Feb 12, 2026 Code Magistrate Hearing

[Code Magistrate Hearing on February 12, 2026.]

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WILL COME TO ORDER. I HAVE REVIEWED THE DOCKET. I DO NOT SEE ANY CASES THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN ORDER OF RECUSAL. NOT HAVING ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE REGARDING ANY OF THE CASES THAT THAT ARE ON OUR DOCKET TODAY. IF YOU ANTICIPATE GIVING TESTIMONY, YOU WOULD STAND AND BE SWORN. IN. THANK YOU. PLEASE 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? DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFLECT THAT EVERYONE HAS ANSWERED IN THE. OKAY. OKAY. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, I'D ASK THAT YOU EITHER TURN IT ALL THE WAY OFF OR TURN IT TO SILENT. MISS ASHMAN. OKAY. START WITH THE ITEMS THAT ARE HERE PRESENT ON THE AGENDA. HELPS HIM SEE. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 6723 STREET. OUR SLIDE IS JUST FOR LOCATION PURPOSES, SHOWING THAT IT IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA COUNTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS BAYOU GEORGE. THIS IS HIGHWAY 231 TO SLIDE NUMBER TWO. FORUMS, AND THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN. CLOSER UP. AERIAL PHOTO OF THE PROPERTY. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE MOBILE HOME THAT IS OUTLINED INSIDE THE PROPERTY, AND THESE PROPERTY LINES ARE NOT ACCURATE. THIS IS SLIDE NUMBER FOUR IS JUST SHOWING THAT IT IS PARTIALLY IN A FLOOD ZONE. BECAUSE THESE LINES ARE NOT ACCURATE. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS POSSIBILITY THAT A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WILL HAVE TO BE. ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2024.

INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HUBBARD OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. ON OCTOBER 16TH, WHILE IN THE AREA, I OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY, AND THIS IS THE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THAT DAY. YOU CAN SEE THE MOBILE HOME AS IT SITS THERE. THERE WAS SOME JUNK AND TRASH AND APPLIANCES THAT I NOTED AT THE TIME. SO IT WAS THE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE, APPLIANCES AND JUNK WAS THE VIOLATIONS AT THE TIME. OCTOBER. THAT'S THE EXTENT OF IT THERE. OCTOBER 21ST, 2024 BUILDING INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY INSPECTOR THORP. HE'S HERE. FOR MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORP FOR THE RECORD SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME THAT SITS ON THIS PROPERTY NEXT TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE OF THE STRUCTURE YOU SEE IN THE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OFF THE THE THE PIERS. SOME OF IT'S SITTING ON THE GROUND, THE FRAME. IT HAD SEVERE FLOORING AND ROT DAMAGE. THERE WAS DEFLECTION TO THE WALL, DAMAGE TO THE ROOF. YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SIDE SOME WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT. SOME AREAS WERE COVERED WITH CORRUGATED METAL.

NEXT PHOTO PLEASE. YOU SEE A WALL DAMAGE ON THE SIDE THERE BUCKLING. WINDOWS IN THE BACK COVERED UP WITH SOME CORRUGATED METAL. AND THERE'S YOUR PIERS. MOST LIKELY HURRICANE DAMAGE KNOCKED OFF THE FOUNDATION HOLE IN THE GABLE END. AND THIS IS ALL COVERED UNDER FLORIDA.

DSM-V 15 C 1.0105. BASICALLY SET UP OF A MOBILE HOME AND SECURE, STABLE, STABLE STABILITY OF THE MOBILE HOME. YOU CAN SEE THE TIE DOWN STRAPS STRETCHED ON ONE SIDE FROM BEING PUSHED OVER. AND MORE WINDOWS COVER UP WITH CORRUGATED METAL AS IT SITS.

UNFIT, UNSAFE MOBILE HOME AND UNOCCUPIED. NOVEMBER 25TH THROUGH MARCH 4TH. YOU CAN GO THROUGH HERE INSPECTED OR REMAINED THE SAME AND VIRTUALLY NO CHANGES. MARCH 4TH THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT OUT TO THE ADDRESS 6723 SHORT STREET. IT'S LISTED IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEBSITE. IT NOTED THAT IT WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON MARCH 7TH,

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NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT OUT ON THAT DATE USING THE SAME PROPER ADDRESSES AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S SITE. IT WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON DECEMBER 15TH. DECEMBER 9TH COPY OF THE HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY. YOU SEE IT REMAINS THE SAME. FEBRUARY 5TH, RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO THIS HEARING AND IT REMAINED THE SAME. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED TO DATE. I HADN'T SPOKEN TO ANYBODY PRIOR TO THAT. HOWEVER, THEY ARE HERE TODAY, REPRESENTATIVE AND THEY'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO CLEAR UP THE VIOLATIONS. SO THEY'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. BOBBY HILL. HI, I'M BRENDA SCHLARB.

I'M BOBBY'S SISTER. I HE'S HANDICAPPED, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, AND I OVERSEE THINGS. HE'S USUALLY PRETTY GOOD AT GIVING ME EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN THE MAIL FOR HIM.

BUT HE DID NOT GIVE ME ANYTHING. I DIDN'T GET THIS TILL THE END OF DECEMBER. OF COURSE. I HAVE TO PREPARE TO GET THINGS DONE FOR HIM, AND I HAVE PREPARED. WHEN I LEAVE HERE TODAY, I'M GOING TO PAY FOR SOMEBODY TO COME DEMOLISH IT. IT IS FROM HURRICANE DAMAGE. FEMA HAD COME BY AND TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD REMOVE THE TRAILER FOR US. AT THE TIME WHEN HURRICANE MICHAEL HIT, I WAS GOING THROUGH BREAST CANCER AND I PANHANDLE. HOPE CONTACTED ME AND REBUILT THE HOUSE THAT WAS DAMAGED DURING THE HURRICANE. THEY WOULD HAVE REMOVED IT THE TRAILER FOR US, BUT FEMA WAS COMING TO DO IT AND FEMA NEVER CAME. SO WE KNEW THAT THIS WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN EVENTUALLY. WE WERE NOT UPSET THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT, BUT IT WILL BE. IT WILL BE DONE BY THE DATE. LIKE I'M GOING TO GO PAY. AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING IT SAID IT SHOULD BE ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY START ON IT. OKAY. THE. THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TAKE IT DOWN. HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU A FIRM. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. I CONTACTED STEVEN THAT I, IT'S NOT CALLED PANHANDLE HOPE ANYMORE. IT'S OUT OF LOUISIANA. I THINK IT'S SBP. AND HE CONTACTED SEVERAL PEOPLE AND GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT QUOTES. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH DANIEL GIBBONS I DON'T KNOW I THINK IT'S G I THINK IT'S CALLED G-6 DEVELOPMENT, BUT I'M GOING TO GO PAY FOR IT TODAY. HE SAID HE COULD GET THE PERMITS PULLED AND EVERYTHING THAT HE NEEDED AND PROBABLY BE ABLE TO START IN TWO WEEKS. Y'ALL KNOW THIS COMPANY. OKAY, SO. I JUST I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO THINK WE WERE IGNORING IT. WE KNEW IT HAD TO COME DOWN.

AND HAD BOBBY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS GOING ON, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED A LOT EARLIER AND WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. THAT'S FINE. WE UNDERSTAND SOME THINGS SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS.

SOMETIME. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE'S A VIOLATION AND DO THE WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL THE 30 DAY THING THAT SAYS, YOU GOT 30 DAYS TO CORRECT IT, AND Y'ALL ARE GOING TO WRITE THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO CORRECT IT IN 30 DAYS. YES. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'LL. GO. YOU'LL GET A COPY OF THE OF THE ORDER INDICATING, YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, SO TO SPEAK. OKAY. AND SINCE Y'ALL ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH IT, YOU KNOW IT. NOTHING ELSE WILL COME OF IT. WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR A THING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE. THEY'LL GO UP THERE AND LOOK AT IT AND SAY, HEY, THE BUILDING'S GONE.

YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHERE WE'LL GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. AND IF YOU WILL KEEP SCOTT FORTH. THANK YOU. CARD THERE. IF THERE'S ANY

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THAT'S THE MARCH 19TH IS JUST A WHAT THEY CALL A COMPLIANCE HEARING. AND THEY'LL COME IN AND THEY SAY, HEY, THE BUILDING'S GONE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPEAR FOR THAT. IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY PROBLEMS, CONTACT HIM AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. MR. THORPE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOING ON. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MISS BRENDA, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I'M SORRY. CAN I GET YOUR LAST NAME AND A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS SO I CAN KEEP YOU UPDATED? I'M GIVING UP MY. OKAY, SO IT'LL BE. 723 SHORT STORY AND I'LL SPELL MY LAST NAME FOR YOU. I CAN SAY THE H L A R B AS IN BOY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702 ON THE PROPERTY IN THE FEET OF A IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOME, THAT THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS IN WHICH TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY ADDRESSING THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOME IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE AND ANY AND ALL PROHIBITED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AS MAY BE DEFINED BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND REMOVE ALL OF THE DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY. IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS INDICATED THAT THEY DO NOT INTEND TO REPAIR THE THE THE PROPERTY, I'M NOT GOING TO RECITE THE OTHER OPTION THAT'S AVAILABLE. THERE WILL BE A COMPLIANCE HEARING TO BE HELD ON MARCH THE 19TH AT 1 P.M. YES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT. NEXT ITEM THAT IS PRESENT IS ITEM D PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7406 MAUGANSVILLE ROAD. THE SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS JUST PURPOSES SHOWING IT IS AN AREA A COUNTY. THAT LITTLE PIN DOT OUTLINED IN BLUE. THIS IS GOING TO BE SITS OFF OF CAMP FLOWERS ROAD, CHEROKEE LANDING AND THE TOP LEFT CORNER CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY THEN THE PROPERTY LINES ARE NOT EXACT AND THE STRUCTURE THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IS THE CIRCLED IN YELLOW. I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY SINCE THIS CASE WAS. INITIATED, SO I MAY SHOW YOU WHAT THE INITIALLY LOOKED LIKE, BUT WE CAN FAST FORWARD. WE MAY FAST FORWARD IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HUBBARD INITIATED THIS CASE OR OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2024, AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT, OCTOBER 17TH. OBSERVE THIS WHILE IN THE AREA.

IT'S. YOU CAN VIEW THIS PROPERTY FROM TWO PLACES FROM MORGANVILLE AND THEN THE SHED.

ONE OF THE PICTURES WILL BE SHOT FROM CAMP FLOWERS. SO THIS IS FROM MORGANVILLE. FACING THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE THE JUNK TRASH CONDITION OF THE STUFF LAYING AROUND. THAT'S THE SHED IN THE BACKGROUND THERE WHERE THE RED DOT IS. YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF KIND OF TORN UP THERE.

FROM THERE, THE DERELICT VEHICLES, THE OVERGROWTH, JUNK, TRASH, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. JUST MORE SHOTS OF THE VEHICLES IN THE BACKGROUND AND THE STUFF LAYING AROUND. THE DERELICT VEHICLES COVERING THE PROPERTY. THINGS ARE SHOT. THERE'S THAT. THERE'S A SHOT OF THE SHED FROM CAMP FLOWERS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF. SO THAT LITTLE SHED IN THAT FENCE, THERE IS NOT PART OF THE PROPERTY. NOVEMBER 1ST, INSPECTOR THORP CONDUCTED A BUILDING INSPECTION. HE'S HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT. MORNING AGAIN. INSPECTOR THORP, THIS IS A WOODEN FRAME SHED. THAT'S ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. IT SITS IN THE BACK OF THE PRIMARY. WE. I WAS GRANTED PERMISSION FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY TO USE IT FOR VIEWING. I GUESS IT WAS A COMPLAINT. THIS IS FROM CAMP FLOWERS ROAD. AS YOU CAN SEE, HEAVY, HEAVY DAMAGE TO TRUSSES.

ROOF STRUCTURE ROTTING EVERYWHERE, METAL ROOFING AND SHINGLES HAVE BOTH BEEN RIPPED OFF, ALONG WITH THE TARPING THAT WAS PLACED IN THERE. SOME BOARDED UP WINDOWS IN THE BACK DAMAGED THE TRUSSES AND OVERHANGS. AS THE LEFT SIDE. IT'S THE BACK GABLE END AND THEN THE LEFT SIDE THAT SITS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT'S FALLING OVER THE FENCE. ALL THIS IS COVERED UNDER FLORIDA BUILDING CODE CHAPTERS EIGHT AND NINE, AS IT SITS ON AN

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THERE'S STILL SOME SCATTERED AROUND, BUT A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT SINCE THAT POINT SHE HAD STILL REMAIN. SO WE'RE STILL IN VIOLATION OF REMOVED THE VIOLATION OF THE VEHICLES AND THE UNSCREENED AND LEFT THE JUNK TRASH BLIGHTED AND THE UNFIT UNSAFE STRUCTURE. BEEN NO COMMUNICATION WITH RESPONDING AT THE TIME I WROTE THIS REPORT. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED.

HOWEVER, AFTER THAT, JUST AFTER THIS REPORT WAS FILED, THE PROPERTY OWNER DID CALL ME. SHE IS HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF. I WON'T GO OVER EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING. SO SHE'S HERE TO ADDRESS IT TODAY, SIR. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 19TH, 10:00. CREEL. YES, SIR.

TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. MY NAME IS KAREN CREEL, AND MY MAILING ADDRESS IS 6741 COVE ROAD, PANAMA CITY. 32404. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US TO KNOW ABOUT THIS. I PERSONALLY LEFT THE PROPERTY ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO. MY HUSBAND PASSED. I RENTED TO SOME PEOPLE THAT NEEDED A HOME. I WAS NOT IN A GOOD PLACE MYSELF. I MADE A LOT OF BAD CHOICES, A LOT OF BAD JUDGMENT. AND YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED. THE IMPROVEMENT IS THAT THE RENTERS HAVE LEFT THE PROPERTY. AND THIS IS TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AS OF LAST WEEK, I DID RECEIVE THE NOTICE IN 24. I BELIEVE, THE FIRST NOTICE LATE 24. I TALKED TO MY RENTERS ABOUT THAT. I WAS IN HOPES THAT THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING WITH THAT. AND JUST TO BE HONEST, AND IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE, BUT THE EMOTIONAL, I DIDN'T GO BY THERE. I DON'T GO BY THERE PULLING IN THE DRIVEWAYS. IT'S HARD, BUT THAT HAS BEEN DONE. I DID GO SATURDAY AND SAW THAT EVERYTHING WAS GONE. ALL THE VEHICLES WERE GONE. THERE IS A GOOD BIT OF WORK STILL TO BE DONE. I TRIED TO GET INTO THE TRAILER TO MEASURE AND ADDRESS THE WINDOWS. IT IS LOCKED. I'M GOING TO POST THAT. I'M GOING TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY. I'VE TRIED TO TEXT THEM, REACH THEM, NO RESPONSE. SO I AM GOING TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. GETTING INTO THE HOME TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE WINDOWS. I HAVE VERY GOOD SUPPORT SYSTEM AND HAVE MADE SOME PHONE CALLS, AND IF I COULD HAVE AN EXTENSION OF MAYBE 60 DAYS. I DO HAVE THIS MONTH, BUT I DON'T WANT TO KIND OF CRUNCH MYSELF TO GET THAT SHED DOWN. MY BROTHER IN LAW PASSED AWAY ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO AND THERE'S A HUGE TOOLBOX IN

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OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. WELL, IN LIGHT OF THE PROGRESS THAT YOU'VE MADE, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME EXTRA TIME. YOUR. SAY IT WAS YOUR DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW THAT HAD THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. PROBABLY OUGHT TO HAVE HIM LOOK AT THESE WINDOWS AND SEE ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DO THAT KIND OF WORK OR NOT, BUT YEAH, THEY.

YES, SIR. THAT'LL GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE FACING THERE. THOSE KIND OF REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE BY. A MOBILE HOME REPAIR MAN. I MEAN, THEY THERE'S A STAMP OF APPROVAL, SO TO SPEAK, THAT YOU GET TO BE A A MOBILE HOME REPAIR PERSON. OKAY? ALRIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT OTHER THAN JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR.

COMPLIANCE IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 19TH, THE FOLLOWING COMPLIANCE HEARING WOULD BE APRIL 6TH, APRIL 6TH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN, AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE. PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7406 MAUGANSVILLE ROAD, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE COUNTY CODE.

NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. SHE HAS APPEARED AND TESTIFIED IN THIS MATTER, BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND OFFER EVIDENCE OR TESTIMONY IN HER OWN BEHALF. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 17 TWO IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT STRUCTURE, BEING THE, I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE OUTBUILDING SHED, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

THERE REMAINS SOME TRASH, JUNK AND STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY. AND THERE IS BLIGHTED PROPERTY IN THE FORM OF MOBILE HOME THAT HAS TWO WINDOWS COVERED BY SHEET METAL OF SOME SORT. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 60 DAYS IN WHICH TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY AND BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE, BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL JUNK AND TRASH FOUND IN THE YARD. ADDRESS THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE BY SUBMITTING AN ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIME FRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO THE COVERED, MISSING OR BROKEN WINDOWS, TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. THAT ACTION PLAN HAS GOT TO BE APPROVED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT PRIOR TO MAKING THE REPAIRS OR APPLYING FOR PERMITS, YOU GOT TO APPLY FOR ALL THE REQUIRED PERMITS THROUGH COUNTY, BAY COUNTY BUILDER SERVICES DIVISION. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY BUILDER, SERVICES STAFF OR DESIGNEE, AND THE REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED AND PERMITS

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AND THAT'S GOTTA ALSO GO TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'VE GOT TO SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIME FRAMES OUTLINED, TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE STRUCTURE TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. ALL REQUIRED PERMITS AND ENGINEERING PLANS HAVE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE PERMITS WILL ISSUE, AND THE PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY BAY COUNTY BUILDERS SERVICES OR A DESIGNEE.

THE REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE STRUCTURAL REPORT, AND ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED, AND PERMITS MUST BE FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DEEMED COMPLETE. IF AT ANY TIME THE PERMITS REQUIRED UNDER THIS PROVISION OF THE ORDER BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON, IT SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

IF YOU FAIL TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE 60 DAYS. CONCERNING THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE. I'M GOING TO SAY A FINE OF $100 WILL BE IMPOSED. SUCH A FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, WHICH IS LOCATED HERE IN BAY COUNTY. NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED AGAIN IF YOU GET THE PERMITS AND ALLOW THEM TO EXPIRE OR THEY BECOME VOID FOR ANY OTHER REASON, IT SHALL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT IN FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE ORDER. IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE WITHIN THE 60 DAYS, THERE'S GOING TO BE AGAIN AN INITIAL FINE OF $100 AND A DAILY FINE OF MAKE THAT $15.

CONTINUING UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT TO SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION AND VERIFY THAT ALL THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND REPAIRS COMPLETED IN ORDER FOR THE FINES TO CEASE, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED. IF YOU GET A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME AND THEN ALLOW THAT PERMIT TO EXPIRE, OR HAVE IT BECOME VOID FOR ANY OTHER REASON. IN SUCH CASE, WHEN THE THE PERMIT BECOMES VOID, THAT WILL COMMENCE THE INITIAL $100 FINE AND THE $25 DAILY FINE AS SET FORTH ABOVE, THE LIEN WILL BECOME A THE. THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED HERE IN BAY CAN GET YOUR PERMITS AND THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM. OKAY, SO THAT'S THE FIRST STEP THAT YOU NEED TO TO DO IS GET THOSE PERMITS AND THEN. START WORKING ON CLEANING IT UP AND EVERYTHING. I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB THUS FAR AND WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APRIL 6TH WILL BE A 16 16TH. OKAY. 1:00 BE OKAY COMPLIANCE HEARING. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM E, PROPERTY ADDRESS 8441 THREES ROAD. NEXT SLIDE NUMBER TWO. LOCATION PURPOSES ONLY. THE PROPERTY IS BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OUTLINED IN BLUE HIGHWAY 231. SENT FLOWERS THERE TO THE NORTH. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW

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ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2024, INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HUBBARD OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY AND HE IS HERE TONIGHT. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS HUBBARD COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT OCTOBER 24TH, 2024.

OBSERVE THIS PROPERTY WHILE IN THE AREA. THIS IS FROM FREESE ROAD. LOOKING INTO THE DRIVEWAY THERE YOU CAN SEE THE SHED. IT'S COMPLETELY DESTROYED EXCEPT FOR THE BACK WALL INTO A PIECE OF THE ROOF AND JUST TO THE SIDEWALLS REMAIN. OCTOBER 31ST SENT OUT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION CERTIFIED TO THE ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, 8441 FREESE ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED WITHOUT SERVICE. THE REGULAR MAIL WAS NOT RETURNED. NOVEMBER 8TH, MR. LAZARD CAME TO THE OFFICE AND SPOKE WITH INVESTIGATOR THORP. HE WAS ADVISED OF THE DAMAGE. HE SAID THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY MICHAEL HURRICANE MICHAEL. HE WAS PROVIDED THE OPTIONS TO REPAIR OR DEMOLISH THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, AND SAID HE WOULD APPLY FOR DEMOLITION PERMIT NOVEMBER 8TH. MR. LAZARD APPLIED FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT NOVEMBER 12TH. INVESTIGATOR SCOTT TRIED TO CONTACT HIM, BUT THERE WAS NO ANSWER, NO VOICEMAIL SET UP. THE PROPERTY WAS RE-INSPECTED FROM DECEMBER 2ND THROUGH JULY 14TH, 2025 WITHOUT ANY CHANGE. IT JUST REMAINED THE SAME. THE DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS CLOSED AS ABANDONED ON AUGUST 5TH, 2025, SO IT WAS NEVER COMPLETED.

NOVEMBER 6TH OR WHERE WE AT WHERE WE AT FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025. AGAIN, NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY ANYTIME DURING THIS CASE. IT REMAINS THE SAME. MARCH 18TH, 2025 REINSPECTED REMAINS THE SAME. IT'S JUST A CLOSE UP SHOT AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE OF IT. AND JUST THE BACK WALL REMAINS AND PART OF THE ROOF. MAY 28TH, 2025. NO CHANGES. NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025. NO CHANGES. DECEMBER 8TH NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS MAILED OUT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAILED TO THE PROPERTY ADDRESS AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED WITHOUT SERVICE. THE REGULAR MAIL WAS NOT RETURNED. DID YOU ATTEMPT TO CONTACT? ON NOVEMBER 7TH? I'M SORRY, NOVEMBER 7TH. I CALLED THE NUMBER IN THE FILE AND IT WENT STRAIGHT TO VOICEMAIL. THERE WAS NO ANSWER. I DID TEXT MY CONTACT INFORMATION TO THAT NUMBER, BUT NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE AT THE TIME. DECEMBER 4TH PROPERTY WAS REINSPECTED REMAINED IN VIOLATION. DECEMBER 9TH IT WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY ON THE GATE. THERE YOU CAN SEE NO CHANGES. FEBRUARY 2ND. MISS LAZARD CALLED THE OFFICE AND I SPOKE WITH HER. WE DISCUSSED THE VIOLATION. SHE ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION. I TOLD HER THE CASE WAS OVER A YEAR OLD. NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED. BEFORE THE HEARING. SHE INDICATED THAT THE AGAIN THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY HURRICANE MICHAEL AND DUE TO BE ON A FIXED INCOME, THEY'VE BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE. SHE ASKED THAT AT THAT TIME IF I WOULD MEET WITH THEM AT THE PROPERTY SOMETIME BEFORE THE HEARING. FEBRUARY 5TH, 2020 SIXTH. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FINAL INSPECTION, IT WAS A NO CHANGES. I DID SPEAK TO THEM AFTER THAT. THIS PAST MONDAY, OUT AT THE PROPERTY, I MET WITH HER AND MR. LAZARD AND WE DISCUSSED THEIR OPTIONS AND THEY SAID THEY HAD BEEN WORKING WITH SOME TOOL TIME TO GET A QUOTE. AND SHE IS HERE TODAY, AND I BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT TO GET IT REPLACED AT THIS POINT, SINCE SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK ON THAT BEHALF. CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON MARCH 19TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. AND SHE'S HERE TO SPEAK. THERE. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. MISS ROSE LAZARD LESD8441 FRIESS ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. ALL RIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW, MISS LAZARD? AS YOU SAID, CHRIS, IT TOOK HALF OF THE ROOF DOWN THE HURRICANE AND THE DOOR. WE HAD A ROLL UP DOOR. WE STILL HAVE THE ROLL UP DOOR. IT WE.

MY HUSBAND WAS TRYING TO SAVE UP MONEY TO GET THIS DONE. WE GOT ESTIMATES, I GOT. HE'S A VIETNAM VETERAN. HE COULDN'T COME BECAUSE HE'S HAD SCRAP METAL IN HIS LEG. BUT HE HE'S

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15,000. AND NOW THEY GAVE AN ESTIMATE HERE. I BROUGHT IT TO SHOW YOU FOR 21,000 OR SOMETHING. THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE. YOU SEE US LIFTERS IN THERE? HE HAD THEM PUT IN, AND WE DON'T WANT TO. HE WANTS TO KEEP THEM. AND OF COURSE, THE CEMENT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO THEM TO COME OUT WITH A JACKHAMMER AND TAKE IT DOWN. I DON'T THINK HE WOULD HAVE LIVED THROUGH IT.

HE'S 77 YEARS OLD, AND I'M THE ONE THAT COME AND I'M TRYING TO KEEP THE FORT DOWN BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THIS PLACE 25 YEARS AGO. THIS IS OUR HOME. WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY IN IT. WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 42 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE, 70 YEARS. I WAS RAISED IN SOUTHPORT, AND WE KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE WITH HARD TIMES AND ALL, BUT I GOT THE TWO TIME, DID THE WHOLE THING AND. BUT ALL Y'ALL NEED, I, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE TO COMPLY WITH MY HUSBAND IF Y'ALL NEED ANYTHING ELSE. I BUT THEY SAID IT'S GOING TO TAKE I CAN'T GET STARTED ON IT TO 2 OR 3 WEEKS FROM NOW, YOUR HONOR. SO THAT'S WHY I'M WANTING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. AND IT SHOULDN'T TAKE THEM NO MORE THAN 3 TO 4, MAYBE A WEEK AT THE MOST TO THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN AND BUILD THE WHOLE GARAGE AGAIN FROM SCRATCH. I, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH IF Y'ALL COULD DO THAT. MR. LEWIS. I SPOKE WITH BEN, THE GUY THAT GAVE HER THE QUOTE THERE, AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH WITH THIS. HE'S HE UNDERSTANDS THE URGENCY OF THE TIME FRAME AS FAR AS THE CODE CASE. SO THEY ARE CONTRACTED WITH TWO TIME THERE. I SPOKE WITH HIM.

THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD. HE'S ALREADY GOT OUT ALL MOST OF THAT'S ALL CLEARED OUT. BUT HIS HARLEY DAVIDSON AND OUR RIDING LAWNMOWER AND HIS MUSTANG, HE'S GOT HE DID ALL THE WIRING. HE SAID ELECTRICIAN. THAT'S WHAT HE RETIRED FROM. BUT HE'S THEY DON'T EVEN LOOK LIKE NOW. MOST OF IT'S ALL THE SHELVES AND STUFF DOWN. HE GOT OUT THERE AND WORKED FOR TWO DAYS AND I HELPED. I GOTTA HELP HIM. WELL, YOU'VE YOU'VE GOTTA BECAUSE HE'S OLDER THAN ME, YOU KNOW.

AND BUT I'M. I TOTE MY OWN. HAVE TO. PARDON I TAKE MY OWN. I DO A LOT AROUND THE HOUSE AND THE YARD AND ALL BECAUSE HE'S BEEN SHOT AND TRAPPED LIKE HE CAN'T GO LONG ON HIS LEGS. AND WE PUT A COPY OF THIS IN THE IN THE RECORD. SHE HAS A SIGNED CONTRACT FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE THE. OUTBUILDING AND. AND THEY YOU SAY THEY HAVE NO IDEA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. INSTEAD OF PAYING THE WHOLE 21,000, WHAT LESS DOLLARS IT IS, THEY HAVE A THING. THEY WANT 7000, THEN 5000. AND HE JUST WENT AND GOT THE WHOLE SUN YESTERDAY. WE'VE BEEN IN THE CREDIT UNION FOR 40 SOMETHING YEARS AND AND WE JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. IF THEY CAN'T GET STARTED ON IT, WE WANT IT UP. WE'VE BEEN WANTING IT UP FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT WAS TO DO WITH FINANCES AND MONEY. PEOPLE WANT MONEY UP FRONT, I UNDERSTAND, AND THINGS ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE. SO YOU KNOW, YES SIR, YOU PAID FOR IT WHEN YOU FIRST BUILT IT. THAT AIN'T GOING TO

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AND THAT'S WHAT WAS THE TOTAL WAS 15,000 SOMETHING FOR THE CONCRETE TO. AND THE ROLL UP DOOR. WE STILL GOT THE DOOR OKAY. BUT HE'S DECIDED EVERYBODY'S TELLING ME MAYBE JUST MAKE A PLACE FOR DOOR AND JUST PUT THE GARAGE UP IN THE ROOF, YOU KNOW, SAID THAT THE DOOR IS NOT INCLUDED. THAT SO. ALL RIGHT. THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT A SIGNED CONTRACT BASED ON THAT, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO TO DO THIS I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

THE. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A COPY OF THAT SO WE CAN PUT IT IN THE RECORD. NO, SIR. I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND GIVING US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. ALL RIGHT. WELL AND OKAY I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8441 FREEZE ROAD IN PANAMA CITY IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, BAY COUNTY AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. SHE HAS APPEARED AND TESTIFIED IN THIS MATTER AND BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS OR OFFER ANY EVIDENCE IN ADDITION TO HER TESTIMONY, AND SHE HAS PROVIDED A COPY OF A SIGNED CONTRACT FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE OUTBUILDING. A COPY OF THAT CONTRACT IS BEING MADE TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE RECORD THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702 AT PRESENT ON THE PREMISES. THE OUTBUILDING DEPICTED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IS CURRENTLY UNFIT OR UNSAFE, AND BASED ON THE CONTRACT THAT SHE HAS PROVIDED, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE MATTERS FOR CURING THIS CONDITION WILL OCCUR. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 60 DAYS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY ADDRESSING THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN ANY AND ALL PROHIBITED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, AS MAY BE DEFINED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND REMOVE THAT DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY. BASED ON THE CONTRACT THAT APPEARS TO BE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS ENTERED INTO, THERE WILL BE DEMOLITION AND A CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FACILITY. SO THE REPAIR AND PROVISIONS REGARDING REPAIR OR UNNECESSARY TO BE RECITED AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP CODE ENFORCEMENT NOTIFIED OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAY IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE 60 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THERE WILL BE A FINE OF I'M GOING TO MAKE IT. $100 WILL BE IMPOSED, AND THAT FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF THE RESPONDENT OR THEIR CONTRACTOR OBTAINS THE NECESSARY PERMITS TO INCLUDE DEMOLITION AND OR BUILDING WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THEN ALLOW THOSE PERMITS TO BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON THAT WILL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT, AND FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. A COMPLIANCE HEARING WILL BE HELD ON APRIL THE 16TH AT 1:00. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. JUST I COME BACK. MARCH OF 19 TWO. NO, MA'AM. NO, MA'AM. YOU GOTTA COME. I'M. I MOVED IT SINCE I GAVE YOU 60 DAYS. WE MOVED IT BACK. OKAY. AND TO APRIL THE 16TH. OKAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET ALL OF THIS, GET ALL YOUR PERMITS IN ORDER. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU'VE ALREADY SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH THOSE FOLKS, SO. AND WHEN THEY GET IT BUILT, I CALL YOU CHRIS OR CALL HIM JUST JUST TO CLARIFY. ONCE, ONCE IT'S DEMOLISHED, WE'RE DONE. OKAY.

YOU COMPLY BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE. FROM THERE ON, YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH YOUR BUILDING PERMITS, BUT IT'S NO LONGER UNSAFE. SO, OKAY, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. OKAY. IN 60 DAYS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A GOOD DAY. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S I THINK SO,

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OKAY. SO ITEM H IS IN HENRY PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 241. SHARAT BRANCH DRIVE. I'M SORRY. YEAH BUT WE'LL DO THE WHO'S PRESENT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PHONE CALL. OKAY. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PHONE CALL AT THE END OF ALL OF THE VERSES. ALL THE PEOPLE HERE. OKAY.

SLIDE NUMBER TWO. THIS WAS TAKEN IN JANUARY 2025 JUST FOR LOCATION, AERIAL PURPOSES. IT IS AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS SOUTHPORT, THE BRAZILIAN BEACH TO THE RIGHT, BRANCH ROAD TO THE BOTTOM. WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS. HOLD ON THE RIGHT AND READ AND THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THE LEFT CIRCLED IN RED. ON JUNE 5TH, 2024, INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY AND IT WAS THE CASE ON JUNE 10TH, WAS TURNED OVER TO THE BUILDING. WHO WAS AFFECTED BY TONY BURNING BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE RECORD.

ON JUNE 5TH, RE-INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY. YOU GOT DERELICT VEHICLES, THE RED FORD, THE THE BIGGER, LARGER WHITE TRUCK. YOU GOT A BUCKET TRUCK IN THE BACKGROUND. THERE'S A GREEN TRUCK THERE. YOU GOT THE METAL BUILDING OVER THE GREEN TRUCK. YES. IT'S BEEN WRECKED. YOU GOT UNSCREENED, PERSONAL PROPERTY JUNK. YOU GOT APPLIANCES. BROKE DOWN, LAWNMOWERS. DERELICT VESSELS. THERE'S THE CLOSER VIEW OF THE APPLIANCES. AND THIS THIS. THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO AGAIN, LIKE OUR PREVIOUS CASE, IF WE. FAST FORWARD TO THE. THERE WAS A BUILDING INSPECTION DONE AND SEE. YEAH. ARE THEY STILL LIVING THERE. ALL THE STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED SO THEY'RE GONE. SO IF YOU'RE OKAY I'LL SKIP THROUGH THE BUILDING. OKAY. ALL NOTICES WAS SENT. TO. PROPERTY WAS POSTED. NOW THIS IS FEBRUARY 9TH, 2026. THIS PAST MONDAY, RE-INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY AND ALL VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. SO THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT YOU FIND THAT THERE WAS A VIOLATION DID EXIST. THE DERELICT VEHICLE WAS UNFIT STRUCTURES, APPLIANCES AND THAT ANY FUTURE BE A REPEAT. YES OKAY. MISTER SAPP OKAY. DO Y'ALL WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS, I'M GOING TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS. THAT THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 241 SHERIFF BRANCH ROAD, IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. THEY HAVE APPEARED BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND GIVE TESTIMONY OR OFFER EVIDENCE. THEY HAVE DECLINED THAT OPPORTUNITY. THEY

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INVESTIGATOR BRANDON BRANDON HARWIN INITIATED THIS CASE AND ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2024, INVESTIGATOR WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE AND HE TESTIFIED. TONY BRUNI, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT, SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE RECORD.

DECEMBER 12TH, 2024. THIS IS INVESTIGATOR. IRWIN'S PHOTOGRAPHS. YOU GOT SOME, I DON'T KNOW, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT THERE. YOU GOT DERELICT VEHICLES, UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN THE BACK, ON SCREEN PERSONAL PROPERTY. CLOSER VIEW OF THE DERELICT VEHICLES. AND THIS IS THE. YEAH, THAT'S THE UNSAFE STRUCTURE BEHIND THE. WAS THAT A LITTLE TRAVEL TRAILER RV? THIS IS A TAKEN FROM A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY THROUGH THE BUSHES ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE THAT ACCESSORY MISSING SOME ROOF PANELS. DECEMBER 30TH, 2024 I WAS ASSIGNED THE CASE. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. DERELICT VEHICLES REMAINED. THE STRUCTURE REMAINS UNFIT. UNSAFE. ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAILS TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS. 1368 HEMP HAMPSHIRE BOULEVARD, CHIPLEY, FLORIDA. CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED TO REGULAR MAIL. DID NOT RETURN APRIL THE 15TH. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND DURING THIS INSPECTION I NOTICED THAT THEY HAD A PRIVACY FENCE BUILT ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY THERE. AND ALSO ON THE 15TH, THE VIOLATION OF YARD DEBRIS AND CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS HAD BEEN CORRECTED. JUNE 23RD, 2025. WE INSPECT THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION, ALTHOUGH THEY HAD A DUMPSTER DELIVERED, BUT I WASN'T SURE AT THE TIME IF THAT WAS FOR THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OR THEIR PROPERTY. BUT IT TURNS OUT I BELIEVE IT WAS FOR THEIR PROPERTY. OCTOBER 6TH, 2025. WE INSPECT THE PROPERTY. THE STRUCTURE REMAINS UNFIT, UNSAFE. THE VIEW OF THE BACKSIDE OF IT.

AND ON DECEMBER 22ND, 2025, A BUILDING INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED BY INSPECTOR THORPE.

GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD MORNING AGAIN, INSPECTOR THORPE. ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE BACK.

I SPOKE TO THE TENANTS THAT WERE THERE. THEY SAID IT WAS A HURRICANE DAMAGE. SEVERAL TRUSSES ARE MISSING. FRONT WALL. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S HALF ROOF IS MISSING. THE BACK GABLE PANELS ARE ALSO MISSING. AND SOME OF THE BACK LEFT WALL YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THAT LITTLE DOORWAY THERE. THEY DIDN'T. THIS WAS FROM THAT PRIVACY GATE THAT WAS OPEN. THERE'S SEVERAL PEOPLE THERE. THEY DID NOT WANT ME GOING ANY FURTHER THAN THAT. SO I HANDED MY CARD AND I WAS DONE WITH IT. SO UNFIT, UNSAFE. ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AS IT SITS, IT WILL NEED PERMITS TO BE

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SO THEY'RE CLEANING UP. THEY JUST THEY GOT TO ADDRESS THAT STRUCTURE IN THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR AN COMPLIANCE HEARING ON MARCH 19TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR.

OKAY. THE SERMONS. OKAY. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS, PLEASE, MA'AM.

TINA. SERMONS. 1368 HAMPSHIRE BOULEVARD, CHIPLEY, FLORIDA. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW, MA'AM? OVER THE LAST YEAR, I'VE BEEN. I WORK ALL THE TIME, AND I GO OUT OF TOWN. MY BROTHER HAS CANCER, WHICH HE'S HAD THE SURGERY. DOING GOOD. NOW I'VE GOTTEN RID OF THE TENANTS THAT ARE THERE. I SPENT THE WHOLE WEEKEND. LAST WEEKEND, WE FILLED A 30 YARD DUMPSTER UP.

WE TOOK THREE DUMP TRAILERS OFF, GOT A VEHICLE REMOVED. WE WILL BE BACK AGAIN TOMORROW, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A COUPLE OF MONTHS. I MEAN, I'M WIDOWED. MY HUSBAND PASSED THE CANCER AND I DIDN'T KNOW A LOT OF THIS WAS EVEN GOING ON. I'VE HAD DUMPSTERS DELIVERED THERE BEFORE, JUST GOING BY THERE AND SEEING IT, AND THEY WOULD GET RID OF STUFF, BUT THEN MORE STUFF WOULD COME. SO AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WAS A POLE BARN AND THEY PUT THAT UP IN THE FRONT.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD COST TO FIX THE POLE BARN, BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT WAS A LEAN TO FROM THAT PART OUT, NOT FULL. SO I GUESS THEY WERE TRYING TO REBUILD IT. BUT NO ONE'S LIVING IN THE HOME. I'VE TAKEN IT BACK OVER AND I'M WORKING ON GETTING IT CLEANED UP. IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE ME A COUPLE MONTHS TO GET IT THERE.

OKAY? THAT DID I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY THAT THAT THAT POLE BARN YOU WANT TO TRY AND REBUILD? I MAY JUST HAVE IT TAKEN DOWN. NOT SURE YET. I WANT TO GET SOME QUOTES, BUT WE WILL BE BACK OVER THERE TOMORROW TO TRY TO GET THE REST OF THE DEBRIS OUT. AND MR. THORPE, BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF IF THAT'S CAPABLE OF BEING RECONSTRUCTED. I MEAN, SHE'LL HAVE TO HAVE ENGINEERING ON IT IF SHE DOES, BECAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL TRUSSES MISSING THE MAIN BEAM THROUGH THE FRONT, ALSO MISSING THE FRONT TRUSSES IN THE. WE'LL SEE WHERE IT'S AT. I MEAN, THAT WAS THE POLE BARN. YEAH. AND THE METAL WAS, WAS TAKEN OFF. BUT FROM THERE, BACK THIS WAY WAS LIKE A LOWER LEAN TO THAT CAME DOWN. SO I WOULD JUST HAVE TO BECAUSE I DO REMODEL WORK AND CLEANING AND WE CAN DEMOLISH IT OURSELVES.

CORRECT. YOU CAN PULL FROM IT TO DEMOLISH IT, BUT IF YOU REBUILD IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ENGINEERING OR ARCHITECTURE. OKAY. IT'S PROBABLY CHEAPER TO REMOVE IT AND PUT A NEW POLE BARN UP THERE. OKAY. I JUST JUST GIVING YOU THAT HE HE'S GOT THAT EXPERIENCE. WELL I MEAN IT'S GOT THE CEMENT THERE, BUT EVERYTHING ON THE INSIDE, WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN OUT AND TOOK OFF. I MEAN, IT WAS PACKED FULL OF APPLIANCES AND LAWNMOWERS. AND I MEAN, WE GOT A LOT DONE LAST WEEK, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE ME A COUPLE MONTHS TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. I THINK WHAT THEY'VE DONE HAS MADE IT WORSE IS WHAT? WELL, I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THAT DOWN THIS WEEK. NOW DO I, JUST TO GET THE METAL OFF THE FRONT, I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A DEMO PERMIT FOR THAT. OKAY. THAT'S JUST THEY'VE ADDED ALL THAT ON. YEAH. YEAH.

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JUNK AND TRASH. ON THE PREMISES. I'M GOING TO GIVE HER A LITTLE EXTRA TIME. I'M GOING TO GIVE HER 60 DAYS TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY AND BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL JUNK AND TRASH, AND ADDRESS THE UNFIT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE AS DEFINED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND REMOVE ALL OF THE DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, REPAIR THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. NOW THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY COST YOU MONEY. WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN. I'LL JUST GET THE PERMIT, TAKE IT DOWN AND START OVER. OKAY? YOU'VE GOT TO. IF YOU KEEP IT AND TRY TO REPAIR IT, YOU GOT TO SUBMIT A COMPLETE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION TO BUILDERS, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. AND THAT APPLICATION'S GOT TO INCLUDE A FULL STRUCTURAL REPORT AND COMPLETE SET OF STRUCTURAL REPAIR DRAWINGS FROM A LICENSED A FLORIDA LICENSED AND REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. YOU'VE GOT TO SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIME FRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, ALL YOUR REQUIRED PERMITS, ENGINEERING PLANS, ETC. HAVE GOT TO GO THROUGH AND PASS THE PLANS REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE ANY PERMITS WILL ISSUE. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY BAY COUNTY BUILDERS SERVICES OR A DESIGNEE. THE REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED, AND PERMITS MUST BE FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DEEMED COMPLETE. IF AT ANY TIME THE PERMITS BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON, IT SHALL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP CODE ENFORCEMENT NOTIFIED OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

IF THE READ THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITHIN THE 60 DAYS. I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO FIND YOU $500 OR. THE $500. THAT FIVE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, AND NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF YOU GET EITHER A DEMOLITION OR BUILDING PERMIT. AND AGAIN, THEY BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER THAT WILL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT AND FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE ORDER. OKAY, SO I HAVE TO GET THE PERMIT BEFORE I START TAKING THAT BUILDING DOWN.

THAT'S YEAH, PRETTY MUCH THAT'S THE CASE. YES. HE'S I THINK YOU SAID YOU COULD SHE COULD REMOVE SOME TEN. BUT BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO THE BUSINESS OF TAKING THE BEAMS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF DOWN, THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A PERMIT. OKAY. AND THIS IS YOUR NUMBER. OKAY. I'LL DO THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ONE MORE IN ATTENDANCE. IT LOOKS LIKE. YES, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COME IN LATE. ITEM K WAS NOT LATE. AND I WOULD ASK IF WE DO THE PHONE CALL AFTER K ONLY BECAUSE. BUT CHARLIE IS AFTER K. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. OKAY. A

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MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER FROM THE FIRST HEARING HELD ON JULY 9TH, 2025. RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES. THE RESPONDENT IN THIS CASE IS ANTHONY, RIGHT. THE ORIGINAL CASE WAS THE ACTUAL BECAUSE HE IS THE MOBILE HOME. THE. MR. UP, I BELIEVE IT IS WAS ALSO PRESENT AS HE WAS THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AT ALL COSTS. ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST. THE REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT, WHO IN THIS CASE IS RIGHT AS THE RESPONDENT. ANY FINES AND COSTS OF THE ABATEMENT WILL BE ASSESSED AT THE FINAL HEARING. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS A. CASE FILE. PHOTO. SLIDE NUMBER THREE. THIS IS TAKEN AUGUST 8TH, 2025, JUST AS A REMINDER OF THE MOBILE HOME THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING. WE ARE DISCUSSING. ON AUGUST 15TH, THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY. OCTOBER 21ST, 2025 AND ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT A COST OF $800. PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN. ON THE ASSESSMENT SURVEY. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $1,974 EXTRA. NINE IN THERE. YEP. ALL RIGHT. SO $1,974. CORRECT. OKAY. AND UPON INSPECTION ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025, PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING ■ADDRESS PO BOX 1931, BLAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA. LISTED IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S AT AND DELIVERED BUT DELIVERED ON NOVEMBER 24TH, 2025. ON JANUARY 13TH, I MADE CONTACT TELEPHONE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER OF THE MOBILE HOME, ANTHONY, RIGHT AND ADVISE HIM OF THE FINAL HEARING. MR. WRIGHT STATED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD AGREED TO PAY THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT AS A RESULT OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THEREFORE, HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HE HAD TO BE AT THE FINAL HEARING. I ADVISED HIM THAT WE HAD NOT RECEIVED PAYMENT AND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS ALSO NOTICED FOR THIS HEARING. ON THAT SAME DATE, I DID SEND A CERTIFIED NOTICE OF HEARING TO MR. BRIGHT.

CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED ON JANUARY 17TH. ON MR. WRIGHT ALSO. I'M SORRY WE DID OBTAIN A COPY OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT BRIGHT WAS TALKING ABOUT. I THINK THAT'S INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS WELL, JUST FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE. ON JANUARY 27TH, THE COPY WAS OF THE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT WEBSITE ON JANUARY 29TH. TO DATE, I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MR. CROFT. OR DID THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REFLECT THAT AGREEMENT? AS STATED, IT DID NOT. WHAT IT STATES IS THAT MR. KLOPP OWES $5,000 TO. RIGHT? I KNOW HE'S HERE TO TESTIFY AND EXPLAIN HOW THAT. PAYMENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHO'S HERE TO ON BEHALF OF THE. OKAY. COME ON UP. COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE. TELL US YOUR NAME, PLEASE, SIR.

PARDON? TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. ANTHONY WRIGHT 2302309 LAUREL

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BUT IF YOU WANTED TO TALK TO HER AND SHE WOULD CONFIRM THAT, HE AGREED THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DEMOLITION. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THIS. PARDON? THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. HAS HE PAID YOU THIS MONEY YET? IT WHAT HAPPENED WAS IT WAS A THE COURTROOM WAS FULL AND THEY HAD MEDIATORS. OKAY. LET ME MY QUESTION WAS, HAS HE PAID YOU THIS MONEY YET? I CAN'T HEAR YOU. HAS HE PAID YOU THIS $5,000? YES. OKAY. AND WHAT WAS THAT FOR? BECAUSE THIS ALL STARTED FROM HIS NEGLECT OF THE SEPTIC TANK THAT LEAKED IN MY FRONT YARD. OKAY. AND HE WOULD NOT REMEDY THE SITUATION. AND I LEFT AND GOT A MOTEL. AND THE WHOLE TIME I'M WAITING FOR HIM TO REPAIR THE SEPTIC TANK, WHICH HE STILL HAS NOT REPAIRED OVER A YEAR NOW, AND IT'S STILL LEAKING. THERE'S ONE REMAINING MOBILE HOME THERE, AND THE FAMILY THAT LIVES THERE. WHY? WHY ARE THEY? WHY HAVEN'T THEY BEEN CONDEMNED? AND WHY HASN'T THEIR MOBILE HOME BEEN TORN DOWN AND SEPTIC TANK STILL LEAKS? WELL, THE PROBLEM IS IT WAS YOUR MOBILE HOME THAT THEY HAD TO TAKE DOWN, RIGHT? PARDON? YOU OWN THE MOBILE HOME. YES, BUT I DON'T OWN THE LAND. YEAH, WELL, BUT THE THE MOBILE HOME WAS WHAT WAS REMOVED CORRECT.

YES. OKAY. WELL. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT, THAT THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS YOURS TO, TO, TO PAY FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE MOBILE HOME. YES. BUT KLOPP SAID THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DEMOLITION. I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN YOU NEED TO SUE HIM FOR THAT. BUT ANYTHING ELSE? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE FACTS BEFORE ME, IN THE FORM OF THE PREVIOUS ORDER AS WELL AS THE. TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD TODAY, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT. ANTHONY WRIGHT, SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE SUM OF $2,774 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR THE COST OF REMOVING THE OR ABATING THE VIOLATION BY REMOVING THE MOBILE HOME. I'M GOING TO WAIVE THE FINE. IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT HE DOES NOT OWN THE PROPERTY, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE COST OF REMOVING

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE IN RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. OKAY.

ALL. RIGHT. NOW. ROBBIE. ROBBIE. INSIDE. THAT'S IT. TELL EM I'M SORRY F L M. AGAIN. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THE PHONE CALL NEXT SO THAT I CAN LEAVE. I WILL NEED TO SWEAR. RIGHT.

EVERYBODY WILL HAVE TO BE SWORN IN.

OKAY, WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD. RECORD? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL WE'LL DO ITEM I AS AN ITEM. THIS IS A CALL PROPERTY. ADDRESS IS TWO, THREE, THREE, FOUR GRAND EACH LANE. YOUR CALL CANNOT BE COMPLETED AS SUCH.

SO. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY, I'M GOING TO RUN OUT TO THE CAR OKAY? OKAY WITH ME. OKAY. HELLO. CAN I PLEASE SPEAK WITH BRUCE YEAGER? SPEAKING. THIS IS JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE. GO AHEAD AND GET YOU SWORN IN. YES. GO AHEAD AND GET YOU SWORN IN. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? YES, I DO, AND CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS, PLEASE? YES. 2015 RICHARD STREET P R I T C H A R D STREET AND THAT'S 32405. MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT. OKAY. MR. MR. YEAGER, MY NAME IS BILL LEWIS. I'M THE MAGISTRATE

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BERNIE. BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN, TONY. ALL RIGHT.

I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS. FOR THE RECORD, THIS FIRST SLIDE IS FOR LOCATION PURPOSES ONLY. YOU CAN SEE PETRONAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UP THE TOP OF THE PHOTOGRAPH AS THOMAS DRIVE. WE GOT THE NAVY BASE, WHICH IN THE. SUBDIVISION OFF SUMMER OAK, GRAND OAK. WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE MOBILE HOME THAT'S CIRCLED IN RED. ON MARCH 28TH, 2025. I OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY WHILE PATROLLING THE UNINCORPORATED BAY COUNTY AND PANAMA CITY BEACH. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND, IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE MOBILE HOME, JUNK FURNITURE, TRASH, OVERGROWTH AND APPLIANCES. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. MARCH 28TH, 2025. THESE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE, I BELIEVE, TAKEN BY BRANDON IRWIN. YOU CAN SEE YOU GOT JUNK, TRASH, UNSCREENED, PERSONAL PROPERTY.

BROADSTAIRS, JUST FULL OF STUFF, JUST ROLLING OUT OF IT. CAN'T EVEN CLOSE THE DOOR. THE MOBILE HOME. YOU GOT DAMAGE TO THE ROOF. DAMAGE TO THE FRONT EAVES. UNTIL THE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND INKED BY SPECTROSCOPY.ALL INSPECTOR. MR. YEAGER, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES I CAN, HEY, THIS IS SCOTT. I MET YOU AT THE DOOR AND GAVE YOU MY CARD. SO THIS THIS IS A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME. SITS ON A PROPERTY. IT WAS OCCUPIED. IT'S HAVING INSPECTION. POWER AND WATER WAS AVAILABLE. SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. THE HIM AND HIS WIFE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. THIS IS HURRICANE MICHAEL ALONG WITH TORNADO FIN FROM. ONE OF THESE SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO THE FASCIA, SOFFIT, ROOF DECKING, ASPHALT SHINGLES AS WELL, STUCCO AND FRAMEWORK OF THE OUTSIDE PORCH IS ALSO ROTTED COLLAPSED. UNDERNEATH THE PORCH.

SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE ROOF AND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AMONG THE MOBILE HOME. DAMAGE AROUND THE WINDOWS ALONG SOFFIT OPEN OPEN SOFFIT AS WELL. DOWN ALONG THE SIDE. AGAIN, OVERGROWN HAS BEEN SOME REPAIRS DONE UNDERNEATH THAT BOXED OUT WINDOW THERE AND ROTTING UNDERNEATH, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, STRUCTURAL FRAMING AND INTERIOR WAS VISIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR. SOME MORE REPAIRS WITH SOME. I DON'T. AS WE GO AROUND THE SIDE. THERE WAS AN ADDITION ON THE BACK THAT'S PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND OPENED. HAD BELL ADDED ON TO MORE DAMAGE TO REAR THERE. OPEN GABLE ENDS ON THAT BACK WALL. NO, NO SHEETING ON THE EXTERIOR WALL. SO. OTHER ADDITIONS TO THE TOP LEFT THERE. AND SLIDE 23. THERE'S SOME SIDING DAMAGE ON THE BACK, MORE ROTTING AROUND THE SOFFIT AT THE TOP OF THE PHOTO UP THERE AND AROUND THE DOOR AS WELL. THIS JUST SHOWING LIKE ACCESS COMPLETELY AROUND THE PROPERTY DUE TO THE PAIN. AS IT SITS UNFINISHED. UNSAFE MOBILE HOME. I DID SUPPLY THE INFORMATION FOR REBUILD. THEY WERE IN CONTACT WITH THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WENT. LET ME ASK YOU AS IT RELATES TO THE FRONT PORCH AND THE OTHER ADDITIONS, WERE THEY APPROPRIATELY ATTACHED TO THE THE MOBILE HOME OR. I THINK THEY WERE DONE SO LONG AGO. YOU CAN'T TELL, I CAN'T TELL, BUT DUE TO THE IMAGE THAT THEY WEREN'T DONE PROPERLY. AND I HAVE NOTICED THAT OVER THE

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NOVEMBER 24TH, 2025 I INSPECT THE PROPERTY. IT STILL REMAINS IN VIOLATION. GOT A WALKER OR WHAT IT WAS? LIKE A TUB OR A BOX OR SOMETHING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT PHOTO. DECEMBER 17TH, 2025 GROSS VIOLATION NOTICE HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER. RECORD USING ADDRESS 2334 GRAND OAKS LANE, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA. CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON JANUARY THE 5TH, 2026. JANUARY 29TH, 2026.

POSTED THE PROPERTY. ON FEBRUARY THE 4TH, 2026. I SPOKE WITH CYNTHIA YEAGER BY PHONE.

SHE ADVISED THEY WERE WORKING WITH BREAKING GROUND ON THE DEMOLITION ADVISOR. I NEEDED A COPY OF THE CONTRACT, SHE ADVISED. THEY WILL TRY TO HAVE THE DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR THE.

FEBRUARY THE 9TH, 2026. I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AND ON FEBRUARY THE 11TH, 2026 DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS ISSUED. THAT PERMIT EXPIRES ON AUGUST 11TH, 2026. THIS WAS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON MARCH 19TH, 2026 AT ONE A. THIS IS THIS IS CATHERINE ASHMAN. I'M THE MANAGER PERMIT NOW NOW THAT THEY HAVE THE PERMIT, WHICH EXPIRES ON AUGUST 11TH, 2023. WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT COMPLIANCE HEARING TO AUGUST 11TH. OKAY, INCLUDE THE DEMOLITION OF THE OWNER. OKAY. AND IF YOU DO THAT, YOU'LL JUST INSPECT IT AND HAVE IT PULLED OFF THE DOCKET OR THE AUGUST DOCKET OR WHATEVER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. YEAGER, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK, CODE ENFORCEMENT OR ANYTHING? WELL, EVERYTHING'S PRETTY MUCH IN SHAPE NOW, I THINK, TO PROCEED WITH. I'VE JUST GOT TO GET THE REST OF THE THINGS OUT AND LET THEM GO AT IT. WE JUST WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME PRETTY HARD TIMES AND MR. DOLAN AND EVERYTHING. MR. YEAGER, I'M SORRY, I CANNOT I'M SORRY. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT? NO, I DON'T OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO DEMOLISH THE PREMISES. YES. OKAY, SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, FIND THAT THERE'S A VIOLATION, FIND THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING IT THROUGH THE DEMOLITION PROCESS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SET IT FOR ANOTHER HEARING AT THE EXPIRATION OF THAT, THAT PERMIT, IF THEY GET IT DEMOLISHED QUICKER, THEN WE CAN PULL IT OFF. THE YOU KNOW, WE'LL ADDRESS THAT. WE'LL DO AN INSPECTION OR CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE'LL DO AN INSPECTION AND SAY, YEP, THEY'VE GOT IT CLEANED UP, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT OFF THE DOCKET. OKAY, I GOT YOU. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS VERY REASONABLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE IS, IN FACT, A VIOLATION OF 1702 ON THE PREMISES IN THE FORM OF AN

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A GOOD DAY. BYE BYE. YOU TOO. THANK YOU. ITEMS THAT CAME IN LATE ARE ITEMS F, AS IN FRANK, L AS IN LINCOLN AND M AS IN MARY. AND WE ALL WILL HAVE TO BE SWORN IN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. EVERYBODY THAT HAS CASE NUMBER. WELL LET'S SEE, LET ME JUST CALL IT PHYLLIS HAN. JEFFREY LESLIE LESNIAK AND HAZEL CHERYL. ANYBODY IN THOSE CASES, IF YOU WOULD STAND AND BE SWORN, I KNOW. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 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? THANK YOU. OKAY, MISS ASHMAN. HEY, ITEM F, PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7113 TIMBERLINE ROAD. THIS IS A COMPLIANCE HEARING THAT HAD BEEN CONTINUED. MULTIPLE TIMES. NUMBER FIVE. FIRST, HUBBARD IS HERE TO TESTIFY. OH, WHAT'S HIS NAME? CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. THE MAGISTRATE.

THIS CASE WENT BEFORE YOU ON JANUARY 8TH, 2026. HE ORDERED THAT RESPONDENT WAS TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT AND A PERMIT TO LIVE IN THE FIFTH WHEEL BY FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026. IF THE RESPONDENT WAS TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT, THE MAGISTRATE WOULD ALLOW THE MOTORHOME TO BE CONSIDERED ONE DERELICT VEHICLE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT ANYTHING ELSE LEFT ON THE PROPERTY NEED TO BE REMOVED. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR THAT DAY. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTIES INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. HE CONTINUED THIS CASE UNTIL FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026 AT 9 A.M. COPIED. THE ORDER WAS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT B IS IN THE CASE FILE. HERE'S SOME PHOTOGRAPHS TO REMIND YOU OF WHERE WE'RE AT. WERE THAT WAS THE LAST HEARING. I'M SORRY. WHAT? FEBRUARY? FEBRUARY 4TH.

OKAY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE THREE RVS WERE ON THE PROPERTY AT THAT TIME. THE FIFTH WHEEL, THE ONE IN THE VERY BACK, AND THEN THE ONE THAT WAS BEING DEMOED. THIS WAS FEBRUARY 4TH. YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT WE DEALT WITH BEFORE ARE NOW GONE. JUST LEAVING THE THIS HERE, THE ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEMOED, IT'S BEEN EMPTIED OUT. THERE'S THE FIFTH WHEEL. IT'S THERE TIGER. NO INDICATION THAT IT'S. AND THEN THERE'S THE ONE IN THE BACK WITH THE PROPERTY STORED IN IT. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE THAT REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR TO DATE. AS AN. THE CAMPER, THE ONE THAT WAS POST YOUR NAME FIRST PHYLLIS HAND 7113 TIMBER RUN ROAD. THE CAMPER WITH ALL THE STUFF. ALL THE STUFF DONE BEEN ALMOST CLEARED. I'VE BEEN THERE ALL NIGHT. THEY CAMPERS SHOULD BE GONE BY NOW. THEY HAD TWO TRAILERS. THEY'RE PULLING THAT OFF. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN REGISTERED AND MY LICENSE IS RESTORED. IT'S SITTING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT. YOU TOLD ME I COULD USE THAT AS A STORAGE TO GET THE PERMIT TO LIVE IN THE FIFTH WHEEL, BECAUSE I HAVE A I WENT BACK DOWN AND CHECKED ON

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I JUST GOT THAT LEGAL AGAIN. SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON OTHER PEOPLE. WELL, BUT I HAVE NONSTOP SINCE I GOT HOME. WORKED ON THAT PROPERTY. WELL, MY SISTER PASSED AWAY, SO I COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, THE THE FACT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I HOPE ALL THAT'S GONE BECAUSE THAT IS A MESS RIGHT THERE. YEAH. IT WAS ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE ORDER ENTERED IN THIS CASE, THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT, OR ANY CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER UPON THE PREMISES AND ABATE ANY AND ALL VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THIS ORDER. THE. ANY FINES AND THE COST OF ABATEMENT WILL BE ADDRESSED AT A FINAL HEARING.

UPON THE RECORDING OF THE ORDER AND THE RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THOSE COSTS WILL BE A LIEN ON

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THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. YEAH, THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE OCTOBER 15TH HEARING. ACCESSORY UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY IN THE BACK OF.

THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT RESPOND TO PAY $1,000 IN FINES, STATUTORY INTEREST PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED UPON ANY OTHER REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B, THE CASE FILE ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL SAYING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 15TH. OCTOBER 22ND, 2025. THAT NOTICE WAS.

SENT WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY DURING A PRE-BID INSPECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SECOND SLIDE, NUMBER EIGHT. AND NINE, SLIDE NUMBER TEN, THE REMAINED OF THE STRUCTURE. NOVEMBER 3RD. MR. GIFFORD CONTACTED CODE ENFORCEMENT, REQUESTED AN INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY.

NOVEMBER 4TH. INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE MET WITH MR. LESNICK ON THE PROPERTY. MR. LESNICK HAD REMOVED THE OVERGROWTH. FROM THE PROPERTY. HOWEVER THE JUNK STILL REMAINED. MR. LESNICK WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT WHEN HE HAD REPORTED THE VIOLATIONS. ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2025, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY WAS THEN FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. COMPLIANCE. COMPLIANCE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND. SLIDE 15. THIS IS WHERE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS. ON NOVEMBER 18TH, THE FINAL NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY USING THE ADDRESS 6210 WEST THIRD PLACE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IS LISTED ON THE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED ON NOVEMBER 24TH, 2025. ON DECEMBER 18TH, COPY OF THE NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE BAY COUNTY, JUNE 29TH JANUARY 29TH, 2026. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY IN COMPLIANCE NOW. IT IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. LESNIAK. YES, SIR. DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? YES, SIR. OKAY. NOW, YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL HERE. YOU'VE YOU'VE WON THE WAR. YOU'VE WON THE BATTLE. DON'T LOSE THE WAR. I'M JUST SAYING IS THE FIRST TIME THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT. YOU GUYS SAY I WAS NOTIFIED. I, I, MY NEIGHBORS TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A PAPER ON MY ON MY DOOR. THAT'S HOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. THEY READ IT TO ME. I CAME DOWN, CALLED SCOTT, GOT IT DONE. YOU GUYS DIDN'T HAVE YOU GUYS HAD THE

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THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK. YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE. NO LEAN, NO NOTHING. NO NOTHING. YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY, YOUR HONOR. IMPOSED $1,000 FINE AT THE LAST HEARING. THERE IS $1,000 FINE. IMPOSED AT THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. LET'S SEE.

ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON. WELL, IT'S NOT AS FINE A DAY AS I THOUGHT IT WAS. YOU. STILL, YOU STILL OWE US $1,000. FOR WHAT? BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE. TIMELY. YOUR HONOR, I WASN'T NOTIFIED THAT FIRST TIME. WELL, THE THING IS, YOU'RE DEEMED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ON YOUR PROPERTY, AND THEY POSTED IT. HOW CAN I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE PROPERTY? WHEN I LIVE IN CHICAGO? MY NEIGHBORS. THAT'S YOUR FAULT. MY NEIGHBOR TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A PAPER ON THE DOOR WHEN THAT PAPER WAS PUT ON THE DOOR, SO THEY TOLD ME WHAT IT WAS. I CAME DOWN HERE, I GOT AHOLD OF SCOTT, AND I MEAN, EVERYTHING WAS DONE WITHIN A WEEK. I HAD EVERYTHING DONE. WITHIN A WEEK. I CALLED HIM BACK. HE SAID, FINE, WE'RE GOOD TO GO. NOTICE THAT HE'S RESPONDING TO WHAT WAS THAT? THE NONCOMPLIANCE. I GIVE YOU A LITTLE STORY, OKAY? I FOUND OUT WITH HIM. HE'S UNDER PROBATION UP THERE. HE CAN'T CHANGE HIS ADDRESS THROUGH PROPERTY APPRAISER BECAUSE THEN HE WOULD HAVE TO TRANSFER HERE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE RENTER THAT WAS THERE. YEAH, HE HAD SOME INCIDENTS. SO THEY WON'T ALLOW HIM TO CHANGE HIS ADDRESS FROM PROPERTY APPRAISER TO CHICAGO. SO HE WASN'T GETTING ANY NOTICES AFTER HE FOUND ME. THAT'S WHY I PUT HIS CHICAGO ADDRESS IN THERE. AS SOON AS HE FOUND OUT, HE CAME DOWN AND DID WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. IF HE FOUND OUT AT THE BEGINNING. HE'S ON SUPERVISION HERE UP THERE IN CHICAGO. OKAY. SO HE HE'S ALLOWED TO TO TO TRAVEL BACK FORTH, BUT HE COULDN'T CHANGE HIS ADDRESS BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE HIS PROBATION HERE. PROBABLY WON'T ACCEPT HIM. I MEAN, ONLY RESIDENT. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO LET YOU OFF THE HOOK. I'M GOING TO VACATE THE FINE. THANKS. BECAUSE I GOT MORE TIME THAN MONEY. WELL, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S YOUR FAULT FOR LIVING IN CHICAGO. I JUST INHERITED THE PROPERTY. I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT IN THE FAMILY. YOU KNOW, MY BROTHER JUST DIED.

WELL, MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO OR SO, BUT LIKE I SAID, I GOT MORE TIME THAN MONEY. WE'RE GOOD TO GO. YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO CHICAGO? GO AHEAD. YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I LIVE. BUT I'LL BE BACK.

GOD BLESS YOU. I AM GOING TO. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THING CALLED SNOWBIRDS. ALL RIGHT.

TAKE CARE. HAVE YOU HAD. I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL. OKAY. I AM, I CLEARED OUT THE FRENCH LINES AND EVERYTHING. TWO. THREE, THREE. DO YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE? MAN THREE NINE MCCORMICK ROAD.

THIS IS ALSO A FINAL HEARING. YEAH, IT'S SO CLOSE. ELAINE. PASSIVE ABATEMENT. COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HELD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON BY 16, 2025. MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER FROM THE FIRST HEARING HELD ON MARCH 12TH, 2025. RESPONDENT'S DAUGHTER, KAYLA CHERYL APPEARED AT THE HEARING. PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE. OKAY, WELL, STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER THREE, THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU BY 16TH HEARING. JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY. THE MAGISTRATE WAIVED THE HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE AND DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED ON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. COPY. THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B FILE. ON JULY 21ST, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ON AUGUST 26TH AND ACCEPTED THE COST OF $1,000. THESE ARE THE. PHOTOS STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER 13, TAKING DURING THE ASBESTOS SURVEY, AUGUST 26TH. THERE WERE MULTIPLE STRUCTURES ON THIS PROPERTY. THAT'S WHY THEY COST. THE ASBESTOS WAS 1000 THAN THE REGULAR. THE REGULAR $800. ON

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AND ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. WITH. ON NOVEMBER 18TH, THEY NOTICE A FINAL HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS 3826. JARRETT DRIVE. THEY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE.

THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2025. DECEMBER 18TH A COPY OF THE NOTICE APPEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 29TH, 2026, AND THAT IS. THE CHERYL. O. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS.

KAYLA CHERYL, 875 WEST 11TH STREET, APARTMENT 610. OKAY, WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? IT'S GONE. I HOPE YOU ALL ARE HAPPY. WELL, I JUST GOT MY DADDY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. HE LIVED. I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE MY DAD'S OUT IN THE CAR. HE CAN'T EVEN WALK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT Y'ALL WANTED, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S GONE. SO HE'S HOMELESS NOW, SO IT'S GREAT. IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. HE'S LIVING WITH ME NOW, AND I'M TAKING CARE OF HIM. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S. I KNOW IT WAS A LOT. YOU KNOW, HURRICANE MICHAEL REALLY DID A DAMAGE.

AND AS I HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES GOT DAMAGED BY HURRICANE MICHAEL. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST, LIKE, ALL ON ME. SO, I MEAN, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? I MEAN, I CAN ONLY DO WHAT I CAN DO. I GOT DUMPSTERS, I GOT ALL THAT STUFF REMOVED. I DON'T I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GONE. SO, I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A LIEN ON IT NOW FOR LIKE 11, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT ANY OF THIS STUFF. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING ANY OF THIS. THIS LAND AIN'T EVEN IN MY NAME, SO.

AND NOBODY'S NAME THAT IT'S IN IS HERE. SO. AND EVEN MY UNCLE RAY, HE IS. HE'S IN THE HOSPITAL TO HIS HEALTH IS BAD. SO IT'S JUST LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S HERE SHOWING UP AND DEALING WITH THIS, AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST LIKE, THIS IS A LOT, YOU KNOW? AND SO.

YEAH. WHOSE NAME IS THE PROPERTY IN IT IS IN HAZEL CHERYL, WHICH IS MY GRANDMOTHER, BUT IT'S IN TRUST OF RAYMOND, CHERYL AND RAYMOND. CHERYL. THAT'S MY DADDY'S BROTHER.

THAT'S MY UNCLE. OKAY. AND. YEAH. AND HE, HE, YOU KNOW. YEAH, HIS HEALTH IS BAD. BUT MAN, YOU KNOW, HE HE AIN'T REALLY TOO MUCH WORRIED ABOUT THAT PROPERTY RIGHT THERE AT 2339 MCCORMICK ROAD. I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT IS WORRIED ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT PROPERTY IS THE VALUE OF IT, BECAUSE IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN MY DADDY'S NAME, HE COULD HAVE GOT A NEW TRAILER PUT THERE WITH REBUILD BAY, WHO I WAS WORKING WITH. BUT MY UNCLE LIKE REFUSES. LIKE IT'S NOT EVEN A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD. AND EVEN THOUGH I TELL THEM LIKE YOU HAVE TO, Y'ALL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS LIKE YOU HAVE TO, AND IT'S JUST NOT A CONVERSATION THAT'S EVER HAD. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT MY DADDY WITH ME AND HE'S DOING FINE. I JUST GOT HIM OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SO HAPPY HE'S STILL HERE. BUT LIKE I SAID, HE'S IN THE CAR RIGHT NOW. HE COULDN'T EVEN WALK TO COME IN HERE, SO. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BEEN A IT'S BEEN HARD, BUT IT SEEMS BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR UNCLE IS THE ONE WHO'S REALLY GOT THE INTEREST IN THE THE PROPERTY, I GUESS, FOR THE VALUE OF IT OR WHATEVER. I'M NOT SURE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ME AND MY DADDY AND MY BROTHER, WE'VE LIVED THERE SINCE I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. AND, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, MY, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER WAS HERE, LIKE WHEN WE FIRST GOT THAT PLACE, IT WAS SUPER NICE. BUT THEN LIKE AFTER THE HURRICANE, BLOWING EVERYTHING OVER AND DOING WHAT IT WANTED WITH THE PROPERTY, I MEAN, BOTH OF MY DADDY'S SHEDS WAS KNOCKED OVER, YOU KNOW, THE BACK PORCH WAS RIPPED OFF, THE FRONT PORCH WAS RIPPED OFF, THE ROOF LIFTED. SO WATER CAME INSIDE. THERE WAS WATER DAMAGE.

THERE WAS SO MUCH. AND HE NEVER DID GET HELP LIKE IT WAS. IT WAS TRULY UNFIT AND UNSAFE

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THE PROPERTY IS NOW BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. AFTER THE EXPENDITURE OF THAT THOSE FUNDS. BUT UPON THE RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER IN THE RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THESE COSTS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WILL BE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT IN BAY COUNTY. SO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? $11,301? WELL, WHOEVER IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. RIGHT. AND IF THAT AND IF THAT DON'T GET PAID AND LIKE, HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE TO PAY THAT? WELL, IT WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR TAX BILL AND YOU CAN PAY IT OVER TIME ON, ON A TAX BILL. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DRAWING INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE ALL THAT TIME.

AND THEN IF IF THE LOT WERE SOLD, THE CLOSING COMPANY WOULD TAKE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE AND GIVE THAT TO THE COUNTY, I SEE IF THE IF IT'S SOLD, THEN I OKAY. IF, IF HE IF, IF, IF UNCLE RAY WAS TO SELL IT THEN THE MONEY THAT IS YOU KNOW THAT HE GETS FROM THE HOUSE WOULD YOU KNOW PAY THAT 11,300 WHEN I GET THAT? IF IF HE SOLD IT FOR $20,000, 11,000 PLUS WHATEVER INTEREST IS ACCRUED WOULD GO TO THE COUNTY AND THEN IT MIGHT BE SOME OTHER CLOSING COSTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. IF HE SOLD IT FOR $5,000, THEN THERE'S STILL A BALANCE MONEY, MORE MONEY OWING THAT WOULD GO AGAINST HIM, BE A LIEN AGAINST HIS ASSETS OR WHOEVER'S THE OWNER. OKAY. JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GET FOR IT IF YOU SELL IT. YEAH. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL MY OTHER UNCLE, TOO WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THERE'S JUST CLOUD, YOU KNOW, ABOVE THE BROTHERS. YOU GET INVOLVED WITH FAMILY. IT GETS COMPLICATED. YEAH, I KNOW, AND AND AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING I EVEN LIKE DEALING WITH. I JUST WANT TO TAKE CARE OF MY DAD. OKAY, WELL. AND THAT'S ALL. AND I JUST WISH THAT THEY WOULD GET THEIR STUFF TOGETHER, LIKE, HELLO. COME ON. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, I MEAN, I DON'T. WELL, IT'S ADMIRABLE THAT YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF YOUR DADDY, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, I LOVE HIM. SO FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD SAY THAT MR. EARL DID A LOT OF WORK CLEANING UP. I HAVE TORN MY ROTATOR CUFF, I AM I MY BODY IS HURT. OKAY. LIKE I FEEL LIKE A 60. LIKE I FEEL LIKE I'M 60, 70 YEARS OLD. I'M SERIOUS. I CAN'T EVEN LIFT MY ARM ANYMORE. LIKE I REALLY DID HURT MYSELF DEALING WITH THIS. LIKE, GOD, I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID TO. THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. I MISSED ANOTHER PERSON. THERE IS ITEM G IS ALSO HERE. SO I APOLOGIZE. NO PROBLEM. AND THAT IS THAT PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 3036 EAST 13TH COURT. AND HE RECORDED. ON THAT. SLIDE. NUMBER TWO IS JUST AERIAL FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. IT'S IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS CEDAR GROVE. CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, OUTLINED IN BLUE, CIRCLED IN RED. THERE IS ALSO, AGAIN ON THIS CASE, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SO WE WILL. PHOTOS. BUT ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2024, INVESTIGATOR TONY BRUNING OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. TONY BRUNING, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE RECORD ON DECEMBER THE 9TH, 2024. I OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY WHILE PATROLLING UNINCORPORATED AREA BAY COUNTY KNOWN AS CEDAR GROVE.

I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION OF A 1702, IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED

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WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THE YARD IS BEING MAINTAINED. AND THE VIOLATION OF JUNK BEING CORRECTED. ON APRIL 11TH, 2025. WE INSPECTED IN THE GRASS IS GROWING UP AGAIN. NOVEMBER 24TH, 2025 WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ALTHOUGH THE YARD HAD BEEN MOWED AGAIN. DECEMBER 10TH, 2025. NOTICE OF VIOLATION. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER. RECORD USING THE ADDRESS. 8138 MARTIA ROAD, SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA. CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN. ON JANUARY 29TH, 2026, THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED AND ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2026, RE-INSPECTION AND THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. YEAH, THE SITE HAS BEEN REPLACED. I COULDN'T TELL ON THAT WINDOW OR NOT, BUT YEAH, OKAY, SO THE WINDOW HAS BEEN REPLACED. OKAY, SO THEY ARE NOW IN COMPLIANCE. AND AT THIS POINT WE ARE JUST FINDING ASKING THAT YOU FIND THAT THERE WAS A VIOLATION OF 17 TWO AND A FORM OF BLIGHTED PROPERTY AND OVERGROWTH. AND THAT VIOLATION COULD BE CONSIDERED AS A VIOLATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY? GOOD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I'M JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE I'M IN COMPLIANCE NOW. YEAH, RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY WAS IN VIOLATION BY VIRTUE OF THE THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME. BUT THE AND AND JUNK TRASH OVERGROWTH, ETCETERA IN THE YARD. BUT THAT THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN CORRECTED AND THE PROPERTY IS PRESENTLY IN COMPLIANCE. HOWEVER ANY OTHER OR FUTURE VIOLATION RELATED TO OVERGROWTH IN BLIGHTED CONDITIONS WILL BE DEEMED A REPEAT VIOLATION. BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE GOOD. CONTINUING ON WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ITEM A PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 3004 SARASOTA AVENUE. LOCATION PURPOSES. WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS HIGHLAND PARK, WE HAVE HIGHWAY 231 EAST BALDWIN ROAD. HIGHLAND PARK ELEMENTARY, PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THANK YOU. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS A REPEAT VIOLATION AS ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2022, THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY LAND BELT REGULATION CHAPTER FOUR AND THE FORM OF NON ALLOWABLE USE FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONING. A

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OBVIOUSLY THE ONE THERE ON SARASOTA RETURNED UNCLAIMED, AND THE ONES TO HER CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS SHE DID RECEIVE CERTIFIED AND NO REGULAR MAIL WAS RETURNED. ON THE 17TH OF NOVEMBER. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY, REMAINED IN VIOLATION AT THAT TIME. I SCHEDULED IT FOR A HEARING AGAIN. CERTIFIED WAS SENT BOTH ADDRESSES TO SARASOTA AND TO HER CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS. SARASOTA HAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS. SHE DID RECEIVE THE CERTIFIED NOTICE AND NO RETURN MAIL CAME JANUARY 21ST. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY, SEE THE OVERGROWTH WAS CUT, BUT HOWEVER, THE SEMI TRACTOR REMAINED 26 REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY AGAIN, AT WHICH TIME I POSTED THE PROPERTY. FOR THIS HEARING, THE 29TH, THE PROPERTY OWNER CAME INTO THE LOBBY AND SPOKE TO ME AND SAID SHE'S TRYING TO GET THE SEMI REMOVED BEFORE THE HEARING. FEBRUARY THE 4TH I WENT BY AND THE SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED AND THIS MORNING THE PROPERTY OWNER CAME INTO THE OFFICE AND SPOKE WITH ME AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE I TOLD HER, YOU KNOW, THAT I KNEW THE PROPERTY WAS IN VIOLATION OR WASN'T IN VIOLATION. AND I TOLD HER YES, BUT I WAS STILL GOING TO PRESENT THE CASE TO YOU, SINCE THERE WAS A REPEAT VIOLATION TO HAVE HER DEEMED AS A REPEAT AGAIN, SHE CHOSE NOT TO BE HERE. SHE CHOSE TO GO INTO WORK. SO I HAVE NO FURTHER TESTIMONY THIS THIS TIME PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE. BUT THERE WAS A VIOLATION AGAIN. WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE FIRST VIOLATION? AGAIN, SAME THING. SAME THING. YES, SIR. IT WAS SHE WAS STORING BRICKS AND CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3004 SARASOTA AVENUE, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBDIVISIONS OF CHAPTER FOUR OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. NOTICE WAS GIVEN OF THIS HEARING TO THE RESPONDENT. SHE HAS FAILED TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY. THERE IS A OR HAS BEEN A SECOND REPEAT VIOLATION OF THE. LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ON THE PREMISES, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN CORRECTED. HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ANOTHER VIOLATION, IT WILL BE DEEMED A THIRD REPEAT OFFENSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM B OKAY. PROPERTY ADDRESS 1106 REDWOOD.

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PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN RED IS THAT ROSENWALD? ROSENWALD RIGHT THERE AND THEN 15TH. THE CLOSER UP AERIAL VIEW. ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2022, THE COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOUND THIS PROPERTY IN VIOLATION OF 1702, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE, TRASH, JUNK DEBRIS, DERELICT VEHICLES, AND OVERGROWTH. A COPY OF THAT ORDER, THE ORDER OF THE MAGISTRATE, WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE COUNTY ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2025, INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM THE BAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON TRANSIENTS THAT WERE STAYING IN A SHACK THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY, AND HE INITIATED THIS CASE THAT DAY, AND HE WAS VERY AFFECTED BY ROBERT CLARKSON. BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. AS MANAGER, JACKSON STATED, I HAVE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND AND REPORTS FOR THIS CASE. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THERE WERE TRANSIENTS THAT WERE LIVING IN THIS MAKESHIFT SHAFT ON THE PROPERTY. I WENT THERE AND DID AN INSPECTION. AT THAT TIME, I DISCOVERED THERE IN PHOTO FIVE THIS THIS CRUDE MADE. SHABBAT MORNING THAN ANYTHING.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBRIS. THIS AREA IS KIND OF KNOWN FOR DUMPING. THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST AERIAL. YOU SAW THE END OF THE ROAD. BUT THIS THIS HAS ALL BEEN PUT ON BY THE TRAIN THAT'S STAYING ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. THERE'S THERE'S WOOD DEBRIS THAT'S BEING USED TO KIND OF KEEP MAINTAINING THIS THING. A LOT OF HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE DUMPED IN THE BUSH.

THAT'S A BUCKET USED FOR HUMAN WASTE. NO ONE WAS THERE AT THE TIME. THIS IS JUST SOME MORE PICTURES OF THE CRUDE STRUCTURE OF THIS SHACK. MORE JUST JUNK AND DEBRIS AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS. THIS IS LOOKING INSIDE. I TRIED TO SEAL IT A LITTLE BIT. OBVIOUSLY, I COULD TELL SOMEONE WAS STAYING THERE, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NO ONE WAS THERE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHAIRS AND SOME PERSONAL ITEMS. BASED ON THE. THERE'S THE BUCKET. NICE PLACE. BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A REPEAT VIOLATION FOR A STRUCTURE AND JUNK AND DEBRIS, I WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE PROPERTY RECORD TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OF RECORD WHO LIVES IN CALIFORNIA, THAT WAS SENT CERTIFIED MAIL AND REGULAR MAIL.

THE TO DATE, THE. THERE'S BEEN NO RETURN RECEIPT AND NO RETURN CERTIFIED OR REGULAR MAIL. ON NOVEMBER THE 18TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION. ALL THE BEER AND STUFF IN THERE STILL. I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY TRASHED. DECEMBER 15TH WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND REMAINED IN VIOLATION. SLIDES. 30 NEW CHAIRS OUT THERE. BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING'S REMAINED THE SAME. BASED ON THIS, I WENT AHEAD AND SCHEDULED A HEARING FOR TODAY.

ONCE AGAIN, A CERTIFIED LETTER AND REGULAR MAIL WAS SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OF RECORD, BOTH CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL NOTICES WERE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED, CLAIMING THAT ADDRESS IS VACANT. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER CURRENT ADDRESSES. ON JANUARY THE 20TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IN VIOLATION. AGAIN. JANUARY 26TH, I WENT TO POST THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. THERE I FOUND AN INDIVIDUAL THERE WHO CLAIMED TO BE THE BROTHER OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, MELVIN MURPHY. HE CLAIMS THAT HE ERECTED THE STRUCTURE. HE CLAIMS HE DOESN'T LIVE THERE, BUT HE JUST STAYS THERE ON OCCASIONS. I TOLD HIM, OBVIOUSLY, WELL, THIS IS GOING TO A HEARING AND YOU KNOW, IF HE WANTS TO TEAR IT, YOU KNOW,

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PERIODICALLY. I WOULD DRIVE BY THERE IN THE MORNING SINCE I ACTUALLY FOUND SOMEBODY THERE.

AND EVERY MORNING I WENT BY FOR ABOUT THE LAST MONTH. HE WAS ALWAYS THERE. IT WAS LIKE 745 IN THE MORNING, SOMEBODY COMES AND PICKS HIM UP AND HE GOES TO WORK. SO HE CLAIMED TO LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT HE HE WAS PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS THERE. OBVIOUSLY WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY ON THE NINTH, REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AND AS OF TODAY THERE HAVE BEEN NO BUILDING PERMITS OR PERMITS ISSUED. HE DID KIND OF START CLEANING UP A LITTLE BIT, SURPRISINGLY, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL A LOT OF JUNK THERE. AND THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON MARCH 19TH AT 1 P.M. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EVIDENCE I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1106 REDWOOD AVENUE, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, THE. THERE WAS NOTICE GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE HAS FAILED TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY IN THIS MATTER. THE MATTER HAS ALSO BEEN POSTED FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. THE. SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ORDER FROM FEBRUARY OF 2022, AND THERE IS. HE IS THEREFORE A REPEAT VIOLATOR. THE VIOLATION OF 1702 EXISTS IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. TRASH, JUNK AND DEBRIS. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS IN WHICH TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ALL THE TRASH AND JUNK, AND ADDRESS THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE AND ANY AND ALL PROHIBITED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AS MAY BE DEFINED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND REMOVE ALL OF THE DEBRIS. THE DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO KEEP CONTACT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND INFORM THEM OF PROGRESS OF DELAYS RELATED TO BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF THE OWNER FAILS TO OR RESPONDENT, OR FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, HE WILL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $1,000 AND THAT FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED HERE IN BAY COUNTY. A NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF THE RESPONDENT GETS A DEMO PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET FORTH, AND THEN HAS IT BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON OR IT IT SIMPLY EXPIRES. WHEN? MARCH 19TH. IS IT THAT THE DEMO OR THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. YEAH. MARCH 19TH. OKAY. AT 1:00 FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING. THANK YOU.

YEAH. THE LAST ITEM UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS IS ITEM N PROPER ADDRESS IS 12 503 SILVER LAKE ROAD. THIS IS. HEARING TO ADVISE YOU THAT THE PROPERTY NOW IS THE PROPERTY OWNER COMPLIED WITH YOUR ORDER. PROPERTY PRESENTED TO YOU. AND ON NOVEMBER 3RD. 195. OKAY I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY AT 12503 SILVER LAKE ROAD AND FOUNTAIN IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, BAY COUNTY, SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, AND IT HAS NOW BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. CASE CLOSED. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR O PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN HERE UNDER OTHER BUSINESS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. COME ON UP, SIR. SIR, HOW ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT. TELL US YOUR NAME. GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS AND

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AND YOU ORDERED US TO ABATE THE NUISANCE. A PRE-BID AND A NOTICE TO PROCEED. PERMITS FOR DEMOLITION HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBTAINED. OKAY, OKAY, SO I WAS CONFUSED A LOT ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, I HAD TILL THE 28TH TO GET ALL MY STUFF CLEANED UP AND COMPLY WITH THINGS. I WENT MY I SENT MY WIFE TO GO GET A DEMO PERMIT FOR THE GARAGE.

THEY DENIED IT, SAID IT WAS TOO LATE. I AND I'VE BEEN MAKING TREMENDOUS PROGRESS THIS WHOLE TIME, WORKING NONSTOP ON IT. WHEN THEY CAME AFTER THE FIRST DAY, THE SECOND COURT DATE, THEY CAME AND THEY SHOWED YOU A COUPLE PICTURES OF SOME APPLIANCES I WAS REMOVING. BUT EVEN SCOTT SAID I WAS MAKING TREMENDOUS EFFORT AND PROGRESS ON THIS. WHEN THEY SHOWED UP ON THE. I SPOKE TO SCOTT TO PRIOR A WEEK BEFORE AND MADE IT. HE SAID THEY WERE COMING OUT AT NOON ON THE 28TH. I SAID, OKAY, I'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET ALL THIS STUFF REMOVED.

THEY SHOWED UP AT 9 OR 8, 30 OR SO. ON THE 28TH, THEY POSTED THE LETTER ABOUT THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN DATED THE JANUARY 12TH ABOUT GOING TO START TEARING EVERYTHING DOWN. ON FEBRUARY 9TH, THE SAME LETTER THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN. TWO OF THEM SHOWED UP AT MY HOME ON THE 30TH, AND THEY WERE POSTMARKED THE 27TH AND 28TH. ONE OF THEM CERTIFIED, ONE OF THEM NOT. SO THEY JUST SENT THESE OUT OR THEY. I DIDN'T EVEN RECEIVE THESE TILL AFTER THIS WAS ALREADY POSTED. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, THEY WERE GOING TO COME TO SEE IF I HAD EVERYTHING CLEANED UP AND EVERYTHING OFF THE PROPERTY, WHICH I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING. I HAD WORKED ALL OVERNIGHT, THE SAME NIGHT BEFORE, AND 2 TO 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS, EVERY SINGLE DAY DOING THIS. WHEN THEY SHOWED UP, THEY POSTED THAT LETTER ON THE ON THE GATE. THEY DIDN'T EVEN COME IN YET TO SEE IF I COMPLIED. THEN THEY SHOWED UP WITH A BUNCH OF TRUCKS AND THE CONTRACTORS, AND THEY TALKED FOR FIVE MINUTES AND THEN LEFT.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN GO IN THE BACK OR DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT THE MAIN STRUCTURE. THE FIRST TIME THAT HE CAME, THEY WERE COMING INTO THE MAIN PRIMARY HOME, WHICH I SAT DOWN THREE, 2 OR 3 DAYS LATER AFTER THE FIRST COURT DATE, BECAUSE THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT IF THAT WAS EVEN A PRIMARY HOME. SO I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH WAYNE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING, SAT DOWN WITH HIM. A FEW DAYS LATER HE SAID, YES, IT'S A PRIMARY HOME THAT YOU KNOW, WE DEEMED THAT.

AND WHEN I CAME BACK TO THE SECOND COURT DATE, HE WAS HERE, I EVEN SAID THAT SAME THING. I TURNED AROUND TO HIM AND I SAID, WE DISCUSSED THIS AND ALL THAT. THAT WAS FINE. AND WHAT I'M SEEING HERE FROM A LOT OF THESE OTHER CASES, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE TIME THAN I'VE HAD TO DO ANY OF THIS, AND I'VE BEEN MAKING TREMENDOUS PROGRESS LIKE CRAZY. MY FATHER, WHO LIVES THERE, PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY. I'VE LITERALLY BEEN CHANGING HIS DIAPERS FOR A YEAR, AND I'VE BEEN VERY BUSY, AND I HAVE. I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I COULD TO GET THIS DONE, AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE BUILDINGS EXCEPT THE PRIMARY ONE, WHICH THIS IS VERY. SO ON THAT PHONE CALL THAT I HAD WITH HIM THE WEEK BEFORE, I ASKED, COULD THERE BE ONE DERELICT VEHICLE THERE? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY CAN BE THERE. HE SAID. WELL, THAT IS TRUE IF THERE'S A PRIMARY HOME THERE. I SAID, WELL, THERE IS A PRIMARY HOME. WE'VE ALREADY DEEMED THAT AND STATED THAT. SO HE SAID, OKAY, THAT'S I SAID, I'LL GET EVERYTHING OFF. ANYWAYS. I HAD EVERY CAR, EVERY JET SKI, THE U-HAUL THAT I HAVE THERE AT NINE IN THE MORNING. WHEN HE WAS THERE, I WAS LOADING IT UP. IT WAS HALFWAY OFF THE PROPERTY. I WAS DRIVING IT DOWN TO LAIRD STREET STORE.

IT'S FOUR DOORS AWAY. WHEN I WAS FINISHED LOADING IT UP WITH A FEW THINGS, SO HE TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT AND A FEW OTHER THINGS, BUT I PUT IN PROBABLY 1000 HOURS OR MORE CLEANING THAT WHOLE PLACE UP, AND IT'S TREMENDOUS. IT DOES NOT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THESE BUILDINGS THAT I'VE SEEN TODAY THAT WERE STILL THERE, STANDING FROM 2024. AND ALL I'M ASKING. COMPARE.

OKAY, OKAY. NO PROBLEM. I JUST WANT TO BE TREATED A LITTLE. I JUST WANT TO BE TREATED FAIRLY AND HOPEFULLY EITHER GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. I DON'T CARE ABOUT NONE OF THOSE OTHER BUILDINGS. YOU COULD TEAR THEM DOWN. THEY SAID THEIR BIDS WERE ONLY $2,500. I'M FINE WITH THAT.

AS LONG AS THEY DON'T TEAR DOWN MY PRIMARY HOME. MY WIFE CAME AND SAT WITH HIM. I THINK IT WAS YOU OR ONE OF THE OTHER GUYS FOR OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF DISCUSSING ALL THIS, AND HE SIGNED A PAPER SAYING THE PRIMARY HOME WOULD NOT BE TAKEN DOWN. BUT FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD

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MY WIFE WENT INSTEAD OF BOTH OF US TO DISCUSS FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS AND ALL THAT. SO.

WELL, I'M SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR FATHER. THE. AS I REMEMBER THIS CASE, THERE WAS. THERE WAS A A STRUCTURE OVER THERE, AND THEY HAD DECIDED THAT THAT WAS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE. BUT THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER BIG STRUCTURE THAT YOU WANTED TO CHANGE AND MAKE IT THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THIS WAS GOING TO BUILD. SO WAIT, LET ME FINISH. SURE. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY YOU. YOU HAVE PLAYED GAMES AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHICH SHELL THE PEA IS UNDER, YOU KNOW, IS THIS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OR IS THIS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE? IS IS THIS, THAT, IS THIS, THAT AND EVERYTHING? AND YOU HAVE PLAYED THESE GAMES. SO QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T HAVE MUCH SYMPATHY FOR YOU IN THAT RESPECT. I THINK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PLAYING GAMES WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS. AND SO I'M NOT INCLINED AND I AM NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE ORDERS THAT ARE IN PLACE AT THIS TIME. BUT THEY THEY WILL. THE, THE BUILDING FELLOW THAT THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THEY DECIDED WAS THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING. WHO WHO WAS THAT? THAT WAS WAYNE AND I AND ALONG WITH CHARLIE. BUT WE I'VE TIRELESSLY TALKED TO MARK AND HIS WIFE AND REPEATEDLY TOLD THEM THAT THE STRUCTURE HIS DAD WAS RESIDING IN IS STAYING I CAN'T TELL. OKAY. AND ENOUGH TIMES IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REMOVED. THE OTHER STRUCTURES ARE UNPERMITTED, WILL BE REMOVED TO INCLUDE THE LARGE ONE IN FRONT AND THE TIME OF INSPECTION. MR. DOWELL DID REMOVE EVERYTHING FROM FRONT, BUT HE HID IT IN THE BACK, ALONG WITH THE VEHICLES AND RV. AND THAT IS ALL GONE. BUT WE WILL BE, AS OF TUESDAY, MOVING IN TO REMOVE THE STRUCTURES. HOWEVER, THE PERMIT THAT HE TRIED TO GET WAS AFTER THE SECOND HEARING. THAT'S WHY IT WAS TURNED DOWN. AND THEN HE DIDN'T OBTAIN A OCCUPANCY CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THAT PRIMARY TO MAKE THE ACCESSORY INTO A PRIMARY THAT HE TALKED ABOUT DOING. I DID INSPECT IT, PER YOU AND MISS ASHMAN, AND IT IS A LIVABLE STRUCTURE. HOWEVER, HE DID NOT GET THAT CHANGE IN PAPERWORK TO REFLECT IT ON THE PROPERTY. SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF. SO THAT'S WHY MY WIFE CAME DOWN TO TRY TO DO THAT AS WELL. YEAH. LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE PLAYING GAMES. THE GAMES ARE OVER. THEY'RE COMING OUT THERE. THEY HAVE DONE. YOU'VE DONE THE PRE-BID AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THEY ARE COMING OUT THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH MY ORDER. OKAY? AND CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS THEY FIND I UNDERSTAND. SO THE MAIN PRIMARY IS NOT COMING DOWN. I NEED DO I NEED TO GO? APPARENTLY HE'S TOLD YOU THAT A HALF A DOZEN I KNOW. SO WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO MAKE THAT CHANGE? LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, IS THAT ALREADY CHANGED THAT WE SAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET WITH PLANNING AND ZONING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT. IT'S NOT ME. AND DO WHAT EXACTLY? YEAH, APPARENTLY WHATEVER THEY TELL YOU, CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY FOR IT AND THEY'RE GOING TO CERTIFY IT. OKAY. AND WAYNE AND I HAVE BOTH TOLD YOU THAT. AND WAYNE DID NOT SPEAK AT THE HEARING. HE JUST NODDED. BUT YOU HAVE SAT DOWN WITH WAYNE.

HE DID EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. SO YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. I'M SORRY. IS TAKING A HABITABLE STRUCTURE FOR HABITATION AND CHANGING IT INTO A SHED. IT WOULD BE A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY AND VICE VERSA. OKAY. IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT ONE DOWN, THEY SAY THAT THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S NOT COMING DOWN. OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.

BECAUSE WAYNE DID NOT TELL ME TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT IT IS A PRIMARY HOME. NO OFFENSE, BUT

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LIKE I SAID, I HATE TO HEAR THAT, BUT THE FACT IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY. WE'VE HAD TOO MANY GO ROUNDS ON THIS ONE. HIS WIFE DID COME IN THE OTHER DAY. I DID SIT DOWN FOR OVER AN HOUR. I EXPLAINED HER THE EXES ARE BEING REMOVED. IT SAYS NO DEMO. I SIGNED AND DATED IT. OKAY. AND THE REASON? SO OKAY, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO TO MAKE THAT THE PRIMARY HOME WHERE NOTHING HAPPENS TO IT. HE TOLD YOU, GO SEE THE PEOPLE IN BUILDING SERVICES, OKAY? AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MY WIFE DID LAST WEEK. BUT THEY THEY WOULDN'T LET HER DO ANYTHING. NO, THAT WAS THAT WAS NOT LAST WEEK. WHENEVER. OKAY. THAT WAS ALMOST A MONTH AGO WHEN MY WIFE CAME HERE, SHE CALLED. SHE DIDN'T COME. OH, MAYBE SHE DIDN'T TALK TO YOU. MAYBE IT WAS JOE TRIP. SHE TALKED TO HER. OKAY. SHE DIDN'T COME. HE IS ADJOURNED.

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