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[Code Magistrate Hearing on August 13, 2026.]

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THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I HAVE LOOKED AT THE DOCKET. DO NOT SEE THE BASIS FOR ANY ORDER OF RECUSAL. I'VE NOT HAD ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE REGARDING ANY OF THE CASES. IF YOU ANTICIPATE GIVING TESTIMONY, PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

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. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT EVERYONE HAS ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, PLEASE TURN IT TO OFF OR TO SILENT. OKAY. MISS ASHMAN. OKAY. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ITEMS A, C, D, E, AND J PRESENT. SO WE WILL START WITH ITEM THOSE ITEMS. ITEM A THE PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 930 WEST PEARSON DRIVE. THIS IS A FIRST HEARING FOR A REPEAT VIOLATION OF OVERGROWTH. THE PROPERTY AERIAL ON SLIDE NUMBER TWO SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY. PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN BLUE.

IT IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS COLLEGE POINT. THIS IS EAST 12TH STREET AND IT RUNS OFF OF EAST 12TH STREET. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. ON JULY 10TH, 2025, THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOUND THIS PROPERTY IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17-2 IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. A COPY OF THAT MAGISTRATE'S ORDER WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND IS CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE COUNTY. THAT IS STILL AN ACTIVE CASE BECAUSE IT ADDITIONALLY WAS AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE, BUT THE PERMITS ARE STILL ACTIVE. SO. BUT WE DID CORRECT THE OVERGROWTH AND THE JUNK AND TRASH. ON JULY 14TH, 2026, INVESTIGATOR TONY VIRDING OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. TONY BERNING, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE RECORD ON JULY 14TH, 2026. I OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY WHILE PATROLLING UNINCORPORATED AREA BAY COUNTY.

I INSPECT THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 172 IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. THIS IS SOME OF THE PHOTOS I TOOK ON JULY 14TH. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S FRONT YARD OUT OF CONTROL. DIFFERENT SHOT OF THE FRONT YARD. STRAIGHT ON SHOT.

CLOSER VIEW. TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT YARD. ON JULY THE 16TH, 2026 NOTICE VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS. 2719 FAIRLANE LYNN HAVEN, FLORIDA 32444. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED ON JULY THE 20TH, 2026 COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING. A COPY OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, ALONG WITH PROOF OF CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY, WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. ON JULY THE 30TH, 2026. A COPY OF THE NOTICE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY, A COPY OF NOTICE OF HEARING AND AFFIDAVIT WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT D AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 30TH, 2026. A COPY OF THAT NOTICE OF HEARING AND CLERK'S AFFIDAVIT WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT E AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. ON AUGUST THE 6TH, A CHECK OF THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER TAX COLLECTOR DATABASE SHOWS THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAS NOT CHANGED AND TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. ON AUGUST THE 10TH, 2026, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND NOTICED SOME OF THE OVERGROWTH HAD BEEN CUT. ALTHOUGH THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION. ON THIS DATE, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAD PHOTOS ATTACHED. THESE PHOTOS SHOW SOME OF THE OVERGROWTH HAD BEEN CUT. THIS IS STILL YOUR PHOTOS, CORRECT? THOSE ARE STILL MINE. I THINK HIS IS COMING UP. PROPERTY OWNERS IS COMING UP. THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT I RECEIVED ON AUGUST 10TH

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VIA EMAIL. STILL GOT SOME OVERGROWTH OUT FURTHER OUT. AND LOOK FROM THE STANDING AT THE STREET, THAT'D BE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THAT'S THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY THAT I CAN'T GET TO. BIG IMPROVEMENT, BUT STILL IN VIOLATION. AUGUST 11TH, 2026 A WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND YOU STILL GOT OVERGROWTH TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE THERE IN THE FRONT YARD, AND IN THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HERE ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. MR. WALKER. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. EDDIE WALKER, 2719 FERAL LANE. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW ABOUT THIS? SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE PROPERTY, THE GRASS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THE HEDGES AND EVERYTHING ARE ALL CUT. WHAT I'M ASSUMING NOW IS BEING STATED IN VIOLATION IS A SECTION TO THE LEFT OF THE PROPERTY THAT IF YOU CONTINUE OFF TO THE LEFT, IS ALL EXPANDING INTO TREES AND A WILD SECTION OF THE YARD. AND AS YOU SEE THERE, IT'S CUT AROUND A GROWTH OF TREES THAT ARE BEING ALLOWED TO RETURN. AND THEN THE REST OF THAT IS PART OF THE WILD SECTION THAT HAS ALMOST ALWAYS BEEN WILD ON OUR PROPERTY. FROM THE LEFT OF THE HOUSE, MOVING TO THE REMAINDER OF THE ALMOST TWO ACRES. OKAY, THIS IS PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER 22 THAT'S PRESENTLY ON THE SCREEN. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT I THINK IS ABOUT A 4 TO 5 FOOT STRIP THAT STRETCHES FROM THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO THE REMAINDER OF THE WILD SECTION OF THE PROPERTY, TO THE THERE APPEARS TO BE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, AN AREA AROUND THE TREES. THOSE APPEAR TO BE WEEDS INITIALLY OUTSIDE OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE CANOPY OF THE TREE, AND THEN FORWARD BACK TO THE TOWARDS THE ROADWAY.

THIS HASN'T BEEN CUT AT ALL. AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A POTENTIAL THING. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A, AN EXCEPTION OR ANY KIND OF EXCEPTION FOR. WHAT YOU'RE CALLING WILD OR, YOU KNOW, BUTTERFLY GARDEN OR ANY KIND OF THING LIKE THAT IN ON A PURELY RESIDENTIAL LOT. SO.

THAT'S, I THINK THAT ABSENT AN EXCEPTION, BECAUSE IF YOU, IF WE ZOOM OUT TO SHOW THIS PICTURE IS STILL NOT SHOWING THE FULL WIDTH AND WIDTH AND BREADTH OF THE PROPERTY AND WHICH CAN CONTINUES PROBABLY ANOTHER. ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S THIS WOULD BE A VIEW THAT IS LOOKING OFF TOWARDS THE NORTH, THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT TREES AND GROWTH ARE BEING ALLOWED TO CONTINUE AT NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. BUT IF YOU HAVE A VIEW THAT IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE SOUTH, THERE IS A. ALL OF THAT, AS YOU LOOK, IS ALSO A COMPLETELY. NOT ALL OF IT HAS IS TREED RETURNED YET, BUT GROWTH IS TRYING TO BE ALLOWED FOR THAT PROPERTY THAT IS NOT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THE PIECE OF PROPERTY NOT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE TO GROW AND BE MORE PART OF NATURAL FLORIDA. WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY KIND OF EXCEPTION TO RESIDENTIAL PARCELS THAT ALLOW THEM TO. NO, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE AERIAL. SO. OOPS. OH, NO. SO THIS. NO, THERE IS NO EXCEPTION. THIS WAS TAKEN IN 2025. SO I BELIEVE WISH I COULD ZOOM IN. THAT HE'S TALKING. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

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THIS AREA. YES MA'AM. ALL OF THAT SECTION COMING OVER AND STARTING TO COME OVER THAT THAT LEADS INTO THE REST OF THAT PIECE OF THE PROPERTY. SO I KNOW THAT WE WERE DRAWING THE FIRST CASE. WE HAD AERIALS FROM PRIOR TO THE HURRICANE, AND THAT WAS. NOT THE CASE. THERE WERE TREES THERE, BUT NOT THE GRASS WAS BEING MADE. IN TOTAL, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 90 TREES THAT WERE LOST ON THAT PROPERTY. AND A GOOD PORTION OF THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ALLOW TO RETRIEVE AND GROW. EVERY TREE IS ONE THING. REGRESS IS ANOTHER THING. YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF TALL GRASS OUT THERE. THE. THOSE ARE WILDFLOWERS IN THE MIDST OF. AND IF WE. IF WE LOOK AT A PICTURE. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS. THAT SECTION. THAT'S JUST TO THE LEFT, THAT IS UNMOWED PRESENTLY WILL BE A GOLDEN YELLOW IN ABOUT A MONTH. THAT WILL BE NOTHING BUT WILDFLOWERS LEADING INTO THE REST OF THAT FORESTED AREA WITH THE. WITH EVERYTHING ELSE CUT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AS A CUT LAWN, IF YOU WILL, EXCEPT FOR WHERE THERE ARE SAPLINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MOWED AROUND. DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE SAPLINGS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE GRASS. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT? NOT AT THIS TIME.

DO YOU HAVE ANY EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE. SEEDED THIS AREA WITH WILDFLOWERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OTHER THAN WHERE WE HAVE TAKEN THIS CONTINUES FROM THE REST OF THAT AND SPREAD THOSE ACROSS THERE. BUT I LIKE WHERE I'VE SPECIFICALLY BOUGHT BOUGHT FLOWERS. NO, THESE ARE ALL I THIS AREA THAT'S DEPICTED HERE IS THAT PHOTOGRAPH THAT YOU SHOWED THAT WAS THE AERIAL. IS THAT TREE DEPICTED IN THAT AERIAL? YES, SIR. IT'S NOT I DON'T I THIS LOOKS CLOSER TO THE HOUSE THAN THE AERIAL THAT LOOKS FURTHER OVER. I WAS TRYING TO THERE WAS A TREE, BUT IT WAS RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE HOUSE IN THAT AERIAL. AND THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S A GOOD DISTANCE FROM THE HOUSE. IT IS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO ALLOW TREES TO REGROW.

WELL, THOSE ARE WEEDS RIGHT THERE. IF I NEED TO CUT OUT THE WEEDS AND FROM AMONGST THOSE SAPLINGS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND YOU NEED TO CUT THE GRASS. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST THIS STUFF HERE IN THE FRONT. YOU TALK ABOUT YELLOW. THERE ARE A LOT OF WEEDS THAT HAVE YELLOW FLOWERS. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD I NEED TO COME BACK WITH SOMETHING FROM THE IFAS OFFICE AT UF WHERE THEY ARE DESIGNATING OR PROPERLY IDENTIFYING THOSE SIR. I GUESS SO YOU COULD YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, COME BACK WITH THAT. BUT UNTIL YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT HERE, IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE BASIS FOR YOUR YOUR OBJECTION. LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH TREES. YOU KNOW, I THINK PUTTING TREES AND I SEE I DON'T SEE THAT THAT TREE THAT'S DEPICTED IS THAT WHERE THE TREE WAS THAT IT IS STILL THERE. I'M FAMILIAR. IT'S STILL THERE. RIGHT WHERE THE LITTLE RED DOTS AT. NOW THAT'S A SMALL AREA. WHEN YOU CUT IT THE LAST TIME, IT WAS PRETTY SMALL GROWING UP. OKAY. BUT AND IT WAS A LITTLE TERRITORY AND YARD DEBRIS THAT PILED IN THERE, THAT CONTRACTOR REMOVED, WHICH IS STACKED WHERE HE DID WHEN HE GOT THE PROPERTY. LAST TIME I DID MY INSPECTION ON THE UNSAFE PORTION IN THE REAR, AND NOW THE REAR IS PROBABLY, WELL, THAT HAS BEEN CUT AS WELL, SIR. OKAY. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE THAT I'VE SEEN, THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION. NOW, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF.

DESIGNATION THAT THE. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA EXTENSION CENTER CAN SHOW AS SOME SORT OF VALID DESIGNATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN RECONSIDER THAT AND YOU PROVIDE THAT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND I WILL RECONSIDER IT AT SOME POINT. BUT THE THE PROBLEM IS ALL OF THIS STUFF FOR THIS HOUSE THAT'S NEXT DOOR, YOU KNOW, RATS GROW UP IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM, SIR. IF YOU LOOK BEHIND, THERE'S AN ENTIRE FIVE ACRES THAT ARE TO THE NORTH AND TO THE WEST OF ME AS WELL. THAT IS ALL OF THE SAME, AS WELL AS

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ANOTHER ACRE AND A HALF TO TWO ACRES ACROSS THE STREET. THAT THIS IS ALL A CONTINUATION OF, AS WELL AS A PRESERVE ON THE BACKSIDE. IT'S UNDEVELOPED LAND. YOUR LOT IS NOT UNDEVELOPED LAND. YES, SIR. SO. BUT THERE IS LAND ON MY LOT THAT IS UNDEVELOPED, BECAUSE I HAVE ALMOST TWO ACRES OF LAND. WELL, IT MIGHT BE. YOU MIGHT SAY IT'S UNDEVELOPED, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MOWED. I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT THE. THE FACT THAT RATS MIGHT LIVE IN THAT FOREST AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY UP THERE. BUT THIS LOT IS DEVELOPED. IT'S IN A DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S GOING TO BE MOWED. THE GRASS IS GOING TO BE MOWED. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT TREES, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO CUT DOWN TREES OR ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO COUNT WEEDS AS ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. SO. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD? SO IN THAT, ARE YOU GUYS ALSO STATING THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS IN BECAUSE IT'S NOT PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE STREET, THAT'S SHOWING THOSE PROBABLY 20FT WIDE, STRETCHING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LEFT, THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THAT THAT IS ALSO WHICH IS THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. I'M I'M NOT SURE OF THE ORIENTATIONS HERE. THAT THAT AREA. OKAY. SO AND THAT BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE GRASS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND AROUND THE HOUSE DID HAVE TO BE MOWED AND MAINTAINED, BUT FOR SECTIONS THAT ARE NOT THAT THOSE ARE ALLOWED AS WELL AS I WOULD SAY, AM I SOMEWHAT BEING TOLD THAT I'M ALLOWED TO HAVE A ONE FOOT STRIP OF THOSE FLOWERS AND OTHER TREES THAT ARE STARTING TO GROW BACK A FIVE FOOT STRIP, A TEN FOOT STRIP? OR DO I SIMPLY HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT IN FRONT OF THE HOME? AND THIS IS STILL A PICTURE THAT'S KIND OF DIAGONAL AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING STRAIGHT FORWARD. ALL THAT STUFF THAT'S TALL OUT THERE, THAT'S GOT TO GO, THAT'S GONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SO IF WE ADVANCE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S GONE EXCEPT FOR ROTATE TO THE RIGHT. THAT'S ALL CUT. ALL RIGHT. YOU'LL GET TO THE THESE ARE THE FIRST. GET TO THE. OKAY. HERE WE THOSE WEEDS AROUND THAT YOU HAVE GOT A PATH CUT AROUND AND THAT AND THE WEEDS THAT RUNS STRAIGHT THAT. SO. MOVE YOUR CURSOR ABOUT TWO INCHES A LITTLE BIT MORE. NO OTHER WAY PLEASE. THERE. RIGHT THERE. OKAY. THOSE ARE WEEDS.

SO I WILL CUT THE WEEDS OUT OF THERE. THERE ARE ALSO SAPLINGS MIXED IN AND SAPLINGS. AND THEN TO THE LEFT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AS WELL. IF YOU IF YOU SEE THERE IS A CUT PATH THERE AND THAT IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET WIDE LEADING INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY, THAT IS WILD. ALL THAT STUFF THAT IS SORT OF A, A WHITISH GREEN IN THERE HAS GOT TO GO. OKAY. AND THAT'S THE PART WHERE IF I WILL GO FROM HERE AND TALK TO THE FOLKS AT THE IFS OFFICE AND GET OBTAIN A DESIGNATION ON WHAT THOSE FLOWERS THAT ARE GROWING THERE ARE. THAT'S FINE. AND YOU CAN PRESENT THAT TO MISS ASHMAN, AND I'LL REVIEW THAT WHEN SHE GETS IT. BUT AND BASED ON THAT DETERMINATION, THEN AT THAT POINT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. IF IT. YOU'RE STILL DISAGREEING THAT I CAN'T HAVE A ONE FOOT STRIP, A THREE FOOT STRIP, A FIVE FOOT STRIP OF THOSE THAT ARE ALSO NOT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. THEN WHAT IS A WHAT IS AN AGREED DESIGNATION THAT THAT CAN BE ALLOWED TO GROW? I WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU GET FROM. YES, SIR.

THE AGRICULTURE PEOPLE AND I WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION AT THAT POINT. YES, SIR. IF YOU KNOW, IF IF I TELL HER, YOU KNOW, MY OPINION HAS NOT CHANGED, THAT YOU ARE STILL IN VIOLATION OF THE OVERGROWTH, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE OBLIGATED TO CUT IT. YES, SIR.

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SO WE'LL GO FROM THERE. BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVE A BETTER WELL KEPT YARD THAN THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'VE GOT PROPERTY VALUES TOO. AND AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AFTER EVERYBODY IN IN THAT RESPECT. SO ANYTHING ELSE. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE IS A VIABLE OR EXCUSE ME, THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 930 WEST PIERSON DRIVE, IS WITHIN THE WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE HAS APPEARED AND TESTIFIED AND BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE. I ALSO ARE GOING TO FIND THAT YOU ARE A REPEAT OFFENDER BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE ONE TIME BEFORE ON THIS SORT OF STUFF. THE. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 172 IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH ON THE PREMISES. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY CUTTING THE OVERGROWN GRASS, WEEDS AND. IF THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL DEBRIS, YOU NEED TO REMOVE THAT. ALSO, IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. THE RESPONDENT WILL ALSO BE ALLOWED TO GET SOME SORT OF DESIGNATION OR SOME SORT OF LETTER OF EXPLANATION FROM THE. EXTENSION AGENT. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL THEM. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOLKS FOR CONSIDERATION. AND I, UPON PRESENTATION OF THAT TO MISS ASHMAN, SHE WILL FORWARD IT TO ME AND I WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED ON WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THAT LETTER, WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL NEED TO READDRESS THIS ISSUE AT A FUTURE DATE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE TEN DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, RESPONDENT WILL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $300 ON A DAILY FINE OF $50 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST. IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT AND CALL FOR AN INSPECTION TO IF HE ALLEGES THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE, THAT'S WHAT WILL STOP ANY ONGOING FINES. THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN AGAINST THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY. IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE AFTER 30 DAYS, IT WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF A ABATEMENT ACTION OR MAY BE THE SUBJECT OF AN ABATEMENT ACTION. THE COMPLIANCE HEARING WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER THE 17TH AT 1 P.M. IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING. SEPTEMBER 17TH. ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM C. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 4017 WEST 24TH COURT. ALSO, A FIRST HEARING. VIOLATION FORM A DERELICT VEHICLES AND UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THIS SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS AN AERIAL FROM DECEMBER OF 2025 SHOWING THE LOCATION PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN BLUE. WE HAVE CAMPING WORLD OVER TO THE RIGHT 23RD STREET ON THE TOP OF THE PHOTO. THAT'S GRANT AVENUE. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. ON APRIL 10TH, 2026, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF DERELICT VEHICLES AND ON APRIL 13TH, 2026, INVESTIGATOR TONY BRUNING INSPECTED THIS PROPERTY AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. TONY BERNING, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, EXHIBITS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE RECORD, ON APRIL 13TH, 2026, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND VIOLATION BAY COUNTY CODE, SECTION 17-2 IN THE FORM OF DERELICT VEHICLES, APPLIANCES AND UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE THAT EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS PHOTO WAS

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TAKEN FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM THE STREET. THE. THE PRIVACY FENCE IS DOWN. YOU CAN SEE MULTIPLE VEHICLES IN THE BACKYARD, UNKNOWN IF THEY'RE DERELICT OR NOT. YOU SAW PLANTS BEHIND THAT BLACK CAR THERE. THERE'S OTHER STUFF COVERED UP WITH TARPS IN THE BACKYARD AND IN THE IN THE FRONT YARD. YOU SEE MULTIPLE APPLIANCES, AIR CONDITIONERS, THEY'RE ALL COVERED WITH TARP, MOST OF THEM. YOU GOT UNSCREENED PROPERTY UP UNDER THE CARPORT. APPLIANCES ON THE TRAILER. IT APPEARS TO BE A DERELICT VEHICLE. IT'S FULL OF STUFF UP ON THE INSIDE AS WELL AS THESE. YOU GOT A MOTORCYCLE, A COUPLE MORE VEHICLES. UNKNOWN ON THAT TAG.

THE BOX TRUCK APPEARS TO BE DERELICT. AND THIS THIS SIDE OF THE FENCE WAS DOWN. YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE BACKYARD. ON APRIL 28TH, 2026, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 4017 WEST 24TH COURT, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 3245. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED ON APRIL 22ND, 2026. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION. A COPY OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, ALONG WITH PROOF OF CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY, WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. ON APRIL THE 21ST, 2026. I SPOKE WITH MICHAEL COX BY PHONE AND WE DISCUSSED THE VIOLATION. HE ADVISED HE WOULD CORRECT THE VIOLATION, BUT DID NOT WANT TO GET RID OF ANY OF THE VEHICLES. JUNE 22ND, 2026. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. DURING THIS INSPECTION, YOU CAN SEE A NEW PRIVACY FENCE. NEW GATE WAS PUT UP. TO KIND OF SCREEN WHAT WAS IN THE BACKYARD. YOU SEE ONE HOOD OF A VEHICLE, RIGHT? THERE APPEARS TO BE A DODGE TRUCK. YOU STILL GOT UNSCREENED PROPERTY. YOU GOT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL IS COVERED UNDER THEM TARPS, BUT IT APPEARS THAT SEVERAL OF THE VEHICLES ARE DERELICT, STILL HAVE APPLIANCES. AND NOW HE'S PUT A TARP UP OVER THAT OPENING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. ON JULY 6TH, 2026, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED A SECOND COMPLAINT VIA EMAIL REFERENCE A SCRAP METAL OPERATION GOING ON AT THIS LOCATION ON JULY THE 7TH, 2026 NOTICE. VIOLATION OF THIS HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 4017 WEST 24TH COURT, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32405. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED ON JULY 10TH, 2026. COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING A COPY OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, ALONG WITH PROOF OF THE CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY, WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. ON JULY 30TH, 2026. A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S STILL STUFF UP UNDER THE CARPORT ON SCREEN PROPERTY. ALSO POSTED BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 30TH, 2026. COPY. THOSE.

HEARING AND THE AFFIDAVITS WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT D AND CONTAINED THIS CASE FILE. BACK UP ONE SLIDE. DURING THIS INSPECTION, I NOTICED THE APPLIANCE THAT WAS SITTING BY THE DRIVEWAY HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE VIOLATION OF APPLIANCES HAVE BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME. AUGUST 6TH, 2026 CHECK OF BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER AND TAX COLLECTOR DATABASE SHOWS THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAS NOT CHANGED AND TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. AUGUST THE 10TH, 2026. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. I NOTICED SOME PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE. LATER IN THE DAY I MET WITH MICHAEL COX AT THE PROPERTY. HE ALLOWED ME ON THE PROPERTY TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE TAGS THAT WAS ON THE VEHICLES. MOST OF THEM HAD TAGS UNKNOWN IF THERE OPERABLE. IF THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DRIVE THEM DOWN THE ROAD RIGHT NOW OR NOT. BUT ANYWAY, AND THE BOX TRUCK OVER THERE, IT APPEARS THE THE EARTH IS GROWING UP OVER THE TIRES. SO WHEN I ASKED TO GO IN THE BACKYARD, HE REFUSED TO LET ME IN THE BACKYARD TO TAKE PHOTOS. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BACKYARD. THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. ALL OF THE TAGS THAT

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I TOOK PHOTOS OF ARE FROM, I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL FROM GEORGIA, AND THEY'RE ALL 2027 TAGS. THEY'RE ALL VALID. NO TAG ON THE CAR HAULER TRAILER. NOT SURE WHAT'S UNDER THAT TARP.

WHAT ARE THESE THINGS UP AGAINST THE HOUSE? SOME KIND OF TABLES. WHAT TABLES? OKAY. IT APPEARS. THAT BLUE SUBURBAN HAS BEEN MOVED AROUND IN THE YARD. THAT'S ON THE TRAILER. IT'S A 2027 TAG AS WELL. I COULDN'T GET TO THE BOX TRUCK DUE TO THE TARPS ON THE BACK OF IT. HOW WAS YOUR LAST? ANYTHING ELSE? IS SEPTEMBER 17TH AT 1:00, WHERE HE GETS A. WHO IS. THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HERE ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. FELICIA COX.

WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK ME, SIR MICHAEL COX. OKAY, WHAT'S YOUR MAILING ADDRESS? IT'S 4017 WEST 24TH COURT. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT HE DISCUSSES.

DISTRICT IS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF, EXCEPT FOR WITHIN A FEW THAT HE POINTED OUT WHEN HE COME, TOOK THE PICTURES OF THE TAGS LIKE THE TOW DOLLY RIGHT THERE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A TAG ON IT. I WASN'T AWARE THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE A TAG ON IT IN FLORIDA, BUT IN GEORGIA YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ONE, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE A TAG. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE IT UNTIL I GET THE TAG PUT ON IT. AND THEN THE TARP UP UNDER THE TARP, THERE'S A RIDING LAWN MOWER THERE.

THAT'S WHAT'S UP UNDER THE TARP. AND THERE'S A PIECE OF ALUMINUM SHEETING THERE UP UNDER THE TARP, AS IN THE SECTION WHERE THE BLUE TARP IS. I HAD THAT TEMPORARILY PUT UP UNTIL I PUT A FENCE UP RIGHT HERE AGAINST THE HOUSE TO THE WOODEN FENCE, PRIVACY FENCE. AND AS WE SPEAK IN THE FENCE IS BEING PUT UP TODAY. IT'S BEING BUILT FOR THE PRIVACY SECTION, JUST TO CLOSE OFF THAT SECTION OF THE HOUSE TO THE OTHER FENCE. WHAT ABOUT THE ALLEGATION THAT YOU'RE RUNNING A SCRAP METAL BUSINESS THERE? NO. WELL, I DO SCRAP METAL. I HAUL SCRAP METAL AND I BREAK IT DOWN. SO I TAKE IT TO THE WAS WITHIN SECTION TWO, THE AIR CONDITIONER THAT YOU'VE SEEN COVERED. I TAKE IT TO THE BACKYARD. I BREAK IT DOWN AND I BRING IT BACK OUT AND LOAD IT ON THE TRAILER AND THEN GO SELL IT. I SEPARATE THE PARTS THAT ARE WORTH MONEY AT THE SCRAP YARD. AND THOSE PIECES YOU SEE OUT FRONT IN THE ORIGINAL PICTURES WAS WHERE I HAD COVERED UP, TRYING TO COVER THEM UP FOR ANYBODY, JUST TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM JUST RIDING BY.

AND BUT NOW, LIKE I SAID, I TAKE THEM BEHIND THE FENCE THAT I GOT THE FENCE PUT UP. YOU KNOW, THE SECTION HE SHOWED WITH THE TARP. I HAVE A FENCE PUT UP THERE NOW WHEN HE SHOWED THE OTHER PICTURE. SO YOU CAN'T SEE BEHIND THE FENCE WHEN I TAKE IT BEHIND THE FENCE AND BREAK IT DOWN, THEN BRING IT BACK OUT AND LOAD IT ON THE TRAILER AND GO SELL IT. WHAT IS THIS ZONED FOR? THAT DOESN'T PERMIT THE OPERATION OF THE BUSINESS, DOES IT? GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE OR WHATEVER THE AERIAL, THE AERIAL. THERE YOU GO. WHAT ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF THAT'S IN YOUR BACKYARD? IS THAT STILL THERE? THERE'S SOME OF IT IS NOT ALL OF IT. I BREAK THAT DOWN AND LIKE I SAID, I BRING IT BACK OUT AS A PART OF YOUR BUSINESS OPERATION. WELL, I DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS. I MEAN, I PICK UP SCRAP METAL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD JUST LIKE

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ANYBODY ELSE THAT DOES SCRAP METAL. AND THEN I BREAK DOWN THE PARTS OFF OF IT, AND THEN I GO SELL IT TO THE SCRAP YARD. THE STRUCTURE TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. IS THAT YOURS? OVER THIS WAY? NO, SIR. NO, NO, THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY. WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT'S DISTRESSING TO THE NEIGHBORS AND I CAN SEE WHY. WITH ALL OF THIS STUFF AROUND YOUR HOUSE AND THE VEHICLES, I ASSUME THAT THAT BLUE LINE IS NOT EXACTLY ACCURATE OR. NO, IT'S NOT. OKAY. TAKEN FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. YEAH. TO THE TO THE LEFT OF YOUR HOUSE. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A STRING OF DERELICT VEHICLES BACK THERE ALSO. BUT. I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAUGHT YOU. DID YOU SAY THAT THE BOX TRUCK HAS A VALID TAG? IT'S UNKNOWN TO US. BOTH OF US. START TALKING ABOUT THAT.

OKAY, BUT HE HAS A VALID TAG. BUT I CAN STATE IT. HAS IT BEEN MOVED? NOT NONE OF MY PHOTOS.

OKAY. I WOULD ALSO. CLASSIFY IT AS DERELICT BECAUSE THAT TARP APPEARS TO BE COVERING UP MISSING SIDING. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, MISSING PART OF THE TRUCK COVERING THE BACK DOOR BECAUSE THE BACK DOOR IS TORE UP ON THE TRUCK. OKAY. AND I DIDN'T WANT NO RAIN GETTING INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, SO I PUT A TARP OVER THE BACK OF IT FOR RIGHT NOW. THE OTHER TARP HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS JUST BLOCKING THE WALKWAY UNTIL I GOT THE GATE BUILT. WELL, IT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MOVED IN ANY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I HAVE SEEN. AND SO MERELY TAGGING IT IS NOT. INDICATIVE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT DERELICT. THAT DRIVE ON THE ROADWAY LIKE THAT. EVERYWHERE ON IT. YOU COULDN'T DRIVE IT WITH THE TARP ON IT, TARPS ON IT, JUST TO KEEP THE RAIN. SO THEREFORE, IT'S NOT A. DRIVABLE TARP OFF. YOU CAN, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN, BUT NOT WITH THE TARP ON IT. THE WIND WOULD CATCH THE CABIN. LOOKS LIKE IT'S FULL OF STUFF TO. SO. SO I WOULD CLASSIFY THAT AS DERELICT, WHETHER IT HAS A VALID TAG OR NOT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE Y'ALL WANT TO ADD? NO, SIR. NO SIR. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4017 WEST 24TH COURT, IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE HAS APPEARED AND TESTIFIED IN THIS MATTER AND BEEN AFFORDED TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS. SEEN IN THE PRESENTATION BY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702 IN THE FORM OF DERELICT VEHICLES AND UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY ON THE PREMISES. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF TEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING THE DERELICT VEHICLES OR STORING THEM IN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE, THEY'VE GOT TO BE MADE OPERABLE TO INCLUDE A CURRENT REGISTRATION OR REMOVE FROM THE PROPERTY. ONLY ONE DERELICT VEHICLE CAN REMAIN ON THE PREMISES THAT IS UNREGISTERED AND UNSCREENED. ANY UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY HAS GOT TO BE SCREENED, STORED OR REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO

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COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS WITHIN TEN DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, RESPONDENT WILL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 10TH DAY FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS, OR UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST. IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CALL FOR AN INSPECTION TO SHOW THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, IN ORDER THAT THE FINES MAY STOP, SUCH FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, AND IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN 30 DAYS, IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO AN ABATEMENT OR MAY BE SUBJECT TO AN ABATEMENT ACTION. COMPLIANCE HEARING WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER THE 17TH AT 1 P.M. IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING. OKAY. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. ITEM D PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 7728 HARVARD BOULEVARD. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON JULY 9TH, 2026 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF A COUNTY. 17-2 IN THE FORM OF HOME OCCUPATION. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING, AND PHOTOS ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE. EXHIBIT A IF YOU CORRECT THE. REMEMBER, THIS WAS A DOG TRAINING FACILITY LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO HAVE 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $100, AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 WOULD BE. WOULD CONTINUE EACH AND EVERY DAY UNTIL THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THAT ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON JUNE 25TH, 2026. A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS ALSO POSTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JUNE 25TH, 2026. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING, OFFICER'S AFFIDAVIT AND CLERK'S AFFIDAVIT ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTINUED IN THE CASE FILE ON JULY 15TH, 2020, MISS PRADA. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. DID REGISTER WITH THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING FOR HOME OCCUPANCY AS THE DOG TRAINER. ON AUGUST 10TH, THE COASTAL PUP ACADEMY'S WEBSITE WAS REVIEWED AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF DOG TRAINING BEING ADVERTISED. THIS IS JUST A SCREENSHOT OF THE WEBSITE. OKAY. THE ONLY THE ONLY INDICATION THAT WORKED OR WORKS, THE TRAINING MAY BE GOING ON IS THAT IT DOES STILL ADVERTISE THAT THERE'S A LARGE OUTDOOR OUTDOOR BACK. YARD YARD. THANK YOU. BUT IT DOES SAY IT'S IN PANAMA CITY, NOT LYNNHAVEN. SO AT THIS POINT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE TRAINING OF OF DOGS ARE BEING CONDUCTED AT THIS SITE. HOWEVER, ANY ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A REPEAT VIOLATION. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT OF REGISTERING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING FOR A HOME OCCUPATION DOG TRAINER? SO WHAT? WHAT RIGHTS DOES THAT GIVE HER ON THE PROPERTY? WHAT IT. ALL IT IS DOING IS LETTING US KNOW THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE HOME OCCUPANCY RULES, WHICH ARE. IT HAS TO BE INSIDE THE MAIN STRUCTURE. YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY MORE THAN ONE SIGN. ALL THE. AND THE. YES. AND THE BUSINESS HAS TO BE CONDUCTED WITHIN. SO OKAY, THAT'S JUST THEY'RE BASICALLY SIGNING THAT. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MISS PADUA, DO YOU WANT TO OFFER ANYTHING OR ARE YOU. NO, SIR. I'M GOOD. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT SAYS YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE RIGHT NOW, SO DON'T GET CAUGHT. OKAY. ITEM E IS IN EDWARD. 8211, UNIT B, SOUTH LAGOON DRIVE. THIS IS ALSO A HEARING, A COMPLIANCE

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HEARING. AND I'M GOING TO LET MR. BRUENING DO THE TALKING. TONY BRUNI, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS. FOR THE RECORD, THIS CASE WENT TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON JUNE 11TH, 2026. WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17-2 IN THE FORM OF A UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE BEING THE FRONT PORCH AND UPPER DECK. THE RESPONDENT, SUSAN BARNES, AND HER REALTOR, THERESA DYER, DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED IN EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, OR AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25.

CONTINUE EACH AND EVERY DAY UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIOLATORS.

COPY. THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE COPY.

THE NOTICE HEARING WAS HAND DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON JUNE 11TH, 2026. A COPY OF THE AFFIDAVIT WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE.

COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY THE 1ST, 2026 COPY OF THE NOTICE HEARING AND THE AFFIDAVIT WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE THAT EXHIBIT D AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE ON JULY 7TH, 2026. I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THERESA DYER ADVISING HENSON DEVELOPMENT, WHO'S THE CONTRACTOR WAS WAITING ON THE REPORT FROM THE ARCHITECT ON JULY 13TH, 2026. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION. IT'S THE CENTER UNIT THREE UNIT COMPLEX. ON JULY THE 16TH, 2026, A COMPLIANCE HEARING WAS HELD, BUT THE HEARING WAS CONTINUED. THERESA DYER PROVIDED ENGINEERED DRAWINGS AT THAT HEARING FROM SOUTHEASTERN CONSULTING ENGINEERS ON JULY THE 30TH, 2026. A COPY OF THE ORDER WAS WITH THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. COPY OF THE ORDER WITH THE NOTICE OF HEARING. THE CLERK'S AFFIDAVIT WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT E AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. ON AUGUST 10TH, 2026, A REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION. ON AUGUST 11TH, 2026, A DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS APPLIED FOR BUT WAS LATER VOIDED DUE TO THEM NEEDING A RENOVATION PERMIT INSTEAD. AND AS OF THIS MORNING, THAT RENOVATION PERMIT IS STILL IN PLAN CHECK. BUT THEY DID APPLY FOR IT. OKAY. ANYBODY HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY, COME ON. FORWARD. HEY, TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROPERTY AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. OKAY.

THERESA DYER, I'M THE REALTOR FOR SUSAN BARNES AT 8211 B SOUTH LAGOON DRIVE. OKAY. AND THAT'S MISS BARNES WITH YOU? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US TO KNOW. OKAY. IT'S BEEN A LONG, HARD PROCESS AND GETTING EVERYBODY TO WORK AND GETTING THINGS IN A TIMELY MANNER. BUT WE HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT A COPY OR NOT. AND I MADE A TOOK A PICTURE OF IT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A DATE ON IT. THE CONTRACTOR SENT ME THAT THE PERMIT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, BUT I KNOW YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP. CORRECT. SO WE WERE WAITING ON. I'M SORRY. HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT. THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. IT'S JUST IN IN THE HOPPER. OKAY, GREAT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT TAKES. I'M STILL WAITING ON FROM CALLAWAY. BUT ANYWAY, WE'VE BEEN EVER SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE HAVE BEEN AT THE MERCY OF THE ENGINEER, OF COURSE, CONTRACTOR SCHEDULE AND THEN NOW PERMITTING. BUT EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO AS SOON AS THE PERMITS ARE SIGNED. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S IT.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE WITH US AND HELPING US GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS, ESPECIALLY MR. BRUENING, ON LETTING US KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO DO THIS PROCESS. I'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE COURT.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO BUT WAIT FOR THE PERMITS COMING IN. HE'S GOT EVERYTHING ORDERED AND READY TO GO, AND I. AND I CAN BRING HIM IN, WHICH IS MR. ALEX HENSON THAT OWNS HENSON IN OUR ENGINE CONTRACTING. I'M SORRY, CONTRACTING BUSINESS. THAT'S

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RIGHT THERE, ISN'T IT? DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF TIME FRAME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THIS? I LOOKED AT THE PERMIT THIS MORNING. IT IS WAITING FOR REVIEW BY PLANNING AND ZONING BECAUSE IT'S IN A FLOOD ZONE. I'VE TRIED TO MAKE PHONE CONTACT WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY COULD LOOK AT IT. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO NEED A FLOOD REVIEW BECAUSE WE'RE JUST REPLACING THE BALCONY. BUT I NEED THEM TO MAKE THAT DECISION. SO I'M I WILL I WANTED TO CHECK BETWEEN HEARINGS TO SEE IF I COULD GET SOME CONFIRMATION ON THAT, BUT I SUSPECT IT'LL ONLY BE A FEW DAYS. WHEN IS MY NEXT HEARING DATE OTHER THAN OTHER THAN SEPTEMBER THE 17TH OR 18TH, WHATEVER THE SEVENTH, 17TH. IF I HAVE ONE, YOU HAVE SEPTEMBER 10TH. OKAY, WOULD BE YOUR NEXT ONE. LET'S PUT IT ON THE SEPTEMBER 10TH CALENDAR BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS THING TO SLOW DOWN. OKAY. SIR. JODY, DO YOU REMEMBER WHICH MORE BUSY FOR HIM? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER EITHER. I KNOW THERE'S A LONG, LONG LIST. SO 1:00 IS FINE. OKAY. 1:00. ALL RIGHT.

I'M PUTTING IT OFF UNTIL THEN, BUT I NOTICE HERE THAT THERE WAS A. DEMO PERMIT APPLIED FOR ON THE 11TH OF AUGUST, AND THEN Y'ALL REAPPLIED FOR THIS OTHER RENOVATION PERMIT VERSUS THAT I CAN EXPLAIN THAT WHAT IT WAS, IS. ALL THEY SUBMITTED WAS A DEMO FOR THE THE PORCHES. AND YOU CAN'T YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RENOVATION PERMIT TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE EGRESS. SO OBVIOUSLY YOU COULDN'T DEMOLISH THAT CENTER UNIT WITHOUT. RIGHT. RIGHT. SO THEY SO THEY HAD TO THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT SENT IT BACK TO THEM TO RECLASSIFY THE PERMIT. SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT THOUGH, IS I DON'T WANT ANY MORE LAST MINUTE STUFF LIKE THIS. SO IF YOU START ENCOUNTERING ISSUES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT A GOOD WAYS BEFORE THIS NEXT HEARING OR OR I'M NOT GOING TO BE AMUSED. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. SO KEEP ON TOP OF THIS. YOU KNOW, DON'T LET GRASS GROW UNDER YOUR FEET HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT. BUT I WANT THIS THING MOVING ON. THIS IS THAT THAT'S DANGEROUS.

I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO PUT THAT EITHER. SO WE'LL PUT IT ON THAT FOR THE 1:00. BUT LET'S KEEP THIS THING MOVING. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. OKAY. WHERE ARE WE AT J. BLESS YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM J. 2503 DRUMMOND AVENUE. THIS IS ALSO A HEARING, A COMPLIANCE HEARING. AND IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON, INSPECTOR THORPE. I SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS FOR RECORD ALL MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ALSO IN HERE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE OF BAY COUNTY ON JUNE 11TH AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17-2, IN THE FORM OF FIVE UNFIT UNSAFE STRUCTURES. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR ALONG WITH HIS ENGINEER AND MR. BHUSHAN, THE MOBILE HOME REPAIR COMPANY.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED IN EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A CONTAINING THE CASE FILE. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 60 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $500 WILL BE IMPOSED. ALL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS UPON ANY OTHER, ANY AND OTHER REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT. COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED IN EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN CASE FILE ON JUNE 23RD, 2026, A DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS APPLIED FOR BY SMILEY'S. THEY DID REMOVE A NUMBER THREE OR NUMBER TWO, CORRECT? YES. NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE. AND NUMBER TWO WAS MOVED OVER TO NUMBER THREE. MR. BHUSHAN MOVED IT OVER.

YOU'LL SEE PHOTOS AS WE GET DOWN TO THAT. THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THAT PERMIT.

SMILEY'S DIDN'T PAY FOR IT. THEY'RE GOING TO CONTACT SMILEY'S. THAT'S ON THEM. BUT IT HAS BEEN. THAT WAS REMOVED COPY OF MAGISTRATE'S ORDER WITH THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED TO BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 30TH, 2026. A COPY OF MAGISTRATE'S ORDER WITH THE NOTICE OF HEARING AND OFFICER'S AFFIDAVIT AND CLERK CLARK'S AFFIDAVIT AFFIDAVIT WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. ON AUGUST 3RD, 2026, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND PROPERTY REMAINED VIOLATION. ON AUGUST 10TH, 2026, INSPECTION

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WAS CONDUCTED. THIS IS AUGUST 3RD, SO GO AHEAD. STILL A TRAILER WITH SOME JUNK THERE.

AND I'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH MR. BHUSHAN AND THE ENGINEER, MR. WADDELL.

CORRECT. AND EMAIL. BACK AND FORTH WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. THIS IS WHERE THE ONE WAS DEMOLISHED AND NOW THE ONE THEY BROUGHT IN FROM LYNNHAVEN. DO YOU REMEMBER THE GRAY ONE? IT WAS NUMBER TWO. NOW IT'S MOVED TO NUMBER THREE. IT'S MOVED OVER. WE'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A SECOND. SO ON MY RE-INSPECTION ON MONDAY, JOHNSON ROOFING WAS THERE TO PUT ROOFS ON FIVE AND SIX. THE PERMIT WAS SUBMITTED. HOWEVER IT WAS NOT ISSUED YET. SO GRACIOUSLY TOLD MR. MR. JOHNSON'S ROOFING NARRATIVE BEAT FEET. THEY LEFT UNTIL THE PERMIT WAS FINALIZED. MR. BHUSHAN WAS THERE SETTING UP THE OTHER MOBILE HOME. HE CONTACTED EVERYBODY. WE GOT THE BALL ROLLING. AS OF MONDAY AT 330, ALL PERMITS WERE SENT IN PAST PLAN REVIEW. I FINALIZED THEM YESTERDAY AFTER REVIEWING EVERYTHING. SO THEY SHOULD BE ON THE DOWNWARD ROAD TO PUT THE ROOFS ON AND START RENOVATION. AND THIS IS JUST PHOTOS FROM MONDAY SHOWING THAT THEY WERE PUTTING ROOFS ON THESE TWO. THEY WERE UNDER ASSUMPTION JOHNSON ROOFING THAT IT WAS APPROVED, BUT IT WAS NOT. SO ALL THE JUNK AND TRASH ARE REMOVED. THERE WAS ONE TRAILER IN THE CENTER THAT HAD SOME JUNK AND TRASH ON IT THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED. AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT KEEPS BRINGING ALL THE JUNK THERE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. ALL THE WIRING, IF YOU REMEMBER, WAS SCATTERED AROUND. THIS IS LIFT STATION OR A PUMP HERE THAT KEEPS BACKFLOWING. THEY'RE GETTING THIS FIXED AS OF TODAY.

THEY HAVE A SEPTIC COMPANY TO PULL IT OUT. THEY GOT TO LOOK AT A DRAIN FIELD. IT JUST KEEPS BACKFILLING. THIS IS BEHIND NUMBER EIGHT. OKAY, SO WE'RE ON THE RIGHT ROAD. WE'RE ON THE RIGHT ROAD. SO LOT NUMBER TWO HAS MOVED TO NUMBER THREE. AND MR. SHANE WAS SENDING THAT UP.

AND ON THIS DAY THEY HAVE A PERMIT FOR THAT NEXT PHOTO. THEY'RE GOING TO REPAIR THIS WALL. THERE'S ALWAYS TIE DOWNS READY TO GO IN THE GROUND. THAT'S THE LAST ONE. THAT'S IT.

AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THEM. THEY HAVE THEIR PERMITS ALL IN HAND. SO THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD. ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON IT? NO. GOOD. YEAH. I YEAH, I CAN SPEAK. YEAH. YOU'RE YOU'RE GOOD. I, I PASSED HIM. YEAH. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. SO WE'RE GOING TO PRETTY MUCH MONITOR UNTIL THEIR PERMITS ARE PASSED. IF THEY FAIL OR PERMITS EXPIRE, WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN FRONT OF YOU. OKAY, LET'S LET'S JUST CALENDAR THIS FOR THE 10TH ALSO.

OKAY? MAKE SURE THERE'S NO DROP BALLS OR ANYTHING AND THE PERMITS GET ISSUED. YES, YES, YES. SO THEY DO HAVE THE PERMITS ISSUED? YES. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS ONCE THE PERMITS ARE FILED OR THEY EXPIRE OR REVOKED OR WHATEVER FOR ANY REASON, THEN WE'LL SCHEDULE ANOTHER. OKAY. SO THEY HAVE A A WINDOW. YEAH. OPEN TO THEM BY VIRTUE OF THE PERMIT EXISTING.

WHAT'S THAT WINDOW NOW? ONE YEAR. ONE YEAR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE 10TH THEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. TOMORROW THE SEWER WILL BE FIXED. TOMORROW THEY'RE GOING TO PUMP IT OUT AND FIX IT. THAT. YEAH. YOU GOT THAT ONE UP. I ASSUME Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO TALK SINCE WE'RE CALLING IT EVEN RIGHT NOW, WE'VE WE'VE DONE ALL WE CAN DO IN THE TIMELINE. THIS HOUSE IS COMPLETELY TIED DOWN. SO I FELT THE SEWER TO IT AND FIX THE INSULATION UNDER IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS THAT I PRESENT. SO WE HAVE A PHONE CALL WITH A MR. CHRISTOPHER CHRIS SMITH OF 4220 BRANDON ROAD. AND HE IS ITEM. WE HAVE ITEM B, WHICH IS THE FIRST HEARING. AND ITEM I AS AN IDA FOR A NON FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON THE SAME PROPERTY.

OKAY. B AS IN BOY YES. B OKAY, I THOUGHT YOU SAID E AND I THOUGHT. YOU READY FOR ME TO CALL. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. NINE. NINE. NOPE. SO FIRST HEARING WELL, OUR IT GUY SAID

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HE WAS GOING TO WATCH YOU. I GOT IT, NINE ONE. 850. TWO. OH. THAT'S LOUD. CAN I PLEASE SPEAK WITH CHRIS SMITH. THIS IS HIM. THIS IS JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOU SWORN IN. OKAY. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? IT IS GOOD. MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU. 4226 BRANNON ROAD, ERANNON. ALL RIGHT. THE MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO SPEAK.

OKAY, MISTER SMITH, THERE WAS SOME SORT OF NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT THERE SO IT'LL RECORD PROPERLY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL PRESENT THEIR CASE. YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. YOU KNOW THE DRILL ON THIS. THEY'LL PRESENT THEIR CASE. THEN YOU'LL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER CROSS-EXAMINE THEM OR OFFER TESTIMONY IN YOUR OWN BEHALF. AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE FORD. WELL, BOTH OF THEM ARE THE SAME ADDRESS, SO ALL RIGHT. WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND YEAH, EVERYTHING'S AT THE SAME ADDRESS BECAUSE IT'S AT A MOBILE HOME PARK. OKAY. MOBILE HOME AND RV PARK. ALL RIGHT. MR. BERNIE'S GOING TO START WITH HIS TESTIMONY. OKAY. TONY.

BERNIE, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE RECORD. THIS THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED JUST OFF 231. YOU SEE KATO ROAD THERE? IT'S JUST TO THE WEST OF. 231 A BLOCK AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO BLOCKS. OKAY. CIRCLED IN RED. YOU GOT A RV1RV2 AND V THREE. ON MAY 11TH, 2026, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM CHRIS SMITH, THE PROPERTY OWNER OF A FIFTH WHEEL RECREATION VEHICLE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF THIS PROPERTY, LOCATED WITHIN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED TROY GARDNER WAS LIVING IN THE RV THAT WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. SECTION 3500 FOR RECREATION VEHICLES IN THE FORM OF LIVING IN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. THERE'S THE FIFTH WHEEL, GRAY AND BLACK. THE DRIVEWAY JUST JUST TO THE LEFT OF THAT BIG TOWER. ON MAY 12TH, 2026, I REINSPECT THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. A CLOSER VIEW SHOWS THAT SEVERAL UTILITIES WAS HOOKED TO TROY GARDNER'S RV. DURING THIS INSPECTION, I OBSERVED THREE ADDITIONAL RECREATIONAL VEHICLES THAT APPEARED SOMEONE WAS LIVING IN THEM. THERE'S THE. THE FIFTH WHEEL. BOTH OF YOU. I BELIEVE THAT'S POWER HOOKED TO IT THERE.

YEAH. OTHER UTILITIES THERE. NOT EXACTLY WHAT WHAT THOSE ARE WATER HOSE STRETCHED OUT.

THERE'S A RV UP ON BRANDON ROAD SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RV. AND THE SECOND RV. GREEN AND WHITE. AND THAT'S THE THIRD RV, WHICH IS A MOTORHOME, I GUESS, TOWARD THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. YOU. ON MAY 19TH, 2026, I RE-INSPECTED PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THERE YOU HAVE THE. THE SEPTIC LINE HOOKED TO THE FIFTH WHEEL ALONG WITH THE WATER HOSE HOOK TO IT. WAS THAT SEPTIC LINE HOOKED TO A SEPTIC TANK OR AN OUTFLOW OR. NO, IT'S JUST ON THE GROUND. IT'S HOOKED TO THE RV ITSELF. BUT LAYING ON THE ON THE GRASS. RIGHT WATER HOSE HOOKED TO IT. ON JUNE, JUNE THE 9TH, 2026, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM TROY GOODNER. HE

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ADVISED CHRIS SMITH, THE PROPERTY OWNER, CONTACTED HIM, INVITED HIM TO BRING HIS RV AND LIVE AT HIS PARK ON BRANDON ROAD. UPON HIS ARRIVAL AT THE PARK, HE FOUND OUT THERE WERE WAS NOT A SPOT FOR HIS RV. HE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WAS PAYING $550 A MONTH TO HAVE HIS RV THERE. I SUGGESTED TO HIM THAT HE SHOULD START LOOKING FOR ANOTHER RV PARK TO PARK IS RV, HE AGREED. ON JUNE 15TH, 2026, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 4226 BRANDON ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32404. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED ON JUNE 18TH, 2026. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, ALONG WITH PROOF OF CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY, WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE WAS SENT REGULAR MAIL TO THE TENANT USING THE ADDRESS 4234 BRANDON ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32404. THE REGULAR MAIL HAS NOT RETURNED A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE. HEARING WAS SENT REGULAR MAIL TO THE TENANT USING THE ADDRESS 4242 BRANDON ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32404. THE REGULAR MAIL HAS NOT RETURNED. COPY. THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE WAS SENT REGULAR MAIL TO THE TENANT USING THE ADDRESS 4244 BRANDON ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 3244. THE REGULAR MAIL HAS NOT RETURNED A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE. HEARING WAS SENT REGULAR MAIL TO EVELINA CAR USING THE ADDRESS 4905 BROCK STREET, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 3244. THE REGULAR MAIL HAS NOT RETURNED. ON JUNE 29TH, 2026, CHRIS SMITH SENT AN EMAIL ADVISING HE WANTED TO REPLACE THE UNFIT, UNSAFE MOBILE HOMES WITH RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. I ADVISE HIM TO. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PERMIT ONLY ALLOWS TWO RVS IN THE PARK. ANYTHING ELSE WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BAY COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING. A COPY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OPERATING PERMIT WAS OBTAINED AND INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT D AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. ON JULY 30TH, 2026.

COPY NOSE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. A COPY OF THE NOTICE HEARING AN AFFIDAVIT WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT E AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE COPY. THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 30TH, 2026. A COPY OF THE NOTICE HEARING IN CLARK'S AFFIDAVIT WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT F AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE. AUGUST 6TH, 2026 A CHECK OF THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER TAX COLLECTOR DATABASE SHOWS THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAS NOT CHANGED AND TAXES ARE DELINQUENT SINCE 2024. ON AUGUST THE 10TH, 2026, I RESPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION. ALL THREE RVS ARE STILL LOCATED THERE. THE FIFTH WHEEL IS GONE WITH.

THE FIFTH WHEEL WAS THE ONE THAT WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. DRIVEWAY IS GONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THREE TO DEAL WITH. WELL, ONE OF THE THREE. ALL RIGHT. NOW, THERE WAS YOU SAID THAT THE. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALLOWS TWO RVS PER PARK AND THAT THIS PART. THIS PART.

OKAY. SO I GUESS I'M ASKING WHAT WOULD WE'VE GOT THREE IN THERE NOW. SO ONE OF THEM'S GOT TO BE REMOVED. ONE OF THEM'S GOT TO GO. THE OTHER TWO CAN STAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW YOU ALSO REFERENCE A COPY OF THIS STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OPERATING PERMIT WAS OBTAINED.

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT PERMIT? IT. IT SHOWS HOW MANY HOW MANY SPACES, LOTS YOU HAVE IN THE PARK AND HOW MANY RVS YOU CAN HAVE IN THAT PARK. OKAY. SO THE THE QUANTITY OF RVS IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF TOTAL SPOTS THAT YOU HAVE. I GUESS I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY DETERMINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD ENOUGH. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. OKAY. JUST TO ADD, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REGULATES THE RV PARKS AND MOBILE HOME PARKS. SO THEY ARE LICENSED THROUGH THEM. I BELIEVE THAT MR. SMITH OBTAINED THE TWO SPOTS PRIOR TO THE LDR. SO HE'S ACTUALLY GRANDFATHERED IN, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL STILL ISSUE. SPOTS IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT, PERMISSION OR APPROVAL THROUGH THE LDR. I MEAN, BEFORE THE PLANNING. PLANNING. THE STANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT IS THAT IF THEY'RE

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ELIGIBLE, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO THEM AND THEN TELL THEM THEY HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY. SO YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR MR. SMITH TESTIFY THAT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL SAY HE CAN GET FOUR UP TO FOUR SLOTS BY THEIR REGULATIONS, BUT HE WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT THROUGH THE PLANNING. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YES IT DOES. OKAY, PERFECT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MR. SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. BRUNI? NO, I, I I'M NOT REAL SURE. WELL, IT IT EITHER IS YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS OR YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO I STILL BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT I BELIEVE IT'S GARY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WHO'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME. AND HE IS STILL BAFFLED AS TO WHY THE COUNTY FEELS AS THOUGH THAT THEY CAN SAY SOMETHING THAT OUT TRUMPS WHAT THE STATE HAS TO OFFER.

AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY HE'S GONE AS FAR AS TO SAY TO, I BELIEVE IT WAS BRUNI TO HAVE THEIR ATTORNEY CONTACT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY TO SHOW THEM WHERE THEY'RE IN THE WRONG, BECAUSE I'M IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE. AND IT SAYS IN THE FLORIDA STATUTES, IT SAYS THAT A MOBILE HOME CAN BE REMOVED AND AN RV CAN BE PUT IN ITS PLACE. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS IN VERY PLAIN, CLEAR ENGLISH. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THIS BUSINESS SINCE DAY ONE. I WHY THIS HAS BECOME SOMETHING 30 YEARS LATER AS SOME KIND OF AN ISSUE, I DON'T KNOW. BUT UNTIL THE STATE TELLS ME THAT I AM NOT IN COMPLIANCE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE AS USUAL BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW THINGS WORK. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT CONTINUE AT YOU AS USUAL, BUT YOU DO, SO I WILL YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN PERIL. SO OKAY, LET LET ME. SO THE STATE ASKING FOR THE COUNTY TO COME TO BRING FORWARD WHERE THEY TRUMP THE STATE IN THIS. THE COUNTY HAS NOTHING OTHER THAN WE SAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO KNOW. OKAY. WELL, ALL RIGHT, ONE OF THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYS IS SITTING IN HERE. SO. OKAY. AND WHAT IS THEIR THING ON IT? I HAVE IT NO WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT UP ON MY PHONE. MR. SMITH. DON'T INTERRUPT. DON'T INTERRUPT ME. OKAY, OKAY. GO AHEAD. SHE IS SITTING IN HERE. SHE IS CATCHING BITS AND PIECES OF THIS AND SO SHE WILL START LOOKING INTO IT, I HOPE. OKAY, I CAN'T ASSIGN HER A TASK, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT SHE WOULD LOOK INTO IT. SO IF YOU KNOW. BUT YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT THIS WAY FOR 30 YEARS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, OVER A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS, THINGS CHANGE. AND SO ASSUMING I'M ASSUMING YOU HAD NO CHANGE, THE LAW HAS NOT CHANGED. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I JUST HAVE TO. WELL, NO, THERE'S NO, DON'T INTERRUPT ME, MR. SMITH. STOP SAYING THAT. GO AHEAD. IF WE. DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, THAT FOR SOME REASON THE COUNTY IS IN ERROR, THEN WE CAN WE CAN BACK UP. BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME, I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE ACCURATELY STATING THE LAW AND THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR AUTHORITY. SO BASED ON THAT, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THESE MOBILE HOMES OR THESE RV VEHICLES, THEY'RE LIKE I SAID, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN PERIL. SO, OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ASK OR, OR RAISE? I JUST WANT SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO SHOW IT IN LAW THAT SAYS THAT THIS, THIS CAN'T BE THIS WAY. OKAY. I MEAN, I HAVE, I HAVE IT, I JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO SHOW ME SOMETHING THAT CONTRADICTS IT. AND SO WOULD THE STATE. THE STATE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS WELL.

UNFORTUNATELY, GARY IS OUT. HIS WIFE HAD A A VERY SERIOUS MEDICAL ISSUE. HE'S NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME, BUT I DID GET TO SPEAK TO HIM THIS MORNING. AND HE STANDS ON THE FACT THAT HE DOES NOT SEE WHERE THE COUNTY IS. AS I SAY, OTHER OVER THEM. OKAY. WHAT'S WHO'S THIS GUY THAT YOU'RE TALKING WITH WITH THE STATE? HE'S THE HEAD OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE HEAD INSPECTOR FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, GARY. GARY. YEAH. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO

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PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON LEAVITT STREET? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS HEARD ALL OF THIS, KNOWS WHO THE. OKAY. TRY TO GET UP WITH. AND AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

AND FOR THE PERMITS FOR THE OTHER, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID, THAT THIS WAS FOR TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR, AND I'M WORKING DILIGENTLY ON GETTING THEM TORE DOWN. OKAY. BUT LET'S LET'S STICK WITH THE RV THING. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. MISS ASHMAN'S GOT SOMETHING I, I SPOKE TO GARY. I CAN'T PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME. THEY WERE IN THE OFFICES RIGHT NEXT TO US. AND BECAUSE WE VERIFIED THE FACT OF THE LICENSING, THEY ARE AWARE THAT THE COUNTY HAS AN ORDINANCE THAT THESE RVS HAVE TO BE IN A BONAFIDE RV PARK. SO WHAT THEY TELL THE APPLICANT IS THE STATE WILL ALLOW IT, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM PLANNING AND ZONING TO PLACE THE RV PARK THERE. IT'S IT'S A TWO TWO APPROVAL PROCESS.

OTHERWISE THEY COULD HAVE PUT AN RV NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO DO IS GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING. PLANNING AND ZONING HAS GOT TO GIVE YOU PERMISSION FOR MORE THAN TWO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW, THEY WOULDN'T I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WOULD OR WOULDN'T. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T EITHER. AND I THINK IT'S A OKAY. AS WE'RE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEFORE US TODAY. THIS IS CASE NUMBER CE20261020. AND THIS IS THE ISSUE OF A POTENTIAL VIOLATION OF 3500 FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. AND SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A RULING AS TO THAT ONE. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOUR NEXT CASE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT BASED ON THE EVIDENCE BEFORE ME, THE TESTIMONY BEFORE ME, THERE IS A VIOLATION OF. WELL, FIRST, LET ME FIND THAT THE PROPERTY THAT THAT'S LOCATED AT 4220 4220 BRANDON ROAD IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION. 3504 LIVING IN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE HAS APPEARED VIA TELEPHONE, BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND OFFER TESTIMONY IN HIS OWN BEHALF. THERE IS A WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT.

HE'S GOT TO HAVE WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL COUNTY APPROVAL RELATIVE TO THIS. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE EVIDENCE BEFORE ME SUGGESTS THAT HE DOES HAVE TO HAVE THAT APPROVAL AND THAT LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION. 3504 DEALING WITH LIVING IN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IS APPLICABLE IN THE INSTANT CASE. AND THAT HIS WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL TWO UNIT OR TWO RV APPROVAL PREDATED THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND THEREFORE HE IS OBLIGATED. THE RESPONDENT IS OBLIGATED TO REMOVE ONE OF THE THREE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON THE PREMISES. THAT SELECTION IS TOTALLY UP TO HIM AND HE CAN DECIDE HOW TO DO IT. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS, OR DELAYS OF BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

OKAY. THE. RESPONDENT MUST BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING OR CEASING HABITATION OF ONE OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, OR THERE WILL BE AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. COMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED WHEN ONLY TWO RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ARE OCCUPIED. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT TO CALL FOR AN INSPECTION. TO VERIFY THAT THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE THAT THE THIRD RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IS

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UNOCCUPIED. IN ORDER FOR THE FINES TO CEASE THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED HERE IN BAY COUNTY. HOW LONG DOES IT HAVE NOW? SORRY? HOW LONG? WHAT? HOW LONG DOES THAT. HOW LONG DID YOU GIVE THAT TIME FRAME THERE? 30 DAYS. 30 DAYS. OKAY, SO AN EVICTION PROCESS THAT TAKES LONGER THAN THAT. I NEED THEM INFORMED. WELL, YEAH, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, I MEAN IT LIKE I SAID, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS THIS CASE IS A COMPLIANCE HEARING. AND I'M GOING TO LET INSPECTOR THORPE TESTIFY. AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE RECORD, THIS IS CASE NUMBER CE20261031.

SAME PARCEL OF PROPERTY AT 4220 BRANDON ROAD, GREAT AVENUE. INSPECTOR THORPE THIS CASE BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE OF BAY COUNTY, JULY 9TH, 2026. IT WAS FILED IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17-2 IN THE FORM OF THREE UNFIT, UNSAFE MOBILE HOMES. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF PROPERTY INTRODUCED IN EVIDENCE EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED A CASE FILE. THIS IS A TRAILER A. A IS AN APPLE. A IS AN APPLE. OKAY, THIS ONE THAT WAS NOT TIED DOWN, MESSED UP ROOF ON THERE. DRUNKEN TRASH AROUND THERE.

BROKEN TIEDOWNS. TRAILER BE. OTHER ONE WITH A ROOF ROOF OVER ON IT AND AND ROOF HAD ATTACHED ADDITION TO THE ON THE SIDE OF IT, WHICH WOULD BE THE NORTH SIDE. AND THIS IS TRAILER. SEE THE ONE THAT SUSTAINED A FIRE. OR THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER OR A $5,000 WILL BE IMPOSED, ALL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTANTLY LEAN AGAINST RURAL PROPERTY ON WHICH VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT. COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. A COPY OF HEARING AND NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 30TH, 2026. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING AND THE CLERK'S AFFIDAVIT WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE ON AUGUST 10TH, 2026, INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THIS IS NUMBER. THIS IS LETTER A. THE ROOF IS STILL INTACT, STILL NOT TIED DOWN, OFFICIAL JUNK AND TRASH. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S B THAT IS OCCUPIED. A ROOF IS IN THE SAME CONDITION. HOWEVER, THE ADDITION ON THE SIDE. THEY TOOK THE ROOF OFF OF IT. THE PORCH IS STILL THERE. JUNK AND TRASH THERE. AND SEE THE BURNT ONE STILL THERE. AS OF THE 12TH, WHICH WAS TWO DAYS AGO. A PERMIT FOR A AND C FOR DEMOLITION WAS APPLIED FOR AND APPROVED, AND THE ONLY THING WOULD BE IS THAT THEY TOOK PART OF THE ADDITION OFF. OKAY, SO IT STILL REMAINS UNFIT UNSAFE IF HE IF HE WANTS TO REMOVE THAT ADDITION ON THERE AND REPAIR THAT ROOF, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KIND OF ASKING THEM TO DO. OKAY. IF HE LEAVES IT, IT'S STILL GOING TO IT'S STILL GOING TO BE AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. OKAY. SO HE'S GOT TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THAT THIRD UNIT. YEAH. HE TO, TO REMOVE ALL THAT STUFF. YEAH.

AND TO FIX THE ROOF. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. DID YOU HEAR THAT MR. SMITH.

HE'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH. I BELIEVE SO, SIR. JUST TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT TO FIX THE ROOF.

AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST A PORCH THAT'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THERE. YEAH.

IT'S REALLY A PORCH NEEDS TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE WHY? OKAY. IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE ANY LONGER. THERE'S NO. SO LET MR. THORPE EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. YEAH. HEY, MR. MR. SMITH, SO SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE BOTTOM PORTION IS NOT ATTACHED, BUT THE THE TOP PORTION WAS ATTACHED. YES, SIR. THAT'S THAT'S HOW IT WAS. IT WAS JUST THE GUY PUT THAT ON THERE. I WOULD NEVER HAVE APPROVED IT OR ALLOWED IT IF I WAS HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED. AND I'VE LITERALLY BEEN CLIMBING THIS GUY HARD, HARD, HARD ABOUT IT. AND I'VE I GOT YOU. OKAY, SO NOW THE, THE

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UNATTACHED PORTION HAS BEEN REMOVED IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. 100%. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW YOU GOT THE JUNK AND TRASH AROUND THERE AND TO REPAIR THE ROOF AND HE DOESN'T IF HE DOESN'T GET RID OF IT, I'M GOING TO HAVE A TWO BEDROOM UP FOR RENT. OKAY. I MEAN, I'M I'M I'VE HAD ENOUGH. NOW, WHAT ABOUT THE ROOF? THE ROOF? SO THE ROOF, HOW EXACTLY DO YOU WANT ME TO GO ABOUT REPAIRING THE ROOF? I JUST WANT TO BE SPECIFIC. THAT ROOF HAS BEEN THERE SINCE. YEAH. THE DAMAGED PANELS NEED TO BE REPAIRED ON IT. OKAY. YES, SIR, I GOT YOU.

SO YOU AND YOUR. DON'T FORGET, YOUR PERMITS ARE GOOD FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE.

YES, SIR. AND I'LL MAKE SURE IT'S DONE WELL BEFORE THEN. 81227 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO HE'S CRUISING OKAY ON THAT ONE. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AS TO THIS SECOND CASE, YOU'RE YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND YES, SIR. WHAT WE WILL DO IS THEY'LL MONITOR YOUR PERMITS. AND IF THEY GET CLOSED OUT AND EVERYTHING, PASS THE INSPECTIONS AND ALL THAT SORT OF JAZZ, THEN YOU WON'T HEAR FROM US AGAIN. IF, IF FOR SOME REASON, IF FOR SOME REASON THINGS ARE STILL OPEN ENDED AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEN WE'RE GOING TO WE'LL HAVE TO REVISIT IT. OKAY. LET THAT HAPPEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH WE'RE GOING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH WHAT I'M SO SORRY. IT'S REALLY KIND OF IRRELEVANT, BUT NOT IRRELEVANT. THE FRONT RV, I'M ACTUALLY I AM IN THE PROCESS OF ASKING HER TO LEAVE. ANYWAY, I DO STILL KIND OF WANT TO, YOU KNOW, FIGHT FOR MY RV SPOTS AND OR FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO, TO, TO GO ABOUT EVERY, YOU KNOW, DAY TO DAY. BUT I AM ACTUALLY ASKING HER TO, TO GO. SO I DO EXPECT ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE LETTER AND YOU KNOW WHY I SHOULDN'T MOVE. AND SO I EXPECT THAT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT'S KNOWN AHEAD OF TIME. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LIKE I SAID, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. SHE WILL ADDRESS IT. AND THEN IF WE IF WE FEEL WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BRING YOU BACK AND SAY WE'RE SORRY, WE'RE WRONG, WE'LL DO THAT. BUT OTHERWISE JUST ASSUME THAT YOU ONLY GET TWO SLOTS. I GOT YOU. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

HAVE A GOOD DAY, MR. SMITH. YOU TOO. YOU TOO. NOW. BYE BYE. BYE BYE. TOTALLY CHANGED ALL MY ORDER WENT REMARKABLY WELL. ALL RIGHT. ITEM F PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 3904 WEST 25TH COURT. THIS IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATIVE REPORT AS THE PROPERTY OWNER CAME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR ORDER WITHIN THE TIME FRAMES. YOU SAID THIS IS A PHOTO THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE THE FIRST HEARING, AND THIS WAS WITHIN THE TIME FRAME. IT WAS FINE. OKAY. AS TO CASE NUMBER CE20260456, LOCATED AT 3904 WEST 25TH COURT PROPERTY HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE IN THIS CASE WILL BE CLOSED. OKAY 20 ITEM G AS IN GEORGE. 2602 EAST GAME FARM. THIS IS ALSO A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. THE PROPERTY OWNER CAME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR ORDER WITHIN THE TIME FRAMES SET. SO JUST TO REMIND YOU, THIS IS JULY 6TH. THESE WERE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU. AND ON JULY 20TH. THOSE ITEMS HAD BEEN REMOVED. PROPERTY IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE AND WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY FINES. OKAY.

CASE NUMBER CE20260058 AT 2602 EAST GAME FARM ROAD PROPERTY HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE IN THIS CASE SHALL BE CLOSED. SO I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM H 2735 EAST 13TH THREE. IS A HEARING FOR COMPLIANCE. AND INSPECTOR THORPE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD

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AFTERNOON AGAIN, INSPECTOR THORPE. THIS CASE WENT FOR A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR BAY COUNTY ON JULY 9TH, 2026, WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OR FOUND VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17-2 IN THE FORM OF THREE UNFIT UNSAFE STRUCTURES JUNK DERELICT VEHICLES, OVERGROWTH, UNSECURED POOLS, STAGNANT WATER, UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED IN EVIDENCE EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. REMEMBER THIS THE SHED IN THE BACK IT WAS COLLAPSED. JUNK AND TRASH. THERE'S ANOTHER SHED BACK THERE MISSING THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL. THESE ARE ALL TAKEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. WALK AROUND THE PROPERTY AND IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE DUAL BATHROOM TYPE ACCESSORY IN THE REAR. THINKING THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DAYCARE AT ONE TIME OR SOMETHING, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $100 TO BE IMPOSED. ALL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT SHALL CONSTANTLY LEAN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTS, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT. A COPY OF THE ORDER IS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT B CONTAINING CASE FILE. COPY OF THE HEARING AND NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON JULY 30TH, 2026. A COPY OF THE NOTICE HEARING IN THE CLERK'S AFFIDAVIT WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE, AND ON AUGUST 10TH, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ALL THE VEHICLES AND DRIVEWAY ARE STILL THERE. OVERGROWTH IS OUT OF CONTROL. I TRIED TO GET BACK THERE AND YOU CANNOT EVEN SEE THE BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE PORTIONS OF THE FRONT BUILDING. THAT'S IT. AND THAT WHITE PORTION ABOVE THE BOAT. YES.

THERE'S A LADY THAT WAS LIKE WALKING AROUND IN SORT OF A. YEAH, THAT MISTER INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON RAN INTO. YEAH. SHE WAS PULLING A WAGON WITH STUFF. AS OF THIS DATE, NO ENGINEERING OR APPLICATION PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION WHATSOEVER.

OKAY. OKAY. BASED ON THE FACT THERE HAS OR THE TESTIMONY PROVIDED AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN AND INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IN THIS MATTER, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE TIME TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE PREVIOUS ORDER, AND HAS FAILED TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. THEREFORE, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS ENTERED, IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INDIVIDUALLY OR WITH A CONTRACTOR TO REMOVE THE THREE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURES. THE JUNK DERELICT VEHICLES, OVERGROWTH, UNSECURED POOL, STAGNANT WATER, ETC. UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY AS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER OF JULY THE 9TH. THE. ISSUE OF FINES AND OR COST OF ABATEMENT SHALL BE ENTERTAINED AT A FINAL HEARING IN THIS MATTER. UPON THE RECORDING OF THE ORDER AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THOSE COSTS LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WILL BE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. COUNTY COMMISSION IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT. IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. OKAY, THE LAST ONE IS. A COMPLIANCE HEARING. THERE IS NO PHOTOS OR REPORT. INSPECTOR THORPE IS GOING TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PROGRESS THEY HAVE MADE. WAHOO! WAHOO! YES. SO BOTH PERMITS FROM ALPHA, WHICH WAS THE FRONT, THEN THE RETAINING WALL ON THE REAR WITH BACKFILL AND LEVELING THE EARTH. EVERYTHING IS DONE. MR. TIM WOOTEN RIGHT, HIM AND HIS PARTNER PETER THAT INVESTED IN HOUSE, THEY CLOSED ON IT TWO WEEKS AGO WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE FOUNDATION WAS COMPLETE AND FIXED. BOTH THOSE PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN DONE, FINALIZED. METICULOUS IS ACTUALLY ON SITE TODAY, PUTTING A DECK IN THE STUCCO ON THE REAR FLOORS BEING FLOATED OUT. SO THEY ARE THERE.

THERE'S ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CASE FOR US RIGHT THERE. WE ARE STILL MONITORING IT FOR BLIGHTED. YES, IT'S NO LONGER UNSAFE, BUT IT IS STILL BLIGHTED. IT'S HARD. IT WAS HARD TO TAKE PHOTOS OF A CORRECTED FOUNDATION. THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE PHOTOS FOR

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YOU. BUT WE HAVE CLOSED THE UNFIT UNSAFE VIOLATION ON THAT CASE. THERE ARE OVER $100,000 IN CORRECTING THE FOUNDATION. THAT'S SO I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BACK OUT. THAT'D BE HARD TO WALK AWAY FROM. OKAY. CASE NUMBER CE20242878. IS AT LEAST MOMENTARILY IN COMPLIANCE.

AND THE CASE IS CLOSED. ARE THERE A BUNCH MORE PROPERTIES OUT THERE AT BAY POINT THAT ARE GOING TO SUFFER THE SAME FATE? SO WE HAVE THAT ONE AND THAT TROUT, THEY ARE ABOUT 95% DOWN WITH THAT ONE. WE'RE GETTING REAL CLOSE AND SWEAT FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS TROUBLING THE BURNT ONE IS DEAD AND GONE. I'M WAITING ON A THUMBS UP FROM THE CONTRACTOR TO BRING IN A LITTLE DIRT. WITHOUT. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WHAT ABOUT THE HOUSE THAT BURNED OUT? THAT'S THE ONE. YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. LANE TRUCK DRIVE, WHICH IS 100 YARDS FROM THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A A SHUTTER OFFER BACK THERE, BUT.

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