[Code Magistrate Hearing on October 15, 2025.]
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MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. I'VE REVIEWED THE DOCKET. I DON'T SEE ANY BASIS FOR ANY ORDER OF RECUSAL AS TO ANY OF THE CASES. NOT HAVING ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANY OF ONE ABOUT ANY OF THE CASES ON THE DOCKET. IF YOU ANTICIPATE GIVING TESTIMONY, I'D ASK THAT YOU STAND AND BE SWORN, PLEASE. YOU SWEAR. AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. OKAY, THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT. THE WITNESSES HAVE ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, I'D ASK YOU EITHER TURN IT OFF OR PUT IT ON SILENT, VIBRATE. WHATEVER. OKAY. CASE G. THIS IS PROPERTY ADDRESS 20 109 VENTO COURT. I ATTEMPTED TO TRY TO CALL INSPECTOR THORPE. STILL NO ANSWER. HE'S STILL AT THE COURTHOUSE, SO I CAN GO AHEAD AS BEST WE CAN WITHOUT IT. ALL RIGHT. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE. GOOD AFTERNOON, CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025, AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE, MOBILE HOME. UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING, AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. JUST A SECOND. THE. FIRST PHOTOS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SHOWING ARE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THAT OF THE FIRST HEARING. JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY OF THE PROPERTY. IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OVER TAKEN OVER YEAR SHOWING THE ADDITIONS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE MOBILE HOME. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $1,000 WOULD BE IMPOSED, AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL 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 THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B, AND IS CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AGAIN, THESE ARE MARCH 28TH, SLIDE NUMBER 13.
1415 ARE JUST AGAIN PICTURES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE FIRST HEARING. ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. INSPECTOR THORPE DID RECEIVE A CALL FROM RICHARD SCHENK WITH BURKE AND BLUE, WHO WAS REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. MINSHEW. MR. SCHENK WAS WAS EXPLAINED THE PROCESS FOR REACHING COMPLIANCE FOR THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER. HE ALSO REQUESTED A PUBLIC RECORDS ON THIS CASE FILE AND HE INVESTIGATED. THORPE WALKED HIM THROUGH THE PROCESS ON HOW TO OBTAIN THAT. I BELIEVE. MR. SCHENK IS HERE. YES. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON OCTOBER 2ND, ON OCTOBER 9TH, MK WEBER ENGINEERING WAS HIRED TO DO A SITE VISIT TO THE PROPERTY. MR. WEBER STATED IN AN EMAIL THAT MR. MINSHEW HAS ONLY HIRED HIM FOR A SITE VISIT SO FAR, AND HE HAD NOT CONTRACTED WITH HIM TO PERFORM ANY REMEDIES AT THIS TIME. WE ARE WANTING TO PROPOSE DEMOLISHING. THIS WOULD BE MR. WEBER WANTING TO PROPOSE DEMOLISHING ALL UNPERMITTED STRUCTURES AND ALSO THE
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EXISTING CARPORT AND METAL BUILDING HAVE BEEN MODIFIED. WE WILL THEN PROPOSE PUTTING A NEW 1220 BY 36 ENCLOSED POOL BARN, WHICH THE MOBILE HOME AND INSTALLING A NEW FRONT AND REAR DECKS ON THE STRUCTURES. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF A 20 BY 36 FOOT POLE FOOT POLE BARN SHIFTED THREE FEET FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S LINE WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2025, MR. WEBER SENT AN EMAIL OVER WITH THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY SURVEY DEPICTING WHAT MR. MINSHEW WILL NEED TO DO TO BRING THE MOBILE HOME AND THE PROPERTY BACK INTO ITS ORIGINAL STATE. ON OCTOBER 13TH. STILL SLIDES. THE PREVIOUS SHOWN OCTOBER 13TH. A SITE VISIT WAS CONDUCTED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PHOTOS AND AS OF THE DATE OF THIS HEARING, NO ENGINEERING OR APPLICATION FOR PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. OKAY, SIR, YOU WANT TO COME UP? TELL US WHERE WE ARE? YES, MAGISTRATE. THANK YOU. SO, AS OF YESTERDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, MY CLIENT, JAMES MINSHEW, WAS PRESENTED WITH A CONTRACT BY MK WEBER. AND SO HE TOOK THE DAY TO LOOK THE CONTRACT OVER AND REVIEW HIS OPTIONS. AS OF THIS MORNING, HE HAS AFFIRMATIVELY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH MK WEBER TO GET SOME ENGINEERING PLANS AND START THE ABATEMENT PROCESS. HE DID COME TO MY FIRM IN SEPTEMBER AND WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STEPS HE NEEDED TO TAKE. AT THAT POINT, I WENT AHEAD AND CALLED INSPECTOR THORPE AND WE STARTED TRYING TO GET THE ABATEMENT PROCESS ROLLING. MK WEBER COULD ONLY GET OUT THERE ON THE 9TH OF OCTOBER. THAT'S THE EARLIEST THEY COULD SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE. AND UPON BELIEF, THEY DID TELL MY CLIENT THAT IT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER 4 TO 6 WEEKS TO GET THE PLANS DRAWN UP. NOT SURE HOW ACCURATE OF A TIME ESTIMATE THAT IS, MAGISTRATE, BUT FRANKLY, WE'RE HERE TO JUST ASK FOR MORE TIME AS WE DEAL WITH THE ABATEMENT PROCESS OURSELVES. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A RESPONSE. YES. DO YOU HAVE DID YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE SIGNED CONTRACT? IT DIDN'T PRINT OUT VERY WELL. SO I HAVE A COPY OF THE UNSIGNED CONTRACT HERE TO ADMIT INTO EVIDENCE, AND I HAVE A COPY OF THE SIGNED CONTRACT ON MY PHONE, I BELIEVE.MR. MINSHEW, DID YOU BRING THE SIGNED COPY? I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THAT. OKAY. WE HAVE DIGITAL COPY TO PRESENT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT, ASK HIM TO COME ON UP. I'M GOING TO PUT HIM. YOU WERE PUT UNDER OATH, WEREN'T YOU, MR. MINCHEY? YES, HE WAS OKAY. YOUR LAWYER'S GOT A CONTRACT RIGHT THERE. IS THAT THE CONTRACT THAT YOU EXECUTED? YES, SIR. OKAY, SO IT'S YOUR TESTIMONY UNDER OATH THAT YOU HAVE SIGNED THE CONTRACT? YES, SIR. AND PRESENTED IT BACK TO OR RETURNED IT TO WEBER? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DID A DIGITAL SIGNATURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO TYPICALLY WE RECOGNIZE THAT GETTING AN ENGINEER DONE IN 30 DAYS IS, IS.
BUT ONCE THEY HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT, WE WOULD NOT OBJECT TO A SIX WEEK EXTENSION. OKAY.
4 TO 6 WEEKS, I THINK IS WHAT HE SAID, RIGHT? THAT THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THE ENGINEERING PLANS AS FAR AS ACTUALLY ABATING THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTY. WE WOULD ASK FOR MORE TIME, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO I GUESS IF WE GET THE PLANS OR THE BUILDING PEOPLE GET THE PLANS, THEN THEY CAN ISSUE THE APPROPRIATE PERMITS AT THAT POINT IN TIME. AND THAT GIVES YOU THE BREATHING ROOM TO. REMEDY THE PROBLEM, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN DECEMBER AT ALL, RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE THE 19TH OF NOVEMBER, WHICH IS MORE THAN FOUR WEEKS. OKAY. FOUR WEEKS AND FOUR DAYS OR WHATEVER. JUNE 16TH. OKAY. AND IT'S ABOUT FIVE WEEKS. ALL RIGHT. LET'S BRING IT BACK ON THE WHATEVER THAT DAY IS. AND BUT YOU SAY THE 19TH, 19TH, WE'LL JUST BRING IT BACK FOR A STATUS DETERMINATION AT THAT POINT. PUT AS MUCH SQUEEZE ON WEBER AS YOU CAN TO GET THEM TO EXPEDITE THIS THING, AND LET'S SEE HOW IT'S GOING.
BUT AS LONG AS YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE PROGRESS ON IT, THEN I'M I'M WILLING TO GIVE YOU THE TIME TO, TO DO IT. SO WHAT TIME IS THE 19TH? WE HAVE BOTH MORNING AND AFTERNOON. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS MORE OF THOSE CROWDED MORNING IS PRETTY FULL. OKAY. SO 1:00 OKAY. 1:00 ON THE 19TH OF NOVEMBER. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD THE NEXT
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ITEM THAT WE HAVE PRESENT IS ITEM A PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7113 TIMBER RUN ROAD. ALL RIGHT.THIS SLIDE NUMBER TWO WILL START WITH SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS JUST AN AERIAL PHOTO TO REPRESENT WHERE AN UNINCORPORATED BAY COUNTY THIS IS LOCATED. THIS. BLUE IS WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. WE HAVE HIGHWAY 2301 AND HIGHWAY 38 ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. ON MARCH 26TH, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED A COMPLAINT OF DERELICT VEHICLES ON THIS PROPERTY AND INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HUBBARD WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CASE AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU. RECALL WE WENT THROUGH THIS FROM ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO TO CONTINUATION. I EXAMINED THE PROPERTY IN FOUND IT IN VIOLATION IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OF DERELICT VEHICLES ON THERE, PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTIES TAKEN EXHIBIT AND ATTACHED TO THE CASE EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. I SENT OUT A POSTCARD AT THE TIME THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DESCRIBED ACTION NEEDED TO TAKE IT INTO COMPLIANCE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S GOT THREE RVS ON IT AND A DERELICT VEHICLE OVER IN THE WOODS. ALL OF THEM ARE DERELICT. THERE'S THE ONE VEHICLE AND THEN THERE'S THREE RVS. THE BEST I CAN TELL ON THE PROPERTY, ONE IN THE BACK. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME JUNK TIRES OUT TO THE FRONT, WHICH HAVE SINCE BEEN CLEANED UP. APRIL 9TH I SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION OUT TO THE ADDRESS CONTAINED IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE NOTICE OF REGULAR MAIL WAS NOT RETURNED. JUNE 5TH. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINS THE SAME OTHER THAN JUST THE WOODS ARE STARTING TO TAKE UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S HARDER TO SEE THE THINGS, BUT THERE'S STILL THREE RVS THERE AND ONE OVER IN THE BUSHES. JULY 14TH, RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED THE SAME. THAT'S JUST ONE RV TO THE RIGHT OF THE PROPERTY WITH THE TARP ON IT, THE ONE IN THE CENTER. AND IT'S THE ONE IN THE VERY BACK STILL REMAINS. AND THE VEHICLE, YOU CAN STILL SEE IT OVER TO THE LEFT OF THE PROPERTY. JULY 16TH NOTICE OF VIOLATION. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING ADDRESS CONTAINED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASES. BOTH NOTICES WERE RETURNED. AUGUST 13TH, RE-INSPECTED PROPERTY POSTED THAT YOU CAN SEE THE RV STILL REMAINS IN THE BACKGROUND.
SEPTEMBER 3RD WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINS. NOTHING HAS CHANGED AT THIS POINT OTHER THAN THOSE TIRES AND INITIAL PHOTOGRAPH WERE GONE SEPTEMBER 10TH. WE HAD THE HEARING HERE, AT WHICH TIME YOU ORDERED IT TO BE CONTINUED UNTIL OCTOBER 15TH. OCTOBER 10TH. THE RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY, IT REMAINS THE SAME. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL VEHICLE THERE, BUT THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL THERE HE JUST IDENTIFIED. I DON'T KNOW IF HE SAID HE WAS A FAMILY MEMBER, A FAMILY FRIEND, AND HE WAS THERE LOOKING AT THE VEHICLES TO SEE IF HE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM OFF THE PROPERTY. HE DIDN'T GIVE ME HIS NAME. HE JUST SAID HE WAS THERE TRYING TO ASSESS THE SITUATION. THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025. IN THE LAST HEARING, FAMILY FRIEND WAS HERE AND SHE SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY.
AND SHE'S HERE AGAIN TODAY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE AS FAR AS TESTIMONY AT THIS POINT. MA'AM, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP, TELL US YOUR NAME AND HOW YOU'RE TIED TO THE PROPERTY. MY NAME IS FRIDA MASTERS. I AM A FRIEND OF THE LADY WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY, PHYLLIS HAND. AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE, SHE IS INCARCERATED, SHE WAS, TO MY BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN OUT IN OCTOBER. BUT I HAVE THE RELEASE THE OFFICER'S NAME. I'VE SPOKEN WITH HIM, AND HE SAID THAT HER RELEASE DATE IS NOVEMBER 17TH, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THEY WILL GIVE HER SIX DAYS OF GAME TIME FOR HER TO GET GET OUT BEFORE THAT. THERE SHOULD BE NO ONE ON THAT PROPERTY. I LOCK THOSE GATES AND THERE SHOULD NEVER BE ANYBODY ON THOSE PROPERTY. THE TIRES THAT WERE THROWN OUT THERE, I'VE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF THAT AND GOTTEN THOSE GONE.
I GOT MY GRANDSON TO GO DO IT. I CANNOT REMOVE THE DERELICT VEHICLES BECAUSE I AM NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER. THEY WON'T LET ME. I'VE CALLED SEVERAL PLACES TO COME AND TAKE THEM, AND THEY WON'T DO IT BECAUSE I DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WHAT I WOULD
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REALLY ASK FOR YOU TO DO IS IF WE CAN JUST PUT IT OFF UNTIL SHE CAN GET OUT. SHE DOES WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. TWO OF THOSE TRAILERS, I GUESS WHAT YOU CALL THEM HAVE HER BELONGINGS PACKED IN THERE. I KNOW THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE WORTH A LOT NOW, BUT THAT'S HER STUFF TO TAKE. I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THAT. YOU KNOW, I THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, BUT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NO ONE ON THAT PROPERTY. I HAVE HAD IT LOCKED SINCE SHE WENT TO PRISON. I LOCKED IT UP. AND I DO GO OUT THERE AND CHECK IT EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS. BUT MY MY LOCK HAS BEEN THERE, SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THEY GOT IN. COULD YOU TELL MR. HUBBARD HOW THEY GOT IN THERE? BECAUSE IT'S ALL FENCED IN. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE GATE WAS OPEN AND I DIDN'T REALIZE NOBODY WAS THERE. I WAS TAKING THAT PICTURE AND I HEAR SOMEBODY HOLLERING AT ME, HEY, YOU WANT TO GET A PICTURE OF A TAG? AND SO SOMEBODY BROKE MY LIFE. YELLED ACROSS THE FIELD THERE, OKAY, YEAH. THE LAST TIME I WAS UP THERE WAS LIKE THE 2ND OR 3RD OF OCTOBER. SO I GUESS I NEED TO GO BACK UP AND RELOCK IT UP. BUT NOW YOU SAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE OUT IN OCTOBER. YES, SIR. THAT WAS WHAT I WAS TOLD. BUT WHEN I SPOKE TO MR. BOYD, THE RELEASING OFFICER AT LOWELL C.I. HE SAID THAT THE CASE OFFICER HAD MISCOUNTED HER GAIN TIME AND THAT HE I GUESS IT GOES THROUGH HIM BEFORE THEY GET TO LEAVE. AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD STRAIGHTENED IT OUT AND GAVE ME A DATE OF NOVEMBER 17TH. BUT HE SAID FOR ME TO BE MINDFUL THAT SHE MAY GET 4 TO 6 DAYS EARLIER THAN THAT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO IT ON HOW THEY BEHAVE. I GUESS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY GET A DOCTOR OR WHATEVER. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD BE CALLING ME, IF NOT BEFORE HE WOULD CALL ME WITHIN TEN DAYS OF TIME TO PICK HER UP SO THAT I COULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO BE THERE. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S THAT'S ALL I CAN DO. WHEN Y'ALL START GETTING BIDS, WHEN ARE Y'ALL GOING TO DO THE NEXT BIDDING PROCESS? IT WOULD BE, WELL, IT WOULD BE AFTER THE THE NEXT COMPLIANCE HEARING DATE, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 19TH. OKAY.SO IT WOULDN'T BE IT MAY NOT BE UNTIL JANUARY THAT WE ACTUALLY START BIDDING ON IT. BUT WE DID CONTINUE THIS HEARING BECAUSE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE GOTTEN OUT BEFORE THIS HEARING. I UNDERSTAND THAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT. OKAY. THIS. INQUIRY WAS STARTED AS A RESULT OF A COMPLAINT, RIGHT? THAT'S A NEGATIVE FOR YOU, RIGHT? WHEN THOSE COMPLAINTS CAME IN THE MAIL, I DID NOT OPEN HER REGISTERED MAIL. MATTER OF FACT, I'M YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. NOT NOT THE STUFF THAT WE SEND TO YOU BY WAY OF A COMPLAINT.
SOMEBODY SOMEBODY IS OBJECTING TO ALL OF THIS STUFF UP THERE. SO. I'M, I'M NOT INCLINED TO TO GIVE YOU ANY MORE TIME. THAT'S THE REASON I WAS ASKING MISS ASHMAN ABOUT THEY HAVE TO DO GO THROUGH WHAT THEY CALL A BID PROCESS. THEY'LL TAKE SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO LOOK AT IT, AND THAT CONTRACTOR WILL GIVE THEM A PRICE ON GETTING IT GONE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I WANT TO KEEP THAT BALL ROLLING BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, SOMEBODY'S COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS AND I THINK THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THESE KINDS OF THINGS BEING OUT THERE. SO BUT THAT BEING SAID, THEY PROBABLY WON'T DO THE THE BIDDING PART UNTIL AFTER NOVEMBER THE 19TH, WHICH IS SEVERAL DAYS AFTER YOU'RE SAYING SHE'S SUPPOSED TO GET OUT, RIGHT? AND IT MIGHT EVEN BE EARLIER, AND THEN PROBABLY THE RESULTING CLEANUP WON'T OCCUR UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. YES, SIR. I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU THOSE DATES. RIGHT. BUT. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THE PRESENT TIME. SO. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED IN THE EVIDENCE IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PREMISES, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. AND THERE REMAIN VIOLATIONS THERE IN THE FORM OF THE. LET'S SEE. DERELICT VEHICLE, DERELICT VEHICLES. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, IS NOT UNFIT. UNSAFE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE THE DERELICT VEHICLES SLASH UTILITY TRAILER OR NOT UTILITY TRAILERS BUT RV TRAILERS AND EVERYTHING LIKE
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THAT. PLUS A ANOTHER VEHICLE BASED ON THAT, I'M GOING TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND. TAKE THAT CORRECTIVE ACTION THAT THEY NEED TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7113 TIMBER RUN ROAD, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. SHE HAS APPEARED BY OR THROUGH A FRIEND. THE RECORD WILL ALSO REFLECT THAT THE RESPONDENT IS IN FACT INCARCERATED WITHIN THE STATE PRISON SYSTEM. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702, AS REFERENCED BY MR. HUBBARD, IN THE FORM OF THE DERELICT VEHICLES ON THE PREMISES. OUR. GIVE THEM THE RESPONDENT A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY OR THE VIOLATIONS ON THE PROPERTY BY REMOVING THE DERELICT VEHICLES.IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO MOVE THE PROPERTY. REMOVE THE DERELICT VEHICLES FROM THE PROPERTY. I'M GOING TO SET A DAILY FINE OF $10. NO INITIAL FINE. IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT SHE IS PRESENTLY INCARCERATED. THAT FINE WILL RUN FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS FOLLOWING THE 10TH DAY. AFTER THE ENTRY OF THIS ORDER. THAT FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED HERE IN BAY COUNTY. SIR, I HAVE A QUESTION.
I DO KNOW A PRIVATE PERSON THAT SAID THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM GOING IN THERE AND TAKING THOSE VEHICLES OFF, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET IN ANY TROUBLE WITH THE LAW BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS WITH THE LEGALITIES OF IT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO AUTHORIZE YOU. YOU DON'T KNOW, OKAY? I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE THE YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE OWNER. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL I KNOW, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO MOVE, I DON'T KNOW. RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND I CAN'T AUTHORIZE YOU TO DO THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IF YOU WANT TO ROLL THOSE DICE, THAT'S UP TO YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF. IN THE MEANTIME, IF. CAN YOU GET INTO THE TRAILERS? YES, SIR. I HAVE KEYS TO THEM.
OKAY. YOU KNOW, IF SHE'S GOT STUFF IN THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BE GOING UP THERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A PLACE TO PUT IT EITHER. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE WE HAVE STUFF, BUT JUST NO PLACE TO PUT THE STUFF. RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU IF YOU WANTED TO REMOVE ANY OF THAT TO FACILITATE THAT. BUT WE WILL BE BACK ON THE 19TH ON THIS TO, TO SEE WHERE WE STAND. BUT YES, THE 19TH AT 1:00. OKAY. THE 19TH AT 1:00. NOVEMBER. YES.
ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR. I APPRECIATE YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. BYE BYE. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM E. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 6701 EAST FIFTH COURT. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF UNFIT. UNSAFE. PRIMARY STRUCTURE. UNFIT UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, JUNK AND OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. PHOTOS ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER THREE. THESE ARE TAKEN FROM JANUARY OF 2025. THESE ARE JUST THE BUILDING INSPECTION. THEY WERE THESE PHOTOS WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THAT SEPTEMBER 10TH HEARING.
THESE PHOTOS ARE JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE PROPERTY. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $1,000 WOULD BE IMPOSED AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS. ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND IS CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2025. ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2025, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, AS IF AS OF THIS DATE, NO ENGINEERING OR APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED,
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AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FOR THE PROPERTY. SOMEONE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY? YES, I'M DEANNA'S HUSBAND. OKAY. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. JOSEPH PAUL COMBS, 6713 EAST FIFTH COURT, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA.OKAY, SO Y'ALL ARE DOWN THE STREET. YES, SIR. I'M RIGHT BESIDE IT. OKAY, THAT'S ACTUALLY MY PUMP HOUSE IS BEHIND THIS HOUSE, WHICH AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON. I MEAN, I'M BY MYSELF, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT. I HAD A LOT MORE STUFF IN THERE THAN I THOUGHT. I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID, STUFF THAT COLLECTS. I PLAN ON GETTING THE POLARIS OUT THIS WEEKEND, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT. YES, SIR. BUT I REALIZE IT'S PROBABLY NOT UP TO Y'ALL'S STANDARDS. IT'S IN ROUGH SHAPE. AND THERE'S A AND, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT PULLING A PERMIT FOR THE I WAS GETTING IN OVER ANYTHING I COULD DO. I AIN'T GOING TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT I COULD DO IT. I WAS JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE MORE TIME TO GET MY STUFF OUT OF THERE, IF ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I'M GOING TO LET I MEAN, IF I CAN. I GOT A SHED IN THE BACK.
THIS THING IS IN GOOD SHAPE. IT WAS PERMITTED YEARS AGO. IF I CAN KEEP WHAT I CAN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT TO Y'ALL COMING IN AND DEMOING IT. I'M NOT SEEING THE SHED THAT WAS OUT FRONT. DID YOU GET RID OF THE SHED OR IS IT JUST NOT IN THERE? I DID, I GOT I HAD A PICTURE THIS MORNING THAT I TOOK AND I HAD CLEANED UP EVEN MORE AROUND THE HOUSE, AND I HAD GOT RID OF THE SHED LAST WEEK, WHICH IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO THE SHED TO GET RID OF IT. BUT. YOU KNOW. NOW WHAT ABOUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR SHED IN THE BACK? IS IT THE SHED IN THE BACK IS FINE. IT HAD NO PROBLEM. AND I ACTUALLY USE IT FOR MY WASH HOUSE. AND THAT'S THE REASON I HAD THE I HAVE NO POWER TO THE HOUSE. IT JUST IT JUST GOES TO MY, WELL, PUMP FROM MY HOUSE NEXT DOOR AND THE WASH HOUSE. DO WE HAVE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE? SO WE THAT THAT WAS THE ONE I GOT RID OF. OKAY, THAT ONE'S GONE THEN. YES, SIR.
OKAY. YES, SIR. AND THEN I THINK THERE WAS JUST ONE THE ONE ATTACHED BLOCK BUILDING. I THINK Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, TAKING IT BUT WHERE HE'S AT IS ACTUALLY STANDING WHERE THAT HOSE RUNS IS TO MY WASH HOUSE SHED. IT'S A 16. IT WAS PERMITTED YEARS AGO. OKAY. BUT IT'S NOT DEPICTED IN ANY OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHS. NO, NO. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. NO, SIR, IT'S NOT OKAY. AND THAT'S THAT'S JUST A DIFFERENT SIDE OF THE OTHER ONE.
YES, SIR. THAT'S THE FRONT. THAT'S WHAT I SHOWED YOU. THE PICTURE SHOWED YOU WHILE AGO.
THAT'S LOOKING DOWN. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S GONE. YES, SIR. YES, SIR, YES, SIR. AND I'VE CLEANED UP ALL IN THE FRONT. I'M MAKING MY WAY AROUND, AT LEAST TO MAKE IT MORE PRESENTABLE. YOU KNOW, IT'S A DEAD END ROAD, SO. I MEAN, IT'S NOT MR. CLARKSON, JUST. HE WAS THE ONE THAT INITIATED THIS CASE, AND HE. HE KNOWS THE SHED THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND HE SAID, IT'S FINE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT SHED. AND HE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO KEEP THE SHED, AS HE CAN HAVE ONE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WITHOUT PRIMARY. AND AT THIS POINT WE WOULD. THREE BIDS OR OCTOBER. WELL WE WOULD WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND INITIATE DOING THE ASBESTOS SURVEY ON IT AND. POTENTIALLY, IF WE WERE TO GET THE ASBESTOS SURVEY BACK BY OCTOBER 29TH, I BELIEVE, THEN WE WOULD PRE BID ON THE 29TH. IF NOT, IT'S NOT. WE WOULDN'T EVEN PRE-BID THIS UNTIL NOVEMBER, SO HE SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET HIS ITEMS OUT OF THERE. OKAY. BASED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN, THE TESTIMONY OFFERED IN THIS CASE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE. RESPONDENT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. THOSE VIOLATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE BEING REMOVED. THAT THOSE VIOLATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTED AND THEREFORE COUNTY STAFF WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO. GO
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WITH ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY AND ENTER UPON THE PREMISES TO ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THEN FOUND TO EXIST. I'M GOING TO REDUCE THAT FINE. IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT HE'S CORRECTED THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, I'M GOING TO REDUCE THE FINE TO $100. BID OF A THOUSAND. AND. AS I SAID, THE COUNTY CAN GO IN THERE AND ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY FIND TO THEN EXIST. THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATIONS, ALONG WITH THE FINE IMPOSED A LIEN OND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. HERE IN BAY COUNTY, COUNTY COMMISSION IS ENTITLED TO ASSESS THESE COSTS IN ABATING THE VIOLATION BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. ALL RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, GET AS MUCH STUFF AS YOU CAN GET DONE, AND THAT'LL REDUCE THE POTENTIAL COST OF ABATING IT, SHE SAYS. THEY'VE GOT TO DO WHAT'S CALLED AN ASBESTOS SURVEY. ANYTIME WE TEAR SOMETHING DOWN THE COUNTY, TEAR SOMETHING DOWN, THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO ASBESTOS IN IT. OTHERWISE THEY GOTTA GO THROUGH ALL THOSE HOOPS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. YES. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.SO IT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE MAKING SOME PROGRESS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES IT'S SORT OF TOUGH TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS. YES. OKAY.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING. YES. THE FINE WAS ACTUALLY WENT WELL. IT JUST SAID $1,000 FINE. I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE. OKAY. DO I COME BACK ON OR NOT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'VE ALREADY WAIVED THE FINE, SO IT WON'T BE ANY FINE AT ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS SCOTT SCHEDULED A SURVEY WITH THE. NIXON? WILL START WORKING ON THAT IMMEDIATELY. KEEP IN TOUCH WITH SCOTT. HE CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. OF WHAT? THANK YOU.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR. GOOD LUCK WITH IT. AND WE'LL INTRODUCE THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT RESPONDED HAS INTRODUCED OR THIS AFTERNOON. OKAY. ITEM I, AS AN IDA PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 5025 ORANGE AVENUE. THIS IS ALSO A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF THREE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, JUNK, TRASH, AND UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT'S GRANDDAUGHTER, WINONA PERRY, DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOS ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER THREE. THESE WERE PHOTOS TAKEN ON JUNE 2ND, 2025. AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY, THEY WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT SEPTEMBER 10TH. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER. AND I JUST WANT TO VERIFY I THOUGHT YOU WAIVED THIS ONE TOO OR REDUCED. THERE WAS A $1,000 FINE. OKAY, THE FINE WAS WAIVED. SORRY. OH, AND SO THE COST OF THE. AND ENFORCEMENT WOULD CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. COPIED. THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE LAW. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AND AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2025. OCTOBER 13TH, AND INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND REMAINED IN VIOLATION.
THESE ARE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING. OCTOBER 13TH.
PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AND AS OF THE DATE OF THIS HEARING, NO ENGINEERING OFFICER
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ALL THE WAY AS THE DAY OF THIS HEARING, NO ENGINEERING OR APPLICATION FOR PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. AND THESE. OKAY, SOMEONE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY. OKAY. OH, SORRY.WINONA PERRY, MAILING ADDRESS 5035 ORANGE AVENUE. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? WE'RE WE'RE TRYING. WE GOT THE STUFF BESIDE THE SHOP THAT IS BEEN CLEARED OUT, EXCEPT FOR THE LAWNMOWER. AS FAR AS THAT DEBRIS OF THAT SHED IN THE OTHER LITTLE SHED WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED. BECAUSE MY MOTHER BECAME ILL AND SHE JUST PASSED AWAY. SO I DIDN'T HAVE NO TIME TO TOUCH ANY OF THAT STUFF. I DO HAVE HER DEATH CERTIFICATE. IF YOU WANT ME TO PROVE THAT SHE DID PASS AWAY. AS FAR AS THE BIG SHOP, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN PHYSICALLY DO TO IT. I HAD REQUESTED THAT THE COUNTY. YES. THE THE SMALLER SHED AND THE DEBRIS OF THE OTHER SHED WE CAN GET RID OF. WE JUST NEED, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE TIME FOR THAT. FOR SOME REASON, THE, THE TALL BUILDING WITH THE. THAT THIS SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR AN AWFUL LONG TIME IS THAT IT WENT ON APPARENTLY FOR A WHILE PRIOR TO US EVEN REALIZING. YES, WE REALIZED WE SHOWED UP PROBABLY AFTER MY DAD PASSED. HE TOOK CARE OF. AND YEAH, I JUST REMEMBER THAT.
YEAH, WHAT I CALL THAT HANGING ENTRYWAY THERE WITH NO STAIRS TO IT. WHAT WE HAD, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS INITIALLY IT WAS FOUND TO BE A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE AND THEY WERE GETTING DAILY FINED FOR IT. AND OBVIOUSLY, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE SITS FOR SO LONG, IT EVENTUALLY BECOMES UNSAFE. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT MAY SEEM LONGER. OKAY. WELL, I JUST LIKE I SAID, I JUST I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT HANGING ENTRYWAY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THAT'S AND I WOULD SAY TOO, THAT IN THIS SCENARIO, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE ASBESTOS SURVEY. THE ASBESTOS SURVEY, I BELIEVE, WOULD JUST BE ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE THERE. SO AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE KIND OF THE SAME SCENARIO THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE END OF NOVEMBER AT THE EARLIEST, BEFORE WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IT COMING DOWN. DID YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE JUST SAID? YES, SIR. THERE'S A BUNCH OF PROCEDURAL HOOPS THEY'VE GOT TO JUMP THROUGH, AND THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME BREATHING ROOM. YES, SIR. BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, I DON'T WANT TO BE DRAGGING ANY LONGER. QUITE FRANKLY, THE STRUCTURE SCARES ME. I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S A BUNCH OF OPEN ROOFS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO Y'ALL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU CAN. BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND AND ENTER AN ORDER DIRECTING THAT. THEY GO ON THE PROPERTY, DO THEIR PRELIMINARY SURVEYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND GET GET READY TO TEAR IT DOWN. YES. SO I HAVE A DECENT CHECK THAT SHOULD BE COMING IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. AND ALLEGEDLY I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE PROBATE PROCESS TAKEN CARE OF WITH THIS CHECK. SO WITH THAT STILL, WOULD I BE ABLE TO INTERVENE IN BETWEEN THAT PROCESS IF I GET THE PROBATE SITUATION TAKEN CARE OF CORRECTLY AND LEGALLY TO PULL MY OWN PERMIT TO DO IT MYSELF? WELL, AT THIS POINT, REALLY, HIS TIME HAS EXPIRED, HASN'T IT? YES. SO. I GUESS THE BOTTOM LINE IS NO, I MEAN, THE TIME HAS PASSED. IT'S JUST IT'S DRAGGED ON SO LONG. BUT BY ALL MEANS. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO DISCOURAGE YOU FROM CONTINUING WITH THE PROBATE PROCESS BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE DROP THAT BALL AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP LATER ON, AND THE PROPERTY'S NOT IN YOUR NAME. AND IT IS. THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN DELAYING THIS ENTIRE PROCEDURE. OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE TOOK IT DOWN LAST YEAR MYSELF. YEAH.
IT'S IT'S A IT'S A MESS WHEN WHEN YOU DON'T GO THROUGH THE PROBATE AND EVERYTHING. SO BUT
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THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME BREATHING ROOM THERE. SO START GOING AHEAD AND GETTING THAT AND YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN. BE SHED OF THIS PROBLEM OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, IN THIS CASE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS BEEN GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. AND THERE'S BEEN A FAILURE TO DO SO. THE COUNTY IS THEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PROPERTY WITH THE CONTRACTOR. WHICH THEY MAY HIRE TO ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THEN FOUND TO EXIST ON THE PREMISES. UPON THE RECORDING OF THIS ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENTS WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT AT THE TIME. SHE'S SHE'S RUN A SCENARIO OF, YOU KNOW, A ASBESTOS SURVEY AND SOME OTHER STUFF BY YOU. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT I'D RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO AS MUCH OF IT AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN TO BEFORE THEY DO THE BIDDING PROCESS TO. MINIMIZE THE COST THERE. GOTCHA. OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.HAVE A GOOD DAY. YOU TOO. ROBBIE'S GOING TO TAKE OVER THE NEXT WEEK. OKAY. OH. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THIS CASE OBVIOUSLY IS, FOR YOUR RECOLLECTION, HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU SEVERAL TIMES. THIS IS, I GUESS, THE THE FIRST CONTINUATION, FEBRUARY 10TH, YOU KNOW, GIVING HIM TIME TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT. THERE'S JUST PICTURES TO REFRESH. HE WAS USING THE PROPERTY TO STORE BUILDING MATERIALS TO BUILD A NEW HOME. RIGHT. IT WAS CONTINUED FROM THAT FEBRUARY HEARING TILL MARCH 19TH FOR HIM TO COMPLETE HIS PORTION OF THE PERMITTING THAT THAT WASN'T COMPLETED AND HE HAD AT THAT TIME HAD ACQUIRED A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WHO WAS GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH PLANS. THOSE PLANS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY SUBMITTED. HOWEVER, THERE THERE WERE CORRECTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO FURTHER ACTIONS WERE TAKEN ON THE PERMIT. THE TIME SPAN RAN FOR THE PERMIT. THE PERMIT HAS NOW BEEN ABANDONED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT I. THESE ARE INSPECTIONS THAT I DID FROM THE LAST HEARING UNTIL NOW, JUST SHOWING OBVIOUSLY PROPERTY STILL BEING USED TO HAVE THE BUILD MATERIALS BACK AND FORTH.
THIS IS JUNE, SAME THING. SLIDE 13 SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025. SAME THING. BOTTOM LINE WHEN WHEN I DETERMINED THAT THE PERMIT HAD EXPIRED OR WAS ABANDONED FOR LACK OF ACTION, SENT NOTIFICATIONS OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL. MR. PIERRE, WHO IS HERE TODAY, HE DID REACH OUT TO ME AND AND CALLED AND AND HE DID COME TO THE OFFICE. AND BASICALLY HE WAS UNDER THE BELIEF THAT THE PERMIT PROBABLY HAD A MUCH LONGER SHELF LIFE AND HE WOULD NOT IN A POSITION WHERE HE COULD BUILD AND WAS, YOU KNOW, HOPING TO JUST PROPERTY AS IS WITH WITH WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE AN ACTIVE PERMIT. ONCE I TOLD HIM THAT OBVIOUSLY THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED. HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REAPPLY WITHOUT COMING TO THE HEARING TODAY. SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS IS HIS INTENT TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY AND FROM THE NOTIFICATION THAT WAS ON SEPTEMBER THE 2ND, RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY, OCTOBER THE 6TH, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF MATERIALS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. ON THE 13TH OF OCTOBER IT WAS REINSPECTED SOMEONE WAS ACTUALLY BACK IN THE BACK TAKING SOME STUFF. I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION BEFORE WE CAME IN WHERE HE IS GOING TO HIRE SOME GOOD, SOME HEAVY EQUIPMENT OUT THERE TO REMOVE THE REST, AND I HAVE NO FURTHER TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. AND MR. PIERRE IS PRESENT. OKAY. MR. PIERRE, YOU WANT TO OFFER ANY INFORMATION? TELL US YOUR NAME
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AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS WATSON PIERRE. THE ADDRESS IS 1628. THE ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY OR WHERE I'M LIVING. WHERE YOU LIVE, WHERE YOU GET MAIL. 04201 EAST HIGHWAY 280, APARTMENT 7106. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? I SUBMIT THE PERMIT. LIKE, AS I SUBMITTED IT, I WAS WAITING FOR THE ANSWER. I NEVER RECEIVED THE ANSWER. IN THE END, WHEN I CHECK IN MY PAGE BECAUSE I CREATE A PAGE THAT TOLD ME. I NEED TO BRING SOMETHING LIKE. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID.I NEED TO BRING THE DRAW FOR DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE AND CHOICES. DRAW. I SAID, THE BLUEPRINT HAS EVERYTHING BECAUSE I PAID THE GUYS LIKE $25,000 FOR EVERYTHING. SO AND HE GAVE IT TO ME TO SUBMIT. I SUBMITTED IT AND THEY SAY I HAVE TO TO DO THIS TOO. I SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW.
SO AFTER THAT, MR. CLARKSON TOLD ME AFTER THE TIME THE PERMIT IS EXPIRED, I SAY I NEVER HAVE IT HOW HE CAN EXPIRE. SO HE SAID YES, IT EXPIRED OR ABANDONED. BECAUSE OF THIS REASON, I SAY I HAVE NO CHOICE. I HAVE TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY. OKAY, WHAT I DO, I RENT A FORKLIFT. I PAID ALREADY, SO THEY WILL DELIVER IT ON ON THE PROPERTY ON FRIDAY BECAUSE IT'S BETTER FOR ME. I RENT IT ONLY FOR ONE DAY. THEY DON'T CHARGE ME FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THEY WILL TAKE IT. THEY WILL DROP IT ON FRIDAY AND TAKE IT ON THE WEEKEND. FREE BASICALLY. YEAH, I THINK TWO DAYS IS ENOUGH. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STUFF. OKAY. ONLY I HAVE SOME STUFF IN THE PALLET WITH THE FORKLIFT. IT'S EASY TO PUT THEM ON A TRAILER AND IT'S GONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WELL. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE WORKED REAL HARD ON THIS PROJECT. I, YOU KNOW, I. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THE ANSWER IS, BUT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY Y'ALL COULD EVEN BID THIS OUT FOR A CLEANUP OR. OCTOBER 29TH, 27TH, 27TH. OKAY, SO YOU HEAR THAT DATE? OCTOBER THE 29TH OR 22ND? 22ND. OKAY. SO YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM. NOT A WHOLE LOT. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, I DO IT BY HAND BECAUSE I HAD NO MONEY TO PAY. FORKLIFT. YEAH. SO THOSE IN PALLET I HAVE TO TAKE IT WITH THE HAND WILL TAKE A LOT OF TIME. BUT WITH FORKLIFT JUST. YEAH. TWO DAYS IS ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, OKAY I'M GOING TO FIND THAT. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD AT THIS TIME? I'M SORRY. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY OR ADD AT THIS POINT? NO, JUST CLEAN IT UP. I'M ALWAYS DONE. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S CLEAN, I THINK EVERYTHING IS GOOD, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD, THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF EXHIBITS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE AND HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THAT ORDER. THE. THERE IS AN INITIAL FINE AND A DAILY FINE THAT RAN FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, AND THAT FINE TOTALS $400 THAT WILL BE IMPOSED. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THEY FIND TO THEN EXIST. UPON THE RECORDING OF THE OF THIS ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WILL BE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ENTITLED TO ASSESS THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. THAT'S IT. JUST IF JUST GET ON THE STICK AND GET IT CLEANED UP, AND THEN THAT'LL MINIMIZE YOUR EXPOSURE FOR ANY FURTHER. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. OKEYDOKE. THANK YOU. THANK SOMEBODY. YES, SIR. MR. FROM WHAT PART ARE YOU HERE FOR? THANK YOU. OKAY, OKAY. WHAT'S
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THE NEXT ONE? SO THAT THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE ITEM J, WHICH IS 8119 ZULU AVENUE. YES. AND. I THINK YES, INSPECTOR THORPE HAS JOINED US. THIS WAS I REMEMBER SOMETHING ABOUT WINDOWS ON THIS ONE. SO ARE THOSE YOURS? THANK YOU. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INSPECTOR THORPE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. FOR AFFIRMED. SIR, DO YOU WANT TO STAND UP? YEAH, I'LL SWEAR YOU IN AS WELL. OH, BOTH OF THEM NEED TO BE SWORN. YES, SIR. YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. SO HELP YOU GOD, I DO. OKAY. TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW. HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON, INSPECTOR THORPE.CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS FOR THE RECORD, 80 119 ZULU IS AVENUE IS MINE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. JUNK BLIGHTED PROPERTY, APPLIANCES, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, OVERGROWTH AND TRASH TO RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THIS WAS SEPTEMBER 10TH. PHOTOS. CHUNK OF TRASH INSIDE A HOUSE. BLIGHTED WINDOWS ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE. A UNSAFE ACCESSORY TO THE LEFT THERE. THE WAIVED THE $1,000 FINE FOR THE UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, JUNK APPLIANCES, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND OVERGROWTH AND TRASH. ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024. THIS IS BUILD INSPECTION I CONDUCTED. AS YOU CAN SEE, VERY LARGE ACCESSORY, SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE, TRUSS WALL DAMAGE IN FRONT. MISSING DOOR OCTOBER 13TH. LET'S SEE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT RESPOND HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER CONCERNING THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE OR THE RESPONDENT WILL BE FINED. INITIAL FINE OF $25 AND A DAILY FINE OF $5, WHICH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY REAL, ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT. COPY ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, THE PROPERTY OWNER APPLIED FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT WITH BUILDER SERVICES, BUT THE PERMIT HAS NOT BEEN PAID FOR AND IT HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED TO DATE TO THE RESPONDENT. ON OCTOBER 12TH, I DID PLACE OCTOBER 12TH, 2025. I DID PLACE A PHONE CALL TO MR. SHEFFIELD TO ADVISE HIM THAT THE PRINT IS READY TO BE PICKED UP ONCE HE PAYS FOR IT. COPY NOTICE HEARING WAS POSTED. BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, OCTOBER 2ND AND OCTOBER 13TH INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. MOST OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAD BEEN REMOVED. THIS IS THE INSPECTION HERE. THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS ARE STILL THERE. HE IS TRYING TO GET WINDOWS FOR IT, BUT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAS BEEN REMOVED. HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION.
UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. BLIGHTED CONDITIONS THIS DATE, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. THEY'RE WAITING FOR A PAYMENT IN THEIR. OCTOBER. TELL US YOUR NAME. COME ON UP. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. BRANDON SHEFFIELD, 8119 AVENUE. OKAY.
TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW. I DID, I GOT THE PERMITS, I ORDERED THE WINDOWS AND I GOT A TURN IN FOR THE PRODUCT. YEAH. THE CODE. SO I CAN GET THE PERMITS FOR THE WINDOWS. I LEFT THE PAPERWORK IN MY MOTHER'S VEHICLE. I WAS WORKING ON IT AND I WAS GOING TO DO IT TODAY.
BUT SHE LIVES RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. I CAN RUN DOWN THERE AND GRAB IT AND COME BACK AND GET IT, BUT I STARTED, I TORE DOWN THE SHED AND AND IT ALL GONE NOW. OR IS THAT STILL UP? SOME OF IT STILL UP. THE BASE OF IT. STILL THERE. THE UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR IS. WERE YOU THE ONE THAT ASKED ABOUT LEAVING THE FLOOR OR SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY THAT WAS ANOTHER STREET, SIR. THAT
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WAS LAST WEEK, SIXTH STREET. AND I'M GOING TO CUT IT UP WITH A CHAINSAW BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE THINGS THIS WEEKEND AT THE AMNESTY DAY, AND I WAS GOING TO HAUL OFF AS MUCH AS I COULD THIS WEEKEND. MARK MOVED AND I GOT TRAILERS LOADED READY TO GO. I'VE BEEN THERE WORKING ALL DAY TODAY AND I JUST LEFT IT. COME HERE AND I'M GOING BACK TO WORK ON IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT THE. HE HAD TO HAVE THE WINDOW SPECIFICATIONS TO GET THE PERMIT TO PUT THE WINDOWS IN.IS THAT RIGHT? HE CAN APPLY FOR IT, BUT HE'LL HAVE TO DELIVER THE PRODUCT APPROVAL CODE SAYING THAT IT IS A FLOOR DESIGN WINDOW. OKAY. ONCE HE DOES THAT, THEY'LL THEY'LL REVIEW EVERYTHING AND GET PUSHED THROUGH. OKAY. I DO HAVE THE CODE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
OH THE WIND IS IN NOT NOT IN THE BUILDING. BUT HAVE THEY ARRIVED? NO. NO, SIR. THEY SAID 3 TO 4 DAYS. THEY SHOULD BE HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT A LONG TERM. SOMETIMES WINDOWS ARE HARD TO COME BY. SO YEAH I SPOKE TO HIM YESTERDAY AND THEY SAID 3 TO 4 DAYS. SO WHEN WOULD BE THE INSPECTION ON THIS OR THE WHATEVER. YOU WELL HAVE TO DO ANY ASBESTOS SURVEY ON ANY OF THIS. AND SO THEY WOULD JUST BE THE DAILY FINE UNTIL A PERMIT IS APPLIED FOR, FOR THE WINDOWS. SO FOR THE BLIGHTED AND THE ONLY THING AT THIS POINT THAT I JUST LOOKED AT THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY PRE-BID, IT WOULD NOT PROBABLY BE. I'M SURE HE'LL HAVE IT CLEANED UP BEFORE WE DO PRE BIDS. IT'S THAT JUNK TRAILER. JUST THE THE UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. BUT AS FAR AS THE BLIGHTED THAT'S AN ONGOING FINE.
THAT WOULD BE AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 AND A DAILY FINE OF $5 UNTIL HE GETS A PERMIT FOR THE WINDOWS, AND THEN THE FINES WOULD STOP FOR THE LIFE OF THE PERMIT. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING AT THE END OF THAT PERMIT TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE OR NOT.
OKAY. YOU SAY YOU'VE GOT THE THE MAGIC CODE FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THE WINDOWS. YES, SIR. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. I COULD DO THAT TODAY. THE PERMIT FOR THAT. I'M GOING TO. I'M GOING TO WAIVE THE $25. I AM GOING TO CHARGE HIM $5 A DAY STARTING OCTOBER THE 13TH UNTIL HE GETS YOUR YOUR WINDOWS PERMIT. YES, SIR. SO IF YOU GOT ACCESS TO THAT CODE TODAY, GO GET IT AND GET YOUR WINDOW PERMIT TODAY AND THEY'LL STOP. YES, SIR. SO. AND. WE'LL FIND THAT THE. ALL RIGHT, LET ME LET ME JUST START FROM THE BEGINNING. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF MY PREVIOUS ORDER, THE. INITIAL FINE THAT I SAID I WAS GOING TO IMPOSE, I'M GOING TO WAIVE THE $25, BUT THERE WILL BE A $5 PER DAY FINE STARTING OCTOBER THE 11TH UNTIL HE PRESENTS THE MAGIC CODE TO GET HIS PERMIT FOR HIS WINDOWS. AND. THE COUNTY WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE ANY VIOLATIONS THAT THEY THEN FIND TO EXIST AS IT RELATES TO THE UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY, JUNK DEBRIS, WHATEVER. GET RID OF THAT STUFF WHILE THEY GOT THE THE AMNESTY DAY IN IN EFFECT. AND IF THERE'S NOTHING THERE, YOU CAN
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CALL THEM AND SAY IT'S IT'S CLEANED UP AND YOU DON'T NEED TO BID IT AND THEY CAN GO OUT AND INSPECT IT AND WE'LL CALL IT EVEN, SO TO SPEAK, AT THAT POINT. BUT IF YOU DON'T CLEAN IT UP, THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND THEIR CONTRACTOR, AND THEY CAN ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY FIND TO EXIST AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THE COST RELATED TO THAT CLEANUP, IF THEY HAVE TO DO IT, WILL BECOME A LEAN UPON THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY WHICH YOU OWN IN BAY COUNTY AND UPON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THOSE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. OKAY? YES, SIR. DON'T LET NOTHING GRASS GROW UNDER YOUR FEET. AFTER I CLEANED THAT UP, CAN I PUT A FENCE ACROSS THERE? BECAUSE I HAVE CONSTRUCTION STUFF. I'LL TALK TO HIM. WE'LL DISCUSS THAT. OKAY? HE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AND WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO. YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW TALL THE FENCE IS AND ALL THAT OTHER SORT OF STUFF. SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF TECHNICAL QUESTIONS I CAN'T ANSWER. SO.BUT, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN THING IS GET THIS CLEANED UP AND GET YOUR WINDOW IN THE IN THE RIGHT SPOT, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MORE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION. SO WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM B ON THE AGENDA OKAY. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7521 HARVEY STREET. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HUBBARD IS HERE TO TESTIFY. CHRIS HUBBARD BY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE, BAY COUNTY ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY LDR REGULATION 4 OR 5, IN THE FORM OF STORAGE OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLES, TRAILERS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ON A VACANT RESIDENTIAL LOT. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $200 IN DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS. WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS WOULD CONSTITUTE LEANING AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS LISTED AND ANY OTHER REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATOR. A COPY OF THE ORDER WAS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINING THE CASE FILE. THIS IS SEPTEMBER 3RD. I'M SORRY. WELL, SEPTEMBER 3RD, THAT WAS THE LAST PICTURE BEFORE THE HEARING, WHICH SHOWED THE RV WAS STILL ON THERE OCTOBER 10TH. THE RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. SHE'S JUST HAVING TROUBLE. SHE CAN'T FIND NOBODY TO TOW IT OFF. SO THERE WE ARE. THE GUY THAT WAS IN IT. I THINK IF I REMIND YOU, HE WAS THE TROUBLEMAKERS IN JAIL. SO THERE'S NOT A TENANT PROBLEM ANYMORE? NO, SIR. IT'S JUST A RV. CAN'T GET GOING.
PROBLEM? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND HAS FAILED TO DO SO. THE. CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THEY FIND TO THEN EXIST AS IT RELATES TO THE.
IMPROPERLY STORED RV. THE. FAILURE TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WILL RESULT IN A $20 INITIAL FINE. A $200 INITIAL FINE, AND A DAILY FINE OF $25, WHICH WILL BE IMPOSED FOR THE 20 DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL PERIOD TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. UPON THE. RECORDING OF THIS ORDER IN THE RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST RELATED TO THE ABATEMENT OF THE VIOLATION WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY.
THEY'RE ENTITLED TO ASSESS THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE. OKAY, OKAY. ITEM C, PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 4929
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DEERWOOD AVENUE. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INSPECTOR THORPE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, INSPECTOR THORPE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY. SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025. WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF TWO UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES APPLIANCES, VEHICLES, JUNK. TRASH, OVERGROWTH, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE MY INSPECTION PHOTOS ON MAY 21ST, 2025. YOU CAN SEE IN SLIDE FOUR THERE. THIS IS ON THE. NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.UNFIT UNSAFE ACCESSORY. DAMAGE TO ROOF. THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO THE HURRICANE AND TORNADO.
SEVERAL TARPS IN THERE, SEVERAL PIECES OF LOOSE TIN. THEY COULD AFFECT OTHER NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES IN IN A STORM. AND THEN THEY BUILT A BIG PAGODA IN THE BACK, UNPERMITTED OUT OF MATERIALS THEY SCAVENGED FROM OTHER PLACES. AND IT IS STILL IN THE SAME CONDITION. THERE'S THE BACK SIDE OF IT AND THIS IS THEIR BACK YARD. THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT INVITED US OVER TO LOOK THROUGH THEIR YARD. YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE ROAD. THEY HAVE SEVERAL VEHICLES IN THE BACK YARD, JUNK AND TRASH, OVERGROWTH AT LEAST. CHEST HIGH, I BELIEVE. THE METRIC OR THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $200 TO BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTANTLY LEAN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT. COPY ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAIN A CASE FILE. COPY OF HEARING. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2025, AND ON OCTOBER 13TH, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. NO PERMITS OR ENGINEERING HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, AND NO OTHER COMMUNICATION SINCE THE HEARING HAS TAKEN PLACE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THIS IS GO THROUGH 13 REAL QUICK. SORRY. THERE'S THERE'S THIS IS STREET VIEW. THE THAT OCTAGON BUILDING IS STILL BACK THERE STILL DAMAGED. AND AS WE TRANSVERSE ONTO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE, THE OTHER ACCESSORY AND THE VEHICLES IN THE BACKGROUND, THE RED VEHICLES TRASH, JUNK OVERGROWTH STILL THERE. THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS THAT INVESTIGATOR HUBBARD WROTE UP THAT WERE IN THE FRONT YARD OF NOW MOVED KIND OF TOWARDS THE BACK. STRANGE HOW THEY'LL MIGRATE LIKE THAT. YES, SIR. OKAY, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THAT ORDER. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS THAT THEY IDENTIFY AND FOUND TO FIND TO EXIST AT THE TIME OF THEIR ENTRY. ALL COSTS RELATED TO THE ABATEMENT OF THE VIOLATION WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A $200 FINE THAT WAS IMPOSED.
THAT ALSO WILL BECOME A LIEN, AND THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. AND IT BRINGS UP ITEM D, PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 8825 FIREBIRD LANE. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INSPECTOR THORPE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. AFTERNOON AGAIN. INSPECTOR THORPE, THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. BAY COUNTY ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025. WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF UNFIT. UNSAFE MOBILE HOME, UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND OVERGROWTH. RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY INTRODUCES INTO EXHIBIT AS INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN A CASE FILE. THESE ARE MAY 1ST, 2025. DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME SITS ON THE PROPERTY. SOME OVERGROWTH IN THE FRONT HAVE BEEN REMOVED ALONG WITH THE TRASH AND JUNK. BUT AS WE TRANSFER INTO THE BACK, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DAMAGE OVERGROWTH ABOVE THE DOOR. DAMAGED WALL STRUCTURE. THE LARGE DECK IN THE BACK MISSING AND COLLAPSED MISSING BOARDS AND COLLAPSED. HOT TUB ON THERE. AND THE ACCESSORY THAT'S IN THE TOP OF SLIDE NINE. THIS IS UNDERNEATH THE MOBILE HOME AND THE LOVELY BREAKER BOX. THERE'S STILL
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POWER GOING TO THAT. DON'T REMEMBER IF THERE WAS POWER OR NOT AFTER PRE-BID THERE WILL NOT BE THOUGH. THE METRO ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO ORDER A FINE OF $1,000 TO BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHOW AGAINST REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT.COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B, CONTAINING A CASE FILE. THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2025 AND OCTOBER 13TH. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION AFTER MY INSPECTION. NO ENGINEERING PERMITS OR COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED TO DATE. DO Y'ALL NORMALLY OR ROUTINELY CHECK LIKE PROBATE ISSUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I BELIEVE THE SISTER WAS THE COMPLAINANT ON THIS. YES. YES. DO WHAT? THE SISTER WAS A COMPLAINANT. OF UNSAFE CONDITIONS, CORRECT? YES. YEAH. BEING RENTED OUT. BY THE WAY.
AND THEY CONCLUDED THAT NOT ONLY THE ISSUE BUT YOU HER NAME KELLY BRYANT. I DON'T REMEMBER.
OKAY. I KNEW THAT ONE OF OR A DAD AND SO I WAS NOT HE LIVED AT BAY POINT AND NOT BAY POINT WOODLAWN. OR DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? OKAY, ALRIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THAT ORDER. CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF AND OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS FOUND TO EXIST UPON THEIR ENTRY. UPON THE RECORDING OF THIS ORDER AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, ALL COSTS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WILL BE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ENTITLED TO COLLECT THIS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE, DID I IMPOSE A FINE? OKAY, THERE WAS. FINE. $1,000. OKAY, THAT FINE PREVIOUSLY IMPOSED IMPOSED WILL ALSO BE THE SUBJECT OF THAT LIEN. ALL RIGHT. ITEM F, PROPERTY ADDRESS 2315 ALLISON AVENUE. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INSPECTOR THORPE IS HERE TO TESTIFY.
INSPECTOR THORPE AGAIN. THIS CASE WILL BE BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. BAY COUNTY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025 IS FOUND VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO AND A FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AND EVIDENCE IS INTRODUCED INTO EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED A CASE FILE. THESE ARE. THE SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2025 IS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT SITS BACK TO THE LEFT. IT'S PRETTY LARGE. IT'S BEEN ADDED ON TO AND HAS A COLLAPSED ROOF AND FRONT WALL. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR $1,000 FINE WILL BE IMPOSED.
ALL COSTS CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST PROPERTY IN WHICH VIOLATION EXISTS. ANY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT COPY OF ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE.
EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. IT WAS POSTED ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2025 AT THE PROPERTY IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER AND OCTOBER 13TH. IT STILL REMAINS IN VIOLATION.
OVERGROWTH. UNSAFE. UNFIT. ACCESSORY. I WASN'T ABLE TO GET A REALLY GOOD PICTURE BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING A BARNDOMINIUM AND THEY HAVE THE THE THE PROPERTY DUG UP ON THE SIDE. SO THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE FRONT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE OVERGROWTH THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE IS FINE.
AND THERE'S THE ACCESSORY IN THE BACK STILL IN PLAIN VIEW. AND THEY'VE CLEARED OUT THAT SIDE OVER THERE. SO YOU CAN SEE IT REALLY GOOD. NOW IF YOU GO OVER THERE WHAT DID YOU SAY THAT IS THAT THEY'RE BUILDING OVER THERE. BARNDOMINIUM IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A 3700 SQUARE FOOT BARNDOMINIUM. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. I THOUGHT IT WAS COMMERCIAL AT FIRST, AND I WENT AND LOOKED AND THERE'S A PERMIT FOR A BARNDOMINIUM. WOW. YES, THEY HAVE BLUEPRINT PLANS.
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THAT'S A NEW THING. NOW. THAT'S. YEAH, THAT'S THE BIG NEW STYLE OF HOUSE. AND IT IS A THIRD OF THE COST OF BUILDING CONVENTIONAL. YEAH. AND YOU GET LARGER CEILING. I MEAN IT'S MORE SPACE IN THERE. SO. NO, NO ENGINEERING. NO NO PERMITS, NO COMMUNICATION TO DATE. OKAY.BASED ON THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED IN EVIDENCE AND THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PREMISES LOCATED AT 2315 ALLISON AVENUE, IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, BAY COUNTY SUBDIVISION. CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE. AND THAT NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN. THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, HAS FAILED TO DO SO. THE COUNTY IS THEREFORE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES. THROUGH STAFF OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY AND ABATE THE VIOLATIONS, THEN FIND TO FOUND TO EXIST UPON THE PREMISES. RELATED TO AN UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND OVERGROWTH. ON THE PROPERTY. THERE HAS, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE PRIOR ORDER ENTERED IN THIS MATTER, A FINE OF $1,000 WILL BE IMPOSED, AND ALL COSTS RELATED TO THE ABATEMENT OF VIOLATION, ALONG WITH THAT FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE REAL OR REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY. COUNTY COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT THESE SUMS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. ALL RIGHT. LAST CASE IS ITEM H.
PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2211 CROOKED OAK COURT. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INSPECTOR THORPE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. AFTERNOON. AGAIN THIS CASE BEFORE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025 IS FILED A VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF TWO UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT SIT IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY BEHIND THE PRIMARY MOBILE HOME. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL PURCHASER, GEORGE HOBBS, VIA PHONE AT THE HEARING, AND PHOTOGRAPHS WERE ENTERED IN EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED A CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER OR $100 FINE WILL BE IMPOSED. THESE WERE MY BUILD INSPECTIONS. LARGE ACCESSORY WOODEN FRAME AND A METAL SEAR SHED THAT WAS CRUSHED BY A TREE. THE INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE SMALL SHED TO THE LEFT. A COPY HEARING NOTICE WAS POSTED TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER AND THE PROPERTY. OCTOBER 2ND OCTOBER 13TH INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. I DID MEET MR. HOBBS AT THE PROPERTY, AND I'VE MET HIM IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TRYING TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, WHICH HE COULD NOT DO BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN HIS NAME YET. AND HE WAS ASKED TO LEAVE AFTER GETTING LOUD WITH THEM. SO I DID MEET HIM AT THE PROPERTY, AND HE STATED THAT HE, A FRIEND OF HIS, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PULLING A PERMIT SO HE COULD REMOVE IT, BUT TO DATE NO PERMITS. I CHECKED YESTERDAY AND THEY STILL WERE NOT IN THE SYSTEM AND IT STILL REMAINS THE SAME CONDITION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PREMISES AT TWO, TWO, ONE ONE CROOKED OAK COURT OR IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE. NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN, AND NO ONE HAS APPEARED AT THIS HEARING. THERE WAS ADEQUATE TIME GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, AND THEY HAVE FAILED TO DO SO. THEREFORE, THE COUNTY SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER THROUGH STAFF OR ANY CONTRACTOR WHICH THEY MAY HIRE TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND VIOLATE OR VIOLATE AND CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY THEN FIND TO EXIST. THE COST OF SUCH ABATEMENT. YEAH.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE OUR FIND ANYBODY INITIALLY OR DID I? $100 OKAY. THE INITIAL FIND THAT I IMPOSED $100 ALONG WITH THE COST OF ABATEMENT WILL BE INCORPORATED IN A SECOND ORDER
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AND WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN UPON THE PREMISES ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS ENTITLED TO CORRECT OR COLLECT THESE SUMS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. IF.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.