Sep 10, 2026 Code Magistrate Hearing

[Code Magistrate Hearing on September 10, 2026.]

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9:00. WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I HAVE LOOKED AT THE DOCKET. DO NOT SEE A BASIS FOR RECUSAL IN ANY OF THE CASES. I'VE NOT HAD ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE REGARDING ANY OF THE CASES. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, I'D ASK THAT YOU EITHER TURN IT OFF OR PUT IT ON SILENT. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY, PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE'RE AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. OKAY, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT EVERYONE HAS ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. OKAY. MISS ASHMAN, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS PRESENT ON THE AGENDA. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH ITEM H AS IN HENRY. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2007 SHERMAN AVENUE. NUMBER TWO HERE IS FOR LOCATION PURPOSES, THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED, WHICH IS SHERMAN AVENUE AT 15TH STREET. IT IS AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS CEDAR GROVE. THIS SLIDE NUMBER THREE IS JUST INDICATING THAT IT IS IN A FLOOD ZONE. THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. AND. THIS PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS A A REPEAT VIOLATOR. AND YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE ATTACHED AN EXHIBIT A, B ORDERS DOCUMENTING THAT FACT. ON JUNE 17TH, 2026, INSPECTOR SCOTT THORPE INITIATED THIS CASE AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, INSPECTOR THORPE. SOME OF MY CREDENTIALS FOR RECORD. THIS WAS INSPECTED DURING THE FINAL INSPECTION OF THE LAST CLEANUP WE HAD ON THE PROPERTY, AND REMOVING THE 7 OR 8 ACCESSORIES AND THE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HABITATING THE GIANT FISHING BOAT, IF YOU REMEMBER. SO THEY HAD A TARP AROUND THE BACK PORCH. THEY REMOVED IT, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. THEY, THEY PUT ONE UP, REMOVED THE SIDE, AND UPON INSPECTION.

I DID LET THEM TAKE SOME PERSONAL ITEMS AND STORE THEM UNDERNEATH DURING THE DEMOLITION. BUT AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, WHEN THEY REMOVED THE SIDE TARP TO DO SO, YOU CAN SEE THERE WHERE THE ROOF IS CAVED IN AND IN THE LOWER PART OF THE PICTURE SEVEN THERE THEY HAVE TWO METAL BRACES HOLDING THE ROOF UP. SO THEY HAVE TWO BY FOURS GOING ACROSS AND SOME TWO BY SIXES FROM THE LEDGER BOARD THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE FASCIA, WHICH IS PULLING OFF. IT'S TOO LONG OF A SPAN FOR THIS, OBVIOUSLY. AND THERE'S TWO LAYERS OF ROOFING ON TOP OF THERE, INCLUDING THE DECKING. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S PULLING OFF THE FASCIA THERE.

AND THE WATER HAS STARTED TO ROT INSIDE OR LEAK INSIDE TO THE BACK OF THE ROOF. AND YOU CAN SEE THE TWO STANCHIONS THEY PUT THERE, THE METAL PIPES TO TRY TO HOLD THE ROOF UP. THEY SPRAY FOAMED UNDERNEATH, WHICH ADDED A LITTLE BIT MORE WEIGHT. ROTTING PURLINS ALL THROUGH THEIR ROTTING ROOF STRUCTURE. OBVIOUSLY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE THREE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF ROOFING AND TWO TARPS IN PICTURE 12. AND THERE'S WHERE THEY BLENDED INTO THE BACK OF THE ROOF. AND PICTURE 13 WHERE IT'S STARTING TO LIFT THE MAIN PORTION OF STRUCTURE ON THE REAR. THEY HAD ELECTRICAL LINES RUNNING INTO THROUGH THE SOFFITS IN THE BACK, AND MORE ROTTING TO THE ROOF, DECKING AND PURLINS LIFTING OFF. SOME OF THEM HAD JOIST HANGERS, SOME DIDN'T. AND THEN THEY HAD ANOTHER BOARD UP THERE HOLDING IT, HOLDING UP WHERE IT WAS FALLING DOWN. AND THERE'S WHERE THAT BOARD WAS PUSHING THROUGH THE DECK AT THE BOTTOM.

INADEQUATE SUPPORT. NO GROUND TO ROOF. CONTINUOUS SUPPORT THERE, AND SOME OF THE BROKEN, DECKING, ROTTED RUNNERS THAT WERE UNDERNEATH THE DECK. AND AT LEAST THREE OF THE PURLINS GOING ACROSS WERE ROTTED AND BROKEN. AND THERE'S SOME MORE THERE. NO THREE BOLTS HOLDING THE RIM JOISTS ON. LONG STORY SHORT, IT'S COLLAPSED SINCE THEN, BUT IT IS WAS AN UNFIT, UNSAFE AND UNPERMITTED ADDITION ONTO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. ROBERT CLARKSON, BAY COUNTY

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BASED ON THIS, I AND THIS BEING A REPEAT PROPERTY, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOSE AND HEARING ALONG WITH WAS SCHEDULED THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING AND BUILDING INSPECTION REPORT WAS SENT CERTIFIED MAIL AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER RECORD AT THE TIME THE ADDRESS AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WAS 6513 BAY LINE DRIVE. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE AND REGULAR MAIL NOTICE WERE RETURNED UNCLAIMED WITH NO FORWARDING ADDRESS. I ALSO SENT A CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL NOTICE OF HEARING WITH INSPECTION TO MR. GERALD AND MICHELLE NELSON, WHO RESIDE AT 2007 SHERMAN AVENUE. CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED ON JULY 10TH. THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARINGS.

COPY OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, ALONG WITH PROOF OF CERTIFIED MAIL AND DELIVERY HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT D AND CONTAINED IN THIS FILE. ON JULY 8TH, I ALSO SENT ANOTHER NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING AND BUILDING INSPECTION REPORT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO AN ALTERNATE ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, P.O. BOX 270, FOUNTAIN, FLORIDA. THERE'S BEEN NO RETURN RECEIPT AND NO REGULAR MAIL HAS BEEN RETURNED. ALSO SENT A ANOTHER COPY OF NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING AND BUILDING INSPECTION REPORT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO MISS SCOTT AT HER KNOWN ADDRESS OF 8716 HOLLOW ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED. I ALSO SENT A CERTIFIED MAIL AND REGULAR MAIL NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND BUILDING INSPECTION REPORT TO THE REGISTERED AGENT. AT THE TIME, PINE LAW GROUP TO FRANKFORT AVENUE HERE IN PANAMA CITY. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RECEIVED ON JULY THE 14TH. THE REGULAR MAIL NOTICE HAS NOT RETURNED. COPY OF THOSE AND A COPY OF SUNBEDS, ALONG WITH PROOF. THE CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY IN THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TRACKING HAS BEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE EXHIBIT E ON AUGUST THE 10TH. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND REMAINED IN VIOLATION. SEE, THE OVERGROWTH GOTTEN A LOT THICKER. ALL THE JUNK AND DEBRIS ARE STILL THERE.

THOSE ARE THOSE THAT ONE DERELICT TRAILER HE WAS ALLOWED TO KEEP ON THE PROPERTY, AND SOME MORE JUNK AND DEBRIS ON THE BACK OF A TRAILER THERE. ON AUGUST 17TH, MISS SCOTT CAME TO THE OFFICE THERE. CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE DISCUSSED THIS CASE. SHE ALSO TOLD US THAT SHE'S IN THE PROCESS OF EVICTING MR. NELSON FROM THE PROPERTY. SHE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION AND TOLD HER, OBVIOUSLY, THIS CASE IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AS SCHEDULED TODAY. SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE EVICTION PROCESS IS SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING ON SEPTEMBER THE 23RD. THEY'RE IN THE BAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE ON AUGUST 27TH. COPY OF NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND ON THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT'S WEBSITE. AFFIDAVITS ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE WHILE POSTING THAT PROPERTY THERE IN EXHIBIT 35 MADE CONTACT WITH MR. NELSON.

HE ADVISED THAT DURING THE RECENT RAINSTORM, HE LET ME COME WALK ONTO THE PROPERTY.

DURING THE RECENT RECENT RAINSTORM, IT HAD LIFTED UP THE THE PORCH AND NOW IT'S COLLAPSED. YOU'LL SEE IN ANOTHER SLIDE. THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE JUNK HE HAS UNDERNEATH.

AND THERE'S COLLAPSED FROM THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. OBVIOUSLY, THE OVERGROWTH HASN'T BEEN

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OKAY. COME ON, ADDRESS IT. GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE LEWIS. MY NAME IS KARINA STRICKMAN, AND MY BAR NUMBER IS 117567. SO BASED ON WHAT THE PREVIOUS WITNESS SAID WITH REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY, MY CLIENT CANNOT GET ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY. MR. NELSON, WHO APPARENTLY LIVES THERE, DOES NOT HAVE ANY RIGHT TO BE. THERE IS WHAT OUR POSITION IS WITH THE COURT CASE.

WE HAVE WE HAVE AN UNLAWFUL DETAINER ACTION AGAINST HIM, AND THE CASE NUMBER IS 263604 CC. IT'S IN FRONT OF JUDGE CARRUTHERS ON SEPTEMBER 23RD AT 230. I DO HAVE A COPY FOR THE COURT OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR THEN. AND AT THIS TIME, I ALSO WANT THE COURT TO KNOW THAT MY CLIENT DID PAY THE ABATEMENT COST FOR REMOVAL OF ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE PROPERTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,998. SO MR. NELSON, AGAIN, IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE ON THIS PROPERTY. I BELIEVE LAST TIME WHEN I SPOKE TO MR. THORPE WITH REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY, HE ACTUALLY HAD BAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OUT THERE ON THE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO REMOVE ALL THE ITEMS BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF MR. NELSON BECOMING AGGRESSIVE. SO AT THIS POINT, MY CLIENT REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE GET MR. NELSON OFF THE PROPERTY. ONCE HE'S OFF THE PROPERTY, THEN MY CLIENT CAN ACTUALLY CONDUCT AN ABATEMENT OR I SHOULD SAY REMOVAL OF ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN VIOLATION ACCORDING TO WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS ISSUED. SO WE'RE ASKING AT THIS TIME TO POSSIBLY PUT IT OVER. I KNOW HE SAID, I BELIEVE, I'M SORRY, OCTOBER THE 15TH. OCTOBER THE 15TH. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE 23RD, BUT I ASK THAT WE PUT IT OVER UNTIL THE 15TH, THAT NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS AS FAR AS ANY TYPE OF ABATEMENT AGAINST MY CLIENT AT THAT POINT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CIVIL CASE AGAINST MR. NELSON. IF YOU PREVAIL ON THE 23RD, WILL THERE BE A. AN IMMEDIATE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT OF POSSESSION AT THAT POINT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

I'M GOING TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE 15TH. AND. SHOULD YOU PREVAIL ON THE 23RD, I WOULD EXPECT YOU TO OBTAIN AN IMMEDIATE WRIT OF POSSESSION AND OBTAIN THE NECESSARY PERMITS TO CORRECT THE THE ISSUES THAT ARE THERE AND BE MAKING SOME SORT OF PROGRESS ON AT LEAST GETTING THE YARD MOWED, THAT THE THE COLLAPSE IS LIVING PROOF, SO TO SPEAK, OF UNFIT UNSAFE. THERE'S NO QUESTION AT THIS POINT. SO THERE I ASK A QUESTION. SURE. BUILDING SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO THE. WELL, WHAT IS YOUR FIRST. DO YOU. WOULD YOU NEED A PERMIT TO REMOVE THAT PORTION. WELL, THAT'S BASICALLY OUR FALLEN OFF. NO DEMO PERMIT WOULD NEED. NO PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED JUST TO REMOVE THE ALREADY FALLEN AND COLLAPSED PIECES OF THE HOUSE. OKAY, OKAY. AND IS IT YOUR PLAN TO REMOVE THAT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, SHE DOES NOT NEED A PERMIT, RIGHT? OUR ONLY PROBLEM IS GETTING ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO IT, THEN MY CLIENT CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING. IT'S JUST THAT ON THE 15TH, I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE LIKE A STATUS CONFERENCE. IF IF ANYTHING HAPPENS ON THE 23RD, I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE CODE ENFORCEMENT AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE

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I'M SAYING HE DOESN'T. THERE'S A DEED, A QUITCLAIM DEED THAT IS. MR. NELSON'S. AND IT IS NOT, YOU KNOW, TO ME, LEGALLY FIT TO. THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME, MAYBE ON THE 15TH, TO HAVE A STATUS CONFERENCE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS CASE AND CIVIL COURT, BECAUSE I CAN'T MY CLIENT CAN'T GO ON THE PROPERTY.

IT'S JUST NOT SAFE FOR HER TO DO THAT. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. MY THING IS THAT IF ON SEPTEMBER THE 23RD, THE JUDGE SAYS, MR. NELSON, YOU'RE OUT OF HERE, THEN WE'RE. IF I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONFERENCE ON THE 15TH WHEN THE JUDGE HAS SAID, YOU'RE OUT OF HERE. IF THE JUDGE SAYS NELSON IS OUT OF THERE, I WANT YOU ALL TO PUT IT IN HIGH GEAR. WE'LL BE ON IT. WE'LL BE ON IT. AND SO. IF THERE IS AN ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO POSSESSION, UNDER WHATEVER THEORY HE MAY CLAIM THE RIGHT OF POSSESSION, THEN WE'LL ADDRESS THAT ON THE 15TH. OKAY. ABSENT A DISPUTE AS TO THAT MATTER, THEN I WILL EXPECT YOU TO MAKE ALL DUE HASTE TO GET RID OF THIS. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND. YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY, I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF THIS FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS. THIS IS SANFORD AND SON ON STEROIDS. UNDERSTOOD. AND SO IF IF YOU GET THE GO AHEAD, I WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD. SO WE WILL WE WILL SET IT FOR THE 15TH TO DETERMINE WHAT THE STATUS IS AT THAT POINT. OKAY? OKAY. OH, THAT WAS GREAT. MISS CLARK, DID YOU GET. I DID OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND LET ME MAKE A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WILL BE PART OF THE FILE THAT THAT IS YOUR COPY? YEAH. I'M GONNA. I'M GONNA HAVE HER PUT IT IN THE FILE. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. Y'ALL ARE FREE TO GO.

THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT ITEM THAT IS PRESENT DID COME A LITTLE LATE, SO WE'LL NEED TO BE SWORN IN AS ITEM B. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2507 DRUMMOND AVENUE. IS THIS A PHONE IN OR. I MEAN, I'VE GOT A PHONE NUMBER, SO. OH, SO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE. OF THE TENANTS ARE PRESENT. I'M SORRY, WE'RE GOING WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE. OKAY. AND I'M SORRY. GO WITH THE THE THE FULL BLOWN EVERYBODY'S HERE CASES IF YOU WOULD. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN THAT WOULD BRING US TO ITEM C. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 12713 OTTER CREEK ROAD. ALL SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS A AERIAL FOR LOCATION. WELL LOCATION AND EXPLANATION. YOU SEE THIS IS A RATHER LARGE STRANGE PARCEL. IT HAS MANY PARTS TO IT. EVERYTHING OUTLINED IN BLUE IS CONSIDERED THE PARCEL. OKAY. AND. THE HOUSE THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IS IN THIS CORNER.

OTTER CREEK ROAD RUNS TO THE RIGHT AND IN FRONT. I WANT TO GO. AND FOR LOCATION PURPOSES, IT'S WAY UP HERE. THIS IS THE LANDFILL. AND LAST SLIDE SHOWING THE FLOOD ZONE. IT'S ALL IN A FLOODPLAIN. YES. OKAY. THERE IS A ANOTHER STRUCTURE ON THIS PROPERTY THAT WE WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING. AND I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF I COULD SEE IT ON HERE, BUT IT IT IS THIS STRUCTURE WE WILL BE DISCUSSING. AND INVESTIGATOR JOE TRIPP. SORRY, LET ME GET TO MY

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THE WINDOWS WERE BROKE OUT IN 2015. SO THEY MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN BROKE OUT SINCE THEN. SOME OF THE THE BOTTOM FLOOR WERE BOARDED UP, AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH BEEN SITTING IN THIS STATE SINCE IT WAS INDICATED IN MR. YATES'S BUILDING INSPECTION THAT NO ENTRY WAS ALLOWED OR VISIBLE DUE TO THE THE BOTTOM FLOOR BEING BOARDED UP, BUT THERE WAS WATER ENTRY. HE COULDN'T DETERMINE ANYTHING ELSE. HE DID INDICATE CYPRESS AND IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION.

HOWEVER, HERE WE ARE IN 2026. 11 YEARS LATER, IT'S STILL IN THE SAME CONDITION. SO DURING OUR SITE VISIT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MISSING WINDOW THAT I BELIEVE THAT TAN. IN THE CENTER OF PICTURE 11 IS A SHOWER INSERT OR SOMETHING UP THERE, BUT THE WINDOWS ARE BROKE OUT.

I HAVE SPOKE TO MR. PARKER 2 OR 3 TIMES. HE CLAIMS IT'S A BAT HAVEN. NOW THERE'S BATS ALL IN THERE THAT LIVE IN THERE AND HE CAN'T GET THEM OUT. HE'S BEEN TRYING, I GUESS, WITH THE BAT PEOPLE TO REMOVE THEM. IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, BUT THE BOTTOM FLOOR IS ALL BOARDED UP. AS YOU CAN SEE. SOME OF MY PHOTOS. PLEASE TURN YOUR CELL PHONE OFF SO THERE'S SOME DAMAGE METAL PANELS. LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SOME LIFTING ON SOME OF THE CORNERS. THERE IS ROT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT CYPRESS. IT DOES ROT AFTER A WHILE. ESSENTIALLY, IT DOESN'T ROT. IT DRIES OUT. IT BECOMES BRITTLE. LET'S NOT SAY ROT. IT BECOMES BRITTLE. SO THOSE WINDOWS ARE ALL BROKE OUT ON THIS SIDE. AGAIN, I COULDN'T SEE INSIDE WHATSOEVER. HE DID SUBMIT A. A LETTER SAYING THAT THEY HIRED THEIR OWN HOME INSPECTOR, BUT THERE WAS NO REPORT AND THERE WAS NO INTERIOR PHOTOS. THE ONLY INTERIOR PHOTOS I HAVE THAT THEY SUBMITTED WERE FROM THE FRONT PORCH, BUT NOTHING ON THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE. SAME AS JEFF YATES AND THEIR ROOFING. REPORT THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS WELL FROM SAFE-GUARD ROOFING SAID IT NEEDED SOME REPAIRS HERE AND THERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T INDICATE ANY LEAKS. BUT THEY ALSO DID NOT GO INSIDE. SO HERE WE ARE. RIGHT NOW IT'S SITTING AS AN UNSAFE. AFTER REVIEWING THIS CASE WITH MR. BOULET, WHO IS MY BOSS, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. IT WOULD NEED A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS. IT IS UNFIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPATION OR HABITATION. AND IF IT'S GOING TO REMAIN IN THIS STATE WITH ACTUALLY FIXING THE WINDOWS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CHAINED OFF.

SECURED OFF. IT IS ON A CORNER LOT, AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO DO. SO AS IT SITS, IT'S AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. OKAY. GO AHEAD, KEEP GOING. AND THERE'S A THERE IS A THERE IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE SIDE. IT'S A LITTLE DAMAGE. THE ROOF THERE ON THE BOTTOM LEADING EDGE AND AROUND THE VENT. AND THAT LOOKS LIKE A OLD PAINT CAN THEY USED FOR VENT STACK, WHICH WOULD BE TO DATE, I GUESS BACK THEN THERE'S CLOSER VIEW OF THE FROM. AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS ACCESSIBLE FROM. IT'S ON A CORNER LOT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE HOUSE FROM ALL THE WAY AROUND. SHAKE SHINGLES ON THE OUTSIDE. POWER WAS RED TAGGED, IT'S DISCONNECTED. AND AS AN

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MARCH 9TH. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. HOWEVER, THE OVERGROWTH OF GRASS HAD BEEN CORRECTED. APRIL 15TH. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AGAIN.

SOME OF THE GRASS STARTED COMING BACK. IS OVERGROWTH, WEEDS AND GRASS. THE STRUCTURE REMAINED THE SAME, UNFIT. MAY 12TH I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY ADHERENCE VOTED 2223. I SHOULD SAY 24. OVERGROWTH IS STARTING TO GET TALLER. THE STRUCTURE REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ON MAY 14TH, I MADE A TELEPHONE CALL TO MR. PARKER FOR AN UPDATE ON. AS IF ANY PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE WITH TALLAHASSEE AS FAR AS HIS INTENTIONS, HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT MADE ANY PROGRESS YET. I INFORMED HIM AT THIS POINT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO FORWARD WITH A HEARING, AND I'D BE MAILING THEM A NOTICE OF HEARING. JUNE 18TH, I MAILED OUT A NOTICE OF HEARING VIA CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL. USE THE ADDRESS 1320 CINCINNATI AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 32401, AS LISTED IN BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. THE CERTIFIED COPY AND REGULAR MAIL COPIES HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED TO DATE. THESE ARE ALSO LISTED INTO THE EXHIBITS AS EXHIBIT D AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. JULY 20TH. I REINSPECT THE PROPERTY AND POSTED IT WITH THE NOTICE OF HEARING FOR TODAY'S DATE. THIS IS ENTERED INTO EXHIBIT E AND CONTAINED IN A CASE FILE AUGUST 13TH AND ONLY REPORT WAS RECEIVED. THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL ENCUMBRANCES TO NOTIFY. AUGUST 26TH. CHECK THE PROPERTY. APPRAISER'S DATABASE PROPERTY HAS NOT CHANGED OWNERSHIPS AND THE TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER AUGUST 27TH AND ENTERED AS EXHIBIT F AND CONTAINED IN A CASE FILE AS. UP TO NOW I HAD NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION. I REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY BACK HERE ON THIS PRIOR TUESDAY, THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SANDBLASTED OR POWER WASHED. THE GRASS IS MAINTAINED AND SOME SMALL PILE OF CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS NEAR THE FRONT ENTRANCE. IT WAS THIS DATE THAT I ALSO RECEIVED THE NEWEST EMAIL THAT THEY HAD HIRED A INSPECTOR AND THEY SENT A REPORT STATING THAT THEY REVIEWED THE PAST INSPECTION AND IT'S NOT ON FIT, AND THEY SENT SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, WHICH I HAD REVIEWED BY INSPECTOR THORPE. AND THIS CASE IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING, OCTOBER 15TH AT 1 P.M. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED OR APPLIED FOR. OKAY. THAT'S ALL, MR. PARKER, SIR. HOW ARE YOU TODAY, SIR? TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. MY NAME IS TERRENCE PARKER. MY MAILING ADDRESS IS 1320 CINCINNATI AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 32401. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW, MR. PARKER? WELL, NUMBER ONE, THE NOTICES THAT

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THE WORK AT WE PERFORMED, AND PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING CURRENT CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY. WE'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THOSE EXHIBITS BRIEFLY. IF THE. IF THE COURT SO AGREES. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OF OUR DISCUSSION TODAY ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THEY SHOW THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. THE CONDITIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE NOTICE HAVE BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY CORRECTED, AND WE HAVE RECEIPTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING THE WORK.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE COUNTY CONTENDS REMAINS TO BE CORRECTED, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE SPECIFIC REMAINING CONDITIONS IDENTIFIED SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THEM. THE THE THE ISSUE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR HEARING THIS, SIR. WE HAVE WE HAVE COMPLETELY CLEARED THE THE THE FRONT PART OF THE PROPERTY, THE SIDE PART OF THE PROPERTY, SIR.

I'M I'M I'M SORRY. I'M A FAIRLY OLD GUY. I'VE BEEN SICK. I'VE GOT HIP ISSUES. I JUST HAD SURGERY ON MY HAND JUST RECENTLY. SO THE PROGRESS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SLOW AND OUR APOLOGIES. WE DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN THIS HOUSE. WE NEVER HAVE THE. THE THOUGHT OF LIVING IN THIS. IT'S NOT A HOUSE TO US. IT'S A BARN. IT'S MORE OF A STORAGE FACILITY. WE HAVEN'T GOT IT TO THAT POINT YET. BUT IF YOU DID GO INSIDE AND SOMEHOW WE DO HAVE PICTURES FROM SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN INSIDE THE INSIDE THE STRUCTURE, THERE'S LITTLE DAMAGE INSIDE.

THERE'S JUST A BUNCH OF STUFF. THERE'S COUCHES AND CHAIRS AND BEDS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE WELL BEFORE WE EVER OWNED THE PROPERTY. SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS KIND OF CLASSIFY IT AS NOW JUST A BARN AND STORAGE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PLACE TO KEEP OUR KEEP OUR STUFF. WE'VE GOT AN ORCHARD IN THE BACK BACK THERE A NICE WELL, THAT WATER IS EVERYTHING. AND I'M SORRY THAT WE, WE KIND OF LET THAT PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, GO TO GO TO POT. BUT IT'S A, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE. IT DOES. WE DO HAVE OUR ROOFER LINED UP TO COME IN. HE SAID. THE ONLY LEAKS THAT WE HAVE ARE IN THE BACK AREA WHERE THESE GUYS HAD SHOWN WHERE THE IT'S BOWED UP AND TO PUT SOME SHEET METAL OVER TOP OF WHERE THE. PUT SOME SHEET METAL ON TOP OF. AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE OLD FIREPLACE WAS. AND IF YOU GO INSIDE THE HOUSE, THE ONLY WATER DAMAGE IS BY THAT FIREPLACE. AND. THIS IS ALL MADE OUT OF CYPRESS AND OH, THERE'S. THERE'S LITERALLY NO WATER DAMAGE. WHEN THE ROOFER LOOKED AT THE ROOF, WE TOOK THE PANEL OFF THE FRONT AND HE WALKED UPSTAIRS AND HE IDENTIFIED THAT, YEP, THERE'S SOME MINOR WATER DAMAGE WHERE THIS PLACE IS BOWED UP AND WHERE THIS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S A VERY STRUCTURALLY SOUND. AND THE ROOF IS FINE WITH A ABOUT $1,500 WORTH OF REPAIR.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE PERMISSION TO REPAIR IT TO THE POINT OF IT BEING A STORAGE KIND OF BARN. BESIDES EVERYBODY, THAT'S THE CON ET AL. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF YOUR BATS? THEY'RE THEY'RE LIKE LOTS OF THEM. WHEN WE WENT IN THERE YESTERDAY, MAYBE NOT THAT MANY, BUT WE COULD, IF MY RECOLLECTION SERVES ME, THEY DECLARED, I THINK IT WAS THE WASHINGTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE UNFIT, UNSAFE DUE TO BAT HABITATION, BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE'S SOME SORT OF NASTY DISEASE YOU CAN GET FROM THE LITTLE CRITTERS. SO NOW WE HAVE A REMEDIATION THAT WE'D LIKE TO LIKE TO TAKE ON. AND THE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS I'M A HANDYMAN. I'M A RETIRED AIR FORCE GUY WHO WORKED WITH THE DOD FOR 25 YEARS AFTER. AND, AND I UNDERSTAND CONSTRUCTION AND WOODWORKING. I'M NOT A LICENSED ENGINEER, BUT I'VE BUILT SHUTTERS INSIDE, OUTSIDE. AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS PUT JUST SHUTTERS. OKAY, MORE DECORATIVE WITH THE LATCHES ON THE INSIDE. AND THEN THAT WILL COVER THOSE WINDOWS AND PROTECT THEM. IT WOULD ALLOW AIR FLOW

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THERE WAS MENTION OF Y'ALL TRYING TO GET SOME SORT OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION STATUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NO, AGAIN, YOU DON'T. SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR. I TRUST ME, I LEARNED THAT, I LEARNED THAT AND I TRY YEAH. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT DOING. IF YOU DO HAVE IT CLASSIFIED THAT WAY. ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT SCREENING READY TO PUT. WE'RE GOING TO PUT BLACK SCREENING ACROSS THE FRONT TO ENCLOSE THE PORCH. WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE THE SCREEN DOOR THAT'S ON THE FRONT PORCH. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO SECURE IT TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN KEEP STUFF IN THERE AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMING OUT, WHICH HAS BEEN A I MEAN, WE HAD AN ISSUE IN THE PAST WHERE SOMEBODY ACTUALLY UNSCREWED A WINDOW PANEL AND GONE IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, FIND BEER CANS AND ALL THAT. AND THE SHERIFF'S COME OUT AND. I DON'T THINK THAT I'VE GOT THE AUTHORITY OR I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY'S GOT THE AUTHORITY TO SAY, POOF, THIS ISN'T A HOUSE ANYMORE. I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT YOU'RE STUCK WITH WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL ME. SOMEBODY COULD ASK, OKAY, CAN YOU CHANGE THE STATUS OF A STRUCTURE? YES, I AGREE TO A PERMIT. THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER TEN, CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY. OKAY. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE. FIRST OF ALL, ROBERT GOULET, BUILDING OFFICIAL. OKAY, WE DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATIVE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING HERE EITHER. IT IS OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY USED FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. BY DEFAULT. THE CHANGE IS OCCUPANCY TO STORAGE. I'M NOT EVEN CERTAIN THAT PLANNING AND ZONING ALLOWS ONLY A STORAGE WITHOUT A HOST STRUCTURE OR DWELLING UNIT ON THE PROPERTY. SO BY DEFAULT, WE'RE CHANGING AN OCCUPANCY WITHOUT A PERMIT. BUT YES, CHAPTER TEN OF SPC RESIDENTIAL CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY WOULD GO FROM AN R THREE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT TO EITHER A NEW UTILITY OR AN S STORAGE, AND THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. AGAIN, THE THE CODE GENERALLY DOES NOT LET YOU HAVE WHAT THEY CALL AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, I.E. A BARN STORAGE WITHOUT A PRIMARY STRUCTURE, I.E. RESIDENCE. SO THERE'S THAT ISSUE. I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU GOT TO HAVE A TO HAVE B AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO YOU NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT THAT BEFORE YOU JUMP OFF ON THAT SHIP TOO. OKAY. I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE. I MEAN, HISTORICALLY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE, AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE IT GONE FOR ANY REASON LIKE THAT. BUT THEY DON'T THEY DON'T LET ME MAKE THE RULES. THEY JUST GIVE ME THE RULES AND WE GO FROM THERE. WHAT IS THE.

WHAT'S THE WHAT DO Y'ALL NEED BY WAY OF. I'M GOING TO CALL IT PROFESSIONAL INTERVENTION. THE ENGINEERS, THE ARCHITECTS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. MAYBE EVEN THE INSPECTOR KIND OF STUFF TO. INDICATE THERE'S PROGRESS BEING MADE, I GUESS IS THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO PUT IT. WELL, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL DO A COMPLETE SCOPE OF WORK TO IDENTIFY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S ON THE INSIDE. SO THERE COULD BE POTENTIALLY THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF. SO THE, THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER OR DESIGN PROFESSIONAL REPORT SHOULD ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THE PROPERTY. THAT WOULD BE THE

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YEAH, YEAH YEAH. OKAY. WHEN'S OUR OUR NEXT HEARING DATE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 15TH FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING. OKAY. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A PERMIT. OKAY. MY ATTENTION TO YOUR PERMIT ON THIS PROPERTY THAT WAS APPLIED FOR IN MAY AND THE APPLICATION AND I'M LOOKING AT IT, THE SCOPE OF WORK DESCRIPTION THAT WAS IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. OKAY. THE INTENTION WAS TO INSTALL, FIRST OF ALL, THE PERMITS ONLY FOR ELECTRICITY, BUT NOT TO INTERRUPT. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER STRUCTURE ON THIS PROPERTY. IS IT ALREADY ON THE SITE IT'S ON. THERE'S A STRUCTURE ON THE SITE.

IT'S A POLE BARN. WE ALREADY HAD A PERMIT FOR THE POLE. YES. WELL, RIGHT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT WAS NOT RESTORED WITH AN ADDITIONAL STORAGE. WE'RE HAVING SEVERAL STORAGE BUILDINGS. I DO HAVE EQUIPMENT AND TRACTORS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO HAVE FOR A SEPARATE TYPE OF A PURPOSE OF THAT PERMIT WOULD BE SO THAT IT COULD ACTUALLY BE REVIEWED BY ZONING FOR APPROVAL ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT EXISTING. WELL, I MEAN, YOU MIGHT NOT GET TO CHANGE IT TO A STORAGE. WE'LL JUST THEY'LL, THEY'LL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AS TO, YOU KNOW, THEY GENERALLY DON'T ALLOW MULTIPLE STORAGE BUILDINGS ON ONE THING. DO YOU? GENERAL, GENERAL RULE. NOT UNLESS IT'S AN ACTUAL FARM. OKAY. AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS. OKAY. AGAIN, WHAT DOES WHAT ROLE DOES ZONING PLAY. ZONING OF THE WHOLE PARCEL PLAY IN? IS IT A FARM OR DOES IT PLAY THE FARM? DESIGNATION CAN ONLY BE MADE BY A COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. UNDER SECTION 102. THAT DECLARATION WOULD BE SHOWN ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER REPORT AS TO THE USE OF THE PROPERTY USE CODE. AND THAT'S WHAT I LOOK AT IN OUR OFFICE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY EXEMPTIONS THAT MAY APPLY FOR PROPERTY BASED ON FARM. IT HAS TO BE A BONA FIDE FARMING OPERATION THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AN F, B, I N NUMBER AND SHOWING ACTUAL FARM BUSINESS. OKAY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR ORCHARDS ARE GOING TO WORK TO CLASSIFY IT THAT WAY. MAYBE. MAYBE NOT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT AFTER OCTOBER THE 15TH, WHAT'S OUR NEXT HEARING? NOVEMBER 19TH. OKAY. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO CONTINUE THIS MATTER UNTIL OCTOBER THE 15TH. I WANT YOU TO GET WITH YOUR WHOEVER YOU'RE TALKING TO AND, YOU KNOW, TALK WITH YOUR BUILDING INSPECTOR GUY THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HIRED, APPARENTLY, AND SEE IF HE HAS A.

HE'LL KNOW WHAT THE TERM DESIGN PROFESSIONAL MEANS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET IN THERE AND LOOK AROUND. IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF WHEN THE NEXT TIME YOUR INSPECTOR GOES UP THERE TO HAVE HIM CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SEE IF HE CAN SCHEDULE A VISIT THAT IS CONCURRENT, CONCURRENT, AND LET THEM GO INSIDE SO THEY CAN SEE, HEY, YOU KNOW, INSIDE IS IS NOT COMPROMISED, I GUESS IS THE HOW DID YOU ALL GET PICTURES OF THE INSIDE? THEY DON'T HAVE PICTURES OF THE INSIDE. YEAH. SOMEBODY SENT US A. WE DO STILL THE BOARD PANEL MISSING. YEAH.

THE WINDOW PANELS WAS MISSING ON THE. HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE THE STRUCTURE TO GET. WE NEVER GOT INTO THE STRUCTURE. I JUST STATED THAT YOU REACHED IN THERE. NO, THE BOARD, THE ON THE FRONT PORCH, THE THE WINDOW PANEL WAS COMPLETELY MISSING. IT WAS KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.

OKAY. NOT SURE WHO TOOK IT DOWN, BUT YOU CAN SEE. YOU CAN SEE HIS STATUS FROM FROM DAY ONE.

THE WHOLE BOTTOM FLOOR IS BOARDED UP AND THERE'S A COMPLETE. SO THIS PICTURE. YUP, THIS IS COMPLETE MISSING PANEL ON THE FRONT PORCH. THAT'S THE FRONT PORCH. PUT YOUR YOUR HAND IN THERE. NOPE. IT'S WE'RE NOT GOING TO ARGUE ABOUT THAT. AND I'M SORRY THAT IT WAS BROUGHT.

SHOW ME A PICTURE OF THAT. BUT HAVE YOU REPLACED THAT THAT THAT OPENING. WE'RE GOING TO

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WELL, I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO ACCESSORIES. YOU CAN HAVE ONE ACCESSORY. SO BUT THIS PARCEL DESIGN IS RATHER ODD. WOULD YOU NOT AGREE. SO THEY MAY TAKE SOME SOME OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THAT'S WHY I JUST SUGGEST THAT YOU ASK PLANNING AND ZONING WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE PROPERTY. OKAY. BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR US TO GO FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER SIDE, WE HAVE TO CROSS THE CREEK. SO IT'S LIKE, I'VE GOT ANIMALS HERE. I GOT THIS OVER HERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A YEAH, IT IS, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE. I GOT YOU. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BEING HERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR PLANNING AND ZONING. THEY CAN PULL THIS OFF. THEY CAN GET UP THERE RIGHT NOW. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, GOOD LUCK WITH IT. I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE. BUT YOU KNOW, RULES IS RULES. UNFORTUNATELY. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. OKIE DOKIE.

I'M GONNA PUT YOUR STUFF INTO THE FILE. IT WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE FILE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. OCTOBER THE 15TH. WHAT TIME? OKAY. SIR. IT'S GOING TO BE AT 1:00 ON THE 15TH. AND THIS THE NEXT HEARING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT WOULD BRING US TO ITEM E. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 8000 BRANDON ROAD. OKAY. FIRST SLIDE IS FOR LOCATION PURPOSES SHOWING THAT IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN BLUE WITH THE GREEN PIN DOT. THIS IS THE HARDEST PART RIGHT ACROSS. EXCUSE ME, STAR AVENUE AND 231. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. ON MARCH 18TH, 2026, INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HUBBARD OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS HUBBARD, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT ON MARCH 18TH, I OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY WHILE PATROLLING THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY KNOWN AS BAYOU GEORGE. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

SECTION 4051 RESIDENTIAL ZONES R2 SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX DWELLING AS FAR AS ALLOWABLE USES IN THE FORM OF STORAGE ON A VACANT LOT. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. SO HERE'S FROM MARCH 18TH. IF YOU CAN SEE IT'S A VACANT LOT. THERE IS NO PRIMARY RESIDENCE ON THIS PROPERTY, AND THERE'S A MULTIPLE SHEDS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY STORED ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S TAKEN FROM BRANDON ROAD. LOOKING ACROSS THE PROPERTY THAT'S TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY FROM BRANDON ROAD, YOU CAN SEE AN ADDITIONAL RV VEHICLES AND SHEDS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE ON THIS PROPERTY. MARCH 19TH, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER USING THE ADDRESS 7521 BLUEBERRY ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. LISTED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS

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COPY. THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, ALONG WITH THE PROOF OF CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY, WAS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. MAY 19TH. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY.

AT THIS POINT, THERE HAD BEEN A PRIVACY FENCE ERECTED SINCE THE INITIAL INSPECTION. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE SAME ITEMS APPEAR TO REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY. I DID SPEAK WITH THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, WHO I SENT THE NOTICE TO LORI KNOWLES AND OKAY, SHE'S HERE TODAY BY PHONE AND SHE SAID HER FAMILY WAS OCCUPYING OCCUPYING ONE OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES WENT OVER THE VIOLATIONS AND THE OPTIONS TO BRING THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE, WHICH WOULD BE PUT A PRIMARY STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY AND VACATE THE RV. I DID FIND OUT THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED ON MAY 11TH, 2026 TO LORI KNOWLES, FAMILY MEMBER JANETTA BOARDS. I BELIEVE SHE'S HERE TODAY. I SPOKE WITH HER AT THE PROPERTY DURING THE INSPECTION. WENT OVER THE VIOLATION JUNE 23RD. INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. NO CHANGES APPARENT. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. I NOTICED THE VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS AT THIS TIME. 8000 BRANDON ROAD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32404 AS LISTED IN BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED ON JULY 1ST. THE REGULAR MAIL WAS NOT RETURNED. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING AND A COPY OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, ALONG WITH THE PROOF OF CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY, WAS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. COPY OF THE NOTICE HERE WAS POSTED AT BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON AUGUST 27TH, AND COPIED. THE NOTES HERE IN THE CLERK'S AFFIDAVIT ARE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT D AUGUST 31ST. CHECKING THE PROPERTY APPRAISER SHOWS THAT THE PROPERTY HASN'T CHANGED HANDS SINCE THE INITIAL CHANGE IN THE TAX COLLECTOR SERIES OF TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL SEPTEMBER 1ST COPY OF THE NOTICE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY, AND A COPY OF THE NOTICE HEARING AFFIDAVIT ARE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT E AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. FINAL INSPECTION FOR THE HEARING SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2026.

AS YOU CAN SEE, NO CHANGES ARE NOTICED. THERE ARE STILL VEHICLES AND RECREATION VEHICLES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ON THE PROPERTY, AND THERE'S NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE. THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON OCTOBER 15TH AT 1 P.M. AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF, I BELIEVE. OKAY, THEY WOULD LIKE TO. BORDERS. OKAY.

TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. LORETTA KNOWLES, 2536 CLYDESDALE DRIVE, NORTH POLE, ALASKA, 99705. YOU AIN'T FROM AROUND HERE. I'M HERE ON VACATION. SO? SO, SIR, I HAVE A MEMO THAT I TYPED UP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND GIVE US YOUR NAME TOO, PLEASE. JEANETTE ABORTUS, 8000 BRANDON ROAD, PANAMA CITY, 32404. ALL RIGHT, WHO'S GOING TO TALK FIRST? I'LL TALK FIRST. I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. AND WHAT I GAVE YOU, SIR, LISTS HOW THIS CAME TO BE. AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE THAT. MR. HUBBARD, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS REPORT ARE NOT CORRECT. HE'S NEVER TALKED TO MY SISTER, NEVER MET THE GUY. SHE'S ALWAYS AT WORK. SO SHE NEVER TALKED TO HIM. SHE HAS NEVER TALKED TO HIM. AND IT SAID THAT HE TALKED TO HER. AND I DID NOT TRANSFER THE PROPERTY TO MY SISTER. WE ADDED HER BECAUSE IT'S OWNED BY MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND, AND WE ADDED HER BECAUSE SHE IS HERE. I'M IN ALASKA. OKAY, SO WE ADDED HER. WE ALSO WERE TOLD THAT. WHEN MR. HUBBARD WAS INSPECTING THE END PROPERTY AT THE END OF BRANDON ROAD, HE MADE THE COMMENT THAT HE HAS IGNORED THIS FOR FOUR YEARS. SO IN FOUR YEARS A LOT HAPPENED. AND THAT'S WHAT I EXPLAINED IN THAT LETTER, IS HOW IT CAME TO BE. IF HE KNEW IT WAS A PROBLEM FOUR YEARS AGO. WHY WERE WE NOT TOLD THEN? WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT.

WHAT WE KNOW TODAY. HAD WE KNOWN TODAY WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THEN. IF WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID. HOWEVER, WE WERE NOT TOLD. AND IF HE MADE THE COMMENT THAT HE'S IGNORED IT FOR FOUR YEARS, THEN THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR ME.

IT'S NOT. I DON'T SEE IF HE'S WITHHOLDING THE INFORMATION. IF HE DIDN'T TELL US. WHY WOULDN'T

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BUT THE THE PROBLEM IS, IF HE KNEW ABOUT IT, WHY DIDN'T HE SAY SOMETHING? WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO ARGUE ABOUT THAT ISSUE. OKAY. I MEAN, YOU DON'T JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE SPEEDING LAST WEEK DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU GET TO SPEED TODAY. OKAY, SO. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S ALL IN THAT PAPER THERE. WE WENT TO THE. OH, YEAH. WE WENT TO THE TAX APPRAISER'S OFFICE AND TALKED WITH ONE OF THE LADIES THERE, THE SUPERVISOR, AND WE DID AN RFP FOR THE HOME THAT MY PARENTS ARE IN. AND THEY CAME OUT, TOOK PICTURES, SENT HER THE TAX NOTICE. SO WHAT IS OUR P IS PERMANENT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR OTHER MOBILE HOME AS OUR P STICKER. IT'S REAL PROPERTY. IT'S THERE.

WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. SO TYPICALLY I BELIEVE WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IS WHEN YOU OWN A MOBILE HOME, YOU CAN PLACE IT ON A PROPERTY AND FILE REAL PROPERTY.

SO THEIR TAXES ARE TAXED FOR A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME. OR YOU CAN REGISTER THE MOBILE HOME WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF VEHICLES AND PAY YOUR TAXES THROUGH THAT. SO YOUR PROPERTY TAXES IS THEN ON A VACANT LOT. SO I GUESS IF YOU DON'T OWN THE MOBILE HOME, BUT YOU'RE LEASING THE PROPERTY, YOU WOULD GET, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE IT AS REAL PROPERTY. SO LIVING IN AN RV IS, IS STILL NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE COUNTY ORDINANCES. SO, AND I, I DON'T KNOW THE TAX LAWS OR THAT ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN OR CANNOT MAKE A RV. THEY CAN'T CONVERT IT TO A MOBILE HOME.

RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, WHETHER IT'S A FIFTH WHEEL, A FIFTH WHEEL IS NOT. RVS, CAMPERS. TENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE LIVED IN IN DAYTIME. SO.

AT ONE TIME YOU HAD A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME ON THE BLOCK. YES. YES, SIR.

OUR INTENT WAS TO RE RE REDO THE WHOLE MOBILE HOME. AND IF YOU CONTINUE READING THAT, IT'LL TELL YOU THAT IT'S THE PROPERTY FLOODED. AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT HURRICANE SALLY CAME THROUGH AND IT FLOODED AND IT FLOODED TWICE WITHIN LIKE A SIX MONTH PERIOD. AND THE WATER WAS UP PAST THE ROAD ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE STREET TO THE NEIGHBOR'S SECOND STEP. THAT'S HOW HIGH THE WATER ROSE. IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT WE DECIDED WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT A PERMANENT STRUCTURE, ANOTHER MOBILE HOME THERE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR IT TO BE FLOODED. ALL THIS IN A FLOODPLAIN OR NOT? IS THIS A FLOODPLAIN? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE. THERE WAS NOT A I DON'T REMEMBER IT BEING. ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL UP G. I S UNABLE TO PULL UP GIO IS. IS IN THERE. AND IF. DONNA IF THERE WOULD BE ANY SPECIAL BUILDING CODES BECAUSE IT'S IN THERE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO IN ORDER TO PUT A PERMANENT STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT APPLIED FOR. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY PLANNING AND ZONING TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT A FLOOD ZONE AND WHAT REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE TO ALLOW A PERMANENT MOBILE HOME IN THERE. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THERE'S ENOUGH FOR US POWER TO THIS LOCATION TODAY. ELECTRICAL PERMIT HAD EXPIRED IN 2024. YOU ALL HAVE ELECTRICITY? YES. NOW WHAT? WHAT DID IT. SO WHEN THE ELECTRICAL PERMIT WAS APPLIED FOR IN 2024 TO RESTORE POWER TO THE POLE THAT WAS THERE FOR THE DOUBLE WIDE, THAT I GUESS WAS REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY, A

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NOTHING WAS EVER DONE, NO RESPONSE TO THE EXPIRATION. IT HAD A FAILED POWER POLE INSPECTION ON JULY THE 29TH OF 2024. NOTICE OF CORRECTIONS WERE SENT OUT REGARDING WHAT WAS NEEDED. NO RESPONSE TO THAT. AND THEN THE PERMIT EXPIRED. SO IF IF POWER WAS RESTORED OUT THERE, IT WAS RESTORED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING ASSISTANCE. WHAT DOES HOW DOES HOW DOES FLORIDA POWER GET INVOLVED IN THAT? OR DO THEY THEY DO GET INVOLVED. I DON'T KNOW IF THE SAME REQUIREMENTS WERE IN PLACE BACK IN 2024 THAT ARE IN PLACE NOW, BUT FOR FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT OR FOR THE CO-OP, THEY HAVE TO GET THE PAST ELECTRICAL INSPECTION FROM THE BUILDING OFFICIALS PRIOR TO RESTORING POWER. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID COME OUT AND INSPECT THE THE POWER THAT WAS BEING PUT HAVE THAT IN OUR RECORDS. AND IT WAS INSPECTED AND IT DID FAIL. AND MY FATHER FIXED IT AND THEN IT THEY HAD THE ELECTRICIAN COME OUT AND FIX IT. YEAH. AND THERE'S NONE OF THOSE INSPECTIONS ARE IN HERE THAT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO DO THE PERMIT FOR THAT, FOR THAT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THAT WAS. NOT SURE WHERE THE NOTICES WERE MAILED TO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THEM. I DIDN'T GET THEM. AND I WAS STILL THE OWNER AT THAT TIME. SO THAT IN THE FLOOD ZONE.

TIM HAS ALREADY DONE THAT AND TEXTED IT TO ME. YES, IT. PART OF IT IS WHERE THE PROPER WHERE THE. YEAH. RIGHT. BUT THE ORANGE PART IS NOT CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE THAT'S WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE AT. AND THAT OKAY, THAT IS, IS THAT LITTLE SPECK IN THE ORANGE. IS THAT THE MOBILE HOME OR WHAT? THAT'S THE LAND THAT IS NOT IN THE FLOOD ZONE. SO THERE'S A PART OF IT THAT'S NOT SO LIKE THE, THE PART OF IT. YEAH. THE BACK OF IT IS. AND THE FRONT PART IS NOT. YEAH.

WITHIN THE, THE EXPLANATION THAT IS TYPED UP AND PROVIDED, IT SAYS IN MAY OF 26, WE WENT TO THE BAY COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE AND WERE ASSISTED WITH HOW TO REGISTER THE LARGER FIFTH WHEEL AS PERMANENT PROPERTY. WE WENT TO THE FLORIDA TAG OFFICE, CHANGED THE TITLE FROM RECREATIONAL VEHICLE TO REAL PROPERTY. WE HAVE THE REAL PROPERTY STICKER ON THE WINDOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAMPER FACING THE ROAD. HOW DID THEY DO THAT? IT'S ALLOWED BY THE LAW AND THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD COUNTY ORDINANCE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR OCCUPATION OR DIRECT, BUT IT'S NOT. THEY HAVE CHANGED IT THOUGH, IS WHAT I'M SAYING, AT LEAST IN THE

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AND A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IS DEFINED AS. IS THAT IT CAN BE PULLED AND MOBILIZED AND TRANSPORTED TO A PROGRAM, AND THEREFORE. THEREFORE, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL THE PAPERWORK ON MAKING IT A PERMANENT STRUCTURE. AND SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ANCHORED DOWN.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, JUST LIKE A MOBILE HOME. YES. AND IT WAS THE TERM COMEDY. IT WOULD REQUIRE INSPECTIONS. IT WOULD REQUIRE ANCHORING. THANK YOU.

DONNA. SO IT WOULD IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A BLOCKING PLAN FROM AN ENGINEER, BASICALLY ON BLOCKS TIED DOWN. IT IS ON BLOCK. SO. IT'S NOT PART. OF.

HOW MANY RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ARE BEING OCCUPIED. TWO.

LIKE A ATTEMPT TO GET SOMEBODY FROM ZONING TO COME DOWN TO THE COUNTY WOULD VIEW THAT.

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I WANT THE CLERK TO MAKE COPIES OR SOMEBODY MAKE COPIES OF ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED TO ME. DECLARATION OF MOBILE HOME IS REAL PROPERTY. ORIGINAL APPLICATION FOR HOMESTEAD AND TAX EXEMPTIONS. AND. YEAH, THE OTHER MATERIALS RELATED TO THE TITLE AND SO ON OF THE VEHICLE AND. THEN I WOULD ASK THAT THE, THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT FOLLOW UP WITH THE TAX ASSESSOR ON WHAT IS DONE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY REQUIRE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME. WE CONTINUE UNTIL OCTOBER 15TH. YEAH. AND ALLOW US THAT OPPORTUNITY. YES, ABSOLUTELY. I'M I'M JUST NOT WILLING TO HOLD SOMEBODY IN VIOLATION.

WHEN GOVERNMENT'S TOLD THEM SOMETHING ELSE. I MEAN, AND IT COULD BE THAT RIGHT HAND DOESN'T KNOW WHAT LEFT HAND IS DOING. I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT I CAN'T TELL FROM THE MATERIAL.

BUT I CAN TELL THAT THERE IS A DECLARATION OF MOBILE HOME AS REAL PROPERTY. SO. UNTIL THAT MATTER IS RESOLVED, I'M NOT WILLING TO SANCTION SOMEBODY. WHO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE COPIES OF? I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THAT. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE. I HAVE EITHER THE PERSON WHO TALKED TO CHARLOTTE. YEAH. IF YOU'LL MAKE COPIES OF ALL OF THAT AND WE'LL PUT IT IN THE FILE. BUT. ARE YOU GOING BACK TO ALASKA? I LEAVE SATURDAY. WELL, CAN WE, LIKE, PUSH IT TO

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THAT SHOULD BE AN RV. THOSE KINDS OF YEAH, THEY CAME OUT AND TOOK PICTURES THAT THE TAX APPRAISER'S OFFICE CAME OUT LIKE THE NEXT DAY OR THE DAY AFTER, CAME OUT AND TOOK PICTURES AND THEN SENT HER THE TAX BILL. WELL, WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE. WE'LL HAVE TO SEE. AND, AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT MAY HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED INTERNALLY BY THE. YES, SIR.

THE GOVERNMENT. AND IS IT JUST THERE WERE NO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PERMITS CONVERTING THE RV TO A LIVING DWELLING. CORRECT. DIDN'T REQUIRE ONE THAT THAT DOCUMENT, THAT DOCUMENT THAT I SAW INDICATED TO ME THAT IT WAS CONVERTED. OKAY. SO BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND NO PERMITS WERE DONE TO CONVERT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOT TO I DON'T KNOW WHO HOLDS THE WAND, SO TO SPEAK, BUT THE IT LOOKS LIKE THE TAX ASSESSOR HAS SAID, POOF, YOU'RE REAL PROPERTY AND I'M NOT GOING THERE. OKAY, BUT AND AND LIKE I SAID, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE TO WORK OUT WITHIN THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, BUT IF THEY WENT OUT AND TOOK PROPERTY OR PICTURES, THOSE PICTURES OUGHT TO BE IN THE FOLDER. THE THE TAX ASSESSOR'S FOLDER OR THEIR ELECTRONIC FOLDER OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. BUT OKAY, WELL, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU ON OCTOBER 15TH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN APPEAR BY TELEPHONE. OKAY. AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR. I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT ONE THING. I DIDN'T MEAN TO MIS IDENTIFY WHO I SPOKE WITH. I TALKED TO YOU ON THE PHONE. RIGHT. THAT WAS IN MARCH. SOMEBODY AT THE PROPERTY? YES. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WRONG NAME. OKAY. THAT'S. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GET OUR COPIES BACK. OKAY. YES, YES, YOU'LL GET YOUR COPIES BACK. OKAY. THAT'S THE REASON I'M HAVING TO MAKE COPIES. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ONE MOMENT. CAN I GET A GOOD TELEPHONE NUMBER TO GIVE YOU A CALL DURING THE HEARING? SURE, IT'S (850) 896-8925. AND WHAT TIME IS IT AT 1:00? 1:00? OKAY, BECAUSE I'M THREE HOURS BEHIND.

SO IT WOULD BE 10:00. AND AGAIN, AS YOU SAW TODAY, WE'LL HEAR WHO'S PRESENT FIRST AND THEN CALL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WHAT'S NEXT? MY AGENDA. OKAY.

JESUS AND GEORGE. F AS IN FRANK. OKAY.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS CASE. PARDON? IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS CASE, JUST DIFFERENT PROPERTY. NO NO NO NO. OH NO. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. I'M SORRY. OKAY. NEXT. THAT'LL BE FOLLOWING. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. FIRST THIS IS ITEM F PROPERTY ADDRESS 6437 GARDENIA STREET. AND ON MARCH 26TH, THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT FROM THE BAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. DEPUTY RYAN WILLOUGHBY OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS BAYOU GEORGE, THIS IS AN AERIAL PHOTO OF SHOWING THE STRUCTURE THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PROVIDED PHOTOS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO

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MA'AM. MY NAME IS SIENNA THOMASON. I'M A CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR AT THE BAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU GET TO YOUR BABY REPORT. FROM THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS IS AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PHOTOS. YES, MA'AM. DID YOU TAKE THESE, OR ARE THEY JUST. I TOOK THESE PHOTOS. OKAY. THERE WAS A SEARCH WARRANT THAT WAS BEING CONDUCTED BY OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, AND I TOOK PHOTOS OF OVERALL OF THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR. AND IF YOU COULD JUST WALK US THROUGH THESE PHOTOS, THIS FIRST PHOTO, NUMBER 25, JUST SHOWS A VEHICLE AS. IS THIS THIS HOUSE? SO THERE'S THE FENCE. AND THEN BEHIND IT IS THE FRONT DOOR.

THIS IS LIKE THE DRIVEWAY RIGHT NEXT TO THE TO THE RIGHT OF THE HOUSE. OKAY. OH. WHAT HAPPENED? GOING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY? YES, ON THAT DRIVEWAY GOES INTO THE BACKYARD. I SEE SOME PLATES WITH NO TAGS ON THEM. THERE WAS A SEVERAL VEHICLES IN THAT BACKYARD AND ON THAT RESIDENCE.

THIS PHOTO HERE THAT IS JUST GOING INTO THE. SO THAT IS THE BACK PORCH OF THE RESIDENCE.

THAT'S ME GOING INTO THE BACKYARD. AND THIS IS JUST ME DOING MY LITTLE OVERALLS OF WHERE I WAS STANDING ON THAT BACK DOOR, JUST SHOWING WHAT I SAW SO FAR. AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS A VEHICLE THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN APART AND. YES, SIR. SAME PHOTO. YES, MA'AM. I TAKE WAY TOO MANY PHOTOS. AND WHAT IS THIS OF THAT IS ENTERING INTO THE SHED, I BELIEVE. OR THE SHOP I THINK IS WHAT THEY WERE CONSIDERING IT TO BE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THESE PHOTOS WERE ALSO REVIEWED BY INSPECTOR THORPE. THAT'S WHAT THE CIRCLES THAT YOU SEE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT HIM TO COMMENT ON THEM AT THAT TIME. LET ME. ARE THOSE BOXES THAT ARE CIRCLED? ARE THOSE LIVE? WHEN WE GET TO IT? IT STARTED AS A SMALL SHED, AND OVER THE YEARS IT EXPANDED TO THIS ENORMOUS SECOND STRUCTURE IN THE BACK. OKAY. BUT THIS IS ALL THE THE THERE'S NO PERMITS FOR ANYTHING. SO ALL THE ILLEGAL STUFF I THE WIRING OPEN CONNECTIONS AND SO FORTH. OKAY. AND TO. SA DID NOT TAKE THESE PHOTOS. HE WASN'T PRESENT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE WOULD KNOW IF THEY WERE ALIVE OR NOT. DO YOU KNOW IF THERE WAS LIVE. I WASN'T I WASN'T LOOKING FOR LIVE. THIS WAS THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS FOR ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES. SHE'S SAYING IT'S NOT LIVE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT THERE IS NO ELECTRICAL PERMIT ISSUED FOR THIS STRUCTURE. OKAY. THIS IS ALL STILL THAT SAME ROOM. YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

BACKYARD. THAT'S THE. YEAH. THIS IS THE STILL PHOTOS OF THE BACKYARD. THAT'S JUST ME STILL STANDING ON THE BACK PORCH. AND. SCOTT. OH, SORRY. SORRY. I JUST SHOWING STRUCTURAL WHERE THEY'VE THEY'VE ADDED ON. I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO DO A HOIST OR SOMETHING, A BEAM COMING FROM THAT METAL HOIST ACROSS FROM ONE BUILDING TO THE NEXT. ALIEN CONNECTIONS. JUST LOOKS LIKE WASHERS AND DRYERS THAT WERE STANDING IN THE CORNER NEXT TO THAT VEHICLE THAT WAS BEING WORKED ON. AND THAT'S JUST PART OF LIKE THE BACK SHED. I THINK THAT TOP THING IS A FREEZER. YEAH. I GUESS THE TOP ONE IS THE FREEZER. AND IT'S JUST STRUCTURALLY BUILT. THIS THE ONE TO THE LEFT, OR THAT ONE WAS THE ORIGINAL THAT THEY EXPANDED ON. DOES THAT COME UP THROUGH THE ROOF? YEAH. AND THAT'S WHERE THEY KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO HOIST OVER IT, I GUESS. AND THERE'S JUST LIKE I SAID, NOTHING. NOTHING'S

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THEY'RE ALL HOOKED UP CHARGING DOWN HERE. YES, MA'AM. JUST MORE CONNECTIONS THAT WERE ADDED ON. AGAIN, THAT WOULD NEED ELECTRICAL. AND THAT'S JUST ME MOVING MY PHOTOS INTO THE SHED. THAT SHOWS THE ADDITION. GOING TO THE BACK IS A HALLWAY THAT GOES TO ANOTHER PORTION OF THE BUILDING. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME SHED. YES, SIR. AND THOSE ARE CONNECTIONS FROM ONE BUILDING TO THE NEXT, SHOWING THE SUPPORT BEAMS OR LACK THEREOF.

AND I WOULD CLOSER PHOTO OF THAT. OPEN SPACE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM OUTSIDE, SEALED OFF FOR UPLIFTING WIND. IS THIS STILL THE SAME SHED? YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. SAME PART OF THE SHED.

YEAH. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. SO THE WALKWAY TO WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS ME MAKING MY WAY TO. LET'S BACK UP ONE SLIDE. OKAY. THIS IS PHOTOGRAPH 55. AND IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND PORTION OF THAT PHOTOGRAPH, THERE APPEARS TO BE A MAYBE A SWITCH PLATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT ALSO APPEARS TO BE LIGHT FROM THE OUTSIDE. IS THAT WHAT THAT IS INDICATING? YES. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE THE SOFFIT AREA WHERE THE ROOF AND THE WALL LINE, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE SEALED OFF UNLESS IT WAS A POLE BARN. YEAH. LIKE I SAID, ALLOWS UPLIFTING WIND TO LIFT THE ROOF OFF. JUST CONNECTIONS, NO HEADER PLATE OVER THE DOOR OPENING AND NO, NO JOIST HANGERS IN THE ROOF. ALL RIGHT. RIGHT ABOVE THE AGAIN, IN THE CENTER OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, THERE IS AN ARROW POINTING TO THE LEFT. BUT THEN AT THE TOP THERE'S SOMETHING WHITE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SUNLIGHT OR IF THAT'S A SWITCH PLATE. IT IS. IT'S SUNLIGHT. SUNLIGHT. OKAY. IT'S JUST HER LAST PHOTO FROM THE RIGHT. AND IT KIND OF PANNED OVER. OKAY. LIKE I SAID, IT WAS HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS THAT WENT THROUGH AND THEY WERE JUST SYSTEMATIC. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I THOUGHT THAT I SAW WHAT I SAW. SEPARATION IN

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AND THIS IS AN ADDITION ADDED TO THAT AND KIND OF BUILT OVER IT. BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW IT WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY. WELL, YOU'VE GOT A SLOPING ROOF ON THE STRUCTURE BEHIND IT AND IT'S DAYLIGHT. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THAT'S THE CIRCLED AREA TO THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. AND THEN NUMBER 60. YEAH. AND MISS, MISS DONNA SAID THAT I INDICATED THERE IS BECAUSE THE TV'S ON SO THERE'S POWER. OKAY. IT MAY I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A DROP CORD GOING TO THE TV, BUT THERE IS SOME POWER THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THE BOXES WERE ENERGIZED, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY ARE ANYMORE. OKAY. AND IS THIS STILL IN THE SAME. YES. OKAY. AND THIS IS SO THE ENTRANCE THAT WE SAW A COUPLE PHOTOS BACK LEADING TO THE OTHER PART. THIS IS ME INSIDE THAT PART I JUST CIRCLED AS A URINAL BACK THERE. AND THERE'S MORE OUTLETS TOP IN THE CENTER OF THAT BIG CIRCLE, TOP LEFT. AND AGAIN, BAD CONNECTIONS TO THE ADDITIONS.

AND THAT WHAT THAT LITTLE ARROW. THAT'S WHAT'S INDICATING THAT DOES LOOK LIKE SOMETHING'S PLUGGED INTO THIS OUTLET. YES, MA'AM. I BELIEVE IT WAS. LIKE TV, CABLE OR SOMETHING. AND THIS IS STILL THE SAME SHED JUST CLOSER TO THAT URINAL, THAT SPRAY FOAM DOWN AT THE BOTTOM TO. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND THIS IS JUST STILL THE SAME PART, JUST A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE PHOTO. JUST SHOWING ROOF CONNECTIONS AND THAT CIRCLED AREA. AND THIS IS STILL THE SAME PART, JUST A DIFFERENT SIDE OF THAT ADDITION. SO THE SMALL ARROW IN THE MIDDLE SHOWING THAT EXISTING SHED. AND THEN YOU GET A ROOF OR A WALL TO THE LEFT, AND THEN JUST ARROW TO THE TOP. THAT'S PEX LINE FOR WATER ON THE LEFT, ELECTRICAL AT THE TOP. MORE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. SHOWS US THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FLOOR. AND THIS IS THIS IS THE SAME LIKE I HAD ON PART. I MEAN, I, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS IS ME KIND OF TURNING AROUND TO LIKE WHERE YOU FIRST SAW THIS ADDITION. SO IT'S THE WHERE THEY CONNECT. AND THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PART OF THE SHED THAT WAS LEADING INTO, I BELIEVE, AND LEADING INTO ANOTHER, ANOTHER ROOM. YES, SIR. SO THE TOP RIGHT THERE. SLIDE 67. THAT'S PEX WATER LINE.

ELECTRICAL OUTLET, OR A POP CAN THAT CAME OUT. IT'S LED. SO IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT HIGH VOLTAGE. AND THEN YOU GET MORE ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS UP THERE AND YOU GOT YOUR, YOUR

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YES SIR. OKAY. I BELIEVE SO. I, I CAN'T TELL IF THESE ARE ALL IN ORDER OR NOT OR THEY WERE JUST PICK AND CHOOSE. SO IT'S KIND OF I TRIED TO KEEP THEM IN ORDER. MORE ELECTRICAL BOXES.

THE ONE ON THE LEFT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S, IT'S HOOKED INTO. BUT THE EXIT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING. IF IT'S INTO THE WALL, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS DEFINITELY HOOKED UP.

I'LL ATTEMPTED TO. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ADD ON TO THE SHED. SPLICE WIRES. OR CONNECTIONS WITH. EXTENSION CORDS. JUST WIRE IN THE BACK OR AN OPEN PANEL CONNECTION IN THE BACK FOR THE SWITCH PLATE. AND SHOW MORE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. AND IF WE'RE ENTERING A DIFFERENT AREA, WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST LET US KNOW? OKAY, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE WHOLE LAYOUT BECAUSE I REMEMBER EVERY TIME I TURNED, IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING NEW. SO I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC LAYOUT. THIS IS THAT SAME THING. OKAY. I'M JUST KIND OF USING THE PHOTOS AS CIRCLES. JUST SHOW AN OPEN BOX AGAIN, ELECTRICAL SHOWER IN THERE.

THERE'S A HOT WATER HEAT PUMP OVER THERE ON THE LEFT, WATER ON DEMAND. ALL THAT STILL AGAIN INSTALLED? NO, NO, IT'S LIKE AN INSTANT HOT WATER HEATER KIND OF THING. OKAY. YEAH. AND MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS INTO. IT SHOULDN'T TAKE YOU. YOU SHOULDN'T TAKE POWER STRIP AND JUMP IT OVER LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST TOO MUCH OF A LOAD ON THAT ONE CIRCUIT. LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T SEE THE PANEL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE 20, 30, 40 AMP BREAKER IN THERE OR IF IT'S JUST YOUR NORMAL, YOU KNOW, YOUR STANDARD 20. THAT'S A STEP. AGAIN, THIS IS A BACK ROOM.

YEAH. THERE'S LIKE, SO THE LAST PHOTO WAS, I GUESS YOU COULD CONSIDER AN OFFICE. AND THEN WHEN YOU KEPT GOING, IT LED INTO ANOTHER ROOM. MISSING CEILING, MORE SPRAY FOAM AND ELECTRICAL OUTLETS ON THE RIGHT AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OUTLETS UP THERE IN THE TOP LEFT. AND THIS IS JUST LEADING INTO THAT ROOM. YEAH, HE SPRAY FOAM AT THE TOP, MORE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AND AN OPEN CIRCUIT RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE. CAPPED OFF THOUGH. SO RIGHT HERE. YES, MA'AM. GOOD OLD SPRAY FOAM. AND THIS IS JUST A ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT ROOM. AND THEN THIS IS ME EXITING OUT OF THAT SHED. YOU CAN SEE THE CREEK ON THE LEFT. SO THEY POURED A PAT ON THE BACK. I'LL SHOW IN SOME OTHER PHOTOS. THIS IS LIKE INVESTIGATOR SAID, IT'S THE BACK OF THE SHED LEANING TOWARDS THE CREEK, THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY JUST IN THE TOP RIGHT OF 85, JUST SHOWING THE WALL OR THE CONNECTION TO THE WALL AND THE GAP UNDER. IT'S A 4X4. IT GOES RIGHT IN THE GROUND. THERE'S NO. THERE'S NO CONCRETE OR FOOTER OR ANYTHING.

AND THEN THEY POURED CONCRETE INTO THE WATER, KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE BOAT RAMP TYPE DEAL. AND THAT'S JUST TO THE LEFT. SO IF YOU BASICALLY WERE, THAT LAST PHOTO WAS IF I TURNED AROUND THIS WITH THIS PHOTO IS. AND THAT WOULD GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IF I KEPT GOING.

AND THAT IS WOULD BE CONSIDERED LIKE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY NEAR THE FENCE. SO IT WOULD BE TO THE RIGHT OF THAT BACK SHED. JUST EXTENSION CORDS AND LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THE WALL FOOTERS. I CHOSE THE WALL CONNECTION TO. THE LEFT OF YOUR PHOTO. OKAY, SO BACK TO THE COMPLETING THE BUILDING THE MONSTROSITY. YEAH. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE COMPLETING THE

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ORGANIZED THE STORY BETTER. BECAUSE I BELIEVE AND DOCTOR THORPE WANTS TO SHOW YOU THE AERIALS. CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. SO THIS IS. OH, YEAH. YOU'RE GOOD. SO 2020, THIS IS OUR GIS ALL FLOOD ZONE. YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING SHED. AND THAT'S WHERE THE INVESTIGATOR FIRST STARTED.

KIND OF HAD THAT THAT THE POLES THAT WERE COMING OUT OF THE ROOF, THAT'S KIND OF RIGHT WHERE THAT STARTED. SO EXISTING SHED ACCESSORY, I'M SORRY, BEHIND THE PRIMARY. AND YOU CAN SEE NOTHING. AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, OOPS, OH, YOU'RE GOOD. IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, IT'S WOOD LINE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY. IT'S ALL SECURED. OKAY. AND 2021 GIS, YOU CAN SEE EXPANSION OF IT AGAIN, NO PERMITS. AND THEN NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO THE ARROWS INDICATING 13. THEY'RE STARTING TO EXPAND ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY, CARS. AND GIS 2022.

AND SLIDE 15. YOU SEE WHERE THE BOAT LANDING BACK THERE MORE ADD ON TO THE SHED, LITTLE OVERHANG IN THE BACK. AND THE BIG PORTION OF THAT SHED IN THE BACK IS WHERE THE INVESTIGATOR WENT THROUGH. AND IT'S LIKE ALL KINDS OF LABYRINTH OF ROOMS. SO. AND GIS 2023 AND SLIDE 16 OR 17 SHOWS THAT SOME OF IT WAS TAKEN OFF. AND, AND WITH THE, THE THREE MAIN PORTIONS ARE STILL THERE AND MORE STUFF SPILLED OVER ONTO THE THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH AND GIS 2024 MORE CONCRETE POURED IN THE BACK. STILL SAME EXISTING. MORE BOATS, MORE LAND CLEARED ON THE SIDE.

GS2025 AND MORE HAS BEEN ADDED. THEY KIND OF ROOFED OVER ALL THOSE LITTLE ONES AND MORE VEHICLES, BOATS, TRAILERS ON THE RIGHT. G. S 2026 CURRENT DATA KIND OF THE SAME, BUT IN THE CENTER THERE WHERE THEY'VE ADDED THE LIFT COMING OUT AND A LOT MORE VEHICLES, I WOULD SAY, OKAY. YOU SHOWED GIS FROM 2020 ON TO THE PRESENT TIME. HAVE ANY BUILDING PERMITS BEEN ISSUED DURING ANY OF THAT PERIOD? NO. OKAY. THERE IS A CURRENT CRYSTAL. THERE IS A CURRENT DEMOLITION PERMIT. OKAY. IT GETS BETTER. SO BASED ON THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS THERE THAT FOUND THEM IN VIOLATION OF AN UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, JUNK TRASH, APPLIANCES AND DERELICT VEHICLES. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AND THOSE VIOLATIONS WERE BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. APRIL 24TH, 2026. NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 6437 GARDENIA STREET, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. 3244 IS LISTED IN THE PROPERTY.

APPRAISER'S DATABASE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL WAS NOT RETURNED. COPY OF VIOLATION. THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, ALONG WITH THE PROOF OF THE ATTEMPTED DELIVERY, WAS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE MAY 5TH. I DID SPEAK WITH MISS MISS MASSEY COAL. SHE'S HERE TODAY, THE OFFICE SAYING IT SHOULD RECEIVE THE NOTICE AND THAT HER HUSBAND WAS CURRENTLY AWAY AND SHE NEEDED SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. MAY 6TH I SPOKE WITH HER AND WE DISCUSSED THE VIOLATION. SHE SAID AS SOON AS HER HUSBAND RETURNS, THEY WERE GOING TO BEGIN WORKING TO CLEAR THE VIOLATIONS. MAY 27TH RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. SO YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SEE PICTURES FROM THE ROAD. THAT'S JUST THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. YOU CANNOT SEE ANYTHING BEYOND THAT. THESE ARE ONE. OKAY. JUNE 30TH, WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND REMAINED IN VIOLATION AS FAR AS WE KNOW. JUST AGAIN, A PICTURE FROM THE FRONT OF THE ROAD. HAVE NO IDEA IF THERE'S BEEN ANY CHANGES AT THAT POINT.

JULY 2ND NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE HEARING CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 6437 GARDENIA STREET, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32404, AS LISTED IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. THE NOTICE WAS RETURNED. A CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL WAS NOT RETURNED. COPY THE NOTICE OF HEARING. COPY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, ALONG WITH THE ATTEMPTED MAIL DELIVERY, WAS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT C. JULY 2ND. A COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING, AN AFFIDAVIT THAT WERE INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT D CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE.

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BASICALLY IT'S ALL UNDER ONE ROOF, AND THE PERMIT IS GOING TO BE TO REMOVE ALL OF THAT IS WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT. AND SHE ALSO SAID A LOT OF THE JUNK VEHICLES HAD BEEN REMOVED, AND THEY WERE WORKING TO HAVE IT ALL GONE BEFORE THE HEARING. AND SHE SAID SHE'D ALLOW ME OUT TO TAKE PICTURES INSIDE THE PROPERTY. BEFORE WE CAME TO THE HEARING. AUGUST 26TH DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS ISSUED. IT EXPIRES FEBRUARY 26TH, 2027. COPY. THE NOTICE HERE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON AUGUST 27TH. NOTICE HERE IN THE CLERK'S AFFIDAVIT ARE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT E AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AUGUST 31ST. CHECK OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND TAX COLLECTOR SHOWS THAT PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAS NOT CHANGED AND TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. SEPTEMBER 3RD. I MET WITH MISS MASSEY AT THE PROPERTY AND FOR THE REINSPECTION AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PICTURES HERE. THIS IS INSIDE THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF THE STUFF HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE VEHICLES, THE COMPARED TO THOSE ARROWS THAT YOU SAW EARLIER IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PICTURES, I DID NOT SEE ANY APPLIANCES DURING THIS INSPECTION. AND SHE HAS HIRED SOMEBODY TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY AND TENDS TO COME IN FULL COMPLIANCE. AND THEY HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS. AND SHE'S INDICATED THAT ALL THE REMAINING STUFF THAT WE SEE WILL BE REMOVED. THE SHED IS TO THE LEFT, AND THAT'S WHAT'S PART THAT'S TO THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY OVER KIND OF ON THE NEIGHBOR'S STUFF, BUT THAT'S ALL THEIR STUFF. AND THEY'RE CLEARING IT ALL OUT. IT'S JUST SHOT BACK TOWARD THE ROAD, STANDING FROM THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, LOOKING BACK OUT TOWARD THE GARDENIA. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF STUFF REMAINS, BUT A LOT OF STUFF HAS BEEN REMOVED. AND AGAIN, THE SHED THAT IT'S IN, THE BACKYARD SHE INTENDS TO HAVE OVER THERE TO THE LEFT, THAT'S WHAT'S COVERED BY THE DEMO PERMIT. AND SHE'S INDICATED ALL THAT WOULD BE TORN DOWN. IT'S THE FENCE IN THE FRONT YARD. IS THAT IS THAT THE CODE? THE FENCE IN THE FRONT? THAT. IT WOULD BE A VIOLATION BECAUSE YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE SETBACK. SO IT WOULD BE. HEIGHT. IT COULD BE FOUR FEET. IF IT'S BEYOND THE SETBACK, THAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE ANY SETBACKS OR THE HEIGHT OF THAT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION. YES. OKAY. BUT AS LONG AS IT'S IN NOT IN THE RURAL AREA, IT'S.

YEAH, IT'S I DON'T BELIEVE THE ZONING. YEAH. IT WOULD BE. YEAH. THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HERE ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2026. AND MISS MATTHEWS HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF.

AND SHE'S BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE IN ALL OUR CONVERSATIONS AND VERY HELPFUL. OKAY, MISS MASSEY.

TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS, PLEASE. LESLIE MASSEY, 6437 GARDENIA STREET, PANAMA CITY, 32404. OKAY. THEY MENTIONED AT THE START OF THE HEARING THAT THIS THEY WERE SERVED. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT. YES, SIR. AS A RESULT OF THAT, DO YOU FACE ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES? NO, SIR. I WAS NOT THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT. YES, SIR. YOU WERE AWARE OF ALL THIS COULD BE USED IF YOU SAID SOMETHING WRONG. YES, SIR. OKAY. ME AND MY HUSBAND HAD SPLIT UP. I HAD ACTUALLY MOVED FROM FLORIDA WHEN THAT ALL TOOK PROCESS. I HAD LEFT BECAUSE OF ALL THAT. A LOT OF THE REASON. BUT. OKAY. AND THEN AFTER THE SEARCH WARRANT AND STUFF. AND THEN I AM OWNER OF THE HOUSE ALSO, WE ARE STILL MARRIED, BUT WE WERE SEPARATED, BUT HE WENT TO JAIL.

SO I COME BACK BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THE HOUSE TO, YOU KNOW, GO, GO AWAY. EXACTLY. SO LIKE CHRIS HAS SAID, HE'S BEEN EXTREMELY NICE. I'VE GOT A GREAT DEAL OF THE STUFF GOING OUT BACK. ALL THE VEHICLES ARE GONE. THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT IS THAT LIKE A BOX TRAILER THAT YOU SEE OVER THERE, AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF GOING TO GET THAT OUT AS SOON AS I CAN. MY HUSBAND STILL IN JAIL. SO I, I'M TRYING, I UNDERSTAND I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ANY OF THAT STUFF OUT THERE. I MEAN, IT'S, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. I'M TICKLED TO DEATH THAT ALL THAT'S ALL THAT'S GONE BACK THERE. I HAVE NO AS FAR AS THE SHED. I'M. I'VE GOT TO GET ALL THAT STUFF OUT OF THERE. YOU'VE SEEN THERE'S A LOT OF MOTORCYCLE STUFF. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF. I DON'T WANT TO THROW MY HUSBAND'S TOOLS AWAY. THAT'S. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE THAT'S NOT JUNK. THE STUFF THAT'S IN THAT SHED. I MEAN, THERE'S TOOLS, GOBS OF STUFF. SO I'M GOING TO GET THAT OUT AND YOU KNOW, GET THAT TO A STORAGE, GET IT, GET SOMETHING

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WHAT IS MY. WORK TODAY? SHE'S OBVIOUSLY MAKING PROGRESS FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHS. I MEAN. YEAH, I MEAN, 30 DAYS TO REMOVE THE TRASH AND JUNK, BUT IT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE ORDER IS NOT GOING TO REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE THIS ALL COMPLETED WITHIN THE 30 DAYS. BUT THE TRASH AND JUNK, THAT'S ALL GOT TO BE GONE. AND YOU SEEM TO BE MAKING WONDERFUL PROGRESS ON THAT. SO. LET ME ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO SAY? OR DID YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MY FENCE IN THE FRONT YARD? TECHNICALLY IT'S TOO HIGH. I THINK IT MIGHT NOT BE, BUT I MEAN, LET ME JUST PUT IT THIS WAY. TALL FENCES IN THE FRONT OF HOUSES ALWAYS CAUSE ME CONCERN. I HAVE DOGS. OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY NEVER COME OUT THE YARD. OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF IF HE COULD JUMP A FOUR FOOT FENCE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S ONE THING, BUT. YEAH. I SEE YOU'VE GOT HIM A PORTHOLE DOWN LOW. ALL THE WAY ACROSS. YEAH. THEY GOT WINDOWS TO LOOK OUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL JUST JUST BE AWARE THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT COMPLAIN. AND IF THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE.

YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN AND PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6437 PANAMA CITY, IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE. NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. SHE HAS APPEARED AND TESTIFIED IN THIS MATTER AND BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO ASK QUESTIONS AND AND OFFER TESTIMONY. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 172 IN THE FORM OF AN UNSAFE STRUCTURE, TRASH AND JUNK. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS DURING WHICH TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE TRASH AND JUNK. BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL TRASH AND JUNK THAT IS FOUND ON THE PREMISES. SHE HAS ALREADY OPTED TO UNFIT ADDRESS THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE BY OBTAINING A DEMOLITION PERMIT, WHICH IS GOOD FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS.

IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY 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 COMPLIANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE TRASH AND THE JUNK WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF, I WON'T SAY $100 RATHER THAN A THOUSAND. WILL BE IMPOSED AND THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF YOU GET A DEMOLITION PERMIT. AND YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT, AND THEN ALLOW THE PERMIT TO EXPIRE OR HAVE IT CANCELED OR REVOKED FOR ANY REASON, THAT WILL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT AND A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN 30 DAYS, AS IT RELATES TO THE TRASH AND THE JUNK, IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO A COUNTY ABATEMENT ACTION. WE WILL HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON OCTOBER THE 15TH AT 1:00 IN THIS BUILDING, IN THIS ROOM. AND IF YOU WOULD TICKLE THE FILE FOR SIX MONTHS OUT, AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CLEAR ON THE DEMO. OKAY? THAT WILL

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THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S REPORT REINTRODUCES THE EXHIBIT B AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE FROM MARCH 20TH 6TH TO APRIL 30TH, MARCH 26TH. HERE WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE IT STILL REMAINS IN VIOLATION. SOME OF THE VEHICLES ARE GONE. COME BACK, MOVE AROUND. RV STILL THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE PERSONAL PROPERTY AND THE SHEDS THERE ON THE PROPERTY. IT WAS MARCH 26TH, JUST TAKEN FROM OPEN SHOULDER AND DIRECTLY ACROSS THE PROPERTY. APRIL 30TH REINSPECTED AGAIN. YOU CAN SEE WE'VE ADDED A POOL AT THIS POINT. YOU CAN STILL SEE PERSONAL PROPERTY, THE SHEDS, THE RV, WHETHER THERE WAS ANY VEHICLES ON IT THAT DAY. YEAH, THERE WAS TWO VEHICLES, TRAILER, LAWN EQUIPMENT. MORE STUFF BEING ADDED TO THE PROPERTY.

SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE BEGINNING, MAY 8TH, I LEFT A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION AT THE PROPERTY, SINCE THE OTHER MAIL HAD COME BACK AS A VACANT LOT, SO I LEFT A CARPET THERE. I DID RECEIVE A CALL FROM JEREMY PRATER. HE'S HERE TODAY. OKAY, SO HE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT ON MAY 8TH. HE. AND HE SAID HE HAD NO IDEA IT WAS ANYTHING WRONG OUT THERE OR THAT THERE WAS AN OPEN CASE. AND HE WENT ON TO TELL ME HE HAD LOST HIS HOUSE TO A FIRE AND WAS JUST TRYING TO RECOVER, INDICATED THAT HE HAD A NEW WELL INSTALLED AND WAS PLANNING TO EITHER BUILD OR BUY A MOBILE HOME. WE DISCUSSED THE OPTIONS AND IF NEITHER WAS ACTED ON, HE WOULD NEED TO REMOVE ALL THE ITEMS FROM THE PROPERTY SINCE THERE WAS NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE THERE. BASED ON THIS, CONVERSATION IS INDICATION THAT HE WOULD START PULLING TOGETHER A PLAN TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. HE WAS GRANTED AN EXTENSION. JUNE 15TH. I RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM HIM SAYING HE WENT TO GET INTO MOBILE HOME ON THE PROPERTY, AND DURING THIS CASE, I'D RECEIVED QUITE A FEW TEXT MESSAGES WITH DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS, AND NOT ALL OF THOSE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN HERE. THERE WAS QUITE A FEW TEXT MESSAGES COMING WITH PROGRESS ON THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER. JUNE 25TH, WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE. IT REMAINS THE SAME. IT LOOKS LIKE SOME FENCES BEING CONSTRUCTED

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BOTH NOTICES AGAIN WERE RETURNED AS VACANT ADDRESS. A COPY OF THE NOTICE HERE, ALONG WITH PROOF OF ATTEMPTED CERTIFIED DELIVERY, WAS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. JULY 15TH. COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY CALLED COPY OF THE NOTICE HERE IN AFFIDAVIT ARE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT D AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE COPY. THE NOTICE HERE WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON AUGUST 27TH, AND COPY OF THE NOTICE. HERE IN THE CLERK'S AFFIDAVIT ARE INTRODUCED. EXHIBIT E AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AUGUST 27TH. SPOKE WITH MR. PRATER. HE INDICATED HE WAS STILL TRYING TO FIND PLANS FOR THE UNPERMITTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, AND IN HOPES OF HAVING THEM PERMITTED. HE SENT ME NUMEROUS TEXTS WITH DIFFERENT. PLANS AND INFORMATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT. HOWEVER, NO PERMITS WAS ISSUED AT THE TIME. IS THERE ANY VALID AT THIS POINT FOR THAT? THERE ARE NO VALID PERMITS FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. THERE IS ONE PERMIT IN THE PLANS REVIEW PROCESS, BUT IT IS ONLY FOR A IS INDICATED AS A SINGLE PROPERTY SHARED. BUT ACCORDING TO THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED FOR THE APPLICATION, THERE ARE TWO SHEDS AND THAT WAS THE ISSUE. OR IS THAT JUST. IT IS NOT AN ISSUE. WHEN WAS THAT APPLIED FOR? IT WAS APPLIED FOR. JUST A ON TUESDAY THIS WEEK. OKAY.

AUGUST 31ST, CHECKING THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND TAX COLLECTOR DATABASE SHOWS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAS NOT CHANGED AND THE TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. AUGUST 31ST SPOKE WITH JERRY PRATER SAID HE'S PLANNING TO APPLY FOR PERMITS FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, POSSIBLY TODAY, TO GET ACCEPTED. THANK CERTIFIED TO APPLY FOR MOBILE HOME. AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, NO PERMITS HAD BEEN OBTAINED. AS FAR AS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THERE. SEPTEMBER 2ND RE-INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT STILL REMAINS IN VIOLATION. IT'S SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HERE ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. MR. FREITAS HERE TODAY AND I INDICATED TO HIM TO BRING ANY INFORMATION HE HAD THAT WOULD HELP, THAT HE COULD PRESENT TO YOU THAT SOME OF THE STUFF HE'S TEXTED ME, AS FAR AS WHAT HE'S DOING TO GET THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE, AND HE'S HERE TO SPEAK ON HIS OWN BEHALF. OKAY. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, IF HE WERE TO PUT A, WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL A PRIMARY RESIDENCE OR STRUCTURE ON THERE, HE'S ONLY ALLOWED ONE, THOUGH. IS THAT CORRECT? HE'S ONLY ALLOWED ONE. YES, SIR. AND THE PREVIOUS POWER THAT HE INDICATED FOR THE WELL COULD POTENTIALLY BE DISCONNECTED FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE, BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL PERMIT WAS INSTALLED FOR WELL USE ONLY FOR POWER. WELL, NOT POWER. ANY OTHER STRUCTURE. THE CAMPER. THE CAMPER. YES, SIR. EXCUSE ME, DID YOU GET SWORN IN? NO. I NEED TO GO OVER HERE AND BE SWORN. I WAS AT THE VERY BEGINNING. YES. I RAISED MY HAND AND SAID. I TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. SO HELP ME GOD. SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED, I DON'T KNOW. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME IS JEREMY DWAYNE PRATER. YOU NEED MY SOCIAL ANYTHING? NO. SO NEED A NEED A GOOD ADDRESS? WELL, MY ADDRESS RIGHT NOW. MY HOUSE BURNT ON THE BEACH, 9950 ALTAVISTA DRIVE. I HAVE CHANGED THE MAILING ADDRESS. THE 19807 DEL MAR IS MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. SHE HAS HAD A STROKE AND I HAVE PUT HER WITH MY SISTER IN GEORGIA. SHE. SHE INDICATED SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME THE BUILDINGS, BUT I ENDED UP PAYING FOR THEM. I HAD NOWHERE TO STORE THEM, I. I BOUGHT THE CAMPER, STAYED. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. SORRY. WHERE DO YOU GET MAIL? OH, THEY'RE WHERE THEY'RE NOW. OKAY. BUT IT'S I, I, I GET ALL MY MAIL THERE. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY MAIL FROM YOU GUYS. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO TO THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE AND STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT. I DID NOT KNOW. I WENT TO THE POST OFFICE. YOU'RE PRESENTLY GETTING MAIL AT 6612 OCEAN SHORE DRIVE. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT. I HAVE ADHD, SIR. OKAY. SO LET ME GO WAY BACK. 199, FIVE ZERO. ALTAVISTA ON THE BEACH BURNT. I HAD I WAS IN A BIND. THEY WERE Y'ALL WERE ABOUT TO START FINDING ME FOR A BURNT HOUSE ON PROPERTY. I SOLD IT FOR $100,000 LESS THAN IT WAS WORTH. I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, PUT A WELL, I PUT A SEPTIC. I MOVED THE BUILDINGS THERE TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO PUT THEM. I PUT THE CAMPER AT BUCKS OR. NO, NO,

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OKAY, I HAVE PICTURES. YOU'RE SELLING THIS ONE. I'M SELLING THE I'M GOING TO SELL THE RV.

AND THE SECOND THE ONE IN THE REAR STORAGE SHED STORAGE SHED. THAT'S THE REASON I DID NOT PERMIT IT, SIR, BECAUSE I'M EITHER GOING TO TRADE OR SELL TO GET. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M OUT OF MONEY. OKAY. TO MOVE THE TRAILER HERE BECAUSE I HAD IT. I HAD TO BUY THE TRAILER, YOU KNOW, AND I WANTED TO SHOW COMPLIANCE. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. LISTEN, WHERE WHERE DO YOU STAND IN WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY? GETTING THE REAL MOBILE HOME DOWN HERE. DO YOU HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS POINT TO TO GET IT PULLED DOWN HERE AND GET IT? I HAVE TO PAY THE GUY TO PULL IT DOWN HERE. OKAY, I HAVE I HAVE ALL THE PERMITS TO GIVE HIM. I JUST GOT THE PERMITS LAST WEEK FOR THE. HE COULDN'T. THE GUY WHO INSTALLED THE WELL HAD TO GO THROUGH SOMEBODY ELSE, YADA YADA. BUT I HAVE IT ON THE PHONE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IT. NOPE, NOPE. I HAVE THAT AND I HAVE THE WELL CERTIFICATION THROUGH PARKER SANITATION COST ME 18 1850. SO I PAID FOR THAT. I'VE GOT ALL THAT STUFF JUST TO GIVE TO THE MOVER. AS SOON AS HE GETS THAT AND WHATEVER HE CHARGES ME TO BRING IT DOWN AND STRAP EVERYTHING DOWN. AND WHILE HE'S HERE, I'M GOING TO HAVE HIM STRAPPED THAT BUILDING DOWN. SO THAT COVERS THAT PART OF IT. SO I'M TRYING TO COVER ALL MY BASES AND I'VE BEEN WORKING, I HAVE CROHN'S, I MISS WORK HERE AND THERE, AND I LIKE WEEKS AT A TIME. SO I HAVE BEEN WORKING AND WORKING AND WORKING AND TRYING. I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL THREE TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH. OKAY. AND MAINTAIN A FULL TIME JOB AT DOMINO'S AND GOT ALL THIS STUFF FOR YOU. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY PROSPECTS AS IT RELATES TO THE SALE OF THE SECOND? NO, I WAS THAT'S THE THING IS I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON MARKETPLACE. I HAVE TALKED TO BEST WAY BUILDINGS. THAT IS ACTUALLY WHO I WENT THROUGH. AND SINCE THEN, WHENEVER IT WAS PERMITTED ON THE BEACH, BEST WAY HAD BLOWN IT, BLOWN AWAY ALL THE RECORDS BLOWN AWAY. SO I HAD TO HAVE NEW, I HAD TO HAVE NEW PLANS DRAWN. SO EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE HAS REALLY TAKEN SOME TIME TO GET IT ALL. WHAT ABOUT THE CAMPER? AND I'VE CALLED DOWN HERE AND I ASKED Y'ALL IF Y'ALL HAD THE PERMIT AND THE PLANS FOR THE BUILDING SO I COULD GO AHEAD AND GET THAT DONE. Y'ALL DIDN'T. SO I WENT TO BEST WAY BUILDINGS. THEY WENT ON YOUR WEBSITE AND FOUND THEM. OKAY, WHAT ABOUT SALE OF THE CAMPER, THE SALE OF THE CAMPER? THE CAMPER IS BEING WORKED ON. IT'S NOT LIVING IN. YOU'RE NOT LIVING IN THAT. NO. I HEARD THAT YOU COULD WORK ON ONE IF IT WAS OUT THERE. POWER CONNECTED TO IT. I WAS TOLD YOU COULD HAVE POWER TO WORK ON IT. YOU COULD HAVE POWER ON THE PROPERTY FOR THE WELL, AND YOU COULD RUN. YOU RUN A CORD TO WORK ON IT, OR THAT WAS ABOUT IT. SO THAT WOULD BE RECTIFIED AS SOON AS I CAN GET THE TRAILER DOWN HERE. AND THAT'S GOING TO ALL, ALL GO AWAY. I'LL SELL THE CAMPER BECAUSE I OWE $13,000 ON THE TRAILER. SO MY PLANS WERE TO TRADE THE, THE, THE UNPERMITTED BUILDING FOR THE MOVE AND SELL THE CAMPER TO PAY THE TRAILER OFF. I'LL BE AT ZERO. EVERYBODY BE HAPPY. THAT IS MY PLAN. OKAY. THERE'S A AND THIS IS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT SAYS MANUFACTURED HOMES AND DUPLEXES, BLAH BLAH BLAH.

EXCEPTION. MANUFACTURERS ARE NOT ALLOWABLE USE WITHIN THE BEACHES SPECIAL TREATMENT ZONE.

WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THAT, ARE WE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS NOT MISSING SOMETHING THERE. NO, SIR. I'VE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH YOU GUYS AND MY MY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO FIND OUT WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT DO. OKAY. THE PROBLEM WAS, IS I RAN OUT OF MONEY AND I COULDN'T GO OUT AND GO TO CHAMPION HOMES AND BUY A NEW HOME. SO I HAD TO I HAD TO SEARCH FOR A SOMETHING I COULD AFFORD, AND I APOLOGIZE. BUT I BOUGHT I DO HAVE A

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THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY WENT. I DIDN'T TRY TO HIDE ANYTHING. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE MOST PEOPLE DO. OKAY, SO OUR NEXT ONE IS THE 15TH. WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO.

CLEAN UP THE VIOLATIONS? IN OTHER WORDS, GET RID OF THE EXTRA STRUCTURE. AND THIS IS I HAVE DONE A LOT IN THE PAST WEEK I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. THAT WASN'T MY QUESTION. YES, SIR. I'M TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO WORK IT OUT IN MY HEAD. I'M SORRY, I HAVE ADHD, I SPEAK OUT LOUD WHEN I THINK I APOLOGIZE, I SHOULD. LET ME THINK FOR A SECOND. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT.

DEFINITELY. THE TRAILER HAS TO BE MOVED OFF THAT PROPERTY UP THERE, SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ASAP IS ALL I CAN TELL YOU. I HAVE TO FIND A BUYER AND. AND WHAT I PLANNED ON DOING WAS TRADING WITH THE THE MOVER. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I JUST GOT THE CERTIFICATION FOR THE WELL, LIKE 3 OR 4 DAYS AGO, SO I WILL BE CALLING HIM WHEN I LEAVE HERE. AS FAR AS THE DEFINITE YOU DON'T HAVE A DATE FOR ME. I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, SIR. SOMEBODY WILL BUY IT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DROP THE PRICE. I PAID TEN GRAND FOR THEM. I THINK SHE PAID 20 GRAND FOR THEM. ALL I NEED IS SEVEN. SO I'M SURE TO SELL FAST. I PAID 15 FOR THE CAMPER. I'M GONNA LET IT GO FOR TEN. I'M SURE IT'LL GO FAST. THE.

ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MAIN HOLD UPS WAS THE. MY MOTHER HAVING THE STROKE AND NOT REMEMBERING WHERE SHE BOUGHT THE TRAILER AND THE. THE OTHER WAS THE HURRICANE TAKING OUT ALL THE RECORDS. SO I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS. I'M GOING TO FIND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6612 OCEAN DRIVE, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE AND CHAPTER FOUR OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE HAS APPEARED AT THIS HEARING, TESTIFIED, AND BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION. 405-1 IN THE FORM OF STORAGE ON A VACANT LOT. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF. MORE. GIVE HIM 15 DAYS. TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING VEHICLES, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, PERSONAL PROPERTY OR UNPERMITTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, OR OBTAIN BUILDING PERMITS FOR A PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND THE TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. AND YOU GET THE TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. GET THE TWO. IF THERE'S A PRIMARY. IF THERE WAS A PRIMARY, OKAY, YOU CAN HAVE TWO. OKAY. IT'S ONLY IF IT'S NO PRIMARY AND THE PRIMARY IS ON THE WAY. SIR, I OKAY, AS SOON AS I CAN MOVE IT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. IF YOU GET THE PERMIT. OKAY. OR I WOULD HAVE DONE BEFORE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PAY ATTENTION. I'M SORRY. OR YOU CAN OBTAIN THE BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND THE TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF YOU FAIL TO BRING THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES AND ORDINANCES WITHIN THE 15 DAYS. THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INITIAL FINE OF I'M GOING TO CHANGE THAT TO $100 AND A DAILY FINE OF $15. TO BE IMPOSED AFTER THE 15TH

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YES, SIR. SO THE ONLY LIKE I SAID, THE ONLY PROBLEM I FACE RIGHT NOW IS GETTING IT FROM MARIANA TO HERE. AND I'M. I'M TRYING TO WORK IT OUT WITH. OH, MARTIN, MARTY, MARTY, COURTNEY AND TRYING TO TRADE HIM OUT. IF NOT, MAYBE I COULD PUT IT ON HIS PROPERTY TO SELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SHE'S GOING TO SEND YOU AN ORDER. SO YOU NEED TO BE YOU NEED TO BE CHECKING YOUR MAIL.

DON'T LET IT BE COMING BACK. BUT IS THERE A MAILBOX UP THERE THAT THEY HAVE THESE BOXES AT THE END OF THE ROW? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU NEED TO BE CHECKING YOUR MAIL, THOUGH. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, MARIANA, THAT WILL CONCLUDE I'VE ALREADY PAID G.

OKAY? OKAY. OKAY. YES, SIR. THE LAST ITEM THAT IS PARTIALLY PRESENT IS ITEM B. THIS IS ALSO A PHONE CALL. YES, SIR. OKAY. THE FOR 20 DAYS, THERE'S FOUR PARTIES PRESENT HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN AFTER THAT. WHAT HAPPENS? PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2507 DRUMMOND AVENUE. I GOTTA GET A LOT. EIGHT OKAY, SO. AND THAT. CHEERS. CHEERS. OKAY, SO I'M NOT GOING TO SWEAR HER IN.

SORRY. ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO SPEAK CONCERNING THE PROPERTY? WILL YOU WILL YOU STAND UP AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR ME WHILE I SWEAR YOU IN? 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. I KNOW HONOR WHAT? NO NO NO NO NO. I ALWAYS LISTEN TO HER. THAT'S WHY YOU. OKAY? FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE RECORD, MADAM TRANSLATOR, WOULD YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS? SURE. MY NAME IS IRMA MILIAN. IRNAMILIANI LIVE IN. 1802.

SERRANO. HOW LONG IS THAT GOING TO BE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT'S GOING ON. I HAD YOU TELL US INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF. WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU ALL SPEAK IN A MOMENT, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. KEN, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. DOES HE UNDERSTAND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WELL ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LANDLORD OR THE OWNER IS TALKING ABOUT? SO WE HAVE TO GET A SUMMARY OF THE. OKAY, HE HAS ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, AND YOU HAVE POSED THAT QUESTION TO HIM ABOUT UNDERSTANDING. OKAY, IF YOU WANT. G. OH, YES. YES. HE WAS A LAWYER. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S STILL. MAINTAINS THAT, BUT LET'S ASK HER FOR HER BOARD NUMBER. HELLO. CAN I PLEASE SPEAK WITH ASHLEY SYKES? THAT'S ME. THIS IS JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE

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INSPECTOR THORPE, CAN YOU HEAR ME, MISS SYKES? YES, I DO. OKAY, SO SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME, MOBILE HOME PARK HAD A UNPERMITTED DECK WRAPPED AROUND. DOESN'T MEET CODE. THE EXISTING SLOPE AND THE PORT OF THE STAIRS AND HANDRAIL AND SO FORTH. THE FRONT OF IT, I GUESS, IS THE FRONT DOOR HAD A OVERHANG ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO THE ROOF LINE, AND YOU CAN SEE ALONG TO JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THAT CIRCLE. AND SLIDE TEN. THE EXISTING ROOF WAS LIKE A METAL MEMBRANE. WE'LL GET TO WHAT THEY DID. THEY REMOVED THE METAL TIN ON THE OUTSIDE, PUT HARDIE BOARD, AND THEN TOOK THAT MEMBRANE AND WRAPPED IT BACK DOWN, AND THEN DID SOME REROOF ON IT. AS YOU HERE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER SHOT OF IT. HAD IT OUTSIDE STORAGE ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. AGAIN AND AGAIN THE HARDIE BOARD, YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING ROOF THAT WAS ON IT. PULLED IT OFF TO THE ROOF TO THE HARDIE BOARD AGAIN, ANOTHER OVERHANG ON THE BACK DOOR. AND THAT WAS A NON STANDARD MOBILE HOME DOOR CAPPED ELECTRICAL LINES ON THE EXTERIOR THAT WERE LIVE. IT WAS UP TOWARDS THE ROOF LINE. NAILS A LOT OF DECK. THEY'VE SINCE REMOVED THE DECK. SUBSEQUENT PHOTOS BUT AS IT SITS ON UNFIT UNSAFE NONE OF THIS WAS PERMITTED AND THEY OWNED I GUESS, ANOTHER MOBILE HOME OR BOUGHT THIS ONE FROM A FRIEND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'VE TALKED TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT THE TENANT, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF TONY'S INVESTIGATION. OKAY, SO THE MOBILE HOME IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE TENANT, IS THAT CORRECT? SUPPOSEDLY, YES. TONY.

DOES HE WHAT IS PROOF OF OWNERSHIP? YEAH. OKAY. MISS SYKES, DO YOU OWN THE MOBILE HOME OR DOES DOES THE TENANT. WE DO NOT OWN THE MOBILE HOME. I AM NOT SURE WHO OWNS THE

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NOW. ALL RIGHT. OKEY DOKEY. MR. BRUNI. GO AHEAD. IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING. ON MAY 21ST, 2026, NOTICE VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER AND REGISTERED AGENT OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 7661 SAINT STEPHEN'S COURT, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32835. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS DELIVERED ON MAY 26TH, 2026. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT REGULAR MAIL TO THE TENANT USING THE ADDRESS 2507 DRUMMOND AVENUE, LOT EIGHT, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32405. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION. THE COPY OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S AND A COPY OF THE SOME BIDS, ALONG WITH PROOF OF CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY, WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. MAY 26TH, 2026. THE TENANT OF THE MOBILE HOME OR LAND CAME TO CODE ENFORCEMENT TO ADVISE HE HAD TAKEN A DECK FROM AROUND THE MOBILE HOME. HE ADVISED HE WANTED TO KEEP THE MOBILE HOME.

ON JUNE 23RD, 2026, I REINSPECT THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION DURING THIS INSPECTION THAT. IN SLIDE 17 YOU CAN SEE THE DECK HAD BEEN REMOVED AND ALONG WITH ALL THE UNSCREENED PROPERTY. BUT THERE WAS STILL A AN APPLIANCE ON THE OUTSIDE OF WATER HEATER, A LITTLE BIT OF TRASH BACK THERE BY THE WATER HEATER. WAS THE WATER HEATER HOOKED UP? I MEAN, IS IT FUNCTIONING OUTSIDE OR I THINK IT WAS THERE TO BE PUT ON THE INSIDE. OKAY. I DON'T THINK IT'S HOOKED UP NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT PHOTO. ON JUNE 25TH, 2026, NOTICE VIOLATION HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER AND REGISTERED AGENT OF THE RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 7661 SAINT STEPHEN'S COURT, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32835. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING OR NOTICE VIOLATION NOTICE HEARING WAS SENT REGULAR MAIL TO THE TENANT USING ADDRESS 2507 DRUMMOND AVENUE, LOT EIGHT, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32405. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN. COPY OF NOTICE OF HEARING. COPY OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. COPY OF SOME BIDS, ALONG WITH PROOF OF CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY WAS INTRODUCED IN EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT D AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE ON JULY 27TH, 2026, A REINSPECT. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. DURING THIS INSPECTION. I SAW. NEXT PHOTO, PLEASE SLIDE 21. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S MORE JUNK IN ONSCREEN PROPERTY BEEN BROUGHT TO THE. LOT EIGHT. LOOKS LIKE A SOFA OF SOME SORT IN THE BACK.

ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026, WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION. EVEN MORE STUFF HAD BEEN DUG UP IN THERE. THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HERE ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. MR. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER? WE DO NOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS IT ORTIZ. OH. OH, CHAVEZ. OKAY.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MISS MICHAEL. PICK YOU UP. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW, SIR? OKAY. MUY BUENAS TARDES. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. OR GOOD MORNING? YEAH. GOOD MORNING. OKAY. MY NAME IS ARLENE CHAVEZ. MY ADDRESS IS 2507 DRUMMOND AVENUE, LOT A. I NEEDED THE HELP FOR INTERPRETER. OKAY, AGRADEZCO EL TIEMPO DANDO, WE APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU ARE GIVING HIM.

TO COME. CON HACIENDO CON FORMA. OKAY. FOR YOU. HE WANTS FOR YOU TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT SHE JUST SAID. NO, TENGO UNA PRUEBA DE OKAY. YO. CON ELLOS DE SHE'S SAYING THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT HE SIGNS ANYTHING WITH THEM. ENTONCES TENGO CONSTANCIA DE CUANDO YO. HE SAYS I WENT TO LIVE IN THAT PLACE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO. HOW MANY. SEVEN. SEVEN YEARS AGO. SEVEN YEARS.

SIX. SEVEN YEARS. OKAY. OKAY. AND I LET THEM KNOW THAT I WAS THE NEW OWNER OF THE PLACE.

QUISIERA SER DE DOCUMENTACION DID ANYTHING THEY HAD TO DO WITH ANY KIND OF DOCUMENTATION YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH. ENTONCES EL CONOCIMIENTO TODO ESO. SO THEY ARE AWARE BECAUSE HE HAS TEXT MESSAGES. OKAY. LET ME LET ME ASK A QUESTION AT THIS POINT. DO YOU CURRENTLY LIVE IN THAT TRAILER? NO. RIGHT NOW. WHO LIVES THERE? OH MY FRIEND. OKAY. HOW LONG IS YOUR FRIEND LIVED IN THERE? TWO MONTHS. OKAY. AND DO YOU OWN THE TRAILER? ME OWNER? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ARE YOU AWARE THAT THERE IS A PENDING COURT ACTION AGAINST YOU BY THE MISS SYKES? AND HE'S ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE? NODDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY NOW, OKAY? SI TENGO CONOCIMIENTO DE ESTO PORQUE DECIDIDO. WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DECIDE TO PUT IT IN COURT TO PUT HIM IN COURT.

EL AMIGO. TONY, EL AMIGO. CONOCIMIENTO DE QUÉ TODO LO POSIBLE, MY FRIEND TONY AND MR. SCOTT, THEY'RE AWARE CONOCIMIENTO DE ESTADO HACIENDO TODO PARA LLEGAR. TRY EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIX EVERYTHING. PERO EN EL DOCUMENTO DE VALOR, EXPLICA BASICAMENTE TODO LO QUIERO A CONOCER. SO HE GOT DOCUMENTATION THAT SHE HAS IN FRONT OF HER THAT EXPLAINED. WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO UNDERSTAND. OKAY. THERE'S SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT HE HAS. OKAY. YEAH. GIVE ME YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS IS FOR MELANIE, 2507 ROMAN AVENUE. NO, I'M NOT LIVING. NO. WHERE DO YOU LIVE? NO. 7507057505 YELLOW BLUFF, YELLOW BLUFF. YES. GOD. BLESSING ME. THAT 324042444 400. CALLOWAY SOMEWHERE IN THAT WAY

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MISS SYKES HE HAS PROVIDED ME WITH A. IT'S ENTITLED EXPLANATION TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, AND HE INDICATES IN IT THAT. HE HAS. AND I'LL ASK FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT'S INPUT ON THIS ALSO. HAS ASKED ABOUT MAKING REPAIRS TO THE MOBILE HOME. BUT HE SAYS THAT THE CONSENT OF THE LANDLORD IS REQUIRED. IS THAT ACCURATE? YES, SIR. HE IS REQUIRED TO GET OUR CONSENT TO PULL ANY KIND OF PERMIT, BUT THAT WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT WITH OUR INSURANCE TO ALLOW AN UNLICENSED, UNCONTRACTED PERSON TO GO AND PERFORM WORK ON OUR PROPERTY. THE LIABILITY IS TOO GREAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO Y'ALL ARE NOT WILLING TO GO THERE, OKAY? WE ARE NOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MR. CHAVEZ, WHAT THEY HAVE INDICATED IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE LIABILITY THAT WOULD ATTACH TO THEM, THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO GO WITH THAT. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS. I MEAN, AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN ORDER HER TO DO. NOR WOULD I BE INCLINED TO ORDER HER TO DO. BUT THE THE.

THE REPAIRS TO A MOBILE HOME ARE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE. I MEAN, BECAUSE OF THE, THE LAWS RELATED TO THEM. SO. THE WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED FROM THERE. I MEAN, BECAUSE SHE'S NOT GOING TO LET YOU DO IT. SHE'S GOT YOU IN COURT. YEAH. THAT CASE IS COMING. THAT TRAIN IS COMING DOWN THE TRACKS. AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE RECORD, MR. CHAVEZ IS NODDING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO SAY? AND I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THIS BE MADE A PART OF THE FILE, THIS EXPLANATION TO THE MAGISTRATE, AND THAT MISS SYKES BE FURNISHED WITH A COPY OF IT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD? YEAH. I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE. OKAY. I WANT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. HE FEELS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF HIS HOME. AS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. IT WAS AN INSPECTION ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, MY MOBILE HOME. AND IN THAT TIME AND IN THAT TIME, THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS FOR INSPECTION. I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE WHEN THEY DID INSPECTION OF MOBILE AND AND THE MOBILE HOME PARK. MOBILE, FIVE OF MY NEIGHBORS, THEY WERE NOTIFIED THAT THEIR MOBILE HOMES. THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS AND THEY NEEDED TO GET FIXED. MI CASA ESA INSPECTION. AND THEN MY HOME PASSED ALL THE INSPECTIONS. POR LO TANTO, MI PREGUNTA ES. AND THEN MY QUESTION IS

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YOU HAD IT CLEANED UP FOR A WHILE, AND WHOEVER'S LIVING THERE NOW HAS DECIDED TO TURN IT BACK INTO A JUNKYARD. SO THEY'VE GOT ALL OF THIS STUFF PILED UP THERE. AND AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER VIOLATION. SO LIKE I SAID, I CAN'T MAKE MISS SYKES AGREE TO LET YOU MAKE THE REPAIRS. YOU CAN'T MAKE THE REPAIRS WITHOUT HER CONSENT. SO YOU DON'T HAVE AN OPTION THERE.

YOU HAVE APPARENTLY ELECTED TO PAY THE RENT INTO THE REGISTRY OF THE COURT TO, I GUESS YOU'D SAY, LET IT SIT THERE UNTIL YOU THE COURT DECIDES HOW TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. BUT. YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ANY OPTIONS. I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. MISS SYKES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD AT THIS POINT? NO, SIR. WE ARE JUST WE WANT TO GET IN COMPLIANCE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH MEANS THE DEMOLITION OF THE MOBILE HOME AND HAVE IT REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. OUR HANDS ARE CURRENTLY TIED. SINCE HE IS CLAIMING OWNERSHIP. SO WE ARE KIND OF AT THE MERCY OF YOURSELF AND JUDGE CARRUTHERS AS TO WHO'S GOING TO MAKE A DETERMINATION FIRST TO HAVE THE TRAILER REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? IF YEAH, YOU YOU CAN'T PULL A PERMIT ON THE MOBILE HOME BECAUSE YOU DON'T OWN IT. SO AND HE CAN'T DO THE REPAIRS BECAUSE YOU WON'T CONSENT. SO. CORRECT. YOU'VE GOT A, YOU'VE GOT A STANDOFF HERE AND THE. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YOU MAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY PROOF OF OWNERSHIP OF THIS MOBILE HOME? YEAH. MAYBE THEY. YEAH. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT, AND DONNA, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS HE DOES NOT THE MOBILE HOME PARK WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE DEMO DEMO PERMIT OR REPAIR PERMIT. SHARE THE PROPERTY. IN THIS CASE, SHE'S NOT GIVING CONSENT WOULD ALLOW IF SHE GAVE CONSENT. BUT IF HE DOESN'T HAVE PROOF OF OWNERSHIP, THAT SHE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO TAKE ON THAT PROPERTY. OKAY. AS THE LAND OWNER. OKAY, OKAY. IF HE DOES HAVE PROOF OF OWNERSHIP, CAN HE PULL A DEMO PERMIT? IF SHE GIVES CONSENT, A DEMO PERMIT. OKAY, OKAY. YEAH, THERE'S NO TITLE. NO. I'LL LET YOU. I'LL LET THE ATTORNEY IN THE ROOM.

THIS IS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE I DON'T KNOW IF THE. THE ADDITIONAL MONETARY OBLIGATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH. SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THIS IS NOT A VALID BILL OF SALE. I MEAN, SO UNTIL HE'S. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.

OKAY. ESTE DOCUMENTO. NADA MAS EXTENDIDA PORQUE CUANDO LA CASA MOBILE ERA PROPRIETARIOS DEL TERRENO NINGUNA VEZ SIN TITULO. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY NEVER GAVE GAVE HIM A TITLE. BUT EL

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THERE. OKAY. OKAY. THE DOCUMENT THAT HE IS. THAT MR. CHAVEZ HAS PROVIDED I'M GOING TO FIND IS NOT A VALID. INDICATOR OF OWNERSHIP. SO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT HE COULD EVEN COULD EVEN MOVE IT. DOES ANYBODY KNOW? WELL, YOU DON'T NEED A PERMIT TO MOVE THEM. DON'T NEED A PERMIT TO MOVE A MOBILE HOME ONLY FOR PERMANENT PLACEMENT AND SETUP. YOU NEED A PERMIT OR REPAIRS. SO HE DOESN'T HAVE A VALID DOCUMENT RELATING OWNERSHIP. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. YOU KNOW, HE CAN TALK TO MR. LANDAVERDE AND SEE IF HE CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE. BUT. YOU KNOW, IF AS A MOBILE HOME OWNER, YOU'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO PAY THE YEARLY TAXES AND TO GIVE THE STICKERS ON THEM AS THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY. WELL, THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING AS IT RELATES TO THAT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT DOCUMENT WOULD GIVE HIM, YOU KNOW, AN OWNERSHIP CLAIM THAT THE STATE WOULD EVEN RECOGNIZE. SO ANYTHING ELSE? YOU DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? A YO QUIERO SEGUIR ACTUANDO DE BUENA FE. DE TAXAS DE SUCEDER. PERO NO QUIERO CONFRONTACION CON NADIE PORQUE SOMOS HUMANOS Y TENEMOS OTRAS CONFRONTATION. AND HE'S GOING TO LEAVE IT IN THE LORDS. AND WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS. OH I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT, MISS SYKES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, YOUR HONOR, WE JUST WANT TO GET THIS RESOLVED AND BECOME GET COMPLIANT WITH CODE. RIGHT. WHICH IS THE REMOVAL OF THE MOBILE HOME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE. HOLD ON THIS THING. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE RECORD. MR. CHAVEZ IS SHOWING MISS ASHMAN SOMETHING ON HIS CELL PHONE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT. SOMEONE IS CALLING. SO I REALLY UNDERSTAND. OKAY. MELVIN IS ONLY REPRESENTING MY SENSE ON THIS ADDRESS, BUT I AM THE OWNER. IF YOU HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, YOU CAN SEND IT. TO WHO IS THAT? YES, SIR.

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FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THAT WILL RESULT IN AN INITIAL FINE OF $500 AND. A DAILY FINE TO.

WELL LET'S SEE. NO, HOLD ON, LET ME BACK UP. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TEN DAYS TO REMOVE THE JUNK PROPERTY FROM THE PREMISES. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT MR. CHAVEZ AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL JUNK AND PROPERLY STORE OR REMOVE ANY ALL UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. IF HE FAILS TO DO THAT WITHIN TEN DAYS, THERE WILL BE AN INITIAL FINE OF $500 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25, WHICH WILL RUN AFTER THE 10TH DAY AND RUN FOR A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS. IT'S UP TO THE RESPONDENT, CHAVEZ TO.

NOTIFY CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT THE VIOLATION HAS BEEN CORRECTED IN ORDER THAT THE FINES CEASE. AS IT RELATES TO THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOME. EITHER THE. OR NOT MR. SHAW, EITHER MR. CHAVEZ OR THE LANDLORD WILL OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOME IN ANY AND ALL PROHIBITED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, AS DEFINED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND REMOVE THAT DEBRIS FROM THE PREMISES OR REPAIR THE MOBILE HOME IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. SUBMIT A COMPLETE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE BAY COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE THE MOBILE HOME MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS FOR THAT SPECIFIC MODEL OF MOBILE HOME, AND THAT'S GOT TO BE SUBMITTED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, SUBMIT ENGINEERING PLANS OR BLUEPRINTS TO SHOW THAT IT IS A DEVIATION FROM THE ORIGINAL HOME THAT'S ALSO GOT TO BE SUBMITTED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, REPAIR OR REMODEL. THE MOBILE HOME REQUIRES THE USE OF MATERIAL AND DESIGN EQUIVALENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION. THE STRUCTURE IS DEFINED AS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ROOF SYSTEM, THE WALL SYSTEM, THE FLOOR SYSTEM,

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REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE BY A DESIGNATED PERSON, AS DEFINED IN FLORIDA STATUTE 320 .8245 PER M FOUR SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING THE TIME FRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE STRUCTURE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, ALL REQUIRED PERMITS AND ALL MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS, ENGINEERING PLANS, ETC. HAVE GOT TO PASS THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE ANY PERMITS WILL ISSUE THE PERMIT. INSPECTION MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE BUILDER, SERVICES STAFF OR DESIGNEE, AND REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED AND PERMITS FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE, IF AT ANY TIME, THE REQUIRED PERMITS UNDER THIS ORDER EXPIRE OR BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON, IT SHALL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. WE WILL HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON OCTOBER THE 15TH AT 1 P.M. MY ORDER IS NOT MAKING A DETERMINATION AS TO WHO'S ENTITLED TO PULL PERMITS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND YOU SAY YOU DON'T HAVE A HEARING DATE AS OF YET, MISS SYKES, WE DO NOT. OKAY, WELL, IF. WELL, WE'LL HAVE A WE'LL HAVE A COMPLIANCE HEARING AS IT RELATES TO THE JUNK AND TRASH. ANYHOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT OR NOT, BUT ANY OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO THE JUNK AND TRASH SHALL LIE SOLELY WITH MR. CHAVEZ. AND THEN YOU CAN ALERT JUDGE CARRUTHERS AS TO THE STATUS OF THE MATTER IN CODE ENFORCEMENT. YES, SIR, I WILL. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS CASE? I DO THE $1,000 FINE FOR THE UNFIT. UNSAFE. ARE WE STILL. NO. I'M NOT, I'M NOT. RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW WHO TO IMPOSE THAT ON. OKAY. AND AND IT IS IT 30 DAYS FOR THE MOBILE HOME. YES. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. WELL I THINK IT'S A PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITY ITEM. THAT'S THE TIME LIMIT. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS HEARING, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, JUDGE. YEAH. THANK YOU, MISS SYKES. WE HAVE ONE MORE PHONE CALL. MY PROPERTY THAN. OKAY.

EVERYBODY READY? YES, WE HAVE TWO TELEPHONE NUMBERS. ONE. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR ITEM A.

PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2210 WEST 23RD STREET.

THIS IS I IS THIS MR. HAROLD DIKES? YES IT IS. THIS IS JODY WITH THE BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MAGISTRATE HEARING. I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SWEAR YOU IN. OKAY. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO. AND CAN I GET A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU? 1214 FOSTER AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. OKAY, MR. DIKES.

32401. OKAY. CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE MAGISTRATE ARE GOING TO SPEAK NEXT. OKAY. MR. DIKES, THIS IS BILL LEWIS. I'M THE MAGISTRATE ASSIGNED TO HEAR THIS CASE. WHAT WE WILL DO IS ALLOW MR. BRUNI WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, TO OFFER HIS TESTIMONY. AFTER THAT, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS, AND THEN YOU'LL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO

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I'M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING IT. THERE'S AN AWFUL ECHO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS NOW. I CAN HEAR THE MAGISTRATE. OKAY, MR. DIKES, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH. MUCH BETTER. SORRY. OKAY.

FOUND A PROPERTY IN IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17-2, IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND THREE UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAIN THIS CASE FILE. ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025, A BUILDING INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED BY INSPECTOR SCOTT THORPE. DID YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH YOUR PHOTOS REAL QUICK? YEAH. SLIDE NUMBER FIVE IS IS A PICTURE OF THE WHAT I'M CALLING THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, THE OFFICE, THE WAREHOUSE OR THE SHOWROOM, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. THERE'S AN ACCESSORY TO THE BACK THAT'S MISSING PART OF THE WALL AND THE ROOF PEELING UP TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT WALL ON THE FRONT OF THE ACCESSORY IS BLIGHTED. GOT BOARDS ON THE WINDOWS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PRIMARY. I MEAN, IS ANOTHER ACCESSORY THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT IS BROKEN. THERE YOU GO. STRAIGHT TO THE BACK WAS THE THIRD ACCESSORY THAT THE GARAGE DOORS ROLL UP, DOORS BLOWN IN AND SO FORTH. GOOD AFTERNOON. NOW, MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORPE. MR. DIKES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR HIM ALL RIGHT. I'M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING. CAN YOU CAN YOU HEAR ME, MR. DIKES? INSPECTOR THORPE, I GOT MY SPEAKERPHONE ON AND I HAVE IT. ON HIGH. I HAVE TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WITH ME, AND THEY. THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING IT CLEARLY. AND I'M ASKING, CAN YOU CALL HIM ON MY PHONE? CAN I CALL YOU ON HER PHONE? IT MIGHT BE BETTER. LET HER CALL YOU. OKAY. YOU'RE HER NUMBER? YEAH. CAN YOU CALL ME? I'LL LET HER CALL ME. YEAH, YEAH. WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO CALL THAT? NOW I CAN HEAR THAT WHOEVER THAT WAS THAT SPOKE, I CAN HEAR THAT VERY WELL. OKAY. MR. MR. DIKES. MR. DIKES? YES.

WHAT IS THE OTHER TELEPHONE NUMBER? I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE READY.

I DON'T NEED HER GIVING IT TO ME. I NEED YOU EIGHT. FIVE ZERO. 4419231. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND PATIENCE. OKAY. WE'LL CALL YOU ON THAT NUMBER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THE HOSPITAL.

AND. NO ONE BEFORE HE'S HE'S PRETTY OLD. NOT AS OLD AS ME.

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WE DIDN'T GO BEHIND THE GATE. WENT FROM THE FRONT DRIVEWAY, PARKING LOT AREA TO THE SIDE.

THERE'S LIKE A BIG GRASS FIELD INSIDE. THIS IS THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. AS INVESTIGATOR BRUNING SAID, BOARDED UP WINDOWS ON THE FRONT, BROKEN WINDOW ON THE RIGHT. AND AS WE GO DOWN THE THE VACANT FIELD ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S BEEN SOME TARPS DONE TO THE ROOF, SOME SHINGLE DAMAGE, AND THIS IS ON THE PARKING LOT SIDE YOU CAN SEE. I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROOF AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS WOULD BE THE BLIGHTED. SO THERE WAS A A LEAN TO ON THE RIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PRIMARY.

THAT'S PARTIALLY COLLAPSING AND SUPPLIES UNDERNEATH IT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THAT STUFF WAS.

RIGHT. YES. OKAY. THANKS. AND THIS IS THE ACCESSORY THAT'S IN THE BACK. AS INVESTIGATOR BRUNING SHOWED, SAGGING IN THE ROOF, MISSING ROOF PANELS. YOU CAN SEE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER.

SLIDE 16. THE ROOF IS PEELED BACK. AND AS WE WALK AROUND THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AND THE ADJACENT LOT, YOU CAN SEE MORE ROOF AND WALL PANELS MISSING AND SAGGING ROOF THERE. THE STRUCTURE IN THE FRONT SLIDE. SLIDE 18, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND THE PRIMARY, IS ALSO MISSING THE ROOF. AND THIS ONE ACCESSORIES TO THE RIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE THE TWO BY 12. AND THE CENTER HAS COLLAPSED. THERE'S NO SUPPORT BEAM. IT LOOKED LIKE THERE USED TO BE ONE IN THE MIDDLE. MAYBE IT'S TAKEN OUT. AND BUT MOST OF THE ROOF PANELS ARE MISSING THAT HIT BY A FORKLIFT ACCIDENT. AND IT WAS IT IT HAD A PLATE PUT THE TWO PLATES PUT ON IT. MY STEPSON. STRONG CAR AND IT IT GAVE WAY. YES, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

I'M JUST SHOWING SOME MORE ROOF DAMAGE. THAT ONE STRUCTURE RIGHT THERE. AND I BELIEVE THIS ONE HAS BEEN REMOVED. THAT WAS THE REAR IN THE VERY BACK. AND THIS IS LOOKING FROM JUST FROM THE PARKING LOT ZOOMED IN. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S THAT ONE DOWN. WE TOOK THAT ONE DOWN FOR Y'ALL.

YES SIR. I WAS JUST SHOWING PICTURES OF WHAT WAS TAKEN OUT. THAT'S THE BACK ONE. AND THERE'S USED TO BE AN OLD METAL SHED THAT BLEW UP. YEAH. THAT'S GONE. YES, SIR. BLENDED FOR PRIMARY IN FRONT, SIR. AND THE REST. BUT I THINK THAT THE THE ROOF CONDITIONS ON THE PRIMARY YOU'RE CONSIDERED THAT BLIGHTED. RIGHT. IT JUST IT'S GOT SHINGLE DAMAGE. IT IS TARP LEAVING THE CONDITION THAT WOULD BE IN NOW. OKAY. IN THE TARPS BECAUSE THEY ONLY LAST ABOUT 3 OR 4 MONTHS.

YOU KNOW, FURTHER DAMAGE COULD OCCUR TO THE DECKING AND ROOF STRUCTURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. BRUNI, ON MARCH 5TH, 2025, NOTICE VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 2210 WEST 23RD STREET, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 3245. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN A COPY OF THE NOTICE VIOLATION. 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 MARCH 24TH, 2025, I SPOKE WITH HAROLD DIKES BY PHONE. HE ADVISED HE RECEIVED THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND WOULD OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND WOULD REPAIR THE BLIGHTED CONDITION ON THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. ON JUNE 6TH, 2025, A DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS ISSUED WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE OF MAY 5TH OF 2026. THE PERMIT WAS FILED ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025.

ON JUNE 15TH, 2026. THIS WAS 2025. BEHIND YOU. I'M SORRY. AUGUST. HERE. THE THIS IS AUGUST OF 2024 2025. SLIDE 33. BOARDS ARE TAKEN OFF THE WINDOWS LIKE THE ROOF HAS BEEN REPAIRED. LIGHTING CONDITIONS NO LONGER EXIST. AS TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. OKAY. AND WE THINK WE HAVE SOME TYPOS IN HERE. SO AS FAR AS THE YEAR GOES BECAUSE.

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YEAH. SO I THINK. I HAVE PHOTOS FOR JUNE 24TH. JUNE 24TH OF 2025. I THINK WE HAVE SOME TYPOS IN THERE. YEAH. DATES AS IT RELATES TO THE DATES. YES. OKAY. SO AND THAT MIGHT BE PARTLY MY FAULT BECAUSE WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THIS. THE 24 2025. I REINSPECT THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION DURING THIS INSPECTION. I SAW THAT ONE OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES HAD BEEN REMOVED, REMOVED, DEMOLISHED. YEAH. AND THAT'S THESE PHOTOS HERE. CORRECT. AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE RIGHT OF THE FORKLIFT. YOU WHAT? YOU KNOW. OH, RIGHT HERE. ROGER. FORKLIFT IS JUST A BARE SLAB. THE ACCESSORY HAS BEEN TAKEN. OTHER ACCESSORIES REMAIN. OKAY.

AUGUST THE 4TH, 2025. WE INSPECT THE PROPERTY.

DURING THOSE PERIODS THAT YOU THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. I WAS IN ISOLATION AND THE THE SHOP WAS CLOSED DOWN. OKAY. AND NOW WE'RE ON JUNE 15TH. JUNE 15TH, 2026. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION. ACCESSORY WITH THE BROKEN TO 12, TWO BY TEN, WHATEVER IT IS, ACCESSORY BEHIND THE PRIMARY. ON JUNE THE 16TH, 2026 NOTICE VIOLATION NOTICE HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER RECORD USING ADDRESS 2210 WEST 23RD STREET, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. 3245. CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT. CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING AN ALTERNATE ADDRESS OF 1214 FOSTER AVENUE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 3241. THE NOTICE WAS PICKED UP AT THE POST OFFICE ON JUNE THE 24TH OF 2026. COPY THE NOTICE HERE AND A COPY OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, ALONG WITH PROOF OF THE CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY, WAS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT D AND CONTAINED IN THIS CASE FILE.

NOW I WAS AND I SEE YOU IN. WITH NAME AND. AND IN. YEAH. JULY 26TH. AND I'VE BEEN IN ISOLATION. THEY WANTED TO GET ME OUT OF THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF ALL THE COVID. ON AUGUST 6TH, 2026, I SPOKE WITH HAROLD DIKES, MY PHONE AND HE ADVISED HE WOULD HIRE DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR THE OTHER ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. I'M SORRY.

REPEAT THAT. ON AUGUST THE 6TH OF 2026, YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION OVER THE PHONE AND YOU ADVISED YOU WOULD HIRE DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR TO OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR THE OTHER ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. WHAT DID HE SAY? YOU SPOKE WITH HIM ON THE PHONE AND ADVISED HIM YOU WOULD HIRE A DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR. YEAH, I DID HIRE DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR. ON AUGUST THE 27TH, 2026 COPY. THE NOTICE HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY IN THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, AND I PUT IT IT WAS ON THE GROUND. I GUESS THE WIND HAD BLOWN IT. AND I BROUGHT THAT UP AND AND STUCK IT IN THE GROUND RIGHT IN THE FRONT DOOR. COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING AND AFFIDAVITS WERE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT E. YEAH, I'LL PUT THAT ON NOTICE THAT YOU, YOU HAD IN THE WIRE, IT HAD BEEN BLOWN BY THE WIND OR SOMETHING. AND I DID GET A CHANCE TO VISIT THE PROPERTY, AND I PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE FRONT DOOR, AND WE TOOK

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THERE'S ONE TO THE RIGHT OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, AND THERE'S ONE TO THE REAR OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. THOSE TWO, THOSE TWO BUILDINGS MUST BE TAKEN DOWN. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. NO PROBLEM.

LET ME, LET ME, LET ME FINISH. YEAH. THE. APPLICATION WAS MADE FOR A DEMO PERMIT, BUT FOR SOME REASON THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS INCOMPLETE AND IT WENT BACK TO BE WHOEVER YOUR DEMO GUY IS.

IT WENT BACK TO HIM FOR SOME CORRECTIONS AND EVERYTHING. SO HE NEEDS TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS AND GET IT IN SO WE CAN MOVE ON WITH THIS. YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. WELL LET'S DO YOU HAVE ANY TESTIMONY YOU WANT TO OFFER? I THINK WE WERE ON DIFFERENT PAGES WHEN WE TALKED TO THEM THE FIRST TIME. NOT THE FIRST TIME, BUT THE. I'M SORRY, THE PNEUMONIA IS NOW. YOU NEED TO TELL HIM. HOW COME YOU FAILED CONCUSSIONS? YOU HAVE. YOU HAD SEVERAL FALLS AND I'M DOWN TO 112 POUNDS. BUT I DO HAVE SOME MEMORY ISSUES, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST WAS ABLE TO GET BACK UP WITH. OKAY. MR. TONY, WE TALKED ABOUT. I'LL HAVE TO READ HERE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO FROM YOUR NOTES WITH HER. OKAY. WELL, LET'S, LET'S ADDRESS THESE TWO BUILDINGS AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE A FINDING AS TO THESE TWO BUILDINGS AND THEN GET YOUR DEMO GUY TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION AND WE CAN MOVE ON. OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH ME. OKAY. LISTEN UP. WHEN I READ OR GIVE YOU MY FINDINGS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2210 WEST 23RD STREET, IS 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 BY TEXT, BY TELEPHONE, AND HAD TWO OTHER PERSONS PRESENT AT HIS END OF THE. THE PHONE CALL TO ASSIST HIM IN THIS MATTER. HE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER TESTIMONY AND ASK QUESTIONS.

THE. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702 IN THE FORM OF TWO UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.

ALL RIGHT, THAT FAST. HANG ON. GOT IT. IT'S ALREADY WRITTEN. ALREADY GOT IT. OKAY. IT'S WRITTEN FOR ME. IS THIS IN THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT? SEPTEMBER 10TH? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SEPTEMBER 10TH. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, THE. 2026. I HAVE AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT.

YEAH. YOU MIGHT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE, BUT WE'RE WE'RE I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS AS THE CONDITIONS EXIST AS OF TODAY, PER THE TESTIMONY, I DON'T HAVE A I DON'T HAVE AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT DATED THE 10TH, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE THESE FINDINGS THAT THERE IS ON THE PREMISES OR THERE ARE ON THE PREMISES, TWO UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, AND I'M GOING TO ORDER THAT YOU WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY ADDRESSING THEM IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER APPLY FOR AND GET A DEMOLITION PERMIT

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AND YOU'VE ALL THE PERMITS, ENGINEERING PLANS, ETCETERA, HAVE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE ANY PERMIT WILL ISSUE THE PERMIT. INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY BUILDER SERVICES OR A DESIGNEE, AND THE REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED AND PERMITS FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DEEMED COMPLETE, IF AT ANY TIME THE PERMITS CALL FOR, UNDER THIS ORDER, EXPIRE OR BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON, IT WILL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT AND KEEP CODE ENFORCEMENT INFORMED OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN ACCOMPLISHING THIS RESOLUTION. IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS ORDER, I'M GOING TO REDUCE THE FINE TO $500, AND THAT WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PERSONAL, BOTH REAL AND PROPERTY LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY. IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE 30 DAYS, IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO AN ABATEMENT ACTION.

NOW, WHEN I SAY WITHIN 30 DAYS, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE PERMIT AND HAVE IT IN PLACE FOR THOSE TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT WILL GIVE YOU. THE TIME PERIOD THAT THE PERMITS REMAIN VALID. SO YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO ALL THAT DURING THAT. SO OKAY, YOU'LL GET A COPY OF THIS ORDER IN THE MAIL. AND JUST I'M LOOKING AT HERE. I GOT AN EMAIL TO ME. OKAY, NOW THIS WILL, THIS WILL COME TO YOU IN THE MAIL AND JUST GET WHERE YOU YOUR DEMO CONTRACTOR AND GET HIM TO GET ON THE STICK AND GET MOVING ON IT. OKAY, I'LL DO THAT. DID YOU TELL ME I'M ALREADY HAVE A $500 FINE? NOPE, NOPE, NOPE. IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T GET THE PERMIT WITHIN THE 30 DAYS, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE $500 FINE COMES IN. OKAY. NOW, I'VE HAD SEVERAL, I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONCUSSIONS. LET'S MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR. WELL, YOU GOT. I GOT TWO PEOPLE HERE TO HELP ME LISTEN. OKAY? AND I'M, I'M TRYING MY BEST GUYS. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I HAVE 30 DAYS TO GET A PERMIT. SO I GOT TO GET I GOT WITH A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND AN ARCHITECT, AND THEY WANTED ME TO GET WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME TODAY. BEFORE THEY COULD GET STARTED ON THEIR END OF PROVIDING DRAWING, AND I'LL. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM DRAWINGS. OKAY? I JUST NEED TO GET GET MY DEMOLITION GUY RIGHT TO GET, GET, GET OFF OF THE JOB HE'S ON AND GET THAT APPLICATION COMPLETE WITHIN 30 DAYS. YES, SIR. IN 30 DAYS? NO. HOLD ON. YOU HAVE THE PERMIT. YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT PERMIT WITHIN 30 DAYS.

WITHIN 30 DAYS. OKAY, I THINK THAT'S. YEAH. AND THEN IT'LL GIVE ME A TIME FRAME FOR THE DEMOLITION, RIGHT? YEP, YEP. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MR. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU AT YOUR CONVENIENCE ABOUT THE BUILDING THAT YOU WANT TAKEN DOWN. YES, SIR.

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BYE BYE. WE HAVE TWO TWO FINAL HEARINGS, AND SOME OF OUR HEARINGS FOR 1:00 ARE ARE ARRIVING. SO OKAY, THEY ARE NOT HERE FOR THESE CURRENT TWO. SO THE ITEM D IS, IS PARCEL NUMBER 03626-130-000. THIS FIRST SLIDE IS FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. THERE'S THE PROPERTY IN LEFT HAND CORNER WALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY AND WHAT IS CIRCLED AND. SO YEAH, GO AHEAD CHRIS. THE RED RECTANGLE IS GOING TO BE THE UNFIT UNSAFE MOBILE HOME. OKAY. THE YELLOW SQUARE IS GOING TO BE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. OKAY.

THERE'S A SECOND MOBILE HOME ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S NOT CIRCLED RIGHT THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SINGLE WIDE THAT'S NOT INVOLVED IN THIS. AND THEN THAT RED CIRCLE, THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME OF THE YARD DEBRIS AND APPLIANCES ARE OKAY. SO WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A, A YELLOW RECTANGLE.

WE'VE GOT A, WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL ORANGE, I DON'T KNOW, BROWN SOMETHING RECTANGLE. AND WHAT'S THE BROWN RECTANGLE, A MOBILE HOME? NO, THAT'S JUST A PILE OF YARD DEBRIS. AND SOME OF THE MOBILE HOME. WHAT OUT THERE? THE BROWN. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, THE BROWN RECTANGLE.

OH, I'M SORRY. IT IS A MOBILE HOME. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND THE THE RED CIRCLE IS THE YARD DEBRIS. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND ADDITIONALLY, THE DRIVEWAY. HERE GOES THROUGH THAT PROPERTY.

CORRECT. THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WE SAW THE VIOLATIONS. AND WE WERE DEMOING THE ONE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PHOTO. OKAY. IN THIS CASE. SCOTT, YOU WANT TO START. GOOD AFTERNOON. NOW, INSPECTOR THORPE. SO WE WERE DEMOLISHING THAT BOTTOM STRUCTURE. AND WHEN THEY WERE CLEANING, CLEARING ALL THE DEBRIS OUT THAT THIS NEW ONE POKED ITS UGLY HEAD OUT OF THE WOODS AS THEY CLEANED. AND IT'S THE SAME OWNER. SO Y'ALL CLEANED UP A LINE OF SIGHT AND SAW SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT? JUST TO THE RIGHT, OR ACTUALLY TO WHERE I'M STANDING. AND THIS SLIDE FIVE HERE, WHEN THEY STARTED CLEANING AND MOVING THE DEBRIS FROM THE OLD HOUSE THAT WAS THERE, IT'S THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER, CORRECT. CHRIS. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SAME PROPERTY. SO THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND. SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME NOT OCCUPIED, NO POWER, NO WATER, TRASH JUNK OUTSIDE, MISSING WINDOWS, HOLES INSIDE, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ROOF. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER LARGE ACCESSORY THAT WAS JUST TO THE LEFT OF THAT MOBILE HOME. AND THE ACCESSORY IS COLLAPSED. POOL WITH STAGNANT WATER. A WHOLE LOT OF CANS AND DEBRIS.

AND SO WE WERE CLEANING JUST TO THE LEFT. AND WHEN THEY CLEANED THAT TREE LINE, THAT'S THE MOBILE HOME IS RIGHT BEHIND THAT CAMPER, WHICH WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE. AND THEY MOVED IT OVER. NOW. AND AS IT SITS, UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES. AND IN THAT CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOBILE HOME. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO BASED ON THE THE FIRST PICTURES THAT WE SAW THERE, WE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF A CHRIS HUBBARD COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT FOUNDED IN VIOLATION OF INITIALLY FOR LIVING IN THE RV AND THEN DERELICT VEHICLES, UNSECURED POOL TRASH, JUNK OVERGROWTH, UNSAFE MOBILE HOME AND UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY INTRODUCED AS EVIDENCE IS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. OF COURSE, THE BUILDING INSPECTION. SCOTT JUST WENT OVER WITH HIS EXHIBIT B, SO THE REST OF THE PICTURES WE WILL NOT SEE THOSE BACK PICTURES WE SAW IN THE BACK, MR. LEWIS, BECAUSE IT'S AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. SO THIS IS AS FAR AS I WOULD COME IN ON MY INSPECTIONS. AND THIS IS THAT FRONT MOBILE HOME THAT I SAID IT'S NOT AFFECTED. AND THEN THAT AREA BACK THERE IS WHERE THE RED CIRCLE WAS SHOWING THE YARD DEBRIS AND THE APPLIANCES. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL SEE GOING FORWARD. FOR THE MOST PART. FEBRUARY 25TH NOTICE VIOLATION WAS CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 12221 HAPPYVILLE ROAD, YOUNGSTOWN, FLORIDA, 32466, AS LISTED IN BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. THE CERTIFIED MAIL WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL WAS NOT RETURNED. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION. PROPERTY APPRAISER AND THE PROOF OF CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY IS INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT C AND CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE.

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SHE WALKED PROPERTY WITH ME. WE WALKED BACK TO THE BACK. THE RV WAS NOT BEING OCCUPIED. SHE LIVES IN THAT FRONT MOBILE HOME AND THAT THAT I SHOWED YOU THERE WITH HER SON. WE WENT OVER THE VIOLATIONS. SHE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO START WORKING ON THE PROPERTY. I GAVE THEM MY INFORMATION AND TOLD HER TO HAVE A SON TO CALL ME. I DID NOT HEAR ANY MORE COMMUNICATION FROM HIM OR HER. I DID ADD APPLIANCES AND YARD DEBRIS WHEN I WAS THERE THAT DAY AS A VIOLATION. MAY 18TH WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AGAIN. YOU CAN SEE THERE THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE TO THAT AREA. IT'S KIND OF A CLOSE UP PICTURE. YOU CAN SEE IT'S MAYBE IT'S A WASHING MACHINE THERE. IT'S AN APPLIANCE. THE JUNK AND TRASH UTTERED OUT THROUGH THE YARD DEBRIS. AND THEN LOOKING BACK, YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE RV THAT'S NOT OCCUPIED, BUT THEY ARE DERELICT. THERE'S NO TAG ON IT, NO TAG ON THAT CAR. NO PROGRESS WAS NOTED AT THAT TIME.

JUNE 18TH. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ADDITIONAL DERELICT VEHICLE WAS ON THE PROPERTY. THERE'S NO TAG ON THAT AT THE TIME. I DID SPEAK WITH A FEMALE RESIDENT OF THAT MOBILE HOME THERE. SHE DIDN'T IDENTIFY HER NAME AND DISCUSSED THE VIOLATIONS AND SETTING THE HEARING. IT WAS AT THAT POINT, SHE SAID, THAT THEIR INTENTION WAS TO JUST LET THE COUNTY CLEAR THE VIOLATION. THAT'S WHY THERE WAS NO PROGRESS DONE.

THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD BE CAPABLE OF DOING IT. AND SO THEY WERE GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO IT. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT STILL REMAINS AS IT WAS, EXCEPT FOR THAT ADDITIONAL DERELICT VEHICLE. JUNE 22ND, 2026 NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD USING THE ADDRESS 12221 HAPPY VILLE ROAD, YOUNGSTOWN, FLORIDA 32466. IT'S LISTED IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL WAS NOT RETURNED. COPY OF THE NOTICE HEARING PROPERTY APPRAISER ALONG WITH PROOF OF CERTIFIED MAIL DELIVERY IS INTRODUCED. EXHIBIT D, JUNE 23RD. I POSTED A COPY OF THE NOTICE HEARING AT THE PROPERTY. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING AFFIDAVIT ARE INTRODUCED AS EXHIBIT E, OCTOBER 24TH. AN OWNER. AN ENCUMBRANCE REPORT WAS RECEIVED.

THERE'S NO ENCUMBRANCES NOTIFIED. THE COPY OF THE NOTICE WAS POSTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON AUGUST 27TH, AND THOSE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO EXHIBIT F AUGUST 31ST PROPERTY APPRAISER WAS CHECKED. NOTHING HAD CHANGED. THE TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, NO PERMITS WERE OBTAINED. SEPTEMBER 2ND. FINAL INSPECTION FOR THIS HEARING. THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, NO CHANGES OTHER THAN THAT ONE DERELICT VEHICLE WAS GONE. HOWEVER, THEY'RE STILL DERELICT VEHICLES ON THE PROPERTY IN THE BACK, SO NO CHANGES. CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2026 AT 1 P.M. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY AT THIS POINT. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT PARCEL NUMBER 03626-130-000 IS LOCATED 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 AND THEY HAVE FAILED TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING AND THEY HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATORS REGARDING THE VIOLATIONS ON THE PREMISES. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 17 CHAPTER 17 IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOME, AN UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, JUNK TRASH, APPLIANCES, YARD DEBRIS OVERGROWTH AND DERELICT VEHICLES ON THE PREMISES. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS IN WHICH TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY ONE, REMOVING ANY AND ALL JUNK TRASH APPLIANCES, YARD DEBRIS, CUT ALL THE OVERGROWTH AND REMOVE OUR SHELTER IN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE. ALL BUT ONE DERELICT VEHICLE. PROPERLY STORE OR REMOVE ALL UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. ADDRESS THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURES

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THE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT REQUIRES THE USE OF MATERIALS AND DESIGN EQUIVALENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION, PLUMBING REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT SHALL REQUIRE THE USE OF MATERIALS AND OR DESIGN EQUIVALENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION. REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE BY SOMEONE DESIGNATED AS DEFINED IN FLORIDA STATUTE 320 .8245 PER M FOUR. GOT TO SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN TO INCLUDE TIME FRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE STRUCTURE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, ALL REQUIRED PERMITS AND MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS, ENGINEERING PLANS AND BLUEPRINTS HAVE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE PERMITS WILL ISSUE. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY BAY COUNTY BUILDER SERVICES STAFF OR DESIGNEE. REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND OR THE STRUCTURAL REPORT, AND BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED AND PERMITS FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DEEMED COMPLETE.

IF AT ANY TIME, THE REQUIRED PERMITS UNDER THIS ORDER EXPIRE OR BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON, IT SHALL BE DEEMED DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. REPAIR THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. SUBMIT A COMPLETE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THAT WILL INCLUDE A FULL STRUCTURAL REPORT AND A SET OF STRUCTURAL REPAIR DRAWINGS FROM A FLORIDA LICENSED AND REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN TO INCLUDING TIME FRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE STRUCTURES TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. ALL REQUIRED PERMITS, ENGINEERING PLANS, ETC. HAVE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE ANY PERMITS WILL ISSUE THE PERMIT. INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY BUILDER SERVICES OR A DESIGNEE, AND THE REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED AND PERMITS FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DEEMED COMPLETE, IF AT ANY TIME, ANY OF THE PERMITS REQUIRED UNDER THIS ORDER EXPIRE OR BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON, IT WILL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. IT'S THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT AND INFORM, INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, A FINE OF $1,000 WILL BE IMPOSED. THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, AND NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF THE RESPONDENT GETS A DEMO OR A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET FORTH, AND THEN HAS IT EXPIRE, BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON THAT WILL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER AND SUBJECT THEM TO ADDITIONAL ISSUE SANCTIONS IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH OR AFTER A 30 DAY PERIOD, IT MAY BECOME THE SUBJECT OF A COUNTY ABATEMENT ACTION. OKAY, LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 5414 MERRITT BROWN DRIVE. THIS IS A HEARING FOR A REPEAT VIOLATION OF OVERGROWTH. PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THIS FIRST MAP. WE HAVE MERRITT BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE. HIGHWAY 231 AND CLOSER UP AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. THE NOVEMBER 19TH,

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THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION OF THE PROPERTY WAS THEN POSTED AND A COPY WAS POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT'S WEBSITE. THOSE ARE CONTAINED. AFFIDAVITS ARE CONTAINED IN THIS FILE. ON SEPTEMBER THE 1ST, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER INDICATED THAT THE PROPERTY HAS NOT CHANGED OWNERSHIP AND THE TAX COLLECTOR DATABASE HAS SHOWED THE TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL. SEPTEMBER THE 8TH REINSPECTED THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THERE HAS BEEN NO CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATION FROM THE RESPONDENT. ALTHOUGH THE SIGN WAS REMOVED FROM THE DRIVEWAY THERE WHERE IT WAS POSTED. THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING OCTOBER THE 15TH AT 1 P.M. HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. OKAY. IS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT ANYBODY LIVES IN THE HOUSE? I MEAN, YOU EVER SEE ANY FROM FROM THE FIRST CASE THAT WE HAD, IT WAS JUST IN NOVEMBER. THE GENTLEMAN DOES LIVE THERE. OBVIOUSLY. HE HE REMOVED THE THE THE NOTICE THERE FROM THE FRONT YARD. I'VE TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM EVEN PREVIOUS CASES CASE THEY HE DOESN'T ANSWER THE DOOR. I WAS GETTING AT. WE WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDICATION IT'S A MILITARY PERSON OVERSEAS OR ANYTHING. NO, NO, NO. THIS ELDERLY GENTLEMAN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DO REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WHEN WE MOW THE GRASS THIS LAST TIME, HE DID COME OUT OF THE HOUSE. OH. SO.

YEAH, YEAH. HE'S THERE. I MEAN, EVERYTHING INDICATES HE'S HERE. HE JUST DOESN'T CUT THE GRASS ANYMORE. THE NEIGHBORS TRIED TO HELP HIM OUT, HONESTLY, AND I THINK HE GOT A LITTLE FUSSY WITH THEM. AND SO THEY QUIT TRYING TO CUT HIS GRASS FOR HIM. I'LL LEAVE. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD IN THE EXHIBITS, I'VE SEEN THE FORM PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 5414 MERRITT BROWN ROAD, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE. NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. AND HE HAS FAILED TO ATTEND. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT HE RESIDES IN THE PREMISES BASED ON TESTIMONY FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT. THE INSTANT CASE IS A REPEAT VIOLATION, AND I SPECIFICALLY FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT IS IN FACT A REPEAT VIOLATOR BASED ON THE PRIOR INSTANCE, THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 172 IN THE FORM OF OVERGROWTH ON THE PREMISES. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF FIVE DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ALL OF THE OVERGROWN GRASS, WEEDS, ETC. EITHER BY CUTTING OR REMOVING THEM. 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 COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES AND ORDINANCES, REGULATIONS, ETC. WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $300 AND A DAILY FINE OF $50

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YEAH. LET'S THOSE NEIGHBORS, I'M SURE THEY GOT RATS AND EVERYTHING IN THAT YARD. SO I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULD APPRECIATE IT. BUT YEAH PRE-BID IT PRIOR TO THE YEAH THANK YOU. THAT SHOULD BE IT FOR THE MORNING. YOU'RE KIDDING.

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