STORM SHELTER AND INSTALL A NEW DOOR ON IT. ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025, I POSTED THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS POSTED AT BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. THERE'S BEEN NO PERMITS OBTAINED. ON OCTOBER THE 6TH, 2025 I REINSPECT THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION. THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON NOVEMBER THE 20TH, 2025 AT 1 P.M. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CUTTING? ALL RIGHT, MA'AM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. SO. WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY LESS, I THINK, LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO. SO ALL OF THESE STRUCTURES WERE THERE.

WE DID NOT BUILD THEM. SO OBVIOUSLY THEY WEREN'T BUILT TO CODE. WE ARE, AS CHRIS MENTIONED, CHRISTIE PALACE. WE ARE PLANNING TO JUST DEMOLISH IT. WE DON'T WANT TO REBUILD ANYTHING. SO DEMOLISHING ALL OF THOSE STRUCTURES AND THEN SECURING THE. WHAT DID Y'ALL CALL IT, THE THE IT LOOKS LIKE A STORM SHELTER. I'M JUST LOOKING AT PICTURES THAT THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S AN EASY WAY OF CALLING IT SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT. SO YEAH

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OKAY. THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. SO SECURING THAT, DEMOLISHING EVERYTHING ELSE. SO WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN PERMITS YET. WE HAVE TWO GENERAL CONTRACTORS LINED UP. ONE'S ACTUALLY COMING OUT TODAY TO GIVE US BIDS. SO WE'LL EITHER TAKE ONE OF THOSE TWO BIDS OR MAYBE TRY TO GET A THIRD BID. BUT THAT IS OUR PLAN TO GET A PERMIT AND GET IT DEMOLISHED. AND THE STORM SHELTER SECURED. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW FROM YOU? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. NOW, WE'VE GOT ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT'S HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY. SO GIVE ME JUST A SECOND. I'LL GET THEM TO SPEAK, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. OKAY? OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICKLY THE, THE MAIL THAT WAS GOING TO DOUBLE GATE, THAT IS MY BUSINESS PARTNER WHO HAD TALKED TO YOU GUYS BEFORE, AND SHE ACTUALLY MOVED FROM THAT PLACE AND NOW LIVES DOWN THERE.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT MAIL WAS GOING ON UNCLAIMED. GOT IT DELIVERED. OKAY. WELL, AND THAT'S WHY MR. ERWIN WAS MAKING SURE HE HAD A GOOD ADDRESS TO BE ABLE TO MAIL STUFF TO. SO AT LEAST WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING WHAT YOU NEED TO SEE AND READ AND UNDERSTAND. GOT IT.

OKAY. GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND, SIR. COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. HEY, MY NAME IS MARK CHAMBLISS. MY ADDRESS IS 222 NANCY AVENUE IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THIS AREA. OKAY. TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW FROM YOU. OKAY. REALLY? SEVERAL THINGS. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROPERTY. I WAS IN THE PROPERTY BEFORE IT WAS SOLD. MY FATHER KNEW THE PRIOR OWNERS TO THE PROPERTY. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO GO INSIDE THE PROPERTY, VERY LIKELY TO FIND A LOT OF KIND OF DO IT YOURSELF THINGS THAT WERE DONE. NOT NOT UP TO CODE. THE NEIGHBORS AND EVERYONE WERE VERY SURPRISED THAT THE MOBILE HOME WAS NOT DEMOLISHED AFTER IT WAS PURCHASED. YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK SOMEBODY MENTIONED WAS THAT THE WASHING MACHINES NEVER BEEN CONNECTED TO THE SEPTIC SYSTEM, SO IT'S JUST DUMPING GRAY WATER INTO THE GROUND. SO PROBABLY A LOT MORE ISSUES THAN JUST WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN REGARDS TO THE STORM SHELTER, IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO CALL IT. YOU KNOW, I IT'S EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LESS THAN A FOOT. I DON'T SEE HOW ANYTHING LIKE THAT COULD EVER BE PERMITTED OR CLOSE TO PERMITTED. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S A DISASTER, TO SAY THE LEAST. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE A FAILED ATTEMPT AT A STORM SHELTER. I DON'T SEE THAT IT HAS ANY FUNCTION WHATSOEVER. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IS A HAZARD IN A WAY. SO I WILL SAY, THOUGH, AND THIS I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO INTO LIKE THE HE SAID, SHE SAID KIND OF STUFF. BUT I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH ONE OF THE OWNERS, NOT NOT NOT THE WOMAN WHO'S ON THE PHONE, BUT WITH ONE OF THE OWNERS ON AND OFF FOR A YEAR AND A HALF AND AND I'VE JUST BEEN AS NICE AS I CAN POSSIBLY BE AND TRIED TO HELP THEM TIME AND TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH GETTING THAT PROPERTY CLEANED UP. AND ALL I'VE REALLY RECEIVED FOR MY EFFORTS ARE A LOT OF EMPTY PROMISES, AND THAT'S WHAT LED ME TO, YOU KNOW, FILING A COMPLAINT. YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT THERE'S THESE KIND OF LIKE LOGS THAT CREATE A BORDER ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AND ON THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AND SOME OF THOSE WERE ON MY PROPERTY, AND I GOT A SURVEY DONE, AND THEY HAD TO MOVE THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE ON MY PROPERTY. SO I TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW, I I'VE GOT A HANDYMAN WHO WILL REMOVE ALL OF THOSE LOGS, EVERY ONE OF THE LOGS OFF OF YOUR PROPERTY FOR $200. HE'S ONLY GOING TO CHARGE YOU $200 BECAUSE HE'S NOT GOING TO TAKE THEM TO THE DUMP. HE'S JUST GOING TO GO GIVE THEM TO SOME POOR PEOPLE WHO USE THEM AS FIREWOOD DURING DURING THE WINTER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, AFTER I'D BEEN TALKING WITH THEM, TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY TIME AND TIME AGAIN FOR WELL OVER A YEAR. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND THE $200 THEY HAD THEIR TENANT, WHO THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TENANT. AND HE, YOU KNOW, HE HE PULLED THE ONES OUT OF THE GROUND THAT WERE ON MY PROPERTY. AND RATHER THAN DIGGING A HOLE OR ANYTHING, HE JUST SET THEM ON THE GROUND ON HIS, ON, ON THEIR PROPERTY. SO OF COURSE, WHENEVER THERE'S A STORM OR SOMETHING AND THE

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WIND BLOWS, IT BLOWS THEM OVER AND THEY'RE ROLLING ALL OVER THE GROUND. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND $200, BUT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT MORE THAN $200 HAVING TO DEMO ALL OF THIS STUFF BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH ME. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF EMPTY PROMISES. AND I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF SOME OF THESE THINGS WERE TAKEN CARE OF IN A TIMELY MANNER, BECAUSE I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I CAN TO TRY TO HELP THEM. I LIVE DOWN HERE, AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CONSTRUCTION, AND I HAVE A LOT OF CONTACTS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH THE WITH THE STUFF. AND I'VE TOLD HER, HER BUSINESS PARTNER THIS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO AND GET 5 OR 6 DIFFERENT BIDS TO DEMO STUFF LIKE THIS, IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT THE HIGH BID IS GOING TO BE 3 OR 4 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE LOW BID, JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL TRY TO PRICE GOUGE AND WHATNOT. AND I KNOW THE GUYS THAT WILL DO THIS STUFF FOR VERY REASONABLE PRICES. AND I'VE TOLD THEM TIME AND TIME AGAIN, LIKE, I'LL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T. THEY DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO WORK WITH ME, AND THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE A LOT OF EMPTY PROMISES. AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I FINALLY, AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OR MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF, MADE THE COMPLAINT BECAUSE I JUST KIND OF GOT FED UP WITH THEIR EMPTY PROMISES AND THE BAD BEHAVIOR OF THEIR TENANTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND THEY'RE JUST DRAGGING DOWN THE PROPERTY VALUES ON THAT STREET, WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF SEEMS KIND OF SELF-DEFEATING BECAUSE THEY'RE INVESTORS AND THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PURPOSE OF JUST RENTING IT OUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN EVENTUALLY REMOVING THE MOBILE HOME AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A HOUSE THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FOLKS THAT ARE EITHER NOT DEVELOPING THEIR PROPERTIES ON THE STREET OR ARE SPENDING LESS MONEY ON THE PROPERTIES ON THE STREET BECAUSE OF A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES THAT LOOK LIKE THIS THAT JUST MAKE THE STREET LOOK LOOK PRETTY BAD. SO. SO YEAH, THAT'S MORE OR LESS ALL I CAN THINK OF AT THE MOMENT. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT I'M BEING TOLD BY THE INDIVIDUAL ON THE TELEPHONE IS THAT A LOT OF STUFF IS IN THEIR PURVIEW TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF AND DEALT WITH. AND I GET THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES KNOWING SOMEBODY AND BEING IN THE AREA MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO IS JUST BUILD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. AND MY HOPE IS THAT WHEN WE ALL GET OUT OF THE WAY, YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP GOING FORWARD AS NEIGHBORS. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S SEE IF SOMETIMES IT'S JUST AS EASY TO JUST SAY, I'M NOT THERE, GET THIS DONE, GET TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS WHAT I NEED TO DO. BUT MAYBE NOW THAT WE HAVE A POTENTIAL TIMELINE EVENT GOING ON, IT PUTS SOME DO OR DIE. GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF SITUATION GOING. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU GUYS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, IS THE IS THE TIME THE NOVEMBER 25TH. THIS HAS TO BE DONE BY THEN OR WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? I HAVEN'T EVEN ENTERED AN ORDER FOR YOU YET, BUT PART OF IT WILL BE OKAY. YEAH, PART OF IT WILL BE IF YOU'RE GOING TO DEMO GETTING A CERTAIN PERMIT FOR A DEMOLITION AND DOING THAT STUFF ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CURRENT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE PROPERTY RECENTLY OR IF YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES I'M LOOKING AT, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE ALL CALLING THE STORM SHELTER LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN VERY QUESTIONABLE CONDITION, SO YOU MAY WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK WHETHER YOU REALLY WANT THE EXPENSE OF REPAIRING AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE TO DO, OR IF YOU WANT TO JUST DEMO IT AND BE ABLE TO START OVER FROM.

BECAUSE AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO SECURITY ON THE FRONT OF IT. THE DOOR IS BUSTED OUT, THE FRAMING AROUND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMPLETELY ROTTED AND DESTROYED. AND SO THERE DEFINITELY IS A CONCERN FOR LIABILITY BOTH FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR FOR ANY BUS STOP THAT HAPPENS TO BE AROUND THERE. UNFORTUNATELY, VAGRANTS OR ANYONE TRANSFERRING ACROSS YOUR PROPERTY, JUST THAT, YOU KNOW. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. YEAH. ALRIGHT. DOES CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT I NEED TO HEAR WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY? YES. I'D RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION THAT THE ADDRESS 334 CHRISTMAS TREE LANE, PANAMA

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CITY BEACH, FLORIDA, IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, IS IN SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 17 OF THE COUNTY CODE. THAT PROPER NOTICE OF HEARING WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT THAT A VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702 EXISTS IN THE FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE CARPORT, TWO UNFIT UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, UNFIT UNSAFE REAR DECK AND UNFIT UNSAFE RAISED LOOKOUT DECK. THAT MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME OF 30 DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY ADDRESS ALL THE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES AS FOLLOWS. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND REMOVE ALL DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY OR REPAIR ALL THE UNFIT UNSAFE STRUCTURES AS FOLLOWS. SUBMIT A COMPLETE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THE APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE A FULL STRUCTURAL REPORT AND COMPLETE SET OF STRUCTURAL REPAIR DRAWINGS FROM A FLORIDA LICENSE AND REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIME FRAMES, OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE STRUCTURES TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. ALL REQUIRED PERMITS. ENGINEERING PLANS MUST PASS THE PLANS REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE PERMITS WILL BE ISSUED. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE BAY COUNTY BUILDERS SERVICES DIVISION STAFF OR DESIGNEE. REPAIRS MUST BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED AND ALL PERMITS MUST BE FINALIZED IN ORDER. IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE. IF AT ANY TIME THE REQUIRED PERMITS UNDER THIS ORDER EXPIRE, THIS SHALL BE CONSIDERED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. THAT IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS WITHIN THE 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, A FINE OF $1,000 SHALL BE IMPOSED.

SUCH FINES SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF THE RESPONDENT OBTAINS A DEMOLITION AND OR BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET ABOVE, AND THEN ALLOWS THE PERMIT TO EXPIRE, OR TO BE CANCELED OR REVOKED BY THE ISSUING AUTHORITY, OR BECOMES VOID FOR ANY REASON COLLECTIVELY A DEFAULT. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT OF LEGAL JARGON I KNOW, THROWN AT YOU, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT I THINK YEAH, THE GIST SOUNDS LIKE IT FALLS RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO DO ON THE PROPERTY ANYWAY. BUT WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS SAYING IS THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS, EITHER APPLY FOR THAT PERMIT THROUGH THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT TO GET THE DEMOLITION ON THOSE PROPERTY CONCERNS, OR MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FILED FOR A BUILDING PERMIT TO FIX THEM IF THAT'S THE ROUTE YOU WANT TO GO DOWN.

OKAY. BUT IT GIVES YOU YOU'LL THEN BE CONTROLLED BY THE PERMIT THAT IS ISSUED TO YOU.

AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE, THEY WILL OBVIOUSLY GIVE ME AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY AND WHETHER IT'S BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. BUT AGAIN, THOSE COMPLIANCE HEARINGS CAN BE DONE VIA TELEPHONE IF WE NEED TO. BUT IT PRETTY MUCH ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE A PERMIT THAT IS SITTING WITH THE DEMOLITION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, IT'S USUALLY JUST AN UPDATE. GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. YES, THEY APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT. YES, WE THEY MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDER AS OF RIGHT NOW. OKAY, OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW? JUST THE BOTTOM JUST TO CLARIFY. SURE.

THE BOTTOM LINE FOR THE PERMIT IS WE NEED TO GET THE PERMIT WITHIN 30 DAYS, CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. MY SUGGESTION IS ALWAYS STAY IN TOUCH WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY CAN HELP SHOOT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR SPEAK TO YOU.

TALK TO MR. THORPE. HE CERTAINLY CAN POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF HOW TO GO TO AND WHAT TO DO AS FAR AS PERMITTING WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. OKAY? OKAY. MR. THORPE? YES, T H O R P YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND IS THERE A PHONE NUMBER OR OR WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO KIM? 850. IT'S 85024824882988298. OKAY, OKAY. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS ACCEPT

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RECOMMENDATION THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS. BUT AGAIN THAT GIVES YOU 30 DAYS TO GET THAT PERMIT TAKEN CARE OF AND IN YOUR HANDS. SO YOU CAN EITHER DEMO OR REPAIR BASED ON WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO AT THAT POINT. OKAY. YEP. ALRIGHTY. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I HANG UP THE PHONE ON YOU? I DO NOT, I DO NOT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND AT LEAST GIVING ME AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S ALWAYS EASIER NOT TO HAVE TO GUESS. OH YEAH, 100%. OKAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD ONE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20251356 PROPERTY ADDRESS 334 CHRISTMAS TREE. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE LETTER J ON THE AGENDA. CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20243465. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2628 LAURA AVENUE LOT C. OKAY. COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HELD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MAY 15TH, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING ORDER HELD ON APRIL 10TH, 2025. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE SLIDE NUMBER THREE IS JUST A PHOTO THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE MAY 15TH HEARING. JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE PROPERTY. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE THAT ANY FINES WOULD BE ADDRESSED AT THE FINAL HEARING FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALSO COST OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B, AND IS CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE ON MAY 20TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL. ON JUNE 10TH, AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT THE COST OF $800. ON JUNE 26TH, 2025, A PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THAT NOTICE OF INTENT WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. AS YOU SEE IN SLIDE NUMBER FIVE AND SIX, SHOWING THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN. VIOLATION, PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT THE COST OF $2,200, AND UPON INSPECTION ON AUGUST 5TH, 2025, PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. SEPTEMBER 9TH, THE NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. ANY RECOMMENDATION FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT BEFORE YOU. A CAN? IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION. THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINE THAT THE RESPONDENT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE AND ALL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT. THE AMOUNT OF $3,000 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. MAGISTRATE IMPOSED A FINE OF $1,000 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST AND THAT ON RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE COUNTY CODE. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM? GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, RICK KLOPP, PO BOX 1931, BLAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA 30514.

WE'VE MET ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS IN THE PAST. TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE NOT IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS. HOWEVER, THESE HOMES THAT ARE HERE AND THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE MORE CASE SUBSEQUENT TO THIS ONE ON A DIFFERENT LOT NUMBER. SO IT WOULD TAKE IF WE CAN DISCUSS BOTH OF THEM NOW WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. THESE HOMES ARE OWNED BY TENANTS, NOT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. OKAY. AND THE TENANTS THEMSELVES TRIED TO APPLY FOR PERMITS BUT WERE UNABLE TO APPLY AND OBTAIN PERMITS DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE AN ACCURATE AND APPROPRIATE TITLE. OKAY, THAT

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PRECIPITATED THE DRAWN OUT PROCESS OF ABATEMENT AND NUISANCE FILINGS HERE. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE COURT. NUMBER ONE, DID THE COURT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY OF THE PREMISES NOW, NOT THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PREMISES? WITH REGARD TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA. I THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I DO. OKAY. BUT USUALLY WHATEVER IS MADE AVAILABLE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT IS WHATEVER IS ON THE RECORD, MEANING WHATEVER IS ON THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WHATEVER SOMEBODY PUTS IN PUBLIC RECORD IS USUALLY THE CONTACT INFO. YES, MA'AM. SO THE PROPERTY IS IN THE NAME OF AN LLC. IT'S AN INVESTMENT FIRM, BUT THE MOBILE HOMES THEMSELVES ARE IN THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL TENANTS OF OCCUPATION OF THE OCCUPIED THE PROPERTY. SO. WHERE IN RESPONSE TO MY OWNER'S REQUESTS, I NEED TO KIND OF DRAW A PICTURE OUT OF WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE. ONE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED ME WAS DID THE COURT OR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE OWNERS OF THOSE PREMISES? SINCE THEY ARE THEY FILE A TAX RETURN, NOT A TAX RETURN, BUT A TAX LIKE A REGISTRATION BECAUSE IT'S A MOTOR VEHICLE. I BELIEVE MANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE HERE WHEN. WELL, MA'AM, THEY DIDN'T THOSE THEY WERE NOT THE OWNERS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT OBTAIN THE TITLE. SO THERE HAD TO BE AN OWNER ON RECORD THAT WAS NOT THEM. BUT THEY TESTIFIED THAT THEY HAD BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND THAT THEY WERE THE OWNERS. CORRECT? WELL, THEY DID, AND THAT THAT'S WHAT PRECIPITATED THE PROBLEM. SO JUST IN RETROSPECT HERE, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT MADE TO CONTACT THE OWNER OF RECORD. AND I ANSWER THAT QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. SO THE PEOPLE THAT CLAIMED TO BE ARE NOTIFIED AND YOU'RE CORRECT. THEY WERE HERE. TWO THINGS HAPPENED WITH THE MOBILE HOME. WHEN THEY'RE PLACED ON YOUR PROPERTY. YOU'RE RIGHT. IF THERE IS A OWNER OF THE MOBILE HOME, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO GET IT LICENSED EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A RECORD, A TITLE. THESE MOBILE HOMES HAVE HAD NOT DONE THAT HAVEN'T FOR YEARS, MOST LIKELY. USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS IT BECOMES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO AS AS YOU'RE ASKING ME, THE TRUE OWNERS OF THE MOBILE HOMES WHERE THEY NOTIFIED THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE RECORD IS THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, YOUR PROPERTY OR YOUR LLC'S PROPERTY. SURE, SURE. I UNDERSTAND THAT, MA'AM. SO HAD YOU HAD THEM MAINTAIN THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HELPED WAS THEIR SITUATION. AND I'M NOT HERE TO GIVE AN EXCUSE. OKAY. WAS THERE AN ATTEMPT MADE TO LOCATE THE OWNER OF RECORD BASED ON THE LAST REGISTERED LAST REGISTRATION THAT WAS FILED? NO, SIR. WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT RECORD. IS THE PROPERTY RECORD IS THE LLC. AND OF COURSE, WE ALSO POST THE ACTUAL MOBILE HOME. SO FOR THE OCCUPANTS. AND PART OF THE CONCERN ALSO BECOMES THE WAY THE STATUTE IS WRITTEN. IT SAYS THAT THE PROPERTY IS LIABLE TO IT. OKAY, OKAY. THEY CAN LEAN THE PROPERTY, NOT JUST MOBILE HOMES. SO THAT'S WHERE IT SAYS THE PROPERTY. THEY NOTICED EVERYBODY THEY CAN POSSIBLY FIND. I WILL BE SURE, SURE TO ANYBODY WHO WILL SHOW UP. SO AS YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS MORE DIFFICULT TO TRY AND DO IT WHEN YOU HAVE NO ONE TO TALK TO. BUT IF I WILL LISTEN TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TELL ME WHATEVER I UNDERSTAND. I'VE SEEN EVIDENCE OF THAT TODAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM OF NOT KNOWING. AND THAT'S WHY THE WAY THE STATUTE IS WRITTEN, IT SAYS THAT THE PROPERTY ITSELF CAN BE LEANED BASED ON WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY. I WAS JUST ASKED THE QUESTION, DID DID ANYBODY IN AUTHORITY MAKE A REQUEST OF THE OWNER OF RECORD ON THAT REGISTRATION OF THE OF THE PROBLEM THAT WAS EXISTING? AND I'M, I'M HEARING THAT THE ANSWER WAS NO. I THINK THE ONLY INFO THEY HAD WAS EITHER WHO SHOWED UP AT THE HEARING AND WE COULD TALK TO THEM AT LEAST.

AND MOST OF THEIR TESTIMONY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WAS THAT THEY HAD PURCHASED IT. THEY OWNED IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR WHO THEY BOUGHT IT FROM.

SURE. AND SO I GUESS THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THE STATUTE IS WRITTEN THE WAY IT IS, WHICH

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MAKES IT DIFFICULT. CORRECT. MAKE IT THE LANDOWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY. RIGHT. I JUST NEED TO PIECE TOGETHER THE STORYLINE SO I CAN RELAY THAT BACK. YOU GOT STUCK WITH THE MIDDLE MAN. I DID, I DID, I DID, YES, MA'AM. IN REGARDS TO THE RECOMMENDATION, THERE'S A $3,000 ABATEMENT FEE AND THERE'S ANOTHER $1,000 FOR. AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE $1,000, PLEASE? THE $1,000 GENERALLY DEALS WITH THE FINES. SO THEY BOTH DEAL WITH TWO SEPARATE THINGS. THE ABATEMENT SAYS WE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. SOMEBODY ELSE DID THE WORK.

THIS IS WHAT IT COSTS. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH. THAT GETS PAID EITHER DIRECTLY OR IT CAN GO ON TO THE TAXES FOR THAT PROPERTY. OKAY. THE OTHER IS A QUOTE. FINE. REGARDING THE ACTUAL PROPERTY. LIKE WE IT GOT STUCK GOING BACK AND FORTH. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAD TO GO OUT MULTIPLE PROPERTY. WE HAD TO HAVE A HEARING ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF. THAT'S WHAT IT USUALLY. SURE. OKAY. RATHER THAN THE FINE BEING PLACED, CAN WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PAY THOSE FEES WITHIN 30 DAYS TO AVOID A FINE AND DISMISSAL OF ANY INTEREST THAT'S PENDING? LET ME HEAR ABOUT THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE ONE MORE GOING ON. ONE MORE, AND IT'S THE SAME IDENTICAL SITUATION. I'LL STAY HERE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. SAME SAME EXACT SAME EXACT SITUATION. GO. GO AHEAD. CODE ENFORCEMENT. IS THERE ANYTHING DIFFERENT OR. I JUST NEED TO STATE THE NEW CASE NUMBER. I'D JUST STATE THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT WAS THE SAME.

THERE WAS A $1,000 FINE AS WELL. AND RECOGNIZE I WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THE REASON THIS THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE CASES IS BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SOMEONE CLAIMING OWNERSHIP OF BOTH OF THEM. SO TYPICALLY AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THE RESPONDENT WOULD ONLY BE FINED ONE FINE OF $1,000. SO THAT HELPS THE SITUATION. THAT WOULD HELP TREMENDOUSLY IF WE COULD REDUCE IT. SO. THIS I WILL JUST AT LEAST SHOW YOU THE PHOTOS OF LOTS. I THINK THIS IS LOT E C.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT I REMEMBER THINGS. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP ME WITH MY MEMORY ISSUES. YES, MA'AM. AND SHE'S GOT A VERY GOOD MEMORY. I'M SOMETIMES AMAZED I DO. THERE ARE LOTS OF TIMES I WISH I DIDN'T THAT THAT HOME WAS VERY MUCH IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR. IF YOU DO RECALL, THERE MAY BE SUBSEQUENT PICTURES SHOWING THEY MADE A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT IN CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY, ALTHOUGH THEY COULD NOT OBTAIN A TITLE AND ONCE AGAIN PRECIPITATED THE WHOLE SITUATION THAT THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME BEFORE US AT THE HEARING LIVED IN LOT C? YES, ONE TIME HE DID? YES. YES, YES. I REMEMBER TRYING TO HELP HIM. HE WAS HERE ALONG WITH HIS MOTHER. OKAY. GOT IT. SEE, I TOLD YOU MY MEMORY IS A LITTLE QUESTIONABLE, BUT USUALLY IT'S RIGHT. AND SO YOU CAN SEE IT IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. AS OF AUGUST 5TH. THE OTHER COMMENT I DO WANT TO MAKE IS THERE WAS ACTUALLY A THIRD CASE THAT WAS ACTUALLY FOR THE LLC, WHICH WAS. BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. SO WE DON'T HAVE A REPORT FOR THAT ONE. IT'S JUST A VERBAL HEARING SHOWING SHOWING THAT THE THIS IS REFRESHING YOUR MEMORY OF THE TRASH DUMP DERELICT VEHICLES. AND THAT AGAIN WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE LLC. SO THERE'S NO FINES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU FIND THAT THAT IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? NO, MA'AM. NO, MA'AM. AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL HOMES WHICH WE HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO REAPPEAR FOR THE SAME SITUATION. I'M GOING TO SEE. NO. AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO SEE ME ANYMORE.

ALRIGHT. WE'LL MAKE A TRIP EVERY TIME TO BE HERE FROM ATLANTA AS WELL. SO NEXT TIME, JUST CALL. WE'LL WE'LL DO IT VIA TELEPHONE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME DOWN WITH ANYTHING.

ALRIGHT. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS FIND ALL THREE PROPERTIES. J, K AND L ARE ALL IN COMPLIANCE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONE WAS IN COMPLIANCE BACK ON MAY 20TH. THE OTHERS ARE IN COMPLIANCE AS

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OF AUGUST 5TH WITH THE VIOLATIONS. THAT'S FOR J, K AND L. I KNOW I DIDN'T READ ALL OF THEM INTO THE RECORD, BUT I WILL ASSESS THE COST OF ABATEMENT REGARDING BOTH J AND K. WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE FINE. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING BOTH OF THEM FIND IT $1,000, WE'RE GOING TO DO A COMBINED WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE A $2,000 FINE FOR YOU GUYS. WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS THAT AT $500. BUT WE CAN DIVIDE THAT. SO IT'S 250 ON ONE PROPERTY, 250 FINE ON THE OTHER. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A HECK OF A LOT LESS THAN $2,000 FINE. SO WE DROP IT DOWN TO 500. BUT AT LEAST THAT WAY IF YOU WANT TO DIVIDE IT OUT AMONGST THE PROPERTIES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR ACCOUNTANT WANTS YOU TO DO. I'M NOT SURE THE COMPANY WANTS TO HANDLE, BUT VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MA'AM. AND THEN ABATEMENT OF THE INTEREST THAT'S PENDING. IF WE PAY WITHIN 30 DAYS, IF IT GETS PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS INTACT RATHER THAN A FINE, THE INTEREST DOES NOT START TO ACCRUE UNTIL THE ORDER IS. RECORDED. SO THERE'S NO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO INTEREST. WHEN IS THE PROPOSED RECORDING DATE? WE REALLY PROBABLY MONDAY BEFORE IT GETS RECORDED. YEAH. WE SHOULD ONLY BE TOMORROW OR BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. I'LL BE IN OFFICE ON TUESDAY. MONDAY IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. IF THE ABATEMENT FOR BOTH J AND K ARE TAKEN CARE OF PRIOR TO 30 DAYS, THERE WILL BE NO INTEREST ASSESSED, JUST THE ABATEMENT COSTS ON THOSE TWO THINGS. AFTER 30 DAYS, WE'LL HAVE TO. OKAY, OKAY. SO WE'LL JUST WE'LL HOLD OFF ON RECORDING IT. RECORDING UNTIL. CAN SOMEONE IN YOUR OFFICE SEND ME AN EMAIL REGARDING THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE PAYMENT? BRANDON, WOULD THAT BE YOURSELF? I WILL SEND IT TO YOU.

I HAVE YOUR NUMBER. I HAVE YOUR EMAIL IN THERE AS WELL, SO I'LL SEND YOU THE ORDERS IN. EMAIL YOU THE ORDERS ON TOP OF THAT INFORMATION FOR PAYMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. APPRECIATE IT. HOPE WE DON'T MEET AGAIN UNDER BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR YOUR SAFETY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME IN AND DEAL WITH ME ANYMORE. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR THE REDUCTION IN COST. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND A SAFE TRIP BACK. I HOPE YOU GET YOUR WATER, BUT SEE, THEN I'LL HAVE TO STOP AND RUN TO THE LADIES ROOM. SO JUST GO WITH THE FLOW. THANKS GUYS. HAVE A GREAT DAY GUYS. ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON JC AND ELLIOTT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20243465. ALSO CODE (462) 024-3467 ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20243339. ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO BRING BACK. HE'S GOING TO BE A FEW MINUTES OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK HER FOR LONGER. CAN YOU SAY THAT AS WELL. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE REFERRALS. FOR ANYBODY ON THE LAWN CARE. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS GENERAL CONTRACTORS. THAT'S A LIST CAN BE PROVIDED. BUT THERE'S NOBODY WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE, LAWN CARE SERVICES. WE'RE JUST TELLING YOU THE PHONE BOOK. YEAH, YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY, SHOULD WE MAINTAIN THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD? YEAH, I WOULD SAY THE PHONE BOOK IS PROBABLY YOUR EASIEST ROUTE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING MAKE SURE YOU ADVISE THEM THAT ALL THE PROPERTIES ARE RIGHT THERE TOGETHER. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. MOVING BACK TO LETTER A ON THE AGENDA CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250580. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2454 PRETTY BAYOU BOULEVARD. OKAY. THIS FIRST SLIDE IS JUST SHOWING THAT IT'S IN THE UNINCORPORATED CORPORATE AREA OF BAY COUNTY.

CUMBERLAND IS PRETTY BAYOU. THERE'S THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN BLUE. WE GOT MICHIGAN AVENUE, AND 390 RIGHT THERE. IT'S 23RD STREET OFF THE STREET. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

AND ON MARCH 4TH, INVESTIGATOR IRWIN OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY WHILE PATROLLING THE AREA HE'S SERVED. EXCUSE ME? HE OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE TWO DERELICT VEHICLES AND VESSEL A DERRICK VESSEL HE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF DERELICT VEHICLES.

DERRICK VESSEL. A POSTCARD WAS MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ADVISING THAT VIOLATIONS AND.

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I'M TRYING TO SEE WHEN ROBBIE WAS REASSIGNED THIS CASE. MAY 6TH, I'LL I'LL CONTINUE ON MARCH THIS. THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY. TALKING ABOUT THIS VESSEL HERE AND HERE.

HERE'S THE VESSEL. AND THEN YOU HAVE I GUESS THAT'S THERE'S A LINCOLN. YEAH. LINCOLN. YEAH.

IT'S FLAT TIRES AND OLD. AND THIS ONE IS DERELICT AS WELL. ON MARCH 31ST, THE PROPERTY OWNER DID CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT. HE STATED HE HAD REMOVED ONE DERELICT VEHICLE AND HE WAS GOING TO RESTORE THE OTHER DERRICK VEHICLE. THE PROPERTY OWNER ADVISED THAT THE BOAT AND TRAILER WOULD NEED PROPERTY. OWNERS VOTED THAT EXCUSE ME. THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS ADVISED THAT THE BOAT AND TRAILER WOULD NEED TO HAVE CURRENT REGISTRATION AS WELL. I AM GOING TO ADD TO THIS. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CASES ON THIS PROPERTY. IT JUST HAS NEVER GONE TO A HEARING FOR THE SAME VEHICLES. ON APRIL 1ST, INVESTIGATOR IRWIN CALLED THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THEY DISCUSSED THE VIOLATIONS. MR. WHITSETT CLAIMED HE HAD HAS NO INTENTIONS OF PUTTING THE VESSEL IN THE WATER, AND HAS NOT PUT THE REGISTRATION STICKER ON THE VESSEL. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE'S WAITING ON PARTS SO HE CAN RESTORE THE ADDITIONAL VEHICLE. HE ALSO STATED HIS HOUSE SITS ON TWO LOTS, SO HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TWO DERELICT VEHICLES ON THE PROPERTY. MR. WHITSETT STATED HE WOULD CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED. ACCORDING TO THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER WEBSITE, THERE IS ONLY ONE PARCEL AND I'LL GO BACK AND SHOW YOU. THIS IS ONE PARCEL AND I BELIEVE HE OWNS THIS PARCEL AS WELL. OF COURSE, THE PROPERTY LINES ARE OFF, AND I KNOW THAT ONLY BECAUSE THAT VESSEL USED TO BE ON THE PARCEL NEXT DOOR. BUT YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED AT ONE DERELICT. CAREFUL IF THERE'S A HOUSE, A PRIMARY, RIGHT? APRIL 9TH. AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. HOWEVER, ONE OF THE DERELICT VEHICLES HAD BEEN REMOVED. ON APRIL 22ND. PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. APRIL 23RD. INVESTIGATOR IRWIN CALLED MR. WHITSETT AND ASKED WHEN HE WOULD CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. MR. WHITSETT, DUE TO MEDICAL PROBLEMS, HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN CURRENT REGISTRATIONS, BUT WOULD HAVE A CORRECTED WITHIN TWO WEEKS. AND THEN ON MAY 6TH, 2025, INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE AND HE FINISHED THE TESTIMONY. GOOD MORNING, ROBERT CLARKSON. CODE ENFORCEMENT I DID SUBMIT THE EXHIBITS AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THIS CASE. I WAS ASSIGNED REASSIGNED THIS CASE ON MAY 6TH. I WENT OUT AND DID AN INSPECTION. SLIDE 18. FIRST PHOTO I TOOK. OBVIOUSLY, I VERIFIED THAT THERE WERE VIOLATIONS STILL CURRENT ON THE PROPERTY. I OBSERVED THE THE DERELICT VESSEL. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A TRAILER UNDERNEATH THERE THAT THAT DIDN'T HAVE A CURRENT TAG. AND JUST A CLOSE UP SHOWING. THERE WAS NO CURRENT REGISTRATION ON THE VESSEL. AND THERE WAS STILL THE DERELICT TOWN CAR. BASED ON MY OBSERVATIONS, I THEN SET OUT A CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. WHITSETT. AT THAT ADDRESS, HE DID RECEIVE THE CERTIFIED NOTICE ON MAY NINTH. JUNE 6TH, HE CONTACTED THE OFFICE AND STATED THAT HE WAS STILL HAVING MEDICAL ISSUES, BUT HE WAS GOING TO GET RID OF THE DERELICT VEHICLE AND I GUESS IT WAS HIS INTENTIONS, MAYBE TO LEAVE THE BOAT AS HIS ONE DERELICT ON THE PROPERTY. JUNE 9TH, RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY, IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. NOW WE'RE BEGINNING TO HAVE SOME OVERGROWTH. JULY 14TH, RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT STAYED IN VIOLATION. GRASS WAS CUT AT THAT TIME. ON AUGUST 20TH. RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY STILL REMAIN VIOLATION. AT THAT TIME, I SCHEDULED THIS CASE FOR

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HEARING, CITING THE OVERGROWTH HAD GROWN BACK AND THE DERELICT VEHICLES. THE ONLY THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. SEPTEMBER 23RD PROPERTY WAS RE-INSPECTED AND I POSTED. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ALSO COPY WAS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. PROPERTY TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. THESE ARE MY PHOTOS FROM 23RD STILL. 26 NOW. THIS INSPECTION WAS DONE BY INSPECTOR IRVIN. I WAS ON VACATION. HE CONTACTED THE OFFICE AND HE'S NOW REMOVED THE DERELICT VEHICLE. GRASS HAS BEEN CUT. I THINK HE PROVIDED INVESTIGATOR IRWIN A COPY OF THE DECAL, AND THE TITLE FOR THE BOAT DECAL HAS BEEN PUT ON THE THE BOAT. SO IN TERMS THE TRAILER WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE ONE DERELICT VEHICLE ON THE PROPERTY. TITLE THERE SIX OBVIOUSLY RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. NOW THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE. AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE WOULD BE THAT THE ADDRESS 2454 PRETTY BAYOU BOULEVARD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. 32405 IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 17, THE BAY COUNTY CODE. THE PROPER NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT THAT A VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO DID EXIST IN THE FORM OF DERELICT VESSELS, DERELICT VEHICLES, BOAT TRAILER AND OVERGROWTH THAT VIOLATIONS WERE TO REOCCUR. IT WOULD BE A REPEAT VIOLATION. THAT CONCLUDES MY RECOMMENDATIONS.

TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY, PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. WHILE THE PROPERTY IS NOW FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS ON TODAY'S DATE, IT WAS NOT BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN TIMELINE. AND WHILE THERE IS NO. FINE OR FEE ASSESSED TO THE PROPERTY, THERE IS A FINDING THAT IF THE VIOLATION WERE TO REOCCUR, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A VIOLATION.

THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250580. PROPERTY AVERAGES 24543 BAYOU BOULEVARD. MOVING ON. WE HAVE LETTER B ON THE AGENDA. CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250659. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 3001 EAST 13TH. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I PRESENTED IN MY EXHIBITS AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND REPORTS FOR THIS CASE. THIS SLIDE HERE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. YOU CAN SEE THE AREA OUTLINED IN BLUE. THIS IS THE OLD CEDAR GROVE AREA. RIGHT TO THE LEFT IS EVERETT AVENUE AND EVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE NEXT SLIDE HERE WILL SHOW. THIS IS JUST A CLOSE UP OF THE PROPERTY. ON MARCH 18TH, 2025, I WAS ON ROUTINE PATROL IN THIS AREA. I OBSERVED A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME THAT HAD TWO DERELICT VEHICLES OVERGROWTH THERE IN FRONT OF THE. THE VEHICLES TAG WAS EXPIRED. THERE WAS JUNK AND DEBRIS IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK ALONG WITH WITH THESE DISCARDED MATTRESSES AND OTHER ITEMS STACKED UP AT THAT TIME. I PUT A NOTICE ON THE MAILBOX DEPICTING THEY HAD TEN DAYS TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, AND I NOTED THE VIOLATIONS ON THE CARD. ON APRIL THE 10TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. SLIDE TEN. HERE I FOUND THAT THE THE TAG HAD BEEN REMOVED, BUT THERE WAS NO ATTEMPTS TO MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS ON THE PROPERTY. I DID MAKE AN ATTEMPT, SINCE THE CAR WAS THERE TO NOTIFY AND MAYBE SPEAK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES. NO ONE EVER CAME TO THE DOOR. I LEFT MY BUSINESSY OBSERVATIONS, I SUBMITTED A

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION, WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD MISTER CAR.

AT THAT ADDRESS, THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. ON THE 13TH I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. NOW THE ONE DERELICT VEHICLE HAS BEEN REMOVED. HOWEVER, THE OVERGROWTH AND JUNK AND DEBRIS REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY. BETWEEN THE NINTH AND AUGUST THE 20TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. CARS KIND OF COME AND GO, BUT AS FAR AS THE VIOLATIONS, NOTHING CHANGED.

THIS IS MY VIOLATION. MY INSPECTIONS IN JULY, OBVIOUSLY, THE OVERGROWTH GETTING HIGHER.

YOU STILL SEE THE FURNITURE AND OTHER JUNK AND ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE BACK. AUGUST 20TH, REINSPECT THE PROPERTY, THE VIOLATIONS HADN'T OCCURRED AND THEY CAN'T HAVE THE ONE DERELICT VEHICLE, OBVIOUSLY. SO THAT VIOLATION WAS CORRECTED. BUT THE JUNK DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH REMAINS. BASED ON THAT, I SENT OUT A NOTICE OF HEARING. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED ON THE 23RD. I POSTED THE PROPERTY. SEE THE VIOLATION STILL THERE AS FAR AS THE OVERGROWTH AND JUNK AND DEBRIS, APPLIANCES AND FURNITURE IN THE BACK. IT WAS POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE FOR THIS HEARING AS WELL. INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT WAS STILL IN VIOLATION. THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. AS YOU CAN SEE THOSE. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE STARTING TRYING TO CLEAN UP. THEY DID REMOVE THAT OTHER TRUCK, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO, BUT THEY'VE LEFT ALL THE JUNK DEBRIS AND THE OVERGROWTH. THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE RESPONDENT IN THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON NOVEMBER THE 20TH OF 2025 AT 1 P.M.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR THE RECOMMENDATIONS? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION WHILE NO ONE IS PRESENT, SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.

PROPERNESS OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED WITH GOOD ENFORCEMENT. PLEASE GIVE ME THE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY. YES, MA'AM. THE ADDRESS OF 3001 EAST 13TH COURT, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32401 IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND IS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 17, THE BAY COUNTY CODE. THE PROPER NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT THAT A VIOLATION OF 1702 EXISTS IN THE FORM OF JUNK, TRASH, FURNITURE, AND OVERGROWTH. THEN THE MATTER SET A REASONABLE TIME OF TEN DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE BY ONE REMOVING ALL JUNK TRASH, FURNITURE AND LAWFULLY DISPOSE OF THE ITEMS, AND CUT OR MOW ALL OVERGROWN GRASS AND WEEDS. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. LASTLY, THAT IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS WITHIN TEN DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND DAILY FINE OF $25 BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY, FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. SUCH FINE SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY RECOMMENDATIONS. I WILL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250659 PROPERTY ADDRESS 3001 EAST 13TH HOLE. MOVING ON. WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20251039 PROPERTY ADDRESS 2940 EAST 13TH COURT. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I HAVE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND BOARDS FOR THIS CASE. THIS PROPERTY IS LITERALLY LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS SLIDE HERE TO JUST INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS A VACANT LOT. SLIDE 3RD MAY SEVENTH I WAS ON PATROL AND OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY. IT IS ABANDONED OR OR NOTHING'S ON. IT'S UNDEVELOPED. WE DID HAVE A CASE FROM HURRICANE MICHAEL WHERE WE ABATED THIS PROPERTY. NOW PEOPLE HAVE DUMPED STUFF ON THE PROPERTY. I MADE ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAD IT DURING THE THE THE PREVIOUS CASE. THERE WAS NO CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THEM. BASED ON THE OBSERVATIONS, I

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FOUND THE PROPERTY WAS IN VIOLATION OF 1702 AND FORMER FURNITURE, JUNK, TRASH AND DEBRIS. NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT OUT TO THE LAST RECORD OF ADDRESS OF RECORD, WHICH IS THAT ADDRESS. AS I STATED, I COULDN'T FIND ANY OTHER CURRENT ADDRESSES, OBVIOUSLY BOTH CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL WERE RETURNED. BETWEEN JUNE 9TH AND AUGUST 20TH. I'VE RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES. THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ON THE ROAD, SO THAT'S WHY THOSE CONES WERE THERE. BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN REMOVED. OBVIOUSLY THE JUNK AND TRASH, IT'S KIND OF GROWN UP AROUND IT, BUT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT STUFF'S BEEN DUMPED ON THE PROPERTY. I ISSUED A NOTICE OF HEARING ON AUGUST 21ST. OBVIOUSLY THOSE ALL RETURNED UNCLAIMED. I POSTED THE PROPERTY ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER. PROPERTIES RE-INSPECTION THE SIXTH REMAINS IN VIOLATION IN THIS CASE. IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON NOVEMBER THE 20TH, 2025 AT 1 P.M. THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY, PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM.

RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS. THAT THE ADDRESS OF 2940 EAST 13TH COURT, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 324401 IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND IS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 17 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE. THE PROPER NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT THAT A VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO EXISTS IN THE FORM OF FURNITURE, JUNK, TRASH, AND DEBRIS THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT A REASONABLE TIME OF TEN DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE FOR REMOVING ALL DISCARDED FURNITURE, JUNK, TRASH AND DEBRIS SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS, AND BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. THAT RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE CODES AND ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS WITHIN TEN DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER. THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY, FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. SUCH FILING SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY RECOMMENDATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20251039.

PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2940 EAST 13TH COURT ON THE LETTER D ON THE AGENDA. ITS CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250330 PROPERTY OF 1522 ALASKA AVENUE. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I'VE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS CASE.

SLIDE TWO. HERE IS INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. THIS IS LOCATED JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF LYNN HAVEN, THERE ON HIGHWAY 390, RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO EAST AVENUE, THAT INTERSECTION. THIS IS A CLOSE UP. AND THIS IS A A SHED THAT'S ON THIS PROPERTY. ON FEBRUARY THE 6TH, I WAS ON ROUTINE PATROL AND OBSERVED THIS, THIS PROPERTY THAT HAD A LARGE SHED AND HAS A BUNCH OF OF NUMEROUS ITEMS. YOU COULD SHOW THE SLIDE. THERE'S ALL THIS JUNK AND, AND DISCARDED ITEMS ALL OUT IN FRONT OF THE SHED. DEBRIS. I MEAN, IT HAD A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. TRY TO MAKE THERE'S NO ONE LIVING IN THE SHED, OBVIOUSLY. TRY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH WITH NEIGHBORS AND FOUND THAT THAT SOME LADIES COME BY AND JUST PERIODICALLY TAKE CARE OF THIS FINDING. THE THESE VIOLATIONS I FOUND THE PROPERTY WAS IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 72 AND FORM OF, AT THAT TIME, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. I DID SEND OUT JUST A COURTESY LETTER TO THE THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, MISS MATTHEWS, AND THE MAIL WAS SENT TO THAT ADDRESS AT 1522 ALASKA, MARCH 10TH. RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THERE WAS NO PROGRESS OR

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NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. THERE HAD BEEN NO CONTACT FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. MARCH 31ST WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. SAME THING, BUT PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AT THAT TIME. I FOUND THE THE PROPERTY WAS IN VIOLATION OF JUNK, TRASH, DEBRIS, FURNITURE, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND OTHER MATERIALS. I SENT OUT A CERTIFIED NOTICE OF VIOLATION IN REGULAR MAIL. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON APRIL THE 10TH.

MAY 5TH, OR REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY REMAIN IN VIOLATION. I DID GET A PHONE CALL FROM MISS MATTHEWS, DISCUSSED THE VIOLATIONS WITH HER. SHE SAID SHE'S GOING TO TRY TO GET HELP AND GET PEOPLE OUT THERE TO TRY TO REMOVE THE JUNK AND AND ITEMS AND CUT THE GRASS AND PUT INSIDE WHAT CAN BE PLACED INSIDE. JUNE 9TH PROPERTY IS REINSPECTED. THIS TRAILER SHOWED UP AND YOU CAN TELL SOME STUFF'S BEEN THROWN ONTO THE TRAILER, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE WAS THAT MUCH DONE. JUNE 9TH WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED A VIOLATION. THE 14TH RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY THIS SIDE OF THE GRASS HAD BEEN CUT, BUT NOT THE IF YOU'RE FACING THE RIGHT SIDE, NOT THE LEFT SIDE. SOME OF THE STUFF BEEN TAKEN OFF THE TRAILER, BUT YOU YOU CAN TELL IT'S BEEN SOME ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL A LOT OF STUFF LEFT ON THE PROPERTY. AUGUST 24TH REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY UNTIL THE LEFT SIDE STILL HASN'T BEEN CUT. THE OVERGROWTH IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT. THERE'S ALL THE ITEMS STILL IN THE BACK OF THE TRAILER, AND IT'S LIKE THEY'RE KIND OF TRYING TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THAT RIGHT CORNER, BUT IT'S STILL OBVIOUSLY IN VIOLATION BASED ON THOSE. AND I DID SEND OUT A CERTIFIED NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED ON THE 23RD. I POSTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT STILL TO BE IN VIOLATION. IT WAS ALSO POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A CLOSE UP.

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE THE ITEMS IN THE BACK, PLANTS OUT FRONT. LIKE I SAID, THE OVERGROWTH TO THE LEFT TO THE PROPERTY. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THIS IS CLOSER VIEW OF IT. REINSPECTED ON THE SIXTH PROPERTY STILL REMAINS IN VIOLATION. PRIOR TO THE HEARING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, I DID GET A PHONE CALL FROM MISS MATTHEWS. SHE IS AWARE OF THE HEARING TODAY. SHE IS IN PENSACOLA WITH WITH WORK. SHE'S BEEN THROUGH HEARINGS BEFORE ON THIS PROPERTY. SHE UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS AND JUST WANTED ME TO RELATE TO YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S DOING THE BEST THAT SHE CAN. ON BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. I DID ADVISE HER THAT THAT THIS PROPERTY IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON NOVEMBER THE 20TH AT 1 P.M. AND SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE FEELS COMFORTABLE THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE THE VIOLATIONS CORRECTED BY THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. JUST HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS. IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THE ADDRESS OF 1522 ALASKA AVENUE, LYNN HAVEN, FLORIDA, IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 17 OF BAY COUNTY CODE.

THE PROPER NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS GIVEN THE RESPONDENT THAT A VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO EXISTS IN THE FORM OF JUNK DEBRIS, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, FURNITURE AND OTHER MATERIALS, AND OVERGROWTH THAT ARE REASONABLE THAT THE MAGISTRATES HAD A REASONABLE TIME OF TEN DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL JUNK DEBRIS, FURNITURE, AND BY PROPERLY STORING AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE, SCREENING OR REMOVING ANY AND ALL UNUSED UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND OTHER MATERIALS, AND ALL OVERGROWTH MUST BE CUT OR MOWED, THAT IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. AND LASTLY, THE PROPERTY. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE CODES, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS WITHIN TEN DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY, FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. SUCH FINES SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA. THAT CONCLUDES MY RECOMMENDATIONS

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FOR VIOLATION PROPERTY. OR I KNEW YOU HAD SAID THAT SHE WAS SHE KNOW SHE HAD BROUGHT IT INTO COMPLIANCE PRIOR TO THEIR. NO, MA'AM. NO, MA'AM. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON THE LETTER D ON THE AGENDA CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250330 PROPERTY ADDRESSES 1522 ALASKA AVENUE. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO LETTER H. CORRECT. NO MARKS ON PAPER.

ALL RIGHT, LETTER H, CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250596. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 1940 SHERMAN AVENUE. UNIT 103. COMPLIANCE HEARING. THIS IS A HEARING FOR TO IMPOSE LIENS AND FINES FOR THE COST OF ABATEMENT. FINES. HEARING WAS HELD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MAY 15TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING ORDER THAT WAS HELD ON APRIL 10TH, 2025. THE RESPONDENT DID DID NOT APPEAR AT THIS HEARING.

PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THE MAY 15TH HEARING. AND I BELIEVE THE APRIL 10TH. JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY OF THE PROPERTY, IT DID APPEAR AT THE APRIL HEARING. THAT RIGHT. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'VE EVER APPEARED. YEAH, I THINK THEY APPEARED APRIL. JUST NOT AT THE HEARING OR. YEAH, APRIL 10TH. YEAH. OWNER PROVIDED NOTICE ON QUOTE. RESPONDENT DID APPEAR. YEAH I WAS IN THE THEY AT LEAST APRIL 1ST AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS DONE. FOR DEMEANOR OR SECOND OKAY I DON'T HAVE BOTH THE ORDERS HERE. SORRY. NO I WAS I ONLY HAVE THE APRIL 1ST AND I WAS LIKE I THINK I FEEL LIKE I REMEMBER THIS PERSON, BUT. AGAIN, THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME. MARCH 11TH, THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE. NO COST OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE $1,000 FINE WOULD BE IMPOSED AT THE FINAL HEARING. COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. EXCUSE ME. ON MAY 20TH, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. ON JUNE 10TH, 2025, AND ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED AT THE COST OF $800. ON JUNE 26TH, A PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THAT NOTICE OF INTENT WAS ALSO POSTED ON JUNE 26TH. AS YOU SEE IN SLIDE NUMBER NINE. ON JULY 15TH, 2025, THE RESPONDENT PAID THE $1,000 FINE AND THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT SURVEY. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $3,450 AND ON INSPECTION ON AUGUST 18TH, 2025 WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 A FINAL NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT. CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON SEPTEMBER 25TH. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON PROPERTY? QUESTION. WHILE NO ONE IS PRESENT, SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY. PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING. IS ABLE TO BE PROPERLY. IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINED THAT THE RESPONDENT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF THE ABATING, THE NUISANCE AND ALL INSULIN COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT, AND THE AMOUNT OF $3,450 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. AND THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER, A PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION

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EXISTED AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE COUNTY CODE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOMMENDATION. LET THE RECORD REFLECT. I'VE SHOWN THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE WITH DECIDED VIOLATIONS ON AUGUST 18TH, 2025. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PROPERTY THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 2050596 PROPERTY ADDRESS 1940 SHERMAN AVENUE. MOVING ON TO LETTER H ON THE AGENDA CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20242594 PROPERTY ADDRESS 12705 CLEAR CREEK ROAD. THE COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HELD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MAY 15TH, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING ORDER HELD ON APRIL 10TH. RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT ANY FINES WILL BE ADDRESSED. THE FINAL HEARING. THERE'S A TYPO THERE. SAYS FINAL HEATING. FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT.

RESPONDENT COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED IN EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE ON MAY 20TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. ON JUNE 10TH, AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT A COST OF $800. ON JUNE 26TH, 2025. I NOTE THE COPY OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY DURING A PRE-BID INSPECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, STARTING SLIDE NUMBER FOUR PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION AT THE TIME OF THE PRE-BID. PROPERTY WAS CLAIMED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $4,789. AND UPON INSPECTION ON AUGUST 13TH, 2025, WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. ON AUGUST 21ST, THE NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY AND AT THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING. ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, AND MORE PHOTOS SHOWING THE COMPLIANCE. I CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION WITH THIS PROPERTY. YES, IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THE RESPONDENT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT, AND THE AMOUNT OF $5,589 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED THE FINE OF $1,000 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. BUT UPON RECORDING THIS FINAL ORDER AND PUBLIC RECORDS, BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE. THAT CONCLUDES MY RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, LET'S WORK TO REFLECT THAT. I VIEWED PHOTOS SHOWING THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS. ON AUGUST 13TH, 2021. I WILL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 2024 204 PROPERTY AS 12705 CLEAR CREEK ROAD. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR GO AHEAD. OKAY. ANY OTHER ITEM? FORCIBLY DEPORTED. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO

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AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Oct 09, 2025 Code Magistrate Hearing

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