[Code Magistrate Hearing on January 8, 2026.]
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          CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I HAVE LOOKED AT THE DOCUMENT. DO NOT SEE ANY CASES IN WHICH I SHOULD ENTER AN ORDER OF RECUSAL. I'VE NOT HAD ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE ABOUT THESE CASES. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, PLEASE TURN IT OFF OR ON SILENT. IF YOU ANTICIPATE GIVING TESTIMONY, PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. SO HELP YOU GOD, I DO, I DO. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. 
          EVERYONE HAS ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. OKAY, MISS ASHMAN, HEY, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE PRESENT, STARTING WITH ITEM C. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 5707 MERRITT BROWN ROAD. THIS IS A FINAL HEARING TO IMPOSE LANE AND COST ABATEMENT FOR NON COMPLIANCE. AND INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE IS HERE TO. GOOD AFTERNOON YOUR MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. MY NOTICES ARE ALSO ATTACHED AS WELL AS MY PHOTOGRAPHS. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 19TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF NOVEMBER. EXCUSE ME. WHAT DID I SAY? YES, MA'AM. NOVEMBER. NOVEMBER OF 19, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH AND STAGNANT WATER. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT. PHOTOGRAPHS ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER, THE RESPONDENT IS THE RESPONDENT THAT IS HERE TODAY OR IS A DIFFERENT RESPONDENT. IT IS A DIFFERENT RESPONDENT. I WAS I HAD IT WRITTEN DOWN TO SAY, BUT OKAY, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS HERE. AND SLIDE NUMBER THREE OF 5707 MERRITT THE OVERGROWTH. THE SIDE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED, THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200. A DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. 
          THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ALSO ORDERED THAT THE PROPERTY TO BE HAVE A PRE-BID INSPECTION CONDUCTED. A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE ON DECEMBER 3RD, A PRE BID INSPECTION PER YOUR ORDER WAS CONDUCTED. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS PLACED ON THE GARAGE DOOR. FRONT DOOR AREA. HERE IN SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, YOU SEE THE OVERGROWTH IN THE FRONT YARD. THE SIDE YARD THAT'S LOOKING TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY. HERE IN SLIDE NUMBER NINE, OPENING THE GATE DOWN THE ALLEY BETWEEN THE COMPLAINANTS HOUSE AND THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE. THAT 5707 ON THE LEFT, THE OVERGROWTH GOING INTO THE BACKYARD. THAT IS A STAGNANT WATER THAT YOU ALSO ORDERED TO BE CLEANED. BUT YOU SEE THE OVERGROWTH AND THE OVERGROWTH STANDING ON THE DECK THAT'S LOOKING BACK WEST. YOUR MAGISTRATE FROM THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS. AND SLIDE 12, YOU CAN SEE THE STAGNANT WATER. ON DECEMBER THE 4TH, THE STAGNANT WATER WAS TREATED BY BAY COUNTY ANIMAL. EXCUSE ME. BAY COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL. ON DECEMBER THE 19TH, THE RE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION JUST FROM THE FRONT. THIS IS ALSO THE DAY THE THE ABATEMENT OCCURRED ON THIS PROPERTY. THESE ARE SOME PRE ABATEMENT PHOTOGRAPHS. SLIDE PHOTOGRAPH 1819 AND 20. 
          THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $495, AND UPON INSPECTION LATER THAT AFTERNOON, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. HE CUT THE FRONT YARD, THE SIDE YARD, THE ALLEYWAY. INSIDE OF THE FENCE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE, AND THE BACKYARD SURROUNDING THE POOL. THAT CONCLUDES. EXCUSE ME, THE PROPERTY SOLD THIS WEEK. THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER IS PRESENT. HE WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HE HAS DONE TO THE PROPERTY. HE REACHED OUT TO ME THIS MORNING BECAUSE HE HAD FOUND AN OLD NOTICE OF HEARING OR NOTICE OF INTENT, AND HE CALLED BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY. OKAY. HEY, COME ON UP AND TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. 
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SURE. SCOTT. MA, I BOUGHT THE HOUSE ON BEHALF OF MY ENTITY, CGSM LLC, 4408 DELLWOOD LANE, SUITE 14, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA. 32408. BOUGHT THE HOUSE AT FORECLOSURE AUCTION THIS WEEK ON THE FIFTH, AND I'VE ALREADY HAD MY FOLKS GO OUT. I BUY A BUNCH OF HOUSES AROUND BAY COUNTY. I'VE ALREADY HAD IT PRESSURE WASHED. THE POOL HAS ALREADY BEEN BEEN DISMANTLED, GARAGE DOOR REPAIRED, WHOLE HOUSE HAS BEEN CLEANED OUT INSIDE BECAUSE IT WAS FULL AND ANY RATE. SO EVERYTHING IS IS GETTING CLEANED UP AND SHOULD SHOULD BE GOOD. OKAY. AND I WOULD ASSUME AT CLOSING THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN THESE SUMS OUT OF THE PROCEEDS THAT YOU PAID. AND IT WAS I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WORKS WITH THE FORECLOSURE AUCTION. 
          SO I CLOSED OR I PURCHASED IT ON THE FIFTH. SO I'M NOT SURE. BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IS, SINCE THE WAY I ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY AND THE TIMING OF SUCH, I'D BE HAPPY TO TO PAY THE, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF OF CLEANUP AND SUCH. JUST WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU GUYS COULD NOT CHARGE THE VIOLATION FEE. THE FINE, YOU MEAN. YES. OKAY, I'LL WAIVE THE FINE LATER. THE FACT THAT YOU IMMEDIATELY CAME IN AND APPRECIATE THAT MADE IT BETTER. SO. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL THE THE COST OF $495 RELATED TO THE INCIDENTAL COST OF ENFORCEMENT AND ABATEMENT WILL BE CHARGED AND THAT WILL ACCRUE INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE, OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO PLAY IN THAT CLOSING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T IMPOSED. SO BUT THE THE FINE WILL BE WAIVED. 
          AND I FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. PERFECT. AND THIS THIS WILL RESULT IN A FINAL ORDER BEING RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY FOR THE COST RELATED TO THE THE CLEANUP, THE 495 AND THAT WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THIS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE IN BUSINESS. IS THE PROPERTY GOING TO BE WHAT NAME IS THE PROPERTY GOING TO BE? IT'S UNDER CGSM LLC. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANKS. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY I HATE THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM H. 
          PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7113 TIMBER ROAD. DURING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND. HUBBARD IS HERE TO TESTIFY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. PICTURES AND ATTACHMENTS AS EVIDENCE. THIS IS THE INITIAL PICTURES THAT THE CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IN BAY COUNTY IN OCTOBER 15TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM OF DERELICT VEHICLES. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. A FRIEND OF HERS, RITA MASTERS, APPEARED AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE TO THE EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE WERE THE PICTURES FROM NOVEMBER 17TH SHOWING THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE THREE RVS. I THINK IF YOU'LL REMEMBER AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING, WE WERE CONFUSED AS TO HOW MANY VEHICLES WERE ON THE PROPERTY, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT AS WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER IN THERE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, OR A DAILY FINE OF $25 BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY OF WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE, THE EXHIBIT BEING CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. SO NOVEMBER 17TH PROPERTY WAS REINSPECTED. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AND WE CONTINUED IT. LET'S SEE. NOVEMBER 19TH. THE CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY. COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS CONTINUED UNTIL JANUARY 8TH, 2026. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. ON DECEMBER 5TH, THE PROPERTY WAS INSPECTED AND GO AHEAD. YOU CAN SEE IT REMAINS. THERE'S BEEN SOME ACTIVITY THERE, BUT IT STILL REMAINS IN VIOLATION. IT'S I'VE WALKED THE INTERRUPT PER YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. 
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FOLLOWING THE HEARING, I WALKED THE PROPERTY TO DETERMINE HOW MANY VEHICLES WERE ON THERE. 
          AND SO THE YOU CAN GO THROUGH THERE AND SEE WHERE THERE'S ALL THE CAMPERS ARE DERELICT IN ALL THE VEHICLES IN THE PICTURES WERE DERELICT, SO WE HAD A SUM TOTAL OF THREE CAMPERS, INCLUDING THIS ONE. YES. THERE'S NO GO AHEAD. THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER PICTURE THAT IS THE RV IN THE REAR. THAT'S JUST A SIDE SHOT OF IT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT VEHICLE THERE'S DERELICT. THE TRUCKS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NO TAG. THAT'S THE ONE IN FRONT OF THE CAMPER. IN THE REAR OF THE LARGE CAMPER THERE. SO EVERYTHING ON THE PROPERTY AT THE POINT WHEN I WAS THERE WAS DERELICT. SO SEVEN VEHICLES TOTALED, COUNTING THREE RVS. DECEMBER 19TH PROPERTY WAS REINSPECTED. NO CHANGES THAT I COULD TELL FROM THE ROAD. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY. EXCEPT FOR RECOMMENDATION. SHE'S HERE TODAY TO BEGIN TO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF. MISS HANNAH. YES. I GOT PICTURES OF WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING. MATTER OF FACT, I'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER AND EVERYTHING AND ALL THE RAIN WE'VE HAD. SO IT SLOWED ME DOWN. BUT ALL, MOST OF ALL, THAT'S BEEN CLEARED. I GOT MOWERS COMING BACK THE REST OF THE DAY, CLEARING THE REST OF IT. THE VEHICLES ARE GONE AND I'VE GOT PICTURES OF THE THAT ONE MESSED UP CAMPER THAT NEEDS TO BE GONE. THEY'RE ALREADY GOT ONE WHOLE SIDE ALREADY RIPPED OFF WHEN WE WAS HEADED HERE. SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO TAKE OUT OF IT IN THE STORE. I STORED IT IN THE MOTORHOME WHICH DON'T RUN. AND YOU TOLD ME I COULD STORE STUFF IN THERE, BUT THE VEHICLES HAD TO BE GONE AS FAR AS THAT. WERE MY TRUCK SITTING IN FRONT OF. 
          THAT'S THE FIFTH WHEEL. THE SIDES HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN POPPED OUT YET BECAUSE OF CHRIS. I SAID I WOULDN'T STAY THERE, SO I HAD MY TRUCK THERE. MY TRUCK WOULD BE LEGAL TOMORROW. NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BLACK TRUCK? YES. THAT'S MY THAT'S MY 2012 RAM. YEAH, MY SISTER HAD IT. REMEMBER? I WAS LOCKED UP BEFORE. YOU DIDN'T HAVE A TAG ON IT? NO. TOMORROW IT WOULD BE LEGAL. I HAD TO WAIT FOR MY MONEY TO GET HERE. OKAY? YEAH, I GOT A LITTLE WIDOW'S PENSION. 
          WHAT'S ON THE PROPERTY IN BY WAY RIGHT NOW? THE ONLY THING LET ME FINISH BY WAY OF CAMPERS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. ONLY THING A CAMPER THERE. AND YOU SAID I COULD KEEP THAT. THERE WAS THAT FIFTH WHEEL AND I BOUGHT THAT FIFTH WHEEL. IT WAS PUT. THERE JUST AIN'T BEEN NOBODY BEEN IN IT. AND THE SIDES ARE STUCK RIGHT NOW. I'M TRYING TO GET THEM OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, I TOLD CHRIS I WOULDN'T STAY THERE A COUPLE OF NIGHTS. I SLEPT IN MY TRUCK, SO TRYING TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY, BUT I WAS BY MYSELF. BUT I MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS. AND THEN THAT DERELICT VEHICLE ON. YES, YES, THAT'S OUR LITTLE. DOES SHE GET TO HAVE ONE DERELICT VEHICLE ON THE PROPERTY? IT'S. I THINK WE HAD A DISCUSSION LAST TIME. IT'S AGRICULTURE. YEAH, YOU SAID TWO. WE DID PLAY TWO. WE SAID I THINK WE SAID ONE. YEAH, ONE. AND THE CAMPER. NO, NO, THAT COUNTS. THE CAMPER. ONE DERELICT. WHETHER IT'S AN RV OR WHETHER TRUCK, IT'S NOT DERELICT. TOMORROW IT'LL BE TAGGED AND INSURED AND ALL THAT. MY SISTER HAD IT. I JUST GOT IT BACK TO BECAUSE THEY REALLY TREATED MY TRUCK BAD. OKAY, SO YOU'RE THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO BE UP THERE. IS THAT ONE CAMPER AT ONE FIFTH WHEEL AND MY TRUCK WILL BE TAGGED. 
          AND I LOST YOUR CAR BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO CALL YOU AND LET YOU KNOW THAT. AND THE MOTORHOME IN THE BACK THAT DON'T IT JUST FULL OF MY STUFF FROM MY FIVE BEDROOM HOUSE. IT GOT TORE DOWN FROM THERE. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S THE SECOND THING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TWO UP THERE. WELL THE FIFTH WAS GOING TO BE TAGGED AND SO IS THE TRUCK. THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE IS MOTORHOME. IT HAS TO BE. IT'S NOT JUST BEING TAGGED. YEAH IT HAS TO BE OPERATIVE. OH YEAH. IT'S ROADWORTHY. IT'S IT'S A NEWER FIFTH WHEEL. I PAID FOR IT I KNOW. BUT ALSO THE LAND MY WHERE I HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR THE LOAN TO PUT THE TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH TRAILER ON MY LAND. THEY'RE RE PUTTING IT. THEY'RE PUTTING IT BACK IN TO REDO IT. 
          SO I GOT THAT IN THE WORKS. YOU'RE SAYING IS ROADWORTHY? YES. THAT FIFTH WHEEL IS GOING TO BE GONE. THAT'S GOING TO BE GONE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN TORE UP. YEAH. THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. I STORE MY STUFF IN. THAT HAS TO GO. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE. THAT'S THE ONLY GOING TO BE THE ONLY DERELICT THING THERE IS THAT MOTORHOME. THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE. 
          SO TO SAY THAT YOU CAN HAVE ONE RV, RV IS BASICALLY BEING STORED THERE. YEAH, IT DON'T 
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RUIN PAM. DON'T INTERRUPT HER, PLEASE. OKAY. IT'S. YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO RVS THERE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, NOW I'M THE ONE. NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE YOU DON'T. SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PRIMARY STRUCTURE. SO BASICALLY WHEN YOU ADD ANOTHER NOW YOU'RE STORING ON A VACANT LOT. SO. 
          ONE OF THEM DIDN'T GET TO STAY RIGHT. THE FIFTH WHEEL OR THIS MOTORHOME, ONE OF THEM'S GOT TO GO. WELL THAT'S WHERE AM I GOING TO LIVE UNTIL THEY PUT MY HOUSE OUT THERE, I HAVE TO BE ON MY PROPERTY BECAUSE I'M ON PROBATION. CAN SHE GET A PERMIT? SHE. SHE CAN GET A PERMIT TO LIVE IN THE RV. YES. THANK YOU. THAT THERE? IT'S STILL. THAT DOESN'T GIVE HER A PERMIT TO KEEP THE OTHER RV THERE. YEAH. THE LAST TIME I WAS IN COURT, YOU SAID I COULD USE IT FOR STORAGE BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I WAS USING IT FOR. BUT THAT WAS WHEN THEY WAS ONLY GOING TO BE IT ON THE LOT. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S. WELL, IF I GOT A PERMIT TO LIVE IN THE CAMPER AND I GOT MY I'M. THAT'S THE ONLY THING ON THE LAND. HOW MANY OF THE CARS ARE STILL ON THE PROPERTY? THEY'RE GONE. ALL OF THEM. ALL THE CARS ARE GONE ALL AT ONE TIME. OKAY, LET'S SCROLL BACK THROUGH THESE PHOTOGRAPHS. AND I WANT TO ASK HER POINT AND ALL THAT'S BEEN MOWED DOWN. OKAY. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THERE'S THE FIFTH WHEEL THAT IS BEHIND THE BLACK TRUCK RIGHT THERE. YES, IT'S STILL THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SLEEP IN? YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          TO THE RIGHT OF THAT IS WELL ALL RIGHT LET'S GO TO THIS ONE. THIS IS THAT ONE. STILL THERE. 
          BE GONE. GONE. THE RED ONE'S GONE OKAY. THE TRUCK. THE CAR IN FRONT OF THE MOTORHOME. GONE. 
          LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE OKAY. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THAT? THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S COMING DOWN RIGHT AS WE SPEAK. STILL. IT'S COMING. IT SHOULD BE, BUT ALMOST COMPLETELY DOWN WHEN I GET BACK. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT YOUR STUFF STORED ALL OF HIS STORE. YOU CAN SEE IT EVEN TO THE BACK WINDOW ALL UP IN THERE IN THE GLASS. IT'S ALL STORAGE. 
          ALL RIGHT, WHAT ABOUT THAT? THAT'S GONE. THAT'S GONE. IT IS GONE. YOU'RE GOING TO GET A TAG ON THAT. OH, YES, SIR, THAT'S GOING TO BE TAGGED AND THAT'S GOING TO BE WASHED. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO STAY. YES. THE FIFTH WHEEL. THE SIDES AIN'T EVEN OUT YET ON IT. IT'S BIG. I WAS IT'S GOT ONE OF THOSE ROLL OUT THINGS. IT ROLLS. YEAH. THERE'S FIVE, THERE'S FIVE, FIVE, FOUR DIFFERENT PULLOUTS ON THAT ONE. SO IN ORDER FOR AND JUST UNDERSTAND THAT IN ORDER FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THAT SHE HAS TO HAVE AN ACTIVE BUILDING PERMIT. 
          SO UNTIL SHE GETS THE ACTIVE BUILDING PERMIT, THAT'S I THINK THAT'S WHERE I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE AN ACTIVE BUILDING. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE FROM THIS ROOM RIGHT HERE AND GO GET ONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THIS ONE UNTIL FEBRUARY THE 11TH. OKAY. MAY 12TH. THANK YOU SIR. YOU CAN EVERYONE YOUR CARD. WE'LL DO IT. I LOST YOUR OTHER ONE. LET ME GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PHYLLIS STEPHENS HAND 7113 TIMBER RUN ROAD, STEPHENS, WITH A PH A, YOUNGSTOWN, FLORIDA 32466. OKAY, WHEN WE COME BACK ON THE 12TH OF FEBRUARY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT FOR THIS. THIS WILL FIFTH WHEEL ON THE TO BE ON THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO A BUILDING PERMIT. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'LL GET TO KEEP THE. MOTORHOME OKAY FOR BASICALLY YOUR ONE DERELICT VEHICLE. I'M GOING TO COUNT AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT A PERMIT, I'M GOING TO COUNT THAT AS A PRIMARY STRUCTURE. SO THEN EVERYTHING ELSE HAS GOT TO BE GONE. YEP. IT WON'T BE DONE THERE. BUT MY TRUCK AND THAT AND. THE MOTORHOME, IF SOMEBODY COMES UP THERE AND SAYS, LOOK, I NEED TO PARK MY CAMPER HERE. TELL THEM, NO, NO, AIN'T AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. NO. BECAUSE THAT MEAN OLD MAGISTRATE'S GOING TO START STICKING IT TO ME IF THAT HAPPENS. SO YEAH THEY KNOW ME BETTER THAN THIS TO THE 12TH. AND THEN IF YOU'LL GO UP THERE SHORTLY BEFORE THAT 
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MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S IN COMPLIANCE. WE'LL GO FROM THERE. YEAH. ALL THIS WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN HAPPENED IF I HADN'T HAD TO GO AWAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE. AND THREE YEARS TIME, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE THANK YOU. HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND. OKIE DOKIE. IT'LL BE AT 5:00. 9:00? YEP. OKAY, SO THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM L. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7413 THIRD STREET HEARING FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. NO TRIP IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE INVESTIGATOR JOE TRIP, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. ALL NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE INCLUDED AND ATTACHED AND INCLUDED IN A CASE FILE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE NOVEMBER 19 TO 25, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17.2, IN THE FORM OF SIX UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURES, ALONG WITH TRASH, JUNK APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, AND UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, ALONG WITH DERELICT VEHICLES. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN A CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 15 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF 25 TO IMPOSE FOR 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY ON WHICH VIOLATIONS EXISTED AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. THE COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE WERE SOME PHOTOS TAKEN BACK IN JULY ON THE INITIAL BUILDING INSPECTION, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY INSPECTOR THORP. THERE WERE SIX UNPERMITTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER TRASH AND DEBRIS, THESE WERE PHOTOS BACK JUST PRIOR TO THE INITIAL HEARING FROM INSPECTOR THOUGHT. THESE WERE ALSO PRIOR TO THE HEARING. 
          TRASH. JUNK. DEBRIS, DERELICT VEHICLES THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE UNPERMITTED STRUCTURES. NOVEMBER 17TH. THIS WAS TAKEN PRIOR TO THE INITIAL HEARING. 
          THE GATE WAS LOCKED. THERE WAS NO ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. NOW, ALONG WITH THE ORDER, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED ORDERED THAT INSPECTOR THORP INSPECT ONE OF THE BUILDINGS WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER INITIALLY WANTS TO MAKE AS A PRIMARY STRUCTURE, AND YOU ORDER THAT INSPECTOR THORP INSPECT IT TO DEEM IT SOUND, WHICH HE DID, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED ON DECEMBER 2ND AVENUE. INSPECTOR THORP BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS FOR THE RECORD. MYSELF AND INSPECTOR TRIP WENT THERE. DOES HAVE A FUNCTIONAL BATHROOM, KITCHEN LIVING AREA HAS EGRESS FOR WINDOWS AND STUFF, BUT AS OF YET THEY HAVE NOT SUBMITTED FOR ANY PERMIT TO MAKE THIS PRIMARY TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. CO AND I DO BELIEVE THE PROPERTY OWNER DID MEET US THERE. THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT BUILDING, KIND OF MAKE A L SHAPE AND ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE THE ROAD. SO THE ACCESSORIES WILL BE NEXT TO OR BEHIND THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE ACCORDING TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND LDR, THEY'D HAVE TO BE BEHIND IT OR IN LINE WITH THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. TO DATE, NOTHING'S BEEN DONE, NO PERMITS OR ANYTHING. WE HAVE MR. WAYNE PORTER HERE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING THAT'S FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE, HAS TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER BEFORE, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH MR. PORTER ON THIS SEVERAL TIMES. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, FEEL FREE TO ASK THEM. BUT THERE WAS BEING THERE WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WERE HABITATING THE PROPERTY OWNERS FATHER DOES LIVE IN THAT. IT USED TO BE THE POOL HOUSE. I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF THE PROPERTY. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE ONE THAT'S GOT A PICTURE OF ALL OF THE STUFF ON THE. ABSOLUTELY. 
          KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. IT'S AN OUTSIDER. KEEP GOING. PHOTOGRAPH BACK UP, BACK UP. IT'LL BE THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. THE BLUE ONE IN THE VERY BACK. THAT'S THE ONE THAT THE INTERIOR PHOTOS OF THE ONE THAT'S GOT LIKE TWO SIDE. YES, SIR. YEP. AND THEN THE LITTLE ONE THAT'S THE LEFT OF THAT. THAT'S SEPARATE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE'S SEPARATE TO IT. 
          THEY'RE NOT ALL CONNECTED OKAY. SO WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS PLAN IS, IS WHERE THAT THE 
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DOUBLE DOORS ARE ON THAT BLUE ONE BACK THERE. COULD YOU PUT THE RED DOT ON IT MA'AM. HE PLANS ON KIND OF COMING OUT AND TOWARDS THE ROAD AND THE L SHAPE. THAT WAS HIS PLAN. THAT WAY THOSE OTHER PRIMARY STRUCTURES WILL BE NEXT TO THE HOUSE OR BEHIND IT, THE PRIMARY. 
          IT'S KIND OF AN ODD SITUATION, BUT MAYBE HE CAN EXPLAIN IT SOME MORE. OKAY. AND YOU SAY COME OUT THE DOUBLE DOORS AND EVERYTHING. SO IT WILL BE BASICALLY A PART OF THAT STRUCTURE. YEAH. NOTHING'S BEEN SUBMITTED OR APPLIED FOR. NOTHING'S BEEN DONE. AND, AND ON THAT DATE THAT WE WERE THERE, ALL THAT STUFF YOU SEE THERE WAS PUSHED TO THE BACK OF THAT IN THE BACK FIELD THERE. AND THE RV WAS PARKED JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THAT PHOTO. COULD YOU PUT THE RED? YEAH. JOE WILL SHOW IT TO THE RIGHT OF THE BACK STRUCTURE RIGHT THERE. THE RV WAS PARKED THERE AND EVERYTHING WAS PUSHED TO THE BACK. KIND OF KNOWS THAT WHEN WAS TRYING TO WALK AROUND THE HOUSE AND LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. NOW. WHAT ABOUT THE THE OTHER STRUCTURE THAT. THAT ONE UNPERMITTED, THAT SITS IN FRONT OF THE POSSIBLE PRIMARY IF THEY CHANGE IT OVER AND THAT WAS BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS. IS IT. UNFIT, UNSAFE BASED ON THE WAY IT EXISTS? I MEAN, YES, THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURAL THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. YES. THE FOUNDATION, IT'S BUILT KIND OF ON EXISTING CONCRETE AND ON DIRT. BUT BASICALLY IT'S IT'S UNFIT. UNSAFE BECAUSE IT'S NOT PERMITTED. THERE'S NO ENGINEERING ON IT. THEREFORE WE CANNOT LOOK AT LOOK AT BLUEPRINTS TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS BUILT CORRECTLY BY CODE, WIND SHEAR, ALL THAT FANCY STUFF FROM THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. RIGHT HERE. ALL RIGHT, SO DECEMBER 4TH, I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THIS WAS THE LAST DAY FOR THE FIRST DAY FOR THE FINES TO BEGIN. THIS IS A VIEW FROM COMING INSIDE THE GATE. ALL OF THE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY AND TRASH, JUNK, DEBRIS, APPLIANCES WAS REMOVED FROM THIS AREA. NEXT PHOTO PLEASE. THIS IS LOOKING OVER AT THAT SHED. ALL OF THE CARS, THE VEHICLES HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS AREA AND PUSHED FURTHER DEEPER INTO THE PROPERTY. HE HAS. ALONGSIDE THAT SHED. THERE'S SOME FURNITURE DEBRIS. 
          NEXT PHOTO A LOT OF THIS STUFF ENDED UP IN THE FIRST STRUCTURE. NEXT PHOTO PLEASE. THIS WAS BETWEEN THAT STRUCTURE AND THE OTHER ONE. A LOT OF UNSECURED PERSONAL PROPERTY TRASH, JUNK FURNITURE. NEXT PHOTO THERE'S THE PROPERTY WHICH THEY INTEND TO MAKE THE PRIMARY A LOT OF TRASH AND CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, APPLIANCES, FURNITURE. NEXT PHOTO THIS THE RV THAT USED TO BE UP IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. THEY MOVED IT BACK TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. NEXT PHOTO AND THEN BEHIND THE RV, WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE FROM THE STREET. THIS IS ALL THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, TRASH, JUNK STUFF THAT WAS INITIALLY AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. 
          ALL HAD BEEN REMOVED DEEPER ONTO THE PROPERTY, WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE FROM THE STREET. NEXT PHOTO. BACK. THIS WAS 29TH LAST DAY FOR COMPLIANCE. THE GATE WAS LOCKED. I COULDN'T GET IN. 
          SOME OF THE APPLIANCES AND STUFF WERE STILL REMAINED VISIBLE FROM THE GATE. I YEAH, AND THE NEXT PHOTO IS ANOTHER ONE. SOME STUFF TRASH JUNK OUT FRONT OF THE SHED, BUT THE MAJORITY OF STUFF YOU COULDN'T SEE BECAUSE IT WAS BACK BEHIND THAT RV THAT WAS PARKED ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING. AND LIKE I SAID, I HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE PERSON WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO STATES HE HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH WAYNE AS FAR AS PERMITS. NOTHING HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT STATUS THEY ARE WITH THAT, AND I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. 
          MR. DOWELL. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. MARK DOWELL, 234 WOODLAWN DRIVE, PANAMA CITY, 32407. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? LIKE I SAID, I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH WAYNE ABOUT IT, AND I WAS GOING TO BUILD A BIGGER BUILDING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT OF THAT. BUT I THINK I SPEAK UP AND SPEAK MORE PLAINLY. NO, I HAVE A I HAVE HIRED A I'M SORRY, I'VE HIRED, YOU KNOW, THE ARCHITECT TO DRAW THE PLANS WITH THE HOLIDAYS AND STUFF. HE COULDN'T DO IT JUST YET. BUT I'VE GOT A LETTER FROM HIM THAT 
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I GOT HIM ON RETAINER TO TO DO IT. IT'S DENNIS EVANS. HE'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. AND HE. 
          WHAT? I'M HOPING TO DO THAT YOU LET ME DO THAT IN ANOTHER REASON I HAVEN'T DONE IT JUST YET. HE SAID IT'D BE BEST TO WAIT TO MAKE SURE I CAN DO JUST BUILD A SMALLER HOME INSTEAD OF A GREAT BIG ONE TO ATTACH TO THAT REAR BUILDING. BUILD ONE THAT ATTACHES TO THIS AND MAKE THIS COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET IT UP TO CODE AND ATTACH IT TO THIS, EITHER WITH A BREEZEWAY AND A ROOF OR DIRECTLY TO THE PROPERTY. AND A LOT OF THIS IS STILL BEEN CLEANED UP. A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS GOOD, AND ALL THE STUFF UNDER THE PLASTIC, YOU SEE IS NOT JUNK AND DEBRIS. IT'S IT'S HARDY BOARD AND TRIM. IT'S $300,000 WORTH. IT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO USE TO BUILD. I'M TRYING I WAS GOING TO DO SOME OTHER PROJECTS, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S NOT 30 BY 35 BUILDING. THAT'S THE WHITE ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING. YES. RIGHT THERE. SO THAT'S WHAT HE IS GOING TO HE'S GOING TO DRAW THE PLANS ON AND IF IF NECESSARY. 
          AND I HAVE TO I'M GOING TO BUILD A LITTLE 800 OR 1000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE TO ATTACH IT TO RIGHT THERE. I'M JUST WAITING ON A LOAN TO COME THROUGH TO TO DO IT, AND I WILL. 
          I WILL DO THAT IF I NEED TO. IT'S GOT FIRST. IT'S GOT TO BE STRUCTURALLY CORRECT. OKAY. AND IT'S IT'S BUILT WELL. IS THAT NOT RIGHT? I MEAN, IT CAN I BELIEVE DIRT FLOOR THAT AIN'T GOING TO WORK IT. OKAY. SO. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THIS LETTER. I DO NOT YOU COULD AND I WANT TO SAY ONE THING BUT NO I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER COPY. I'LL TAKE A COPY OR A PICTURE WOULD BE FINE. I COULD TAKE A PICTURE. TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND LET'S PUT IT IN THE FILE. SO WHAT CAN I SAY? ONE OTHER THING ABOUT NEXT DOOR OR WHATEVER. CAN I SAY ONE OTHER THING, PLEASE? OKAY, OKAY. SO RIGHT NEXT DOOR, RIGHT NEXT TO THAT GARAGE. MY NEIGHBORS, THE MONTGOMERYS, HAVE A BIG GARAGE THEY BUILT. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE MONTGOMERYS. 
          IT WAS A PERMITTED BUILDING THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE. AND THEY SAID, I TALKED TO HIM. 
          THEY SAID BECAUSE OF SOME SPECIAL LAND USE, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE PERMIT TO BUILD THAT. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE MONTGOMERY TOLD YOU, OKAY? I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S THEY DON'T HAVE ANY THEY DON'T REPRESENT THE COUNTY, I UNDERSTAND. SO YOU'RE SAYING IT MIGHT BE FEASIBLE NOT TO HAVE TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE? I'LL BUILD. I'LL TEAR THE GARAGE DOWN OR BUILD A NEW GARAGE IF I HAVE TO. IF I DON'T HAVE TO BUILD THE HOUSE, YOU'RE. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ASKING FOR ADVICE FROM THE MONTGOMERYS. YOU NEED TO TALK TO PEOPLE DOWN HERE IN BUILDERS, I UNDERSTAND. SO CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE I'M I'M CONFUSED. SO, SCOTT, CAN THAT STRUCTURE STAY WHERE IT'S AT EVEN? I MEAN, EVEN IF THE ENGINEERING IS DONE THAT WAY. 
          YOU MEAN THIS ONE HERE? NO, THE BIGGER ONE. THE WHITE BIG BUILDING, THE BARN LOOKING THING. THERE'S. OKAY. YEAH. SO YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS WHITE ONE THE PRIMARY, CORRECT? YEAH. I WILL BUILD A LITTLE HOUSE ONTO THAT AND MAKE IT A HOUSE ONTO IT. HE'S GOING TO NEED ENGINEERING ON SAID STRUCTURE THAT HE HASN'T BUILT YET, ALONG WITH THIS ONE TYING INTO IT. 
          AND THE BUILDING IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME OUT AND JUSTIFY THAT THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY BUILT TO WHERE THE ENGINEER STATED IT IS CORRECT, BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS HAS BEEN BUILT WITHOUT PLANS, WITHOUT ARCHITECT DRAWINGS OR ENGINEERING KIND OF SNUBBED AT THE COUNTY AND SAID, I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I WANT. AND THERE'S WE'RE OVER THE SIZE LIMIT FOR FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES BECAUSE THERE'S NO PRIMARY. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON AND IT'S GOING TO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO, TO TO PROGRESS LIKE THIS. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? I DID CALL DOWN TO THE COUNTY AND I TOLD HIM I WAS BUILDING A SHED. I'M NOT USING IT AS A GARAGE AT ALL. THERE'S NO DOORS ON IT. THERE WAS NONE OF THOSE DOORS. WE JUST PUT THOSE ON THERE TO COVER UP THE LAWN EQUIPMENT AND STUFF WE HAVE IN THERE. I WAS NEVER GOING TO USE THIS AS A GARAGE. IT WAS BUILT AS A SHED. I CALLED DOWN HERE, THEY SAID THE ADDRESS. I DID NOT NEED A PERMIT TO BUILD THE SHED, AND THAT'S MORE THAN I SHOULD HAVE WENT. I KNOW, BUT IT'S A BIG PROPERTY. IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS A SMALL PROPERTY. I AND I WENT, I CAME DOWN HERE IMMEDIATELY TO DO IT AND I WILL DO WHATEVER I NEED TO DO IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE ENCOUNTERING WITH YOU. YOU USE. WELL, THEY TOLD ME I COULD BUILD A SHED. YOU DON'T BUILD A SHED. YOU BUILD A BIG STORAGE FACILITY THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP PLAYING GAMES. 
          QUITE FRANKLY. AND I'M NOT. I'VE CLEANED UP ALL THIS IS CLEANED UP AND A LOT OF THAT STUFF IN THE BACK, THE TRASH AND GARBAGE IS GONE. I HAD A DUMPSTER THERE, GOT RID OF IT. 
          I GOT RID OF THE WHOLE TRAILER THAT WAS THERE. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE TRASH AND EVERYTHING IS GONE TO ME. WELL, THAT STUFF THAT I BRING IN, LIKE RIGHT NOW AND GET RID OF, I TAKE THEM APART. STUFF THERE TO THE TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE. THAT'S JUST A ROUND TABLE THAT I THAT I USE WHEN FAMILY COMES OVER. THAT'S SOME SIDING STUFF THAT'S GOING ON THE GARAGE, AND THAT'S 
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A REFRIGERATOR EXCUSE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GOT ON THE PROPERTY. YEAH, IT'S IT'S MY PROPERTY. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE IT. YOU CAN USE IT, BUT YOU GOTTA USE IT ACCORDING TO THE LAW. OKAY. SO I'M BACK TO BEING CONFUSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE ONE YOU WANTED, YOU'RE CLAIMING IS THE PRIMARY IS THE ONE YOU WERE GOING TO ADD ON TO, BECAUSE THAT'S IN A DIFFERENT THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE YARD. I WAS GOING TO DO THAT. AND WAYNE SAID THAT IS THE PRIMARY HOME. IT WAS THERE WHEN I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. THE AND WE MY DAD'S BEEN LIVING THERE EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I BUILT OR ANYTHING. WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I YOUR PRIMARY IS ON THAT PROPERTY. I DON'T RECALL. 
          YEAH, WELL WHEN I CHECKED, WHEN I CHECKED PRIOR TO THIS WAS GOING ON, IT WAS ONE IF YOU LOOK BACK IN THE APARTMENT. WELL, NO, I'M SAYING IF YOU THERE WAS ONLY ONE STRUCTURE, LET'S SAY ACCESSORY THAT THEY COULD HAVE. THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WAS PUT IN THE FIRST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. IT IS A WHAT IS IT RR1. SO ONE PRIMARY. AND I'M SORRY, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? I'M BASICALLY RETIRED. I HAVE A HEATING COOLING COMPANY IN MISSOURI THAT I STILL OPERATE AND RUN. AND I MOVED HERE TO RETIRE AND I WAS GOING TO BUILD A HOME THERE, BUT I GOT ONE ON THE WATER INSTEAD. AND I PUT MY DAD BROUGHT MY DAD HERE FROM MISSOURI, AND HE'S ACTUALLY IN THE HOSPITAL WITH BROKEN RIBS, AND HE'S IN VERY BAD SHAPE. AND NOW THESE PICTURES WITH THE THE KITCHEN AND ALL OF THAT, THAT'S IN THAT'S IN THAT REAR STRUCTURE BACK THERE WITH THE DOUBLE DOORS. YES YES YES SIR. OKAY. THAT'S THE ONE THAT INITIALLY IN THE FIRST HEARING HE WANTED TO MAKE HIS PRIMARY. RIGHT. SO I WAS REQUESTED BY YOU AND MISS ASHMAN TO GO OUT AND VERIFY THAT, MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE A, A BEDROOM, KITCHEN AND A BATHROOM IN THERE. EGRESS POINTS FOR WINDOWS. AND IT DOES. WAS THERE SOME OTHER ISSUE THAT YOU SAID THAT. NO, I MEAN, IT JUST HASN'T BEEN. SO AFTER WE TALKED TO PAUL SHANE, THEY WERE GOING TO ALLOW HIM TO GET A SEAL ON THIS AND KIND OF RETRO BACK BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A POOL HOUSE. NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN DONE SO. AND IF THEY DO IT, THEY'RE GOING TO THE BUILDING PERMIT IS GOING TO COME IN THERE LIKE I DID. THEY'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER INSPECTION, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IT WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING MEETS AND PASSES. AND THEN THEN IF GRANTED, HE'LL GET HIS CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THEN THAT WOULD BE HIS PRIMARY. BUT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BETWEEN THE LAST HEARING AND THIS HEARING. AT LEAST GET THE WHEELS TURNING OR SOMETHING STARTED AND NOTHING'S BEEN BEEN DONE SINCE. EVEN SINCE I DID MY INITIAL INSPECTION ON THE INSIDE. SO THIS HASN'T BEEN CERTIFIED AS THE PRIMARY? NO. PRIMARY. OKAY. CAN I SAY SOMETHING AS WELL? I WENT RIGHT AFTER OUR COURT DATE. I WENT TO TALK TO WAYNE. AND YOU SAID THAT IS THE PRIMARY HOUSE, CORRECT? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED. AND HE SAID THAT ALREADY IS THE PRIMARY HOME. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WAS SAID WHEN I SAT DOWN IN HIS OFFICE WITH THIS. HE SAID, IT'S BEEN THERE. I BOUGHT IT LIKE THAT. I'VE DONE NOTHING TO THAT HOME SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. 
          THE CABINETS, EVERYTHING WAS IN THERE JUST LIKE THAT. IT WAS ACTUALLY APPARENTLY IT WAS. IT WAS NEVER PERMITTED. THE THE PRIMARY THING HURRICANE MICHAEL TOOK OUT THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE IF IT WAS A FIRE, A FIRE, AND THAT WAS A POOL, POOL HOUSE, IT WAS A POOL. THEIR PRIMARY STRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE. THAT STRUCTURE HE WANTS ME TO A PRIMARY WAS A POOL HOUSE. THERE WAS ANOTHER ACCESSORY ON THERE. AND THEN HE'S BUILT SOME OTHER ONES THAT THAT LITTLE ONE WAS THE DOG KENNEL TO THE BACK UP ONE. BACK UP ONE. HAS ALL OF THIS STUFF BEEN CLEANED UP? NO, NO, IT'S MOVED TO THE BACK. NO. OKAY. NOT THE GARBAGE COVERED UP WITH A TARP. YES. AND OFFICER TRIPP, INVESTIGATOR TRIPP SHOWED THAT IT'S BEHIND THE RV. RV'S BEEN PUT NEXT TO THE HOUSE. HE WANTS TO MAKE A PRIMARY. ALL THAT STUFF HAS BEEN PUSHED TO THE REAR WITH SOME VEHICLES. AND IF YOU CONTINUE THROUGH THE PHOTOS, YOU'LL SEE IT IN PHOTOS. THE FRONT DOES LOOK CLEAN FROM THE FRONT, BUT WHEN YOU GO PAST THE STRUCTURE TO MAKE THE PRIMARY, EVERYTHING'S BACK THERE. BUT IT'S NOT A LOT OF IT'S NOT GARBAGE. THIS STARTED AS US BELIEVING THAT IF YOU SEE THE BOBCAT, THE MACHINE JUST A SECOND. BUT THERE WERE THREE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE THE PRIMARY YOU COULD SEE IN THE AERIAL, 
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THERE USED TO BE A PRIMARY. THESE THE, THE TWO STRUCTURES, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES WERE LEFT AFTER THEY REMOVED THE PRIMARY. AND THEN HE BUILT THIS ONE UNPERMITTED. SO WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST HEARING, THAT'S WHEN HE CLAIMED THAT THE POOL HOUSE WAS THE PRIMARY. AND SO THAT IS WHY WE DID THE INSPECTION, TO SEE IF IT COULD BE CERTIFIED AS A PRIMARY, THAT IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS. SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO HE'S WANTING TO CHANGE WHAT THE PRIMARY IS. YES. AND HE STILL HASN'T GOTTEN THAT ONE CERTIFIED AS THE PRIMARY. SO THAT'S WHY I MEAN IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT ONE THE PRIMARY, THEN WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THESE OTHER ONES. RIGHT. OR POSSIBLY. BUT AGAIN, IN ORDER FOR HIM TO MAKE THAT THE. WANTING TO HOOK ALL THREE OF THEM TOGETHER. NO, I MEAN, I USE THEM ALL FOR STORAGE. I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY OF THAT. I JUST WANT TO USE MY PROPERTY THE WAY IT IS AND COMPLY WITH THE. THE LEAST I HAVE TO DO IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. I MEAN, I'LL TEAR SOMETHING DOWN IF I HAVE TO, BUT I WON'T TEAR MY DAD'S HOUSE DOWN. HE'S ALREADY DYING. HE'S GOING TO KILL HIM. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THIS PROPERTY IS BEING USED FOR STORAGE FOR HIS COMPANY OR MY DAD. I HAVE AN AGE WITH HIM ALL THE TIME, 24 HOURS A DAY. SO. AND I. THAT'S ALL MY PERSONAL EQUIPMENT. AND THAT STUFF'S ALL GONE. YOU COULD DRIVE A CAR RIGHT THROUGH THERE. RIGHT NOW. THAT'S MY LAWN MOWERS AND MY STUFF, AND ALL THE TRASH IS GONE. IT'S ALL GOOD. YOU CALL IT GARBAGE, BUT IT'S VERY VALUABLE STUFF. WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S. SORT OF LIKE A SHELL GAME, YOU KNOW? WHICH P OR WHICH SHELL IS THE P UNDER? AND YOU, YOU KEEP SHIFTING IT AROUND TRYING TO CHANGE ALL THESE RULES AND EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE. AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW. YOU DON'T SEEM TO THINK THAT THE RULES APPLY TO YOU. SO THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL, SIR, BASED ON THE THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT AS OF THE DATE OF INSPECTION OF DECEMBER THE 29TH, 2025, THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND HAS FAILED TO DO SO. THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES WITH A CONTRACTOR AND TO OBEY ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME OF THEIR ENTRY UPON THE PREMISES. ANY COST RELATED TO THE FINES AND ABATEMENT WILL BE ADDRESSED AT A FINAL HEARING IN THIS MATTER. 
          THIS IS. THIS ONE WON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT. DO WE HAVE? WE'VE GOT A AN INITIAL FINE OF $200, PLUS A DAILY FINE OF $25 FOR 20 DAYS, BUT THAT'D BE, WHAT, $500? SO THERE WILL, WITH THE ENTRY OF THIS ORDER, BE A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $700 ENTERED IN THAT FINE WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXIST IN ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY, THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO ASSESS THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. YOU CAN GET SOMETHING DONE. IN THE MEANTIME, HAVE AT IT. BUT THIS THIS CONSTANTLY MOVING, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY. NO, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY ACCESSORY BUILDING, NON ACCESSORY BUILDING, ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF. JUST DO THAT TO TRY TO SAVE MONEY AT THIS MINUTE. WELL IT'S COMING TO AN END. SO YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF MR. EVANS CAN GET OUT THERE AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND. YOU KNOW TALK TO THE BUILDER SERVICES TO SEE IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE. BUT. THIS THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK. WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP SHUFFLING. ALL THIS STUFF YOU SEE HERE IS GONE RIGHT NOW I UNDERSTAND. WELL THEY WILL THEY WILL DO WHAT'S CALLED A A PRE-BID INSPECTION AND OR AND TAKE THE, THE CLEANUP CREW OUT THERE TO GIVE YOU BIDS. RIGHT. WHEN WILL THAT BE? 28TH OF JANUARY. OKAY. SO IT'S COMING UP QUICK. SO I HAVE 
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A QUESTION. CAN I KEEP MY HARDY BOARD AND TRIM THERE THE STUFF THAT'S NOT TRASHED? NOPE. 
          RESIDENTIAL ONE. IT'S NOT A STORAGE FACILITY. YOU YOU BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND YOU YOU'RE DEEMED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ZONING IS ON IT. AND IT'S NOT FOR A CONSTRUCTION SITE OR CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL. I WAS GOING TO DO A DEVELOPMENT ORDER AND MAKE SOME TINY HOMES FOR THE EITHER THE VETERANS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU COULD ASK THAT AS WELL. THAT'S NOT GOING I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND I RAN OUT OF MONEY, SO IT'S IT'S GOT TO GO OR YOU GOT TO FIND SOME OTHER PLACE TO STORE IT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN'T MOVE IT FROM 1 OR 1 TO ANOTHER OR ONE. SO DON'T DON'T DO THAT. OKAY. THEY'LL BE IN TOUCH ABOUT COMING OUT TO INSPECT IT FOR THE, THE CLEANUP AND EVERYTHING. BUT YOU'VE GOT THAT KIND OF TIME AND MAYBE YOU CAN GET MR. EVANS TO, TO GET WITH IT. I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT ALL THE ARCHITECTS IN TOWN ARE BUSY, I THINK. BUT IT WAS THE HOLIDAYS THAT DID IT. IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE OFF TIME FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM M AS IN MARY, CAN I PAY THIS FINE NOW OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT KEEPS GOING UNTIL THE 28TH OR CAN I GET IT. CAN I GET IT CLEANED UP AND HAVE THEM COME OUT AND SAY AND THEN PAY THE FINE. AND IF YOU CAN GET IT CLEANED UP IN TIME, THAT'S OKAY. THAT'D BE GREAT. I MEAN, THAT'LL SAVE YOU SOME MONEY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO KNOW. SAVING MONEY TO PAY IT. NOW YOU CAN GO. I'LL. I'LL GET I'LL GET IT ALL CLEANED UP AND COME BACK AND GET HIM THERE. AND JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRAIN IS COMING DOWN THE TRACK. OKEY DOKE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM M IS A MARY PROPERTY. ADDRESS IS 1429 TROUT DRIVE, PANAMA CITY BEACH. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE, AND SCOTT IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORPE AGAIN. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THE RESPONDENT SON, MR. ERIC BADGER BADGER, DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. 
          PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN A CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $500 WILL BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTANTLY LEAN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT. A COPY ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE JUST INITIAL. THIS IS IN BAY POINT, IF YOU REMEMBER, OFF OF THOMAS DRIVE. AND THIS IS THE ONE WHERE THE FOUNDATION IN THE BACK AND THE SEAWALL WAS KIND OF COMPROMISED AND THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE WAS COMPROMISED. 
          I HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH MR. BADGER, THE CONTRACTOR AND THE ENGINEER. THE ON ON DECEMBER 5TH, THE CONTRACTOR, MR. RICK WOOTEN OF VIELE CONSTRUCTION, DID COME IN. HE'S A PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE REPAIRS. AFTER DISCUSSING THIS CASE WITH ONE OF THE SENIOR INSPECTORS, PAUL BHUSHAN AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WE'VE AGREED THAT HE WOULD NOT NEED A PERMIT TO DO AN EXPLORATORY DEMOLITION. SO BASICALLY, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO OR WHAT THEY DID, IS THEY REMOVED ALL THAT CONCRETE IN THE BACK, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, DID MEET THE CREW OUT THERE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY CAUSING THE LEAK AND THE COMPROMISING OF THE FOUNDATION AND AND EVERYTHING. IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS A SEAWALL ISSUE. MR. BADGER HAS SENT ME THE PLANS FOR THE SEAWALL, AND MR. CODY FROM ATLAS CONSTRUCTION OR ATLAS ENGINEERING. I'M SORRY. HE HAS SENT ME OVER EMAIL STATING THAT THE THEY'VE SENT EVERYTHING TO DEP. THEY'RE WAITING ON DDP APPROVAL. THERE WAS A BARGE OUT THERE THE OTHER DAY PUTTING SOME SUPPLIES, DOING SOME WORK ON THE SEAWALL. THEY BELIEVE IT WAS NOT ONLY A SEAWALL, BUT THERE WAS A LEAKING WATER LINE UNDERNEATH AS WELL. SO ALL THAT'S GOING TO GET RESOLVED ONCE THE SEAWALL IS FIXED, THEN THEY CAN START WORKING ON THE REAR, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO CUT ABOUT 15 FOOT OF THE BACK OF THE BUILDING OFF TO REPAIR THAT BACK WALL, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF ROTTED. THEY'LL SUPPORT IT. THEY'LL REBUILD THE WALL. 
          AND THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE ALL THIS DONE PROBABLY BY ABOUT MARCH. THIS TIME FRAME, MR. BADGER HAS APPEARED. HE'S GOT SOME MORE INSIGHT ON THIS AS WELL. BUT IT'S BEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH EMAILS, PHONE CALLS. THEY'VE BEEN THEY'RE THEY'RE ON IT PRETTY GOOD AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBOR HAS BEEN INFORMING ME EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON. SO AND WE'VE BEEN KEEPING IN CONSTANT 
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CONTACT. MR. BADGER, COME ON UP, MR. BADGER. OKAY. MAKING PROGRESS. YES. ALL RIGHT. 
          WHAT'S WHAT WHAT CAN YOU TELL US TO ADD TO WHAT, MR. THORPE? I MEAN, SCOTT PRETTY MUCH SAID MOST OF IT. EVERY INVOICE THEY'VE SENT ME, I'VE PAID EVERY PIECE OF PAPERWORK APPLICATION THEY'VE SENT TO ME, I'VE SIGNED. SO I'M KIND OF BEEN AT THE MERCY OF THE CONTRACT CONTRACTORS SCHEDULE ON THIS. I GUESS BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE AND NATURE OF IT. IT'S A LITTLE DRAWN OUT, BUT. MR. THORPE, YOU WANT. LET'S SEE. LET ME LOOK AT MY. OUR HEARING. 
          AND HERE WILL BE THE 12TH OF MARCH. WE ALSO HAVE COMPLIANCE HEARINGS ON THE 19TH OF MARCH. 
          OR WE CAN GO OVER TO THE 9TH OF APRIL. I THINK OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS MARCH 19TH. 
          IF YOU WANT TO MOVE IT TO APRIL. I JUST FELT LIKE, YEAH, I KNOW, YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT DEP DRAGGED THEIR FEET. I DO HAVE A CONTACT OVER THERE. I'M GOING TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO THEM NEXT WEEK AND BE LIKE, HEY, WHERE ARE YOUR WHERE IS YOUR HANG UP? BECAUSE I'M WORKING WITH ANOTHER GENTLEMAN ON FRONT BEACH ROAD, WEST END. SAME THING. THEY'VE BEEN DRAGGING HIS OUT FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS, BUT I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE PROGRESS A LOT QUICKER WITH THIS BECAUSE THE SEAWALL IS DIFFERENT THAN BUILDING ON EROSION OF DUNES ON THE BEACH. YEAH, I IMAGINE SO. OKAY. WELL LET'S LET'S SET IT ON APRIL THE 9TH AND THAT WILL HOPEFULLY GIVE MR. THORPE A CHANCE TO. SEE WHAT HE CAN DO WITH HIS CONTACT WITH MDP, OR FIND OUT FROM THAT PERSON ANYHOW. AND. I KNOW THINGS JUST NEVER SEEM TO MOVE LIKE THEY OUGHT TO. SO LET'S SET IT FOR APRIL THE 9TH AT WHAT DO YOU WANT, 9 OR 9? OKAY. 9:00, 9:00, APRIL 9TH. OKAY. YEP. ALL RIGHT. GENTLEMEN, TO GET WITH IT, I YOU'RE UNDER THE GUN. YES. MR. MR. BADGER, HOW ABOUT COMING ON UP? AND THEY NEED YOU TO PUT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, MAILING ADDRESS ON THE RECORD, PLEASE. OKAY. MY NAME IS ERIC BADGER. I LIVE IN ATLANTA. ADDRESS 1771 NORTH SPRINGS DRIVE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30338. I'VE BEEN COMING BACK AND FORTH A LOT, SO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, APRIL THE 9TH AT 9 A.M. OKAY. OKIE DOKIE. 
          OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM. OH. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 124 EAST LAKESHORE HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INSPECTIONS SCOTT THORPE. GO. AFTERNOON AGAIN. INSPECTOR THORPE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE OF BAY COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE MOBILE HOME. JUNK, TRASH AND OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT'S GRANDDAUGHTER, APRIL MISS APRIL DICKEY, AND THE TENANT, MR. THOMAS BUBB, DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED IN EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS IS KIND OF A LITTLE HIDDEN NOOK OUT THERE ON THE BEACH. MOBILE HOME LOOKS LIKE JUMANJI BACK THERE. LOTS OF JUNK AND TRASH. THE STREETS ORDERED THAT RESPONDED HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH ORDER, OR A FINE OF $500 TO BE IMPOSED. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTANTLY LEANING AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS SUBMITTED INTO EVIDENCE, EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. COPY OF THE ORDER OR NOTICE HEARING WAS POSTED BY BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON DECEMBER 18TH. ON DECEMBER 20TH. 
          OH SORRY, THIS IS STILL MY INITIAL INSPECTION. THERE WAS AN ADDITION ALSO HAMMOCK IN THE IN THE IN THE TREE LINE THERE. JUNK TRASH EVERYWHERE. ON DECEMBER 22ND INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THERE WAS SOME STUFF OUT IN THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY UP FRONT. THE VEHICLES ARE TAGGED NOW, BUT THEY'RE STILL CURRENT IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE BOAT TRAILER FRAME WAS PULLED OUT FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT. 
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HE'S CUT SOME OF THE OVERGROWTH, BUT NOW IT KIND OF EXPOSES THE HOT TUB AND WHICH WE DIDN'T KNOW WAS THERE. AND HE'S GOT HIS GOLF CART THAT WAS UNDER THAT TARP INITIALLY. CATAMARAN STILL BACK THERE. AS OF THIS DATE AND HEARING NO ENGINEERING APPLICATION FOR PERMIT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. I'VE GOTTEN NO COMMUNICATION FROM MR. BOB AND MISS DICKEY IS HERE. OKAY, OKAY. 
          TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. OKAY. MY NAME IS APRIL DICKEY. MY ADDRESS IS 1465 RAY BRANCH ROAD, ETHERIDGE, TENNESSEE 38456. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? WELL, I WANT THEM THE CODE TO COME IN AND CLEAN IT UP AND PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY I WAS READING AND GET IT JUST CLEANED UP SO WE CAN SELL IT ONCE WE GET. WE DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW WHO THE TRUE HEIRS OF THIS PLACE IS YET. I'M REMEMBER, I'M THE ADMINISTRATOR OF JIM'S WILL. JAMES'S WILL. I'M A GRANDDAUGHTER OF WILMA BEALE. SO THIS JUST FELL IN MY LAP. AND I'M NEW TO THIS. AND THERE IS A TENANT THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW I MY QUESTION IS DO SINCE I AM ADMINISTRATOR OVER JIM'S WILL DO I HAVE A RIGHT TO EVICT HIM OR DO Y'ALL JUST SHOW UP AND HE'S STILL LIVING THERE BECAUSE I DROVE BY YESTERDAY AND HIS VEHICLES ARE STILL THERE. HE HASN'T PAID ANY MONEY TO THE ESTATE SINCE MARCH OF LAST YEAR. THE LEASE, NO ONE NEVER KNEW IT EXISTED BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSEDLY GAVE IT TO HIM HAS PASSED. IT'S NOT WITNESSED. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO NOTARY AND THE MAN WON'T LEAVE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GET HIM TO LEAVE. WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PROPERTY IS TITLED OR ANYTHING. IT'S TITLED TO MY GRANDPARENTS WHO HAVE PASSED, I'VE HAD TO PROBATE. JACK WILLIAMS IS MY ATTORNEY HERE ON HARMON. I'VE HAD TO PROBATE THREE WILLS PASSINGS JUST TO GET TO MY DAD. AND THEN IT WENT TO ME THROUGH HIM. SO I KNOW I HAVE ONE FOURTH, BUT THERE'S POSSIBLY 2 TO 5 OTHER HEIRS WE HAVEN'T GOT TO JIM'S WILL YET. WE'VE ONLY DONE MY GRANDMOTHER'S BECAUSE SHE PASSED FIRST. WELL, I WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU'RE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE, YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO BE THE PERSON WHO FILES A SUIT TO GET OUT. GET HIM OUT OF THERE. OKAY, SO DO I NEED TO DO THAT BEFORE THEY, LIKE, LEAVE RIGHT NOW AND GO DO THAT BEFORE THEY GO? I WOULD TALK WITH MR. WILLIAMS WHILE YOU'RE IN TOWN. I AM GOING OVER THERE NEXT, BUT I, I JUST I'M NEW TO THIS. THIS IS MY FIRST RODEO. I NEVER DID PROBATE STUFF. SO YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY INFORMATION OUT OF ME, BUT. THE. YOU KNOW, THE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE AS THE ADMINISTRATOR, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU AS THE APPROPRIATE PERSON FOR US TO BE DEALING WITH. OKAY. AND SO BUT IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT HADN'T BEEN CLEANED UP. I MEAN, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP SOME, BUT THERE'S STILL AN AWFUL MESS OUT THERE. SO. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO FIND IT THAT IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND THERE'S A VIOLATION ON THE PREMISES AND AUTHORIZE THEM TO GO IN AND CLEAN IT UP. SOUNDS WONDERFUL. THE. AND YOU SAY YOU LIVE IN TENNESSEE? I DO. IF YOU WANT TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE, WE CAN LET YOU APPEAR BY TELEPHONE. WELL, I WAS WORRIED. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WORKED. LIKE IF HE SHOWED UP AND I DIDN'T SHOW UP BECAUSE, LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF HE'S. IF I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT LEASE IS REAL. YOU KNOW, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT AUTHORITY HE HAD. SO I JUST I JUST RATHER BE HERE AND SEE IT. THE TIME HAS RUN OUT FOR HIM TO SHOW UP. SO. OKAY. OKAY. IF YOU I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WORKED TO JUST CALL, YOU KNOW, CALL DOWN HERE AND TALK WITH THEM AND THEY'LL SET IT UP. WHERE? WE'LL CALL YOU ON THE TELE. CALL ME. THERE'S NO SENSE IN YOU DRIVING ALL THE WAY FROM TENNESSEE, OKAY? UNLESS. UNLESS YOU JUST GOT TO COME DOWN HERE AND SEE MR. WILLIAMS. WELL, NO, I'M JUST POPPING IN TODAY TO LET HIM, YOU KNOW. KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TODAY AND WHERE WE'RE AT ON IT. BUT SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, YOU GUYS ARE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT FROM HERE AND CLEAN IT UP, OKAY. THIS IS OVER. 
          PERFECT, PERFECT. AND I DO ALL THE PREPAIDS AND EVERYTHING. OKAY. PERFECT. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY THEY GET CONTRACTORS TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT AND GIVE THEM A PRICE ON CLEANING IT UP, WHATEVER IT TAKES, BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN'T DO IT ON MY OWN. I DON'T I CAN'T BE DOWN HERE TO DO THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE LAWS. OKAY. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PREVIOUS ORDER PROVIDED THE RESPONDENT ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CORRECTION OF THOSE VIOLATIONS. THEREFORE, CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF OR CONTRACTOR 
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HIRED BY THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE THE VIOLATIONS THAT THEY FIND TO EXIST THEN EXISTING ON THE PREMISES. IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT YOU'RE JUST SORT OF STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ESTATE, I'M AWAY. THE FINE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, ANY LITTLE BIT WILL HELP. THAT ALWAYS COMPLICATES THINGS. SO WELL, WHAT WE DON'T GET, MR. WILLIAMS MIGHT TAKE. SO JUST JUST EXPECT THAT THE. COST OF THE ABATEMENT AND THE FINES ARE NOT GOING TO BE ANY FINES, BUT THE COST OF ABATEMENT WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF A SEPARATE HEARING. AND AT THAT TIME, WE'LL ENTER A FINAL ORDER, WHICH WILL PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. TO THE EXTENT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO SELL IT OR WHAT, BUT, I MEAN, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO OWNS IT. OKAY, WELL, I DON'T MAYBE MR. WILLIAMS CAN FIGURE IT. HE'S. 
          JACK IS A VERY GOOD. YEAH. AND HE ACTUALLY TOLD ME HE SAID COME IN ONE MORNING WHEN I HAVE A CLEAR MIND. THE WHEELS WERE WROTE CRAZY. SO HIS DADDY WAS MY HISTORY TEACHER IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO. WELL, HE'S WORKING HIS LITTLE HEART OUT. YEAH. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. WELL, I'M GOING TO AUTHORIZE HIM TO GO IN AND AND START DOING THE HEAD AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. 
          THANK YOU. WE'LL, YOU CAN JUST STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND THEY'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON. PERFECT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, OKAY. THE LAST ITEM THAT IS PRESENT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM P. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 6114 EAST SIXTH STREET. AND THERE'S NO REPORT ON THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? THERE IS NO REPORT. THEY WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE MOBILE HOME OWNER TO DEMOLISH IT. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE A DEMOLITION PERMIT. IT'S COMING ALONG REALLY WELL. OKAY. AND THEIR THEIR PERMIT EXPIRES JUNE, JUNE 24TH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT I THINK. YEAH. OKAY. SO BUT THEY ARE THEY'RE ABOUT PROBABLY 70% PROGRESS WITH IT. 
          OKAY. WELL LET'S LET'S PUT IT ON FOR AFTER IT EXPIRES OKAY. JULY THE 9TH. YOU SAY THE 24TH IS WHAT I BELIEVE. SO YES IT IS. LET'S DO IT JULY THE 9TH THEN. OKAY. JULY THE 16TH. BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY A COMPLIANCE HEARING AT 1:00 1:00. OR WHEN IT COMES INTO COMPLIANCE, COMPLETELY CORRECT. IF IT GETS BEFOREHAND EARLIER LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE OKAY. 
          HEY. FREE TELEPHONE CALLS STARTING WITH ITEM A. 9206 CHEROKEE STREET. AND I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SHE'S AN ATTORNEY. DO I NEED TO SWEAR HER IN? IF SHE'S AN ATTORNEY? NO, YOU DON'T NEED THIS WORD. OKAY? OKAY. I'M MISSING MY DOCKET. ON THAT. ONE. I DID HAVE ONE. YEAH, I DID HAVE ONE. MY DOCKET ONE. I THINK WE HAVE AN EXTRA ONE. A COUPLE EXTRA. SHE'S GOT ONE SIDE OF IT. OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH IT. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. OKAY. YOU GOT IT. SO I THINK. OH. OKAY, I. NOT MY. OKAY. THIS IS MORRIS, MISS SANCHEZ. YES, MA'AM. THIS IS JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. CAN I GET A GOOD EMAIL ADDRESS FOR YOU, PLEASE? OR A MAILING ADDRESS? WHICHEVER YOU PREFER. 
          I CAN GIVE YOU BOTH. LORDS. L O U R D E S SANCHEZ. I MEAN PERIOD. PERIOD. SANCHEZ S A N C 
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H E Z AT MCCULLOUGH, WHICH IS M C A L.COM. OKAY. AND THE STREET ADDRESS IS 225 EAST ROBINSON STREET, SUITE 155. ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32801. SO. AND ARE YOU WITH AN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE I AM THE YEAH WELL YES I YES, IT'S MCCULLOUGH, RAYMER, LIEBERT AND PIERCE IS THE NAME OF THE LAW FIRM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE MAGISTRATE ARE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT. OKAY, MA'AM. FIRST, WE'LL LET THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER REPORT ON HIS VIOLATIONS THAT HE FOUND OR THE WHATEVER HE FOUND. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU'RE FREE TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO OFFER ANYTHING IN RESPONSE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT ALSO. 
          OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. YES. ALL RIGHT. MISS LAWRENCE, THIS IS TIM JUSTICE FOR BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD REFERENCE 9206 CHEROKEE STREET. MY NAME IS INDICATED AS WELL AS MY PHOTOGRAPHS. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 19TH OF NOVEMBER, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. THE ATTORNEY FOR THE RESPONDENT, MISS LOURDES SANCHEZ, DID APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY AT THAT HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE SOME OF SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ORIGINAL HEARING. YOU SEE THE OVERGROWTH TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST PICTURE WAS FROM THE. JUST LOOKING FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY YOU'RE HEARING. SLIDE FIVE THE BACKYARD 6 TO 8 FOOT TALL OVERGROWTH. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE 15 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. HE ALSO ORDERED THE PROPERTY TO HAVE A PRE-BID INSPECTION CONDUCTED. AND YOU WAIVED OFF ANY FINES ON THIS CASE AT THAT TIME. AFTER THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND IS CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON THE 3RD OF DECEMBER, A PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS STAPLED TO THE FRONT PORCH. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE OBTAINED HERE IN SLIDE NINE. THERE'S SOME OVERGROWTH ON THE HOUSE BACK OF THE HOUSE DURING THE SLIDE. TEN FIVE, 11 FOR THE ROAD. 512 MOREOVER, GROWTH 513 THERE WAS SOME PILES OF DEBRIS. PANELS AND IN THE BACKYARD AND 212 UP TO THE TOP FLIGHT. ON THE SAME DATE. ON DECEMBER THE 3RD, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE ATTORNEY, LOURDES SANCHEZ, REQUESTING THAT WE PROCEED WITH THE CLEANING AS THERE WAS A CONCERN FOR SAFETY OF THE PROPERTY PRESERVATION STAFF DUE TO THE TENANT BEING HOSTILE. ON THE 17TH OF DECEMBER, THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $725, AND UPON INSPECTION ON THE 17TH OF DECEMBER 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, WHICH AGAIN IS JUST THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. THE SIZE OF THE OVERGROWTH WAS CUT GOING INTO THE BACKYARD AND BACKYARD, WHICH WAS CUT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. YOU KNOW, HANGING OUT WITH THE BATHWATER. MA'AM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM? I DO NOT. OKAY. ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, THE COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED A CHECK FOR THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT. THAT IS NOT THAT MONEY GOES BACK. YOU GOT A CHECK FOR 725. IT'S PAID. YES, SIR. OKAY, ALRIGHT. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THIS PROPERTY? MA'AM, THERE IS A MOTION FOR WRIT OF POSSESSION SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 26TH, 2026. THE FORECLOSURE WAS COMPLETED. HOWEVER, THE PLAINTIFF HAS NOT TAKEN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY. THE WRIT IS POSSESSION WAS WHAT WAS PENDING AND THAT SCHEDULED FOR THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD LUCK WITH THAT AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS IS PRESENTLY IN COMPLIANCE. AND WE'LL WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO GROW UP AGAIN. IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT Y'ALL GOT A WRIT OF POSSESSION COMING UP IN END OF THE MONTH. SO SO THAT THAT'S IT. 
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WE'RE DONE. NO FURTHER FINES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. DO WHAT? NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ANY FURTHER FINES OR ANYTHING. OKAY. AND ON A SIDE NOTE, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GOOD DAY. HAVE A GOOD DAY. BYE BYE BYE. OH, OKAY, I WAS GOING. ARE YOU PRESENTING THIS ONE OR IS CHRIS? CHRIS. OH WAIT. NO, NEVER MIND YOU WAITING ON YOUR DOCKET. YOU AIN'T GETTING IT BACK. YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD. LISTEN, DID I GIVE YOU HIS PHONE NUMBER? FIREBIRD? OH, YES. YOU DID. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO NEXT ON THE DOCKET THAT WE'RE CALLING IS ITEM G. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 8939 FIREBIRD LANE. OKAY. OKAY. I FOUND IT, I FOUND IT. I. 
          THANK YOU. YES, SIR. 
          MR. SANDLIN. YES? THIS IS JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. CAN I GET YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? JODY, IT'S RYAN DONOVAN SANDLIN. 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? I DO. AND CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU? PO BOX 328, PANAMA CITY 32402. OKAY. THE MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT. GREAT SIR. MY NAME IS BILL LEWIS. I'M THE MAGISTRATE ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WILL TESTIFY AS TO THE. I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE CASE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO. AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. IF YOU WANT TO PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE, IT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY LONG HEARING. SO. BUT I DON'T THINK SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? RYAN. YES, CHRIS. 
          OKAY. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS AS PART OF THE RECORD. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 72. GROWTH. RESPONDENT TIME LARRY WAYNE BLACK DID NOT APPEAR FOR THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE EXHIBIT A. ON NOVEMBER 12TH. THE OVERGROWTH OF 3.5 MILES THAT STRAIGHT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $200 A DAY, $525 BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT IN COMPLIANCE. FOR ALL THAT ENFORCEMENT STILL TO. PROPERTY, WHICH VIOLATION EXISTING REAL PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY OWNER. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED EIGHT DAYS WHILE DECEMBER 3RD. THE INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY WHICH RECORDED AT SIX. HOURS. BUT THE PROPERTY IT REMAINS THE SAME. DECEMBER 30TH RECEIVED CALL FROM MR. STANTON. THE PROPERTY AND HAVE A CASE REPORT ON. RECORD WITH ONE. EMAILS AND PICTURES ON JANUARY 5TH SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH STATE THE PHOTOGRAPHS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. AND THAT MR. BECKER POINT. MR. SANDLIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. I THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT APPARENTLY MR. BLACK DIDN'T SHOW HE HAD HE HAD DECEASED. IT WAS IN A STATE AND I BELIEVE HE 
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DIED. AND THAT'S WHY THE PROPERTY TAXES WERE NOT PAID, WHICH ENABLED ME TO TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. BUT NO, CHRIS. CHRIS LAID IT OUT JUST JUST EXACTLY RIGHT. I BOUGHT IT AND FOUND THE THE PROBLEM AND WANTED TO CORRECT IT IMMEDIATELY AND DID SO. OKAY. 
          IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT'S CHANGED HANDS AND MR. SANDLIN. DID NOT OWN IT AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL HEARING, I'M GOING TO WAIVE ANY FINE IN CONNECTION WITH THAT. AND IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT HE DID THE MOWING AND EVERYTHING, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT IT'S IN COMPLIANCE AND THAT THIS CASE IS CLOSED. WELL, CAN YOU CAN YOU REIMBURSE ME ABOUT $300 FOR CUTTING IT? I'M KIDDING, I DON'T KNOW. CAN CAN YOU STAND THIS $700 FINE THAT I'VE. NO, I APPRECIATE IT. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND HEARING IT. AND I WAS HOPING THAT'S HOW IT WORKED OUT. 
          THAT DOOR SWINGS TWO WAYS NOW. YEAH. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. BYE BYE. ALL RIGHT. LAST TELEPHONE CALL IS ITEM J. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 4723 BAYWOOD DRIVE. AND THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON IS HERE TO TESTIFY. IS PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO STAND UP THERE. OH. 
          HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR EDWARD SPEAKING. CAN I PLEASE SPEAK WITH MISS SHERRY EDWARDS? YES, THIS IS SHE. THIS IS JODI WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          YOU CURRENTLY. GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. OUR FIRM ADDRESS IS 161 KANE AND ASSOCIATES. PA, FIRST OF ALL. AND THE MAILING ADDRESS IS 1619 NORTHWEST 1/36 AVENUE. SUITE D 20. EXCUSE ME, D AS IN DOG 220 SUNRISE, FLORIDA. AND THE ZIP CODE IS 33323. AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. MA'AM, MY NAME IS BILL LEWIS. I'M THE MAGISTRATE THAT'S ASSIGNED THIS PARTICULAR CASE. FIRST. WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TAKE TESTIMONY FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AS IT RELATES TO THE FACTS OF THE CASE AND HIS PRESENT FINDINGS. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM AT THE CONCLUSION OF HIS TESTIMONY, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO ASK HIM THOSE QUESTIONS. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING, YOU'LL BE. 
          ALLOWED TO DO THAT AT THAT POINT IS WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THIS CASE? ARE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE BECAUSE WE REPRESENT THE MORTGAGE? ARE YOU ASKING FOR THE STATUS OF FORECLOSURE ACTION? RIGHT. OKAY. SO ON OUR FORECLOSURE ACTION FOR THE DEFENDANT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STILL IN SERVICE. WE'RE TRYING TO ISSUE AGAIN, I'M NOT HANDLING THAT. SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE NOTES FROM THE FORECLOSURE ATTORNEY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH SERVICE THROUGH PUBLICATION ON. LET ME JUST CHECK ON JAMES MORRISSEY AND DIXIE MORRISSEY. SO IT'S JUST LIKE WE WERE HAVING PROBLEM SERVING THEM. SO WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH SERVICE THROUGH PUBLICATION IN FORECLOSURE ACTIONS. ALRIGHTY. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO LET THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER NOW TESTIFY. WE'LL GO FROM THERE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          MR. EDWARDS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN THANK YOU. AS YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS CASE DID GO BEFORE YOU ON NOVEMBER THE 19TH, 2025, WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702. AND THE FORM OF JUNK, UNUSED, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND BLIGHTED PROPERTY. 
          THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING, AND PHOTOGRAPHS WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE THAT EXHIBIT A. THIS IS THE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN PRIOR TO THE HEARING ON NOVEMBER 17TH. 
          EXHIBIT THREE. THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WERE. EXHIBIT PICTURE FOUR. HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE REAR OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE REAR. IT'S A 
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STORAGE BUILDING. THIS IS SOME OF THE JUNK AND DEBRIS THAT'S LOCATED ON THE SIDE. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTS. THIS IS LOOKING INTO THE FENCE, ONTO THE STRUCTURE THAT WAS DEEMED BLIGHTED. ALL THE JUNK AND DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH. CLOSE UP VIEW OF SOME VINES THAT HAVE DIED THAT WERE HAD TAKEN OVER THE GROWTH. ON THE SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, THERE IS A BOATHOUSE IN THE REAR THAT HAD TO HAVE THE ROOF REPLACED AS WELL, DECEMBER. 
          LET'S SEE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER BY REMOVING ALL JUNK PRIOR TO THE SCREEN OR REMOVING THE UNUSED UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND CORRECT THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE AS OUTLINED IN THE ORDER. OUR INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND DAILY FINE OF $25, CONTINUING FOR EACH AND EVERY DAY UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS COMPLIANT. NON-COMPLIANT SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO OCCUR IF THE RESPONDENT OBTAINS A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET ABOVE, AND THEN ALLOWS THE PERMIT TO EXPIRE OR BE CANCELED OR REVOKED BY THE AUTHORITY, OR BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON LIKELY TO DEFAULT IN SUCH CASES, THE COUNTY SHALL COMMENCE WITH THE DAILY FINE OF 200 OR $25 INITIAL FINE OF $200 AS SET FORTH ABOVE, SO THAT SUCH FINE SHALL BECOME A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE CAUSATIVE AGENT AND THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE WHAT WILL BE IMPOSED. A COPY OF THIS ORDER WAS MAILED, CERTIFIED TO THE RESPONDENT AND REGULAR MAIL. THE CERTIFIED COPY WAS RECEIVED AND RESPONDED ON DECEMBER THE 5TH, AND A COPY OF THE ORDER WAS REFERRED TO AS COVER. THE COPY OF THE ORDER IS ALSO INTRODUCED INTO THE EXHIBIT B. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE ON DECEMBER 18TH. DECEMBER 22ND INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THE FRONT AND SIDE. 
          NOW THERE'S THIS MAKESHIFT TRAILER THERE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE ITEMS THERE IN THE BACK STILL EXIST OR. THE THINGS THAT ONE CARES. STRUCTURES CLOSER. LOOK AT THAT PHOTO. SO THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THROUGH. OKAY. VERY WORRIED. FIFTH, I DID CONDUCT THIS RE-INSPECTION IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE OR THE DOOR THERE PROPPED UP AGAINST THE GARAGE. HOW MANY OF YOU SEE THAT THAT WHATEVER THIS MAKESHIFT TRAILER IS, THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE COMPLAINANTS PROPERTY, SOFA AND FURNITURE AND SOME SORT OF JUNK. I CAN'T TELL IF HE'S TRYING TO CLEAN OR IF THIS IS JUST MORE STUFF THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT AND DUMPED HERE. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL. 
          SOME GROSS BEEN CUT BACK THERE. THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE IN QUESTION WAS BLIGHTED, AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND, AND THIS IS THE ROOF TO COPE WITH THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. SO IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION AS OF TODAY'S DATE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO PERMIT APPLICATIONS OR OR SUBMITTED FOR. THE STRUCTURAL FACULTY AND STUDENT BODY. SO THE BLIGHT GOES TO THE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, THE STRAIGHT BACK FROM THE AND THE AND THE BOATLIFT, THE ROOF ON THE BOAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST OKAY. CAN I ADD THE PART OF THE BELATEDNESS OF THIS ONE WAS THE BINDS. AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THE NEIGHBOR THAT REMOVED THOSE BINDS, WASN'T IT. THAT VERY WELL COULDN'T STAND THEM ANY LONGER. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MA'AM? NO, MAGISTRATE. I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. I JUST LISTENED TO THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROPERTY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL ORDER, THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS EXISTING ON THE PREMISES AND HAS FAILED TO DO SO. THE. AND LET'S SEE. THE FINE IS ONGOING. THE. SO OKAY. 
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THE. FINE AND ANY COST RELATED TO ABATING THE NUISANCE WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF A FINAL HEARING. 
          AT THIS POINT, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS AUTHORIZED EITHER THROUGH STAFF OR A CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER. UPON RECORDING OF THE FINAL ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS, THE COST RELATED TO THE RESPONDENT WILL BE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY, THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS AUTHORIZED TO DO THIS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. SO Y'ALL HADN'T EVEN GOTTEN SERVICE YET, CORRECT? YOUR HONOR, LIKE I SAID, I REPRESENT THE MORTGAGEE LOAN COM, LLC, AND WE DO HAVE AN ONGOING FORECLOSURE ACTION. AND WE'RE STILL WE'RE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE JUST PUBLICLY PUBLISHING ON THOSE TWO DEFENDANTS I MENTIONED EARLIER. SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO EFFECTUATE SERVICE ON THEM. WE DID GET A REQUEST FOR PAYOFFS IN WHICH WE DID SEND, BUT THE FORECLOSURE IS STILL ONGOING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THE HAVE YOU EVER TALKED WITH ANYBODY THERE, MR. CLARKSON? JUST THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHO WHO DIRECTED ME TO THIS CASE BECAUSE THEY SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT AND HE WAS ARRESTED. OKAY. I DID SPEAK WITH HIM ON THE PREVIOUS CASES. 
          HE WAS ALWAYS AT THE PROPERTY AND AND WAS ACCESSIBLE. BUT SINCE THIS CASE AND HIS ARREST, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONTACT WITH HIM. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU A LEAD ON WHERE HE MIGHT BE. YEAH, THAT IS TRUE. HE. THANK YOU. MAGISTRATE, THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ACTUALLY IT LOOKS LIKE THE CLERK DID ISSUE THE NOTICE OF ACTION. I'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE THE PROOF OF PUBLICATION IS ON THE DOCKET. SO THEY MAY HAVE ACTUALLY RUBBED ON HIM ALREADY ON THE TWO DEFENDANTS. YEAH. OKAY. SO. THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND START DOING THEIR STUFF TO DO THE ABATEMENT WORK. AND THEN YOU'LL YOU'LL BE NOTICED FOR THE OTHER STUFF THAT AS IT GOES ALONG. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A DATE FOR THE FINAL HEARING NOW OR THAT I WILL GET NOTICE OF THAT? NO, MA'AM. WE GOT TO DO THE ABATEMENT AND THEN. OKAY, WE LOOK AT THAT AND THAT SORT OF GIVES US WHEN WE'LL SET THE FINAL I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. 
          OKIE DOKE. ALL RIGHT. WE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. BYE BYE. 
          BYE BYE. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. TELEPHONE PARTICIPATION. SO WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM B AS IN BOY PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 5414 MERRITT BROWN ROAD. THIS IS A FINAL HEARING. OWES LIEN FOR COST OF ABATEMENT AND FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. AND INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOUR MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. MY PHOTOGRAPHS AND NOTICES ARE ALSO ATTACHED. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON THE 19TH OF NOVEMBER, 2025, AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. 
          THIS IS LOOKING BACK AT 5414 MERRITT BROWN. YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH ALONG THE DRIVEWAY THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO YOU HERE IN SLIDE FOUR. THE YOU CAN SEE THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY IS CUT WELL MANICURED. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200. A DAILY FINE OF 25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS OR UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. 
          THE MAGISTRATE ALSO ORDERED AT THE INITIAL HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY TO HAVE A PRE-BID INSPECTION CONDUCTED. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON DECEMBER THE 3RD, A PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. A COPY OF A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS PLACED ON THE FRONT DOOR. LOOKING BACK AGAIN AT THE DRIVEWAY FRONT YARD DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE OVERGROWTH. THIS IS JUST 
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LOOKING BACK. THIS WOULD BE LOOKING BACK YOUR MAGISTRATE TO THE WEST. THE ENTIRE BACKYARD. 
          AND THAT IS THE WEST SIDE OF THE SIDE YARD. ON DECEMBER THE 12TH, THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $370, AND UPON INSPECTION LATER, ON THE 12TH OF DECEMBER, 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. FRONT YARD, SIDE YARD, FRONT YARD, ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. FRONT YARD AGAIN. BACK SIDE YARD AND BACK YARD AND THE ENTIRE BACKYARD. OKEY DOKEY. AND SLIDE 18. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY. 
          ALRIGHT. 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 THE RESPONDENT SHOULD BE ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $370, WHICH WILL DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A FINE OF $525, WHICH WILL ALSO DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE. UPON RECORDING OF THE FINAL ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THESE COSTS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WILL BE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY AND OTHER ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THIS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. OKAY, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM D. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 3175 WOOD VALLEY ROAD. THIS IS A FINAL HEARING TO IMPOSE A LANE FOR COST OF ABATEMENT AND FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. AND INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOUR MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ALSO ATTACHED. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON NOVEMBER THE 19TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY SECTION 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE HEARING. 
          PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT A INTO EVIDENCE AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT YOU REMEMBER AT YOUR HEARING IN NOVEMBER THE 19TH. THE FRONT YARD. THAT'S THE GATE. THAT'S THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE ON THE LEFT. THAT'S THE GATE. YOU SEE THE OVERGROWTH ABOVE THAT GATE? THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. AND PHOTOGRAPH FIVE. I'M NOT TALL ENOUGH TO GET THAT PHOTOGRAPH. SO THAT CAME FROM INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON. SO AND THAT'S THE BACKYARD HERE IN SLIDE SIX. AND LOOKING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AT THE ADDRESS, 3175 WOOD VALLEY HERE IN SLIDE SEVEN, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT WOULD HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR 20 DAYS. AND WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST, ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNER BY THE VIOLATORS OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. THE MAGISTRATE ALSO ORDERED THE PROPERTY TO HAVE A PRE-BID INSPECTION CONDUCTED, AND A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND IS CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON DECEMBER THE 3RD, 2025, A RE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AS WELL AS A PRE-BID INSPECTION, AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THERE WAS A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT. THIS IS THE FRONT YARD HERE. IN SLIDE TEN. WE STARTED WALKING AROUND THE EDGE OF THE HOUSE. THIS IS GOING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY. YOU SEE THE OVERGROWTH. THIS IS GETTING TO THE BACKYARD. THE OVERGROWTH, THE BACKYARD. I WAS ABLE TO GET THAT PHOTOGRAPH BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TO LOOK OVER A FENCE. SO AND THE MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BACKYARD HERE IN SLIDE 14 AND SLIDE 15, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH GOING UP TO THE UP TO THE PRIVACY FENCE HERE. OPEN THE PRIVACY FENCE. AND THERE THERE'S THE OVERGROWTH FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE LOOKING INTO THE BACKYARD HERE IN SLIDE 16. ON DECEMBER THE 19TH, THE RE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE OVERGROWTH OVER THE TOP OF THE FENCE. AND DOWN ALONG THE SIDES. THERE'S NO SENSE IN WALKING THE PROPERTY. I DON'T THINK I DID. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE OVERGROWTH. THERE WERE NO CHANGES HERE. IN SLIDE 21, ON DECEMBER THE 22ND, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION AGAIN. BACKYARD. BACKYARD. BACKYARD. THAT WAS THE MORNING THAT THE PROPERTY 
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WAS CLEANED. ON DECEMBER 22ND, THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $1,025. UPON REINSPECTION LATER THAT AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. AND IF YOU'LL GO BACK, WE DIDN'T. WE NEVER MADE CONTACT WITH THIS GENTLEMAN. BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS HAD THAT BLUE TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY. THERE'S A GUY STANDING BACK IN THERE. BLUE TRUCK'S GONE NOW IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. SO SOMEBODY IS NOW. WE KNEW IT WAS OCCUPIED, BUT WE WEREN'T SURE. BUT WE DID IN ONE OF THE PICTURES. YEAH, THAT WAS INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON. WE WERE BIDDING THE PROPERTY, AND I JUST SNAPPED. PHOTOGRAPH THIS PERSON TRANSIENT. SO THIS IS OVER THE FENCE. THANK YOU. 
          ROBBIE, THIS IS THE BACKYARD. AND THIS IS THE BACKYARD. THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE. WHAT TIME IS THAT PHOTO? I CAN'T SEE MISS ASHTON, CAN YOU? I CAN'T SEE IT. FOR A DATE. 1022. HE STARTED AT 8:00. SO WHAT'S THAT? SIX HOURS. 1422. YEAH, SIX HOURS. THERE HAD TO BE A PILE OF BRUSH. HE HAULED OFF SOME STUFF TO HE. UNBELIEVABLE. FOR $1,025. AND THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE AS OF DECEMBER 22ND. OKIE DOKIE. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EVIDENCE SUBMITTED INTO EVIDENCE IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT SHOULD BE ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,025, WHICH SHALL DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE FROM THE DATE OF RECORDING. ADDITIONALLY, THERE SHALL BE A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $700, WHICH SHALL ALSO DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE. UPON THE RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS. BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WILL BE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO ASSESS THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. OKAY, ITEM E, PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 8743 LORI LANE. THIS IS A POST HEARING COMPLIANCE HEARING ON NOVEMBER YOUR NOVEMBER HEARING. YOU FOUND THEM IN VIOLATION WITH THE APPLIANCES TRASH JUNK. AS YOU SEE IN NOVEMBER 18TH, THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2025. SO WE ASK THAT YOU FIND THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE WITH OKAY, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. AND THIS CASE SHALL BE CLOSED. ITEM F PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 12327. 
          RAINTREE AVENUE. COMPLIANCE HEARING. AND. HUBBARD IS INVESTIGATOR FOR PROPERTY IS HERE TO CHRIS HUBBARD BY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS WERE SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS CASE. THE CASE WENT FORTH. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, BAY COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF APPLIANCES, JUNK, TRASH, UNUSED, UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTIES IS THE EVIDENCE IS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE WERE THE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM NOVEMBER 12TH. 
          DURING THIS CASE, HE GOT A LOAD OF STUFF LOADED FROM THE TRAILER AND WHAT HAVE YOU. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED RESPONDENT HAVE TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $200. DAILY FINE OF 25 BE IMPOSED 20 DAYS OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT IN COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. ALL INCIDENTAL COST TO ENFORCEMENT COSTS TO LEAN AGAINST REAL PROPERTY, WHICH VIOLATIONS EXISTING UPON ANY OF THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. DECEMBER 3RD INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THE PROPERTY STILL REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THE TRAILER WAS GONE, BUT HE HAD SOME STUFF PILED IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE THERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME SMALL ENGINE OR SOMETHING OUT THERE. DECEMBER 23RD PROPERTIES REINSPECTED AND WAS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. STUFF HAD BEEN CLEANED UP AT THE GARAGE, TRAILER WAS GONE AND EVERYTHING WAS GOOD. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY AT THIS POINT. AND THEY NEVER, AS IT RELATES TO THE DAILY FINE OF $25, THEY NEVER CALLED TO STOP IT. I NEVER HEARD FROM THEM THE ENTIRETY OF THIS CASE. OKAY. NOBODY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE 
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TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. OR AS OF DECEMBER THE 23RD, IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE. BUT THERE WAS AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO RUN FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, FOR A TOTAL OF $700 IN FINES THAT THE RESPONDENT NEVER CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT. IN ORDER TO PROVE COMPLIANCE PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE THE 20 DAYS, SO THAT TOTAL FINE OF $700 WILL BE IMPOSED UPON THE RECORDING OF THE FINAL ORDER IN THIS CASE. THAT $700 SUM WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT OR ANY OTHER PERSONAL, REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT HERE IN BAY COUNTY. COUNTY COMMISSIONS AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT THAT BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. OKAY. NEXT PROPERTY IS ITEM I IS AN ITEM. ADDRESS IS 1503 ALASKA CIRCLE. AND THIS IS THE HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON ROBERT CLARKSON. 
          BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT NOVEMBER THE 19TH. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE YOU AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION. BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM OF FURNITURE, JUNK, TRASH, DEBRIS, DERELICT VEHICLES TO INCLUDE THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND FOR VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS SECTION 35 044. BASICALLY LIVING IN AN RV. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE FILE. THESE ARE THE PICTURES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU PRIOR TO THE HEARING ON THE 19TH. THESE WERE ON THE 17TH. THOSE WERE DERELICT VEHICLES. 
          OBVIOUSLY THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. ON YOU DID FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS TEN DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER BY REMOVING ALL FURNITURE, JUNK, TRASH, DEBRIS AND DERELICT VEHICLES TO INCLUDE THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE OR $200 FINE AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 MAY CONVINCE FOR EACH AND EVERY DAY UNTIL THE VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN PAST THE TEN DAYS FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS WILL BE IMPOSED. YOU ALSO ORDER AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS FROM THE CEASE HABITATION OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND A $25 A DAY FINE AFTER 30 DAYS, COPIES OF THE ORDER ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AND COPY OF THE ORDER WAS MAILED, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE RESPONDENT, AND IT WAS DELIVERED TO RESPONDENT ON DECEMBER THE 5TH. A COPY WAS SENT REGULAR MAIL TO ALL THE OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. ON DECEMBER THE 4TH THE PROPERTY WAS REINSPECTED. THESE ARE PHOTOS HERE. PHOTO EIGHT. SEE THE DERELICT VEHICLE. THE OTHER VEHICLE THERE ARE NINE SOME. THERE WAS A MATTRESS THERE IN THE BACK. AS SHE GOES TEN. ANOTHER DERELICT VEHICLE MATTRESS AND THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE STILL WAS BEING LIVED IN. MORE JUNK DEBRIS AND FURNITURE DEBRIS PILE THEY WERE BURNING. THEY HAD DEMOED ONE OF THE CAMPERS THAT WERE THERE AT THE TIME. ON THE 10TH. I DID SPEAK TO THE PRIMARY PROPERTY OWNER, MISS KENDRA CALHOUN, AND EXPLAINED WHAT WAS GOING ON AS FAR AS THE CASE AND THAT THAT THE DAILY FINE HAD STARTED TO COMMENCE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 
          ON DECEMBER 17TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THEY WERE BURNING SOME DEBRIS. I WALKED THE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT HAD PERMISSION FROM MISS SANDRA TO TO WALK THE PROPERTY. AT THIS POINT, HE REALLY HAD KIND OF JUST STARTED HIDING THE DEBRIS FROM FROM THE ROADWAY. SLIDE 15 AS IT SHOWS THAT DERELICT THAT VEHICLES DERELICT. NO TAG THE OTHER DERELICT VEHICLE, NO TAG. 
          THEY WERE TAKING EVERYTHING AND JUST PUTTING IT BEHIND THE CARS AND THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SO YOU COULDN'T SEE IT FROM THE ROADWAY. AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A FEMALE THERE. SHE WAS COMING OUT OF THE RV WITH A BACKPACK, AND SHE INDICATED THAT I HAD SEEN HER ON THE PROPERTY EARLIER. AND HONESTLY, AT THAT TIME, I THOUGHT THEY WERE SCHOOL AGE YOUNG ADULTS. BUT SHE CLEARLY WAS NOT IN SCHOOL. BUT SHE STATED HER AND HER MOM WERE STAYING AT THAT RV AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING OUT, BUT HAD BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME NOW. ON DECEMBER THE 
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22ND. ALSO, I DID SPEAK TO ROBIN CALHOUN, WHO LIVES THERE ON THE PROPERTY, AND SAYS HE WOULD HAVE THIS PROPERTY CLEARED BY THE HEARING DECEMBER 22ND. THE PROPERTY WAS REINSPECTED LET ME BACK UP ON THE 18TH. THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. THIS WAS INSPECTED BY INSPECTOR BRUNI. YOU SEE, THE RV IS STILL PRESENT. SOME OF THE JUNK DEBRIS IS STILL PRESENT, STILL REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ON THAT DAY, HOWEVER, IT WAS DETERMINED NO ONE WAS LIVING IN THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ON THAT DAY. SO THAT HAD BEEN PRIOR TO THE 30 DAYS THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN TO. THEY DID VACATE IT WITHIN THE 30 DAYS. JANUARY 5TH PROPERTY WAS REINSPECTED. NOW THE RV IS GONE AND ALL THE PROPERTY AND DERELICT VEHICLES, JUNK DEBRIS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND I FOUND THE PROPERTY WAS IN COMPLIANCE ON THE FIFTH. OKAY, DECEMBER THE 22ND IS THE FIRST DATE THAT Y'ALL HAVE NOBODY LIVING IN THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. YES, THAT WAS AFTER THE THE 30 DAYS. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 
          BASED ON THE. TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE. THE. RESPONDENT FAILED TO CORRECT THE ISSUES. IN A TIMELY FASHION. 
          AND THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE FOR 20 DAYS, TOTALING $700, PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST. NOW. THAT'LL BE FOR THE JUNK DEBRIS. OKAY. AND THEN WE'VE GOT ANOTHER FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF 30 DAYS AT $25 A DAY. CORRECT. THAT WAS JUST FOR AFTER THE 30 DAYS THEY WERE STILL LIVING IN THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. SO THAT THAT CAME INTO COMPLIANCE. SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY FINES REGARDING THE RECREATIONAL HABITATION OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. ALL RIGHT. NO FINES AS IT RELATES TO THAT. THEN THE RESPONDENT IS PRESENTLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE ORDER OF NOVEMBER THE 19TH, AS IT RELATES TO THE FIRE UPON THE RECORDING OF A FINAL ORDER. AS TO THAT SUM, THE ORDER WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT IN BAY COUNTY COMMISSION IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THESE SUMS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. I SKIPPED. HOLD ON TO YOUR SKIP ITEM K DO WE HAVE? WHICH IS 2706 DOROTHY AVENUE. HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE YOU IN NOVEMBER FOR THE TRASH AND DEBRIS. AND. REMOVED THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS. THERE. AGAIN, IT IS IN COMPLIANCE AS OF JANUARY 5TH. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU FIND THAT IT'S IN COMPLIANCE AT THIS POINT, OKAY. AS IT RELATES TO 2706 DOROTHY AVENUE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THAT PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. AND. THE CASE IS CLOSED. NOW ITEM TWO. OH. ALTA VISTA IS NEXT. I'M SORRY TONY. JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU GET UP AND DOWN. THERE IS NO THIS IS A VERBAL ONLY. PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. THIS IS THE STRUCTURE THAT WAS DEEMED UNFIT, UNSAFE, AND. THE PROPERTY OWNER 
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DID OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT. AND ON DECEMBER 22ND, IT WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATED. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU FIND THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NOW INTERESTED. 
          OKAY. AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPERTY AT 19 AND 34 ALTA VISTA DRIVE, PANAMA CITY BEACH. 
          I FIND THAT BASED ON THE TESTIMONY AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE IN A TIMELY MANNER, IN THIS CASE SHALL BE CLOSED. NOW, ITEM Q 3706 HALEY LANE. THIS IS A COMPLIANT. AND INVESTIGATOR BRUNING IS HERE TO TESTIFY. TONY BRUNI, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN REPEAT VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. 
          PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS FROM NOVEMBER THE 17TH. AS YOU CAN SEE, OVERGROWTH. FRONT. SIDE YARD. BOTH. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD FIVE DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $300, AND A DAILY FINE OF $50 BEING POSED FOR EACH AND EVERY DAY. ANY VIOLATION DESCRIBED HEREIN CONTINUES PAST THE FIFTH DAY FOR A PERIOD OF 25 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. ALL INCIDENTAL COST OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2025, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THE OVERGROWTH REMAINS. ON DECEMBER THE 18TH, 2025. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JANUARY 5TH, 2026. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION. OKAY. SO IT HAS ALSO STAYED IN VIOLATION FOR THE 25 DAYS AT $50 A DAY. YES. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD IN THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION AND HAS FAILED TO DO SO. THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED. STAFF OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER. THE. AT PRESENT, IT APPEARS TO BE $1,550 IN FINES THAT WILL BE IMPOSED IMPOSED AT A FINAL HEARING, AND AT WHICH TIME WE WILL ALSO CONSIDER THE ISSUE OF THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION. COUNTY IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THOSE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. DANIELS I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. DID I MISS ANYTHING? NEGATIVE DOG? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. LONG DAY.
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