Apr 09, 2026 Code Magistrate Hearing

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IT'S OKAY. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY PHOTOS AND EXHIBITS FOR THIS CASE. AS YOU CAN SEE, I OUTLINED ALL THE PREVIOUS CASES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN FOUND IN VIOLATION. THEY'RE ALL NOTED IN THE IN THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. AND COPIES OF THE ORDERS ARE ATTACHED TO THE FILE. ON JANUARY 12TH, WHILE ON PATROL, I OBSERVED THE SHERMAN PINES TRAILER PARK UNIT 410 FACES THEIR OWN GANNON OFF OF SHERMAN AVENUE. THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER. WHAT WAS IN THE BACK IS WAS A. THERE'S ONE SHED THAT'S BEEN PERMITTED THERE IN THE PARK FOREVER. AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF DEBRIS AROUND THIS PORTION OF THE SHED. AND THEN SLIDE SIX. AND THE NEXT PHOTO. THERE'S A LOT OF JUNK OVER THERE. BUT WHAT ENDS UP THERE'S A THERE'S A BETTER PICTURE IN SLIDE EIGHT. SLIDE SEVEN. YOU SEE MORE OF THE JUNK AND DEBRIS. THIS IS ALL VISIBLE FROM THE MAIN ROAD. MY MAIN CONCERN OBVIOUSLY WITH THE JUNK AND DEBRIS. THERE WAS ANOTHER I'M GOING TO CALL IT JUST SOME SORT OF TEMPORARY SHACK WAS BUILT NEXT TO THIS SHED. I LEARNED THAT THAT THE OCCUPANTS WHO LIVE AT 410, THAT'S THE ESTRANGED HUSBAND, AND THEY'VE HAD SOME SORT OF BREAKUP. AND HE SET UP SHOP IN THE BACKYARD.

AND AS YOU CAN TELL, OBVIOUSLY THIS SHACK IS WAS INSPECTED AT A LATER DATE. BUT I MEAN, IT'S UNPERMITTED AND ALL THE JUNK, TRASH AND DEBRIS, OBVIOUSLY, I FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 TWO AND UNFIT, POSSIBLY UNFIT UNSAFE STRUCTURES, JUNK TRASH, DEBRIS.

ON THE 21ST, I REQUESTED INSPECTOR THORPE TO CONDUCT A BUILDING INSPECTION. HE IS HERE TODAY. BILL. INSPECTOR SCOTT THORPE SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS FOR THE RECORD ON JANUARY 12TH, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY ACCESSORY WITH A ADDITION AS OFFICER CLARKSON SAID, KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE SHACK ON THE SIDE BUILT OUT OF VARIOUS ITEMS. WE KNOCKED ON A DOOR, MADE CONTACT.

A GENTLEMAN CAME OUT THAT WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE LEFT SIDE. HE DIDN'T WANT TO OPEN, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, HIS EXTENSION CORDS GOING IN THEIR AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S BUILT FROM T 111 PLASTIC PANELS, SOME VISQUEEN AND SOME SOME WEATHER WRAP ON FOR THE ROOF. SO JUST KIND OF HODGEPODGE TOGETHER. HE DID

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THEY'VE COMPLAINED OF NUMEROUS DISTURBANCES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THEY'VE ALSO COMPLAINED OF PEOPLE USING THE BATHROOM OUTSIDE IN THE YARD. SO IT'S JUST BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE. I ROUTINELY GO OUT LATE IN THE EVENING, 2:00 IN THE MORNING TO DO BURGLARY SUPPRESSION, AND I HAVE SEEN EVIDENCE OF SOMEONE OCCUPYING THAT, THAT STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING AND PEOPLE MOVING AROUND IN THAT GENERAL AREA. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SIR. IF I COULD JUST BRIEFLY THE DAY I OPENED THIS CASE, ANOTHER THING THAT DREW MY ATTENTION TO THE SHED AND THE DEBRIS IN THE BACK, THERE WAS ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE BACK THERE HAVING A, A, A, A VERY VERBAL DISAGREEMENT, WHICH I WOULD ALMOST DESCRIBE AS A VERBAL DISTURBANCE THAT SEEMED TO BE ESCALATING. BUT ANYHOW, SO BASED ON INSPECTOR FALK'S FINDINGS AND MY FINDINGS, I ISSUED, AND DUE TO THIS BEING A REPEAT OFFENDERS, I WENT AHEAD AND SCHEDULED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING. ON THE 29TH, THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL NOTICE TO THEIR ADDRESS LISTED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY. APPRAISER'S ALSO SENT A CERTIFIED NOTICE AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OCCUPANTS AND UNIT 410. THE RESPONDENT CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THEM ON FEBRUARY THE 3RD AND THE OCCUPANTS CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. HOWEVER, IN BOTH CASES, REGULAR MAIL HAS NOT RETURNED. FEBRUARY 10TH I RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A VEHICLE THERE NOW AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOTTEN EVEN JUNKIER. NO, NO REAL CHANGES. SLOT 18, SLOT 19. THAT'S THE VEHICLE THAT'S KIND OF JUST SHOWED UP OVERNIGHT. MARCH 9TH, RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. SEE, NOW I HAVE SOME OVERGROWTH STILL, OBVIOUSLY THE JUNK AND DEBRIS IN THE BACK STILL INDICATES TO ME. OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE LIVING. SOMEONE'S LIVING BACK THERE. MARCH 25TH I POSTED THE PROPERTY FOR TODAY'S HEARING AND IT WAS ALSO POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. OWNERSHIP HASN'T CHANGED. TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. APRIL 6TH RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. NOW THE OVERGROWTH HAS BEEN CUT, BUT I THINK THAT WAS MAINTENANCE FROM THE THE PROPERTY THAT DID THAT OBVIOUSLY. OKAY. AND MR. STEVENS WAS IN THE BACK, HAD STUFF LOADED UP ON THE BACK OF A TRAILER AND WAS MAKING SOME PROGRESS AS FAR AS CLEANING THE DEBRIS, BUT HE STILL HAS THAT UNPERMITTED, UNPERMITTED, UNFIT AND UNSAFE SHELTER THAT HE WAS STAYING IN STILL THERE AND ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER JUNK.

WELL, NOW THAT APPEARS TO BE WELL, WHAT IS THE UNPERMITTED THING? THAT THING WITH THE BLACK WALL? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. HE JUST KIND OF TAKING SOME OF THE WEATHER

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BUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY COMMUNICATION FROM THE ACTUAL OWNERS OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK. AND THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON MAY 14TH AT 1 P.M.

HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. AND AT THAT POINT, I HAVE NO FURTHER TESTIMONY. I BELIEVE MISS STEVENS IS HERE. WHO IS THE OWNER OF UNIT 410. OKAY, COME ON UP. PLAN. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. MY MAILING ADDRESS IS TWO. THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS IS.

YOUR ADDRESS IS WHAT? THE RESIDENT ADDRESS IS, 19 1940 SHERMAN AVENUE, LOT 410. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? LINDSAY. BENTLEY. BENTLEY. BENTLEY. ME AND ROGER STEVENS WERE NEVER LEGALLY MARRIED. MY LAST NAME IS NOT STEVENS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, L I N D S E Y B E N T L E Y. ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE TWO OFFICERS WHO TESTIFIED? NOT NOT NOT IN PARTICULAR? NO. ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? I WOULD LIKE TO. HELP WITH EMOTIONAL. ME AND MR. STEVENS HAVE NOT BEEN TOGETHER FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I KICKED HIM OUT AND HE REFUSED TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY. AS A RESULT OF THE YARD BACK THERE, HE SUMMONED THE COMPLAINTS TO. THAT'S MADE ITS WAY TO OFFICER PROCTOR IS FROM ME BECAUSE I JUST WANT THEM TO LEAVE AND THEY WILL PAVE THE. WHOSE NAME IS THE LEASE IN MINE ALONE? IT SHOULD BE MINE ALONE, BUT I BELIEVE HE WAS ON THE LEASE ORIGINALLY. BUT THE PROPERTY OWNERS NEVER GAVE US THE UPDATED LEASE AFTER THE HURRICANE, AND I CAN'T GET AHOLD OF ANYBODY WHEN IT COMES TO. MY CONDO. ANYBODY. WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY OWNERS FOR NOTHING, LIKE NO OTHER RESPONSE, THERE'S A GENTLEMAN THAT LIVES SEND THEM RENT. YEAH. AND THAT'S JUST TWO, A P.O. BOX TO THE AT THE POST OFFICE. I MEAN, SO AND NEVER WRITTEN THEM AT THAT ADDRESS. YEAH. I STILL GET NO RESPONSE. AND THEN AND. IT'S THROUGHOUT THE LAST LIKE 5 OR 6 YEARS, THEY'VE CAME AROUND AND PUT PAPERS ON THE DOOR, CHANGING THE P.O. BOX OR CHANGING THE RENT AMOUNT. BUT I'VE NEVER CAUGHT ANYBODY AND I'VE NEVER SPOKE TO ANY OF THEM.

THEY'VE NEVER EITHER NOT. AND THEY'VE NEVER EITHER KNOCKED ON MY DOOR OR. OR CAUGHT ME OUTSIDE WHEN I WAS COMING AND GOING. AND HE NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT ANY OF THIS GOING ON. AND.

UNTIL I SAW THE, THE ORANGE SIGN IN THE GROUND THE OTHER DAY. AND IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW. I HAVE PICTURES ON MY PHONE THAT I TOOK LAST NIGHT AND A FEW THIS MORNING THAT I COULD SEND YOU RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM. BUT WHAT ARE THEY? I'M SORRY, I SAID. I HAVE SOME UPDATED PICTURES ON MY PHONE THAT I COULD EMAIL YOU IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM, BUT THEY TORE THAT DOWN AND ALMOST EVERYTHING'S GONE FROM BACK THERE. THEY'VE USED THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE ON YOUR PHONE. OH, YOU HAVE AN EMAIL I CAN SEND THEM TO? YES. ARE. CLARKSON C L A R K. OKAY. DO YOU LIKE ME TYPING THEM, PLEASE?

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COME ON, YOU CAN SHOW ME THE PHOTOS. I CAN SHOW THEM TO THE MAGISTRATE. I'M JUST GOING TO SEND THEM REAL QUICK. WE SHOULD GO THROUGH. 18 PHOTOS I TOOK, BUT THE FIRST, LIKE 15 WAS FROM LAST NIGHT. THE LAST THREE WAS FROM JUST THIS MORNING. LET'S SEE. ONE, TWO.

SO SENDING MESSAGE. NOTICES UNSENT. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PHOTOS. I'LL TEXT THEM TO ME.

MAYBE WE SHOULD CHECK WHAT NUMBER IS 8500. 8191232. I GOT TOO MANY TO SEND AT ONE TIME, PROBABLY WANT TO SEND YOU THE THREE FROM THIS MORNING AND SEE IF I GOT THE QUOTE.

I KNOW. I KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT GOING THROUGH IF YOU WANT TO. SO THESE ARE FROM TODAY. FROM THIS MORNING. YES. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. STILL A LOT OF STUFF OUT. YES I KNOW. BUT LIKE I, I, I TRY TO EXPRESS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET HIM TO LEAVE AND JUST MOVE ON. BUT WE WERE TOGETHER FOR 22 YEARS WITH A LOT OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS. OUR KIDS ARE ALL GROWN NOW. OUR YOUNGEST ONE IS STILL BEING AT HOME WITH ME AT 18 NOW. THEY JUST TURNED 18 IN FEBRUARY. HAS A BAD HABIT OF RELAPSING AND. HAVING PEOPLE AROUND THAT. HE ALLOWS TO DRAG STUFF UP. HE HAD. HAD HIS FRIEND ROBERT BOYER STAYING IN THE SHED ALONG WITH HIS WIFE, TRINA BOYERS, WHO I BELIEVE STILL IS IN THAT MAIN SHED BACK THERE ALONG WITH THEIR DOGS. ROBERT HAS BEEN INCARCERATED AND SHE STILL REMAINS BACK THERE IN THE SHED, NO MATTER ME TELLING THEM TO LEAVE.

UNPLUGGING THE EXTENSION CORD AND THREATENING ME TO PLUG IT BACK IN, TRIES TO TELL ME THAT IT'S MORE LEGAL FOR ME TO UNPLUG IT THAN IT IS FOR HIM TO HAVE IT PLUGGED UP. IT'S NOT PLUGGED UP NOW, NOT AT MY HOUSE. THEY HAVE IT RUNNING FROM THE DOUBLE WIDE NEXT DOOR. THAT'S A DOUBLE WIDE. KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT IT RUNNING FROM NEXT DOOR. YES THEY DO, BUT SHE'S ACTUALLY

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AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN DIRECT YOU TO SOMEONE WHO CAN GIVE YOU SOME HELP ON THAT ISSUE. BUT. YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MESS IS NOT SO MUCH OF YOUR DOING AS IT IS OF THE SIGNIFICANT FORMER SIGNIFICANT OTHER OUT THERE. BUT. IF IF HE DOESN'T DO THE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. WHAT WAS THAT DATE AGAIN, MR. CLARKSON? IT IS MAY 14TH. YES, SIR. OKAY. MAY 14TH AT 1:00 HERE IN THIS ROOM. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO.

LOOK AT THE SITUATION AT THAT POINT IN COMPLIANCE OR NOT IN COMPLIANCE. AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE'LL GO FROM THERE ABOUT FINES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE, I'M GOING TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TO GO IN THERE AND BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE. YES, SIR. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE INSIDE AND HE'S OUTSIDE, SO TO SPEAK. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO PUT IT, BUT. BUT BE BE BACK HERE ON THE 14TH. DO WHAT YOU CAN TO FIND THE LANDLORD AND GET A COPY OF THE LEASE AND, AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN DIRECT YOU SOMEWHERE TO GET SOME HELP WITH THAT. AND I MIGHT ASK YOU ONE QUESTION. HE SAID THAT YOU SAID THAT THE FACTORY'S SHED THAT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOREVER DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TORE DOWN.

NO. IT YOU DON'T OWN THAT SHIFT, CORRECT? NO. THE PROPERTY OWNER NOW, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, HAS DEEMED BOTH BOTH OF THEM SOMETHING UNSAFE. SO IT'LL BE UP TO THE OWNERS OF SHERMAN

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THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM E AS IN EDWARD IS ALSO PRESENT TODAY. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 12219 CARUSO DRIVE. THE FIRST SLIDE IS JUST FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. SHOWING IS IN THE APPROPRIATE AREA OF THE COUNTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS HALAWA HEIGHTS. THAT HIGHWAY 2297 ON THE RIGHT HERE AND THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS A VACANT LOT. ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2025, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT ON THIS PARCEL BEING USED FOR STORAGE, AND INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HUBBARD DID THE INITIAL INSPECTION AND DID OBSERVE A VIOLATION OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 404 ZONING, SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, NON ALLOWABLE USE, OPEN STORAGE ON A VACANT LOT. PHOTOS. AND I'M ROBERT CLARKSON WAS ASSIGNED THE CASE AND HE WAS FOLLOWED BY ROBERT CLARKSON BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND PHOTOS FOR THIS CASE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN I PREPARE THE POWERPOINT ON INVESTIGATOR HUBBARD, PHOTO WASN'T THERE AND HE PROVIDED IT TO ME AND I DID NOT FORGOT TO ADD IT TO THE POWERPOINT, BUT IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE THE PHOTO THAT I TOOK ON OCTOBER THE 29TH. AS JASMINE STATED, SHE SENT THE. INSPECTOR HUBBARD SENT A CERTIFIED NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO REGULAR MAIL AND CERTIFIED NOTICE TO THE OWNERS ADDRESS FROM THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER DATABASE AND BOTH ITEMS WERE RETURNED AS UNDELIVERED WITH NO FORWARDING ADDRESS. AS SHE STATED ON THE 29TH, THIS PROPERTY IS REASSIGNED TO ME. I WENT THERE AND DID AN INSPECTION. THIS IS MY PHOTOGRAPH. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME SORT OF UTILITY TRAILER THERE ON THE PROPERTY. AS STATED, THIS IS A A VACANT LOT. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY ANY DEVELOPMENT ORDERS OR ANY ANY PERMITS THAT WOULD ALLOW ANYTHING TO BE THERE. SLIDE FIVE. YOU CAN SEE THAT WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE, THERE IS A STRUCTURE THAT'S SLIGHTLY IN THE WOODED AREA. AND AS THE LEAVES HAVE BEGUN TO FALL, IT DOES APPEAR A LOT MORE. IT TURNS OUT IT'S A CONEX BOX BACK THERE. DECEMBER 2ND, WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY.

I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL, BUT IF YOU SEE THE KIND OF WHITE AREA IN THE CENTER THERE, THAT'S THAT'S THE NEXT BOX. AND THIS WAS A COMPLAINT DRIVEN CASE FROM A GENTLEMAN WHO LIVES AT THE END OF THE STREET. AND THAT DAY HE COMPLAINED ON SEVERAL PROPERTIES AND SEVERAL CASES WERE OPENED BASED ON HIS COMPLAINTS. THAT'S PHOTO SEVEN X BOX IN THE BACK. YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S CLEARED PATH, AND THERE'S SOME SORT OF CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS BACK THERE IN THE BACK AS WELL, SOME OTHER KIND OF WHAT I DEEM AS CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS THERE. SLIDE NINE. JANUARY 5TH PROPERTY. LET ME BACK UP ON THE 10TH. I DID SPEAK TO THE COMPLAINANT AND HE ADVISED THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S A LANDOWNER AND HE'S DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT BY HIS BY HIS LAND. AND, AND THIS GENTLEMAN HERE HAS BEEN FOR AS LONG AS HE'S OWNED, IT HAS COME AND GONE WITH ITEMS STAYING ON THAT PROPERTY AND FEELS LIKE IF HE HAD TO FOLLOW THE RULES THAT HE NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE RULES, THE COMPLAINANT WAS CONTACTED AND ASKED TO BE HERE. HE WAS OUT OF TOWN. HE WAS SUPPOSED WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET HIS BROTHER SHOW UP. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE HAS SHOWED UP ON THEIR BEHALF.

JANUARY 5TH PROPERTY IS REINSPECTED REMAIN THE SAME. BASICALLY JUST SOME STUFF COMES AND GOES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART THE STRUCTURE REMAINS IN THE BACKGROUND FOR A SECOND.

PROPERTIES REINSPECTED THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY BASED ON THIS. I SCHEDULE THIS FOR A HEARING CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL SENT TO THE RESPONDENT'S ADDRESS LISTED IN THE PROPERTY. APPRAISER. ONCE AGAIN, BOTH THOSE LETTERS WERE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND NO FORWARDING ADDRESS. MARCH 2ND, WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY REMAINED THE SAME. MARCH 10TH

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AND THEN I NOTICED THIS TRAILER WITH A BOX OF OF SOMETHING ON IT. SO I JUST FELT OBVIOUSLY IT APPEARS LIKE SOMETHING'S GOING TO BE PUT ON THAT PROPERTY OR HE WAS USING IT FOR STORAGE. IT WASN'T THERE BEFORE. IT'S BEEN, IT'S GONE NOW, BUT I RELIEF WHERE I CAN'T SEE IT FROM THE FRONT GATE. ON 25TH, PROPERTY WAS POSTED AND ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE ON THE 26TH I DID RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. HAMBY, WHO IS HERE TODAY. HE DID INDICATE THAT HE HAD MOVED AND NOT UPDATED HIS MAILING ADDRESS, THAT HE SAW THE POSTING AND WAS WAS JUST LEARNED OF THE THE VIOLATION. HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD SUBMITTED FOR A PERMIT IN 2024 FOR THAT CONNECT BOX. HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS APPROVED AND HE WAS OKAY. THE PERMIT WASN'T APPROVED BECAUSE IT LACKED CERTIFIED STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS WITH THE STAMP ON IT.

HE INDICATED ON THE PHONE THAT DAY THAT HE WOULD REAPPLY FOR A PERMIT AND TRY TO GET THE BALL GOING TO TO PERMIT THE THE CONEX BOX. I DID TELL HIM THAT IF THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED, THAT THE ITEMS HAD TO BE STORED INSIDE THAT BOX. HE IS IN THE THE PROCESS OF THE PERMIT APPROVAL RIGHT NOW AND I KNOW TODAY HE HE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH WITH SOME CORRECTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. BUT. HOWEVER, ON THE SIXTH RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. PROPERLY REMAINED THE SAME. AS A DAY. YOU KNOW, PROPERTY. LIKE I SAID, A PERMIT HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR AND IS GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS AND. THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON MAY 14TH AT 1 P.M. HERE AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. AND MR. HAM IS HERE TODAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER? NO, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? IT IS WHAT IT IS. I, THE ORIGINAL PERMIT. I WAS MISSING THE STAMP BY THE TIME I HAD THE MONEY TO PAY FOR AN ENGINEER'S STAMP. IT. THE. THE APPLICATION HAD BEEN ABANDONED. I DON'T LIVE OUT HERE. THIS IS MORE OF A SIDE PROJECT. THERE IS A KLEENEX BOX THAT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE DECEMBER OF 25. THERE'S SOME SMALL STUFF BEHIND WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE, LIKE SOME CHAIRS, SMALL TABLE TO SET THINGS ON. THIS MORNING I DID I DID SIGN THE LAST BIT OF THAT, THAT PERMIT WITH THE STAMP AND EVERYTHING. SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE'RE WE'RE GOOD TO GO THERE. AND THEN JUST RIGHT. LIKE ALL THE ITEMS GOT TO BE STORED INSIDE. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IN COMPLIANCE SOON. MR. CLARKSON, YOU INDICATED IN YOUR NOTES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN FULL COMPLAINTS ON THE PARCEL. WHAT TIME PERIOD DOES THAT SPAN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS? INITIALLY IT WAS A RV. THAT WAS BEFORE THE LAND WAS KIND OF CLEARED OUT. THAT WAS RIGHT INSIDE THE FENCE. NOTICE WAS SENT OUT, IT WAS REMOVED. THEN THERE WAS A COMPLAINT ABOUT AN RV FURTHER IN FROM THE SAME COMPLAINANT. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME THING, SOMETHING INSIDE, AND IT KIND OF SEEMED LIKE WE'D SEND A LETTER. AND I THINK THAT INITIATED THE THE PROCESS BACK IN 2004 FOR THE PERMIT. BUT WITH THE OVERGROWTH AND ALL.

THEN IT BECAME UNVISIBLE. ANYTHING ELSE? MR. HAMBY? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 12 TO 19 CARUSO DRIVE IN PANAMA CITY, IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CHAPTER FOUR OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE HAS APPEARED THEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND OFFER TESTIMONY, AND HAS OFFERED THE TESTIMONY THAT HE HAS PREVIOUSLY OR HAS PROVIDED. ON THIS DAY. THERE IS A

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DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE. BUT THE FACT THAT THESE. COMPLAINTS HAVE COME IN AND COME IN AND COME IN AND COME IN. REGARDING COMPLIANCE, IT'S NOT GOING TO GO WELL, I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT. UNDERSTOOD. THE PERMIT SHOULD BE ISSUED THIS WEEK. SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. SIR, SIR, CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU, PLEASE? OH. I'M SORRY. YES, MA'AM. ARE YOU READY? 200 GRAND PANAMA CIRCLE. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT IS PRESENT IS ITEM F SEVEN. FRANK. PROPERTY ADDRESS 154 TREASURE PALM DRIVE. SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS ARIELW. FOR LOCATION PURPOSES TAKEN IN BETWEEN DECEMBER AND JANUARY. THIS IS THE PROPERTY CIRCLED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT. WE HAVE THE NAVY BASE TO THE RIGHT. AND CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. AND IT'S JUST OUTSIDE A FLOOD ZONE. ON MARCH 24TH. AND I'M GOING TO ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THIS. WE ACTUALLY HAD A FORMER CASE ON THIS FOR AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. IT THE STRUCTURE DID COME INTO COMPLIANCE AND WAS NO LONGER UNSAFE. SO THAT CASE WAS CLOSED WITH. SOMETIME. THEN IN ON MARCH 24TH OF 2025, WE DID GET A COMPLAINT WITH THE BLIGHTED STRUCTURE IN THIS PICTURE THAT YOU'RE SHOWING NOW, JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE THE BUILDING THAT'S GOT THE RED CIRCLE ON IT. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SMALL SQUARE WITHIN THE FLOOD ZONE. YEAH, YEAH. IS THAT WHAT THAT IS, A SHED? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I WAS TRYING TO

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INITIALLY ON MARCH 25TH, INVESTIGATOR BRENNAN DID INSPECT THE PROPERTY. HELD BACK UP ON MARCH 24TH. THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM THE COMPLAINANT. SO THIS WOULD BE THAT CONNECT BOX THAT WE SAW. CORRECT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S MISSING THE ROOF. COMPLETELY. MARCH 25TH.

THIS IS INSPECTOR INVESTIGATOR IRWIN'S PHOTOS. VERY SIMILAR. WE HAD SOME TRASH JUNK, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. ON MAY 3RD, 2024, A RENOVATION PERMIT WAS ISSUED WHICH EXPIRED ON MAY 24TH, 2025. THE PERMIT WAS NEVER FILED. ON MAY 29TH, INVESTIGATOR TONY BREWING WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE AND HE IS THERE TO CONSIDER THE TESTIMONY. TONY BURNING BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SUBMITTED MY PHOTOGRAPHS, NOTICES AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THE RECORD. ON MAY 29TH, 2025. I WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. DURING THIS INSPECTION, I NOTICED A NEW ROOF HAD BEEN APPLIED, BUT THE BLIGHTED PORTION REMAINS. THE SOFFITS HANGING MISSING SOME VINYL SIDING THERE. ALSO GOT THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, JUNK TRASH, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, THE UNFIT UNSAFE CONNECTS BOX UNPERMITTED, NOT TIED DOWN OR ANCHORED. ON JUNE 2ND 2025, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER RECORD USING THE ADDRESS. 2700 BRIARCLIFF ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32405. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON JUNE 5TH, 2025.

ON AUGUST 6TH, 2025, A RE INSPECT THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. DURING THIS INSPECTION, I NOTICED AN APPLIANCE WAS SITTING IN THE YARD TO THE RIGHT OF THE HOUSE IN FRONT OF THAT SMALL SHED IN THE BACK YOU CAN SEE IT. THE WHITE APPLIANCE. THERE IT IS.

AT THAT TIME I ADDED THE VIOLATION OF APPLIANCES. ALSO NOTICED THE GRASS THAT STARTED TO GROW AND A RIDING LAWNMOWER WAS WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY. I THINK IT WAS A CUB CADET BEHIND THAT TRAILER. DECEMBER 29TH, 2025. WE INSPECT THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION IN THIS INSPECTION. THE GRASS HAD BEEN MOWED. THE BLIGHTED PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE REMAINS AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. JUNK TRASH.

AND THEIR PLANTS. FEBRUARY 19TH, 2026. I NOTICED THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAD CHANGED AT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, I SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. NOTICE HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE NEW OWNER RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 154 TREASURE PALM DRIVE, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA 3248. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED. ALSO SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION.

NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO REGULAR MAIL TO AN ALTERNATE ADDRESS USING THE ADDRESS. 2700 BRIARCLIFF ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 3245. THE NOTICE DID NOT RETURN. MARCH 25TH, 2026. A WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AND I POSTED IT THAT SAME DAY. THE BLIGHTED CONDITIONS REMAINED.

THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. THE GRASS STARTING TO GROW BACK. UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. ON APRIL THE 6TH, 2026, A. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION. ALTHOUGH ON THIS DATE I MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO WAS ON SITE. HE HAD INSTALLED TWO NEW WINDOWS, GOT THE FINAL SIDING ON THEIR GRASS IS CUT. THE PLACE IS LOOKING GOOD. NEXT

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ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. BRUNI? THAT'S ALL. OKAY. THE PROPERTY OWNERS HERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. ANDERSON. FIRST OFF, DO YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US YOUR MAILING ADDRESS? PATRIK ANDERSSON, 154, TREASURER, PALM DRIVE. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. BRUNI? NO, SIR. WE HAVE. WE DISCUSSED EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US TO KNOW. SO THE ROOF WAS INSPECTED IN THE PERMIT PROCESS WITH A PRIVATE INSPECTOR TO THE THROUGH THE CONTRACTOR. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, EVERYTHING WAS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED IN AND UPDATED CORRECTLY. WHAT DOES A PRIVATE INSPECTOR DO TO FINALIZE OUT OF. I MEAN, HE HAS TO FILE A REPORT, I WOULD ASSUME. CORRECT. SO WHEN THE WHEN THE ROOFER APPLIES FOR THE PERMIT, THE PRIOR PROVIDER SENDS A NOTICE TO BUILD AN OFFICIAL LETTER STATING THAT HE'LL BE DOING THE INSPECTIONS INSTEAD OF ONE OF US, AND THEN HE WILL DO IT. HE SUBMITS ITS ROAD DEPARTMENT BUILD DEPARTMENT SIGNS IT OFF. WE CAN'T AUDIT IT. WE DO DO THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE PAST. AND THEN THEY WOULD GIVE HIM HIS FINAL ON THERE. BUT IF THE THE ROOFER DID NOT DO IT PROPERLY, THEY DID NOT SEND IT OVER. ONCE A PERMIT STARTS, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN GET THE PROPER PROVIDER AFTER THE FACT. ONCE IT STARTS, WE DO THE INSPECTION.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE WHERE THE PRIVATE PROVIDER CAME IN. HE WAS BEFORE IT WAS BEFORE IT WAS BEFORE. YES. OKAY, SO MAYBE HE DIDN'T SUPPLY HIS PROPER PAPERWORK, WHETHER HE TOLD HIM HE DID IT OR NOT. BUT IF IT'S YOU NEED TO CHECK INTO THAT. OKAY. YES. NO, THIS IS ALL VERY NEW NEWS TO ME. I WAS UNAWARE OF THAT. I THOUGHT ALL OF THAT WAS DONE PROPERLY.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T LIVE UP TO THEIR OBLIGATIONS, BUT. SO CHECK ON THE ROOF ISSUE I NOW CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION REAL QUICK? IF IT WAS NOT DONE CORRECTLY, WHAT IS.

WAIT, DO YOU MEAN THE ROOF? YOU LIKE THE FILING PART OF IT? THAT'S THE BUILDING. I HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. SO. OKAY. IF THEY NEVER PROVIDED A WRITER OR HE NEVER FILED THE PAPERWORK.

IF THE ROOF PERMIT IS EXPIRED OR HAVE TO BE REOPENED BY THE RIGHT, THE ROOFER CONTRACTOR, AND THEN THEY CAN FILE AGAIN FOR A PRIOR PROVIDER OR COUNTY WILL GO OUT AND DO A FINAL OKAY, BECAUSE YEAH, IT WILL START OVER. AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS ON THERE CORRECTLY BECAUSE WE HAD PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS DONE THROUGH THROUGH THE PRIVATE WRITER. RIGHT. SO AND WHAT'S GOING TO THAT'S CONCERNING. YEAH. SCREW YOU. IN THE LONG RUN, IF YOU EVER SELL THAT OR CHANGE INSURANCES, RIGHT. YOU CAN'T PROVIDE THAT ROOF WAS PUT ON THERE PROPERLY. SO YOU'RE KIND OF HAVE TO, IT COULD BE FIVE, TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. OR SELL IT. THAT'S NOT GOOD. THAT WAS EASY. I KNOW YOU

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I THOUGHT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT NOW. YEAH, I'VE ALREADY GOT THAT LINED UP. OKAY. GORDON ASSOCIATES. 123554. WILSON. AND. WE PRAY FOR THE SPECIAL TASK AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THEY DID THE BUILDING FRAMING AND THEN DIDN'T TURN IN THE ROOFING. RIGHT. THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. ROOFING FINAL VOID NAILING WAS VOIDED, WHICH WAS PART OF THE ROOFING INSTALLATION, AND THE INTERIOR WAS VOIDED. AND THE FINAL WAS BORN IN. SO YOU DID ONE INSPECTION FOR THE FRAMING AND THEN WHAT AM I? OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? SO EITHER ANYTHING, GO OUT THERE AND SUBMIT IT OR THEY MAY HAVE IT AND DIDN'T SUBMIT IT. THOUGHT THEY DID. SO YEAH, I WAS THERE WHEN THEY DID THE ROOF. SO I KNOW THAT ALL OF THAT. SO THEY SHOULD HAVE SHOULD HAVE THE PAPERWORK. SO THEY HAVE TO START THIS WHOLE PROCESS OVER. WONDERFUL. IN ORDER FOR YOU TO SELL IT OR INSURANCE OR DOWN THE ROAD, UNDERSTAND? YES. OKAY. WELL, NOW WHAT ABOUT THE WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL THE NEW WINDOWS AND EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT, THE NEW WINDOWS I PUT IN AND I KNEW THAT THE SIDING PART WAS LESS THAN A SQUARE. SO I KNEW THAT THAT COULD BE DONE UNPERMITTED. THE ONE WINDOW I WASN'T SURE, BUT I WANTED TO RECTIFY AS BEST I COULD. AND IF I HAD TO PULL IT OFF, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN AND HAVE IT. BUT MY PURPOSE IN THAT WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I DOCUMENTED WITH PHOTOS THE WHOLE STEP. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I COULD GET AS CLOSE TO COMPLIANCE AS POSSIBLE WITH THAT. OKAY, WELL, YOU'LL NEED TO RESOLVE THAT WITH BILL THE SERVICE, I UNDERSTAND THAT. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU. I HAVE I'M WORKING ON ARRANGEMENTS JUST TO REMOVE THAT CONTEXT BOX. I HAVE, I BELIEVE SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO COME GET IT. WE'VE ARRANGED FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE STORED IN IT TO GO TO A STORAGE FACILITY. OKAY. LET'S SEE. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. BASED ON THE ANYTHING ELSE? EXCUSE ME. YEAH. I MEAN, WE'RE. AND AS MR. THORPE KNOWS, I HAVE YOU KNOW, I THIS HAS BEEN SLOW AND I AM VERY WELL AWARE OF IT. I WAS UNDERINSURED FROM THE BEGINNING. AND SO MOST A LOT OF THIS IS COMING OUT OF POCKET. SO IT'S SAVE UP AND DO IT AS AS I CAN KIND OF THING. AND SO I, AS MUCH AS IT MAY NOT APPEAR THAT I'M DOING MUCH, I AM, I AM WORKING AT IT AND COMING TOWARDS IT. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I PROMISE YOU I WANT IN THERE MORE. YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS. WE JUST GOT TO MAKE THE PROGRESS. YEAH, I WAS PAPERWORK. I UNDERSTOOD THE WINDOW. LIKE I SAY, THE THE SIDING IS LESS THAN A SQUARE. SO I KNEW THAT I CAN DO THAT. THE, THE WINDOW. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO WITH OR WITHOUT A PERMIT. YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE PERMIT DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT WE WERE BEFORE PREVIOUSLY. WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IT'S EASIER TO ASK FORGIVENESS THAN PERMISSION. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S TRUE AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT. I DEFINITELY I UNDERSTAND THAT, OKAY, I'M GOING TO FIND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 154 TREASURE PALM DRIVE IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE. THAT NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE HAS APPEARED BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS EXAMINE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND. ASK QUESTIONS AS WELL AS OFFER TESTIMONY. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702 IN THE FORM OF THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, I.E. THE CONTACTS BOX, AND THAT. YOU'LL HAVE A

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IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP CODE ENFORCEMENT INFORMED OF YOUR PROGRESS OR DELAYS AND.

YOU KNOW, YOU CALL THEM ABOUT COMING OUT AND SAYING, HEY, THE CONEX BOX ISN'T THERE, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE WILL HAVE A WHAT THEY CALL A COMPLIANCE HEARING IN THIS ROOM ON MAY THE 14TH. IF YOU GET EVERYTHING DONE, YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT. YEAH, I'LL CORRESPOND AND MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK. THANK YOU SIR. HAVE A GOOD ONE, I APPRECIATE IT. SO YES, IT'S. ONE REAL QUICK. 1429 DRIVE. EXCUSE ME. NEXT ON THE AGENDA. AND THIS IS A CONTINUED HEARING. YES NO REPORT. SO GOOD MORNING, INSPECTOR THORPE. AGAIN, 1429 DRIVE WILL GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS. THEY DO HAVE CURRENT PERMITS. THE BACK IS PRETTY MUCH DONE. THIS IS JUST PROGRESS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH. RAN INTO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY A FEW TIMES. THEY WALKED ME THROUGH. EVERYTHING WAS GOING ON. THEY PRETTY MUCH REMOVED ALL THE CONCRETE, FIXED THE SEAWALL. THEY HAD A PERMIT FOR THAT, FOUND THE LEAKS. THERE WAS ANOTHER LEAK UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. IT WAS ERODING THE FOUNDATION UNDERNEATH. APRIL 6TH. THAT WAS THIS MONDAY. THE MATERIALS ARE OUT FRONT. THERE HAS BEEN A ROLL OFF, DELIVERED PRETTY MUCH THAT PORTION OF THE HOUSE THAT HAS A CRACK. THEY'RE GOING TO REMOVE THAT PART. SURE, SURE IT UP. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO REBUILD INSIDE BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE PRIMARY CULPRIT THERE THAT'S CAUSING ALL THE DAMAGE BACK THERE AND THE ROTTING. SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND. THEY SHOULD BE STARTING SOON. I'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER'S SON. HE'S HERE TODAY. IT'S PRETTY MUCH BEEN A ABOUT A WEEKLY BASIS WITH EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS WITH THEM. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS UP. PERMITS OF PASSING ARE GOING FORWARD AND WE'RE JUST IN THE MOTION.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ON THIS? THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. I'VE TELL US YOUR NAME.

ERIC BADGER, 1771 NORTH SPRINGS DRIVE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. BUT YEAH, WE'VE COMPLETELY FINISHED THE SEAWALL, WHICH I APPARENTLY WAS THE CULPRIT OF ALL OF THIS. AND RICK WITH VEL CONSTRUCTION SAYS THAT NOW THAT THAT'S DONE, EVERYTHING STABILIZED. AND THEY TOLD ME LAST WEEK THEY WERE FINISHING UP A PROJECT AT SOME APARTMENT COMPLEX, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO START ON THE HOUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK. AND WHEN I DROVE BY THERE, THEY HAD LUMBER IN THE DRIVEWAY AND A ROLL AWAY. SO I ASSUME THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED. SO THEY, I GUESS CONTINUOUSLY JUST SUCKING THE DIRT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH IT. YEAH. SO WHAT THEY TOLD ME CODY WITH ATLAS, THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, SAID, SO MY MOTHER GOT A NEW SEAWALL PROBABLY ABOUT TEN, 15 YEARS AGO. AND CODY SAID THAT THE PANELS WEREN'T DEEP ENOUGH, BUT THEY WERE PROBABLY ADEQUATE FOR THE TIME. AND BAY POINT WENT AND DREDGED THE CANAL, AND WHEN THEY DREDGED THE CANAL, EVERYTHING STARTED SEEPING UNDER THE PANELS. SO. AND THEY AND THEY ANCHORED THE THE

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WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT INTO OUR AT LEAST STARTING ON BRINGING IT INTO COMPLIANCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DO WE HAVE THIS RESCHEDULED OR WE JUST I THINK WE'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO GO TILL THE. IF IT'S UP TO YOU TO THE END OF THE PERMIT OR EXPIRATION AND NO WORK INTO THE PERMIT. YEAH. JUST SO THAT'S JUST LET ME KNOW AT THE END OF THE PERMIT, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMETIME EARLIER I DON'T. OKAY. SO, SO EACH TIME YOU GET A PORTION OF THE PERMIT, IT EXTENDS IT FURTHER 90 DAYS OR SIX MONTHS. AND IF WORK STOPS AND THE PERMIT EXPIRES, WE COME BACK FROM THE MAGISTRATE, TELL THEM, AND THEN DECIDES WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

IF IT CONTINUES ON AND IT'S DONE, WE'LL BRING IT BACK AND SAY IT'S DONE. OH YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW. RICK TOLD ME HE'S ONCE HE GETS STARTED, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN THIS WEEK, IT SHOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO COMPLETE. IT IS WHAT HE'S TOLD ME. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN. OKAY.

THANK YOU. BE SAFE. OKAY. ITEM. H, IS IT HENRY IS A. PROPERTY OWNER. REQUESTED A HEARING. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PHOTOS. 59, 5940. FIVE SIX. YES, YES. SURE. SUSIE. OKAY. PROPERTY ADDRESS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MISS WILSON OR MR. WILSON? GARRETT COOMER. I'M THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER. OKAY.

WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? WE'RE TRYING TO. WE'RE IN THE PROCEDURE OF SELLING THE PROPERTY. THE NEW FAMILY IS GOING TO BUY THE PROPERTY AND TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A HOME EVENTUALLY. ON IT. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING IN ORDER. WE WE, WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS IN THE TITLE TAX LIEN THING, WE COULDN'T SEE THAT THERE WAS SOME FINES ON THERE. WE DIDN'T SEE THIS WHEN WE BOUGHT IT, SO WE WEREN'T AWARE OF IT. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT $3,600 OF IT CAN'T BE YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO BE PAID NO MATTER WHAT THE FINE PART WE'RE SEEING, IF WE CAN REDUCE THE FINE OR ELIMINATE THE FINES, SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO PRODUCE AND MAKE THE PROPERTY BETTER, YOU KNOW, AND TRY TO HELP IT FOR THE NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BUY IT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH MARGIN IN THE SELLING OF IT, YOU KNOW, TO COVER ALL THE FINES AND EVERYTHING IN IT ALL. AND THERE WAS THE OLD THE OLD OWNER HAD THEIR KID ON THERE. I GOT THEM CLEARED OUT OF THERE. I CLEARED ALL THE OTHER DEBRIS THAT THEY HAD BROUGHT ONTO THE PROPERTY. THE PREVIOUS HE WAS JUST LIVING THERE AND STEALING POWER FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND STUFF. AND I GOT THAT ALL TAKEN CARE OF. SO. SO WE SHOULD HAVE IT CLOSING BY MAY 5TH. FOR THE NEW PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BUY THIS AND BUILD, YOU KNOW, THEY EVENTUALLY WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY AND EVERYTHING. BUT THEY DIDN'T DISCLOSE THIS AT THE TIME. WE DID IT THROUGH A TAX DEED. WE BOUGHT IT THROUGH THE TAX DEED SALE. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE FINES, AND I GUESS THEY SENT A LETTER OVER TO THE TO SEE IF THEY CAN PAY OFF THE $3,600, THE REMAINING PART, WHATEVER IS LEFT. WHEN I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, I BOUGHT IT FOR 9500.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TOWARDS THE 3600. I DON'T KNOW. LAST TIME I TALKED TO SOMEBODY, I THINK IT WAS THE OTHER DAY. JODY. YEAH, I TALKED TO YOU. YOU HADN'T GOT THE LETTER BACK FROM THE OTHER PEOPLE YET, AND. IT WAS. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND IF SOMEHOW WE SELL IT BEFORE ALL THAT HAPPENS AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I'LL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THE TAX PEOPLE WILL PAY YOU IN THE LIEN IN THE CELL WITHIN THE 3000, I GET REFUNDED OR DID I JUST THAT JUST GETS TO YOU, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF I SELL IT BY MY FIFTH AND YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING AND IT HAPPENS TO BE MONEY LEFT OVER FROM WHEN I BOUGHT IT. SEE MY QUESTION NOW, THIS REFLECTS A TOTAL PAYOFF OF $4,300, RIGHT? THAT'S WITH 1000 OF YOUR FINE FROM WHAT I WAS TRYING TO. I WIFE 750 OF THE FIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN WE STOP THE

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OKAY. AND THEN I GUESS WITH THE TITLE COMPANY, THEY'LL JUST BE ABLE TO PAY WHATEVER ALL THAT WORKS YOUR PROBLEM. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST KEEP IN CONTACT WITH ME TO SEE IF WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR, OKAY? YEAH, YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER 30 DAYS ABOUT THAT ON THE PHONE.

ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP, I REALLY DO. THANK YOU. BYE BYE. HAVE TWO LATE ARRIVALS.

NO NEED TO BE SWORN. OKAY? OKAY. I'D LIKE TO START WITH ITEM B. BOY. OKAY. THOUSAND SEVEN SHERMAN AVENUE.

COMPLIED. FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CEDAR GROVE AREA. TO SHERMAN AVENUE, RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE AND PROPERTY LINES. PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN RED. SLIDE NUMBER THREE. IT IS IN THE FLOOD ZONE. AND WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT ON THIS PROPERTY. COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. AND THEY ARE HERE TO TESTIFY AS WELL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR PREVIOUS CASE THIS IS A REPEAT OFFENDER. SO ON JANUARY 7TH. OH YEAH. WE HAVE HIS PHOTOS FIRST. YES. YEAH. I'LL GO WITH IT. OKAY. JANUARY 7TH RECEIVED A CALL FROM DEPUTY JASON PROCTOR REGARDING THIS PROPERTY. 2007 SHERMAN AVENUE.

IT IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM SHERMAN PINES AND IS OWNED BY SHERMAN PINES AS WELL. SO THERE'S ALL THE REPEAT VIOLATIONS AND ALL THE CURRENT CASES THAT WERE THAT MAKE IT A REPEAT. OR IN THIS REPORT PREPARED BY ME AND EXHIBITS PREPARED BY ME AND COPIES OF THE COURT ORDERS ARE HERE IN THE FILE. DEPUTY PROCTOR IS PROVIDING ME WITH SOME PHOTOS, AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY TO HIS PHOTOS. AND WHAT LED HIM TO CONTACT US. OKAY. I'VE RESPONDED TO THIS PROPERTY NUMEROUS TIMES. ON ONE OF THOSE TIMES. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE I. I DID IN FACT TAKE THESE PHOTOS. THERE'S NUMEROUS STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S A CATTLE TRAILER. WE IDENTIFIED TWO INDIVIDUALS LIVING INSIDE THAT TRAILER. AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, A BUNCH OF JUNK TRASH DEBRIS, DERELICT VEHICLES, DERELICT BOATS. THERE IS A LARGE BOAT ON THE PROPERTY THAT AN INDIVIDUAL LIVES IN. HE GOES BY BEAR. BUT ACTUALLY YOU COULD KIND OF SEE IT OFF TO THE LEFT OF THAT SHED. PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SHED, JUST UP TO THE TOP LEFT IS THE OUTER PART OF THE BOAT. THEN THERE'S ANOTHER LITTLE HASTY SHED RIGHT THERE WHERE THE RED DOT IS ON. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE BAR THAT THEY HAVE SET UP. AND THEN THE SHED TO THE RIGHT IS FULL OF TOOLS, AND I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY LIVES THERE, BUT I DID RECOVER SOME METHAMPHETAMINE AND A SOME PARAPHERNALIA OUT OF THAT SHED WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. DOES THAT SAY, HOW DO YOU SAY AGAIN, IS THAT A RV OVER HERE? IT IS. AND THAT WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME. I BELIEVE THAT THE DATE OF THIS INCIDENT IS GOING TO BE IN DECEMBER OF 2025. WE WERE THERE MULTIPLE TIMES. WE WERE THERE ON THE NINTH, THE 11TH, THE 14TH, THE 21ST, 31ST, AND THEN JANUARY 6TH AS WELL. THE EXTENSION CORD THAT KIND OF RUNS ACROSS THE PICTURE THERE. DID YOU DETERMINE IF THAT WAS USED TO POWER UP ANYTHING? I BELIEVE IT POWERED THE HORSE TRAILER, WHICH WAS A COUPLE OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDES. CORRECT. AND INSIDE THIS HORSE TRAILER, WE LOCATED A FUGITIVE. HE WAS A

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AND THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO INSPECTOR THORPE AGAIN. INSPECTOR THORPE ASKED MISS

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NOTHING WAS PERMITTED. THE OWNERS OF SHERMAN PINES MOBILE HOME PARK NEVER PULLED ANY PERMITS FOR THIS PROPERTY TO INSTALL ANY OF THOSE. I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE DID THE INSPECTION, I NOTED THREE OF THE STRUCTURES, WHICH WE'LL GO THROUGH REAL QUICK. AFTER DOING SOME MORE DIGGING THIS MORNING, REVIEWING THE PHOTOS. NONE OF THEM WERE EVER PERMITTED. AND THIS IS ACCESSORY ONE. THIS WAS THE ONE THAT'S TO THE LEFT OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. IT'S TWO BEST WAY METAL SHEDS THAT HAVE THIS ROOF CONNECTED. LACK OF TRUST IS OBVIOUSLY NOTHING WAS PERMITTED. THEY'RE NOT TIED DOWN PROPERLY. AND THAT BACK SHED THERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S ACTUALLY GOT ANOTHER ONE KIND OF GRAFTED ON THE BACK OF IT. I GOT SOME BETTER PHOTOS ON AS WE GO THROUGH. THERE YOU GO, WHICH HAS WALL DAMAGE WINDOWS OUT. IT'S JUST GOT JUNK STORED INSIDE OF IT. THE GREEN CAROLINE CARPORT, WHICH THEY'RE KNOWN AS. AND THE FAR LEFT OF SLIDE 27. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S DIRECTLY BEHIND THE HOUSE THAT WAS NOT PERMITTED AS WELL. AFTER DOING SOME MORE DIGGING, THAT'S THE INSIDE OF THAT SHED.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S KIND OF THERE'S TWO OF THEM PUT TOGETHER THERE. ACCESSORY TWO WOULD BE TO THE LEFT OF THAT ONE. THERE WAS A TRAVEL TRAILER THAT INDIVIDUALS CAME OUT. THEY SAID NOBODY WAS STAYING THERE AT THE TIME. THIS ALL THIS TOO, AS YOU CAN SEE THE GABLE AND SLIDE 30 WITH THAT ROTTEN WOOD UP THERE. THAT ALSO WAS ONE WHAT THEY REFER TO AS CAROLINE CARPORT, AND IT HAD AN ADDITION ADDED ON TO THE FRONT. IT HAS POWER. IT HAS A STOVE IN THERE.

IT HAS AN EXTERIOR SHOWER, THERE'S A GENERATOR OR SOMETHING WITH A LITTLE LEAN TO ON THE SIDE. THERE WERE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS KIND OF ROAMING AROUND AND SCATTERING AS WE WERE. WE WERE THERE WALKING AROUND. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE STEAM OR THE EXHAUST PIPE COMING OUT THE TOP FOR THEIR STOVE, INSIDE THAT WHITE FENCE THAT'S IN THE BACK, THAT'S A SHOWER. NEXT PHOTO PLEASE. THERE YOU GO. EXTERIOR SHOWER HEAD. JUST MORE EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE LIVING THERE. THERE'S THE EXHAUST PIPE COMING OUT. THERE'S THE INTERIOR OF IT.

ACCESSORY THREE WAS THAT LITTLE BAR THAT THEY HAVE THAT SET UP THERE ALSO NOT PERMITTED. AND THE WHOLE I WILL SUPPLY YOU THIS AFTERNOON WITH A NEW AGENDA ABOUT PERMITS FOR ACCESSORIES, EVEN LITTLE PUMP HOUSES. NOW IT'S NO MORE 120 OR UNDER, DOESN'T NEED ANYTHING, NEEDS A PERMIT. IT'S ON STRUCTURE NOW ON THE PROPERTY. I'M SORRY. SO IT WOULD NEED ONE.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT WOULDN'T PASS BUILDING AND BUILDING CODE. IT'S IT DOES. NOTHING WAS BUILT PROPERLY. THERE WERE PEOPLE RUMMAGING AROUND IN THAT BOAT. YOU CAN SEE IN THE LEFT PART OF THAT THAT SHED, THERE'S AN ORANGE EXTENSION CORD GOING IN THERE. THERE WERE LIGHTS ON INSIDE THE, THE, THE, THE BOAT AS WELL. AND THERE WAS PEOPLE IN THAT FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER, THE HORSE TRAILER AS WELL, WHERE THEY'RE SO AS THEY SIT, NONE OF THEM ARE UNPERMITTED OR NONE OF THEM ARE PERMITTED ALL UNFIT, UNSAFE TO BE ON THE PROPERTY. HE IS A TENANT. SO SHERMAN MISS SHIRLEY THAT OWNS SHERMAN PINES MOBILE HOME PARK, SHE WOULD BE THE ONE TO HAVE TO PERMIT THAT OR PULL THE PERMIT FOR DEMOLITION. WHO OWNS THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE UP FRONT? THE THE THE SHERMAN PINES LLC. SHIRLEY SCOTT OWNS IT. AND CONTINUING WITH WITH THE INSPECTION, WE DID THESE A THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I TOOK STARTING SLIDE 40. THAT'S JUST BASIC AGAIN FOR BEING OUT FRONT. JUST A CLOSE UP VIEW. THAT'S FOR I MADE CONTACT WITH WITH THE TENANT INSIDE WHO GAVE US PERMISSION TO ENTER THE PROPERTY. IT'S THE GATE WAS OPEN. SO YOU COULD KIND OF SEE A LOT OF ITEMS. INSPECTION REPORT WAS NOTED IN HIS HIS

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IT'S LIKE A DUMP, BASICALLY. THAT TRUCK'S DERELICT. JUST SOME MORE PICTURES OF THAT TRAILER. JUST BACK LOOKING FROM THE ROAD AGAIN, THE RV, THE HOUSE. NOW I'M ACTUALLY INSIDE THE PROPERTY. THESE ARE JUST PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I TOOK ALONGSIDE WITH INSPECTOR THORPE, JUST PHOTOGRAPHING ALL THE, ALL THE JUNK AND DEBRIS THAT'S THAT'S SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THIS PROPERTY. ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE SHED. LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. THIS IS BEHIND THE RV. SO I MADE CONTACT WITH THE GENTLEMAN NAMED JAMES MCNEIL WHO WAS THERE AT THE RV.

HE STATED THAT HE OWNS THE RV. HE STATED THAT HE DOES LIVE THERE. THAT IS THAT IS MR. MCNEIL THERE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT HE LIVES THERE, THAT A LOT OF THE JUNK AROUND THE RV IS HIS PERSONAL PROPERTY. OF COURSE, I INSTRUCTED HIM THAT HE CANNOT LIVE IN THE RV. THERE WASN'T A TAG ON IT, SO I DETERMINED, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS DERELICT THAT THAT HE NEEDED TO CEASE HABITATION AND HE NEEDS TO PUT A TAG AND CLEAN THAT STUFF UP. HE DID INDICATE THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE LEAVING AND TAKING THE RV WITH HIM. AND I WILL SAY LATER IN THE THE CASE THAT HE DID VACATE THE PROPERTY WITH THE RV. THESE ARE SOME MORE PHOTOS THAT I TOOK.

THERE'S A DERELICT VEHICLE, PILE OF JUNK AND DEBRIS NEXT TO TO. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE WORKING MY, MY WAY KIND OF COUNTERCLOCKWISE ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THERE. MAGISTRATE. JUST A LOT OF JUNK DEBRIS. THERE'S THE LITTLE PARTY SHACK. EXTENSION CORDS RUNNING EVERYWHERE THAT'S GIVING POWER TO ALL THESE ACCESSORIES. WHAT IS THAT THING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE? IS IT A HUB OF SOME SORT? IT'S I IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD BUILT. I REALLY COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS. FIBERGLASS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT THE MOTOR. POWER POLE LAYING THERE. DERELICT VESSEL. YES, SIR. NO CURRENT REGISTRATION ON THE BOAT. THIS JUST LOOKING BACK. JUST SHOWING MORE OF THE JUNK AND DEBRIS THAT'S LAID OUT. IT'S BACK LOOKING AT THE SHOWER. THERE'S A WASHING MACHINE AND DRYER SET UP OVER THERE. JUST CLOSE UP OF THE PICTURE AGAIN. SHOWER. THIS IS THAT BOAT. CAN YOU HOLD THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE? YES, OFF TO THE RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ZOOM IN, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A VERY LARGE HOLE CUT INTO THE SIDE OF THE BOAT. IT'S BEING USED AS AN ENTRANCE. SO THAT BOAT IS NOT LIKELY TO EVER FLOAT AGAIN.

FLOAT AGAIN. SO I'M NOT SURE WE COULD CONSIDER IT A ACTUAL VESSEL AT THIS. JUST DEPICTING ALL THE JUNK AROUND THERE. THIS IS NOW LOOKING BACK INTO THE FIELD. THERE'S A BUNCH OF DERELICT PARTS OF CARS. I MEAN, IT GOES ON FOR SOME WAY. MATTRESSES, OLD APPLIANCES, DISCARDED GARBAGE. LIKE I SAID, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LANDFILL BACK THERE. DISCARDED BOATS.

JUST A LOT OF JUNK AND DEBRIS. OBVIOUSLY NONE OF THESE VESSELS ARE PERMITTED OR ARE CURRENT CLOSE UP. SHERMAN AVENUE HAD A SERIES OF LITTLE CONCRETE HOUSES. IS THIS WHERE THIS WAS? YES, ON ON THE OTHER SIDE? YEAH, A FEW OF THEM OVER THERE. SOME OF THEM WERE SOLD OFF. IT WAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF SHERMAN. YES. YEAH. OKAY. JUST JUST CLOSE UP WITH ONE OF THE DERELICT VESSELS THAT ARE THROWN BACK THERE. JUST CLOSE UP SOME OF THE DEBRIS. I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT BACK THERE. THIS IS NOW COMING BACK AROUND. THERE'S ANOTHER DERELICT VEHICLE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE TRAILER THAT DEPUTY PROCTOR. AND IT DID SHOW SIGNS, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN IT. I DID TRY TO MAKE CONTACT. KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, BUT NO ONE NO ONE ANSWERED. THESE ARE JUST A BUNCH OF LIKE PERSONAL ITEMS THAT I WOULD SHOW, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT GAVE ME A BELIEF SOMEONE WAS ACTUALLY LIVING THERE. AS YOU CAN TELL, EACH, EACH ACCESSORY WHERE SOMEONE'S LIVING AT, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN JUNK KIND OF STACKED UP NEXT TO IT. HIS LITTLE, LITTLE FIRE PIT HE HAS OUT FRONT. MORE STUFF, JUNK DEBRIS, JUST CLOSE UP OF THE POWER CORD THAT GOES INSIDE. AND THESE

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AT THE TIME MARCH 9TH, PROPERTIES WERE INSPECTED. ONLY THING HAS REALLY CHANGED IS GRASS IS GROWING. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PHOTOS, YOU KNOW, BEAR WITH ME HERE. JUST STILL TRYING TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THAT SHOWED UP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT EVEN IS. LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING. IF YOU IT LOOKS LIKE A TRICYCLE ELEMENT OF AN AIRPLANE. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I THOUGHT, TOO. BUT IT DOES LOOK IN THE NEXT SLIDE THAT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE TRYING TO TEAR THIS DOWN OR DO MAINTENANCE TO IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE LADDER WAS PROPPED UP. LET ME GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE. WHICH ONE? THE SHED. THE. THAT ONE. OKAY, SO THAT THAT'S A CHIMNEY RIGHT THERE. I'VE BEEN INSIDE THAT SHED AND THERE'S A WOOD BURNING STOVE RIGGED UP TO THE SHED. SO THAT'S PROBABLY A FIRE HAZARD. THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF ELECTRONICS AND TOOLS INSIDE THE SHED WITH LIKE LITHIUM BATTERIES. SO THAT WOULDN'T BE GOOD IF THAT WENT UP. SO. THAT'S MAYOR GOES THROUGH THE SLIDES HERE. YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE SAME THINGS ALL THERE'S A LOT OF LAUNDRY HANGING OUT BACK THERE FOR SUPPOSEDLY TWO PEOPLE LIVING IN OR MAYBE LIVING IN THE HOUSE.

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ACTUALLY, MY GODFATHER, JIM SCOTT, WHO OWNS ALL THE PINES. HE DIED. I HAVE A QUITCLAIM DEED THAT HE LEFT TO ME. AND AT ONE TIME, WE NEVER GOT IT FILED BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANE.

EVERYTHING HAPPENED AND EVERYTHING GOT MESSED UP. IF YOU HADN'T FILED A QUITCLAIM SINCE THE HURRICANE, THAT'S FALLEN ON DEAF EARS HERE. THE PROBLEM IS YOU CAN'T GET IT WITH SHIRLEY NOW. YOU CAN'T WHAT? I CAN'T GET UP WITH MISS SHIRLEY. HIS WIFE. MISS SHIRLEY, OWNS THE PARK IN THAT. THAT PARCEL? YEAH. SHE'S KIND OF LEFT US ALL HIGH AND DRY. SO.

BECAUSE I HAD STUFF TO STORE DURING THE HURRICANE AND A LOT OF MY PAPERWORK, INCLUDING THAT GOT MESSED. DO YOU HAVE THE QUITCLAIM OR DID THEY DOES SHE HAVE THE QUITCLAIM? I HAD IT, IT GOT DAMAGED IN WHEN MY ROOF CAME IN ON THE HOUSE, A LOT OF MY STUFF GOT DAMAGED, SO I LOST ALL THAT. SO I WAS TRYING TO GET BACK WITH HER TO GET, YOU KNOW, TO GET REDONE AND GET IT.

BUT GETTING HURRICANE WAS IN 18, SO YOU'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME. OH, TRUST ME, I'VE BEEN TRYING.

YOU'LL HEAR FROM EVERYBODY ELSE DOWN THERE AT OUR PARK, YOU KNOW THAT. NOBODY GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM. WELL, SO. BUT ANYWAY, AS FAR AS THIS. I HAVE BEEN REMOVING THE STUFF OUT OF THERE.

THIS ALL STARTED ACTUALLY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WITH MY BROTHER. I HAD A, A INCIDENT

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HE TRIED TO HURT MY SON AND I GOT TRESPASSED OR NOT TRESPASSED ON MY PROPERTY. I COULDN'T GO AROUND MY PROPERTY BECAUSE HE WAS STILL LIVING THERE. SO AT THAT TIME, HE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS TO MY PROPERTY. AND WE CALLED NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN MY BROTHER WAS, CAUSING PROBLEMS THERE. AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WENT THERE SO MANY TIMES. HE'S IN JAIL ON HIS WAY TO PRISON, FINALLY. AND I GOT, YOU KNOW, I COULD GO BACK TO MY PROPERTY. THERE WAS NOBODY LEFT ON MY PROPERTY. NOW ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE GONE. AND WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THE STUFF AND THAT IS AN AIRCRAFT THAT'S SITTING OVER THERE, IT'S AN ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT, IT'S A GR ONE. I DESIGNED IT AND BUILT IT, AND I'VE FLOWN IN ABOUT 400 HOURS. SO. THE BOATS, THE TWO BOATS ARE PART OF A LAWSUIT THAT WAS DONE WITH MY COMPANY FOLDED UP. SO THE MARINE AND THEY WERE PUT AS COLLATERAL FOR THE BANK. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAD CAME OUT THERE AND THEY PUT STICKERS ON SO THEY COULDN'T REMOVE THE BOATS.

I WASN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO TOUCH THEM. BUT MY BROTHER WENT ON THERE AND THEY JUST TORE THEM ALL TO HELL. AND NOW I'M STUCK WITH BANK ON THAT AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.

BUT I GOT AN EXCAVATOR IN THE DUMPSTER SCHEDULED TO COME OUT THERE AND GET THE REST OF THE TRASH OUT OF THERE, THAT THEY JUST, THE STUFF THEY BROUGHT UP. MY PROPERTY WAS NEVER LIKE THIS BEFORE THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING OR IF YOU'RE MAKING EXCUSES FOR ALL THIS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS. I'LL HAVE IT. I'LL HAVE IT CORRECTED WITHIN 30 DAYS, OF WHICH YOU'LL DO WHAT? IT'LL BE WITHIN COMPLIANCE WITHIN 30 DAYS. JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOUR HONOR, I DIDN'T MENTION THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. IS MAY 14TH AT 1 A.M. HERE, NOT 1 A.M. 1 P.M. YEAH. I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. 1 P.M. OKAY. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'D BE PERMITS FOR THIS PROJECT. I'M WORKING ON IT. I, THE CONTRACTOR I HIRED, HE.

WHEN WE WHEN I WAS DOING ALL THE STUFF. I DON'T KNOW ANY WAY YOU COULD CLEAN THIS UP IN 30 DAYS. OH YES, SIR, I CAN. AND I'M WORKING ON IT NOW. AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING THAT THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN YET, BUT IT'S, IT'S LEAVING FASTLY NOW THE TWO BOATS I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL TECHNICALLY I HAVE A NOTICE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON THEM, AND I'M NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE LISTED AS COLLATERAL. CHECK WITH YOUR CIVIL DIVISION, MA'AM. THE TWO BOATS THAT ARE ON THE PICTURE, THEY'RE THE ONE THEY'RE SAYING SOMEONE'S LIVING IN. WE HAD A STICKER WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHEN I WHEN I GOT FORECLOSED ON FOR MY COMPANY. I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THESE BOATS. IT'S LIKE A REPO. YEAH. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COME OUT AND PUT A STICKER ON IT, AND IT'S UP TO THE BANK TO GET TO RECOVER IT, AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH IT. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. I'LL GET WITH OFFICER PROCTOR NOW, AND I'LL SHOW HIM THE NOTES. HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN THERE? YOU GOT ANY IDEA? ABOUT TWO YEARS. A FEW YEARS, AT LEAST TWO YEARS. AND I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HE'S SAYING.

SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR CIVIL. AND IT IS. YEAH. CHECK ON THAT AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING OUT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, BUT. WE CAN GIVE THE BANK A CHANCE TO COME GET THEM. BUT IF THEY DON'T COME GET THEM, THEY AIN'T DONE IT. THEY'RE FIXING TO LOSE THEIR COLLATERAL.

YEAH, THEY AIN'T DONE. THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT. AND I WOULD SAY THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH COLLATERAL THERE. NO THERE ISN'T. I WOULD SAY THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD INCUR CONSIDERABLY MORE COSTS THAN THEY WOULD REAP THE BENEFIT. I GOT A QUESTION. YOU SAY YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR. YES. WHAT'S WHAT'S HIS NAME AND LICENSE NUMBER? AARON HARRIS. AARON

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AND THE PRINCE WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH MYSELF IF THEY SUBMIT IT. BUT IF THERE'S NO PERMISSION FROM MISS SCOTT, THEN THEY WON'T ACCEPT IT. I'M NOT TO WASTE YOUR TIME. THAT'S WHY I'M MAKING SURE SHE'S ALIVE. SHE IS ALIVE, I MEAN, BUT SHE HAD. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'D BE IT. ALRIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD, THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY AT 2007 SHERMAN AVENUE IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17.

THE. THE NOTICE WAS GIVEN WHILE THE. THE RESPONDENT OWNER SLASH HAS NOT APPEARED. ONE OF THE TENANTS HAS APPEARED AND MADE HIS PITCH RELATED TO SOME OF THE ITEMS FOUND ON THE PROPERTY.

I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS A REPEAT VIOLATOR BASED ON THE. MULTIPLE CASES CITED IN THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, AND THEREFORE THEY ARE SUBJECT TO THE. THE REPEAT VIOLATOR VIOLATIONS OR SANCTIONS. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 35 OH FOR THE HABITATION OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS CONTINUING TO THIS DATE, BUT THERE WAS AT THE TIME OF THE. INSPECTIONS PERFORMED, THE THERE'S A REPEAT VIOLATION OF 17 TWO IN THE FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, DERELICT VEHICLES, DERELICT VESSELS, APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, JUNK TRASH, DEBRIS AND OVERGROWTH. I'M GONNA FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, JUNK TRASH, DEBRIS, CLEARING ANY UNDERGROWTH, ONE DERELICT VEHICLE OR VESSEL MAY MAY REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY ONLY IF THERE IS A REPAIRED OR STRUCTURALLY SOUND PRIMARY STRUCTURE IN THE PROPERTY.

THERE ARE NO ALLEGATIONS AS TO THAT PRIMARY STRUCTURE, ARE THERE? NO. OKAY. THE FOR SOME REASON, IF THAT PRIMARY STRUCTURE WAS NOT THERE, THEN ALL VEHICLES, BOTH DERELICT AND OPERATIONAL, MUST BE TO BE STORED INSIDE AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE OR REMOVED. THERE MUST BE A CESSATION OF ALL HABITATION OF ANY AND ALL RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, VESSELS, ENCLOSED UTILITY TRAILERS OR ANY OTHER UNPERMITTED, UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE A STRESS ACCESSORY STRUCTURES HAVE GOT TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURES IN ANY AND ALL PROHIBITED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, AS MAY BE DEFINED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND REMOVE ALL OF THE DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM THE PREMISES OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE.

REPAIR THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES BY OBTAINING A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION OR SUBMITTING A BUILDING APPLICATION PERMIT TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THAT APPLICATION HAS GOT TO INCLUDE A FULL SET OF STRUCTURAL REPORTS, DRAWINGS, ETC. FROM A FLORIDA LICENSED AND REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL AND THAT WILL ALSO GO TO CODE

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IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS WITHIN THE 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED AND I'M CHANGING THAT FINE FROM 2000 TO $5000. THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF THE RESPONDENT ALLOWS OR OBTAINS A DEMOLITION OR BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THEN ALLOWS IT TO EXPIRE. OR HAS IT BECOME VOID FOR ANY OTHER REASON? AGAIN, THAT WILL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. BY REMOVING OR CEASING HABITATION OF THE VESSEL, UTILITY TRAILER, ETC. WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONTINUE TO BE FINED A DAILY FINE OF $25. I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT $50 UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTRACT CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT TO SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION AND VERIFY THAT THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IS UNOCCUPIED. NOW, IT'S NOT ON PREMISES ANYMORE THOUGH, IS IT? NO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, SCRATCH THAT, ALL THAT THEN. WELL THE BOAT THOUGH, THE BOAT AND THE THE TRAILER THAT THE CATTLE TRAILER, THE CATTLE TRAILER. THERE'S NO THINGS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THIS PROVISION OF THE ORDER THAT THEY SHALL NOT BE HABITAT OR BE THE LOCATION FOR HABITATION ANYMORE. THE. RESPONDENT WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT TO SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION OF THESE TWO THINGS, TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO LONGER HABITATION OF EITHER OF THEM THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THE FINE CEASE. THOSE FINES WILL ALSO BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, WILL BE BACK HERE MAY 14TH FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING. IS THAT 1:00? YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONTACT THE OWNER AND TELL HER THAT IT'S FIXING TO GET WORSE. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH SHIRLEY FOR ALMOST A YEAR. OKEYDOKE THAT'S IT, RIGHT? THE ITEM A IS ALSO NOW PRESENT. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 3111F STREET. ALSO A REPEAT VIOLATION. ON FEBRUARY 16TH OF 2022, THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOUND THIS PROPERTY IN VIOLATION OF 17,002 FORMER DERELICT VEHICLES, JUNK TRASH DEBRIS AND UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND IS CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE POST-HEARING BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. ON JANUARY 14TH OF THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FOR JUNKING JUNK ON THIS PROPERTY. SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS SHOWING FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED SAYS TRANSMITTER ROAD D STREET. WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS JUST NORTH. AND THEN THIS IS A CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED TODAY

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AND ON JANUARY 20TH OF THIS YEAR, INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON INITIATED. GOOD MORNING MANAGER ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY EXHIBITS AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FOR THIS CASE ON THE 20TH. I WENT OUT TO THE SITE INSPECTION. BASED ON THE COMPLAINT, I DID CONTACT THE COMPLAINANT WHO IS THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR THERE OF THE RESPONDENT. THEY ADVISED THAT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OF JUNK DEBRIS CONSTANT HIM BRINGING IN STUFF. I KNOW THEY HAD A BIG COMPLAINT ON POSSIBLY LIKE BURNING THE WIRING TO GET THE COPPER. NO POWER TO THE HOUSE GENERATORS. BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MAIN CONCERN ABOUT ALL THE JUNK AND DEBRIS. THEY DID ALLOW ME ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY. THEY HAVE SOME MISSING PANELS ON THEIR FENCE THAT THAT THAT WILL SHOW LATER IN THE SLIDES. THESE ARE PICTURES I TOOK FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. SLIDE SIX. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A TARP CARPORT, THE RESPONDENT'S TRUCK, THE ZOOMED IN. YOU CAN KIND OF TELL THERE'S A LOT OF PANELING PUT UP TO TRY TO HIDE A LOT OF THE JUNK AND DEBRIS. AND THAT'S IN THERE. THAT'S A PANEL TRUCK KIND OF YOU SEE THE WHITE ROOF ON THE LEFT? THAT'S A PANEL TRUCK THAT'S IN THERE THAT WAS DERELICT. NOW TO THE LEFT OF THE. YEAH, POLE BARN. THIS IS LOOKING PAST THE PROPERTY BACK TOWARDS IT. THAT'S THE THE REAR ACCESSORY. BUT THE THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE FRONT IS WAS IS UNPERMITTED. IT'S KIND OF ADDED ON TO THAT STRUCTURE IN THE BACK. THIS IS OVERVIEW. THAT'S THAT BOX TRUCK I WAS TALKING ABOUT. LOOKING BACK FROM THE COMPLAINANTS PROPERTY. THERE'S A CLOSE A CLOSER LOOK.

THAT'S ANOTHER PERMITTED UNPERMITTED STRUCTURE IN THE BACK. THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE THE PROPERTY. THE COMPLAINANTS PROPERTY. INTO THE BACKYARD DOWN THE FENCE LINE. YOU SEE A LOT OF THE JUNK AND DEBRIS. THAT'S THE MISSING PANEL FOR THE NEIGHBOR'S FENCE. LOOKING BACK DOWN TO THE PROPERTY. ON THE 21ST I ASKED FOR A BUILDING INSPECTION. INSPECTOR THORPE AND I WENT TO THE PROPERTY. I KNOW BRANDON FROM THE THE FIRST CASE THAT WAS MENTIONED FROM BACK IN 2022 MADE CONTACT WITH BRANDON AT THE. HE'S THE HOMEOWNER AND RESPONDENT AT HIS HOUSE THAT DAY. HE GAVE INSPECTOR THORPE AND MYSELF PERMISSION TO GO ONTO THE PROPERTY AND CONDUCT INSPECTION AND AT THIS POINT, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO INSPECTOR THORPE AGAIN. I'M AT INSPECTOR THORPE IS EXISTING CARPORT HERE. IT'S BEEN ADDED ON TO OVER THE YEARS.

MOST OF THE ACCESSORIES HAVE BEEN. THIS IS AFTER ENTERING INTO PAST THAT THAT POLE AND TARP LITTLE CARPORT THAT SITS IN THE DRIVEWAY. AS YOU CAN SEE GOING DOWN THE SIDE, IT'S KIND OF PIECED TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF MATERIAL, AND THEN IT'S BEEN ADDED ON TO ANOTHER POLE AND TARP TYPE, LIKE HARBOR FREIGHT SHED. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SHED THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF THAT ONE AS WELL. THAT SHED THERE WAS SITTING ON THE BACK RIGHT SIDE THAT WHEN YOU SAY THAT SHED, ARE YOU. THE TAN ONE RIGHT THERE. YES, SIR. OKAY. WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT ONE BEFORE. HAD ROOF DAMAGE. IT WAS REPAIRED, BUT NOW IT'S BEEN ADDED ON TO ON THE FRONT WHERE THAT LADDER IS AT ON THE FRONT RIGHT OF SLIDE 21 THERE. CENTER OF THE PHOTO THAT'S BEEN ADDED ON TO THAT SHED. AND THEN THERE IS WHEN YOU ENTER THE PROPERTY IS A SHED ON THE FAR LEFT. IT'S BEEN PUT ON THE PROPERTY LINE AND THOSE WERE IN INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON'S PHOTOS WHEN HE WAS LOOKING THROUGH THAT HOLE IN THE FENCE THERE. AND IT SETS. THEY SET RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE. NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN PERMITTED. AND AROUND 2022, 23 IN THAT TIME FRAME IS WHEN THE ALL THE ADDITIONAL SHEDS STARTED SHOWING UP FROM OUR YEAH AFTER CASE FROM OUR OUR GIS SYSTEM. AND NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. THERE ARE NO PERMITS. THEY'RE CONSIDERED UNFIT. UNSAFE. AS STATED, WAS WITH RESPECT TO THORPE AND BRANDON. AND WHILE HE WAS THERE, I WAS ALSO TAKING PICTURES OF THE PROPERTY. THESE ARE JUST VARIOUS PHOTOS SHOW A

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MARCH 25TH POSTED THE PROPERTY FOR THE HEARING. IT WAS ALSO POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT DATABASE. THE OWNERSHIP HAS NOT CHANGED AND THE TAXES ARE DELINQUENT FROM 2025 APRIL 6TH, WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY, FOUND THE PROPERTY WAS STILL IN VIOLATION. THERE HAVE BEEN NO PERMITS PULLED. IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE STUFF'S BEEN TRIED TO. KIND OF HARD TO TELL IF ANYTHING'S REALLY BEEN CLEANED. A LOT OF STUFF LIKE ON SHERMAN AVENUE, BUT BRANDON USUALLY WORKS PRETTY HARD ON TRYING TO GET THIS STUFF OUT OF THERE, AT LEAST ON THE PREVIOUS CASE HE DID ON THE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO PERMITS APPLIED FOR OR OBTAINED FOR THE STRUCTURES, AND AT THAT POINT THIS IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON MAY 14TH AT 1 P.M. HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. AND I HAVE NO FURTHER TESTIMONY THIS TIME. AND BRANDON'S PROPERTY OWNER.

WHERE ARE YOU AT, SIR? YOU SWEAR? AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH. SO, YEAH. OKAY. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING

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I DO HAVE. SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE ONE WHERE THIS PERSPECTIVE HAS BEEN BEEN TAKEN FROM.

THAT'S MY PUMP HOUSE AND IT WAS BUILT BASICALLY OUT OF NECESSITY TO PROTECT MY WATER PUMP FOR THE FOR THE PROPERTY ON THE WATER OR FOR THE WATER. WHICH, WHICH BUILDING ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? IT'S NOT A IT'S THE ONE THAT'S HE'S STANDING RIGHT. THAT, THAT THAT'S THE CORNER. THAT'S RIGHT THERE. YES SIR. YES SIR. YEAH. THAT THE THE OSB BOARD. YES, YES. OKAY.

THAT'S YOUR PUMP HOUSE. YES SIR. IT'S EIGHT BY 12. SO IT'S 96 SQUARE FOOT, WHICH I MY UNDERSTANDING WAS WE NEEDED TO STAY UNDER. IT'S EITHER 100 OR 120FT■!S, SO I MADE SURE TO KEEP IT UNDER THAT SO I COULD AVOID ANY PERMITTING ISSUES. THE OTHER STRUCTURES, THE ADD ON TO THE SHED THERE, THE LITTLE COVERED AREA RIGHT THERE WHERE THE POLE TENT IS, ALL THAT STUFF I PLAN ON TAKING DOWN. ANYWAY. I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING THAT. AND THE CARPORT THAT I ADDED ON TO, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE DOWN THE PLYWOOD AND EVERYTHING ON THAT. I'VE ONLY RECENTLY JUST GOT STARTED ON IT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH IT WITH FPL 136 DAYS WITHOUT POWER, WHICH IS KIND OF REALLY PUT A BIG HINDRANCE ON MY WHOLE OPERATION. I AM A SCRAPPER, BUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I PICK UP, I REPAIR AND SELL. SO THAT'S, THAT'S HARDER TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE TO KEEP GAS IN A GENERATOR. I WENT THROUGH FOUR GENERATORS. I GOT ONE THAT'S GOOD. THE THIRD, THIRD, THE LAST ONE GOT A IT'S BLOWING WHITE SMOKE. AND THEN I HAVE TWO THAT JUST COMPLETELY GOT WIPED OUT. WHY IS F B AND L SHUT YOU DOWN? OKAY. THEIR METER. SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THEIR METER AND THEY'RE DENYING IT. I GOT HIT WITH AN $8,000 BILL OUT OF THE BLUE, AND THEY CUT ME OFF. SO I JUST STARTED HITTING THE BOOKS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE PROBLEM, IS THAT THEIR METER WAS NOT READING THINGS RIGHT. I MEAN, HOW DO YOU GET AN 8000? LIKE, I DON'T EVEN THINK A GAS STATION GETS $8,000 IN A YEAR. YOU KNOW, HOW DO I. PRETTY SPORTY BILL. YEAH.

SO THEY'RE DENYING IT. I'VE GOT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION INVOLVED. THEY'RE WORKING WITH FPL. I MEAN, LIKE THEY'RE CAPTURED BY THEM. I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN, THAT THEY'RE KIND OF IN CAHOOTS, IT SEEMS TO ME ANYWAY, BECAUSE I REQUESTED A REFEREED METER TEST AND THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO AVOID HAVING ME WITNESS THAT METER BEING TESTED.

SO. SO BASICALLY THEY'VE SPOILED THE EVIDENCE AND NOW THEY'RE NOT TALKING TO ME AT ALL. I ONLY COMMUNICATE WITH THEM THROUGH EMAIL, AND I WON'T TALK TO THEM ON THE PHONE BECAUSE I CAN'T RECORD THE PHONE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO PARTY CONSENT AND THEY WON'T TALK TO ME THAT WAY. AND THEY WILL NOT PUT ANYTHING IN WRITING EITHER. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL. I HAVE AN OPEN COMPLAINT WITH THE PSC AND THIS. THEY CAME OUT AND THEY RESTORED THE POWER. AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY FOUND THE METER. THIS WAS IN AROUND THE END OF JANUARY, I BELIEVE AFTER 136 DAYS. SO I GOT MY POWER BACK, BUT RECOVERED FROM THAT.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING KIND OF CAME TO A STANDSTILL. USUALLY EVERYTHING I GOT GOING ON THERE CYCLES THROUGH, BUT IT IS A MESS NOW AND IT IS A MESS. YES, SIR. AND I'M WORKING ON IT. I JUST SECURED TWO STORAGE UNITS AT STORAGE DEPOT OVER OFF OF HIGHWAY 22, SO I CAN START GETTING THINGS OFF THE PROPERTY. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET IT YESTERDAY. LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST BEEN DIFFICULT. BY THE WAY, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY TARDINESS TODAY. I REQUESTED ALL OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS ON ME SO THAT I COULD BE BETTER PREPARED FOR TODAY. AND IT WAS MY MISTAKE FOR WAITING FOR SO LATE TO REQUEST IT, BUT I ONLY JUST FOUND OUT THAT I COULD. SO I SENT THE REQUEST IN AS SOON AS I LEARNED THAT I COULD. AND THEN I GOT IT AT 819 THIS MORNING. I HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW ALL OF IT, BUT I KNOW THAT I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD RECORD OF COMPLIANCE. AT LEAST I BELIEVE I DO. ACCORDING TO WHAT I'VE SEEN ON THE WEBSITE, YOU'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD RECORD OF A MESS RIGHT NOW.

ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR. SO I WILL I WILL GET IT CLEANED UP. I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING THAT.

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RIGHT? WELL, I MEAN, BUT IF I TEAR DOWN EVERYTHING THAT'S GOT. YEAH. I MEAN, IF IT'S BACK TO AN EMPTY LOT OTHER THAN YOUR PRIMARY, YOU POTENTIALLY COULD GET A PERMIT FOR IT. CAN I KEEP MY CARPORT IN THE PUMP HOUSE? THAT SPECTRUM THERE. I'VE GOT SOME, I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUMP HOUSE WHERE I'VE INSTALLED THREE FOOT PILINGS, EIGHT OF THEM TO ANCHOR IT TO THE GROUND. IF YOU WANTED TO SEE THEM, I HAVE THEM WITH ME. YOU JUST SEND THEM TO ME AND I'LL RUN THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND GET YOU AN ANSWER. YEAH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GIVE YOU MY CARD. AND AS FAR AS THE CARPORT, THAT ONE. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BACKUP? YES, SIR. THAT ONE, THE PULPIT. NO, I WAS I WAS TAKING THAT DOWN. ANYWAY, I GOT STARTED ON TAKING THAT CARPORT WAS EXISTING. SO YOU'RE FINE. YOU JUST KEEP ADDING ON TO IT AND THEN. YEAH. WHEN WHEN, WHEN. JUST LIKE A POLE BARN, YOU GET ENGINEERING FOR A POLE BARN AND IT'S AN OPEN POLE BARN. WHEN YOU START CLOSING IT IN, IT CHANGES THE WIND LOAD. AND THEN YOU GOT TO GET PERMITS AND ALL GOOD GARBAGE. OH, THE OPEN AIR CARPORT WAS WAS FINE, BUT EVERYTHING YOU PUT ON TO IT IS NOT WELL, I GOT A VEXATIOUS COMPLAINT AT LIVING NEXT TO ME.

SO LET ME LET ME ASK YOU, THIS IS IS THAT FENCE APPROPRIATE OR DOES IT IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE FOUR FEET OR IS THIS THIS AREA OKAY WITH THAT? IT'S PROBABLY GOT TO BE FOUR FOOT. I THINK IT WAS A PERCENTAGE, ISN'T IT? A FRONTAGE FRONT FENCE? GENERALLY, IF IT EXTENDS BEYOND THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, IT'S FOUR FOOT ON THIS. IT'S FOUR FOOT ON THIS SIDE. AND ALONG THE. IT'S JUST THAT ONE AREA LOOKS LIKE I MEAN, YOU KNOW. YEAH. I PUT THAT IN TO MATCH THE FENCE. THE STEEL WALL STEEL PANEL FOR THE CORNER HAS A SIX FOOT THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE. OKAY, SO THE METAL FENCE I'M NOT SO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IS AS I AM WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL THE TOTALITY OF YOUR PROPERTY. YES, SIR. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S JUST A MESS. AND, YOU KNOW. NEIGHBORS DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO SANFORD AND SON. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO PUT IT.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I THINK I THINK MY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE HAS A PROBLEM WITH MY FIANCE. SHE'S, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, HAS BEEN THE ONLY ONE TO COMPLAIN. BUT SHE COMPLAINED A LOT, AND SHE DOESN'T COME TO US ABOUT ANYTHING. AND THERE'S BEEN WE'VE HAD SOME ENCOUNTERS UNRELATED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT WITH ANIMALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT NOT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.

BUT I MEAN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF SHE'S GOT THAT DISPOSITION, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE. YES, SIR. YES, SIR, I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LIVE WITH IT. BUT LIKE I SAID, AFTER GOING WITHOUT POWER FOR AS LONG AS I DID, IT REALLY WAS A BIG HINDRANCE. I MEAN, I WAS TRYING TO JUST STAY WARM THROUGH WINTER AND, AND KEEP THE FAMILY WARM TOO, BECAUSE IT I MEAN, YOU KNOW HOW COLD IT GETS. I MEAN, IT'S NOT THANK GOD WE'RE IN FLORIDA. YEAH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, BUT THIS THIS THING WITH FPL REALLY AND IT'S AND IT'S STILL AN OPEN CASE AND AND I DON'T SEE ANY RESOLUTION IN SIGHT JUST YET, BUT AT LEAST I HAVE POWER. AND. I'M TRYING TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THEM TO WHERE I CAN MAKE PAYMENTS.

AND IT DOESN'T GO TOWARDS WHAT THEY THINK I OWE THEM OR IT GOES TOWARDS, BUT THEY'RE NOT TALKING TO ME. THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING. I WANT THEM, I WANT THEM TO APPLY THE MONEY THAT I SEND THEM TO THE WHAT I OWE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT, THEY TAKE IT AND THEY FIRST PAYMENT I MADE, THEY TOOK IT AND APPLIED IT TO THAT BALANCE THAT THEY THINK I OWE. AND THEY SAY THAT I CONTINUE TO BE DELINQUENT. SO IT'S I'VE HAD TO REALLY HIT THE BOOKS ON IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW. LUCKILY YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY SPEAKING ON YOUR BEHALF, SO TO SPEAK, BUT. HE'S MR. CLARKSON IS SAYING THAT

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THE TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL JUNK, TRASH AND DEBRIS. ONE DERELICT VEHICLE CAN STAY ON THE PROPERTY ONLY IF ONE REPAIRED OR STRUCTURALLY SOUND.

PRIMARY STRUCTURE REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS AS IT RELATES TO PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION, PRIMARY STRUCTURE ALL VEHICLES, BOTH DERELICT AND IF NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE REMAINS, THEN ALL VEHICLES, BOTH DERELICT AND OPERATIONAL, WOULD HAVE TO BE STORED IN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE OR REMOVED. GOT TO ADDRESS THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND ANY AND ALL PROHIBITED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, AS MAY BE DEFINED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND REMOVE THE DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, SUBMIT A COMPLETE SET OF COMPLETE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND INCLUDE FULL STRUCTURAL REPORTS AND STRUCTURAL REPAIR DRAWINGS FROM A LICENSED REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIME FRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, ALL REQUIRED PERMITS, ENGINEERING PLANS, ETC. MUST PASS THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE PERMITS WILL ISSUE. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY BUILDER SERVICES OR THEIR DESIGNEE, AND 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 THE PERMITS MUST BE FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DEEMED COMPLETE. IF AT ANY TIME, THE REQUIRED PERMITS UNDER THIS ORDER EXPIRE, IT SHALL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP CODE ENFORCEMENT INFORMED OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

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THANKS. HE'S THE ONE THAT SAVED YOUR BACON. I GOT TO PRESENT ONE MORE CASE. BUT, INSPECTOR THORPE, I THINK IS IS WILL BE HANDLING IT AFTERWARDS. ONE LAST CASE. ITEM D PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 12 220 CARUSO DRIVE, AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND THIS PROPERTY. LOCATION PURPOSES.

THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN BLUE 1897. AERIAL VIEW. AND. SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2025. WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT FOR OVERGROWTH ON THIS PROPERTY AT THAT TIME. HUBBARD'S INITIATED THE CASE AND THIS IS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE OVERGROWTH. IT HAS THE NECESSARY STRUCTURE ON IT.

SO THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE OVERGROWTH. A POSTCARD WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER OF RECORD ON OCTOBER 7TH. OCTOBER 2ND. MR. CLARKSON TOOK OVER. NOT YET. OH, OKAY.

OCTOBER 2ND INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. NOW ON OCTOBER 29TH OR OCTOBER. I'M SORRY. OCTOBER 30TH, NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD AND AT THE ADDRESS LISTED AT THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER DATABASE. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR REGULAR MAIL HAS NOT RETURNED. OCTOBER 29TH INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON WAS REASSIGNED. THE CASE AND HE TESTIFIED. GOOD MORNING, ROBERT CLARKSON, BACK END CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY PHOTOS AND EXHIBITS AND IR FOR THIS CASE. THIS CASE WAS REASSIGNED TO ME ON THE 29TH.

BUT SAME COMPLAINANT. THIS WAS MY AREA AND DO SOME ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES. IT WAS TEMPORARILY WENT TO TO CHRIS AND THEN CAME BACK TO ME. BUT SAME GENTLEMAN IN THE STREET BASICALLY COMPLAINED ON SIX PARCELS THROUGH THERE. OUT OF THE SIX, THREE BROUGHT IN COMPLIANCE AND THREE WE'VE TAKEN A HEARING. THIS IS THE LAST ONE. IS UNDEVELOPED. OUR WORLD IS A LOT WITH A SHED ON IT. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY GOT TO MAINTAIN THE OVERGROWTH.

OBVIOUSLY ON THE 29TH WHEN WE INSPECTED IT, PROPERTY WAS REMAINED IN VIOLATION. WE WERE AT THE END OF THE HEARING SEASON. SO BASICALLY FROM NOW UNTIL TODAY, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES IN THE PROPERTY THROUGH MY INSPECTIONS MONTHLY, NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY.

FEBRUARY THE 2ND, I ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING FOR TODAY. I FOUND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER'S ADDRESS HAD CHANGED FROM GEORGIA TO KENTUCKY. SO CERTIFIED LETTER WAS SENT TO THIS ADDRESS IN KENTUCKY AND REGULAR MAIL WAS SENT. BOTH THE CERTIFIED AND REGULAR NOTICES WERE RETURNED WITH NO FORWARDING ADDRESS. MARCH 25TH. THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED FOR THE HEARING AND POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. THE TAXES ARE DELINQUENT SINCE 2023 AND STILL IN THE SAME OWNERSHIP. APRIL 6TH WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY

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ANYTHING ELSE. THAT'S IT. UNTIL.

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