Nov 19, 2025 Code Magistrate Hearing

[Code Magistrate Hearing on November 19, 2025.]

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MEETING. CALL IT TO ORDER. I'VE REVIEWED THE DOCKET. DO NOT SEE ANY CASES THAT REQUIRE THE ORDER OF A RECUSAL ON THERE. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, I'D ASK YOU THAT. YOU EITHER TURN IT OFF OR TURN IT TO SILENT. AND IF YOU ANTICIPATE GIVING WHAT? LET ME. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE REGARDING ANY OF THE CASES. IF YOU ANTICIPATE GIVING TESTIMONY, I'D ASK THAT YOU STAND AND BE SWORN. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? OKAY, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. THE WITNESSES HAVE ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. ALRIGHT, MISS ASHMAN. GOOD MORNING. CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. WE WILL START WITH THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE PRESENT FOR THE HEARING, AND ITEM A IS PRESENT. THE PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 1429 TROUT.

DRIVE. AND ON JULY 11TH OF THIS YEAR, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT ON THIS PROPERTY. IT IS LOCATED IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF PANAMA CITY BEACH, COMMONLY KNOWN AS BAY POINT, AND ON JULY 14TH, 2025, INVESTIGATOR TONY BRUENING INSPECTED THIS PROPERTY AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. AND LET ME START WITH SLIDE NUMBER TWO. JUST SHOWING FOR LOCATION PURPOSES THAT IT IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, BAY COUNTY. THIS IS CAPTAIN ANDERSON'S THOMAS DRIVE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN BLUE. AND THIS IS A CLOSER UP AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY. AND IT DOES SHOW THE A FLOOD ZONE RIGHT TO THE EDGE OF THE HOUSE THERE. NOW INVESTIGATOR BURNEY. GOOD MORNING. TONY BURNEY, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SUBMITTED MY PHOTOS, NOTICES AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. FOR THE RECORD. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE BAY POINT AREA. ON JULY THE 14TH, 2025, I INSPECTED PROPERTY BUT COULD NOT GET TO THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE TO TAKE PHOTOS. I REQUESTED A BUILDING INSPECTION.

AT THAT TIME, PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AND ON JULY THE 15TH, 2025, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED BY INSPECTOR THORNTON. MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORPE. I SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS FOR THE RECORD BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. BY THE WAY, THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY WOODEN FRAME, STUCCO COVERED STRUCTURE, ASPHALT ROOF. IT'S SYSTEM THAT'S ON HERE. NEXT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, OR I'LL DO IT. HIT THE DOWN ARROW. THERE YOU GO. THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE DRIVEWAY. AS WE'RE LOOKING AROUND, I DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE NEIGHBOR, THE COMPLAINANT TO THE RIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE, WHO ALLOWED ME TO GET ON HIS HIS. BACKYARD. LOOK, SOME SOFFIT AND ROTTEN DAMAGE ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. SOME MORE VENTILATIONS ON THE SOFFIT RIPPED OPEN, ALLOWING CRITTERS TO GET IN THERE. SOME MORE DAMAGE TO THE MISSING SOFFITS. VENTILATION ON THE SOFFIT AREA. EXPOSED OPEN ELECTRICAL BOXES ON THE OUTSIDE.

ROTTING AROUND THE WINDOW TRIM, ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER INTO THE ROOF AREA. THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE NEIGHBORS. NEVER, NEVER WENT ON TO THE THIS THIS PROPERTY BUT PLAIN VIEW ON HERE TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO AND 14 IS THE BACKUP ONE PLEASE IS THE WATERWAY OVER IN BAY POINT FOR IT'S A BOAT LAUNCH OR. YEAH, WATERWAY. BASICALLY THE WALL TO THE TO WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. YEAH. THAT'S NOT A SEAWALL. THAT'S A RIGHT. THERE'S A WALKWAY AND THEN THERE'S A SEAWALL. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT. AND I'VE GOT STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS FROM ATLAS. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THE STUCCO SEPARATION AND STUCCO. AND THAT'S DUE FROM DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT FROM THE UNDERLAYMENT MATERIAL, ROCK AND SAND AND GRAVEL AND EVERYTHING WASHING OUT FROM EITHER A LEAK SOMEWHERE, EITHER IN THE SEAWALL OR IN THAT FOUNDATION AREA. NEXT PHOTO PLEASE. AND HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE. YOU

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IT'S BELIEVED THAT SEAWALL SYSTEM IS ORIGINATED, ORIGINAL AND DAMAGES OR WERE DETAILED BY ME. THE COMPROMISE FOUNDATION, THE FOUNDATION ELEMENTS ALONG THE REAR OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE HAVE DISPLAYED SIGNS OF DIFFERENTIAL SEDIMENT DUE TO LOSS OF BEARING MATERIAL ADJACENT TO SEAWALL. AS NOTED IN MY REPORT, FRAMING ELEMENTS. THE REAR WALL FRAMING ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO PROLONGED MOISTURE INTRUSION DUE TO VOIDS ALONG THE EXTERIOR WATERPROOFING SYSTEM. SEVERE WOOD DECAY AND ROT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE THE RESULT OF THESE CONDITIONS. MR. CODY GAVE A MAXIMUM OF 30 DAYS. A LOT ALLOW EACH PARTY OF CONTRACTORS TO GIVE A DETAILED REPAIR BACK TO HIM, WHICH STARTED ON OCTOBER 13TH. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OF THOSE FROM FROM ANY OF THE CONTRACTORS YET AS IT SITS ON FIT AND SAFE, THESE THESE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, THEY COMPROMISE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE HOUSE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? LIKE ATLAS AND MYSELF, WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE'S THERE'S SOME KIND OF LEAK IN THE SEAWALL. SO AS THE WATER SIPHONING THE SAND, RIGHT.

IT'S SIPHONING THE SAND OUT. SO EVENTUALLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT BACK PATIO AREA IS GOING TO COLLAPSE. IT'S GOING TO PULL THE BACK OF THE HOUSE OFF. AND WHAT WE'RE AFRAID OF IS THE GENTLEMAN TO THE RIGHT. I DIDN'T MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GENTLEMAN TO THE LEFT, BUT HE'S AFRAID THAT THE WALL SEPARATES HIM IN THAT PROPERTY. EXCUSE ME. IT STARTED TO SEPARATE DOWN THERE AND IT'S GOING TO START PULLING HIS SIDE IN. HE HAS A POOL IN THE BACKYARD. SO I MEAN, ONCE IT GOES, IT'S GOING TO PULL EVERYTHING IN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ON JULY 21ST, 2025, NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 10713 FRONT BEACH ROAD, UNIT 801, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA.

THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN. ON JULY THE 28TH, 2025. I SPOKE WITH MARY SAVELLE BY PHONE AND WE DISCUSSED THE VIOLATION. SHE MENTIONED SHE WOULD GET A HANDYMAN TO DO THE REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE. I ADVISED HER SHE WOULD NEED A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, NOT A HANDYMAN. SHE SAID SHE WOULD GET A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER BUILDING PERMITS AND REPAIR THE STRUCTURE. ON AUGUST 18TH, 2025, THE COMPLAINANT CALLED REQUESTING AN UPDATE ON THE CASE. HE ADVISED HE SAW TWO MEN AT THE RESIDENCE WORKING ON

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HE HAS RECEIVED THREE ESTIMATES FROM THE CONTRACTORS AND HAS HAS PRESENTED THEM TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2025, I POSTED THE PROPERTY. THERE'S NO CHANGES. THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025 I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION AND AS OF THIS MORNING THERE'S NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED IN THIS CASE. IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY 8TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. JANUARY 8TH. YES, SIR. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT? NOT AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. SOMEONE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSE. OKAY. TELL US YOUR NAME, PLEASE, SIR. ERIC BADGER.

I'M SORRY. GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. I LIVE IN ATLANTA. I'M ON. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER. WHO'S THE PROPERTY OWNER. UNFORTUNATELY, HER ADDRESS IS 10713 FRONT BEACH ROAD, UNIT 801, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA. OKAY. WHAT'S YOUR MAILING ADDRESS? MINE IS 1771 NORTH SPRINGS DRIVE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 30338. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW, SIR? SO BASICALLY, I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH CORRECT.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY MOTHER, WHO'S 81 YEARS OLD, STARTED THIS PROCESS TO GET THE PROBLEMS CORRECTED. HOWEVER, SHE SUBSEQUENTLY SUFFERED A STROKE WITHIN A FIVE WEEK PERIOD OF TIME. SHE HAD TWO STROKES, A UTI AND COVID. SO SHE HASN'T EVEN. SHE'S BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, AND WHEN SHE'S OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, SHE'S BEEN AT ENCOMPASS REHABILITATION CENTER AND SHE'S CURRENTLY AT PRUITT. SO SHE WAS UNABLE TO FINISH THE PROJECT, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY. SO I STEPPED IN AND WHICH I DIDN'T GET INVOLVED UNTIL TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER. SO I WASN'T IN ANY OF THE LOOP WITH CODY AT ATLAS UNTIL ALL OF THIS HAPPENED. SO I HAD TO FIND OUT WHO WAS DOING IT AND TRACK HIM DOWN. BUT I HAVE TALKED TO HIM SEVERAL TIMES, GOTTEN PROPOSALS FROM THE CONTRACTORS, AND WENT BACK AND FORTH A COUPLE OF TIMES.

BUT I DO HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT WITH THE CONTRACTORS TO GET THE JOB DONE. SO WHO'S YOUR CONTRACTOR? IT IS. I GOT THERE'S TWO. THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE THAT'S DOING THE SEAWALL, WHICH IS J AND H LAND AND MARINE. AND THEN A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS GOING TO BE DOING THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS VALE CONSTRUCTION. I GUESS THAT'S HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT. V E L L E. SO LIKE I SAID, SO I'VE JUST BEEN KIND OF WAITING UNTIL THEY GOT EVERYTHING TOGETHER, GOT SIGNED CONTRACTS AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO START START

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OKAY. IT TALKS ABOUT IN THE CONTRACT WITH VALE OR VALE THAT IT'LL START UPON RECEIPT OF A DEPOSIT. HAS A DEPOSIT BEEN MADE? I, THEY ACTUALLY SENT ME WHERE TO SEND IT OUT THIS MORNING. SO I'M GOING TO DROP THE CHECK IN THE MAIL TO BOTH OF THEM THIS MORNING OR TODAY AT SOME POINT. AND. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED THUS FAR. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. EXCUSE ME. I DON'T THINK IT COULD GO TOO FAR. OKAY. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ALREADY, BUT SHE HAD NOT REALIZED THAT SHE WAS REALLY.

ALMOST OVER DOWN TO, WELL, SWEAR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. ON THE SEAWALL? DO THEY NEED PERMITS FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN MOVING FORWARD? IF IT MAY REQUIRE A PERMIT FROM THE CITY? THEY'LL NEED TO. PLUS, THE MARINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT YOU MENTIONED IS NOT IN OUR SYSTEM. THEY REGISTERED WITH THE COUNTY DIFFERENTIAL ACTIONSCRIPT. SO I MEAN, THIS IS VERY COMMON. AND THEY WOULD BE BEFORE THE PERMIT WITH YOU OR DOES IT NOW THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT A CONDITION BEFORE THE PERMITS ONLINE THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.

THE PERMIT IF THERE'S ONE REQUIRED FOR WHATEVER THE CONSTRUCTION IS. THANK YOU. THE THE NATURE OF THIS WORK DOES REQUIRE SOME SORT OF LICENSING FOR THAT KIND OF CONTRACTOR OF OF MARINE CONTRACTOR. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DO NOT SEE ON THE CONTRACT ANY KIND OF LICENSURE NUMBER WHICH CAUSES CONCERN. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK BEFORE YOU SEND THEM ANY MONEY. DEFINITELY. OKAY. I WOULD HOPE THAT CODY HAD DONE HIS DUE DILIGENCE AND GOTTEN THE RIGHT PEOPLE THAT ARE PROPERLY LICENSED. I WOULD, I WOULD IMAGINE SO, BUT I'LL CHECK WITH HIM TODAY. BUT DEFINITELY. CAN A MARINE CONTRACTOR WORK UNDER SOMEBODY ELSE'S LICENSE? OR IF THEY'RE DOING THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO PULL THE PERMIT, THEY HAVE TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS A MARINE CONTRACTOR, OKAY. IF THEY'RE DOING THAT TYPE OF WORK. OKAY. TO ME, IT SUGGESTS BY THE THE, THE SIGNING OF TWO CONTRACTS THAT THEY ARE, IN FACT, THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE DOING THE WORK VERSUS SOME SORT OF SUBCONTRACTING FOR VALE. CAN CAN THEY OPERATE AS A SUBCONTRACTOR UNDER VALES? THEY CAN'T OPERATE AS A SUBCONTRACTOR UNDER THE PERMIT.

HOWEVER THEY DO NEED TO BE LICENSED TO DO THE WORK. OKAY. HAVE TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE COUNTY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S SOME HOOPS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT J AND H IS DEFINITELY THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE TO DO IT. YEAH. I'LL CONTACT CODY TODAY AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER. THE DOES SHOW A LICENSE FOR THE GENERAL OFFICE. YEAH. OKAY. BILL IS REGISTERED COUNTY ALREADY THERE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, JUST JUST MAKE SURE THAT J AND H CAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MR. BADGER, DO YOU

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ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PREMISES, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1429 TROUT DRIVE IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, BAY COUNTY, AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT BOTH BY POSTING AND MAIL NOTICES. HER SON HAS APPEARED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MATTER DUE TO THE. RESPONDENT'S PRESENT MEDICAL CONDITIONS, AND HAS OFFERED TESTIMONY AND PRESENTED COPIES OF SIGNED CONTRACTS RELATED TO CERTAIN WORK TO BE DONE ON THE PREMISES. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE ON THOSE PREMISES. THEREFORE, THE RESPONDENT WILL HAVE A PERIOD. AND DON'T PANIC WHEN I SAY THIS OF 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. THAT MEANS YOU GOT TO GET THE PERMITS AND GET THAT BALL ROLLING. THAT'S OKAY. PERMITS BUY YOU TIME, AS IS THE ULTIMATE OKAY OF ALL OF THAT.

HOPEFULLY THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. YOU'VE GOT TO ADDRESS THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE AND ANY AND ALL PROHIBITED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AS MAY BE DEFINED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND REMOVE THE DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, REPAIR ALL OF THE UNSAFE STRUCTURES FOUND ON THE PROPERTY. YOU MAY NEED TO OBTAIN A SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DETERMINATION FROM THE BAY COUNTY CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGER. IF THE STRUCTURE AND PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE APPEAR TO BE LOCATED IN A FLOODPLAIN. SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THE CONTRACTOR IS AWARE OF THAT AND JUMP THROUGH THOSE HOOPS ALSO. OKAY. SUBMIT A COMPLETE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE A FULL STRUCTURAL REPORT AND A COMPLETE SET OF STRUCTURAL REPAIR DRAWINGS FROM A FLORIDA LICENSED AND REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING THE TIME FRAMES, OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE STRUCTURES TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. ALL REQUIRED PERMITS TO INCLUDE ANY AND ALL REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED AS IT RELATES TO THE. MARINE PORTION OF THIS WORK TO BE DONE. THAT'S THE SEAWALL AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. THE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE TO, FOR THAT MATTER, WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE REGISTRATIONS AND THE APPROPRIATE PERMITS REQUIRED, AS WELL AS OBTAIN ANY APPROPRIATE PERMITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATORY AGENCIES THAT MAY BE REQUIRED TO WORK ON THIS MARINE ENVIRONMENT. THERE WERE REQUIRED PERMITS, ENGINEERING PLANS HAVE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE PERMITS WILL ISSUE, AND THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THE LICENSE OR LICENSURE OF BOTH OF THESE CONTRACTORS. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE BAY COUNTY BUILDERS SERVICES DIVISION OR A DESIGNEE. REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE STRUCTURAL REFORM REPORT, AND ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED

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BUT NOW IF YOU GET A PERMIT, THEN Y'ALL WILL PULL IT. YEAH. IF YOU GET THE PERMIT, WE'LL JUST ADVISE THE MAGISTRATE THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE AND WILL SCHEDULE IT FOR COMPLETION OF THE WORK. OKAY. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ATLANTA. OKAY, OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT'S PRESENT IS ITEM C. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 124 EAST LAKESHORE DRIVE OKAY. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS LAGUNA BEACH. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH BEACH, THIS IS FRONT BEACH, BACK BEACH, ROAD FILTERS, STORAGE, WHERE THIS IS THE CAROUSEL AND THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THAT RED CIRCLE CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS A LITTLE AWKWARD, SO I WILL EXPLAIN IT. THIS THIS HOUSE RIGHT HERE THAT'S NOT SQUARE MARKED OFF, HAS THE SAME ADDRESS AS THIS HOUSE, WHICH IS THE ONE WE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PARCELS, BUT SAME ADDRESS. SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE CONFUSED. IT'S GOING TO BE THIS PROPERTY HERE THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED. AM I SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO ROADS THAT FRONT ON THIS HOUSE? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MATTER OF FACT, THIS IS THE DRIVEWAY RIGHT HERE. OKAY. SO THEY WOULD PARK RIGHT HERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AND THIS RIGHT HERE IS THAT HOUSE I SAID HAS IT HAS THE SAME ADDRESS BUT IS NOT THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ACTUALLY DISCUSSING A MOBILE HOME IN THE BACK. SO ON AUGUST 21ST WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF UNFIT, UNSAFE MOBILE HOME AND OVERGROWTH ON THIS PROPERTY. AND ON. AND ACTUALLY THE COMPLAINT CAME FROM THAT PROPERTY THAT YOU SEE HERE ON AUGUST 25TH, INVESTIGATOR TONY BRUENING. WAS ASSIGNED THE CASE AND HIMSELF AND BUILDING INSPECTOR SCOTT THORPE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY, AND THEY ARE BOTH HERE TO TESTIFY. I GUESS WE'LL START WITH THE INVESTIGATOR, TONY BRUNI, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE RECORD, ON AUGUST THE 25TH, MYSELF AND INSPECTOR SCOTT THORPE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND, IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM UNFIT, UNSAFE, MOBILE, HOME, JUNK, TRASH, OVERGROWTH AND DERELICT VEHICLES. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE BUILD INSPECTION REPORT WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED THE CASE FILE. AND THESE ARE MY PHOTOS WALKING IN. YOU CAN'T TELL NOW, BUT THE RED MUSTANG IS DERELICT, GOT FOUR FLAT TIRES. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS. I'M NOT IN THE YARD YET. THIS IS IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLES. IT'S JUST A LITTLE TRAIL. THERE WAS. THERE WAS TRANSIENT ACTIVITY IN THIS MOBILE HOME AND SO FORTH. PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. THEY THE HOUSE IN THE FRONT, THEY RENT OUT. IT'S A RENTAL AND COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME ON TRANSIENT COMING AND GOING FROM

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SOMETHING GOING ON. YES, YES. THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR TO THE RESIDENCE. YOU SEE THE WINDOWS GOT PLASTIC ON IT, THE DOOR STANDING OPEN, THE DOOR STANDING OPEN WHEN WE GOT THERE.

THIS IS A HOT TUB OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE ENTRANCE. YOU GOT SOME JUNK AND TRASH AROUND ON THE ON THE GROUND OVERGROWTH EVERYWHERE. THIS IS LOOKING BACK TOWARD WHERE WE CAME INTO THE PROPERTY. THAT'S A ROLL UP DOOR THAT APPEARS TO HAVE COME FROM SOME STORAGE UNIT SOMEWHERE. YEAH. IS THAT INCORPORATED TO MAKE PART OF A FENCE OR SOMETHING? MAYBE. SO I'M NOT SURE. OKAY, I'M NOT SURE. BUT THERE'S A GATE TO THE RIGHT OF IT. OKAY. AND THERE'S YOUR OVERGROWTH ON THE ROOF OF THE MOBILE HOME. MORE TRASH THAT APPEARS TO BE A SAILBOAT.

MAYBE A HOBIE CAT OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE AND ALL THAT BRUSH. THERE'S A HAMMOCK IN A TREE. YOU GOT SOME ROT ON THE ON THE SOFFITS THERE. THE EDGE OF THE ROOF LINE. BATTERIES, I'M ASSUMING FOR THAT GOLF CART. THAT'S GOING BACK OUT TOWARD THE ROAD, TOWARD THE VEHICLES.

THAT'S MUST BE THE TRAILER TO THE HOBIE CAT. MAYBE. NO TAG. THAT VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE DERELICT. THERE'S THE MUSTANG THAT'S BEHIND THE TRUCK, AND YOU'LL HAVE ALL FOUR TIRES FLAT.

EXPECTED INSPECTION. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, INSPECTOR THORPE. I THINK MR. BRUNI HERE COVERED THE MAJORITY, BUT I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF IT. SINGLE, WIDE MOBILE HOME THAT SITS BEHIND THE OTHER RESIDENTS. NARROW WALKWAY GOES IN, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE. LIKE. LIKE HE SAID OVERGROWTH. THEY DID HAVE A ADDITION. THAT'S THE ONE IN SLIDE 28 TO THE FAR RIGHT. IT'S ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO THE MOBILE HOME, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWABLE. THERE'S A ROOF OVER EXPOSED PURLINS ROTTING TO THE PEARLING ENDS, SHOWER ATTACHMENTS, SEVERAL WINDOWS MISSING, DISLODGED METAL SIDING, A LOT OF WATER INTRUSION ONTO THE INTERIOR OF THE THE STRUCTURAL WALLS. PRETTY PRETTY OLD MOBILE HOME. THE MOBILE HOME HAS HAD SEVERAL REPAIRS DONE TO THE ROOF. HOWEVER, THERE'S DEFLECTION EVERYWHERE, PONDING OF WATER AND POOLING. THEY'VE USED THE POLYPROPYLENE, THE COATING, BASICALLY A COOL SEAL ON THE ROOF, EXPOSED INTERIOR ELECTRICAL BOXES ON THE EXTERIOR WOULD DISLODGE SIDING AS WELL. ELECTRICAL LINES GOING, EXTENSION CORDS GOING HERE AND THERE UNDERNEATH THE OVERGROWTH. THAT ORANGE LINE EXTENSION CORD.

THIS IS THE GATE THAT INVESTIGATOR BRUENING AND I CAME THROUGH. IT GOES TO A BOX WHICH HOOKS TO A CAMERA THAT SILVER THING. AND SLIDE 32 IS LIKE, I THINK A SOME KIND OF TRANSISTOR, LIKE SOMETHING MAYBE FROM A MICROWAVE, I DON'T KNOW, SOME WEIRD BOX, BUT THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL CORDS GOING EVERYWHERE. SO AND THEY'RE LIVE ROTTING TO THE DECK AS WE WALKED UP TO THE FRONT, THERE'S SOME SHOTS OF THE ROOF. THIS MOBILE HOME DOES SIT RELATIVELY CLOSELY TO THAT PROPERTY LINE OVER THERE. HOWEVER, YOU CAN'T GET AROUND THERE BECAUSE OF THE THE THE JUNGLE THAT'S SURROUNDING THIS PLACE. THE OVERGROWTH HAS TAKEN OVER THE ROOF, WHICH IS GOING TO INHERENTLY AFFECT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE WALL AND DETERIORATE THE THE ROOF AND THE WALL LINE. THIS IS THE ADDITION ON THE FRONT HABITATION OCCURRED, IS IS PRESENT SOMEONE ON THE ON THE PORCH THERE. THIS IS A SHOT DOWN TO THE RIGHT OF THAT ADDITION. AND AS INVESTIGATOR BRUENING NOTED, THERE'S A

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IT'S NOT PROVIDING ANY KIND OF STRUCTURAL SUPPORT OKAY. JUST HODGEPODGE OF STUFF AND AND AND THE PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS TO THE BACK OF ME. HE'S THAT'S THE FENCE LINE. IT'S KIND OF MIXED MATERIALS PALLETS AND METAL AND ALL KINDS OF JUNK. HE'S GOT PAINT AND ALL KINDS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TV THERE TO THE LEFT POSTED UNFIT UNSAFE AS IT SITS. ON AUGUST THE 25TH, THE TENANT, THOMAS BOB, CALLED TO ADVISE. HE SAW THE WARNING NOTICE PLACARD THAT WAS LEFT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PROPERTY. ON AUGUST 28TH, 2025. INSPECTOR THORPE MADE CONTACT VIA PHONE WITH DAVID DICKEY, WHO IS A RELATIVE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHO STATED THAT HE AND HIS WIFE, APRIL DICKEY, WERE IN THE PROCESS OF FILING A PROBATE FOR THE PROPERTY WITH AN ATTORNEY.

DAVID DICKEY ADVISED THOMAS BOB IS NOT THE OWNER AND HAS NOT PAID ANYTHING FOR THE PROPERTY, BUT THOMAS BOB STATES HE LIVES THERE AND OWNS THE PROPERTY. THE ENTIRE CASE HISTORY, ALONG WITH OUR INTENTIONS FOR THEM, WAS EXPLAINED TO BOTH DAVID AND APRIL ON THE PHONE, AND PHOTOS WERE SENT TO BOTH OF THEM, SHOWING THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY AND THE MOBILE HOME. I ALSO EMAILED MY PHOTOS COPIES OF MY PHOTOS TO DAVID DICKEY ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025, THOMAS BOB CALLED TO ADVISE HE HAD CUT THE OVERGROWTH. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE IT. I MEAN, UNLESS YOU GO BACK IN THAT PROPERTY. SEPTEMBER THE 2ND, 2025 A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS TWO THREE NINE WEST CIRCLE LYNNVILLE, TENNESSEE 38472. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2025. NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO DAVID AND APRIL DICKEY USED THE ADDRESS. 1465 RIO BRANCH ROAD, ETHRIDGE, TENNESSEE, 38465. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED. TO THE RESPONDENT ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2025. SEPTEMBER THE 8TH, 2025 I SPOKE WITH KIM REED, WHO WAS AN ATTORNEY FOR DAVID AND APRIL DICKEY, WHO REQUESTED THE CASE BE EXPEDITED TO A HEARING. SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025. I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY NOW.

FROM HERE ON OUT, ALL MY PHOTOS ARE JUST GOING TO BE PICTURE OF THE THE LITTLE DRIVE. THE TRUCK'S GONE. IT APPEARS THE CAR HAS BEEN MOVED SO ALL THE TIRES BEEN AIRED UP. SO I GUESS NEITHER ONE OF THEM WAS REALLY DERELICT. HERE'S THE OVERGROWTH OUTSIDE. YEAH, THE OVERGROWTH OUT IN FRONT OF THE CARS HAVE BEEN CUT. AT THAT TIME. THE VIOLATION? DERELICT VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CASE ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2025, NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING ADDRESS 239 LOSS CIRCLE LYNNVILLE, TENNESSEE 38472. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2025.

COPY THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT REGULAR MAIL TO DAVID NAPEL DICKEY USING ADDRESS 1465 RHEA BRANCH ROAD, ETHRIDGE, TENNESSEE. 38465. ALSO SENT A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE HEARING TO WAS SENT TO THE ATTORNEY, KIM REED, USING ADDRESS 1328 JENKS AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. 3241. ANOTHER COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE HEARING WAS SENT TO THOMAS BOB USING THE ADDRESS 124 EAST LAKESHORE DRIVE, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA. OCTOBER 21ST, 2025. SENT A NOTICE TO ALL THE ALL THE PLAYERS INVOLVED. ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2025, I POSTED THE PROPERTY. I COULDN'T STICK

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THE BLACK TRUCK IS BACK. ON NOVEMBER THE 4TH, 2025, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. THE TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL AND NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025 A RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION. AS OF THIS MORNING. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY THE 8TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT? NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSE? ALL RIGHT. WE GOT TWO PEOPLE, SIR, YOU WANT TO COME UP FIRST? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COME ON UP. AND WE'LL CALL FOR A SMALL REQUEST. NO, SIR. WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECESS. WE'RE MOVING ON. OKAY. MY NAME IS APRIL DICKEY, AND MY ADDRESS IS 1465 RAY BRANCH ROAD, ETHERIDGE, TENNESSEE. 38456. OKAY. NOW THE. LET'S SEE. THE RESPONDENT IS LISTED AS WILMA BEALE AND JAMES O. WALKER. HOW ARE YOU RELATED TO THOSE PEOPLE? OKAY. MY GRANDMOTHER IS WILMA BEALE. OKAY. AND JAMES WALKER, I'M ADMINISTRATOR OF HIS WILL. AND I BROUGHT THAT PAPER TO PROVE THAT. OKAY. NOW, IS IS MISS BEALE STILL ALIVE? NO. THEY MISS BILLS HAS BEEN PASSED 15 YEARS IN. MR. WALKER'S BEEN PASSED? NO. SHE'S 16. MR. WALKER'S BEEN PASSED 15. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US TO KNOW. OKAY. MY, THIS THEIR WILLS WERE NEVER PROBATED IN FLORIDA, SO MY AUNT AND MY DAD SORT OF TOOK CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T OWN IT. AND THEY DID LEASE IT TO MR. BUBB. AND MY DAD AND MY AUNT HAVE BOTH PASSED. THEY BOTH THEY PASSED THIS YEAR IN APRIL. SO THEY FELL IN MY HANDS. THAT'S HOW I'M HERE. AND I HAD TO OPEN UP. AND MR. WALKER'S WILL, BECAUSE HE DIED LAST TO BE ADMINISTRATOR, TO GET MR. BUBB OUT, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T OWN THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, IT'S STILL IN THEIR NAMES. SO THEY CAN'T SELL PROPERTY THEY DON'T OWN.

AND IF SHE WERE TO IS THEY CAN'T SELL PROPERTY. MY AUNT OKAY. TOLD HIM SHE WAS GOING TO SELL IT TO HIM. OKAY. THAT'S WHY HE BELIEVES HE OWNS IT. OKAY. BUT SHE CAN'T BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T OWN IT. PLUS, SHE COULDN'T SELL IT BECAUSE THERE'S FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY. AND IF SHE DID SELL IT FOR THE 75,000, HE WOULD ONLY OWN AT THE MOST 25%. BUT JUDGE SMILEY HASN'T DECIDED YET WHAT PERCENTAGE ANYBODY REALLY OWNS.

OKAY, OKAY. SO MY THING IS, IS I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THESE PICTURES. THEY'RE 1,000% CORRECT. I WANT THEM BECAUSE I LIVE IN TENNESSEE, TO COME IN AND CLEAN IT UP BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW CODES AND I DON'T KNOW CONTRACTORS, SO I PREFER THEM TO COME IN, GET IT COMPLETELY, MOVE THAT TRAILER, GET IT 100% CLEANED UP. BACK TO CODE BY THEM. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BAY COUNTY? YES. OKAY. THIS FELLA AND THIS FELLA. AND THEN BY THAT TIME, I'M HOPING JUDGE DECIDES WHO THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE INTEREST IN THIS IS CORRECT BY MY ATTORNEY. AND WE WANT TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND GET RID OF IT. OKAY. AND MISS REED, YOUR ATTORNEY. WELL, SHE WAS SHE'S THE ONE WHO GOT ME ADMINISTRATOR OVER THE WHEEL AND STUFF. BUT NOW I'VE JUST RETAINED STEVEN, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME. HE'S ON MY LIFE. YES. SO HE TOLD ME IF I HAVE TO DO AN EVICTION, HE WAS GOING TO HANDLE THAT FOR ME. SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE SO I CAN TELL HIM WHAT HAPPENS, WHERE WE NEED TO GO. AND THEN THERE'S A GENTLEMAN IN THERE BY THE NAME OF JACK IN THE SAME OFFICE. I DON'T KNOW HIS LAST NAME, BUT HE'S GOING TO START THE PROBATE FOR MR. JACK WILLIAMS. I'M SORRY, JACK WILLIAMS. HE'S IN THE SAME I JUST FOUND. I JUST FOUND HIM YESTERDAY. I MEAN, I'VE CALLED HIM, BUT I JUST ACTUALLY MET WITH HIM YESTERDAY, AND THEY SAID THEY TAKE THE CASE. OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD AT THIS POINT? WELL, I MEAN, I JUST I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO JUST GET IT CLEANED UP AND GET GET THAT MESS GONE, THAT TRAILER GONE AND GET THE PROPERTY SOLD. SO WHATEVER I NEED TO DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN DO ALL THAT, BUT. OKAY. AND SINCE I AM

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FOR YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SIR, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TALK? MY NAME IS THOMAS BUBB. GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. 124 EAST LAKESHORE DRIVE, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA. I HAD BEEN IN AT MD ANDERSON HOUSTON HOSPITAL WITH COLON CANCER. I HAD BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS WHEN I CAME HOME, AND THE DAY THAT I CAME HOME, I SAW YOUR NOTICE ON THE THING. THE OVERGROWTH IS THERE BECAUSE DURING CHEMOTHERAPY, I WAS UNABLE TO DO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES WORTH OF ENERGY AT A TIME. I HAVE EIGHT FOOT FENCES ALL AROUND, SO THERE'S NOBODY THAT CAN SEE IN MY PROPERTY. IT WAS EASIER FOR ME TO MAKE THAT GRASS GROW THAN IT WAS FOR ME TO CUT IT. EVERY YEAR I WOULD HARVEST IT AND I WOULD REINSERT IT BACK INTO THE GROUND SO I'D HAVE A HEALTHIER CROP OF GRASS. AND NEXT YEAR. SO THE GRASS IN THERE WAS INTENTIONAL. THAT AIN'T GRASS IN THERE. THOSE ARE WEEDS OR WHATEVER, I MEAN, I. CULTIVATED THEM, I PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN TO MAKE THEM AS TALL AS THEY WERE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND THOSE WEEDS SOMEWHERE ELSE AS TALL. AND THEY GOT FLOWERS ON THEM. THEY GOT LIZARDS. IT IS A VERY. WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, LET ME ASK YOU THIS BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, WHAT IS YOUR STATUS IN THAT HOUSE? OKAY. I HAVE A LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT THAT I TRIED TO EXECUTE AND WE WERE GOING TO EXECUTE IT. WHEN THE PROBATE WAS COMPLETED AND WE ALL AGREED TO IT. AND THEN THE THE EXECUTOR OF THE WILL AT THAT TIME WAS JANET DYE AND HER BROTHER. AND THEY PASSED AWAY.

NOW THE HEIRS OF JANET AND KENNETH ARE STATING THAT MOLLY'S PURCHASE AGREEMENT IS NO LONGER VALID BECAUSE THE HEIRS HAVE PASSED AWAY. AND I SIGN IT. YES. AND I AND I CONTEND THAT THAT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT IS IS STILL GOOD, EVEN THOUGH THE HEIRS DIED AND THEY'RE CONTENDING BECAUSE THEY DIED, THAT THE LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT IS NO LONGER VALID. IF I UNDERSTAND HER CORRECTLY, THEY AT THE TIME HAD NOT PROBATED THE ESTATE AND SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY LEGAL STATUS TO EXECUTE A LEASE PURCHASE. I DID NOT GET THAT INFORMATION. WE WERE SHE WAS GOING TO GO TO THE COURTHOUSE AND WE WERE GOING TO GET THE PROPERTY. DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHETHER YOU GOT THE INFORMATION. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE THAT DOCUMENT. WELL, I HAVE I HAVE COMMITMENTS FROM BOTH OF THEM THAT THEY COMMITMENTS DON'T COUNT, SIR. IT'S LEGALITIES, PROMISES FROM BOTH OF THEM. WELL PROMISES AGAIN DON'T COUNT. YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S HORSESHOES AND HAND GRENADES. BUT THE THE FACT IS IF THEY DIDN'T, IF I TELL YOU THAT I'M GOING TO SELL YOU A CAR OUT THERE IN THE PARKING LOT THAT I DON'T OWN, I CAN'T DO IT. SO THAT'S. THAT'S WHAT MISS DICKEY'S CLAIM IS, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO LITIGATE THAT ISSUE. BUT WHAT I'M TELLING YOU, OKAY, WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME SORT OF LEGAL INTEREST, SHE'S ALREADY HIRED AN ATTORNEY. SO YOU BETTER GET ON THE BALL AND HIRE THAT ATTORNEY. I'M ON THE BALL. I'VE GOT ONE. I'M GETTING ONE, OR I'M I CAN'T I DON'T HAVE HIS NAME HERE, BUT I DO HAVE AN ATTORNEY. OKAY, ALRIGHT. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO FIND OUT WHO HER ATTORNEY IS AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, CONTACT HAVE YOUR ATTORNEY CONTACT THEIR ATTORNEY. YOU KNOW, MY PEOPLE WILL TALK TO YOUR PEOPLE. KIND OF. ALL RIGHT. SO ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD. WELL, I WANT TO ADD THAT THE PROPERTY HAS CLEANED UP. THE GOLF CART HAS PUT TOGETHER THE ALL THE THE HAZARDOUS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.

AND I WOULD LIKE A CONTINUANCE ON THIS UNTIL WE FIND OUT. WELL, IS THE IS THE MOBILE HOME STILL THERE. MOBILE HOME IS STILL THERE. OKAY THEN THE PROPERTY HADN'T BEEN CLEANED UP. WELL, I

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YOU MUST SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN TO INCLUDE TIME FRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE STRUCTURE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, ALL REQUIRED PERMITS AND ALL MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS, ENGINEERING PLANS OR BLUEPRINTS MUST PASS THE REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE PERMITS WILL BE ISSUED. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE BUILDERS SERVICES DIVISION OF BAY COUNTY, OR A DESIGNEE. REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE STRUCTURAL REPORT. THE. BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO COMPLETED AND ALL PERMITS HAVE GOT TO BE FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DEEMED COMPLETE. IF AT ANY TIME THE PERMITS OBTAINED UNDER THIS ORDER EXPIRE OR ARE CANCELED OR

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IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THESE ACTIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, FINE OF $500 WILL BE IMPOSED AND THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF THE RESPONDENT OBTAINS A DEMOLITION OR BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THEN ALLOWS IT TO BECOME VOID, OR FOR ANY REASON THAT SHALL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT, AND IT SHALL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. I WANT TO MAKE IT PLAIN THAT NONE OF MY FINDINGS AND THE ORDER ENTERED HEREIN DO NOT. ATTEMPT TO ADJUDICATE THE ISSUE OF OWNERSHIP OR RIGHTS TO THE THE PARCEL, AND THAT SHALL BE THE SUBJECT OF A SEPARATE MATTER TO BE DEALT WITH BY MR. BUBB AND OR THE DICKEYS. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLIANCE HEARING JANUARY 8TH AT 1 P.M. OKAY. WHAT I'VE ORDERED IS, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT 30 DAYS AND I, I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL A PERMIT BECAUSE TO PULL A PERMIT, YOU'VE GOT TO BE THE OWNER. AND I DON'T THINK THE OWNERSHIP ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. BUT I WOULD SURELY GET IF IF YOU'VE GOT A LAWYER, YOU NEED TO TELL THEM TO PUT IT IN HIGH GEAR AND LET'S GET WITH IT, OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SAME WITH YOU, MISS DICKEY. THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM I. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 5707 MERRITT BROWN ROAD. MR. SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS JUST AERIAL VIEW FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN THE RED IS LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS CHEROKEE HEIGHTS. OKAY, LET ME INTERRUPT YOU. EXCUSE ME. THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED HAS THE NUMBER ON IT. 5709 AND YET THE. PAPERWORK HAS 5707 BUT WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE PARCEL AT 5707. IS THAT. YEAH.

OKAY. NUMBERS, THIS IS SO BLOWN UP. RIGHT. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY READ SOMETHING INTO THAT RECORD THAT WAS NOT THERE. MERRITT BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL, STAR AVENUE, HIGHWAY 231. HERE'S A CLOSER UP AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS THE 5707. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE 57. YES. OKAY. ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT FOR OVERGROWTH. AND ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON INSPECTED THE PROPERTY.

AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. OKAY. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS CASE, AS HAS BEEN STATED, RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ON THIS PROPERTY. I RESPONDED THERE ON SEPTEMBER THE 3RD TO DO AN INSPECTION AND UPON ARRIVAL. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE. YOU CAN SEE IT HAS VERY SIGNIFICANT OVERGROWTH. AT THAT TIME, I FOUND THAT THE PROPERTY WAS IN VIOLATION OF OVERGROWTH AND I POSTED, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAILBOX THERE, ONE OF OUR YELLOW CORRECTION TAGS GIVING THE PROPERTY OWNER TEN DAYS TO CORRECT THE THE VIOLATION. AND THESE ARE SOME MORE PHOTOS HERE ON SEVEN. THIS WAS A COMPLAINT FROM THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, MISS MCDANIEL, WHO LIVES AT 5709. ON SEPTEMBER THE 18TH, I CONDUCTED A RE INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY.

THIS TIME YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH STILL REMAINS. NOW THERE'S A TRASH CAN HERE IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY FULL OF GARBAGE THAT WASN'T THERE WHEN I DID THE INSPECTION ON THE 10TH OR EXCUSE ME ON THE THIRD, AT WHICH TIME I MADE CONTACT WITH MISS MCDANIEL, WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR. SHE STATED, NO ONE'S BEEN LIVING THERE THE HOUSE FOR SOME TIME NOW. I THINK SHE INDICATED IT'S BEEN WELL OVER A YEAR SINCE THE YARD HAS HAS BEEN MAINTAINED OR CUT. SHE SAID THAT A LADY DOES PERIODICALLY COME TO THE HOUSE, SO I ASSUME

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SHE DID STATE THAT THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OVERGROWTH IN THE BACKYARD. AND THERE'S ALSO A A ABOVE GROUND POOL, THAT STAGNANT WATER. AND THEY'VE HAD ISSUES WITH MOSQUITOES FROM THAT AS WELL. I DID SUGGEST AT THAT TIME TO CONTACT THE, YOU KNOW, MOSQUITO CONTROL. MAYBE THEY COULD HELP OUT. SHE WAS GOING TO EMAIL ME PHOTOS LATER IN THE DAY OF THE BACKYARD.

THESE ARE THE PHOTOS THAT SHE EMAILED ME. AND AS I STATED, SHE IS HERE AND SHE CAN AUTHENTICATE ANY OF THESE PHOTOS IF YOU WISH. BASED ON ON. NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. I DID A NOTICE OF VIOLATION SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO DOES NOT LIVE IN THE AREA. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE AND THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE CAME BACK UNCLAIMED AND RETURNED. I DID LEARN THAT THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDER FORECLOSURE. I THEN SENT THE MORTGAGE COMPANY A COPY OF THE NOTICE, ALONG WITH THE REPRESENTING ATTORNEY. ON OCTOBER 6TH, I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THE GARBAGE HAD BEEN COLLECTED AT THAT TIME. ON. DOES IT APPEAR THAT GARAGE DOOR WILL EVEN CLOSE? IT STAYS. IT'S IT'S BEEN THAT WAY THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN GOING THERE. OKAY. IT LOOKS SORT OF CATTY. YEAH, IT'S KIND OF CATTY. CATTYWAMPUS. IT'S PROBABLY. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE TRIED TO CLOSE IT AND IT GOT OFF THE OFF THE TRACKS. AND THAT'S JUST HOW IT GOT LEFT. THE SIXTH OF RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY REMAINING VIOLATION ON THE 13TH OF OCTOBER, I RE-INSPECTED IT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE SLIDE 21, THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. I THEN AGAIN SENT OUT NOTICES OF VIOLATION. NOTICE OF HEARING. YELLOW TAG IS STILL ON THE MAILBOX. AND SLIDE 22. SCHEDULE THIS FOR HEARING FOR TODAY. I SENT OUT CERTIFIED NOTICES AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OF RECORD. ALSO FOUND AN ALTERNATE ADDRESS FOR HIM. KIND OF FROM HIS ADDRESS. THIS KIND OF SUGGESTS TO ME MIGHT BE IN THE MILITARY, SO I TRIED TO FORWARD THOSE NOTICES TO TO THOSE OTHER ADDRESSES. THE CERTIFIED NOTICES WERE RETURNED ON CLAIMED ALSO NOTIFIED THE THE MORTGAGE COMPANY AND THE ATTORNEY OF RECORD ON THE FORECLOSURE FOR THIS HEARING TODAY ALSO NOTIFIED THE COMPLAINANT THAT WE WERE HAVING A HEARING TODAY AND OFFERED HER TO COME TODAY AS WELL. ON THE 15TH. I DID FIND ANOTHER ADDRESS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER OF RECORD. I SENT HIM ANOTHER CERTIFIED NOTICES TO THE ADDRESSES THAT I FOUND AT THAT TIME. ON OCTOBER THE 20TH, THE PROPERTY OWNER DID CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT. HE STATED THAT HE'S CURRENTLY UNDER BANKRUPTCY AND THAT HE IS GOING TO SURRENDER THE HOUSE BACK TO THE MORTGAGE COMPANY. ON NOVEMBER THE 3RD. I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. SLIDE 25 ALSO POSTED THE PROPERTY FOR THE HEARING.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY OBVIOUSLY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ON NOVEMBER THE 5TH. A COPY OF THE POST OR CORRECTION NOVEMBER THE 4TH. A COPY OF THE POSTING WAS POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. PROPERTY TAXES OR CURRENT UP TO DATE. ON NOVEMBER THE 17TH, I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION AND IN THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY THE 8TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. AND I STATED, MISS MCNEIL IS PRESENT TO ADDRESS THE YOU. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH LIKE THE FIRST 6 OR 8FT, IS IS THAT A LIKE AN HOA THAT CUTS THAT OR. NO, IT'S IT'S THE RIGHT OF WAY. OKAY, OKAY. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT COUNTY COUNTY HAS HAS MAINTAINED IT, BUT IT'S KIND OF IN THE ORIGINAL, THE PARCEL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TO THE WOODLINE, ALMOST A PIE SHAPE AT THAT CORNER. SO THE OVERGROWTH KIND OF GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE GAME IS HERE, MISS MCDANIEL.

YOU WOULD TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS VERONICA MCDANIEL AND I LIVE AT 5709 MERRITT BROWN ROAD. AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND, CHARLES WALSINGHAM. OKAY. INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON SHOWED US SOME

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OKAY. YES IT DID. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE. ANYTHING ELSE? I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN SOME PHOTOGRAPHS. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOT A SERIOUS OVERGROWTH PROBLEM AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY WANT US TO KNOW ABOUT AS YOU? THE ONE THING THAT COMES TO MIND IS WE. MY HUSBAND HAS STARTED TO NOTICE IN EXCUSE ME, IN OUR GARAGE. THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT THERE THAT WE'VE HAD SOME RATS IN THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE BEFORE WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY ON MERRITT BROWN ROAD, WE LIVED ON A LAKE WITH WOODS ALL AROUND US AND NEVER, EVER HAD SUCH AN OCCURRENCE BEFORE. YOU KNOW, VEHICLES ARE EXPENSIVE. SO TO GET SOME, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S GOING TO CHEW ON THE WIRES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S THAT'S SCARY. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT PROMPTED ME TO MAKE THE COMPLAINT, BECAUSE I TRY NOT TO COMPLAIN. YOU KNOW, I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR COMPLAINING NOW.

I MEAN, IT'S IT'S A IT'S A MESS NEXT DOOR. YEAH. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE OR IN RECENT HISTORY.

HAVE YOU SEEN THE GARAGE DOOR CLOSED? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I CAN IMAGINE WHAT THE INSIDE OF THAT HOUSE LOOKS LIKE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD HERE? I DON'T THINK SO. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. OKAY, WELL, IF I MAKE MY ANNOUNCEMENT AND YOU SAY, HEY, I WANT TO I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT THIS, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL SEE IF I CAN TALK ABOUT IT. I CAN'T TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING, BUT WE'LL WE'LL GO AS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN. OKAY. BASED ON THE. TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5707 MERRITT BROWN ROAD, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17, NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT OF A HEARING AND THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS CONTACTED CODE. ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT RESIDE PRESENTLY IN BAY COUNTY, AND HAS INDICATED THAT THE THE HOUSE IS IN FORECLOSURE. DID YOU EVER HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION? NO, SIR.

OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO FIND THAT NOTICE WAS APPROPRIATE. IN ADDITION, THERE'S BEEN NOTICED BY POSTING. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY EITHER TREATING OR REMOVING ALL OF THE. STAGNANT WATER IN THE POOL.

THAT'S GOT TO EITHER BE, LIKE I SAID, DRAINED OR TREATED APPROPRIATELY TO PREVENT THE.

HABITATION OF MOSQUITOES, ETC. IN THERE, AND ALSO FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE OVERGROWTH. POSES A RISK OF VERMIN IN THE AREA. AND IS THAT IS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TO THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE SURROUNDING THE PREMISES. ET-CETERA MISS MCDANIEL HAS TESTIFIED AS TO EVIDENCE OF VERMIN NOW COMING INTO ONTO HER PROPERTY. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE TEN DAYS, THE RESPONDENT WILL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY, AND THAT SHALL RUN FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS OR UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. SUCH FINES SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED HERE IN BAY COUNTY. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND CORRECT THE CONDITIONS FOUND TO EXIST BY REMOVING THE TRASH, DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH ON THE

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SO DID YOU WANT US TO. OTHERWISE WE WOULD WAIT TILL JANUARY. WELL HE TECHNICALLY HE'S GOT THE RIGHT TO APPEAL SO I CAN'T I CAN'T CUT OFF HIS RIGHT TO APPEAL. WE COULD PRE BID AND WAIT THE 30 DAYS OKAY. THAT'S FINE. JUST IF YOU WANT TO AUTHORIZE. AUTHORIZE AUTHORIZE GO AHEAD PRIOR TO THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. YES. YES. I DON'T SEE ANY EXPECTATION OF OF CLEARING THIS UP. BUT THE MCDANIELS DESERVE TO HAVE THIS AND THE OTHER NEIGHBORS TO DESERVE TO HAVE THIS PLACE CLEANED UP SO THE VERMIN WON'T BE EVERYWHERE. SO. SO, YEAH, YOU'RE AUTHORIZED TO DO THAT. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU MA'AM. APPRECIATE YOU COMING. THANK YOU. OKAY. WHO'S NEXT ITEM K ADDRESS IS 3175 WOOD VALLEY ROAD PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS LYNN HAVEN. PROPERTY. HERE, SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS OUTLINED IN RED. WE HAVE HIGHWAY 77, BALDWIN ROAD ON THE BOTTOM. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS JUST NORTH OF THIS. CLOSER UP AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2025, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF OVERGROWTH. AND ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON INITIATED THIS CASE. AND HE IS HERE. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I'VE SUBMITTED MY PHOTOS AND EXHIBITS FOR THIS CASE. ON SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, I DID AN INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S OVERGROWTH THERE IN THE FRONT YARD ON SLIDE THREE. OR IS THAT FIVE? SORRY. AS YOU'RE THIS IS GOING TO THIS THE THE DRIVEWAY YOU SEE KIND OF SIGNIFICANT OVERGROWTH ON THE DRIVEWAY IF YOU LOOK BEHIND THE CAMPER. VERY SIGNIFICANT OVERGROWTH IN THE BACKYARD. A PART OF THE COMPLAINT WAS THE OVERGROWTH IN THE BACKYARD. AND THE COMPLAINANT GAVE PERMISSION FOR ME TO ENTER HIS PROPERTY. HE WOULD BE THE HOUSE TO THE LEFT AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HERE. THE COMPLAINANT IS HERE TODAY. THIS IS DIDN'T LOOK OVER THE FENCE BUT LOOKING YOU KNOW MY NORM. I'M 61 SO THIS IS WHAT I COULD SEE FROM THE FRONT. AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OVERGROWTH IN THE BACKYARD. THIS IS ON THE COMPLAINANTS PROPERTY. THIS IS LOOKING UP TO THE FENCE THERE TO THE BACKYARD. THAT'S THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. IT'S SIGNIFICANT OVERGROWTH. THAT'S THAT'S NOT TREES. THOSE ARE BASICALLY WEEDS THAT HAVE JUST GROWN OUT OF CONTROL. AND THAT'S THE TYPICAL EIGHT FOOT FENCE. OR IS THAT A SIX FOOT SIX FOOT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I SAW SOME GROWTH ACTUALLY ON THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE. WELL IN THE VALLEY. YES. YES. IN THE THERE. OKAY. AND THIS IS LOOKING AT THE SLIDE IF 11 THAT IS JUST HAPPENS TO BE A VACANT LOT BEHIND THE HOUSE. AND THIS IS LOOKING ACROSS THE VACANT LOT AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNIFICANT VEGETATION OVERGROWTH THERE. AND SLIDE 12 I DID POST A YELLOW CORRECTION STICKER ON THE MAILBOX GIVING THE PROPERTY OWNER TEN DAYS TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION. I NOTED THAT THE FRONT, BACK, AND SIDES HAD TO BE ADDRESSED AND CUT AND MOWED.

OCTOBER THE 1ST. THE COMPLAINANT EMAILED CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WAS PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE CASE. I'M SORRY I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF. SEPTEMBER THE 25TH. I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FRONT YARD HAD STARTED TO BE CUT. LOOKS LIKE THE MAYBE THE MOWER DIED BECAUSE IT KIND OF LEFT A LITTLE PATCH THERE IN THE CENTER. SLIDE 15. BUT AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE WAS NO CORRECTIONS MADE IN THE BACKYARD AND NO CORRECTIONS MADE ON THE SIDE. SLIDE 17. BASED ON MY FINDINGS, I THEN DID A CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OF RECORD, MISS MCCALL, WHO LIVES AT 3175 WOOD

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OCTOBER THE 1ST. THE COMPLAINANT EMAILED CODE ENFORCEMENT REQUESTING AN UPDATE AND HE WAS PROVIDED. ONE OCTOBER THE 13TH. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT STILL REMAINED IN VIOLATION. SLIDE 19. SEE THE SIDE YARD, OVERGROWTH, THE FRONT YARD AND SLIDE 20 IS STARTING TO TO REGROW. 21. AND THIS IS AGAIN LOOKING TO THE BACKYARD. THIS IS FROM THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. SLIDE 22. THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS I TAKE. JUST SHOWS A CLOSER VIEW. THIS IS KIND OF BACK. THIS WAS AT THE ROAD. THERE'S A LITTLE DEAD IN CUL DE SAC BEHIND THE HOUSE.

NOVEMBER THE 3RD. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. I ALSO AT THAT TIME POSTED THE PROPERTY. SLIDE 25 POSTED THE PROPERTY FOR TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD BE NOTED. AS OF DATE, I'VE NOT HAD ANY CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. AS YOU CAN SEE. SLIDE 27. THE OVERGROWTH IN THE BACK IS STILL NOT BEEN. SIDES HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. SIGNIFICANT OVERGROWTH IN THE BACK. SLIDE 18 OR 28. LOOKING AT THE OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY AT ALL. AND OVER THE FOURTH COPY OF THE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. THE OWNER IS STILL THE OWNER HAS OWNERSHIP HASN'T CHANGED, AND THE TAXES ARE DELINQUENT SINCE 2023. NOVEMBER 17TH RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE ON THE FRONT YARD AGAIN. SLIDE 34. BUT NO, NO CHANGES HAPPEN TO THE BACK. AND AS I STATED, THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESPONDENT. THEY HAVE KIND OF CUT A LITTLE BIT AROUND THE RV, BUT THE PICTURE REALLY DOESN'T DEPICT IT, DEPICT IT THAT WELL. THERE HAS BEEN SOME CLEARING BACK THERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S STILL PRETTY BAD. AND IN PHOTOGRAPH 40 IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THEY'VE GOT TO PARK THE TRUCK BASICALLY OFF OF THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE OF INTRUSION. YES. OVERGROWTH ON THAT SIDE.

EXACTLY. OKAY. AND THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING FOR JANUARY THE 8TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. AND AS STATED, THE COMPLAINANT IS PRESENT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT TODAY. OKAY. COMPLAINANT. OKAY. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. MICHAEL SESMA 3173 WOOD VALLEY ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32405. OKAY, WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW, SIR? WELL, SIR, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THE INSPECTOR SAID. MY ISSUE IS THAT THE TREES, WILD TREES, HAVE GROWN UP NEXT TO THE FENCE. I PUT THE FENCE IN AFTER THE HURRICANE AGAIN. AFTER THE HURRICANE. AND THE WILD TREES HAVE GROWN UP AND PUSHED THE FENCE OVER. AND IT'S ALREADY COST ME $300 TO FIX. TO HAVE THE FENCE POSTS DUG OUT AND CONCRETED, ETC. AND THERE'S ANOTHER TREE THAT SHOWED IN THE INSPECTOR'S PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE WHERE IT SHOWED HIS AIR CONDITIONER. THERE'S ANOTHER TREE THAT'S GETTING READY TO PUSH OVER ANOTHER FENCE PANEL THAT'S GOING TO COST ME ANOTHER 300 RIGHT THERE, AND IT'S GOING TO COST ME ANOTHER $300. AND I'M RATHER NOT HAVE TO PAY THAT. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. I HAVE A RECEIPT FROM THE FIRST ONE AND WE HAVEN'T OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T DONE THE SECOND ONE YET, BUT I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR EXPENSES. I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TO DO THAT. BUT NO, I YOU KNOW, THE YOU KNOW, WE CAN ORDER THEM TO CLEAN IT UP. I MEAN, BUT THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH THEM TO OR HAVE THEY DO THEY COMMUNICATE WITH YOU AT ALL? VERY LITTLE. WHEN WE WENT TO REPLACE THE ONE FENCE POST, I ASKED HIM IF WE COULD ACCESS HIS YARD AND HE SAID, OH YEAH, GO AHEAD. AND I WAS KIND OF HOPING HE'D OFFER TO PAY FOR IT, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND AND EVEN MY YARD GUY, I SENT HIM OVER AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PRIME CANDIDATE THERE. WHY DON'T YOU TALK TO HIM? AND HE SAID, HE'S WAITING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO CUT IT FOR HIM. WELL, HE'S MIGHT BE FIXING TO GET HIS WISH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL I CAN THINK OF. ALL RIGHT.

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THE FINES IMPOSED IN THIS MATTER SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, WHICH MAY BE LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, INCLUDING THE THE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE. WE'LL HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON THIS JANUARY 8TH. OKAY. AT 1:00 PM.

AGAIN, IF Y'ALL CAN GET YOUR BIDS IN OR, YOU KNOW, HAVE A DO AN INSPECTION AND BE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL ON THAT, THAT WILL BE THAT MUCH BETTER, I THINK. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. SO THIS WILL BE AN ORDER TO GO AHEAD AND ABATE ONCE A 30 DAYS IS UP. YEAH. ONCE THE 30 DAYS IS EXPIRED, HIS HIS APPEAL TIME EXPIRES, THEN THE COUNTY'S AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY FIND TO THEN EXIST. YES, SIR. SIR, I NOTICED THAT THE HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER LISTED AS THE AS THE MOTHER. THE THE THE MOTHER HAS PASSED, AND IT'S THE SON THAT'S BEEN LIVING THERE. AND I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN THE MOTHER PASSED, BUT IT'S BEEN AT LEAST 3 OR 4 YEARS. WELL, WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THE WAY THE PROPERTY IS DEEDED OR, YOU KNOW, RECORDED IN THE IN THE THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE IS HE IS APPARENTLY AWARE OF THE SITUATION IN LIGHT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVING PROBLEMS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. SO WE'LL SEND HIM A NOTICE AND IT'S GOING TO BECOME A LIEN BASICALLY ON THE PROPERTY, NOT SO MUCH AGAINST HIM AS A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. SO IF HE GETS READY TO SELL IT, THAT LIEN HAS GOT TO BE SATISFIED BEFORE THE TRANSFER WILL OCCUR OR AS THE TRANSFER OCCURS. OKIE DOKIE. YES, SIR. GOOD LUCK WITH HIM. THANK YOU. ARE WE DONE? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. JODY, YOU CAUGHT UP? YEAH. I'LL HAVE TO REDO THOSE. OKAY. LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT IS PRESENT IS ITEM O PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7413 LAYERED STREET. STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER TWO. THIS IS AN AERIAL FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, THE EAST END OF PANAMA CITY BEACH. THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN BLUE NAVY BOULEVARD, ARIZONA, AND WE HAVE THE NAVY BASE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. THERE'S NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE ON THIS PROPERTY, AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE ACCESSORY. THESE ARE ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT ARE CIRCLED ON THIS OKAY.

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THERE'S NO PRIMARY. A FEW OF THEM WERE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT PERMITS OR DESIGN. PROFESSIONAL DRAWINGS ARE SUBMITTED FOR PLANS, REVIEW AFTER REVIEW. WITH PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS PROPERTY, WITHOUT A PRIMARY STRUCTURE PRESENT, CAN ONLY HAVE ONE THAT IS, ONE. EACH ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT CANNOT EXCEED 150FT■!S. LIKE I SAID, THIS ONE WAS BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS. I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR IT SITS OFF THE PROPERTY LINE. IT'S PARTIALLY ON A CONCRETE PAD AND PARTIALLY OFF ONE AND NEXT. AND THERE'S, LIKE I SAID, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS EVERYWHERE. SOME OF THESE WERE BEING INHABITED BACK THERE. THE GENTLEMAN SAID THAT PEOPLE STAY IN THEM. OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AND MATERIALS, MATTRESSES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH ON THE PROPERTY.

YOU SAID 1250 FEET. IS IT 1250 OR 150, 1200 OR 1250 SQUARE FOOT? STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTURE IS DETERMINED BY PLANNING AND ZONING DUE TO THE PROPERTY SIZE. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT CAN'T BE THREE THAT ACCUMULATE TO 1250. IT CAN ONLY BE ONE STRUCTURE UP TO 1200 AND 50FT■!S. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT IS DETERMINED BY THE SIZE OF THE LOT BASICALLY. YES, SIR. NOW IF HE DID HAVE A PRIMARY STRUCTURE ON THEIR HOUSE, WHICH WAS REMOVED, I BELIEVE IT WAS A BEFORE THE GENTLEMAN MAY, MAY HAVE BOUGHT IT, IT WAS MAYBE FIRE DAMAGE OR SOMETHING HAPPENED. THEY COULD HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE ALSO THAT WOULD BE CALCULATED OKAY THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING.

BUT HOWEVER ONCE THE PRIMARY WAS REMOVED, ALL THESE MUST BE REMOVED. CANNOT BE A LAY DOWN YARD. AND WHAT IS THERE MUST BE PERMITTED. THERE'S THREE IN THAT PHOTO THERE. I GUESS THE BACK ONE USED TO BE THE POOL HOUSE OR SOMETHING. NEXT SLIDE. THERE'S ONE AS YOU ENTER INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO THE FAR RIGHT. THAT ONE'S RELATIVELY NEWISH BECAUSE IT'S IN THE GIS OVERVIEW. IT DOESN'T SHOW IT'S UNDERNEATH THE TREE LINE. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE LARGE ONE THAT'S IN THE FRONT AS A SIT UNFIT, UNSAFE, UNPERMITTED. NO, NO ENGINEERING, NO PLANS, NOTHING LIKE THAT. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. TRIPP? YES. ON JULY 15TH. WELL, ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, AFTER THE INSPECTION, THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. DOWELL, APPEARED AT THE OFFICE, LEFT HIS PHONE NUMBER. I TRIED TO CONTACT HIM BACK. WHICH? WHICH DIDN'T WORK OUT. HIS VOICEMAIL WAS FULL OR VICE VERSA OR WHATEVER. I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AUGUST 5TH. THE FENCING WAS CLOSED WITH A NO TRESPASSING SIGN. AS FAR AS I COULD SEE, IT WAS STILL IN VIOLATION WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE. THE PRIOR VISIT AUGUST 6TH, I SENT OUT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ADDRESS. USING THE ADDRESS AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE OF 234 WOODLAWN DRIVE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. 32407. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON AUGUST 9TH. THE REGULAR NOTICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED AS OF DATE. SEPTEMBER 15TH I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THE DATE THE GATE WAS OPEN ON THIS PARTICULAR DATE, THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AGAIN FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY. THE DERELICT VEHICLE THERE. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE RV. WE COULDN'T SEE THE PLATE

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JUNK ON SCREEN PROPERTY. SOME CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. SEPTEMBER 18TH, I SENT OUT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION HEARING AGAIN TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ON RECORD OF 234 WOODLAWN DRIVE, AS LISTED IN THE DATABASE FOR THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. THE NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL COPY HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO DATE. NOVEMBER 3RD I POSTED THE PROPERTY THIS PARTICULAR TIME AGAIN. THE FRONT GATE WAS SECURED WITH POSTED NO TRESPASSING AND I POSTED THE PROPERTY FOR TODAY'S HEARING. IT WAS ALSO NOTED COPIED IN THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, NOVEMBER 4TH. PROPERTY HAS NOT CHANGED HANDS. TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL THIS PAST. NEXT SLIDE. OH THIS 17TH. YEAH. AGAIN. THIS PAST MONDAY THE GATE WAS SECURED. I HAD SPOKEN TO THE PROPERTY OWNER THIS MORNING PRIOR TO THE HEARING. HE IS HERE AND THIS IS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 8TH. COMPLIANCE HEARING AT 1 P.M. I HAD. YOU HAD SAID YOU COULDN'T TELL IF THE DERELICT OF THE RV WAS DERELICT. I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT APPEARS DERELICT WITH THE TARP, BLUE TARP AND NOT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT? NOT AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. MR. MR. DOWELL. OKAY. TELL US YOUR NAME AND A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS, SIR. MARK DOWELL, 234 WOODLAWN DRIVE. ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? SO ALL THIS IS TRUE? OF COURSE, I WHEN I FIRST TALKED TO WHEN I SEEN THE THING ORIGINALLY WHEN HE CAME AND TALKED TO MY NEPHEW, WHO WAS MY DAD'S CARETAKER THERE. MY DAD LIVES IN THAT BACK HOUSE. THE HOUSE IS ACTUALLY REALLY NICE. IT WAS A GUEST HOUSE FROM THE PRIOR HOUSE THAT WAS THERE THAT WAS ON FIRE, TORE DOWN. I BOUGHT IT IN 2021, I THINK, OR 20. I PLANNED TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE THERE FOR MYSELF AND LET MY DAD STAY IN THE BACK. I MOVED HIM FROM MISSOURI. WELL, HE'S DYING, SO THE GUY I HAVE A CARETAKER THERE WITH HIM ALL THE TIME. THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THOSE CARS ARE ALL LEGAL. HAVE PLATES. THE ONLY REASON THAT ONE DON'T HAVE A PLATE ON IT. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT NOBODY TAKING OFF. IT'S MY DAD'S OLD CAR. HE CAN'T DRIVE ANYMORE. THE RV IS PLATED FINE THAT THE PLASTIC IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A LEAK ON THE ROOF TO KEEP IT FROM LEAKING. SINCE HE POSTED THE ORANGE SIGN, I KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT IT. I GOT HIT BY THAT TORNADO IN JANUARY 9TH, 2024 BY THE CROOKED HOUSE. IT CHANGED MY LIFE. IT IT RUINED ME. I PAID $1.4 MILLION FOR A BUILDING THERE. SIX MONTHS LATER, TORNADO RIPPED THE ROOF AND TRUSSES OFF. COME TO FIND OUT, INSURANCE CANCELED ME AND THEY SENT THE LETTER TO MY WRONG ONE OF MY RENTAL PROPERTIES. SO I HAD DESTROYED MY LIFE. IT WAS VERY BAD. RIGHT NEXT TO THE CROOKED HOUSE. YOU KNOW THE STORY OF THAT. SO. BUT RIGHT NOW I HAVE PICTURES SINCE I. HE POSTED THAT SIGN, I KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT THIS. IT'S MY FAULT. I'M VERY BUSY. I TAKE CARE OF MY ELDERLY FATHER AND MY MOTHER. THE THE LETTER THAT GOT SENT TO MY HOUSE WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN TO MY MOTHER, WHO LIVES UPSTAIRS, AND SHE NEVER EVEN SHOWED IT TO ME, NEVER EVEN SEEN IT. SHE KIND OF FORGOT IT WAS THERE. SHE'S 70 SOMETHING YEARS OLD, FORGETS A LOT. SO SINCE THE LETTER CAME OUT, THE ORANGE ONE, I HAVE CLEANED THE WHOLE PROPERTY UP.

I'VE SPENT $10,000 IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. I HAD THE GATE OPEN ALMOST ALL DAY MONDAY WAITING FOR HIM TO COME TO SEE IT ALL. I HAVE LOTS OF PICTURES AND HE COULD GO BY AGAIN AS WELL. AND THE LITTLE STRUCTURES WERE ALL THERE. THE ONLY ONE THAT I BUILT WAS THE THE BIG SHED THERE, AND I BUILT IT TO PUT ALL THAT BUILDING MATERIAL IN. I HAVE FIVE ACRES ON LISENBEE AVENUE I WAS GOING TO DEVELOP. I MAY STILL, IF I COME UP WITH THE MONEY, BUT THIS TORNADO THING COST ME A LOT. SO ALL OF THAT IS CLEANED UP. IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. YOU COULD TELL ALL THE TREES ARE TRIMMED, ALL THE I MEAN JUST BY LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE FENCE. YOU'VE SEEN THERE WAS A LOT DONE, I WOULD HOPE. YEAH. YEAH WELL I OKAY. YEAH. BUT I HAD THE GATE OPEN FOR YOU TO HOPEFULLY COME IN. BUT I HAVE TONS OF PICTURES AND YOU COULD GO BY AGAIN. I HAVE PICTURES OF TODAY, TIMESTAMP PICTURES. AND AND IT WAS DEFINITELY MY FAULT FOR FORGETTING ABOUT THIS. THE THE SHED THAT I DID BUILD IS VERY, VERY WELL BUILT. I THINK ONE OF THE INSPECTORS WENT IN AND LOOKED AT IT AND HE EVEN SAID IT WAS VERY WELL BUILT. THE

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AND I WILL FOCUS ON THIS. I HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BUY IT AND TEAR IT ALL DOWN AND DEVELOP IT. RIGHT NOW I JUST, I DON'T WANT IT'S IT'S THREE ACRES OF LAND ON THE BEACH. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT UP. MY FATHER LIVES THERE. I DON'T WANT TO MOVE HIM OUT IF I DON'T HAVE TO. I MEAN, HE'S DYING ALREADY, SO. HE'S ONLY LAST YEAR. THE VEHICLE WITH NO TAG ON IT. THERE. THAT'S MY DAD'S VEHICLE I HAVE. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHOSE VEHICLE IT'S GONE. IT'S. IT'S NOT THERE. BUT THE WIND IS KNOCKED OUT OF THE BACK END OF IT, AND THERE'S NO TAG ON IT THAT MEETS THE DEFINITION OF A DERELICT VEHICLE. I GET RID OF IT. I MEAN, I PUT IT WAY IN THE BACK RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S THERE'S NOTHING IN THE FRONT. IT LOOKS GREAT. AND, YOU KNOW, IS THE REGISTRATION CURRENT ON THE MOTOR HOME? YES. OKAY. THAT'S NOT MINE. IT'S A FRIEND OF MINE'S ACTUALLY. BUT YES, IT'S GOT WELL IT'S GOT PLATES ON.

IT'S GOT PLATES RIGHT ON IT AS WELL. YEAH. PLATES DON'T MEAN ANYTHING UNLESS THEY'RE, THEY'RE CURRENT. SO I WOULD ALSO ADD IT HAS TO APPEAR TO BE IN WORKING ORDER AS WELL. YEAH.

YEAH. IT'S IT'S QUESTIONABLE. IT WORKS 100%. I JUST DROVE IT TO THE BACK. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE FRONT RIGHT NOW. I GOT PICTURES AND THAT ONE STRUCTURE THAT THAT HE SAID LOOKS FAIRLY NEW. THAT WAS A DOGHOUSE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS. THAT'S THE GUY THAT LIVED. THERE WAS A BIG DOG GUY. WELL, THE THE PROBLEM WAS APPARENTLY THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT'S UNPERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY. AND THERE NOW THIS, THIS STRUCTURE, YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR DAD LIVING IN SOMETHING. DOES HE LIVE IN THE ONE TO THE RIGHT OR THE ONE TO THE LEFT? TO THE RIGHT? IT LOOKS LIKE A BARN. YEAH, YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS THERE WHEN I BOUGHT ALL THAT STUFF. WAS THERE WHEN I BOUGHT IT. I MEAN, ELECTRIC WAS THERE. THERE'S WATER. I MEAN, IT'S A REALLY NICE HOUSE INSIDE. IT WAS ALL LIKE THAT. HOW DO Y'ALL DETERMINE PRIMARY STRUCTURE VERSUS SOMETHING ELSE? SO THE PRIMARY, LIKE HE SAID, THAT FIRE WAS REMOVED WAS IN THE CENTER. THE REST ARE ALL ACCESSORIES. SO I MEAN, COULD THAT BE CONSIDERED THE PRIMARY.

IT WAS AN R THREE OR R TEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU COULD HAVE MULTIPLES LIKE YOU HAVE TOWNHOMES OR LIKE A MOBILE HOME PARK OR SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT THIS IS AN R ONE, SO IT CAN ONLY HAVE ONE PRIMARY. AND THEN THE AMOUNT OF ACCESSORIES IS DETERMINED BY THE LOT SIZE. THE LOT SIZE THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING. YES, SIR. WHAT KEEPS THE HOME TO THE RIGHT FROM BEING A PRIMARY NOW THAT THE OTHER PRIMARY IS GONE? THAT'S WHERE I WAS. I WOULD SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK CLOSER INTO THAT. IF IT WAS BUILT AS A GUEST HOUSE WITH A PERMIT AT THE TIME IT WAS BUILT, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BEEN WITH THE PERMIT SIGNED OFF AS A FIT TO LIVE IN. RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY STATING IT'S A PRIMARY DWELLING. SO SO I JUST WITH THAT ONE, I THINK WE DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? I NEED TO SWEAR HIM IN. YEAH. OKAY. SWEAR. AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. SO HELP YOU GOD.

OKAY. TELL US YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. SO AS FAR AS THE. CHANGING THAT, THAT WOULD BE A PROPERTY AND ALL OF THAT IS NOT A PERFECT HOUSE. MY KNOWLEDGE OF AT LEAST 50% AT 100 AND MAY HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH IN ORDER TO GET SOME OF THAT. CHANGE, WITHOUT EXCEPTION. THAT WOULD HAVE TO. SO GO SIT DOWN WITH WAYNE, MAYBE SIT DOWN WITH WAYNE AND TALK ABOUT IT. SIT DOWN WITH WAYNE AND PLANNING AND ZONING, MAYBE, AND TALK ABOUT THAT. OKAY. OKAY. SURE, SURE. YES. AND WHAT HAPPENS? SO. OKAY. IT'S GOT PERMANENT ELECTRIC AND EVERYTHING THERE LIKE THAT. THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE OKAY. NO, THAT'S I UNDERSTAND, LIKE IF I NEED TO GET THE OCCUPANCY, I'LL DO ANYTHING I NEED TO DO TO GET IT CORRECTED. WE ALSO NEED TO VERIFY. SORRY.

WE ALSO NEED TO VERIFY LIKE YOU SAID OKAY. GREAT. OKAY. AND IF IT WAS I MEAN IT'S REALLY OLD.

IF IT WASN'T PERMITTED, WHAT WOULD I NEED TO DO THEN. YEAH. OKAY. ANYTHING OKAY. OKAY.

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IT'S JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS I'VE SPENT 8 OR $10,000 JUST CLEANING IT UP. YOU KNOW, ONE MORE THING TO ADD IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF IT. IF IT IS DEEMED TO BE A PRIMARY STRUCTURE, THEN THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES CANNOT BE LARGER THAN THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. SO I HAVE DONE IT'S I MEAN REALLY ALL THE SO IF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE IF, IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT MR. THORPE SAID, HE TALKED ABOUT, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ARE DETERMINED BY THE LOT SIZE. SO WHEN WHEN IT'S A VACANT LOT TRASH EVERYWHERE. NOW I THOUGHT THAT WAS WITH ONE PRIMARY STRUCTURE THEN, THEN THE OTHER PRIMARY. THE OTHER AUXILIARY STRUCTURES HAVE GOT TO BE. I SAY, GAUGED OR DETERMINED THE VALIDITY BASED ON THE LOT SIZE. GO AHEAD. YEAH.

NO. PARTIAL. CORRECT. THE LOT SIZE. HOW MANY STRUCTURES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALASKA? THE SIZE OF THE STRUCTURE DOES NOT WORK WELL OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.

SO THERE'S THERE'S MULTIPLE THIS BUT THIS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH OKAY. YEAH THAT'S I UNDERSTAND THAT TOO. SO IF INSTEAD OF TEARING IT DOWN, IF I GET IT ALL PERMITTED AND I CAN GET THAT ZONED AS THE PRIMARY HOUSE, CAN I PULL A PERMIT, DO AN ADDITION ON THAT HOUSE TO MAKE IT BIGGER? I'M NOT GETTING INTO THAT. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT RIGHT NOW, OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. AND AND YOU KNOW, BASED ON THIS PICTURE, WHICH IS PHOTOGRAPH 11, YOU GOT A MESS OUT THERE. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THERE. I JUST SHOWED HIM I VIEWED SOME PHOTOS, PROBABLY 85, 90% OF THAT STUFF IS, IS GONE REMOVED. IT LOOKS STRUCTURES ARE ALL STILL THERE. LOOKS TREMENDOUS. AND IF HE DOES NOT AGAIN NOT TO INTERRUPT, BUT IF HE DOES NOT, IF IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED FOR PRIMARY, HE STILL CAN'T HAVE ONE STRUCTURE. NO VEHICLES. IT CAN'T BE A LIKE A LAY DOWN YARD OR WHATEVER. SO YOU'D HAVE THE ACCESSORY THERE AND ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO KEEP IN THAT 1200 AND 50 SQUARE FOOT ACCESSORY HAS TO BE INSIDE. NOTHING ON THE LOT BUT GRASS, AND YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY AS WELL. SURE. YEAH, YEAH, YOU'LL SEE IT WHEN YOU GO BY THERE. YOU'LL SEE. I'M IT'S I'M DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB. I'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT. THAT'S WHY I WAS HOPING YOU COULD GET IN THERE MONDAY AND SEE. BUT I YOU CAN SEE I SHOWED HIM IT LOOKS VERY GOOD. OKAY. WE'VE GOT A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN DECEMBER, DO WE. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, I, I AM RELUCTANT TO SAY, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PRODUCED HERE TODAY, THAT THAT BARN LOOKING STRUCTURE IS NOT A PRIMARY RESIDENCE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND I DON'T WANT TO TO HAMMER HIM WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THAT. HOWEVER, THE. YEAH. IN LIGHT OF THE RESPONDENT TELLING US NOW THAT THIS WAS A PRIMARY STRUCTURE, LIVABLE STRUCTURE, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT BEFORE. IF HE'LL ALLOW US TO DO AN INSPECTION TO DETERMINE THAT, THEN THAT WOULD. I'M THINKING WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL JANUARY 8TH. ALLOW US TIME TO DETERMINE IF IT IS AN ACTUAL LIVABLE STRUCTURE, AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE. I MEAN, THE TRASH AND THE JUNK AND THE DERELICT VEHICLES IS ONE THING, BUT AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURES GO, YEAH. AND THAT WILL THAT'S REALLY THE DIRECTION I WAS HEADING IN. THE YARD'S GOT TO BE CLEANED UP, PERIOD. IT HAS BEEN. IT'S VERY, VERY GOOD LOOKING. WELL AND I'M NOT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. BUT RIGHT NOW THE PICTURE THAT I'M LOOKING AT IS NOT VERY GOOD LOOKING. RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO FIND AT THE PRESENT TIME THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ME TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS IT RELATES TO WHETHER THE BUILDINGS ARE APPROPRIATE OR PERMITTED OR WHATEVER, BASED ON. THE CLAIM THAT THIS IS A PRIMARY STRUCTURE. I AM CONCERNED THAT YOU BUILT THAT BARN LOOKING THING WITHOUT A PERMIT. THE ONE IN THE BACK, THAT ONE THAT'S THE NEWER LOOKING ONE. YEAH, THAT I DID BUILD THAT. YES, I DID, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT

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CAN YOU DO CAN YOU DO THAT? YES. SO HE'LL HAVE TO HAVE DRAWINGS ON IT. OKAY. I'LL GET DRUNK. I WAS GOING TO PULL IT MYSELF, BUT THEY SAID I COULDN'T SELL IT. LET'S, LET'S LET'S START OFF. FIRST. YOU GO DETERMINE IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT A PRIMARY OR NOT. WELL, YEAH I MEAN I NEED TO, BUT MY FATHER LIVES IN. YOU CAN GO ON FROM THERE OKAY. BUT THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE ACCESSORIES OKAY. YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP ONE. OKAY. EVEN IF SEE I HAVE AGRICULTURAL LAND USE THERE, WHICH MAKES IT MAKES IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IF AS A SHED FROM WHAT THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE AND TALKED TO THAT I COULD USE THAT AS PART OF MY AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AS A SHED. IF I BECOME BONAFIDE AS AGRICULTURAL LAND USE, WELL, THAT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN THAT QUICKLY. I DON'T THINK THAT'S OKAY. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING. BUT THE FACT IS THAT, AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE UGLY, BUT YOU'VE BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF BY DOING ALL OF THIS STUFF, BUILDING THAT, AND PUTTING ALL THIS DEBRIS ALL OVER THE YARD. SO THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUE COMES IN. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE PRESENT TIME, I CANNOT DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IS A PRIMARY OR WILL QUALIFY AS A PRIMARY STRUCTURE. UNTIL THAT OCCURS, I'M GOING TO WITHHOLD ANY RULING AS IT RELATES TO THE OTHER STRUCTURES ON THE THING.

I AM GOING TO FIND THAT WITH, WITH OR ON THE PROPERTY, THERE IS TRASH DEBRIS. I DON'T KNOW THAT I SAW ANY OVERGROWTH, BUT THAT'S GOT TO BE CLEANED UP. THAT THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THE CODE. SO I'M GOING TO FIND ONE THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7413, IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE HAS APPEARED AT THIS HEARING AND BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER TESTIMONY, QUESTIONING THE CODE, PEOPLE, ETC. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702 IN THE FORM OF TRASH, JUNK APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND DERELICT VEHICLES ON THE PREMISES. AND I'M GOING TO INCLUDE THE MOTOR HOME AS ONE OF THOSE DERELICT VEHICLES AND THAT OTHER LITTLE SILVER CAR THAT HAS A BROKEN BACK WINDOW AND NO TAG. YOU WILL HAVE. I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULAR THINGS, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 15 DAYS IN WHICH TO CORRECT THE JUNK, TRASH, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF VIOLATIONS. AND IF YOU FAIL TO CORRECT THEM WITHIN 15 DAYS, THERE WILL BE AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 PER DAY UNTIL ALL OF THE. JUNK, TRASH, ETC. OR DERELICT VEHICLES ARE REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES. THAT FINE OF $25 A DAY SHALL RUN FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS. WHEN IS OUR FIRST HEARING? IN JANUARY, JANUARY 8TH? JANUARY THE 8TH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ON JANUARY THE 8TH, ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURES, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE PERMITTED OR PRIMARY OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, YOU'VE GOT TO CLEAN UP THE YARD. I HAVE BEEN VERY OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO.

OTHER THAN I WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CHARLIE HERE. AS FAR AS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET A PERMIT FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, IT'S ARRANGEMENTS WITH INSPECTOR THORP TO DO INSPECTIONS OF THE PRIMARY HOUSE. THE PRIMARY TO. I MEAN, IT'S VERY NICE HOUSE INSIDE. I DON'T CARE ABOUT IT. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO I DON'T HAVE ANY ENGINEERING OR I KNOW, BUT BUT I WANT TO DETERMINE IF IT COULD EVEN BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS.

BATHROOM. YEAH. OKAY. SO AND THEN WE CAN ALSO BY THE WAY, I THINK THERE'S EVEN PICTURES

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IT'S A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE. IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? YES, I FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN. YEAH, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN. BUT LIKE I SAID, I'LL HAVE TO. HE'S NOT GOING TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS FROM HERE. I KNOW THAT. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW I AM ON IT. SINCE I'VE SEEN THAT PICTURE, IT'S BEEN I'VE BEEN ON IT EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE THEN. OKAY, WELL, THIS BETTER BE PRIORITY NUMBER ONE. SO WE'LL BE BACK HERE ON JANUARY THE 8TH. DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF MORNING HEARINGS ON THAT DATE? WE DO. OH YEAH. IS THIS BETTER FOR A MORNING HEARING THAN A. WELL, IT'S HOW DOES THIS SCHEDULE IS BETTER FOR THE MORNING? YES. MORNINGS LATER THAN THE AFTERNOON AT THE PRESENT TIME. OKAY. 9:00 JANUARY. SO JANUARY THE 8TH, YOU'LL GET A NEW NOTICE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR. I NEED TO GET THE PERMIT FOR THE GARAGE AND GET EVERYTHING CLEANED UP BEFORE JANUARY 8TH. YOU BETTER GET EVERYTHING CLEANED UP BEFORE JANUARY THE 8TH, THE PERMITTING AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF HOOPS THAT YOU GOT TO JUMP THROUGH AND PROVE THAT THEY QUALIFY. OKAY, SO YOU NEED TO YOU NEED TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THESE PEOPLE AND, AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ME TO SHOW THAT I CAN BRING THIS PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE? THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THAT. SO YOU STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CALL THEM TODAY AND THEY DON'T CALL YOU BACK, THEN YOU CALL THEM AGAIN TOMORROW. GOTCHA. SO OKAY. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.

AND. GO.

THROUGH.

OUR. 401. THREE. I'VE GOT TO I'VE GOT TO MOVE THE. THE PROPERTY AND ALL THAT OVER TO THOSE. PRIOR TO JANUARY. WON'T LET ME HAVE TWO OF THEM OKAY. I'VE GOT A PHONE CALL COMING UP. RIGHT. YEAH. WE HAVE THREE OF THEM. FIRST ONE SHOULD BE BE THE PHONE CALL. YES, SIR.

WE HAVE THREE OF THEM. OKAY. THE NEXT THREE WILL BE PHONE CALLS. OKAY. ARE THE. WHAT ABOUT THOSE GUYS OUT THERE? ARE THEY NEEDED FOR THE NEXT THREE? YEAH. UP TO VISTA. YES. I'LL GET HIM. I THINK CLARKSON'S READY TO ROLL. LET'S DO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN THE

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VISTA. OKAY. GOT THE PROCESS CORRECT. IS THAT THE WHOLE SHOW? I'LL JUST DO THE. LAST NAME WAS CRAWFORD. CORRECT? TRUFFLE. GOING TO SAY IS THAT OR I MIGHT SAY CAN I. SO SHE'S SHE'S THE EXECUTOR OKAY. SO.

AT THIS TIME. RIGHT NOW. NO, WE MIGHT NOT BE GOING WITH HER. HELLO. CAN I PLEASE SPEAK WITH MAUREEN TRUFFLE? THIS IS MAUREEN TRUSSELL. MAUREEN, THIS IS JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SWEAR YOU IN. OKAY. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? YES, I DO, AND CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU? THE MAILING ADDRESS IS DO YOU NEED THE ESTATE MAILING ADDRESS OR MY PERSONAL WHEREVER YOU WANT THE ORDER TO BE MAILED TO? OKAY, 9604. COLLETON C O L L E T O N COLLETON PLACE, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36117. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT. MA'AM. HOW DO YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME? OKAY, IT'S T R U S S E. S AS IN SAM OR F R S AS IN SAM. OKAY. IT'S WITH A T.

OKAY. T R U S S E L L. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THE FIRST NAME MAUREEN IS EMMA. U R E E N. OKAY. MY NAME IS BILL LEWIS. I'M THE MAGISTRATE THAT'S ASSIGNED TO HEAR THIS PARTICULAR CASE. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME TESTIMONY FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON THIS CASE, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU WANT TO, TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS, OR IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS, YOU'RE FREE TO OFFER ANY TESTIMONY THAT YOU WANT TO OFFER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS. OKAY. AND I'M SORRY, SIR, WHAT IS YOUR FIRST NAME? BILL B I L L OKAY, BILL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING KIND OF INTERESTING, WHICH I FEEL LIKE MAYBE YOU NEED TO KNOW. I GOT A CALL YESTERDAY FROM SMILEY, WHO IS DOING THE DEMOLITION, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE ACTIVE POWER LINES. AND WHAT IS CONFUSING TO ME IS I WAS SENT SEVERAL LETTERS FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT THIS HOUSE HAD TO BE DEMOLISHED. AND WHY WOULD THERE BE ACTIVE POWER LINES? AND SHE SAID THAT I HAD TO CALL THE POWER COMPANY AND TELL THEM TO DISCONNECT THE POWER LINES. AND I SAID, WELL, I'M CONFUSED.

I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION THAT THIS HOUSE IS UNSAFE AND THAT IT HAS TO BE DEMOLISHED. YET YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE POWER COMPANY REFUSES TO DISARM THE POWER LINES WITHOUT MY CONSENT? SO, BILL, IS THAT ACTUALLY NOT TRUE? OR WHAT DO I DO? WHAT WHAT WHAT DO WE DO HERE? WELL, I THINK I THINK IT IS ACCURATE. THE THE BUILDING INSPECTORS HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GO AROUND SHUTTING POWER OFF BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THESE POWER SHUT OFFS ARE BASICALLY VINDICTIVE PEOPLE THAT SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, SUSIE'S IN MY HOUSE AND I WANT HER OUT. SO I'M GOING TO JUST CALL THE POWER COMPANY AND SAY, SHUT OFF THE POWER. BUT BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, BILL? BILL, BILL DIED TWO YEARS AGO IN JANUARY. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY POWER OR

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AND OF COURSE, THEY HAVE OUR PERMISSION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE TEARING DOWN THE HOUSE.

WELL, THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE POWER COMPANY'S GOT THEIR OWN RULES AND WE DON'T WRITE THEIR RULES FOR THEM. AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T. AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S NO EXISTING ORDER FOR THE COUNTY TO DESTROY THE BUILDING. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO TELL THEM TO PULL THE POWER OFF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IF YOU'VE GOT A YOU DON'T HAVE THE PERMIT, YOU DON'T HAVE THE PERMIT. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS. LET'S GO ON WITH THE HEARING AND WE'LL WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE BASED ON WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE HEAR IN THE HEARING. GREAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE THE EXECUTOR OF THIS STATE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHO'S GOING TO TESTIFY FIRST? ALL RIGHT. MR. BRUNI'S GOING TO TESTIFY. HE'S AN INVESTIGATOR WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. IF YOU CAN'T HEAR HIM, LET HIM KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HEAR HIM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED FROM THERE. OKAY. SOUNDS GREAT. OKAY. TONY BRUNI, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOS FOR THE RECORD, SLIDE TWO IS A FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. IT'S ON THE WEST END OF THE BEACH, COMMONLY KNOWN AS LAGUNA BEACH. CIRCLED IN RED, IT RUNS BETWEEN FRONT BEACH AND BACK BEACH AND JUST TO THE EAST OF THE BAY COUNTY WEST END FIRE DEPARTMENT. OKAY, SLIDE THREE IS A OVERVIEW OF THE PROPERTY. THE STRUCTURE CIRCLED IN RED IS WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING. ON MAY 27TH, 2025, THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED A COMPLAINT OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN UNINCORPORATED AREA BAY COUNTY.

ON MAY THE 28TH, 2025, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND, IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. AS YOU CAN TELL, THE SIDE IS FALLING OFF THE FRONT PORCH. FRONT PORCH IS KIND OF ROTTED OUT. AROUND BACK. IT'S THE THE ROOF IS IS BUCKLED UP AND ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSE IS MISSING SOME SIDE EXPOSING THE INSULATION. OF THE BACK OF THE BACK CORNER OF THE HOUSE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AT EXHIBIT A AND CONTAIN THE CASE FILE. ON JUNE 2ND, 2025, INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY INSPECTOR SCOTT THORPE. AVENUE. INSPECTOR THORPE BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT I INSPECTED 19934 ALTA VISTA DRIVE, SINGLE FAMILY WOODEN FRAME STRUCTURE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. HERE'S HERE'S WHERE IT SITS. SO ROTTED, UNSTABLE PORCH, NO HANDRAILS, DISLODGED, SIDING ROTTING TO THE SHEETING UNDERNEATH RIM JOIST COLLECTION. AND THE ROOF OVER THE FRONT DOOR. A LITTLE BIT CLOSER VIEW OF THAT ROTTED SIDING AND THE RIM JOIST THAT RUNS AROUND THE BOTTOM. ALSO, THE BOTTOM PLATE COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. NEXT DECK ROTTED AND COLLAPSING. UNSTABLE TO WALK ON. COULDN'T MAKE IT UP TO THE FRONT DOOR. WALK AROUND THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. HOLES UNDERNEATH LOCKS HOLDING IT UP, A LITTLE BIT OF FOUNDATION AND A KNEE WALL TOWARDS THE REAR. THERE THE REAR SIDE DOOR THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE. NO STEPS TO IT, ROTTING AROUND THE DOOR. STEEL PLATE AT THE BOTTOM IS ALSO ROTTED OUT. THERE'S JUST EVIDENCE OF THE RIM JOIST AND THE BOTTOM PLATE AND THE WALL STRUCTURE ON THE INTERIOR UNDERNEATH THE OLD TAR PAPER BACKING UNDERNEATH THAT SIDING, WHICH ABSORBS A LOT OF MOISTURE.

ANOTHER SHOT OF IT TO THE RIGHT THERE. THAT IS A LIVE ELECTRICAL LINE THAT GOES IN THERE, BROUGHT IT AROUND THE FASCIA, SOFFIT AREAS, AND THE BACK HAD AN ADDITION ON THERE, LARGE HOLE IN THE BACK EXPOSING THE INTERIOR OF THE WALL AND THE BATHROOM AREA. WHAT IS LEFT OF THEIR THAT ADDITION. AND SLIDE 19 FROM JOYCE IN THE BOTTOM WAS ONE POINT, BUT IS NOW ROTTED OUT AS IT SITS UNFIT UNSAFE. IT WAS POSTED THAT DAY. AND TO ANSWER YOUR ELECTRICAL THING, IF YOU'RE THE EXECUTOR OF IT, YOU CAN CALL FPL AND HAVE THE POWER DISCONNECTED

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OKAY. SO I'M SORRY. SO YOU SAID THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DO THEIR WORK, I HAVE TO CALL THE POWER COMPANY AND HAVE THE THE POWER DISCONNECTED. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, WELL, I, I TRIED TO DO THIS YESTERDAY. I GOT ABOUT FIVE RECORDINGS. THEY FINALLY SAID THAT THEY WOULD CONNECT ME WITH. A SOMEBODY THAT WOULD TALK TO ME, AND THEY NEVER DID. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WHEN YOU DO CALL BACK, YOU HAVE A COPY OF YOUR APPOINTMENT AS A THE EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE, SO YOU CAN FAX THAT TO THEM. THEY, THEY MIGHT WANT TO SEE A COPY OF THAT. I THINK THEY PROBABLY WILL. SO OKAY. BUT BASICALLY THE BALL'S IN YOUR COURT AS IT RELATES TO THE POWER. BECAUSE I HAVE NOT ENTERED AN ORDER ON THIS IN COURT, I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON NIGHT. OKAY. I'M SORRY SIR. GO AHEAD. I'VE ALREADY I'VE SAID WHAT I NEEDED TO SAY. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PRESENT SITUATION IS, BUT YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON THE HEARING RIGHT NOW. SO. OKAY? OKAY. MR. BRUNI, ON JUNE 3RD, 2025, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS P.O.

BOX 240713 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36124. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON JUNE 13TH, 2025. AUGUST 5TH, 2025. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION.

OCTOBER 2ND, 2025 NOTICE OF VIOLATION. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER. RECORD ADDRESS P.O. BOX 240713, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36124. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2025. ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2025, COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY. NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. CHECKING THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND TAX COLLECTOR SHOWS THAT THE TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025 MELINDA WINE WITH SMILEY'S DEMOLITION, CALLED SENIOR INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE AND INFORMED HIM A DEMOLITION PERMIT WOULD BE APPLIED FOR THAT DAY ON NOVEMBER 5TH. NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION. ON THAT DAY, I SPOKE WITH MISS TRUFFLE, THE EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE, WHO ADVISED SHE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH SMILEY'S ON GETTING THE STRUCTURE DEMOLISHED. IT WAS HER. THEY HAD PULLED A DEMO PERMIT, BUT AS OF THAT DATE NO PERMIT HAD BEEN APPLIED FOR THAT DATE. I ALSO SPOKE WITH MELINDA WINE WITH SMILEY'S AND SHE ADVISED SHE WOULD START THE DEMOLITION PROCESS ON NOVEMBER THE 17TH.

ON NOVEMBER THE 19TH, TODAY, A DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS ISSUED AND THAT PERMIT EXPIRES ON MAY 19TH OF 2020. CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY THE 8TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M.

ALRIGHT, MISS TRUSSELL, WHAT HE HAS BASICALLY SAID IS THAT SMILEY'S HAS CONFIRMED THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON THE DEMOLITION PROCESS AND THEY HAVE IN FACT PULLED THE PERMIT.

BUT AGAIN, AT THIS POINT, THE BALL'S IN YOUR COURT TO GET THE POWER CUT OFF. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE STAND ON THAT. I, I ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH SMILEY'S TO GO FROM HERE. YES. YES, SIR I AM IN LIGHT OF THE DEMO PERMIT BEING ISSUED THIS MORNING, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE THE COMPLIANCE HEARING TO THE THE PERMIT. OKAY. ALL

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TRUSSELL HAS BEEN ADVISED AS TO THE PROCEDURE TO DO THAT WITH FPNL, AND I ASSURE YOU, THE FACT THAT YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO TALK TO YESTERDAY, THAT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE. SO AND IF YOU TALK WITH. THE LADY AT, AT SMILEY, SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME SORT OF WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL BACK DOOR TELEPHONE NUMBER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT MIGHT HELP YOU WITH THAT PROCESS OR AN EXTENSION NUMBER THAT YOU CAN ASK FOR. ONCE YOU DO GET, YOU KNOW, THE OPTION TO EITHER ENTER AN EXTENSION NUMBER OR ASK FOR A SPECIFIC EXTENSION. SO I TALKED WITH HER AND SEE WHAT SHE COULD DO AS IT RELATES TO THAT. MAKE ME A SPECIAL NUMBER. OKAY, OKAY. I NEVER COULD GET THROUGH, BUT I'LL TRY AGAIN. THAT'S LIKE I SAID, THAT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE. FPNL IS HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH, AND I AM THE RECEPTIONIST IN A LAW FIRM, BY THE WAY. AND SO I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHY I HAD TO ANSWER THE PHONE. BUT I WILL TRY AGAIN. SHE GAVE ME A SPECIAL NUMBER I WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET THROUGH YESTERDAY. I WILL TRY AGAIN TODAY AND OKAY, I WILL TRY UNTIL I CAN GET THEM.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. OKAY, WE WILL HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING AND BASICALLY ALL THAT IS, IS HAS THE WORK BEEN DONE THAT COMPLIANCE HEARING WILL BE SET EITHER AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM YOU AND OR SMILEY THAT THE THE PREMISES HAVE BEEN CLEANED OR THE EXPIRATION OF THE DEMO PERMIT, WHICH IS ABOUT SIX MONTHS OUT.

BUT WE'LL NOTICE YOU AS TO THE NECESSITY FOR ANY FURTHER HEARING. BUT IF WE IF THEY CLEAR IT OFF AND EVERYTHING, WE'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT, HEY, IT'S CLEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT EVEN. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. BYE BYE. BYE BYE. GREAT. THANK FOR ITEM H, PROPERTY ADDRESS 9206 CHEROKEE STREET.

THANK. WE ARE CALLING FOR CITIZENS BANK. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING MCCULLOUGH REPAIR. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO. AND ANY

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MISS SANCHEZ. THIS IS JODI WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT.

YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU, PLEASE? 225 EAST ROBINSON STREET, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32801 SWEET 155 OKAY, YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING, AND THE MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MISS SANCHEZ, MY NAME IS BILL LEWIS. I'M THE MAGISTRATE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. WHILE WE'RE ON THE THE RECORD. LET ME GET YOUR BAR NUMBER, PLEASE.

598461. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHAT WE WILL DO IS TAKE TESTIMONY FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MATTER. YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE THEM SHOULD YOU DESIRE AND OR OFFER TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE ON BEHALF OF THE THE. I GUESS Y'ALL ARE THE THE LENDER IN THIS CASE, CORRECT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE START? NO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME APPEAR.

TELEPHONICALLY. OH, ABSOLUTELY. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. GO AHEAD. CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MY REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOS ARE SUBMITTED AS EVIDENCE AS PART OF THE RECORD.

FIRST PHOTOGRAPH WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS JUST AN AERIAL VIEW OF APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. AS YOU CAN SEE, CHEROKEE LAND AND IT'S PROBABLY THE CLOSEST LANDMARK TO THE PROPERTY. SLIDE TWO. SLIDE THREE WILL BE A CLOSE UP SHOT. JUST KIND OF OVERVIEW OF THE PROPERTY AND THE LOCATION. ON MAY 23RD, 2025, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED A COMPLAINT OF OVERGROWTH ON THIS PROPERTY. LOCATED IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS YOUNGSTOWN. ON MAY 28TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY.

GOT FROM THE ROAD. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FRONT IS NOT THAT BAD AS FAR AS THE OVERGROWTH IS CONCERNED. IT'S LIKE FIVE. THAT'S KIND OF A CLOSE UP SHOT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE OVERGROWTH IS PRESENT THERE IN FRONT OF THE PRIVACY FENCE.

RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE REAR OF THE YARD WHERE IT GETS TO ABOUT THREE FOOT TALL. THAT'S TAKEN FROM THE NEIGHBOR TO THE RIGHT WHO IS THE COMPLAINANT. AND THEY GIVE ME ACCESS TO THE YARD THAT IS FROM THE COMPLAINANTS YARD SHOWING THE OVERGROWTH. SOME OF IT IS THE WEEDS IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, AND NOT IN OVERGROWTH. AND THERE WAS SOME CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. THERE'S SOME FENCE PANELS PILED UP THERE THAT WE CALLED THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY FENCE. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN AND SUBMITTED AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. MAILED A POSTCARD OUT THAT DAY TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OF RECORD AND TO CITIZENS BANK. POSTCARD. DESCRIBED THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO BRING THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE. PROPERTY WAS INSPECTED ON JULY 23RD. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FRONT REMAINS LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN CUT, BUT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH OF THE REMAINS, TO THE RIGHT AND NO CHANGES. AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE CASE FROM JULY 23RD THROUGH OCTOBER 16TH, FRONT WILL COME UP AND DOWN, BUT THE BACK IS NEVER, NEVER CHANGING.

ON AUGUST 26TH, SEPTEMBER 2ND, IT WAS REINSPECTED THE FRONT STARTING TO GROW BACK. THE SIDES REMAIN UNCHANGED. KIND OF GOT A LITTLE THICKER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE THERE AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS NOT EVEN HIGHER. SEPTEMBER 4TH NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS MAILED OUT A REGULAR CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS. 10561 TELEGRAPH ROAD, GLEN ALLEN, VIRGINIA. 059. THAT'S WHAT IS LISTED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S

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I'M SORRY. NOVEMBER 5TH. THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY. THE THIRD REGARDS REMAINS THERE TO THE RIGHT OF THE HOUSE, IN THE BACKYARD, IN THE BACK OF THE PICTURE.

NOVEMBER 12TH. PRIOR TO THAT, ON NOVEMBER 10TH, I RETURNED TO CALL TO A CITIZENS PROPERTY PRESERVATION COMPANY AND SPOKE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL. HE SAID THAT SINCE THE PROPERTY WAS STILL OCCUPIED, AN EVICTION WOULD HAVE TO OCCUR BEFORE THE OVERGROWTH WOULD BE CORRECTED.

HE INDICATED THE REPRESENTATIVE WOULD BE APPEARING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY TODAY, WHICH IS THE ATTORNEY ON THE PHONE. NOW THAT ME AND HER SPOKE BRIEFLY ON THE PHONE PRIOR TO THE HEARING A FEW DAYS AGO. NOVEMBER 12TH, RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, OVERGROWTH REMAINS AS TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. MAYBE IT'S FROM THE COMPLAINANTS PROPERTY SHOWING HOW MUCH TALLER IT'S GOT IN THE BACK. IT'S ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE ROOFLINE AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. THE FENCE PANELS, I BELIEVE, WERE REMOVED, SO I CLEARED THAT AS A VIOLATION. UNLESS THEY ARE BURIED UP UNDER THAT OVERGROWTH. BUT AT THE TIME I COULDN'T SEE THEM, SO THAT WAS REMOVED. THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY 8TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. THERE'S OUR TESTIMONY. MY RECOMMENDATION. MISS SANCHEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WHEN WAS THE FIRST NOTICE SENT OUT? THE FIRST NOTICE WAS A POSTCARD THAT WAS MAILED OUT ON MAY 28TH, 2025, 828. AND YOU MENTIONED THE HEARING IN ON JANUARY 8TH OF 2026. WHAT IS THAT? THAT WILL BE THE COMPLIANCE HEARING TO WHICH THE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE FORECLOSURE ACTION AT THE PRESENT TIME? THE FORECLOSURE HAS BEEN TERMINATED. WE'RE WORKING ON. AND THE EVICTION, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND SPEAKING, I BELIEVE, TO MR. HUBBARD, I BELIEVE I SPOKE TO HIM LAST WEEK THAT THE PROPERTY IS OCCUPIED BY A SQUATTER OR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S UNDER HOUSE ARREST. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME CONCERN ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE ONTO THE PROPERTY TO MOW THE LAWN AND REMOVE THE DEBRIS, THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED JUST FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. RIGHT.

THAT'S MY THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HICCUP. YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE MY UNDERSTANDING IS FROM THE NEIGHBORS. AND WHAT MR. HUBBARD TOLD ME IS THEY DON'T EXPECT THIS INDIVIDUAL TO BE VIOLENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE I'M SOMEWHAT CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF ANYONE THAT I WOULD SEND ONTO THE PROPERTY. I WOULD HAVE MY CLIENT SEND ONTO THE PROPERTY. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THE. SO AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE THE LENDER OWNS THE PROPERTY, Y'ALL HAVE COMPLETED THE FORECLOSURE. THE THE FORECLOSURE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE EVICTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE A HEARING DATE FOR THE EVICTION? WE'RE WORKING ON IT. I, I ACTUALLY WAS FOLLOWING UP. I WAS HOPING TO HAVE A DATE FOR YOU TODAY, BUT I DON'T. OKAY. IF IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE NOT GIVE US UNTIL JANUARY, BUT MAYBE GIVE US. AND I KNOW THAT CODE VIOLATION DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN AS QUICKLY THESE HEARINGS AS A REGULAR COURT CASE. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU IN SEVEN DAYS FROM TODAY, I WOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM DOING THAT AND LETTING YOU KNOW WHEN THE HEARING IS SET. NO, THAT'S FINE. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON BECAUSE THIS IS BASED ON A COMPLAINT. AND, YOU KNOW, I REALIZE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE SENT YOU THE PHOTOGRAPHS OR NOT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A JUNGLE NEXT DOOR. NO, NO, YOUR YOUR OFFICE OR THE BAY COUNTY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS. THEY WERE ABLE TO SEND ME THE PROPERTY, THE

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THE. RESPONDENT WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF. I'M GOING TO SAY 15 DAYS IN WHICH TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY CUTTING AND REMOVING THE OVERGROWTH, WEEDS AND THE DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM A FENCE. IF IT IS UNDER ALL OF THAT STUFF THERE, IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE IF THEY FAIL TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES. I'M GOING TO. WELL, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S A PENDING EVICTION ACTION, I'M GOING TO WAIVE THE FINE IN THIS MATTER AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY THE 8TH AT 1 P.M. IS THAT. YES. OKAY. SO WE'LL WE'LL COME BACK ON THE EIGHTH AND SEE IF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THIS GUY OUT OF THE HOUSE AND SEE WHERE WE STAND. BUT I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND. DO SOMETHING IN THE OH, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND AUTHORIZE Y'ALL AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE TIME TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND CORRECT THE VIOLATION, IRREGARDLESS OF OR REGARDLESS OF THE. EVICTION. YEAH. THE EVICTION. THEY CAN GO IN, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE TERMS OF MY ORDER AND, AND CLEAN THIS UP AND THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE FOLKS WILL JUST, I GUESS YOU'D SAY LOSE THIS WORK JOB, BUT. I WANT TO TRY AND GET THIS STUFF CLEANED UP BECAUSE IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A HABITATION FOR VERMIN AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT I AM WAIVING THE FINES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MATTER. BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES ON JANUARY THE 8TH. AND IF THEY IF THEY GET IT CLEANED UP IN THE IN THE MEANTIME WE'LL GO ANY EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE COUNTY IN CONNECTION WITH CLEANING THIS UP WILL IN FACT BECOME A LIEN ON THE PREMISES. AND. BE RECORDED AS THE SUBJECT OF A SEPARATE ORDER. ANYTHING ELSE? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE. MY CLIENT'S GIVEN 15 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. AND YOU'RE GIVING US AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER THE PROPERTY REGARDLESS OF THE EVICTION, THE STATUS OF THE EVICTION. NOW, WITH REGARDS TO A LINE BEING PLACED ON THE PROPERTY, IS THE CITY GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE NECESSARY CUTS, REPAIRS TO THE PROPERTY, OR IS IT STILL MY CLIENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DO IT? NO I'M NOT. I'M NOT AUTHORIZING YOU TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES. I'M AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY THROUGH A CONTRACTOR, ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND AND ABATE THE

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SO, SO WHEN WE SAID 15 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, IS THAT FOR MY CLIENT TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR FOR THE CITY TO DO THAT, THE, THE, THE YOUR CLIENT TO DO IT? I MEAN, IF THEY WANT TO SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE OWN THE PROPERTY BY VIRTUE OF THE FORECLOSURE ACTION AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CORPORATION IN THERE TO MOW THE GRASS. THAT'S YOUR CALL. YOU OWN THE PROPERTY. BUT IF WE DON'T DO IT WITHIN 15 DAYS, THEN YOU GOT THEN THE COUNTY WILL DO IT AND PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FAIR. OKIE DOKE, I APPRECIATE IT. I'LL SEE YOU IN JANUARY. OKAY. TAKE CARE. THANK YOU. HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE. YOU TOO. BYE. BYE BYE.

OKAY. LAST TELEPHONE CALL IS ITEM M AS IN MARY? YES, SIR. OKAY. PROPERTY ADDRESS 4723 BAYWOOD DRIVE. AND WE ALREADY HAVE HER ADDRESS. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK HER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I SAID, THIS IS JODI WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND YOU'RE SHERRY EDWARDS? YES, I'M SHERRY EDWARDS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR THE LOANDEPOT. COM LLC. OKAY. MY NAME IS BILL LEWIS. I'M THE MAGISTRATE ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE. THE THE PROCESS IS THAT WE WILL HAVE TESTIMONY FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS IT RELATES TO THE POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS YOU WILL BE AFFORDED.

AFTER THAT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE THEM. OR IF YOU DON'T WANT TO CROSS-EXAMINE THEM, YOU CAN MAKE ANY STATEMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE REGARDING THE PARCEL, AND THEN WE WILL GO FROM THERE. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. IF IF AT ANY TIME YOU CAN'T HEAR THE THE WITNESS TESTIFYING, LET US KNOW AND WE WILL GET THEM TO SPEAK UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. CLARKSON, GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THIS CASE. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED THERE IN NORTH SHORE, AND THE ALMOST AT THE DEAD END OF THE CUL DE SAC THERE ON BAYWOOD DRIVE, IS ON A DEEP WATER CANAL. THIS IS A THIS IS AN OVERVIEW. SLIDE THREE. IT IS IN A FLOOD ZONE. SO ON SEPTEMBER THE 12TH, 2025, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED A COMPLAINT THAT THERE WAS ACCUMULATION OF HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE LOCATED HERE. ON SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, I WENT OUT AND DID A INSPECTION BY FIVE.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THERE IS GARBAGE OVERFLOWING FROM THE GARBAGE CAN AND THERE'S THERE'S GARBAGE IN THE BAGS. I LEARNED THAT THIS HAD BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW OR WEEKS AT THE TIME, SO I DID POST A YELLOW CORRECTION NOTICE ON THE MAILBOX, GIVING THE PROPERTY OWNER TEN DAYS TO TO HAVE THE GARBAGE REMOVED. ON SEPTEMBER THE 22ND, I REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AT THIS TIME YOU CAN SEE THE GARBAGE IS STILL THERE. IT'S NOW HAS KIND OF STARTED SCATTERING ABOUT. BASED ON THAT, THE YELLOW STICKER WAS STILL ON THE MAILBOX. BASED ON MY OBSERVATIONS, I THEN ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION THAT WAS SENT CERTIFIED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER THERE AT BAYWOOD AND REGULAR MAIL. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED UNCLAIMED AND THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED. LATER IN THE DAY, I DID RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM SERGEANT JEREMY, HEAD OF THE BAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT. HE ADVISED ME THAT EARLIER THAT MORNING ON THE 22ND, THEY EXECUTED A NARCOTICS SEARCH WARRANT FOR THIS RESIDENCE, AT WHICH TIME THE HOMEOWNER AND SEVERAL OCCUPANTS OF THE

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AND HE JUST WANTED ME TO TO KNOW THAT. SO VERY NEXT DAY, WE RECEIVED A ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT ABOUT THE PROPERTY TO BE THE EXCESSIVE WATER THAT WAS, WAS, WAS LEAKING THEIR OWN WELLS THERE. OKAY. AND SO WATER WAS LEAKING FROM THE FRONT PUMP AND FLOWING ONTO THE PROPERTY. AND THE COMPLAINT ALSO STATED THERE WAS A LOT OF JUNK AND DEBRIS IN THE BACK. SO ON THE 23RD I WENT OUT AND CONDUCTED ANOTHER INSPECTION. THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE THE HOUSE THERE. SLIDE 12. YOU CAN LOOK, THERE'S GARBAGE STILL AT THE FRONT DOOR. GARBAGE STILL HASN'T BEEN COLLECTED. COMPLAINANT SAID THEY CONTACTED THE GARBAGE COMPANY, SAID THEY HAVE THERE.

THEY DON'T HAVE AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT SO THEY WEREN'T GOING TO PICK IT UP. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S EXCESSIVE WATER HERE IN THE DRIVEWAY. I AM, I AM WITH THE COMPLAINANT WHO LIVES AT THE HOUSE TO THE RIGHT. RIGHT THERE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH. TO THE RIGHT IS IS THE THE PUMP ON THE GROUND PUMP. AND YOU CAN TELL WATER IS LEAKING FROM IT AND OBVIOUSLY BEEN LEAKING FOR QUITE A WHILE. SLIDE 14. THIS IS A CLOSE UP. SLIDE 15. SLIDE 16. THIS IS LOOKING BACK TO A A ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT OVERGROWTH IN THE BACK. YOU CAN TELL THERE'S SOME DEBRIS AND JUNK BACK THERE AS WELL. THIS IS FROM THE COMPLAINANTS PROPERTY. JUST LOOKING THERE OVER THE FENCE LINE. YOU KNOW LINE IS STARTING TO OVERTAKE. THE STRUCTURE APPEARS TO HAVE LOOSE PANELING. THERE IS A BOATHOUSE IN THE BACK. THERE'S MISSING SHINGLES AS WELL. AT THAT TIME, BASED ON MY OBSERVATIONS, I CONTACTED INSPECTOR THORPE AND REQUESTED A BUILDING INSPECTION, AND INSPECTOR THORPE CAME OUT ON 24TH TO CONDUCT INSPECTION.

AGAIN, MAGISTRATE SCOTT THORPE, I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT THE ACCESSORIES AT 4723 BAY BAYWOOD DRIVE ACCESSORY. IT SITS IN THE BACK RIGHT, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME DISLODGED PANELS ON THE EXTERIOR, SOME WATER DAMAGE TO THE PANELS AS ENTERING INTO THE PROPERTY. AS OFFICER CLARKSON STATED THAT WELL PUMP WAS OVERFLOWING. THERE'S SOME HOSES RUNNING INTO THE GARAGE, ALONG WITH PVC RUNNING INTO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHICH THOSE PIPES WERE LEAKING WAS ABOUT 3 TO 4IN OF WATER STANDING THROUGHOUT THE BACKYARD DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, AND IT IS OVERFLOWING INTO THE NEIGHBOR TO THE RIGHT AS WELL. NEXT PHOTO PLEASE. AS WE WALK AROUND HERE, IT APPEARS IT STARTED OUT AT ONE TIME MAYBE AS A POLE BARN. THE WALL SYSTEM DOES NOT MEET THE ROOF, LEAVING GAPS IN BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE WALL SYSTEM FOR UPLIFTING WINDS. MORE DAMAGE, WEATHER BEATEN PANELS AND DISLODGED PANELS ON THE. SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE HERE. AND THE MISSING PANEL AT THE BOTTOM BELOW THE WINDOW ALONG ROTTEN. SHEETING ON THE OUTSIDE THERE FROM ALL THE WATER. STANDING WATER. AS WE GET INSIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE WALL SYSTEM HAS BEEN CUT OPEN TO INSTALL WINDOWS. THERE'S NO HEADERS, THERE'S NO JACK STUDS AROUND THERE. THE WINDOWS ARE JUST HELD IN BY THE EXTERIOR SHEETING. SO THE WALL STRUCTURE IS COMPROMISED FOR SHEER WIND FORCE. OTHER WINDOW. SAME THING. NO HEADER. CRIPPLES ARE BENT, ROTTING TO THE EXISTING SHEETING. THIS IS ON THE WEST SIDE. NEXT ROAD 26 IS MORE ROTTING AND DISLODGED. THIS IS ON THE WEST SIDE TOWARDS THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. AND OF COURSE THERE'S WATER INTRUSION BETWEEN THEM AND THE PROPERTY LINE AS WELL. SEPARATION AND SHEETING. AGAIN IT'S BEEN DISLODGED. THE SOME OF THE STUDS HAVE BEEN PIECEMEALED TOGETHER AND SOME SPLICES HAVE BEEN PUT IN THERE WITH SISTER BLOCKS. AND THERE'S THE PIPING FROM THE WELL ON THE SIDE HOUSE, WHICH IS CAUSING FLOODING. STANDING WATER THROUGH THERE. IT'S IT'S KIND OF PIECED TOGETHER. IT'S NOT THE TRUE SIZES AND IT'S JUST OVERFLOWING AND WILL PUMP IN THE FRONT SPEWING. I DID ATTEMPT TO TURN IT OFF AND IT JUST POST-OP, BUT AS WELL THE PUMP JUST KEPT SPRAYING OUT. AND THERE'S ANOTHER SHOT OF ALL THE WATER THERE. AS THE ACCESSORY SITS,

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SORRY. NO PROBLEM. JUST MIGHT ADDRESS IT WILL TURN TO UNSAFE RIGHT. SO BASED ON INSPECTOR THORPE'S FINDINGS I DETERMINED TO TO OR TO SCHEDULE THIS FOR A HEARING FOR A THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURES, THE TWO ACCESSORY BLIGHTED STRUCTURES, THE BOATHOUSE AND THE THE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WITH ALL THE JUNK, TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT HE NOTED IN THE BACKYARD. I SENT OUT CERTIFIED NOTICES TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. AT THAT TIME, I DID LEARN THAT THE PROPERTY WAS UNDER FORECLOSURE, AND I DID SEND OUT NOTICES TO THE BANK AND TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE BANK. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT. THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE DID NOT COME BACK WHEN THE RESPONDENT. OCTOBER 6TH. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THE GARBAGE HAD BEEN REMOVED.

HOWEVER, IN SLIDE 38, THE BACK PORTION IS STILL IN VIOLATION. AND THERE APPEAR TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT FENCE THAT WAS IN PHOTOGRAPH 38. THERE APPEARS TO BE GARBAGE RIGHT INSIDE THE FENCE. YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S JUNK AND DEBRIS AND GARBAGE ALL BACK BACK THERE.

RIGHT. ON NOVEMBER 3RD, I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THIS TIME I, I POSTED THE PROPERTY FOR THE HEARING. GARBAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FRONT DOOR. THIS HAS NOW BEEN FIXED.

SO IT WASN'T LEAKING WATER ANYMORE. THIS BEING THE PUMP THAT'S IN THE FRONT YARD IN THE FRONT, I'M SORRY. SLIDE 42. AND AS YOU CAN TELL, THE WATER HAS DRIED UP. SLIDE 43 I AM ACCESSING THE COMPLAINANT'S YARD TO TAKE THESE PHOTOS. THIS IS THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AND THERE APPEARS TO BE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OLD DRESSER OR CABINETS. CABINETS, CABINETS AND SOME SOME OTHER JUNK. AND THERE IS. THERE IS TRASH AND GARBAGE APPEARS 43 SLIDE 44 IS LOOKING BACK INTO. AS YOU SEE, THE WATER HAS DRIED UP BACK THERE AS WELL. IT APPEARS SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO TO CLEAN IT UP, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S STILL A MESS BACK THERE IN THE BACK. THAT'S THE BOATHOUSE. OBVIOUSLY NO CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURES THEMSELVES. ON NOVEMBER THE 5TH THE PROPERTY WAS THE HEARING WAS NOTICED IN THE THE SORRY THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. IT WAS POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAS NOT CHANGED AND THE TAXES ARE DUE FOR 2025 NOVEMBER THE 17TH. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY OVERGROWTH. STARTING TO KIND OF GROW BACK NOW. SLIDE 47 I DO BELIEVE THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL AND IS BACK AT THE HOUSE NOW. THAT VEHICLE DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A TAG ON IT, DOES IT? WELL, IT HAS IT. AND THEN THEN IT'S TAKEN OFF. OKAY. IT'LL HAVE A TEXAS TAG AND AND THEN SOMETIMES I'VE SEEN IT WITHOUT THE TAG ON IT. JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS MY THIRD CASE I'VE HAD ON THIS HOUSE SINCE JUNE. I'VE COMMUNICATED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. PRIOR TO HIS ARREST, THERE WERE ISSUES WITH WITH TRASH AND DERELICT VEHICLES, PEOPLE LIVING IN AN RV. HE KIND OF BRINGS IT TO COMPLIANCE WHEN YOU MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM. BUT

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THE VINES ARE EITHER BEEN POISONED OR DYING JUST FROM THE COLD SNAP WE HAD. BUT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OVERGROWTH IN FRONT OF THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. BUT AS EVERYTHING STANDS, IT'S STILL IN VIOLATION. OKAY, I THOUGHT THE COMPLAINANT WAS GOING TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT HE HE'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN COMMUNICATING WITH ME. SO, MISS EDWARDS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER THE BUILDING INSPECTOR AND OR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATOR? NO, I DO NOT. MAGISTRATE OKAY. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF YOUR FORECLOSURE ACTION? OKAY, SO LOANDEPOT COMM, LLC IS THE FIRST MORTGAGE, AND WE'RE FORECLOSING ON THE PROPERTY. WE FILED OUR FORECLOSURE COMPLAINT ON SEPTEMBER 22ND OF THIS YEAR. WE'RE STILL EFFECTUATING SERVICE ON DEFENDANTS. WE STILL DON'T HAVE SERVICE ON THE DEFENDANTS. SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF ATTEMPTING TO GET THEM SERVED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS STILL OCCUPIED AND IT'S STILL OWNED BY JAMES MORRISSEY AND DIXIE MORRISSEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNABLE TO ABATE THE VIOLATIONS BECAUSE THE OCCUPIED. ALL RIGHT, DAD, OKAY.

NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR, AND THIS IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE ON JANUARY 8TH AT 1 P.M. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I HAVE HEARD AND THE. EVIDENCE IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS SUBMITTED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY AT 4723 BAYWOOD DRIVE IS IN FACT LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE. NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT BY POSTING AND OR POSTING ON THE PREMISES ITSELF, AS WELL AS ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE. HE'S ALSO BEEN SENT MAIL POSTINGS OF THE NOTICE OF THE HEARING. HE HAS FAILED TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY IN THIS MATTER. THE ATTORNEY FOR THE LENDER, MISS EDWARDS, HAS APPEARED BY TELEPHONE, BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE CODE ENFORCEMENT BUILDING INSPECTOR OR OFFER TESTIMONY AS IT RELATES TO HER CLIENT'S POSITION ON THIS MATTER. THE MATTER IS IN FORECLOSURE, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PERFECT SERVICE ON THE BORROWER AS OF YET. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702, IN THE FORM OF TWO BLIGHTED STRUCTURES, THE ACCESSORY BUILDING, AS WELL AS A BOATHOUSE SLASH BOAT LIFT IN THE BACK. THERE'S ALSO JUNK, UNUSED, UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND OR GARBAGE AND TRASH AROUND THE HOUSEHOLD OR AROUND THE PREMISES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THEREFORE, THE. RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL OF THE JUNK TRASH, DEBRIS. CORRECT ANY OVERGROWTH SITUATIONS ON THE PREMISES AND PROPERLY STORE IN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE OR SCREENING IT FROM PUBLIC VIEW.

ALL UNUSED OR UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY. ADDRESS THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURES IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. SUBMIT. SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIME FRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AS IT RELATES TO THE FOLLOWING. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE REPAIR AND REPLACE LOOSE AND ROTTED SIDING PANELS. STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF THOSE WALLS, ETCETERA. CLOSE IN ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SIDE TO THE ROOF. REPAIR ANY IMPROPER FRAMING AROUND THE WINDOWS AND REMOVE ANY AND ALL OVERGROWTH FOUND ON THE STRUCTURE AS IT RELATES TO THE BOATHOUSE. LIFT, REPAIR AND REPLACE THE THE ROOF TO INCLUDE ANY STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE DECKING THAT REQUIRE SUCH REPLACEMENT. THE DETAILED ACTION PLAN AND SCOPE OF WORK FROM A LICENSED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER OR DESIGN PROFESSIONAL MAY BE REQUIRED BEFORE A BUILDING PERMIT WILL ISSUE, AND THE WORK PROCEED UNDER THE TERMS OF THOSE PERMITS, THE

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IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. OR OBTAINING THE NECESSARY PERMIT TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURES WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT WILL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. THAT FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF THE RESPONDENT GETS A BUILDING PERMIT OR A DEMO PERMIT, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND THEN ALLOWS THAT PERMIT TO EXPIRE, OR HAS IT BECOME VOID OR ANY REASON SUCH OCCURRENCE WILL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT OR A DEFAULT, AND A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER? THIS MATTER SHALL BE SET FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY THE 8TH AT 1 P.M. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MA'AM? NO, YOUR HONOR. NO. MAGISTRATE, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. YOU SAID THE RESPONDENT HASN'T IS BEING FINED $200 INITIAL FINE AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE. THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE'LL END UP. WE'LL GET A COPY OF THAT ORDER. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. THEY WILL SEND IT TO YOU. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY OBTAINED YOUR ADDRESS. YES, THEY SHOULD HAVE ALL MY INFORMATION. OKEY DOKE. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, GIVE US A HOLLER. THANK YOU.

HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU TOO. BYE BYE. BYE BYE. I BELIEVE THAT DOES IT FOR PHONE CALLS.

YES. SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE AGENDA ORDER, WHICH STARTING WITH ITEM D, AS IN DAVID PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 3706 HALEY LANE. THIS IS INITIAL HEARING FOR A REPEAT VIOLATION OF OVERGROWTH ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2020 FOR THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOUND THIS PROPERTY IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH AND BLIGHTED STRUCTURE. A COPY OF THE MAGISTRATE'S ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, EXHIBIT A, AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE PROPERTY OWNER, PROPERTY OWNER BROUGHT THE PREVIOUS CASE INTO COMPLIANCE FOR THE OVERGROWTH, HOWEVER, HAS NOT TO THIS DAY CORRECTED THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE. AND SO THERE'S AN ONGOING FINES FOR THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE. THIS SLIDE TWO IS JUST AN AERIAL PHOTO FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. PROPERTY OUTLINED IN BLUE ON THE RIGHT. BOTTOM RIGHT BAY COUNTY WATER TREATMENT PLAN AND TRANSMITTER ROAD CLOSER UP.

AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. ON OCTOBER 6TH OF THIS YEAR, WHILE DOING THE FOLLOW UP INSPECTION FOR THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS, INSPECTOR BRUNING, OUR INVESTIGATOR BRUNING OBSERVED THE ADDITIONAL VIOLATION AND HE OBSERVED THAT TONY BRUNING, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOS FOR THE RECORD ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2025.

I OBSERVE THIS PROPERTY WHILE PATROLLING. WHILE INSPECTING IT ON A PREVIOUS CASE FOR THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS, AND FOUND IT IN REPEAT VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS, IS PRETTY HIGH IN THE FRONT AND THE BACK AND SIDES. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND

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IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITHIN THE FIVE DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $300 AND A DAILY FINE OF $50 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE FIFTH DAY, AND THAT SHALL RUN FOR A PERIOD OF 25 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR. FIRST, THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED HERE IN BAY COUNTY, THE ENTRY OF THIS ORDER SHALL HAVE NO IMPACT ON ANY PREVIOUS ORDERS RELATED TO THE BLIGHTED CONDITION OF THE HOME ITSELF. THIS WILL BE A SUBJECT TO A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY THE 8TH AT 1 P.M. 2026. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. ITEM E PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 8743 LORI LANE. SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS JUST AGAIN FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. IT'S LOCATED IN. UNINCORPORATED BAY COUNTY, BOTTOM OUTLINED IN BLUE IS THE PROPERTY TOP. THERE'S CHEROKEE LANDING.

CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY ON MAY 13TH, 2025, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF LIVING IN THE SHED. JUNK AND JUNK ON THIS PROPERTY. AND ON MAY 23RD, 2025, INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HUBBARD INITIATED THIS CASE. JUST BACK UP TO THAT PROPERTY. THE OVERVIEW, THE THE CLOSE UP. SO THE FIRST PICTURES I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU FROM THE BACK OF THAT MOBILE HOME TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE, THEY WERE THE COMPLAINANT RIGHT THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM LORI. THAT IS LORI THERE. SO THE FIRST PICTURE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ARE FROM THAT BACKYARD.

AFTER THAT THEY'LL BE ON THE THAT WAS THE STREET THAT RUNS EVERLEIGH RUNS THAT WAY. AND THEN LORI IS RIGHT THERE. SO IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. BOTTOM SCREEN IS LORI

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SOME VEHICLES IN THE BACKGROUND. THE PHOTO DOESN'T DISPLAY. THEY'RE DERELICT BASED ON WHAT I COULD SEE. SO THERE WAS JUNK, TRASH, DERELICT VEHICLES LIVING IN THE SHED BASED ON THE CLOTHESLINE AND THE GENERATOR RUNNING AND ALL THAT. JUNK AND TRASH IN THE OVERGROWTH.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON THAT DAY, I MAILED A POSTCARD TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OF RECORD. SHE CONTACTED ME BASED ON THE RECEIVING THE POSTCARD, AND I TOLD HER THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY AND SOMEBODY WAS LIVING THERE, AND SHE SAID SHE HAD NO IDEA OF THE CONDITIONS AND WAS SCARED TO GO OUT THERE. IF SOMEBODY WAS THERE AND WANTED ME TO GO WITH HER. SO WE SET UP A TIME TO MEET OUT THERE. I THOUGHT I'D BRING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH ME. SO CORPORAL WILLOUGHBY AND MYSELF AND THE PROPERTY OWNER ARRIVED AT THE PROPERTY ON JUNE 18TH, AND SHE SAID NOBODY SHOULD BE THERE. THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE GATE OF THAT LONG DRIVEWAY OFF LORI. AND SO THIS IS THE JUNE 18TH. WHAT WE FOUND, DEPUTY WILLOUGHBY. WILLOUGHBY WENT UP, BEAT ON THE DOOR AND A COUPLE CAME OUT. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY LIVING THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE HE'S SPEAKING WITH THEM THERE. HE'S ADDRESSING THIS AS POSSIBLY A BURGLARY OR TRESPASSING OR WHAT HAVE YOU. THEY LET DEPUTY WILLOUGHBY KNOW THAT THEY WERE RENTING THE PLACE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHO WAS THERE WITH US. SHE DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS.

THE PROPERTY OWNER DID? YES. CORRECT. SHE SAID NO, THERE'S THEY'RE NOT RENTING THIS PLACE UNTIL THEY PRODUCE THEM. ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS ON THE TELEPHONE FROM THEIR CELL PHONE WHERE THEY'VE BEEN PAYING A RENT. AND THEN SHE DECIDED THAT, WELL, THEY WERE PAYING RENT TO USE THE PROPERTY TO WORK ON A VEHICLE, BUT THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE STAYING THERE.

SO AT THAT POINT, THE BURGLARS WHO WERE PENDING ARREST TRANSITIONED TO TENANTS PENDING EVICTION WHEN SHE CHANGED HER STORY. SO WILLOUGHBY LEFT, LEFT ME THERE WITH THEM. I EXPLAINED THE VIOLATIONS TO THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SHED AND THE PROPERTY OWNER. THEY AGREED TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE OUT OF THE SHED AND BEGIN CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY ASAP. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I LEFT IT AT AT THAT POINT. THAT'S JUST SOME PICTURES OF ME WALKING AROUND AS WILLOUGHBY WAS TALKING TO THE TENANTS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE JUNK TRASH, THE OVERGROWTH, THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE LIVING IN THE SHED, THE DERELICT VEHICLES. EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE SCATTERED AROUND THE SHED. THEY'VE BEEN BURNING THEIR GARBAGE. THAT'S FROM THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. JUST JUNK. TRASH. DIRTY VEHICLES. OVERGROWTH. ANOTHER DERELICT VEHICLE. MORE JUNK AND TRASH SCATTERED ALL COMPLETELY AROUND THE BUILDING IS JUST JUNK TRASH OVERGROWTH. AND THAT'S THEIR COURTYARD FOR THE WHERE THEY WOULD SPEND THEIR DAYS. SO WE LEFT THAT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND THE TWO PEOPLE LIVING THERE SAID THEY WOULD IMMEDIATELY BEGIN CLEANING EVERYTHING UP, AND THIS WOULD BE RESOLVED JULY 30TH OR RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AND IT LOOKS THE SAME FOR THE MOST PART. ONE OF THE VEHICLES IS GONE. YOU SEE THAT THERE'S TWO DERELICT ONES THERE, BUT THERE YOU SEE THAT WASHING MACHINE OR DRYER THERE THAT WILL BE THERE UNTIL THE END. THE FINAL PICTURE EVER GOES REMAINS. I COULDN'T TELL WHERE ANYTHING IS OCCURRED. AUGUST 4TH THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT OUT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS. 930 AVERY STREET, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 3244. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL WAS NOT RETURNED. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY ON SEPTEMBER 4TH. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE APPEARS TO BE NO CHANGES. I'M ASSUMING IT'S STILL OCCUPIED AT THIS POINT. NOTHING APPEARS TO HAVE CHANGED. I SAY IT WAS STILL OCCUPIED AT THAT POINT. I'M ASSUMING IT WAS. I HAVE NO INDICATION THAT THEY HAD MOVED OUT. OKAY, EVERYTHING IS STILL OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PICTURE, WHERE THEY HAD THEIR LITTLE COURTYARD SEND OUT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING 930 AVERY STREET, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA AS THE ADDRESS. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025. THE REGULAR MAIL WAS NOT RETURNED. NOVEMBER 4TH. COPY OF THE

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IT'S 95% DONE. THE I WALKED THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. THE SHED HAS BEEN VACATED, SO JUST A SMALL AMOUNT REMAINS THERE. I CALLED HER BACK AND TOLD HER THAT THE PROPERTY WAS NOT IN COMPLETE 100% COMPLIANCE, THAT WE WOULD STILL BE GOING TO THE HEARING. AND SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD SPENT ALL DAY WORKING ON IT, AND IT GOT DARK ON HER. AND I SAID, WELL, IF YOU JUST SPENT 30 MORE MINUTES, YOU WOULD HAVE GOT IT DONE. BUT SHE SAID IT GOT DARK AND I INFORMED HER THAT IT WAS NOT DARK RIGHT NOW. AND I TOOK THE PICTURES AND ANYWAY, SHE SAID SHE WOULD HAVE IT CLEANED UP BEFORE THE TEN DAYS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. IF THAT'S APPROVED, I'M GOING TO INCLUDE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON NOVEMBER THE 18TH INTO THE RECORD, AND THAT WOULD BE ALSO PARDON. THAT WOULD BE ALL OF THE TESTIMONY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS SEEN ELECTRONICALLY AND PRINTED OUT, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE.

PARCEL LOCATED AT 8743 LORI LANE, YOUNGSTOWN, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE. THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN NOTICE BY POSTING AND BY MAIL AND HAS FAILED TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY AT THIS MATTER, BUT AS EVIDENCED BY THE REQUEST TO CODE ENFORCEMENT TO EXAMINE THE PROPERTY, SHE WAS IN FACT AWARE OF THE HEARING. THE. VIOLATION CONSISTS IN THE FORM OF JUNK, TRASH, APPLIANCES, DERELICT VEHICLES, OVERGROWTH, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY LONGER A NON-HABITABLE STRUCTURE ON THE PREMISES. BUT NO, IT'S IT'S VACANT NOW. OKAY. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING AND LAWFULLY DISPOSING OF ALL JUNK, TRASH AND APPLIANCES. CUTTING OR REMOVING ANY AND ALL OVERGROWTH AND ANY REMAINING REMNANTS OF THE. SHELTER OR WHATEVER IT WAS, AND REMOVING OR SHELTERING IN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE. ALL BUT ONE DERELICT VEHICLE. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING SUCH JUNK, TRASH, APPLIANCES OVERGROWTH DERELICT VEHICLES WITHIN TEN DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT WILL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25, WHICH SHALL BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, OR WHENEVER THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICH SHALL EVER, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST. IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY CODE ENFORCEMENT OF BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE IN ORDER THAT THE FINES MAY CEASE. ANY FINES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE

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12327. RAIN TREE DRIVE. AERIAL VIEW. IT IS LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED AREA BAY COUNTY, WITHIN THE SANDY CREEK. THE PROPERTY THERE ARE OUTLINED IN BLUE. AND BLUE LINES ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT CORRECT, BUT THIS IS. THE AERIAL CLOSER UP AERIAL VIEW. FROM THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND ON JUNE 5TH OF THIS YEAR WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF JUNK TRASH, APPLIANCES, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. AND OFFICER CHRIS HUBBARD INSPECTED THE PROPERTY ON THAT SAME DATE. AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. CHRIS HUBBARD BY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS WERE SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS CASE FILE. JUNE 5TH. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY BASED ON THE COMPLAINT. FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 72, NUISANCES IN THE FORM OF JUNK, TRASH, APPLIANCES, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, AND UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE IN EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. SO THIS WAS ON JUNE 5TH. YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVEWAY THERE FROM RAINTREE. THE BIG STACK OF CONCRETE BLOCKS, THE PIPES AND WHATNOT, THE APPLIANCES SITTING UP THERE BY THE BOAT AND JUST JUNK, TRASH, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. JUST A CLOSER VIEW OF THAT. YOU CAN KIND OF DETERMINE WHAT IT IS. REFRIGERATOR, WASHING MACHINE, VERY JUST NUMEROUS THINGS. TRAILER TO THE SIDE OVER THERE CONTAINED JUNK AND TRASH ON IT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, I NOTICED A VIOLATION OF CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL, AND THAT ON JUNE 6TH, TO THE OWNER OF THE ADDRESS USING 12317 RAINTREE DRIVE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 3244 AS LISTED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE WAS NOT RETURNED. AUGUST 15TH. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THIS IS FROM THE FRONT AS IT APPEAR. MUCH HAS CHANGED. AS YOU CAN SEE THE STUFF IN FRONT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONCRETE BLOCKS STILL REMAIN. THE APPLIANCES, THE PIPES AND BOARDS THERE.

SOME OF THE STUFF'S BEEN LOADED ONTO THE TRAILER THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, A BIG ROLL OF INSULATION, APPLIANCES AND JUNK AND TRASH. SEPTEMBER 11TH WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY FROM THE FRONT. IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE A LITTLE CLEANER CLEANER THERE IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE. SOME OF THE STUFF HAS BEEN REMOVED. THERE'S STILL SOME TRASH THERE IN A BOX. STILL, THE PIPES AND LUMBER REMAINS. THE APPLIANCES APPEAR TO BE REMOVED, HOWEVER, THEY'RE ON THE NEXT PICTURE. THERE THEY ARE ON THE TRAILER WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. SO IT'S ALL THERE. IT'S JUST IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. SEPTEMBER 17TH A NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE HEARING WAS SENT OUT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL USING THE ADDRESS FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEBSITE. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE AGAIN WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL WAS NOT RETURNED. NOVEMBER 4TH. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE. NOVEMBER 5TH POSTED AT THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE THERE. HOWEVER, THERE'S SOME KIND OF SMALL ENGINE SITTING THERE AND THE PIPES AND STUFF. THE BOARD IS FROM DAY ONE STILL REMAINS IN THE SAME LOCATION. IS THE TRUCK UP ON BLOCKS? IT LOOKS. YEAH, IT DOES.

SO IN ONE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE THE TIRE WAS FLAT. OKAY. IN THE TRAILER REMAINS. YEAH, YEAH.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT IN THE TRAILER. JUNK STILL REMAINS AS IT WAS. I'VE HAD NO CONTACT WITH ANYBODY. I'VE SEEN ACTIVITY THERE COMING AND GOING, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY. AND NOBODY'S EVER HAVING CONTACT WITH ANYBODY. CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY 8TH AT 1 P.M. SO THERE WE ARE. ALRIGHT, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY

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BAYOU GEORGE FIRE DEPARTMENT. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. ON AUGUST 19TH OF THIS YEAR, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF OVERGROWTH AND PROPERTY. AND ON AUGUST 20TH, INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HUBBARD INITIATED THIS CASE AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES. AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS CASE FILE. INSPECTED THE PROPERTY ON AUGUST 20TH AND YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH. IT'S WELL OVER THREE FOOT HIGH IN SOME PLACES AND ALMOST TO THE TOP OF THE TRAILER THERE IN THE CENTER. SOME OF THE WEEDS HALFWAY UP IT. SO I FOUND IT IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 1702 NUISANCES IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AUGUST 21ST 21ST.

THE FOLLOWING DAY, I MAILED A POSTCARD OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OF RECORD. THE POSTCARD DESCRIBED THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO BRING PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE. SEPTEMBER 9TH, RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. NO CHANGES, NO EVIDENCE THAT ANYBODY'S BEEN THERE. I NOTICED A VIOLATION WAS SENT OUT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS. 8939 FIREBIRD LANE, YOUNGSTOWN, FLORIDA 32466. LISTED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE, BOTH NOTICES WERE RETURNED REGULAR AND CERTIFIED. CAME BACK WITHOUT SERVICE.

OCTOBER 15TH. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. NO CHANGES, NO INDICATION ANYBODY'S BEEN PRESENT THERE. OCTOBER 16TH THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 8939 FIREBIRD LANE, YOUNGSTOWN, FLORIDA. BOTH NOTICES AGAIN RETURNED WITHOUT SERVICE. NOVEMBER 4TH. IT WAS POSTED AT THE PUBLIC WEBSITE. THE HEARING WAS NOVEMBER 5TH. POSTED AT THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES. NOVEMBER 12TH CHECK OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEBSITE SHOWS THAT THE OWNER HAS NOT CHANGED THE TAX DEED FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR SALE DECEMBER 30TH, 2025 THIS YEAR. AND COME TO FIND OUT, THERE'S AN OPEN PROBATE CASE ON THE PROPERTY.

SINCE 2020, IT APPEARS THE OWNER DIED FIVE YEARS AGO, NOVEMBER 12TH. RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY REMAINS THE SAME. YOU CAN SEE THE NOTICE THAT WAS POSTED THERE IN CASE IT'S SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY 8TH, 2026 AT 1:00 PM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD IN THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8939 FIREBIRD LANE IN YOUNGSTOWN, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE. NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE

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BASICALLY, THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY CUTTING AND REMOVING ALL THE OVERGROWTH. IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT AND FORWARD CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. AND IF THEY FAIL TO BRING THE PROPERTY WITHIN COMPLIANCE OR INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE TEN DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THERE WILL BE AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY, AND TO RUN FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS OR UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST, IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN BOUGHT, BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE IN ORDER FOR THE FINES TO CEASE.

ANY SUCH FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THERE WILL BE A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY THE 8TH, 2026. OKAY. ITEM J PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 5414 MERRITT BROWN ROAD. NUMBER TWO LOCATION PURPOSES LOCATED IN THE CHEROKEE HEIGHTS AREA OF BAY COUNTY DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE PREVIOUS EARLIER CASE. TODAY, MERRITT BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. AND ON SEPTEMBER 3RD OF THIS YEAR, INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON INITIATED THIS CASE. AND HE REPORTED THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THIS CASE ON SEPTEMBER THE 3RD, WHILE I WAS IN THE AREA, MERRITT BROWN I DID OBSERVE THE YARD THAT'S LOCATED AT 5414 MERRITT BROWN ROAD, WITH SIGNIFICANT OVERGROWTH. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE ON SLIDE FIVE. THIS IS SLIDE SIX IS THE SIDE TO THE BACK OF THE YARD. SLIDE SEVEN THERE TO THE FRONT. CLOSER VIEW. SLIDE EIGHT. SLIDE. YOU CAN SEE THE SIDE VIEW ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK. I DID GO UP AND TRY TO MAKE CONTACT AT THE HOME. NO ONE WAS THERE. I LEFT A BUSINESS CARD. I DID PUT OUT A YELLOW STICKER GIVING THE PROPERTY OWNER TEN DAYS TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION. ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. I FOUND THAT THE PROPERTY WAS STILL IN VIOLATION AND THE YELLOW CARD HAD BEEN REMOVED, OR THE YELLOW TAG FROM THE MAILBOX HAD BEEN REMOVED. BASED ON THIS, I SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WAS SENT TO THE MERRITT BROWN ADDRESS. THOSE CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL NOTICES RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED. I WAS ABLE TO ALSO LOCATE AN ALTERNATIVE MAILING ADDRESS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WAS IN ALABAMA. I SENT THE CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL NOTICE TO THAT ADDRESS. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS CLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE WAS NOT RETURNED. ON OCTOBER 13TH. I REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE. SLIDE 14, THE PROPERTY HAS REMAINED IN VIOLATION. NOW THE OVERGROWTH HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. I AGAIN TRY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. LEFT MY BUSINESS CARD IN THE DOOR. THERE WAS NO ANSWER TO THE DOOR AT THAT TIME. THIS CASE WAS SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING, SO I SUBMITTED ANOTHER NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND NOTICE OF HEARING FOR TODAY'S DATE. I SENT IT TO BOTH KNOWN ADDRESSES TO THE PROPERTY OWNER THERE AT MERRITT BROWN AND TO THE ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATE ADDRESS THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND. THE. CERTIFIED NOTICE TO THE PRIMARY WAS RECEIVED AND TO THE ALTERNATE. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY RETURNED RECEIPT AND OR RETURNED MAIL FROM THAT ADDRESS. ON OCTOBER 27TH, I DID GET A PHONE CALL FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. I TRIED TO CALL IT BACK AND WENT TO VOICEMAIL. WOULD NOT ALLOW

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THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY THE 8TH OF 2026 AT 1 P.M. AS IT STANDS IN VIOLATION. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 5414 MERRITT BROWN ROAD, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS. CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE'S AWARE OF THE PENDING NATURE OF OF THE HEARING. NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN BY POSTING AND BY MAIL, AND BY CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. PETTIS. HE HAS FAILED TO RESPOND AND TESTIFY AT THIS MATTER. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH ON THE PREMISES. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY BY CUTTING AND MOWING ALL OF THE OVERGROWTH, GRASS OR WEEDS. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. 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, HE SHALL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY, AND WHICH SHALL RUN FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, OR WHENEVER THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST, IT SHALL BE THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. SO, OR IN ORDER TO STOP THE FINES FROM RUNNING ANY FINE IMPOSED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ORDER, SHALL BE A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, THERE WILL BE A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY THE 8TH AT 1 P.M. YES, SIR. I WAS CURIOUS SINCE WE ARE GOING TO BE ON MERRITT BROWN AT THE OTHER END OF THE STREET WITHIN THE 30 DAYS OF COMPLIANCE. IF IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE, CAN WE MOVE FORWARD TO PRE-BID AND ABATE THIS PROPERTY IN 30 DAYS AS WELL? YOU HAD THAT AUTHORITY.

YOU CAN DO THE PRE-BID AND ABATE IT AFTER THE 30 DAYS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM L PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 1503 ALASKA CIRCLE. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF LYNNHAVEN. THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED HIGHWAY 390 INTERSECTION. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. ON JUNE 4TH OF THIS YEAR, INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY AND HE IS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I'VE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THIS CASE. ON JUNE 4TH. I WAS ON PATROL THERE IN THE AREA OF ALASKA CIRCLE AND 390 I OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, I OBSERVED TWO RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. ONE HAD TARPS ON IT. THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IN THE FAR BACK AREA. I HAPPENED TO THE LEFT. YES, SIR. ON THE LEFT. I HAPPENED TO HAD

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THE BICYCLES, YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL WITH THE LIGHT IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER BY THE BLUE TARP IS ON, AND THERE'S POWER RUNNING TO IT, AND THE SALT WATER HOSE RUNNING TO IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. IN SEVEN SIX THERE'S A DERELICT VEHICLE, NO TAG ON IT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I THINK THAT'S SOME SORT OF OLD SWIMMING POOL. I'VE HAD CASES ON THIS PROPERTY BEFORE FAMILIAR WITH, WITH ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS, MR. ROBIN CALHOUN. SO I WENT ONTO THE PROPERTY TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM, AT WHICH TIME A AN INDIVIDUAL, A FEMALE, IDENTIFIED HERSELF AS ROBIN COOPER, NOT KIN TO MR. CALHOUN. HER AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WHO DID NOT WANT TO GIVE ME HIS NAMEND DID NOT LIKE ME BEING PRESENT. BUT BASICALLY I TOLD HER WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY AND WAS LOOKING FOR MR. CALHOUN. SHE SAID HE'D GONE TO THE STORE, THAT THAT SHE WOULD HAVE HIM GET BACK UP WITH ME. SHE DID SAY SOMEONE BY THE NAME OF CHRIS WAS LIVING IN THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. SO MR. CALHOUN, AFTER I LEFT, DID TRY, DID CALL ME. I TRIED TO CALL HIM BACK, BUT WAS UNABLE TO TO MAKE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH HIM. BUT BASED ON MY OBSERVATIONS, I FOUND THAT THE PROPERTY WAS IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF JUNK, TRASH, DERELICT VEHICLES, DEBRIS, AND ALSO THE BAY COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT SECTION 3504 OF THE HABITATION OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, I SENT OUT AN INFORMAL LETTER SINCE MY FIRST CASE TO THIS CASE, NOW, THE OWNERSHIP HAS HAD CHANGED AND IT WAS NOW IN MULTIPLE PEOPLE'S. THIS PARCEL WAS MULTIPLE. IT WAS A MULTIPLE PEOPLE'S OWNERSHIP, WHICH I LATER FOUND OUT THEY'RE ALL SIBLINGS. SO BASED ON ME SENDING OUT THE LETTER TO THE, WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY WAS THE PRIMARY PERSON OF CONTACT, WHICH WAS ON THE THE FIRST NAME ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WAS MISS KENDRICK CALHOUN. SHE ADVISED WHAT I JUST SAID THAT THAT THE THE FAMILY HAD PUT THIS PARCEL ON ALL THE SIBLINGS NAME TO INCLUDE ROBIN, WHO LIVES ON THE PROPERTY. SHE BASICALLY SAYS THAT NO ONE, NONE, NONE OF THE OTHER SIBLINGS WILL HELP THAT HE'S, YOU KNOW, HAS HIS OWN DEMONS AND LET'S, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS PERSONS STAY ON THE PROPERTY THAT THEY DON'T AGREE WITH. AND SHE KNOWS THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. SHE DID SAY THAT SOMEONE HAD LEFT IT THERE DOESN'T HAVE A TAG AND THEY DON'T HAVE OWNERSHIP AND THEY'VE TRIED TO GET IT. SHE'S TRIED TO GET ROBIN TO REMOVE IT, BUT HE WON'T. KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S, YOU KNOW, ONE MAN ARMY HERE WITH WITH NO HELP WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PROPERTY.

AND HER BROTHER, I BASICALLY TOLD HER THAT, YOU KNOW, IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CASE. JULY THE 7TH, WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THERE'S SLIDE TEN. THERE'S A MATTRESS UP BY THE FRONT DOOR. NOW SLIDE 11. THERE WASN'T A DERELICT CAR PARKED IN THAT SAME LOCATION. SLIDE 12 WAS TO COME AROUND. IT'S KIND OF MOVED OVER NOW, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT'S VERY OBVIOUS SOMEONE'S LIVING THERE. BUT OTHER THAN THE GRASS BEING CUT, IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN ANY CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY AND THE OTHER ABANDONED, I WILL SAY, BECAUSE THAT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IN THE BACK IS NOT HABITABLE. IT'S STILL THERE, ALONG WITH ALL THE JUNK AND DEBRIS. AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE RECORD, THE DERELICT VEHICLE HAS NO TAG DISPLAYED. YES, SIR. AND AND AND FOR THE PURPOSE, NEITHER ONE OF THOSE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES TAGS EITHER. AND THEY'RE NOT OPERABLE. WHAT.

THAT'S A THAT'S A HOT TUB THERE IT LOOKS LIKE. YES. IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAS A BIG PILE OF JUNK THERE. HE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. SO BASED ON MY OBSERVATION THIS TIME, I DID ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. I SENT OUT THE VIOLATION CERTIFIED MAIL TO MISS KENDRA CALHOUN, AND THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE DID NOT

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I POSTED THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION THERE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PROPERTY ON JULY 10TH.

MISS CALHOUN CALLED THE OFFICE. KENDRA CALHOUN SAID THAT SHE HAD MISSED THE CERTIFIED AND AND STAFF EMAILED HER A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION. ON JULY 17TH, I RECEIVED A ANOTHER PHONE CALL FROM MISS CALHOUN. WE DISCUSSED THE VIOLATIONS IN GREAT DETAIL, AND AS I'VE STATED PREVIOUSLY, I TOLD HER THAT, YOU KNOW, IF NOTHING'S DONE, I'LL HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD TO A HEARING ON AUGUST 11TH. PROPERTY IS REINSPECTED DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY. NOW THE OVERGROWTH HAS GROWN. OBVIOUS. SOMEONE STILL LIVING IN THAT RV.

IT APPEARS THEY MAY HAVE SPRUNG A LEAK BASED ON THAT. YES, IT MUST OBVIOUSLY BE LEAKING WITH ALL THE THE ADDITION OF THE TARP ON THE TOP THERE. ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY, REMAINED IN VIOLATION. GRASS HAS BEEN CUT AT THIS POINT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF COMING AND GOING FROM THIS PROPERTY. BASED ON MY OBSERVATIONS, I WENT AHEAD AND SCHEDULED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND NOTICE OF HEARING. FOR TODAY'S DATE. I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL THE THE CO PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH IS ALL LISTED HERE IN THE AFFIDAVIT OR IN MY REPORT. I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT ALL OUT. CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL NOTICES WERE SENT TO ALL OF THEM. ALSO POSTED THE PROPERTY WITH THE WELL. THAT WAS LATER ON THE 28TH, BUT. THE ONLY ONE THAT THAT ACTUALLY RECEIVED THEIR NOTICE WAS MISS CALHOUN. ALL THE OTHER ONES WERE RETURNED UNCLAIMED, AND NONE OF THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS, OTHER THAN ROBIN AND KENDRA, HAS REACHED OUT TO SPEAK TO ME. OCTOBER 21ST, ROBIN DID CALL AGAIN, SAYING THAT HE'S GOING TO TRY TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BEFORE THE HEARING. OCTOBER 28TH, I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THERE'S NOW ANOTHER DERELICT VEHICLE WITH NO TAG. I MEAN, IT SEEMS OPERABLE. I KNOW THE JEEP IS BACKED IN, DOESN'T HAVE A TAG. THE OTHER CAR OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T HAVE A TAG. SOME OF THE DEBRIS HAS BEEN REMOVED. NOW TO THIS POINT, ROBIN SAYS THERE'S NO ONE LIVING IN THE TRAILER IN THE RV, BUT IT'S SET UP LIKE SOMEONE'S LIVING THERE WITH GARBAGE CANS AND HOUSE PLANTS OUT FRONT. THERE'S A TOILET NOW IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, AS YOU SEE THERE IN SLIDE 30. NOW THERE'S A HOUSE, PLANT AND BICYCLE AND A GARBAGE CAN. THEY ARE NOW DISMANTLING THE. THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE THAT WAS DUMPED THERE. AND THEY'RE STARTING TO BURN DEBRIS. ON NOVEMBER THE 4TH, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. LET ME ALSO BACK UP ON THE 28TH. ALSO, THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED WHEN I WENT THERE FOR THE REINSPECTION NOVEMBER THE 5TH. THE PROPERTY APPRAISER SHOWS OWNERSHIP HAS A CHANGE AND TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. SEPTEMBER THE 17TH THE PROPERTY WAS INSPECTED AND I FOUND IT TO STILL BE IN VIOLATION. AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY'RE STILL CLEANING UP ITEMS, DERELICT VEHICLES HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME BACKPACKS AND I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO SHOW, BUT THERE'S SOME MINOR CHILDREN. THEY'RE SITTING THERE IN THE SWING. I ASKED THEM IF ROBIN WAS THERE AND THEY'RE NO KIND OF INDICATED THAT. ONE OF THE GIRLS IS LIVING WITH HER FAMILY AND THAT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, THEY WERE KIND OF COMING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEIR BACKPACKS, THAT OTHER DERELICT VEHICLES THERE WITHOUT THE TAG, THE TOILETS STILL ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AND THIS, THIS VEHICLE. HE'S DUG A HOLE.

I'M TRYING TO BURN OUT A STUMP, BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S HE IS MAKING AN EFFORT. AT LEAST GET THE JUNK OUT OF THERE. BUT STILL. JUNK DEBRIS, PROPERTY STILL IN VIOLATION. JUNK DEBRIS AND DERELICT VEHICLES AND PERSON LIVING IN THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. AND AT THIS TIME, I HAD NO FURTHER TESTIMONY. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1503 ALASKA CIRCLE IN LYNN HAVEN, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY

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THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702 IN THE FORM OF. JUNK FURNITURE, TRASH, DEBRIS AND DERELICT VEHICLES ON THE PREMISES. AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE APPEARS TO BE A. HABITATION OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ON THE PREMISES, ALL CONTRARY TO 1702 AND 3504. SO THE RESPONDENTS SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ALL OF THE FURNITURE, TRASH, JUNK, DEBRIS AND REMOVE ALL BUT ONE DERELICT VEHICLE TO INCLUDE THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. THE. RESPONDENTS SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS TO CEASE ANY HABITATION OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ON THE PREMISES. ITS RESPONSIBILITY THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE IF THEY FAIL TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE FURNITURE, TRASH, JUNK AND DEBRIS WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDER. AND THEY WILL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY, AND THAT SHALL RUN FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS OR UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR. FIRST. IT'S THE RESPONDENTS RESPONSIBILITY TO LET CODE ENFORCEMENT KNOW AND CALL FOR AN INSPECTION TO VERIFY THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. IN ORDER FOR THE FINE TO CEASE, THAT FINE SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENTS PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, AND THE COUNTY. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE CEASING OF HABITATION OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONTINUE TO BE FINED A DAILY FINE OF $25 UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. THAT FINE SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED HERE IN BAY COUNTY. AGAIN, IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND CALL FOR AN INSPECTION IN ORDER TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. THAT. SECOND FINE AS IT RELATES TO THE HABITATION WILL BE IN ADDITION TO. THE $25 FINE AS IT RELATES TO THE JUNK AND THE THE DEBRIS. SO IF THEY CLEAN UP THE JUNK AND DEBRIS BUT CONTINUE TO HABITATE IN THE PREMISES AFTER 30 DAYS, IT'S GOING TO KEEP RUNNING. I DON'T KNOW IF I DON'T KNOW IF THE THEY WON'T OVERLAP BECAUSE OF THE 30 DAYS, SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY, THERE'LL BE A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON JANUARY THE 8TH. THANK YOU. OKAY, LAST ITEM ON THIS MORNING'S AGENDA IS ITEM N PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2706 DOROTHY AVENUE. SLIDE NUMBER TWO. JUST AN AERIAL VIEW FOR LOCATION. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST END OF PANAMA CITY BEACH, UNINCORPORATED AREA. THIS IS NORTH LAGOON HERE. OKAY, SO WE'RE DEALING WITH THE BLUE SQUARE VERSUS THE LITTLE RED BOX, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT GOOD EYES. I DIDN'T SEE THAT RED BOX. OKAY.

AND THIS IS JUST CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. AND WHILE PATROLLING THIS AREA ON AUGUST 12TH, INSPECTOR INVESTIGATOR TRIP OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY, AND HE'S HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE INVESTIGATOR JOE TRIP, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. ALL NOTICES AND PHOTOS ARE ATTACHED AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THIS WAS MY INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY.

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THERE'S A 13. ALL RIGHT. SORRY. NOVEMBER 13TH. THE RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY IN VIOLATION.

MELINDA WINE CALLED SENIOR INVESTIGATOR AGAIN AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE VIOLATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND CORRECTED BY NOVEMBER 14TH. A CHECK OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE SHOWS THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAS NOT CHANGED AND THE TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. NOVEMBER 17TH. HERE IS SHOWN IN PHOTO NUMBER 19. SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS HAD BEEN REMOVED, HOWEVER, SOME FURNITURE AND TRASH JUNK STILL REMAINED. NO COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE RESPONDENT AND THIS CASE IS ALSO SET FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING. JANUARY 8TH OF 26 AT 1 P.M. OKAY. MELINDA WINE. SHE WORKS FOR SMILEY'S, DOESN'T SHE? OKAY. AND SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY GOT THE WHEREWITHAL TO CORRECT ALL OF THIS. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2706 DOROTHY AVENUE, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, AND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 TWO OF THE CODE REGARDING JUNK DEBRIS, ETC. TRASH. THE. NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. BY MAILING AND BY POSTING. THERE'S A VIOLATION OF 1702, IN THE FORM OF WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL JUNK FURNITURE AND JUNK AND DEBRIS. RELATED TO THAT, THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ALL JUNK AND FURNITURE AND DEBRIS RELATED TO THE SAME ON THE PREMISES OUT THERE, AND BASICALLY ALONG THE STREET, THAT IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES AND ORDINANCES WITHIN TEN DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT WILL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25, TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY, FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, OR WHENEVER THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST, THE FINE WILL BECOME A LEAN UPON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY,

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