Jan 08, 2026 Code Magistrate Hearing

[Code Magistrate Hearing on January 8, 2026.]

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MEETING TO ORDER. THE. I'VE REVIEWED THE DOCKET. IT WAS A CASE THAT REQUIRED RECUSAL, BUT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN HANDLED. NOT HAVING ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE REGARDING THE CASES. YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, I'D ASK YOU EITHER TURN IT OFF OR PUT IT ON SILENT.

PARTICIPATE GIVING TESTIMONY. PLEASE 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? RECORD. TEST ONE, TWO. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? OKAY, MISS ASHMAN, I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD. OKAY. WE ARE STARTING WITH ITEM. BE ON THE AGENDA.

PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2902 THREE 2109 THEN OAK COURT, PANAMA CITY BEACH. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE AND THE SECTOR. SCOTT THORPE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. I'M GOING TO START WITH JUST JUST SOME PHOTOS TO REMIND YOU OF THE PROPERTY. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS. AND GOOD MORNING, MR. INSPECTOR THORPE. BILL, INSPECTOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, SOME OF MY CREDENTIALS, FOR THE RECORD, ALONG WITH MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT AND PHOTOGRAPHS, AS YOU IF YOU DO REMEMBER, DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME, SEVERAL ADDITIONS OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO IT.

FRONT GARAGE WAS BLENDED IN WITH THE ROOF ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO THE MOBILE HOME ADDITION TO THE REAR. NOW THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS ADDED TO THE RIGHT OF IT SEVERAL CARS AND WHATNOT.

DIFFERENT DESIGNS OF ROOF HAVE BEEN ADDED ON NO PERMITS. THE GARAGE IS LIKE RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE. YES SIR. AND THIS IS A STREET VIEW RIGHT HERE. SLIDE 14. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE A SPECIAL MONTEREY BAY COUNTY OCTOBER 15TH, 2025 WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE GAVE AN EXTENSION UNTIL NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025. IN ORDER FOR THE ENGINEER TO SUBMIT THE REPORT AND FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO APPLY FOR PERMITS, A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AS OF THIS DATE, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR REPAIRS AND DRAWINGS WITH RMC WEBER ENGINEERING AND HAS PAID A DEPOSIT FOR THE DRAWINGS AND JUST THE INITIAL SITE VISIT. ON DECEMBER 15TH, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT THERE IS THE FENCE FOR THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. HE'S ADDED ON TO THE RIGHT. STILL PRETTY MUCH LOOKS THE SAME AS AS THE LAST HEARING.

A COPY OF THE HEARING NOTICE WAS POSTED TO THE PROPERTY IN BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON DECEMBER 18TH. AS OF THIS DATE, NO ENGINEERING HAS OR APPLICATION FOR PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MR. SHANK, THE PROPERTY OWNER'S ATTORNEY, AND MK WEBER ENGINEERING FOR UPDATES OF DRAWINGS. THE LAST EMAIL I GOT A FEW DAYS AGO, THEY WERE WAITING ON MR. MINSHEW TO SUPPLY THEM WITH A SURVEY THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO ORDER ON DECEMBER 10TH, JUST SHOWING THE PROPERTY LINES. BUT IN LIGHT OF THAT, AS OF YESTERDAY, SPOKE TO MR. SHANK, THE ATTORNEY, HE HAS SOME DEVELOPING NEWS ON THIS, AND I'LL LET HIM SPEAK ON THAT. GOOD MORNING MAGISTRATE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. SO SINCE YOU WOULD TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A BAR NUMBER OR PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS. SURE.

RICHARD SHANK, ATTORNEY BURKE BLUE, 221 MCKENZIE AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. OKAY, SO SINCE WE WERE LAST HERE, MR. MINSHEW HAS ENTERED INTO A VACANT LAND CONTRACT ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2025. HE HAS FULLY PAID MK WEBER FOR THEIR SERVICES, AND HE'S STILL PLANNING ON WORKING WITH THEM NOW. THERE'S JUST BEEN SORT OF A SHIFT IN PLANS. HE WAS INITIALLY GOING TO WORK WITH MK WEBER TO DEMOLISH THE IMPROPER STRUCTURE AND REBUILD IT, BUT GIVEN THE PARAMETERS OF WHERE IT COULD AND COULDN'T BE BUILT, GIVEN THAT IT WAS ON THE PROPERTY LINE, HE HAS DECIDED TO BUY THIS VACANT LAND TO MOVE THE MOBILE HOME, AND HE'S JUST GOING TO PROCEED WITH TEARING DOWN THE REST OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. AND SO HE'S STILL

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I'M SORRY. THAT'S LAND I HAVE. I'M SELLING THAT LAND ON THE BASKETBALL IS WHAT I'M DOING.

THAT'S MY LAND DOWN. THAT'S A CONTRACT TO SELL MY LAND. SORRY. YES, SIR. IT LISTS YOU AS THE BUYER. I'M A SELLER. OH, THEN A TYPO. WHAT? I READ OVER THE CONTRACT. HE WAS LISTED AS THE BUYER ON THAT, SIR. OKAY, I'M A SELLER. DO YOU HAVE THE. OH. EXCUSE ME? TELL YOU. TELL US YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS JAMES MINSHEW, 2109 BENTO COURT, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA.

OKAY. I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE LAND TO PUT THIS TRAILER ON? I HAVE LAND I'M SELLING AND I'M GONNA HAVE THE FUNDS. I DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT. LAND I HAVE ON LARRY STREET HAVE TWO ACRES ON LAIRD I BOUGHT BACK IN 2000. I'M SELLING IT. AND THEN I'M GOING TO BUY SOME LAND, PROBABLY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, UP ON LAKE CREEK OR SOMEWHERE UP THERE. AND I'LL MOVE EVERYTHING UP THERE. YES, SIR. I'M NOT. BUT I CAN HAVE A I HAVEN'T SIGNED ANOTHER CONTRACT.

I HAVE SOME LAND THAT I'M EYEBALLING, BUT I'M. WAIT TILL THIS GETS A LITTLE CLOSER. BUT IT IS SIGNED TO, TO BE SOLD THE LAND THAT I HAVE, I HAVE OTHER LAND. I'M. I'LL JUST BE HONEST WITH YOU. I'M NOT REAL KEEN ON AN OPEN ENDED DEAL HERE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT, RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M. I DO HAVE A CONTRACT THOUGH, I AM I, I AM WORKING TOWARD WHAT? MOVING EVERYTHING. I'M JUST WELL, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME IMPETUS TO KEEP ON MOVING. YES, SIR. I AM DEFINITELY GOING TO MOVE. I MEAN, I'M DEFINITELY WORKING TOWARDS IT. ANYTHING ELSE? HOW LONG? WHEN YOU IF I FIND THAT NONCOMPLIANCE AND YOU START THE THE PROCESS TO BID IT OUT AND ALL OF THAT, HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE? YOU GOT A PERIOD OF TIME TO APPEAL AND. RIGHT. I'LL ORDER ABESTOS THIS WEEK.

PROBABLY NEXT WEEK. ASBESTOS WILL START AND PROBABLY END OF JANUARY WILL BE 20, I THINK. I BELIEVE IT'S THE 28TH, WILL BE FREE BIDS. AND THEN 7 TO 10 DAYS AFTER THAT THEY'LL START.

OKAY. SO SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOUR RESPONSE. AND MAGISTRATE WE WE WOULD ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN THAT, GIVEN THAT IN PURCHASING LAND IT WOULD IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN HAVING IT DONE WITHIN THIS MONTH. I BELIEVE THERE'S A CLOSING SET FOR FEBRUARY. THERE'S CLOSING SET FOR FEBRUARY ON THIS LAND. AND HE WAS GOING TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO PURCHASE ANOTHER PIECE OF LAND. I WOULD GO AHEAD. I GET A CONTRACT PENDING THIS CLOSING ON THIS ONE WHERE THE MONEY WAS TRANSFERRED, YOU KNOW, FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. I'M NOT TRYING TO. I'M TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING I'LL ASK ME TO DO. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT MOVING. SO. YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. OKAY. IN OUR NEXT HEARING IS THE 11TH. IS IT FEBRUARY THE 11TH? IS THAT RIGHT? FEBRUARY 9TH, NINTH OR EIGHTH. IT'S THE SECOND. OKAY. I'M SORRY. LET ME LOOK AT THE CATHOLIC 1212. OKAY. OKAY. BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THAT THE. STATUS IS PRESENTLY INSUFFICIENT LIMBO THAT I DON'T FIND THAT THERE IS ANY. EVIDENCE THAT THIS PROPERTY, AS IT STANDS AT THE PRESENT TIME, WILL BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIONS THAT THE WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL THE OFFENDING PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY ARE GOING TO BE TORN DOWN. IS THAT CORRECT? I'M GONNA TAKE I WAS TAKING EVERYTHING. I'M GONNA MOVE THE DOUBLE WIDE AND EVERYTHING I'M GOING TO CLEAR THE LOT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. OKAY? WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHO IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE? FOR TEARING DOWN WHAT'S THERE NOW THAT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE? I. I

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THAT'S WHAT MY PLAN WAS. I MEAN, I BUILT IT, I COULD TAKE IT DOWN AND I WAS GOING TO MOVE EVERYTHING. I GOT SOME FRIENDS OF MINE. WE GOT SOME FLATBEDS TO MOVE EVERYTHING OUT OF THERE.

SO THE ONLY THING THAT YOU'RE KEEPING IS THE MOBILE HOME. THE DOUBLE WIDE. I'M TAKING IT.

YEAH. I'M TAKING. YEAH, I'M TAKING IT. RIGHT. EXACTLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST NEED A LITTLE TIME TO GET SOMEWHERE TO TAKE, YOU KNOW? WELL, THE PROBLEM IS, WE'VE HAD SOME TIME. I UNDERSTAND I'M NOT. I'M NOT. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. YES, SIR. OKAY. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE. I'M GOING TO DIRECT CODE ENFORCEMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY AS IT'S PRESENTLY STANDS. I DON'T KNOW, CAN CAN THE MOBILE HOME BE CORRECTED AS FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED, OR WILL THE DEMOLITION INCLUDE THE MOBILE HOME IT SINCE SINCE THE ADDITIONS ARE ON IT, THAT MAKES IT UNPERMITTED UNSAFE? YES, IT WOULD BE INCLUDED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHEN IS THE CLOSING ON THIS? I THINK IT'S 27TH OF FEBRUARY. IT'S FEBRUARY 26TH. MAGISTRATE AND I WILL ADVISE MY CLIENT. IF YOU DID GIVE HIM UNTIL THE NEXT HEARING TO SHOW FURTHER PROGRESS PRIOR TO ORDERING DEMOLITION, I. MR. MINSHEW WILL GET PERMITS PRIOR TO. I CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THE SURVEY THEY WANT ME TO GET FOR IT. NOW, WORK TOWARD THIS AND THEN WHEN. AND JUST. I JUST TRY NOT TO WASTE THE MONEY I LIKE TO DO IS GET A SURVEY FOR MK WEBER, AND THEY CAN DRAW THE PLANS UP TO DO WHAT Y'ALL HAVE ASKED ME TO DO. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE, CHARLIE. IS FOR THIS STUFF TO BE REMOVED. THAT WAS PUT ON UNPERMITTED. WOULD HE NEED A PERMIT TO DO THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T PERMITTED TO BEGIN WITH? I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT NOW. IF WHATEVER I NEED TO DO TO WORK TOWARDS DOING THAT, AND THEN WHEN THIS GOES THROUGH, I'LL PURCHASE LAND AND CHANGE DIRECTIONS. AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING THAT. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE $700 FOR A SURVEY, BUT I WILL. AND TO BE LET ME GO BACK TO THE AERIAL INSPECTOR THORPE. THE I'M PERMITTED. IS THIS. YES, YES. TALK SPECIFICALLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED OFF THE MOBILE HOME. SO. SO THE ACCESSORY THAT WAS IN FRONT THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS 2026, WHERE YOUR RED DOT IS AT OR TO THE LEFT OF IT. I'M SORRY. THERE WAS AN ADDITION ADDED ON AND THEN THE ACCESSORY WAS BLENDED IN WITH A ROOF OVER THE FRONT PORCH ONTO THE MOBILE HOME. THEN THE PORCH WAS ADDED ON AND THEN A ROOF OVER WAS PUT ON THE PORCH. IT WAS BLENDED ON TO THE PEAK OF THE MOBILE HOME. SO ALL THAT IS WHAT'S CAUSING IT TO BE UNFIT. UNSAFE. IT'S UNPERMITTED. SO WE'RE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. STATE OF FLORIDA IS NOT AS CONCERNED WITH THE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. HAS IT BEEN BUILT CORRECTLY IN ORDER TO PROTECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES DURING WINDSTORMS? WAS ACTUALLY BUILT TO CODE. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT PART OF BEING UNFIT, UNSAFE. AND THEN ONCE THOSE ITEMS ARE REMOVED FROM IT WITH ENGINEERING, HE COULD REPAIR THE MOBILE HOME, CORRECT? YES. AND I'VE PAID HIM TO DRAW THE PLANS UP FOR THAT. I JUST DID A SURVEY OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY AND I GAVE THEM ONE PRIOR, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THAT AND GO THAT WAY WITH IT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE SURVEY IS GOING TO DO YOU ANY GOOD. HE WOULD HAVE SURVEYED SO HE COULD FINISH DRAWING THE PLANS IS WHAT HE NEEDED FOR, I GUESS FOR Y'ALL HERE. CODE ENFORCEMENT NEEDED A SURVEY AND MAGISTRATE I WILL REPRESENT. I BELIEVE THE SURVEY WAS INITIALLY REQUIRED BY MK WEBER BECAUSE THE INITIAL PLANS INCLUDED REBUILDING THE STRUCTURE, SO THEY WANTED A SURVEY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADDITIONS WOULD ACTUALLY LIE WITHIN THE PROPERTY. NOW THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANGE IN PLANS AND HE IS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DEMOLISH, REMOVE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND JUST REPAIR THE INITIAL STRUCTURE, I'M NOT SURE THE SURVEY IS NECESSARY ANYMORE. AND SO THAT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH MK WEBER ON. AS TO. YEAH. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO IF YOU HAVE ANY EXPECTATION OF MOVING IT DOWN THE HIGHWAY, I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RE-ENGINEER IT OR COMPLY WITH SOME SORT OF ENGINEERING. WHOEVER, WHOEVER HE'S HIRED TO MOVE IT, A TRANSPORT COMPANY, RIGHT. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ONCE THEY HOOK UP TO IT, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. AND IT'S SECURED. AND A LOT OF TIMES WHAT THINGS LIKE THIS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING A WALL THAT'S UNSECURED, THEY WILL USUALLY BOARD IT UP BEFORE REMOVAL OR TOWING IT DOWN THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT DOES FALL OFF. YOU KNOW, HIGHWAY PATROL IS ONE THAT THAT TAKES CHARGE. THEY WILL PUT IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DEMOLISH IT ON SITE. SO THAT'S ON ME MOVING COMPANY. SO. OKAY. WELL, I WAS LOOKING AT THE THING THE. WE FOUND IN NONCOMPLIANCE IN OCTOBER AND. HERE WE ARE TWO MONTHS LATER

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YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR A SURVEY ON THAT. I MEAN, A ASBESTOS SURVEY, BECAUSE BASICALLY DRAGGING YOUR FEET HERE. SO. IF MK WEBER GETS. A AN ENGINEERING DRAWING TO DEAL WITH THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE MOBILE HOME. I WILL INSTRUCT CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THAT POINT TO, TO TAKE IT OFF THE ACTIVE DEMOLITION LIST AT THAT POINT IN TIME, BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU START DOING WHATEVER DEMOLITION THAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO ANY ISSUES. LET'S PUT IT BACK ON THE DOCKET FOR THE 12TH OF FEBRUARY TO SO I CAN HAVE A STATUS REPORT ON IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING ON THIS. I MEAN, WE GOT TO GET GOING. SO LET MK WEBER KNOW THAT YOU'RE UNDER THE GUN AND FIND YOUR PROPERTY WHEREVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FOR LAND SHOPPING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I'LL PROCEED AS IF. SO, I DON'T HAVE ANY LAND. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, I'LL CHANGE THAT. YOU NEED TO FIND SOME PRETTY QUICK. YES, SIR, I WILL. I'M DOING. I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN.

ALRIGHT. JUST BEFORE, DO YOU HAVE THE AGENDA FOR THE 12? IS THERE AT 1:00? AT 1:00. OKAY.

DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE A 9:00 AND A ONE. OKAY. AND A ONE. BUT THE NINE IS PRETTY FULL. OKAY, OKAY. ALRIGHT. 1:00, 1:00 ON THE 12TH FOR A STATUS THING. BUT I WANT TO SAY SOME PROGRESS.

I HAVE, I HAVE A SURVEY. I ORDERED A SURVEY TODAY FOR THAT WEBER NEEDS. OKIE DOKE. ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU. MAGISTRATE. ARE WE IMPOSING THAT. YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOING FORWARD WITH THE AGENDA, WITH THE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION, WE HAVE ITEM D PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 171 BOCA LAGOON DRIVE. A REPEAT VIOLATION FOR IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH AND UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. FOR THE TIME. I'LL GO AHEAD AND START THE TESTIMONY ON AUGUST 4TH, 2022, THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MAGISTRATE. FOUND THIS PROPERTY IN VIOLATION BY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH AND UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE MAGISTRATE IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A, AND IS A CASE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE COUNTY.

CAN YOU SEE IF ONE OF THE OTHER EXHIBITS WILL OPEN UP? SEE IF I MEAN, SEE IF IT'S THE WHOLE ZIP

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SHUT DOWN IN.

WELL, THERE WE GO.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD. OH IT DOESN'T. HE'S ON HIS WAY. HE'S GOING. OKAY, OKAY. THE FIRST POWERPOINT, NO PROBLEMS. SECOND ONE. I WAS TRYING TO OPEN IT. JUST. ANYHOW SHUT DOWN. OKAY.

SO. THAT'S IT. OKAY, I COULD DO THAT. ONE. YEAH. ADAM IS ASKING. WHY DON'T. IT'S VERY YOU. YES.

IT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. NO PROBLEM. CONTINUING FORWARD. THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF FOR LOCATION PURPOSES, SHOWING THAT IT IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS PANAMA CITY BEACH. HOUSTON. WE HAVE NORTH LAGOON DRIVE HERE. PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN BLUE CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

AND ON SEPTEMBER 24TH OF 2025, INVESTIGATOR JOE TRIP OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE INVESTIGATOR JOE TRIP, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD, ALONG WITH POWERPOINT, ALL RECORDS AND RECORDED NOTICES ARE INCLUDED IN THE CASE FILE. THIS WAS A THE INITIAL INSPECTION, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED SEPTEMBER 24TH, WHICH DISPLAYED PHOTO NUMBER FIVE, OVERGROWTH OF GRASS AND SOME ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DRIVEWAY. I MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THIS DATE. HE STATED TO ME THAT THE PROPERTY WAS IN THE MIDST OF A SALE, AND THAT HE WOULD TRY TO GET THE PROPERTY CLEANED UP. WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK OR SO. I WENT BACK AND INSPECTED IT. OCTOBER 20TH. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. SAME ITEMS WERE STILL THERE. IT WAS A TRAILER WITH SOME OF THE STUFF PUT ON IT. THE GRASS WAS STILL GROWN NOVEMBER 17TH. I REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY AGAIN. ALL VIOLATIONS REMAINED. ON THAT SAME DATE I SENT OUT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, NOTICE OF HEARING CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING ADDRESS OF 171 BOCA LAGOON DRIVE, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA 32408. AS LISTED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. BOTH NOTICES, BOTH THE CERTIFIED AND REGULAR, RETURNED UNCLAIMED. ON DECEMBER 18TH, THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER.

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I DISCUSSED VIOLATIONS WITH HIM. HE STATED HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE PRESENT AT THE HEARING, WHICH HE IS. MR. VERNON, COME ON. HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. VERNON DWYER. THE ADDRESS IS 171 BOCA LAGOON DRIVE, PCB, FLORIDA 32408. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? THE THE HOUSE. ACTUALLY, I HAD A CLOSING DATE.

IT GOT POSTPONED. I WAS OUT OF TOWN. I HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, AND WE HAD TO MY GRANDMOTHER. WE HAD TO SELL HER HOUSE, AND IT JUST. I WAS GONE FOR A WHILE, SO I JUST GOT BACK AND SAW THE NOTICE. AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO CLOSE IN LIKE TWO WEEKS SO I CAN CUT THE GRASS.

YOU KNOW, I LITERALLY JUST GOT BACK IN TOWN, SO I HAD NO CLUE. LIKE I HADN'T RECEIVED ANY NOTICE. I SAW THE THING WHEN I ARRIVED THAT DAY. I JUST GOT BACK IN TOWN. WELL, DO YOU GET MAIL AT 171 BOCA LAGOON DRIVE? YES, BUT I WASN'T IN TOWN. WELL, THAT'S THE REASON THEY. THEY HAVE THE POSTING PROVISION. I SAW IT WHEN I GOT HOME. WHEN DID YOU GO OUT OF TOWN? I PROBABLY A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL, IT'S IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR A WHILE. SINCE SEPTEMBER. AND THAT'S WHEN THEY FIRST MET WITH YOU. AND YOU TOLD HIM THEN THAT YOU WOULD HAVE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO CLOSE AND LET ME. DON'T INTERRUPT ME. I'M SORRY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. HE SPOKE WITH YOU THEN, AND YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE VIOLATIONS CORRECTED WITHIN A WEEK, AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES, SIR. WHAT I SAID WAS THE PROPERTY WAS SUPPOSED TO CLOSE IN TWO WEEKS, WHICH IT WAS. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. WELL, THIS PHOTOGRAPH THAT'S PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER 19 THAT'S ON THERE. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MAINTAIN THEIR YARDS AND THEIR PROPERTY VERY WELL, AND THEY DON'T DESERVE TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS ON A DAILY BASIS. SURE. WHAT'S WHAT'S THE FINE ON A REPEAT? IT'S THE INITIAL FINE IS. $300 AND A DAILY FINE OF 50. ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AND THE EXHIBIT ATTACHED TO THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT EVIDENCING A PRIOR VIOLATION IN 2022, I'M GOING TO FIND ONE THAT THE PROPERTY AND THE RESPONDENT ARE REPEAT VIOLATORS. THAT. THERE'D BEEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY. AND DESPITE INDICATIONS THAT IT WOULD BE DONE, IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE AS OF YET. SO I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 17 TWO IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH, UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, THAT THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF FIVE DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY CUTTING ALL OF THE OVERGROWTH AND PROPERLY STORING OR REMOVING ALL UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT REGARDING PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN

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AND I BELIEVE THAT IS THE BACKYARD, THE BACK OF THE MOBILE HOME. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, HERE IN SLIDE 13. EXCUSE ME, I APOLOGIZE. THIS IS THE BACK OF THE MOBILE HOME.

SLIDE 14. YOU SEE AN APPLIANCE THERE, SOME JUNK AND TRASH AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OVERGROWTH HERE IN SLIDE 14. ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025, A REINSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE DURING THE PRE-BID. YOUR MAGISTRATE, YOUNG MAN, DID COME OUT OF THE DOOR AFTER POSTING THE NOTICE OF INTENT AND I HANDED IT TO HIM AND I TOLD HIM WHAT WAS GOING TO OCCUR. I DO NOT KNOW THE RELATION OF THAT YOUNG MAN. I BELIEVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE HERE AND CAN EXPLAIN WHO THAT IS, BUT THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE ON THIS DATE, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025. THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SIDE THAT'S APPROACHING THE BACK OF THE MOBILE HOME. AND THAT IS THE BACK OF THE MOBILE HOME. AND THE THAT WOULD BE THE EAST SIDE LOOKING BACK TOWARD THE ROAD, THE MOBILE HOME HERE IN SLIDE 19 ON OCTOBER THE 9TH, THE NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS. 130 HENDRICK ROAD, MASON, TENNESSEE. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON THE 15TH OF OCTOBER, AND THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED AS OF THIS DATE. DECEMBER THE 4TH, 2025 A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY, AND ON THE 18TH OF DECEMBER, 2025, A COPY OF THE

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WHAT HAPPENED? DID IT OH, I'M SORRY, THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE TENANT THAT I MADE CONTACT WITH BROUGHT THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IT WAS NOT ABATED BY THE COUNTY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

BUT THE THE FINE IS RELATED TO FAILURE TO DO IT WITHIN A TIMELY MANNER. YES, SIR. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE WERE AT. OKAY. IS IT FLOURNOY? YES, SIR. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. PAUL FLOURNOY, 130 HENDRICK ROAD, MASON, TENNESSEE, 38049. OKAY. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US TO KNOW. WELL, I, I LIVE IN A LONG WAY FROM HERE IN THIS PROPERTY. WAS BOUGHT BY MY FATHER FOR MY SISTER, AND SHE HAS LIVED IN THAT PROPERTY SINCE HE BOUGHT IT FOR HER IN 99. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2002. AND I THINK THESE PROBLEMS STARTED OCCURRING WHEN MY SISTER WHO LIVES THERE, THAT YOUNG MAN THAT TIM SAW AS MY NEPHEW, BUT. ANYWAY, SHE SHE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM. HER HUSBAND HAS PASSED AWAY SOMETIME AROUND COVID AND SHE'S JUST HAD A LITTLE HARD TIME.

I'VE HELPED HER OUT THROUGH THE YEARS OF PAYING THE PROPERTY TAX. I AM RESPONSIBLE BEING THE PROPERTY'S IN MY NAME I WANTED WHILE I'M DOWN HERE. I'D LIKE TO PAY ALL THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE OWED ON THE PROPERTY. IT'S BEEN HARD FOR ME TO ARRANGE THAT MUCH MONEY TO PAY HER BACK TAXES, BUT I'D LIKE TO QUIT CLAIM DEED THIS PROPERTY OVER TO MY SISTER WHEN THE TAXES ARE OFF. WHEN I'VE GOT THEM ALL PAID, WHICH I HOPE TO DO TODAY, ACTUALLY. WELL, AGAIN, THIS FREQUENTLY. THIS IS A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT'S FAIR TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO THAT CONDITION THAT THEY FOUND IN. SO THE. OBVIOUSLY THE PROPERTY WAS NOT CORRECTED IN A TIMELY FASHION. SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY I COULD HAVE GOTTEN DOWN HERE, I WOULD HAVE COME DOWN AND STRAIGHTENED IT OUT.

IT'S JUST HAVE THEY BEEN TELLING YOU WHAT'S GOING ON, OR ARE THEY TELLING YOU ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON OR JUST THAT? FOR A LONG TIME, MR. JUSTICE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET HIM TO GET RID OF SOME APPLIANCES AND STUFF THAT WERE BACK THERE. AND APPARENTLY THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE SEEN OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHS SINCE IT'S BECOME COMPLIANT. BUT IT'S GOING TO STAY LIKE THIS. IT'S GOING TO STAY COMPLIANT FOR AS LONG AS I'VE GOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WELL, THE. IS IT, MR. JUSTICE, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU INSPECTED IT? SEPTEMBER 23RD. THIS CASE WAS ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATOR BRANDON ERWIN AT THAT TIME. I WOULD HAVE TO DEFAULT TO HIM TO SEE IF HE IS DRIVEN BY. I DO KNOW THIS. IF IT IS NOT, IF IT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE, HE WOULD HAVE OPENED A CASE ALREADY. OKAY. MR. FLOURNOY, HAVE YOU BEEN BY THE PROPERTY HERE? NO, BUT I PLAN. I'M GOING TO GO OVER HERE AND SEE THE SEE WHAT THE TOTAL IS DUE ON THE BACK TAXES. AND I WAS GOING TO DRIVE BY THE PROPERTY WHEN I LEAVE HERE. ALL RIGHT. WELL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEIGHBORS, PLEASE DON'T LET IT GET BACK THE WAY IT WAS. IT WILL NOT GET LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M GOING TO BASED ON THE THE EVIDENCE AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT AT LEAST ON THE LAST DATE OF INSPECTION, IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE. BUT THERE IS DUE AND OWING THE. SUM OF WHAT, $1,550 IS THAT, $1,550 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST, WHICH IS ACCRUED FROM THE DATE OF RECORDING. SO. AND THE FINE. DO THEY PAY THAT TO Y'ALL OR ARE THEY OKAY? YOU CAN PAY IT UPSTAIRS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

AS IT RELATES TO THIS $1,550 PLUS INTEREST, IS THAT FINE? STAY ATTACHED IS A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. IT CAN IF YOU DON'T PAY IT, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YEAH. DOES IT CONTINUE TO DRAW INTEREST. YES SIR. AND IT'S PRETTY SPORTY INTEREST. IT'S A IT'S A STATUTORY RATE I

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SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND AT PRESENT. DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR ME TO GIVE THIS PROPERTY TO MY SISTER WITHOUT. DO I HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE FINES PAID IN BACK TAXES AND EVERYTHING PAID TO GIVE IT TO HER? THE TRANSFER WILL TAKE TAKE EFFECT SUBJECT TO THE LIENS THAT ARE OUT THERE. OKAY, SO AND I GUESS THEY'LL TELL ME AT THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'LL TELL YOU. I MEAN I DON'T AT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OR THE WHERE DO I GO TO DO THAT.

THE COUNTY OFFICE. OKAY. YOU'LL RECORD THE DEED WITH THE CLERK OF COURT. SO I DON'T IMAGINE THEY'LL TELL YOU ANYTHING. BUT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND THE TAX COLLECTOR, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO DO THE. OKAY, I'M GOING TO CALL IT AFTER THE FACT STUFF. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SIR. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM H. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 213 EL REPOSO PLACE.

THIS IS A FINAL HEARING TO IMPOSE A LIEN FOR THE COST OF ABATEMENT AND FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. AND INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. OKAY. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT, I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD AS WELL AS MY PHOTOGRAPHS. A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HEARD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 13TH OF AUGUST, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING ORDER HELD ON JUNE 11TH, 2025. THE RESPONDENT WAS PRESENT FOR THE HEARING AND PHOTOGRAPHS WERE INTRODUCED OF THE PROPERTY, ARE INTRODUCED INTO EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS AUGUST THE 11TH. LOOKING BACK AT THE DRIVEWAY AT THE ADDRESS 213 EL REPOSO, YOU SEE SOME OVERGROWTH AND SOME UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY DOWN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. IF YOU REMEMBER, THERE WAS NO PROPERTY, FENCE, NO FENCE SEPARATING THOSE TWO PARCELS. THAT'S LOOKING AT THE 21300 KIND OF IN THE BACKYARD WITH THE OVERGROWTH AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE SOME JUNK. ANY FINES AND OR ABATEMENT COSTS WILL BE IMPOSED. AT THE FINAL HEARING, THE MAGISTRATE 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 ANY OTHER REAL PROPERTY OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATOR, AND A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS ALSO INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON AUGUST 13TH, 2025, NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, STATING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, 2025. ON AUGUST THE 27TH, A PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. I MET THE PROPERTY OWNER, ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, WHO'S HERE HAND DELIVERED THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO HIM PERSONALLY THAT DAY IN THE DRIVEWAY. THIS IS JUST LOOKING BACK AT 213 EL REPOSO. THIS WAS THE BACKYARD. ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO ACCESS IT FOR YOUR COURT ORDER, THAT IS THE FRONT FENCE YOU SAW IN THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DRIVEWAY ENDED. YOU SEE SOME JUNK OVERGROWTH, NOT SURE WHAT WAS UNDER THE TARPS. SOME UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY HERE IN SLIDE SEVEN. MOVING ON TO THE BACK, YOU SEE SOME UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND SOME JUNK AND SOME OVERGROWTH. THAT IS THE REAR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. YOU SEE SOME OVERGROWTH, SOME JUNK HERE IN SLIDE NINE. SLIDE TEN UP

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NOVEMBER 3RD, 2025 A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY, AND ON THE 18TH OF DECEMBER, 2025, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. OKAY, WHO'S HERE? ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY, I AM ALL RIGHT. COME ON UP. OKAY. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. WILLIAM KEITH DAVIDSON 213 EL RAPOSO PLACE, PANAMA CITY BEACH. OKAY.

WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW, MR. DAVIS? OKAY. THE PROPERTY AS THEY CLEANED IT OR THEY CAME TO CLEAN IT. WHATEVER. AND AT THAT TIME, I HAD COMPLETELY HE DIDN'T SHOW THE PICTURES OF THE COMPLETED FENCE FULLY COMPLETED BECAUSE WE WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION. YOU AND I HAD THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE FENCE WHERE. SO I HAD IT FULLY STRAPPED UP.

THEY HAD TO REMOVE, THEY HAD TO TAKE DOWN MY GATE TO BE ABLE TO GET IN TO THIS VIEW AT ALL, BECAUSE MY PROPERTY WAS SCREENED. IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN SCREENED FOR SOME TIME. SO. SO IT WAS SCREENED THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THEY HAD ALL THIS GOING. IT'S BEEN SCREENED. ALL THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHOWING BY, FROM, FROM ANY SO FORTH. AND THAT WAS TAKEN. I HAD ALREADY CLEANED THE PROPERTY AGAIN SINCE THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE, WE HAD TO TAKE SEVERAL OF THOSE, HAD TO TAKE IT OVER TO THE JUNKYARD, AND WE TOOK SEVERAL THINGS OVER THERE. AND BUT THEN THE REST OF IT CAME UP. THEY THE GENTLEMAN AT THE THE MEN WHO WERE SUPPOSEDLY CLEANING MY PROPERTY, THEY TOOK THE PAVERS OUT OF MY PROPERTY. I HAD PAVERS ON THE GROUND. THAT THEY JUST SCOOPED THEM UP AND TOOK THEM. AND THERE'S I'M LITERALLY 350 A PIECE AND THAT'S ABOUT ABOUT $1,000 WORTH OF PAVERS THAT THEY TOOK. THEY ALSO TOOK MY MY COMPRESSOR. THEY TOOK MY, MY I HAD A, A DOOR THAT WAS IT WAS FOR A SHIP, A WHALER SHIP OR WHATEVER. IT WAS A NAUTICAL ORIENTED DOOR. I CAN'T CURRENTLY SEE IT. I DON'T MAYBE WASN'T THERE AT THE TIME, BUT IT WAS A DOOR THAT I HAD GOTTEN FROM A WHALING SHIP, AND IT WAS BEING, I HAD BEING VARNISHED.

HAD IT BEEN, I WAS SITTING THERE PAINTING IT FOR THAT, AND THEY TOOK THE DOOR AND THREW IT IN IN THE I GUESS THEY THREW IT IN THE TRASH WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. I HAD A, A LINE OF. A LINE. I HAD A LINE OF ROCKS. JUST PURE ROCKS. NOT THE PAVERS THAT I HAD, BUT A LINE OF ROCKS ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THEY JUST TOOK IT ALL. I DON'T I'M. I MEAN, ALL THIS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE WAS COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY SCREENED THE ENTIRE TIME HE HAD TO LIFT UP MY GATE. HE LITERALLY OPENED MY GATE TO TO GET THESE PICTURES. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOT IN THIS PICTURE HERE, BECAUSE THAT WAS. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S I GUESS HE ENTERED IN THE PROPERTY FOR, FOR COMING IN TO ABATE. BUT THE

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THEY TOOK MY GRILL. THEY TOOK THEY JUST TOOK A BUNCH OF THINGS I DON'T KNOW DO I, DO I CONTACT THEM FOR FOR THAT OR DO I CONTACT THE PROPER THE, THE THE GUYS THAT DOING THE ABATEMENT. YOU THEY JUST TAKE A BUNCH OF STUFF AND NONE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT'S BEHIND RIGHT HERE, THIS PHOTO, IT'S ALREADY SCREENED FROM THE HOUSE ITSELF. SO THAT SCREENS THE HOUSE ANYWAY. SO YOU'VE GOT ABSOLUTELY A, A SCREEN THAT WAS IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE THING. AND, AND HE ABSOLUTELY VIOLATED MY RIGHTS TO COME COME IN THERE AND, AND DO THAT. BUT THEN ON TOP OF THAT HE, HE THEY STOLE ALL THESE THINGS. THEY, THEY JUST STOLE THEM. AND I, I MEAN, I'M SITTING THERE TRYING TO DO THE COMPRESSOR, TRYING TRYING TO DO MY, MY, MY VINYL, DOING THE PAINT FOR MY. FURNISHINGS AND SO FORTH. AND THEY, THEY JUST TOOK IT ALL, SCRAPED IT ALL OUT. THAT'S GREAT THAT EVERYTHING'S SO NEAT. I'M GLAD EVERYTHING'S SO NEAT. BUT I HAD SCREEN PROPERTY. IT WAS SCREENED COMPLETELY. THEY HAD TO TEAR DOWN MY THEY HAD TO OPEN MY GATE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. SO IT WASN'T SCREENED DOWN THE SIDE.

I MEAN, THERE WAS A IT WAS BETWEEN YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND YOUR HOUSE. THERE WASN'T A FENCE, SO IT WASN'T TOTALLY SCREENED. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE HIDDEN IT FROM THE ROAD. BUT THAT THAT'S NOT THAT SCREENED. THAT'S HOW SCREENED IS. I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHAT SCREENED.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT THE CONTRACTOR, THEY'LL TELL YOU HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM. THE. COUNTY EXPENDED $1,199 TO COLLECT THAT. AND THERE WAS A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF 700 I'M GOING TO FIND, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO ASSESS THE RESPONDENT, THE COST OF THE CLEANUP IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,199, PLUS INTEREST FROM THE DATE OF RECORDING. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $700 WHICH YOU'RE ALSO DRAW STATUTORY INTEREST UPON RECORDING. UPON THE RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM I. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7629 SANTA ROSA AVENUE. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE AND TO IMPOSE A LIEN. AND INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING.

YOU, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, FOR THE RECORD, AS WELL AS MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ATTACHED WITHIN. ON THE 16TH OF APRIL, 2025, THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THE RESPONDENT HAD FAILED TO CORRECT THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS AS ORDERED DURING THE FIRST HEARING THAT WAS HELD ON MARCH THE 12TH, 2025. HERE IN THESE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS HERE, IF YOU REMEMBER THIS PROPERTY, 7620, 7629 SANTA ROSA, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME DURING THIS INVESTIGATION, THE MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZED A PER DAY FINE OF $25 FOR THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS. THE FINE COMMENCED ON APRIL THE 12TH, 2025 AND WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL THE CONDITIONS WERE CORRECTED.

A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE SHOWN HERE ON SLIDE THREE. YOU SEE THE CONDITIONS ON THE MOBILE HOME. RE INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED MONTHLY FROM APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2025, AND THE BLIGHTED AND THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY REMAINED. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THIS PHOTOGRAPH HERE WAS JUNE 26TH. LOOKING BACK AT THE MOBILE HOME, YOU STILL SEE THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS AS FAR AS THE WINDOWS ARE CONCERNED HERE IN SLIDE FIVE AND SLIDE SIX. EXCUSE ME, THE RECORD. THE COUNTY CLEANED THE PROPERTY. FOR THE STUFF THAT YOU SEE IN THE FRONT. AND THE CONDITIONS

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MANAGER ASKED ME HERE IN SLIDE SEVEN. ON AUGUST THE 5TH THE RE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE MOBILE HOME. YOU SEE THE BOARDED UP WINDOW IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH HERE AND SLIDE EIGHT SEPTEMBER THE 8TH RE INSPECTION OCCURRED. BOARDED UP THE. EXCUSE ME THE WINDOW WAS STILL BOARDED. THEY DID SCREEN THE POOL AFTER THE COUNTY HAD PUT UP A TEMPORARY BARRIER. THE PROPERTY OWNER DID SCREEN THE POOL. OCTOBER THE 7TH REINSPECTION OCCURRED AND SLIDE 13 AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. THE FINE CEASED AFTER 179 DAYS. AS YOU SEE HERE, THE WINDOW HAS BEEN REPLACED AND SLIDE 14 OCTOBER THE 9TH. AN AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE AND NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON THE 20TH OF OCTOBER 2025. THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED AS OF THIS DATE. ON DECEMBER THE 17TH, 2025, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY AND AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON DECEMBER THE 18TH. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. AT THIS TIME, MISS SMITH. YES, SIR.

ON MARGIE SMITH, 7629 SANTA ROSA AVENUE, SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA. OKAY. AND MISS SMITH, IT TOOK ME FOUR DAYS AFTER I PAID THE 4700 AND SOMETHING DOLLARS FROM BEFORE TO CLEAN UP THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, TO GET THAT WINDOW REPLACED AND TO HANG THE FENCE. WHY AM I BEING BILLED FOR 3000 NOW? FOR 179 DAYS? THE BLIGHT WAS THAT FINE RELATED TO THE BLIGHT OF THE MOBILE HOME, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO SEPARATE THE SEPARATE CASE. APPARENTLY THEY DURING THE COURSE OF DEALING WITH THE FIRST ISSUE OF ALL THE STUFF IN YOUR YARD, THEY OPENED A SECOND CASE FOR THE BLIGHT OF THE MOBILE HOME. AND SO THEY STARTED THAT FINE RUNNING ON THAT. WE HAD A SEPARATE HEARING ON THAT. THAT WAS APRIL THE 12TH. MIGHTY STRANGE. NO ONE KNEW WHO STARTED THE FIRE OR HOW THE FIRE GOT STARTED. NOT EVEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT YET THERE'S A KEROSENE LANTERN LAYING OUT THERE BY THE FENCE. WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE FIRE TODAY, MISS SMITH. WELL, THIS IS WHAT CAUSED THE BLIGHTED WINDOWS. WELL, I YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THEM, BUT THE FACT IS THAT YOU CAN'T BOARD UP WINDOWS LIKE THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T GET OUT OF THE BUILDING IF THERE IS A ANOTHER FIRE OR THERE'S SOME ISSUE THAT REQUIRES THEM TO EXIT THE HOUSE THROUGH SOMEPLACE OTHER THAN THE DOOR.

AND IF IT'S A WINDOW LIKE THAT, THEY'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT WINDOW. SO ALL THAT'S FALLS UNDER THE SCOPE OF BEING BLIGHTED. CAN I ASK WHY ALL OF MY PRIVACY FENCE WAS DESTROYED THAT I PUT AROUND THE HOUSE? MA'AM, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. I ASSUME IT WAS PART OF THE CLEANUP AT THE PUB. JUST BRAND NEW CLARIFICATION. THIS IS ALL THE SAME. ORDER. THIS. THEY WERE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME. PLUS THE STAGNANT WATER UNSECURED SWIMMING POOL FOR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. AND. AND THE FENCE WAS IN VIOLATION AS WELL. SO THE COUNTY CORRECTED EVERYTHING BUT THE BLIGHTED AND WHICH CAUSED HER TO CONTINUE GETTING DAILY FINES UNTIL SHE. AFTER WE CLEANED THE PROPERTY, WE DID PUT UP THE TEMPORARY NETTING TO SECURE THE SWIMMING POOL. AND SO TECHNICALLY THAT WAS CORRECTED AT THAT TIME TOO. BUT IT WASN'T TECHNICALLY TOTALLY CORRECTED UNTIL SHE PUT UP THE FENCE. EVEN MY TRAILERS WERE PARKED ACROSS THE STREET AND THEY WERE TOWED OFF. AND WE AND WE I KNOW THAT YOU ADDRESSED THIS DURING THE THE ABATEMENT COST FOR THAT AS WELL.

PARDON THE THE WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT ABOUT THE TRAILERS ACROSS THE STREET AND TAKING DOWN THE FENCE WAS THE WAS ADDRESSED. WE HAD A FINAL HEARING TO TO OPPOSE THE ABATEMENT COST AND SHE SHE JUST RELOCATED SOME OF THE JUNK ACROSS THE STREET, MOVED IT ACROSS THE STREET. AND I SOLD THE UTILITY TRAILER TO MY NEIGHBOR AND IT WAS STOLE OUT

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YOU'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CONTRACTOR. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. BREAKING DOWN IS WHO BROKE IT. THEY RUN INTO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, CALL THEM. THEN THEY RUN INTO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THE SIDINGS BROKE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. AND THE WATER. THE WATER METER THAT WAS IN THE GROUND IS SHOOTING UP FROM THE GROUND. THAT HAD TO BE ON ME ALSO. I PAID TO HAVE THAT REPAIRED, BUT I STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MY BRAND NEW FENCE WAS TAKEN DOWN. IT WAS A DOG EARED JUST LIKE THE ONE AROUND THE POOL, AND SCOTT THARP EVEN CAME IN AND MADE THE COMMENT THAT HOW WONDERFUL IT LOOKED, BUT WE HAD TO HAVE IT SHORTER IN THE FRONT.

WELL, I BOUGHT BRAND NEW FENCE TO GO AROUND THE POOL AND SHORTER IN THE FRONT, AND THEY TOOK IT. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHO DID WHAT. AS IT RELATES TO THE CLEANUP. I DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THE CLEANUP. I'M JUST LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT WHAT IS BEFORE ME. AND THE ISSUE BEFORE ME IS THE BLIGHTED CONDITION THAT HAD EXISTED ON THE MOBILE HOME, AND THAT YOU HAVE NOW CORRECTED THAT, BUT YOU DID NOT CORRECT IT UNTIL A PERIOD OF 179 DAYS HAD EXPIRED.

SO 179 DAYS TIMES $25 COMES TO $4,475. BUT IT WAS FOUR DAYS LATER THAN WHEN I PAID THE 6000 OR THE 4000. ALMOST FIVE. WELL, I MEAN, THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT CASES FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT ISN'T THAT RIGHT? THE SAME CASE, BUT A DIFFERENT DIFFERENT OKAY, SAME CASE NUMBER. BUT YEAH, OKAY. DIFFERENT ITEMS INVOLVED IN THE VIOLATION. OKAY. IS THERE A WAY I CAN MAKE PAYMENTS ON THIS? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S A WHAT IS NOW THIS IS A FINE. SO IT WON'T BE ADDED TO THE PROPERTY TAX. NO IT WON'T BE ADDED TO THE PROPERTY TAXES. BUT YOU CAN PAY IT OFF OVER TIME. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE MOBILE HOME IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE AS IT RELATED TO THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS. THAT WERE RELATED TO BOARDED UP WINDOWS, ETC. AND BUT THAT THOSE THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS WERE NOT CORRECTED FOR A PERIOD OF 179 DAYS, AND THERE IS A FINE OF $25 PER DAY FOR THAT 179 DAYS, TOTALING $4,475. THAT WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT, AND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED. I DO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE AND NO LONGER EXISTS FROM THOSE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS. UPON THE RECORDING OF THIS ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. HERE IN BAY COUNTY, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THIS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. OKAY, THAT WILL CONCLUDE THIS HEARING. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. STACY. THAT'LL BRING US TO ITEM J PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2535 EAST 13TH STREET. THIS IS A FINAL HEARING. AND INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE. BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HEARD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 17TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING THAT WAS HELD ON AUGUST THE 13TH. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THIS HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE HERE IN SLIDE THREE. THIS IS LOOKING BACK AT THE HOUSE AT 2535 13TH STREET WITH THE VIOLATIONS. EXCUSE ME, SOME JUNK AND TRASH OUT BY THE RIGHT OF WAY, SOME OVERGROWTH, SOME OVERGROWTH DOWN THE SIDES. SOME OF IT HAD BEEN CUT DURING THAT HEARING. THE MAJORITY OF IT, SOME OF IT DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AS YOU SEE HERE, HERE IN SLIDE SEVEN. THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED A DAILY FINE OF $25 FOR 20 DAYS FOR A TOTAL

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ACCORDING TO THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE, BOTH THE REGULAR AND CERTIFIED WERE RETURNED AS UNABLE TO AFFORD. I DID SEND A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING TO THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RELATIVE, SHELLY MILES. AS OF THIS DATE, THE NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING HAS NOT RETURNED. ON THE 17TH OF DECEMBER, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY AND AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON THE 18TH OF DECEMBER, 2025. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. OKAY. NOW THE THE. THE FINE OF $500 THAT'S ALREADY BEEN IMPOSED. YES, SIR. JUST AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT YOU FIND THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE. YES. OKAY. Y'ALL WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? YEAH. JUST TELL ME. PULL THAT MICROPHONE DOWN WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE HEARD. THERE YOU GO. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. MY NAME IS MILES GREEN. MAILING ADDRESS 405 FELTON LANE, PANAMA CITY. 3 TO 404. DURING ALL THIS TIME, MY BROTHER AND MY FATHER WERE LIVING AT THE HOUSE. MY BROTHER GOT ARRESTED. MY FATHER HAS DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S. WE HAD TO TAKE HIM AND PUT HIM IN A REST HOME. HE'S IN A REST HOME IN SAINT JOE. MY BROTHER THEN DIED DURING DURING ALL THIS TIME. SO WE BOUGHT A LAWNMOWER AND WE TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THESE FINES. I DON'T I I GET DISABILITY AND I JUST, I DON'T, I, I SPENT EVERYTHING I GOT ON MY BACK PAY BACK SHELLY GRAHAM PRIOR TO HIM AND I, I SPENT ALMOST EVERYTHING I HAD IN SAVINGS ON TRYING TO PAY THE ELECTRIC BILL AND GET ALL THIS STUFF IN ORDER, AND I DON'T HAVE I JUST DON'T HAVE WHOSE NAME IS THE PROPERTY PRESENTLY IN? IT'S IN MY FATHER'S NAME. HIS FATHER'S NAME, DONALD GREEN.

AND HE'S STILL ALIVE. YEAH, BUT HE'S IN A NURSING HOME. HE HAS ALZHEIMER'S, DEMENTIA, AND IT'S GOING UNDER THROUGH. IT'S OKAY. BOB, HE HAD A HARD TIME THINKING SOMETIMES BECAUSE HE'S HAD A FEW STROKES GOING THROUGH PROBATE. NO. WELL, ARE WE TRYING TO DO THE PROBATE? BUT THE FORECLOSURE FORECLOSURES GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THE PHONES HAVE BEEN STOPPED ON THE HOUSE? YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT ATTACHES TO THE HOUSE, THE PROPERTY. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THAT $500 ATTACHES TO. SO WHEN THEY SELL IT IN THE FORECLOSURE ACTION, IT'LL BE PAID OUT OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE FORECLOSURE ACTION. OKAY, SO DON'T PANIC ABOUT THIS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WONDERING ABOUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE DONE. ALL WE CAN DO

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IT'S GOING TO BE. IT WILL BE PAID OUT OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE FORECLOSURE IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BUY IT AT A FORECLOSURE. AND THAT MONEY IS THERE, A IS HOW MUCH MONEY IS OWED ON THE HOUSE. OH, GOD, I DON'T KNOW, COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND, I THINK A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND. YEAH. YEAH. HE POSSIBLY I DON'T I DON'T REMEMBER IT. HE BOUGHT IT FOR 200 AND SOMETHING AND 200 OR 2. WELL I MEAN THERE MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH THERE TO SETTLE IT, BUT IT'S AGAINST YOU, DADDY. AND SO HE HAS ALZHEIMER'S, DEMENTIA. IT'S NOT GOING TO. YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE, BUT IN REALITY, YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD OUT OF A TURNIP. YEAH. NO. AND SO I WOULDN'T PANIC TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS. SO JUST THE, THE THE GRASS IS ALL MOWED DOWN BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMEBODY I'VE GOT A FRIEND OF MINE LIVING THERE, STAYING THERE, CLEANING THERE, TRYING TO KEEP THE GROUNDS, TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING THAT'S LEFT BEING STOLEN. LIKE, I MEAN EVERYTHING OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THE SHEDS HAVE BEEN TOWED IT OFF IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL. WHAT'S THAT? THEY THEY TOOK IT. THEY TOOK IT.

YEAH. WE HAD WE HAVE CALLED THEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THERE NUMEROUS TIMES FOR STUFF BEING STOLEN OUT OF THE HOUSE AND RANSACKED. YEAH. EVERYTHING GONE. I LOST A COUPLE OF BOXES OF MOVIES. OKAY, WELL, THE. THE PROPERTY IS PRESENTLY IN COMPLIANCE. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT OUT. APPARENTLY, I'D ALREADY IMPOSED THE FINE, HAD I NOT? YES. POSITIVELY. FINE.

YEAH. SO THE FINES ALREADY IMPOSED. OKAY, SO BUT LIKE I SAID, IF IT'S GOING TO BE FORECLOSED. YES. IF THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY PAST WHAT IS OWED ON THE OR IF YOU OWE $100 ON THE HOUSE AND IT SELLS FOR 150, THEN THAT $50 WOULD GO TO PAY THE FINE OR WHATEVER IS LEFT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE'VE EXHAUSTED ALL FUNDS JUST TRYING TO GET IT IN COMPLIANCE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, AND KEEPING IT UTILITIES UP, LIKE I SAID, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. YES. I'M GOING TO FIND THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE AT THE PRESENT TIME. THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE PRESENT. WE HAVE TWO PHONE CALLS. ITEM K WOULD BE NEXT. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 1734 BUCHANAN STREET. IS THIS THE ONE WE HAD TRIED TO. DO? SO WE WANT TO DO 3530.

YOUR CALL HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO VOICEMAIL. THE PERSON YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TONE. PLEASE RECORD YOUR MESSAGE WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED RECORDING. YOU MAY HANG UP. THAT'S CREIGHTON, THIS BILL LEWIS. I'M THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ASSIGNED TO THE CASE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1734 BUCHANAN STREET. WE HAD THIS NUMBER TO CALL YOU AT. WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND GET UP WITH A MR. TRAVIS. IT'S EITHER TARP OR TARP IN AND. WE'LL GO FROM THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT IS T A R E N AND OVER HERE IT'S P E H. OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH IT IS I DON'T EITHER. LET'S SEE.

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OKAY. WE'LL HANG UP ON THAT ONE. AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE RECORD, THAT CALL WAS MADE TO TRAVIS T A R E OR T A R P E N AT (321) 465-7007. NO ONE ANSWERED THE LINE. ANY OTHER CONTACTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND I DID SEND AN EMAIL TO MISS CREIGHTON.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD PUT A COPY OF THE EMAIL INTO THE FILE. SO WE'LL GO FROM THERE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THIS. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. OKAY. THANKS. COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HELD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON AUGUST 13TH, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST ORDER. HEARING, WHICH WAS HELD ON JULY 9TH, 2025. RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. HOWEVER, ON THIS APRIL DEAL, A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE DID APPEAR. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AUGUST 27TH. THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED. PREVIOUSLY. PRIVATE INSPECTION. YES. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT ANY FINES AND THE COST OF ABATEMENT WOULD BE ADDRESSED HERE. AT THIS FINAL HEARING, MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO. ON AUGUST 13TH, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL.

ON AUGUST 26TH, AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS DONE AT A COST OF $800. AND WE BOTH MENTIONED AUGUST 27TH. THE PRE-BID INSPECTION. ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2025, ATTORNEY TRAVIS TARPON FILED AN EMERGENCY MOTION TO STAY THE DEMOLITION. ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE LEWIS DENIED THE STAY OF DEMOLITION. THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C AND IS CONTAINED. SEPTEMBER 18TH. THE ABATEMENT WAS STARTED. AND THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $13,322. THAT DAY THAT THE ABATEMENT STARTED. THIS IS PRIOR TO THE ABATEMENT. AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED ON SEPTEMBER 18TH IN VIOLATION. OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. AND.

AND ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, AFTER BEING CLEANED BY THE COUNTY, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, AS YOU SEE, IN EARLY 20 27, 48 AND 49. ON

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THE FINAL HEARING WAS ALSO SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, AS LISTED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. ROBERT CRUNKILTON, 3723 BUNYAN DRIVE, CHIPLEY, FLORIDA. BOTH NOTICES WERE RETURNED UNCLAIMED. A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON DECEMBER 18TH, 2025, AND THAT CONCLUDES OKAY, OKAY.

BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS PRESENTLY IN COMPLIANCE, AND THE COUNTY EXPENDED THE SUM OF $14,122 IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. AND. RESPONDENT HAS ALSO BEEN FIND THE SUM OF $2,300. BOTH OF THESE SUMS, ONCE RECORDED, WILL DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE ON THE RECORDING OF THE FINAL ORDER. THE COST SET FORTH ABOVE WILL. BE IN. IN ORDER TO BE RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, AND THOSE COSTS SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ENTITLED TO COLLECT THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. OKAY. THAT'S IT. ITEM L IS A ALSO A TELEPHONE CALL. IF YOU DON'T HAVE.

HELLO. CAN I PLEASE SPEAK WITH MISS GAN? THIS IS HER. THIS IS JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOU SWORN 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. AND CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU, PLEASE? YES. IT'S 149 COVE SPRINGS DRIVE, DANDRIDGE, TENNESSEE. 37725. THANK YOU. MA'AM, THE MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT. OKAY, MA'AM. MY NAME IS BILL LEWIS. I'M THE MAGISTRATE THAT'S PRESIDING OVER THIS PARTICULAR PROCEEDING. WHAT WE'LL DO IS CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL PRESENT THEIR CASE. AFTER THEY'RE FINISHED. YOU'LL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THEM ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND THEN YOU'LL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER ANY EVIDENCE THAT YOU WANT TO OFFER AT THAT POINT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND FOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE RECORD, YOUR FIRST NAME IS SELENA. YES. AND LAST NAME GAN G A N N. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MISS ASHMAN. GOOD MORNING. HEAR ME? OKAY. YES. THIS IS CATHERINE ASHTON. I'M. ANSWER AND THIS IS THE FINAL BLUISH GREEN, THE TOP OF THE BATHROOM PROPERTY AT ONE, TWO, TWO, ZERO SIX AND ZERO. A PLANNING HEARING WAS HELD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2025. THE UNITED STATES FOUNDED THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE VILLAGE HERE IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE PRESENCE OF THE PROPERTY, NOT APPEAR UNTIL. HERE. THERE OF THE PROPERTY ARE. NOT REQUIRED. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT. 805 PERCENT INTEREST FOR LONG TIME, AND I PLACED A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION AND ALL OF THAT THE. PROPERTY ON WHICH. WAS WRITTEN ON, ON ON REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TIME FATHER WAS INTRODUCED TO THE CITY OF HUNDRED AND 85 AND I WAS 26 AND A SPECIAL SERVICES STUDIO AT $800. I'M ALWAYS 27. PERCENT OF. CONSIDERED, AND THE REQUIREMENT WAS 327 TO 2000. OTHER PERSONAL

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OF MISS ASHMAN? I DON'T I WAS JUST GOING TO SEE IF MAYBE WE COULD GET THE $1,000 WAIVED. OKAY. BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I WAS IN COMPLIANCE THE ENTIRE TIME BECAUSE I DID WANT TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. WELL, YOU WEREN'T IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THE THE MOBILE HOME WAS THERE AND IT WAS IN BAD SHAPE, AND IT WAS BASICALLY DANGEROUS.

I'M GOING TO WAIVE $750 OF THE FINE. OKAY. AND BUT THE THEY'LL STILL BE A $250 FINE. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? NOT NOT ON MY END. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE, AND THE COUNTY EXPENDED $3,525 TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. THAT INCLUDES AN $800 ASBESTOS SURVEY, WHICH IS REQUIRED. THE FINE IS HEREBY REDUCED TO $250. AND. BOTH OF THESE SUMS WILL BE REDUCED IN AN ORDER WHICH SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, AND THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WILL BE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY FRAME. OKAY, OKAY. OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THIS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE, SO YOU'LL GET A COPY OF THAT ORDER. OKAY. RELATED TO THIS, THE THE FINE CAN'T BE ADDED TO THE THE TAX RECORDS OR BILL, BUT THE COST OF THE CLEANUP CAN BE. SO YOU CAN PAY THAT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO PAY IT THAT WAY, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE STATUTORY INTEREST IS PRETTY SPORTY ON THIS. IT'S WHAT, 8.4, 8.68.44, 8.44. SO THAT'S PRETTY SPORTY. OKAY. SO JUST IF I COULD JUST HAVE UNTIL THE END OF NEXT MONTH, THAT'S UP TO YOU. THAT WOULD BE OKAY. AND AND AND SO DO I NEED TO PAY THE 250 SEPARATE THEN THE REST OF THE THE AMOUNT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I'M GOING TO DO TWO DIFFERENT PAYMENTS. YOU HOW TO DO ALL THAT OKAY OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. SO ANY ABATEMENT COSTS THE COST OF THE CLEANUP WILL BE PUT ON THE PROPERTY TAXES. OKAY. NEXT YEAR, JUNE JUNE 30TH. THE INTEREST WILL STOP OCCURRING ON THAT. THE INTEREST ACCRUES ON A DAILY BASIS ON BOTH OF THEM. RIGHT NOW, ONCE I RECORD THE ORDER, THE FINE CAN BE PAID OFF AT ANY

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IT SPLIT UP FOR FIVE YEARS. OKAY. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU PAY THE FINE OFF FIRST BECAUSE THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S GOING TO DRAW INTEREST. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WON'T GO ON YOUR PROPERTY TAXES OKAY. AND I CAN I CAN PAY THAT TODAY. HOWEVER I NEED TO DO THAT. BUT IF I HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH TO PAY THE REST OF IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF IT. AND THERE'S NO SENSE IN PAYING INTEREST ON SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID ANYWAY. OKAY, WELL, I CAN GIVE YOU A CALL AFTER THE HEARING SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS PAYMENT IF YOU'D LIKE. OKAY. YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY.

YES, MA'AM. I WILL CALL YOU AT THE NUMBER THAT WE CALLED YOU AT FOR THE HEARING. OKAY.

PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BYE BYE. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES ALL PHONE CALLS. BRINGS US BACK UP TO ITEM A PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 4331 HUCKLEBERRY LANE. SLIDE NUMBER TWO. FOR LOCATION PURPOSES, PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS SOUTHPORT. THIS AREA WAS TAKEN IN JANUARY OF025. PROPERTY IS CIRCLED HERE, OUTLINED IN BLUE.

THAT WAS BEACH ROAD AND EDWARDS. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT IS CIRCLED IN RED. AND AGAIN THIS AERIAL WAS TAKEN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR. PROPERTY LINES ARE NOT EXACT ON THIS. AND. INVESTIGATOR TONY BROWNING WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. TONY BROWNING, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE RECORD, ON APRIL 3RD, 2025, INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY WHILE PATROLLING THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY KNOWN AS SOUTHPORT. HE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. JUNK, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND OVERGROWTH. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THAT IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE. THERE'S TWO OF THEM SIDE BY SIDE. THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS IS THIS ONE. THERE'S ONE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF IT THAT'S ON A DIFFERENT PARCEL. ON APRIL THE 9TH, 2025, WILLIAM BRYAN, THE TENANT, CALLED AND SPOKE WITH INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE ABOUT THE VIOLATIONS. ON APRIL 15TH, 2025, A BUILDING INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY SCOTT THORPE. THE BUILDING INSPECTION REPORT WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. WE JUST NEED TO GO THROUGH HIS PHOTOGRAPHS BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED. THIS STRUCTURE, THIS STRUCTURE HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED. THIS IS INSPECTOR THORPE'S PHOTOGRAPHS. IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. ON APRIL 17TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER. RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 7323 MARY JO AVENUE, SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAILED NOTICE DID NOT RETURN. ON APRIL THE 22ND, 2025. A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE TENANT, WILLIAM BRYAN, USING ADDRESS 4331 HUCKLEBERRY LANE, SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN JUNE 9TH. I REINSPECT THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THERE WAS A DUMPSTER ON THE PROPERTY DURING THIS INSPECTION, SO HE HE STARTED DOING SOME CLEANUP AND HE ALSO HAD TAKEN THE THE SIDING OFF THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE. AND STILL GOT. YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S ON A SEPARATE PARCEL. THAT ONE'S. YEAH, THAT'S ON A DIFFERENT PARCEL. ON AUGUST 18TH, 2025.

WE INSPECT THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION DURING THIS INSPECTION. THE DUMPSTER

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THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 4331 HUCKLEBERRY LANE IN SOUTHPORT, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE. NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT, BOTH BY MAIL AND BY POSTING, AND THAT THERE, LIKE I SAID, THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702 IN THE FORM OF JUNK, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND OVERGROWTH ON THE PREMISES. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL JUNK, TRASH, DEBRIS, ETC. AND OVERGROWTH AND REMOVING ANY OF THE. DEBRIS FROM THAT OPERATION FROM THE PREMISES THAT MUST ALSO STORE OR REMOVE ANY AND ALL UN SCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY ON THE PREMISES. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, AND IF THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, THEY NEED TO LET CODE ENFORCEMENT KNOW IN ORDER TO STOP ANY FINES THAT FROM RUNNING. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE OR WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS 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, SUCH FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED HERE IN BAY COUNTY, THIS MATTER SHALL BE SET FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH AT 1 P.M. YES. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM B PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 214 ALPINE WAY. THE FIRST HEARING. VIOLATION OF A BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME. THE SITE NUMBER TWO. AERIAL PHOTO FROM

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APRIL 28TH, 2025 INVESTIGATOR SCOTT RAY SCOTT INSPECTED THE PROPERTY IN THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS REMAIN MOST OF THE OVERGROWTH BEEN CUT? JULY 28TH, 2025 INVESTIGATOR RAY SCOTT REINSPECT THE PROPERTY IN A BLIGHTED CONDITIONS REMAIN. THE OVERGROWTH HAD RETURNED.

OCTOBER 8TH, 2025. I WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE. I REINSPECT THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. OVERGROWTH BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME. OCTOBER 28TH, 2025. NOTICE VIOLATION NOTICE HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER. RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 1317 TRANSMITTER ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON OCTOBER 31ST, 2025. ON NOVEMBER THE 18TH, 2025, I SPOKE WITH MICHAEL DORTCH BY PHONE. HE ADVISED HE WOULD ADDRESS THE VIOLATIONS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. DECEMBER 17TH, 2025 I RE INSPECT THE KNOW. I POSTED THE PROPERTY OVERGROWTH BEING CUT AGAIN. THEY LEFT A DEBRIS PILE.

THE BLIGHTED CONDITION REMAIN. DECEMBER 18TH. COPIED THE NOTICE HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. THE TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. JANUARY 5TH, 2026 I REINSPECT THE PROPERTY. THE DEBRIS PILE REMAIN THE THE BLIGHTED CONDITION TO THE MOBILE HOME REMAIN AS WELL. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED IN THIS CASE. IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. OKAY, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 17 TWO ON THE PREMISES IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 214 ALPINE WAY, PANAMA CITY, IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND THEREFORE SUBJECT PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE'S HAD CONTACT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BUT HAS FAILED TO APPEAR AT THIS PARTICULAR HEARING. THERE IS A. FILE OF THE OVERGROWTH THAT'S ON THE PREMISES THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED, OR THAT MUST BE REMOVED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE MOBILE HOME PORTION, THE. RESPONDENT MUST ADDRESS THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIME FRAME, OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE MISSING OR DAMAGED SIDING TO

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IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE MOBILE HOME WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25, CONTINUING UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT TO SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION AND VERIFY THAT ALL PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN ORDER FOR THE FINES TO CEASE, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED. IF THE RESPONDENT OBTAINS A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THEN ALLOWS THE PERMIT TO EXPIRE, OR HAS IT BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON THAT SHALL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT? REGARDLESS OF THE REASON? IN ANY SUCH CASE, THE COUNTY WILL COMMENCE WITH THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND THE DAILY FINE AS SET FORTH ABOVE.

BEGIN UPON THE INVALIDITY PERIOD OF THE PERMITS. THE LIEN OR THE. EXCUSE ME, THE FINE AND SUCH WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE RESPONDENT HOME OWNED HERE IN BAY COUNTY, AND WILL INCLUDE THE PROPERTY UPON WHICH THE VIOLATION OCCURRED. THANK YOU.

MR. MY SAKE. I MAY HAVE NOT HEARD HEARD OF, BUT WE WERE ALSO ASKING THAT IF THAT YOU FIND THAT THERE WAS A VIOLATION OF THE OVERGROWTH, IT EXISTS IN, ANY VIOLATION WOULD BE CONSIDERED A REASONABLE. OKAY. THERE IS PRESENTLY A VIOLATION AS IT RELATES TO THE OVERGROWTH.

THERE'S SOME. OVERGROWTH OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S ADDITIONALLY THERE'S THE PILE OF DEBRIS, WHICH SHALL ALSO BE CONSIDERED A VIOLATION. AND HE'S GOT TO FAIL TO OR HIS FAILURE TO CORRECT THOSE WILL RESULT IN THE THE NEXT GO ROUND BEING A REPEAT VIOLATOR. OKAY. DIDN'T WANT THAT. YES, YES. ALRIGHT. ITEM C AS IN CHARLIE PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 4079 SILVER SPUR ROAD. WHAT'S THAT FELLOW'S NAME THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY OWNER? WE CALL HIM THE PROPERTY OWNER.

I CAN SELL IT FOR YOU. THIS IS A FIRST HEARING FOR A VIOLATION OF 72. ONE OF THE OVERGROWTH.

SLIDE NUMBER TWO. LOCATION PURPOSES. THIS IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF STATE COUNTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS BAYOU GEORGE. THIS IS 390 NORTH BAY HAVEN SCHOOL, KATO ROAD PROPERTY IS CIRCLED AND OUTLINED THE BLUE AND. INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE THING, WHICH IS THE CASE. AND WHO'S DOING WHAT. TONY BURNING BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE RECORD. ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2025, I OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY WHILE PATROLLING THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY KNOWN AS BRANDONVILLE. I INSPECTED PROPERTY FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON THIS SAME DAY, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER

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DECEMBER 18TH, 2025 A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. THE TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL AND ON JANUARY 5TH, 2026, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION FOR OVERGROWTH. DID YOU EVER SEE ANYBODY ON THE PROPERTY? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY TWO CARS THERE, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEIR MILITARY AND HAS BEEN DEPLOYED SOMEWHERE, SO NO ONE'S THERE. AND THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WILL NOT LET THE NEIGHBORS CUT THE GRASS OR ANYTHING. THEY THEY'RE TELLING THEM IF THEY CUT THE GRASS, THEY'RE TRESPASSING. NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE RESPONDENT. THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. OKAY. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN, THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702 IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. THE. RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS IN WHICH TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION BY OWING IT AND CLEANING UP THE DEBRIS FROM IT. AND. THEREBY BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 4079 SILVER SPUR ROAD, IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT BY POSTING. THE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE TEN DAYS. THEY'LL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 A DAILY FINE OF I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT $10. IF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WON'T ANYBODY GO IN THERE AND CLEAN IT UP? FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, OR UNTIL 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 IN BAY COUNTY. AND I'M GOING TO TELL Y'ALL THAT IF THE PROPERTY OR THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WON'T LET SOMEBODY CLEAN IT UP.

I'M GOING TO REVIEW THE FINES WHEN THIS COMES BACK FOR A HEARING. I MEAN. I GUESS A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON THE 12TH OF FEBRUARY AT 1:00. ALRIGHT, FINAL ITEM ON THE PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA IS ITEM G. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 416 WATER OAK CIRCLE, PANAMA CITY BEACH.

THIS IS A FINAL HEARING TO IMPOSE THE LIEN FOR FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. AND IT IS JIM JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE JIM 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 THE 13TH OF AUGUST, 2025. YOU FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST HEARING ORDER THAT WAS HELD ON JULY THE 9TH, 2025. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR EITHER HEARINGS. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE SHOWN TO YOU. COMPLIANCE HEARING. LOOKING BACK AT THE ADDRESS OF 416 WATER OAK CIRCLE, EAST OF PANAMA CITY BEACH. YOU SEE THE OVERGROWTH, THE DERELICT VEHICLE, ONE SECONDARILY VEHICLE, THE TRUCK YOU SAW IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. WHAT THE ITEMS THAT ARE. THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU. AND SLIDE SIX. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED THE STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL ITS INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY

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THE SIDE OF OF WATER OAK CIRCLE, THE OVERGROWTH. DERELICT VEHICLE. HERE IN SLIDE 12. THE VEHICLE THE DERELICT VEHICLE OR THE TAG FROM THE DERELICT VEHICLE. THE TRUCK, THE CONTENTS INSIDE OF THE TRUCK IN SLIDE 14. THIS IS JUST ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME.

THE OVERGROWTH AND LOOKING AT THE BACK OF THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, THE OVERGROWTH IN SLIDE 16 AND 17. WHAT IS THAT? I MEAN, THAT IS THAT A ROOF IS COLLAPSED. NO SOLAR PANELS. OH OKAY. OKAY.

SPARSELY SPACED APART. OKAY. AND SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE BACKYARD THERE IN SLIDE 18, ON AUGUST THE 28TH, I LOCATED A TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER AND INFORMED HIM OF THE VIOLATIONS, OR THE COUNTY WOULD CLEAN THE PROPERTY ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, 2025. ON THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER, THE PROPERTY OWNER CALLED AND INFORMED ME HE HAD CLEANED THE PROPERTY. I INFORMED HIM THAT I WOULD CONDUCT A RE-INSPECTION AS SOON AS I COULD AND PROVIDE HIM WITH THE RESULTS. ON OCTOBER THE 7TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD BROUGHT THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. CLEAN FRONT YARD. THE BACKYARD. THERE'S YOUR SOLAR PANELS AND GOT RID OF THE VEHICLE THAT HAD A LOT OF STUFF IN THE BACK END, AND HE'S ALLOWED THAT ONE DERELICT VEHICLE AND THAT'S HIS DERELICT VEHICLE. ON OCTOBER THE 9TH, THE NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS 416 WATER OAK CIRCLE FROM THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S APPRAISER'S DATABASE. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED AS OF THIS DATE. ON THE 4TH OF DECEMBER, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY, AND ON THE 18TH OF DECEMBER, 2025, A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY AT THE PRESENT TIME IS IN COMPLIANCE. BUT HE, THE RESPONDENT, FAILED TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, RESULTING IN A FINE OF $700.

THAT FINE WILL BE IMPOSED. IN ORDER TO BE ENTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS HEARING.

UPON THE RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT FOR THAT FINE WILL BE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THIS COST BY VIRTUE OF ABATING THE VIOLATIONS. THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH ABATING THE VIOLATIONS ON THIS PROPERTY, AND THAT IS PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. I DO HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM OF BUSINESS. OKAY. THE. 2300 SHERMAN AVENUE, LOT 51, MR. MARLOW. YES. HIS APPEAL, YOUR ORDER WAS AFFIRMED AND APPEAL WAS DENIED. YOUR STAY, HOWEVER, FOR DEMOLITION STATES. UNITED STATES WITH. DAVID. SOMEBODY ASKED YOU LIKE TO ASK FOR THAT? STATED THE VACATED. YES. AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED US TO HAVE A HEARING TO DO THAT. FILE A MOTION. I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A HEARING, BECAUSE THAT MAY HAVE CREATED IN HIS MIND THAT HE DOES HAVE 90 DAYS. SO DO IT FOR FEBRUARY THE 12TH OR WHATEVER. OKAY. AND WE'LL ADDRESS IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME. BUT I DON'T WANT HIM TO SAY THAT. YOU TOLD ME I HAD 90

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EITHER ONE. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME EITHER TIME. I THINK THE AFTERNOON IS LIGHTER THAN THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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