[Code Magistrate Hearing on November 20, 2025.]
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          MY NAME IS TIFFANY. I'M GONNA SERVE AS YOUR MAGISTRATE FOR TODAY'S HEARING. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TODAY'S MEETING TO ORDER. IT'S THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH AT 909 O'CLOCK AM. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS 901. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE AGENDA WITH THE PARTIES THAT ARE HERE AND PRESENT FIRST, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT AND DEAL WITH ME ALL DAY LONG. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SWEAR EVERYBODY IN TOGETHER. SO IF YOU'LL STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SWEAR YOU IN. FROM THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH. AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH I DO. 
          ALRIGHT. ALL I WILL NEED WHEN YOU COME UP AND WE DEAL WITH YOUR CASE, IS YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, WE'LL GO AHEAD. I HAVE NO EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS TO DISCLOSE, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD ON LETTER E ON THE AGENDA. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20240831. 
          PROPERTY ADDRESSES 13210 SHERRY LANE. GOOD MORNING, CATHERINE ASHLAND, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. THIS IS A FINAL HEARING TO IMPOSE A LIEN FOR COSTS OF ABATEMENT AND FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. AND IF INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD, ALONG WITH MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ATTACHED. A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HEARD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 14TH OF AUGUST, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING ORDER THAT WAS HELD JULY 10TH, 2025. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE HEARING. 
          PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AND ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE SHOWN ON THE 14TH OF AUGUST COMPLIANCE HEARING. YOU CAN SEE A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, SOME JUNK AND TRASH THROWN ABOUT THE PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED AGRICULTURE. JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, SOME MORE JUNK AND TRASH THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED. THE RESPONDENT WAS TO PAY THE $575 IN FINES PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, AND THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED THE STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATOR. A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B, AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE ON THE 15TH OF AUGUST. SEPTEMBER 25TH. YES. EXCUSE ME. ON THE 15TH OF AUGUST 2025, NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, STATING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025. ON AUGUST THE 27TH, THE PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS POSTED AT THE GATE TO THE PROPERTY, AND THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN VIOLATION ALONG THE PROPERTY. 
          YOU SEE A JUNK WITH SOME TRAILER, A TRAILER, SOME JUNK, MORE JUNK UNDER A TARP, SOME OTHER ITEMS STREWN ABOUT THE GRASS. OTHER ITEMS TO THE LEFT THAT SAYS YOU WALK IN THE GATE TO THE LEFT OF THE PROPERTY. LOOKS LIKE A REPEAT. PHOTOS ONE VEHICLE, SOME JUNK AND TRASH HERE. A TRAILER FULL OF TRASH IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. AND THERE WAS JUST A BUNCH. A LOT OF JUNK AND TRASH STREWN ABOUT. STRUNG ABOUT THE PROPERTY. AND THAT'S BEHIND THE RV. ON THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025, ANGELA BATSON CALLED BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND INFORMED ME THAT SHE HAD CLEANED ABOUT 90% OF THE PROPERTY ON. ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AS YOU SEE HERE, THERE'S STILL JUNK AND TRASH STRUNG ABOUT THE PROPERTY. THE VEHICLE REMAINED ALONG WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE JUNK AND TRASH. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $2,100. UPON INSPECTION ON THE 17TH OF SEPTEMBER 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. ON OCTOBER THE 8TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS P.O BOX 366, IN FOUNTAIN, FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE, THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED. THE NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED AS OF THIS DATE. ON OCTOBER THE 9TH, A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. IN THE 4TH OF NOVEMBER, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AT 
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THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? GOOD MORNING. JUST GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. ANGELA BATSON 13210 SHERRY LANE. OKAY, TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW, MISS BATSON. YES, MY HUSBAND OWNED IT. OKAY. HE PASSED AWAY AND LEFT ME WITH IT. OKAY? I'VE BEEN INJURED. I'VE GOT TO HAVE SURGERY IN A MONTH, AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO ALL OF THAT. BUT I. I KNOW IT HAD TO BE DONE, BUT THE PROPERTY WAS DEEMED AGRICULTURAL. WELL, THEY TOOK ALL OF MY FARM EQUIPMENT, MY BUSH HOGS AND ALL OF THAT. THEY TOOK ALL OF THAT AND. I KNOW I'M I GOT TO PAY FOR FINES AND STUFF. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG I'VE GOT TO PAY IT. AND WHAT'S THIS INTEREST STUFF? WHAT HAPPENS IS THE COST OF ABATEMENT IS SEPARATELY CHARGED FROM THE ACTUAL FINE. SO THE COST OF ABATEMENT GETS PUT ONTO YOUR TAXES IF IT'S NOT PAID OTHERWISE. SO IT WILL BE PAID EVENLY OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS FROM YOUR TAXES. THE FINES ITSELF WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR BAY COUNTY. YOU CAN SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN WITH THEM BY CALLING OR CONTACTING THEM, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST PAYMENT OPTION PLAN THERE. THE INTEREST WOULD BE ACCRUING BASED ON IS IT ON A DAILY BASIS WITH THE FINE? IT IS A DAILY BASIS UNTIL FROM THE TIME THE THE ORDER IS RECORDED UNTIL IT'S PAID. THE DAILY INTEREST ON THE ABATEMENT IS A DAILY INTEREST, STARTING AGAIN FROM THE DATE OF RECORDING TO JUNE 30TH. OKAY. AND THEN ON JUNE 30TH, IT'LL GO TO A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND INTEREST. 
          GOT IT. SO DOES THAT EXPLAIN FOR YOU THE INTEREST ON THOSE? NOT REALLY. I'M NOT ALL THAT BRIGHT. HEY, SOMETIMES WHEN IT COMES TO MATH, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST UNDERSTOOD BY EACH PERSON. IT'S ALWAYS DIFFERENT. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE ACTUAL COST OF THE ABATEMENT? IT'LL GO ON A DAILY BASIS UNTIL JUNE 30TH FROM THE TIME IT'S RECORDED, THEN JUNE 30TH, THE WAY THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE DOES IT, THEY PLACE IT AS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT SO IT STOPS COLLECTING INTEREST AT THAT POINT IN TIME AND JUST CONTINUALLY GETS ASSESSED AGAINST YOUR TAXES EVENLY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE OTHER FINE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GAIN A DAILY INTEREST RATE. SO SHORT VERSION AS YOU PROBABLY WANT TO GET THAT ONE PAID OFF FIRST. SO YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE CONTINUAL INTEREST ON THAT. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S THE 500 AND SOMETHING DOLLARS, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND THAT ONE, YOU CAN SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. I BELIEVE THEY'RE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING. YOU CAN CALL OR GO UP THERE AND TALK TO WHOEVER THE SECRETARY IS THERE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO. 
          OKAY, WELL, IF YOU DO STAY IN TOUCH WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT, AND THEY WILL HELP GAIN YOU THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF. OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          WHAT WE WILL DO IS I WILL FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE AS OF THE DATE OF NINE 1725, WITH THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE CITED IN THIS PROPERTY, THE RECOMMENDATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT IS THAT THE RESPONDENT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE OF $2,100 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST, AND THE FINES OF 575 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. THEN, UPON RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE 
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AND VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT OF CHAPTER 21 OF THE COUNTY CODE. OKAY. SO AGAIN, THOSE WILL BE SEPARATELY DEALT WITH. 
          CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY CAN HELP YOU SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN WITH REGARD TO THE ACTUAL FINES FOR THEM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN TODAY. THAT'S WHAT WE CAN EXPLAIN THAT. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS DON'T HESITATE TO ASK OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE I DID NOT ADDRESS WITH REGARD TO THAT CASE? ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20240831. PROPERTY ADDRESS 13210 SHERRY LANE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. WE HAVE LETTER G ON THE AGENDA. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20250588. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7401 WIREGRASS BOULEVARD. THIS IS A FINAL HEARING TO IMPOSE FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE AND INVESTIGATE INJUSTICES. HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING. YOUR MAGISTRATE, TIM JUSTICE, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. FOR THE RECORD. MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ALSO ATTACHED. A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HEARD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON AUGUST THE 14TH, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING ORDER HELD ON JULY THE 10TH, 2025. 
          THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. THE RESPONDENT WAS PRESENT FOR YOUR FIRST HEARING, THOUGH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS TO PAY $700 IN FINES PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, AND HE ALSO DIRECTED THE STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS, AND A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON AUGUST THE 14TH, THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, STATING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER SEVEN ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER THE 15TH CONDUCTED A PRE-BID INSPECTION ON THE 25TH 27TH OF AUGUST 2025. THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS. WHILE I'M ON THE PROPERTY. YOU HAVE THIS VEHICLE. EXCUSE ME. DERELICT VEHICLE. ANOTHER DERELICT VEHICLE IN THE BACK. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER THIS PROPERTY, IT'S WAY OFF THE BACK OF RYEGRASS ROAD. DERELICT VEHICLE, DERELICT TRAILER. DERELICT RV. SEPTEMBER THE 8TH I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE BUT THE PROPERTY WAS STILL IN VIOLATION. THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. NOAH, HAD WORKED ON IT ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN HE'S HOME. THE GRASS HAD BEEN CUT. SOME OF THE JUNK AND TRASH HAD DISAPPEARED. THE RV WAS STILL PRESENT. YOU SEE THE VEHICLE IN THE BACK ALONG WITH SOME PILES OF JUNK. THE JEEP, THE VEHICLE PILE. THAT PILE OF DEBRIS IN THE ORIGINAL PHOTOS IS NOW GONE. IN BETWEEN THERE, AND THERE WAS A VEHICLE OVER THERE IN THE INITIAL HEARING. ON SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. THE RV HAD BEEN MOVED, THE VEHICLES HAD BEEN MOVED, THE JUNK AND TRASH HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE DEBRIS THAT THEY HAD OVER IN THE CORNER HAD BEEN REMOVED AND IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE PRIOR TO THAT, ON SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, I CONTACTED THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HE INFORMED ME THE PROPERTY WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, WHICH IT WAS. 
          ON OCTOBER THE 8TH, THE NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS. 1787 FLORIDA STREET AND ALFORD, FLORIDA, FROM THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. BOTH NOTICES WERE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED, UNABLE TO AFFORD. ON THE 24TH OF OCTOBER, A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY, AND THE 4TH OF NOVEMBER A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? COME ON UP AND GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, LORI TREVINO. AND IT'S 70 401 WIREGRASS BOULEVARD. ALL RIGHT. TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. WELL, THIS PROPERTY WE MY HUSBAND CLEANED IT DURING THE WEEKENDS. ONCE HE KNEW IT HAD TO BE CLEANED UP JUST BECAUSE HE TRAVELS FROM WORK. SO HE WOULD COME BACK AND FORTH TO GET THIS DONE. AS OF NOW, IT IS IN COMPLIANCE. AND I HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY. WE DON'T GET ANY MORE NOTICES. ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW FROM YOU RIGHT NOW? LORI, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE COULD WAVE OR REDUCE THE. FINE. 
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OKAY. LET ME SEE WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION IS AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. CODE ENFORCEMENT, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? YES. A DOUBLE CHECK. I BELIEVE THE FINE WAS ALREADY IMPOSED. MAGISTRATE IMPOSED THE INITIAL FINE OF 200 AND A DAILY FINE OF 25 FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS. AND I KNOW I'M TRYING TO READ OVER IT QUICKLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T DEAL WITH THIS ORDER. THIS WAS MR. LEWIS, SO I'M TRYING TO READ WHAT HE DID AS WELL. SO YEAH. SO HE IMPOSED THAT FINE BACK ON AT THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR RECOMMENDATION SAYS TO IMPOSE THE 700, ALTHOUGH IT WAS ALREADY IMPOSED. SO. AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN BECOME A LIEN BECAUSE THIS WAS. WELL NO WE HAVE WE HAVEN'T RECORDED THIS ORDER YET HAVE WE. 
          NOT. SO. WE DOUBLE CHECK THAT ORDER NUMBER TIME. OKAY. THE NONCOMPLIANCE ORDER WAS RECORDED OKAY. SO IT HAS BEEN IMPOSED. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT. FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. AND. MY THOUGHT IS NOW I DON'T HAVE THE INITIAL HEARING. OR WAS THIS INITIALLY HEARD BY MR. I BELIEVE IT WAS INITIALLY HEARD BY ME. AND THEN WHEN I WAS OUT OF TOWN, BILL LEWIS STEPPED IN AND HEARD THE COMPLIANCE HEARINGS. 
          AND YOU SAID IT HAS BEEN RECORDED? YES. DO YOU KNOW IF ANY AMOUNT HAS BEEN PAID TOWARDS THE FINE? YOU MAY KNOW BETTER THAN ANYBODY. WORRY. NO, NO, I THINK IT'S OKAY. OKAY. GOT IT. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR HOW LONG IT'S TAKING ME. I'M READING THROUGH THIS TO SEE IF I EVEN HAVE ANY JURISDICTION TO CHANGE IT. IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN ORDERED BY THE OTHER MAGISTRATE AND IT'S BEEN RECORDED, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE ANYTHING WITH REGARD TO THE FINE. IF IT'S BEEN A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY OR ANY, I CAN CERTAINLY FIND IT IN COMPLIANCE. 
          OKAY, FROM WHAT I'M SEEING, IT APPEARS THAT THE MAGISTRATE, MR. LEWIS, HAS ALREADY IMPOSED THE INITIAL FINE. IT HAS BEEN RECORDED. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO ADJUST THE FINE. I CAN FIND 
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THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE. AS OF SEPTEMBER 15TH. AND THAT IT WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE PROPERTY OWNER FIND IT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATED VIOLATIONS THAT WERE LISTED. OKAY, OKAY. SO. CLICK OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO DO. NOTICE THAT MY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THE FINE LIKE A START TODAY OR HAS IT BEEN INCLUDING MY INTERESTING IT APPEARS BRENDAN CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE AMOUNT IS? IT APPEARS IT WAS ENTERED BY MR. LEWIS ON AUGUST 14TH, SO I WOULD I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS RECORDED, BUT MY THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT IT PROBABLY HAS BEEN ACCRUING INTEREST UNTIL AUGUST. BEGINNING AUGUST 14TH. SO THE AMOUNT OF THE INTEREST ACCRUED. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO ON AUGUST 20TH OR 2025 IS WHEN IT WAS RECORDED. SO AUGUST 20TH OF 2025 IS WHEN IT WAS RECORDED. SO THAT'S WHEN THE INTEREST STARTS TO ACCRUE ON IT OKAY. OKAY OKAY. CALL ME THIS AFTERNOON OKAY. AND I CAN GIVE YOU I WILL TRY TO GET YOU AN EXACT PAID OFF OKAY. TODAY OKAY. BUT CALL MY CELL. OKAY. THE NUMBER I WROTE DOWN FOR YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE OFFICER. HE CAN CERTAINLY LEAD YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME, MA'AM? OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON LETTER G. 
          IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE NUMBER 20250588. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7401 WIREGRASS BOULEVARD. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO LETTER A ON THE AGENDA. IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20251873 PROPERTY ADDRESS 7831 GADSDEN AVENUE. AGAIN CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. THIS FIRST SLIDE, OR SLIDE NUMBER TWO, IS AN AERIAL FOR LOCATION PURPOSES, SHOWING THAT IT IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS SOUTHPORT. THE PROPERTY IS IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OUTLINED IN BLUE. THIS IS HIGHWAY 77 ON THE OPPOSITE CORNER, AND SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS A REPEAT VIOLATION. A HEARING FOR A REPEAT VIOLATION. THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD OR SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HAVE FOUND THIS PROPERTY OWNER IN VIOLATION ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE FOLLOWING CASES WERE PRESENTED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND COPIES OF THOSE ORDERS ARE ATTACHED. EXHIBIT A WE HAVE A VIOLATION IN 2023, A VIOLATION OF 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF JUNK AND VEHICLES. THAT CASE WAS ABATED BY THE COUNTY. AGAIN. 2023 AND VIOLATION 17 DASH TWO IN THE FORM OF JUNK, TRASH, DERELICT VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT, AND UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THAT CASE WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. 20 2117 TWO IN THE FORM OF JUNK, TRASH, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND ON 2021, VIOLATION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE THAT WAS ABATED BY THE COUNTY ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2025. WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT ON THIS PROPERTY, AND ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025, INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE. GOOD MORNING, YOUR MAGISTRATE, TIM JUSTICE, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. FOR THE RECORD, MY NOTICES ARE ATTACHED TO ALL OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY ON SEPTEMBER THE 23RD AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION OF UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, TRASH, JUNK AND YARD DEBRIS. THIS IS LOOKING HERE IN SLIDE FIVE. THAT'S JUST THE HOUSE. YOU CAN SEE SOME UNSCREENED PROPERTY STREWN ABOUT IN THE FRONT YARD. CLOSER UP VIEW OF SOME UNSCREENED PROPERTY IN THE FRONT YARD TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME, AS YOU'RE LOOKING FROM 
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GADSDEN, SOME YARD DEBRIS ON FURTHER DOWN ON GADSDEN AVENUE THAT'S PILED UP, OBVIOUSLY HERE BY THE FENCE, SOME TRASH THAT LOOKS LIKE A BURN PIT IN THAT PRIOR PHOTO IN SEVEN. FURTHER ON DOWN THE RIGHT OF WAY ON GADSDEN, YOU SEE SOME JUNK AND TRASH STORED ALONG THEIR PRIVACY FENCE HERE IN SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT. ON THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER 2025, I SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 7831 GADSDEN AVENUE, SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON THE 27TH OF SEPTEMBER AND AS OF THIS DATE, THE NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED. ON THE 25TH OF SEPTEMBER 2025, LOCATED A TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. I CONTACTED JENNIFER GODWIN, THE PROPERTY OWNER INFORMED HER OF THE VIOLATIONS AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THEM PRIOR TO THE HEARING OR PRIOR TO A HEARING. ON THE 14TH OF OCTOBER, 2025, I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AGAIN IN SLIDE TEN. IT'S JUST LOOKING BACK AT THE MOBILE HOME. YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME OF THE ON SCREEN PROPERTY IN THE FRONT YARD, A LITTLE BIT OF OVERGROWTH. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE DEBRIS PILE IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THIS SLIDE. NUMBER 11 WITH PILES OF JUNK. THERE'S THE DEBRIS PILE. THANK YOU. HERE IN SLIDE 12, SOME OVERGROWTH OVERGROWTH ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOUSE WAS ADDED IN THIS VIOLATION DURING THIS INSPECTION. THIS IS THE BACK OF THE HOUSE THAT IS A COOLER THAT IS SITTING ON A TRAILER. THEY'RE FISHERMEN. SO I GUESS THEY KEEP COOLERS IN THEIR FRONT YARD. I HERE ON THE 14TH HERE IN THIS SLIDE NUMBER 13, BUT MAINLY THE OVERGROWTH AS WELL IN THE BACKYARD ON THE 24TH OR EXCUSE ME ON THE 14TH I INSPECTED IT WAS AN ADDITIONAL VIOLATION OF OVERGROWTH WAS ADDED. THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS. 7831 GADSDEN AVENUE, SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON THE 17TH OF OCTOBER, 2025. 
          THE REGULAR NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED TO THIS DATE AS WELL. ON THE 24TH OF OCTOBER 2025, A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. A YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY TELL THAT THE TRUCK ON THE RIGHT IS DERELICT AND A SECOND, POSSIBLY A SECOND DERELICT VEHICLE HERE. THE WHITE CAR WITH THE HOOD OPEN. UNKNOWN IF IT'S DERELICT OR NOT. BUT I DID MENTION IT IN THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON NOVEMBER THE 4TH. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON THE 14TH OF NOVEMBER. I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY LAST WEEK, STILL IN VIOLATION OF THE FRONT YARD, ON SCREEN PROPERTY AND TRASH AND JUNK. 
          YOU SEE SOME OF THE OVERGROWTH UP CLOSE TO THE HOUSE. ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY, OR ALONG THE GADSDEN AVENUE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. YOU SEE THE TRASH PILE, THE BIG PILE OF DEBRIS THAT YOU SAW IN BETWEEN THE TREE AND THE PROPERTY FENCE. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS GONE, BUT YOU STILL SEE THE TRASH AND THE JUNK ALONG THE FENCE LINE BEHIND THE CHAIR. SOME OVERGROWTH HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, JUST THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK HERE IN SLIDE 20. AND ANOTHER SHOT HERE IN SLIDE 20 OF THE OVERGROWTH TO THE NORTH OF THE HOUSE. ON NOVEMBER THE 17TH, THE PROPERTY OWNER, JENNIFER GODWIN, CALLED ME AND INFORMED ME THEY HAD MADE PROGRESS. SO I INFORMED HER I WOULD REINSPECT ON THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER FOR COMPLIANCE. I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY THIS WEEK. LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD SCRAPED SOME OF THE TRASH AND JUNK. MAYBE IT'S IN THE GARBAGE CAN. THE FRONT YARD DOES APPEAR TO BE BETTER. SOME OF THE ITEMS HAD MOVED FROM THE TRASH PIT, WHICH IS THOSE OYSTER SHELLS. THEY USED TO BE BRICKS AROUND IT. SOME OF THE WEEDS, IF YOU CAN SEE, HAVE BEEN WEEDED HERE. THERE IS STILL TRASH ALONG THE GADSDEN AVENUE SIDE, BUT THE OVERGROWTH AND I'M SURE THERE'S TRASH INVOLVED INSIDE HERE. IT STILL REMAINS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GADSDEN AVENUE ALONG THE. ALONG FIRST STREET. YES, AND THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON THE 9TH OF JANUARY, 2026 AT THE BAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS MOMENT? NO. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE NO ONE IS PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME. WE DO. I'M GOING TO LET INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE READ THAT SINCE IT'S. YES MA'AM. IT IS 
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CODE ENFORCEMENT RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINE ONE THE ADDRESS, 7831 GADSDEN AVENUE, SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA, IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND IS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 17 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE TWO. PROPER NOTICE OF HEARING WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. THREE THE PROPERTY OWNER IS A REPEAT VIOLATOR FOR THAT A REPEAT VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO EXISTS IN THE FORM OF JUNK, TRASH, AND UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND THAT A VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO DOES EXIST IN THE FORM OF YARD DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH FIVE THAT THE MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME OF FIVE DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ALL OF THE JUNK, TRASH, ALL OF THE YARD DEBRIS, CUTTING ALL OF THE OVERGROWTH, AND PROPERLY STORING OR SCREENING OR REMOVING ALL OF THE UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSE OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, AND SIX THAT IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $400, A DAILY FINE OF $100 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE FIFTH DAY FOR A PERIOD OF 25 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTOWHIS FIRST. SUCH FINES SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA. THAT CONCLUDES MY RECOMMENDATIONS. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT? YEAH. PLEASE NOTE THAT WITH THE FINDING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS A REPEAT VIOLATOR, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO EVEN GIVE THEM THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT OF A REASONABLE TIME TO CORRECT. THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THAT. SO BY GIVING THEM FIVE DAYS TO CORRECT, YOU'RE BEING EXCEPTIONALLY COURTEOUS AND NICE TO ALLOW THEM TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ACCEPT CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION AND WE SHOULD SAY THANK YOU TO CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR ALLOWING THEM TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20251873. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7831 GADSDEN AVENUE. MOVING ON TO LETTER B ON THE AGENDA. ITS CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 23 00123 PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 5025 PINE AVENUE. GOOD MORNING, CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IN AUGUST OF 2023. THESE ARE SOME PHOTOS THAT ARE A PHOTO THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME. THE PROPERTY OWNER OBTAINED THE DEMOLITION PERMITS WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET WITHIN YOUR ORDER AND. ON SEPTEMBER 15TH OF THIS YEAR, WE FOUND THAT THE PROPERTY WAS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. AND SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT YOU FIND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOW PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR ORDER. NOW, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE NO ONE IS PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY, PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. 
          AT THIS TIME, I WILL FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS. AS OF SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE CODE ENFORCEMENT NEEDS WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY? ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20 3-00123 PROPERTY ADDRESS 5025 PINE AVENUE. MOVING ON TO LETTER C ON THE AGENDA IS CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20243475. PROPERTY ADDRESS 229 WEST 17TH STREET. CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. THIS IS A FINAL HEARING TO IMPOSE FOR COST OF ABATEMENT AND FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HELD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON JULY 17TH, 2025, AND THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING ORDER HELD ON JUNE 12TH OF 2025. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THIS HEARING. PHOTOS ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN FILE. SLIDE NUMBER THREE STARTS WITH PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF JULY 17TH HEARING. THIS IS A REMINDER OF WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKED LIKE. MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL 
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INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND UPON ANY AND OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT ANY FINES AND THE COST OF ABATEMENT WOULD BE THOSE AT THE FINAL HEARING, PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE ON AUGUST 26TH, 2025, AND ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT A COST OF $800 ON AUGUST 27TH. THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY DURING THE PRE-BID INSPECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, STARTING IN SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT, THE PROPERTY. VIOLATION. ON AUGUST 27TH, 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $2,900 AND ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. STARTING IN PHOTO NUMBER 12. 13 AND 14. ON OCTOBER 2ND, I NOTICE A FINAL HEARING WAS SENT REGULAR, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS LISTED IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. NO RETURN SERVICE HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND THE REGULAR MAIL HAS NOT RETURNED. A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE ON THE. ON NOVEMBER 3RD, AND AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT BUILDING ON NOVEMBER 4TH. ON NOVEMBER 5TH OF THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED A PAYMENT FOR THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT AND THE FINE THAT WAS ORDERED DURING THE FINAL HEARING. SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE JUST ASKING THAT THE MAGISTRATE FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE WITH FOR. FIRST TWO ORDERS. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. 
          AM I CORRECT IN UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL FINES AND FEES HAVE BEEN PAID TO CODE ENFORCEMENT THIS TIME REGARDING THIS PROPERTY? CORRECT? OKAY, I WILL FIND THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS. ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2025 THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20243475 PROPERTY ADDRESS 229 WEST 17TH STREET. MOVING ON TO LETTER D ON THE AGENDA, ITS CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250973 PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 8813 FREMONT AVENUE. OKAY. A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HELD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON AUGUST 14TH, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST ORDER THAT WAS HELD ON JULY 10TH, 2025. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THIS HEARING. PHOTOS ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT PAY THE $1,000 IN FINES PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LEASED PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED ON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B. ON AUGUST 19TH, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES. AUGUST 26TH AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT THE COST OF $800. ON AUGUST 27TH, A PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $5,570, AND UPON INSPECTION ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. 
          STARTING WITH NUMBER TEN AND 11. ON OCTOBER 6TH, A NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS LISTED IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISER DATABASE. THE NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED WITH NO FORWARDING ADDRESS CERTIFIED. 
          NOTICE WAS ALSO SENT TO AN ALTERNATIVE ADDRESS. A NOTICE WAS ALSO RETURNED, UNABLE TO 
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FORWARD COPY WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY ON NOVEMBER 3RD AND ON AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON NOVEMBER. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, WHILE NO ONE IS PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. JUST CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? YES, IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE RESPONDENT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATEMENT, THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT, AND THE AMOUNT OF $6,370 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. AND THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THIS VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE COUNTY CODE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY, OR I MEAN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. AM I CORRECT THAT THE MAGISTRATE HAS ALREADY IMPOSED A $1,000 FINE WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY IN QUESTION? YES. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT ANY ADJUSTMENT TO THE FACT THAT A FINE HAS ALREADY BEEN IMPOSED SEPARATELY BY THE MAGISTRATE, WILL FIND THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS. ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2025. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250973. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 8813 FREMONT AVENUE. MOVING ON. WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 20250435 PROPERTY ADDRESS 8804 FREMONT AVENUE. THIS IS ALSO A FINAL HEARING. AND INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ALSO ATTACHED. 
          A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HEARD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON JULY THE 17TH, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING ORDER HELD ON JUNE THE 12TH. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE ATTACHED TO THE EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE SHOWN DURING THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. THAT IS 8804 FREMONT. LOOKING BACK AT THE MOBILE HOME, YOU CAN JUST SEE THE OVERGROWTH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. THIS IS THE SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE, ONE OF THE SIDES. ON THE 17TH, THE ON THE EXCUSE ME. AT THE HEARING ON JULY 17TH, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO PAY THE $700 IN FINES PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST AND DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTS COST OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. ON THE 17TH OF JULY, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, STATING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER THE 8TH. ON THE 27TH OF AUGUST 2025, A PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS POSTED AT THE MAILBOX ON THE PROPERTY, LOOKING BACK AT THE ADDRESS, 8804 FREMONT. HERE IN SLIDE SEVEN, YOU CAN SEE THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. IT IS OVERGROWN ALL THE WAY TO THE PRIVACY FENCE. SLIDE EIGHT. THIS IS LOOKING AND YOU CAN SEE A TRUCK THROUGH THERE. THAT'S ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS VEHICLES. THAT'S THE ENTIRE BACKYARD. 
          JUST SO YOU KNOW. AND THAT IS A PRIVACY FENCE SEPARATING THE ADJACENT PROPERTY WHERE WEEDS HAVE GROWN UP THE ENTIRE BACKYARD. NOT MUCH OF A BACKYARD, BUT IT'S ALL OVERGROWN. THAT'S STEPS THAT HAVE OVERGROWN. YES, MA'AM. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $791.60, AND UPON INSPECTION ON THE 3RD OF OCTOBER, 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. THIS IS LOOKING BACK AT THE PROPERTY, THE FRONT AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH HERE IN SLIDE 11. SLIDE 12, YOU SEE THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE SIDE OF THE FRONT PART OF THE FRONT YARD. AND SLIDE 12. SLIDE 13. YOU SEE THE BACK YARD OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE OVERGROWTH WAS ON THAT FENCE FENCE LINE. AND IT'S NOW CUT TO THE MOBILE HOME ON OCTOBER THE 8TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS. 8804 FREMONT AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. LISTED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE, THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED AS OF THIS DATE. ON THE 24TH OF OCTOBER 2025, A COPY OF THE 
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NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY, AND ON THE 4TH OF NOVEMBER, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? WHILE THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT PROPER NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PROVIDED. JUST CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM. IT IS CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE YOU SPEAK IN A SECOND. ANYWAY, IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAGISTRATE DETERMINED ONE. THE RESPONDENT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $791.60 ON BULLET NUMBER TWO. YOUR MAGISTRATE. I DID INCLUDE IT. THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED A FINE OF $700 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. HOWEVER, UNDER MY TESTIMONY UNDER PARAGRAPH TWO, I ALSO MADE THE NOTE THAT THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO PAY THE $700 IN FINE. I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, AND I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO MANAGER ASHMAN AND BRANDON IRWIN TO SEE IF THAT WAS RECORDED. THAT DATE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS RECORDED OKAY ON JULY 22ND. SO THEREFORE I'M I'M SORRY I MISSPOKEN. IT SAYS ANY FINES OR ABATEMENT COSTS WILL BE IMPOSED AT THE FINAL HEARING. SORRY. OKAY. I, I WAS HOPING I'D READ IT RIGHT BECAUSE I WAS OH MY GOSH, 2 IN 1 DAY IS NOT GOOD. SO I'M HOPING I READ IT RIGHT. SO AND THAT'S WHERE I LOOK ON THE BACK OF THAT ORDER. THEREFORE NUMBER TWO, THAT THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED THE FINE OF $700 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. AND NUMBER THREE, THE DEPENDING UPON RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND AGAINST ANY AND OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE COUNTY CODE THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME? NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. I WILL FIND THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE ON OCTOBER 3RD WITH THE CITED VIOLATIONS. I WILL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. CASE 20250435. 
          PROPERTY ADDRESS 8804 FREMONT AVENUE. TOTALLY UNRELATED. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL TREE IN THE FRONT YARD OF THAT HOUSE. IT'S GORGEOUS TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO SEE IT WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS REMOVED OFF THERE. ALL RIGHT, SO MY UNDERSTANDING, HAVE I TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA? OKAY. ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING AT
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