[ Code Magistrate Hearing on April 9, 2026.]
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          THIS TO ORDER. I'VE REVIEWED THE DOCUMENT. DO NOT SEE A BASIS FOR ANY ORDERS OF RECUSAL. 
          I'VE NOT HAD ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, I'D ASK YOU EITHER TURN IT OFF OR TURN IT TO SILENT. AND IF YOU ANTICIPATE GIVING TESTIMONY, PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN. YOU SWEAR. 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. GOOD AFTERNOON. CATHERINE ASHTON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. WE HAVE ITEMS A, B, C, F PRESENT. SO WE WILL START WITH THOSE STARTING WITH ITEM A, WHICH IS PROPERTY ADDRESS 6532 SUNRISE DRIVE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MARCH 12TH, 2025 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO IN THE FORM OF BLIGHTED PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING AND RESPONDENT AT THAT TIME WAS A SHARON HILL. 
          THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT SHARON HILL, WHO WAS THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THE TIME, HAD 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER OR A FINE OF $500 WOULD BE IMPOSED AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 FOR EACH AND EVERY DAY UNTIL THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE. THESE. GO AHEAD. INVESTIGATOR ROBERT CLARKSON WITH THE RESULTS WILL FIND THIS CASE ON APRIL 14TH OR EXCUSE ME, APRIL 16TH OF 2025. WE HAD A COMPLIANCE HEARING. THESE ARE STARTING WITH PHOTO NUMBER THREE IS JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKED LIKE IN THAT HEARING. HIGHLIGHTED REFERENCE TO THE ROOF. SO ON APRIL 16TH, THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT, SHARON HILL, HAD FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST ORDER DATE ORDER DATED MARCH 12TH, 2025. AND AT THAT TIME, YOU IMPOSED THE $500 FINE. COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED. AND. THE SECTIONS WERE THEN CONDUCTED BY. WHO WAS THERE TO TESTIFY? GOOD AFTERNOON, MANAGER ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT AND PHOTOS FOR THIS CASE. 
          BASICALLY WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS MISS HILL HAD PASSED AND THIS PROPERTY WAS TIED UP IN PROBATE. 
          THE SISTER WAS TRYING TO OBTAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY. MISS HILL HAD BEEN PASSED FOR A WHILE. THE DAMAGE WAS LEFT OVER FROM HURRICANE MICHAEL. TARPS WERE PLACED ON THE ROOF. SO BASICALLY FROM APRIL THE 16TH OF 2025 THROUGH JANUARY 7TH, 2026, THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY. DURING THE RE-INSPECTION ON JANUARY THE 7TH, 2006, I NOTICED THERE WERE WORKERS THERE AND AND PROPERTIES BEING CLEANED AND ROOFED WAS WAS BEING ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE WORKER WHO ADVISED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS HERE NOW, MR. WILLIAM WEBB, HAD PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. JANUARY THE 9TH. A ROOF PERMIT WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THE FINES WERE STOPPED AT THAT DATE. ON THE 16TH. MR. WEBB DID REACH OUT TO ME AND ADVISE. HE HAD HIRED A COMPANY TO REPLACE THE ROOF ON THE 17TH. MR. WEBB OF FEBRUARY, CAME INTO THE LOBBY AND ADVISED THAT THE ROOF HAD BEEN COMPLETED, AND ON THE 17TH OF FEBRUARY THAT DAY I WENT OUT AND INSPECTED THE ROOF. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY HAVE A NICE BRAND NEW ROOF. ON THE 18TH OF FEBRUARY AND AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE NOTED THE HEARING WAS SENT OUT. CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO MR. WEBB. HE DID RECEIVE THAT ON FEBRUARY THE 21ST. THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED AND I POSTED THE PROPERTY ON MARCH THE 25TH AND IT WAS ALSO POSTED IN THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER WEBSITE ON THE 25TH. 
          THAT INCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MY RECOMMENDATION. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO HEAR THE NOW RESPONDENT IS HERE. HE CAN TELL ME WHAT HE'S GOING TO RECOMMEND. OKAY. THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED A FINE OF $25 FOR A PERIOD OF 269 
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DAYS, FOR A TOTAL OF $6,725, PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST THAT THE RESPONDENT IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MANAGER'S ORDER FROM MARCH 12TH TO 2025. THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER IN PUBLIC RECORDS, BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LEAN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSESS THE COST OF ABATING THE VIOLATION AGAINST THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF BAY COUNTY CODE AND AS MANAGER, MR. WEBB IS PRESENT TO SPEAK TO. YOU JUST SAID THE COUNTY WOULD NOT OBJECT TO ANY REDUCTION OF FINE IN LIFE OF MR. I MR. WEBB. I THINK HAS THE DEED. I DON'T KNOW EXACT DATE THAT HE PURCHASED IT. WEB. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US TO KNOW. WELL, I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY, AND IT TOOK ME PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER A MONTH TO GET THE PROPERTY PUT BACK TOGETHER. AND SO WE HOPE IT'S A NICE ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE SOME MONEY OWED. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS QUITE THAT MUCH. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR LIVING IN ANY FORGIVENESS ON THE ON WHAT IT MAY BE OWED. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE. AND NORMALLY MOST OF MY MONIES THAT I MAKE ON THIS. I JUST PUT BACK IN TO MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BAY COUNTY. DID YOU GET NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A PENDING CODE AT THE TIME YOU BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY? I DID. WELL, THAT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT PUTS YOU ON NOTICE IS WHAT I'M SAYING. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE, THE ISSUE THAT THAT I HAVE WITH THAT. I'LL REDUCE THE FINE BY $3,000 FOR THE SUM OWED BY 3000. OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND THEN IS THERE A SECOND FINE FOR $500 OR. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT 67 INCLUDES THE FIVE. FIVE IS THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX, ISN'T IT. IT'S NOT. OKAY. WELL, THAT WILL BE THE THE WHOLE WE'LL CONSIDER THEN. I GUESS YOU'RE GETTING $3,500 A DAY. THANK YOU SIR, HE OWES 37, 25, 25. RIGHT. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND DO I THE PROCESS OF PAYING. WHO DO I GO THROUGH? THAT'S THE LADY THAT. 
          OKAY? I DID BRING MY CHECKBOOK. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO THIS NOW OR LATER. YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO UPSTAIRS. UPSTAIRS. OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT WAS GRAND TOTAL 37, 25. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO. SPYGLASS. THIS IS A VERBAL. YES. YOU HAVE NEW INSPECTOR CREDENTIALS FOR RECORD ALL MY NOTES AND PHOTOGRAPHS. REMEMBER THIS? 49, 30 SPYGLASS UNIT A AND B ON THE BEACH THERE WAS A TWO STORY AND A THREE STORY AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO FIN THAT WE HAD HERE. THE PROPERTY OWNERS DID PULL A PERMIT EXTENSION WAS GRANTED WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT THEY WERE. MR. HOWELL IS HERE. HE CAN KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT. A LOT OF RUN RUNNING AROUND AND JUMP THROUGH HOOPS WITH THE WITH THE THE ESTATE. BUT AS OF YOU CAN CLICK THROUGH THE PHOTOS AS OF APRIL 6TH. REDMOND THAT PULLED THE PERMIT. THEY HAVE THAT ONE. AND LATER THAT AFTERNOON DAVID REDMOND SENT ME A PICTURE. THAT GREEN ONE THERE IS COMPLETELY ON THE GROUND. HE STARTED WORKING ON THE WHITE ONE. SO I'M HOPING WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK OR SO THEY SHOULD BE DONE AND CLEARED OUT. OKAY, SO. WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DO YOU WANT US TO DO? I THINK WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS JUST TO. RESERVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE A COMPLIANCE HERE, BECAUSE THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A COMPLIANCE HEARING, CORRECT? YES. BECAUSE THE PERMIT EXPIRED, IT IT WAS CLOSE EXPIRED, AND 
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THEY GAVE HIM AN EXTENSION ON THERE BECAUSE OF THE THE. YEAH, THE ESTATE AND THEIR EXTENSION RUNS OUT VERY PRETTY SOON. BUT I BELIEVE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING IS, I THINK IN THE ACTUAL ORDER YOU SAID YOU WANTED A HEARING TODAY. OH RIGHT. YES. BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AFTER THE PERMIT EXPIRED, WHICH NOW I THINK NOW WE JUST SAY WHEN IT EXPIRES, WE'LL SCHEDULE A COMPLIANCE HEARING. BUT I CORRECT IN THAT SPOT. IT ACTUALLY SAID WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A HEARING TODAY. SO WE'RE BASICALLY UPDATING YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IT GETS TORN DOWN. NOW IT THERE'S TALK IN THE RECOMMENDATION OF. COST OF ENFORCEMENT PLUS A FINE IS THAT IF IT WASN'T CORRECTED. YES. I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THAT ORDER. SO HOLD ON. IS THIS A THIS IS A VERBAL. NO. YEAH. I WAS I WAS WONDERING, I SAID OKAY, AND THE INITIAL IT WAS OKAY. YEAH. THE VERBAL NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SET IT FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING MAY 14TH. MAKE SURE IT'S DOWN AND GO FROM THERE OR WE CAN. HE'S GOT THE PERMIT. SO YOU HAVE HOW MUCH TIME? IT EXPIRED. I'M HAL PALMER. I'M THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE. MOM PASSED NOVEMBER 3RD. I HAD TO TRANSPORT HER PRIOR TO THAT IN DAY CARE. SHE WAS 90. SHE OWNED BOTH THESE HOUSES THAT FROZE THE ASSETS OF THE ESTATE. SO I COULDN'T PAY THE DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR THAT WAS PERMITTED. I WAS ABLE TO UNFREEZE THOSE. PROBATE WAS FILED MARCH THE 31ST, AND I'M DOWN HERE TO MAKE SURE THIS GETS DONE. THE PERMIT EXPIRES MAY THE 5TH. I THINK IT'LL BE ALL DONE BY THEN. SO IN THAT CASE, YES. MAY 14TH, MAY 14TH. AND IF YOU KNOW, IF IT GETS DONE, YOU CAN LET HIM KNOW THAT HE DON'T NEED TO SHOW AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T. RIGHT? YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T BITE US BY FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, SO TO SPEAK. 
          SO. WHEN IF THEY DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO GO ANY FURTHER, THEN THAT'LL BE IT. THEY'LL LET YOU KNOW. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MAGISTRATE. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU SCOTT. YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, SO ITEM C PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2628 AVENUE LOT D. THIS IS A COMPLIANCE HEARING. OR. I'M SORRY, THIS IS A FINAL HEARING. THE COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HELD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE OF THE COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025, AND MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER. FROM THE FIRST HEARING, WHICH WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2025, THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE FILE. THESE ARE PHOTOS. THIS PHOTO IS JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE PROPERTY. MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO THE ELAINE AGAINST REAL PROPERTY, WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED. CORRECT THAT BECAUSE YOU PUT IT ON THE MOBILE HOME OWNER SO IT WOULDN'T BE ON THE PROPERTY. MAGISTRATE DIRECT STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL ITS COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT. ON ANY REAL PROPERTY OWNED. REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. AND HE FINDS IN THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THE FINAL HEARING. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON DECEMBER 1ST, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT AND WORK WILL BEGIN DECEMBER 3RD. THAT A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS PLACED AT THE PROPERTY DURING A PRE-BID INSPECTION. THE PROPERTY REMAINS. ON DECEMBER 17TH, AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED AT THE COST OF $800. THE 
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PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THE PROPERTY WAS CLAIMED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $1,949. ON JANUARY 6TH, 2075. THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE, AS YOU SEE IN THE. 
          FEBRUARY 6TH, A NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT. CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS P.O. BOX 1931, BLAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA, LISTED IN THE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON THE 13TH OF FEBRUARY. ON THE SAME DAY, THE NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAILED TO THE RESPONDENT. THE OWNER OF THE MOBILE HOME. THE ADDRESS PROVIDED OF 1824 14TH STREET. BOTH OF THOSE NOTICES RETURNED UNCLAIMED, BUT I DO BELIEVE SHE'S HERE TODAY. MARCH 20TH, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. THE TESTIMONY. LET'S SEE. ELENA LOPEZ. YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON SIR, DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS IS OR WHAT? WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS. THAT THE. THE DEMOLISH IS ALREADY HERE. THE TOTAL. 32 SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE 32. YEAH. 3249 WITH THE FINE. 
          WITH THE FINE. YEAH. SO WHAT IS THE FINE WILL BE THE FINE WAS FOR NOT DOING IT AT TIMELY FASHION. FIVE, $500 FOR THAT, FOR NOT DOING NOT DOING IT WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT I SET DOWN. OKAY. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN WAIVER FOR THAT? THAT'S 500 WAIVER OF THE FINE. YES. I. 
          BECAUSE WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT. I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN LIKE AND THE 500 IS FOR THE WAIVER FOR NOT DOING AT THAT TIME. SO I SET A TIME LIMIT SET A TIME AND YOU DIDN'T MEET THE TIME LIMIT. SO THE FINE IS FOR NOT MEETING THE TIME LIMIT. OKAY. IF I LET'S SEE, WHAT DID I SAY 30 DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. AND YOU DIDN'T YOU DIDN'T CLEAR IT UP WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD. THAT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO DO IT ON YOUR TERMS. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU COULD HIRE A CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, SO ON AND SO FORTH. YES. SINCE YOU CONNECTED WITH THE PROPERTY SOMEHOW, SIR. YES, SIR. I'M REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNER. 
          OKAY. COME ON UP. YEAH, HE'S THE OWNER. SO HER. YES. CAN WE GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU? YEAH. THE ONE RIGHT NOW IS A 2175 FRANKFURT AVENUE. FRANKFURT. YEAH. APARTMENT 1K10132405. YEAH. BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE FOR THE PERMIT I GET THE PERMIT ON MARCH 26TH. AND THEN I DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE THE REASON I SAID THAT, WELL, IN THIS CASE, IT'S FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL HAD NO MONEY TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR. AND THERE'S A GROUP LIKE A CHURCH THAT WAS GOING TO HELP ME, YOU KNOW, TO SHARE. BUT AFTER THAT, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DIDN'T COME. SO I REMEMBER I CAME ON THE COURT THE LAST TIME AND THEY YEAH, THEY TOLD ME 30 DAYS. SO I SAID, WHAT? RIGHT NOW I HAVE NO MONEY TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR TO COME. SO THAT'S WHY I DECIDED, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY TO DO IT. SO AND THAT WAY IF I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU CAN LIKE WAIVER THE 500. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON ME OR THE OWNER PROPER. SO IT'S ON YOU. LET ME LET ME LET THIS GENTLEMAN BEHIND YOU TALK AND SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT GETTING HALF THE PICTURE. SO I'M REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNER OF THE LAND. AND I WAS HERE AT THE DATE THAT YOU GAVE YOUR OVERVIEW OF THE CASE. AND MISS LOPEZ DID OBTAIN A PERMIT INITIALLY, BUT FAILED TO COMPLY 
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WITHIN THE TIME LIMITS. AND YOU IMPOSED A FINE AT THAT DATE. AND THE OWNERS JUST ASKED ME TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE TODAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THE FACT THAT YOU DID OBTAIN A PERMIT AND THEN YOU FOUND OUT THAT YOU COULDN'T AFFORD IT. I'M GOING TO WAIVE THE FINE. I'M GOING TO WAIVE THE $500 FINE. THANK YOU SIR. IT'S JUST $2,700 NOW. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEY'LL ENTER A JUDGMENT AND THEY'LL SEND YOU A COPY OF THAT ORDER. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE YOU, SIR. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A GOOD DAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM F, I BELIEVE. YOUR ADDRESS IS 7413 LAIRD. CITY BEACH. FINAL HEARING ROSELANE. 
          POSSIBLY ABATEMENTS AND FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS PROPERTY ON JANUARY 8TH, 2026. MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER. FROM THE FIRST HEARING HELD ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025. RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A FILE. 
          SLIDE NUMBER THREE WAS THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. ON YOU AS A CONDITION PROPERTY. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT PAY $700 IN FINES PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCREMENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED ON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE FILE. PHOTOS FROM COMPLIANCE HEARING. ON JANUARY 27TH, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. ON JANUARY 28TH, THE PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THAT NOTICE OF INTENT ON THE PROPERTY. AS YOU SEE BY NUMBER 16. AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION OF. THE PROPERTY WAS CLAIMED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $3,991.42. ON INSPECTION ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026. FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN PHOTOS STARTING AT NUMBER 28. NINE. 
          SEVEN. ONLY STRUCTURE THAT REMAINED WAS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE PRIMARY RESIDENCE. ON MARCH 9TH, I NOTICED THE FINAL HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT OCCURRED ON MARCH 12TH, 2026. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE ON MARCH 20TH, A COPY OF THE NOTICE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT ON MARCH 31ST. 
          THERESA DOW PAID THE ABATEMENT COSTS AND THE FINE IN FULL. SO AT THIS TIME, WE ARE JUST REQUESTING THAT YOU FIND THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR. OKAY. 
          BASED ON THE. MR. DOW, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? OKAY, ALRIGHT. I WAS JUST HERE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY. OKAY. EVERYTHING'S OKAY. WE APPRECIATE YOU PAYING THE THE SUM SO QUICKLY. AND SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO FIND THE PROPERTY TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. 
          AND THE THAT ALL COST OF ABATEMENT AND FINES HAVE BEEN PAID AND SATISFIED IN FULL. 
          THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE IS PRESENT IN THE BACK TO ITEM D PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 6909 ROAD RUNNER. ALSO A FINAL HEARING. CLOSE LEAN. COST OF ABATEMENT AND FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. FINAL HEARING WAS HELD AT A SPECIAL 
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MAGISTRATE ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 AND THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER. FROM THE FIRST HEARING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025. I RESPONDED DID NOT APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED. A CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. 
          THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. DONE A LOT OF WORK. THEY JUST HADN'T FINISHED IT. SO THE 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, AND ON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. ANY FINES IN THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT WOULD BE ADDRESSED AT THE FINAL HEARING. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT B AND. ON JANUARY 27TH, THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. ON JANUARY 28TH. THAT NOTICE WAS POSTED THERE ON THE PROPERTY DURING A PRE-BID INSPECTION. AS YOU SEE IN SLIDE SIX. SLIDE SEVEN AND EIGHT UNTIL ALL AMOUNT OF DEBRIS. PROPERTY. FEBRUARY 9TH. THE RESPONDENT PAID A $100 FINE THAT WAS REQUESTED DURING THE FIRST HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. OH I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO GO BACK. FEBRUARY 5TH. INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD. GOT THE REST OF THE STUFF. AS YOU SEE IN THOSE LAST PHOTOS. SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DETERMINED THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. OH, FINE. 
          THE PROPERTY IS HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE AND. FINE PREVIOUSLY IMPOSED HAS BEEN PAID TO SATISFY THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO THAT. THE COUNTY DID NOT INCUR ANY COST RELATIVE TO AN ABATEMENT ACTION. AND SO WE'LL CONSIDER THIS CASE CLOSED. THE PROPERTY IS 12213 HAPPYVILLE ROAD. ALSO A FINAL HEARING. HEARING WAS HELD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER FROM THE FIRST HEARING, WHICH WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2020. RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. FOR SLIDE NUMBER THREE. THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT COMPLIANCE HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSIDER THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION IS LISTED. 
          THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT, ANY FINES AND THE COST OF ABATEMENT WOULD BE ADDRESSED. THE FINAL COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE. DECEMBER 1ST. A NOTICE INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND BY MAIL TO PROPERTY OWNER ON DECEMBER 3RD. 
          THAT NOTICE OF INTENT WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY DURING PRE-BID INSPECTION. STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER 12, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINS VIOLATION DURING A. ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2025, A. DEBORAH MARLOWE CONTACTED CODE ENFORCEMENT AND REFERENCED THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 22ND, 2025. MARLOWE SAID THAT SHE WILL BE TAKING PERSONAL ITEMS OFF THE PROPERTY. IT ALSO ADVISES A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS. ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2025. 
          THAT'S. THE SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT THE COST OF $800. FEBRUARY 10TH. AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETE ON THE PROPERTY AND REMAINED IN VIOLATION. FEBRUARY 11TH. PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY. FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. NOTICE OF FINAL 
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HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL. THAT WAS RETURNED. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED FORWARDING ADDRESS. ON MARCH 18TH, A CHECK OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WEBSITE SHOWED THAT OWNERSHIP HAD CHANGED TO THE DEBORAH MARLOWE WITH THE SAME MAILING ADDRESS AS THE PREVIOUS OWNER. A SECOND NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO THAT ADDRESS AS WELL. THAT NOTICE WAS ALSO RETURNED UNCLAIMED. COPY. THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON MARCH 24TH, 2022. AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THE. $5,600 INCLUDES A ASBESTOS SURVEY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD IN THE EVIDENCE I'VE SEEN, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE COUNTY HAS BROUGHT THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE AND IN DOING SO, INCURRED THE COSTS OF ABATING THE NUISANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,600. THERE IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL $1,000 FINE TO BE IMPOSED. BOTH OF THOSE SHOULD DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE FROM THE DATE OF RECORDING, AND THE PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE. UPON THE RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT IN BAY COUNTY. COUNTY COMMISSION IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. ITEM G PROPERTY ADDRESS 124 EAST LAKESHORE DRIVE. THE FINAL HEARING. THE COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HELD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON JANUARY 8TH, 2026. 
          THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER. FROM THE FIRST HEARING HELD ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. PHOTOS ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT FILE A FIRST. SEVERAL PHOTOS ARE ONES THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE COMPLIANCE HEARING. I'M SORRY THEY WERE NOT PRESENTED YOU. THESE WERE DURING THE ASBESTOS SURVEY. SORRY. AT THE COMPLIANCE HEARING, THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT CONSTITUTE A LIEN. THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED UPON ANY OTHER REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE MAGISTRATE WAIVE WAIVED THE $500 FINE FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND FILED ON JANUARY 12TH. A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED ON REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON JANUARY 20TH, 2026, AND THE SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT A COST OF $800. AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. 
          ON JANUARY 28TH, 2026, A PRE-BID INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. ON FEBRUARY 18TH. 
          SECTION WAS COMPLETED PRIOR TO DEMOLITION BEGINNING ON THAT DAY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON FEBRUARY 18TH 26, THE PROPERTY STILL REMAINED IN VIOLATION. PROPERTY WAS CLAIMED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $2,225, AND ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2026, 26 PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. THIS IS STARTING. LOOKING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. ON MARCH 9TH, A NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL. THE NOTICE WAS 
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DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON MARCH 16TH. COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. THAT CONCLUDES. MY TESTIMONY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD IN THE EXHIBITS, I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENTS SHOULD BE ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF THE ABATEMENT. FORMED BY THE COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,025, PLUS, IT WILL DRAW STATUTORY INTEREST FROM THE DATE OF RECORDING. THE PROPERTY HAS NOW BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE AND UPON THE RECORDING OF THIS FINAL ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WILL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT HERE IN BAY COUNTY. THE COMMISSION IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. ARE YOU AT NOW? I I'M GETTING OUT OF HIS ACCOUNT. YOU WANT TO SHARE? YEAH, I'M GOING TO. SHE'S GOING TO LET YOU RIDE IT HOME TONIGHT. GET A WHOLE CASE TO SHINE ON HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON YOU MAGISTRATE TIM JUSTICE, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I WILL BE PRESENTING ITEM H AS IN HENRY, WHICH IS 12229 CARUSO DRIVE. THIS IS A FINAL HEARING TO IMPOSE THE FINE FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. FOR THE RECORD, MY EXHIBITS PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ALSO ATTACHED. A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HEARD BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025. THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER FROM THE FIRST HEARING THAT WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2025, THE RESPONDENT WAS PRESENT FOR YOUR HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. 
          THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE SHOWN TO YOU. IF YOU REMEMBER CARUSO IN THE SANDY CREEK AREA. JUST A BIG VACANT. VACANT LOT STORAGE ON A VACANT RESIDENTIAL PARCEL. 
          THIS IS LOOKING BACK TOWARD THE NORTH AT THE ADDRESS. CARUSO. NOTHING COULD BE ON THIS LOT WITH IT BEING VACANT AND THEY HAD STARTED STORING SOME ITEMS, JUNK TRASH AND BUILT A SHED WITHOUT A PERMIT. A LOT OF CONCRETE BEING BROUGHT IN. THREE. THEY BROUGHT IN ANOTHER SHED. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED THE STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OR OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS. A COPY OF THIS ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE ON THE 31ST OF DECEMBER, 2025, THE PROPERTY OWNER, JESSICA MARTINEZ, CAME INTO THE LOBBY OF BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND I INFORMED HER OF THE PRE-BID DATE OF JANUARY THE 28TH, 2026. I TOLD HER THIS WOULD HAPPEN UNLESS THE PROPERTY IS CLEARED OF ALL THE VIOLATIONS. THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS GIVEN MY WORK CELL NUMBER FOR FURTHER COMMUNICATION, AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE COURT ORDER FROM THE FIRST HEARING ON THE 26TH OF JANUARY 2026, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. ON THE 28TH WE WALKED THE PROPERTY, CONDUCTED A PRE-BID INSPECTION. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT WAS POSTED ON THE GATE. THIS IS JUST LOOKING BACK TO THE NORTH. SOME PROGRESS, BUT NOT A LOT, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THE PRE-BID. A BETTER PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CONCRETE, BETTER PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SHED THAT HAD BEEN ERECTED, BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS. YOU SEE SOME OF THE JUNK AND ITEMS STORED AROUND THE SHED, THE WASHING MACHINE, THE DERELICT VEHICLE. TAG ON THE VEHICLE, TIRES BEHIND THE VEHICLE. THIS HAD APPEARED SINCE THE HEARING. A STORAGE TRAILER UNTAGGED TRAILER ALONG WITH HIS WORK EQUIPMENT. YOU SEE THE LADDER STORED HERE TO THE LEFT. POWER POLES. I'M ASSUMING HE'S ABOUT TO PUT UP A POLE BARN. I'M ASSUMING ANOTHER UNTAGGED TRAILER. FEBRUARY 9TH I MET THE PROPERTY OWNER'S HUSBAND. NO N O E AT THE PARCEL FOR AN INSPECTION. HE HAD CALLED MY CELL PHONE STATING HE THINKS THE PROPERTY WAS CLEAN. THE 
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ONLY VIOLATION THAT DAY AFTER MY INSPECTION WAS ONE DERELICT VEHICLE WHICH YOU SAW THE WHITE TRUCK. I INFORMED THE. I WAS INFORMED THE BATTERY WAS BEING CHARGED. IT WOULD BE REMOVED THAT DAY. THESE WERE INSPECTIONS THAT I CONDUCTED AFTER I MET THE PROPERTY OWNER. 
          THE PROPERTY. HE DID CLEAN IT ALL, BUT THE VEHICLE. A WHITE ONE. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. YOU SEE HIS BLUE VEHICLE THERE, BUT HE WAS CHARGED IN THE BATTERY THAT DAY. I TOLD HIM I'D COME BACK ON THE 10TH. I RETURNED ON THE 10TH TO CONDUCT A FINAL INSPECTION AND THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR ORDER. ON FEBRUARY THE 10TH, 2026, THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. A NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL ON FEBRUARY THE 10TH, ALSO TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS 6020 MINEOLA STREET, PANAMA CITY, LISTED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. BOTH OF THOSE NOTICES WERE RETURNED AS NOT DELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED WITH NO FORWARDING ADDRESS. I ALSO MAILED A REGULAR NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING TO THE RESPONDENT AT HER ALTERNATE ADDRESS PROVIDED, WHICH WAS 604 CYPRESS AVENUE, PANAMA CITY. THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING HAS NOT RETURNED AS OF THIS DATE. ON THE 16TH OF MARCH 2026, A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND ON THE 25TH OF MARCH 2026, A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE INITIAL FINE OF $200 PLUS STATUTORY, WHICH SHALL DRAW STATUTORY INTEREST UPON RECORDING, AS WELL AS A DAILY FINE OF $25 PER DAY FOR 20 DAYS, FOR A TOTAL OF $500. BOTH OF THOSE SHALL BE IMPOSED FOR A TOTAL OF $700, WHICH SHALL DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE. I FIND THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE OWNER, AND THAT THE COUNTY INCURRED NO COST RELATIVE TO THE ABATEMENT PROCESS. UPON THE RECORDING OF THE FINAL ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED RELATIVE TO THE FINES WILL BE A LIEN AGAINST THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL ESTATE OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS ENTITLED TO ASSESS THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE COUNTY CODE. 
          YOU DONE?
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