Aug 25, 2020 Special Magistrate Hearing

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> AS OF THIS MORNING YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO IN WHICH TO BE HEARD.

YOU ALSO MIGHT BE HERE FOR A PARKING CITATION. BUT ANYWAY, I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS I WANT TO GO OVER WITH YOU. NUMBER ONE, WE'RE BEING TE TELE TELEVISED. WHEN YOU COME UP AND SPEAK INTO THE MIC YOU ARE BEING TELEVISED, SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT. ALSO, IS THERE ANYONE IN HERE THAT NEEDS AN INTERPRETER. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WAIT, YOU NEED AN INTER INTERPRETER, SIR? DO WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN INTERPRET

DO. >>> IF YOU DON'T MIND PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF

[A. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO DEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES]

JUSTICE FOR ALL >> CITY EMPLOYEES, SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR JOB OCCUPATION,

EVERYBODY ELSE CAN SAY THEIR NAMES. >> I THINK IT MIGHT BE MORE EFFICIENT IF WE HAVE THE CITY EMPLOYEES SAY THEIR NAME IN JOB PLACEMENT.

STILL SUFFICIENT, AS LONG AS THEY LET US KNOW AT THE PODIUM IF THEY HAVE BEEN SWORN THIS

MORNING, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE >> MAGISTRATE: THAT'S OKAY WITH

ME. >> BUILDING COORDINATOR. >>> PAUL JULIN BUILDING

INSPECTOR. >>> EDWARD SMITH BUILDING INSPECTOR.

>> >> MAGISTRATE: WE'LL CALL YOUR CASES SHORTLY.

FIRST CASE, MADAM CLERK >> OUR FIRST CASE IS 6F. THE CASE NUMBER IS 19-23 AND

[D. 19-1470 428 N 20th Street Randolph, Curtis Shaun Coss]

CU CURTIS RANDOLPH IS THE OWNER >> GOOD MORNING, MAGISTRATE

>> THIS IS CASE 428 NORTH 20TH STREET. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY CURTIS RANDOLPH. FORT PIERCE FLORIDA, 34951. THE VIOLATIONS AT THE PROPERTY ARE THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ROOFS AND DRAINAGE.

305.3 INTERIOR SURFACE, WALKING SURFACES, 604.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS.

THIS MATTER ORIGINALLY CAME BEFORE OCTOBER 14TH, 2019, IN WHICH YOU PROVIDED THE PROPERY OWNER TIME TO SUPPLY. OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY. ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2019, A 90-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME WAS GRANTED. ON MARCH 30TH, 2020, A PERMIT HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED, THE VIOLATIONS HAD NOT BEEN CURED AND THE FINES BEGAN. THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH, I BELIEVE, FOR THE FIRST MASSEY HEARING, AT THAT TIME WE STOPPED THE FINES TO ALLOW ATTORNEY RANDOLPH ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMPLY. I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH MR. RANDOLPH YESTERDAY, HE'S STILL HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH HIS CONTRACTOR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO

PUT THOSE ISSUES ON RECORD AND WE'LL CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION. >> MAGISTRATE: YOUR RESPONSE,

COUNSELOR. >> BASICALLY JUST ASK FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION.

I THOUGHT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT SHUFFLED AROUND TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS.

PROBABLY ANOTHER 60 DAYS AND I SHOULD HAVE IT ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF

>> ATTORNEY RANDOLPH, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS HAVING WITH OBTAINING PERMITS

HERE? >> ONE IS, I GUESS, A COUNTY COMMISSIONER SAID HE WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING LAST WEEK AFTER TUESDAY IN SOME KIND OF WAY, HE AND I WAS ON THE

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>> THANK YOU. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS A FINAL 60-DAY EXTENSION. IF AT THAT TIME IF A PERMIT IS NOT OBTAINED WITHIN 60 DAYS THAT

THE FINES WOULD BE RESTARTED AND A LIEN WOULD BE IMPOSED. >> MAGISTRATE: IS THAT FINE WITH

YOU, MR. RANDOLPH? >> THAT'S OKAY. >> MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE

POSITIONS OF THE PARTIES, I'LL EXTEND IT ANOTHER 60 DAYS. >> I HAVE ONE OTHER PIECE.

[F. 19-2386 1604 N 18th Street Randolph, Tommie & Curtis Shaun Coss]

>> MAGISTRATE: YES. >> THAT IS CASE 6F KAES-19-2386, 1604 NORTH 18TH STREET.

TOMMIE AND CURTIS RANDOLPH ARE THE OWNERS >> NORTH 18TH STREET AND THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY TOMMIE RANDOM OF AND CURTIS RANDOLPH OF 1712.

THE VIOLATIONS AT THE PROPERTY ARE THE 304.7 ROOFS AND DRAINAGE.

305.3 INTERIOR SURFACES, 304 -- 605.2 ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES AND 5.1 PERMIT REQUIRED.

THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU NOVEMBER 21ST, 2019, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE A VIOLATION WAS ORDERED. ON JANUARY 9TH, 2020, A 90-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME WAS GRANTED.

ON APRIL 28TH, 2020, PERMITS HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED AND THE VIOLATIONS WERE NOT CLEARED AND THE FINES BEGAN. THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU FOR A MASSEY HEARING LAST MONTH, AT THE TIME WE STOPPED THE FINES TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO BRING THIS PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. ATTORNEY RANDOLPH PREVIOUSLY STATED ON THE RECORD FOR A PRIOR CASE, HE'S HAVING THE SAME CONTRACTOR ISSUES WITH THIS PROPERTY AS WELL.

IF HE'S IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND FINAL 60-DAY EXTENSION, AND AT THE END OF THAT EXTENSION IF A PERMIT HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED, THAT THE FINES WOULD BE RESTARTED AND

THAT A LIEN BE IMPOSED. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. MR. RANDOLPH

>> THAT'S OKAY, JUDGE. >> MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, I

WILL GRANT AN ADDITIONAL 60-DAY EXTENSION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK TO YOU >> THANK YOU

[B. 19-89 2911 Okeechobee Road ID 2911 LLC Shaun Coss]

>> NEXT CASE IS 7-B CASE NUMBER 19-89. 2911 OKEECHOBEE ROAD.

ID2911 LLC IS THE MATTER >> THIS IS THE CASE THAT WE'LL HAVE THE INTERPRETER FOR.

>> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. >> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING,

SIR. >> BEFORE WE PROCEED, WAS MR. SALCATO SWORN.

ISAAC, PLEASE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

DO YOU SWEAR ACCURATELY SPANISH LANGUAGE INTO ENGLISH AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INTO SPANISH?

>> YES. >> MAGISTRATE: WHEN YOU'RE READY.

>> THIS IS CASE 19-89 FOR 2911 OEECHOBEE ROAD. OWNED BY ID2911 LLC.

THE VIOLATIONS WERE 5-1 PERMIT REQUIRED. THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU JUNE 19TH, 2019. IN AN ORDER DETERMINING VIOLATION WAS ENTERED.

A 90-DAY EXTENSION IN TIME WAS GRANTED ON AUGUST 1ST, 2019. AN AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 26TH, 2019, WHEN A PERMIT HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED AND THE VIOLATIONS WERE NOT CURED. AN ORDER ASSESSING FINE AND IMPOSING LIEN WAS RECORDED

JUNE 2ND, 2020, >> NUMBER 5, RIGHT? >> I'M READING THIS ONE HERE.

ORDER ASSESSING FINE AND LIEN WAS RECORDED ON JUNE 2ND, 2020, >> YES.

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APPLIED FOR >> THAT'S CORRECT. IN DECEMBER 2019 THE PERMIT WAS APPLIED FOR. A FINAL INSPECTION ON JULY 21ST, 2020, WHICH IS WHEN THE CASE WAS COMPLIED AND THE FINES WERE STOPPED. STAFF HAS CALCULATED THE ADMINISTRATIVE 1,742.92. THERE ARE 17 CRITERIA TO CONSIDER IN THE 1,742.92.

THERE ARE 17 CRITERIA TO CONSIDEC 1,742.92. THERE ARE 17 CRITERIA TO CONSIDER IN THE REDUCTION OF OSTOSOSTHIS OFOSOSOSTSTTH THIS LIEN. ANY AND ALL ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE VIOLATOR TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION. THE TENANT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORK, DID NOT RECEIVE THE VIOLATION NOTICE AND THE PROPERTY OWNER DID OBTAIN PERMITS FOR THE WORK DONE AND RECEIVED THE NECESSARY INSPECTIONS. IF THE VIOLATIONS WERE NOT CORRECTED BY THE ORIGINAL VIOLATOR WHAT ACTION WAS TAKEN BY ANY OTHER ORDER OR INTERESTED PARTY TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE. THE TENANT OBTAINED THE NECESSARY PERMITTING. THE LENGTH OF TIME NECESSARY TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WAS ONE YEAR, SIX MONTHS. THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE VIOLATOR WAS PREVIOUSLY FOUND IN VIOLATION BY EITHER THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE OR OTHER QUASI JUDICIAL PROCESS. AS WELL AS THE NATURE AND FINAL DISPOSITION OF EACH NOTICE WAS 17. ALL ARE COMPLIED.

WHETHER TO WHAT EXTENT THERE ARE ANY EXTENUATING FACTORS PREVENTING TIMELY COMPLIANCE SUCH AS UNAVOIDABLE PERSONAL HARDSHIP. THE OWNER STATED THAT HE DID NOT RECEIVE THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION, WHICH IN PART CONTRIBUTED TO THE DELAY OF COMPLY IN THIS CASE.

WHETHER TO WHAT EXTENT THERE ARE PENDING VIOLATION PROCEDURES ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT AND THERE ARE NONE.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> THE RESPONDENT HAS MADE AN OFFER TO REDUCE THIS LIEN TO $2,000. STAFF IS AGREEABLE TO THIS RECOMMENDATION AND RECOMMENDS THAT UPON APPROVAL BY THE CITY COMMISSION THAT THIS LIEN BE REDUCED TO $2,000 PAYABLE WITHIN SIX MONTHS. OTHERWISE THE LIEN WOULD REFER BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF

23,840 DOLLARS. SIR, YOUR NAME? >> DILSON.

>> MAGISTRATE: ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE'S RECOMMENDATION?

>> YES. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. THEN BASED UPON A STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES, I WILL REDUCE THE LIEN TO $2,000 PAYABLE WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

IF IT IS NOT PAID WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS, THEN IT WILL REVERT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WHICH IS 23,840 DOLLARS. AND FINALLY, MY DECISION HERE HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND SO STAFF WILL GIVE YOU A DATE WHEN YOU CAN APPEAR BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION IF YOU WANT TO. IF NOT, YOU CAN JUST SAY WE AGREED TO THIS AND THAT'S IT.

BUT THEY DO HAVE A FINAL SAY SO IN A REDUCTION OF THIS SIZE: >> YOU HAVE TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT

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HE DOES, BECAUSE REMEMBER, I DON'T UNDERSTAND >>I UNDERSTAND.

I'M JUST EXPLAINING TO HIM EVERYTHING HE JUST SAID >> I JUST WANT TO BE SURE BECAUSE AT A HEARING NOT SO LONG AGO, WE HAD TO REDO AN ENTIRE HEARING, SO $200 -- $2,000 WAS APPROVED. STATING WHEN THE NEXT HEARING WILL BE WITH THE CITY COMMISSION. THEN IF HE WANTS TO SHOW UP THAT DAY, HE CAN COME AND THAT THE CITY COMMISSION HAS THE FINAL SAY.

>> MAGISTRATE: RIGHT. >> WHAT I'M ABOUT TO EXPLAIN TO HIM.

>> MAGISTRATE: JUST ASK HIM IF HE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING FURTHER THAN GOOD LUCK. MADAM CLERK, CALL THE NEXT CASE. THANK YOU.

[K. 20-303 2715 S 16th Street Escalera, Luis Ed Smith]

>> THE NEXT CASE IS 5K 20-303. SOUTH 16TH STREET. LUIS ESCALERA IS THE OWNER.

>> MAGISTRATE: WHEN YOU'RE READY.P>> 2715 SOUTH 16TH. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING, MR. SMITH. I'VE MISSED YOU

>> YEAH, I'VE BEEN GONE. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> MAGISTRATE: WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> THIS IS FOR CASE NUMBER 20-303 2715 SOUTH 16TH STREET. OWNER IS LUIS ESCALERA. THE CASE INITIATED IN JANUARY 27, 2020. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS LUIS ESCALERA, WHO HE DWELLS ALSO AT 2715 SOUTH 16TH STREET FOR ORDER 34982. THE VIOLATION IS A PERMIT

REQUIRED, AND WE HAVE SOME PICTURES HERE TO SUBMIT. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

>> SO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE PICTURES IN AS CITY'S COMPOSITE 1.

I DON'T BELIEVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE INDIVIDUALLY LABELED, BUT IF WE NEED TO TALK SPECIFICALLY

ABOUT A PHOTOGRAPH, I SUPPOSE WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. >> MAGISTRATE: YOU CAN GO AHEAD

AND LABEL THEM, IT IS YOUR EXHIBIT, SO -- >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

>> MAGISTRATE: YES. >> AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PICTURE, FROM THE ROAD, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PATIO HAD BEEN REDONE, AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE RECORDS, THERE WERE NO PERMIT PULLED FOR THE PATIO. SO THERE'S A SIDE VIEW OF NEW WOOD TRUSSES COMING OFF OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. AND YEAH, THERE WAS -- SO THAT -- THERE WAS A PICTURE OF THE OLD EXISTING STRUCTURE WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAD ROD IRON BEAMS COMING DOWN.

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>> MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. AND SIR, WERE YOU SWORN?

>> I DON'T THINK SO, I'M NOT SURE? >> AT THE BEGINNING, YES

>> YES, THEN. >> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE

ALLEGATIONS? >> SO I TRIED TO GET A PERMIT FOR IT, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT I NEEDED TO GET BLUEPRINTS FOR IT AND GET A CONTRACTOR. SO I TRIED TO GET A PERMIT, BUT WITH THE -- TO GET THE BLUEPRINTS I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO ACTUALLY GET THE CONTRACTOR, THEY WERE CHARGING ME LIKE FOUR OR $5,000 TO GET IT.

I'M WORKING PART-TIME, AND GOING TO SCHOOL AS WELL. IF I HAD THE MONEY I WOULD HAVE PULLED IT ALREADY, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PULL -- TO GET THE BLUEPRINT.

I'M WORKING WITH A FRIEND, HE'S LIKE A SUBCONTRACTOR, TO SEE IF HE CAN GIVE ME A LOWER PRICE FOR THE BLUEPRINTS, I NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO COLLECT THE MONEY TO GET THE BLUEPRINT TO PULL THE

PERMIT. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. AND HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED?

>> I'M NOT REALLY SURE. I'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY -- I'M TRYING TO SEE IF I CAN GET A PERSONAL LOAN OR A LOAN TO KIND OF PAY FOR THE BLUEPRINTS AND FROM THERE GO FROM THERE, I'M NOT SURE IF 60 DAYS WILL BE ENOUGH. AN EXTENSION WOULD HELP.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER? AND YOU SAY YOU WORK PART-TIME?

>> YEAH, I'M GOING TO SCHOOL AS WELL RIGHT NOW. >> MAGISTRATE: AND YOU'RE IN

SCHOOL? >> UH-HUH? >> MAGISTRATE: WHERE ARE YOU IN

SCHOOL? >> I'M GOING TO THE TRADE SCHOOL OF WELDING?

>> I HAD TO MISS CLASS TO COME HERE. >> MAGISTRATE: YOU COULD HAVE CALLED IN IF IT IS DIFFICULT, I DON'T WANT YOU MISSING CLASS TO COME IN HERE.

I'LL GIVE YOU 90 DAYS TO TRY AND GET THE PERMIT >> THANK YOU.

>> MAGISTRATE: LET ME -- I WANT TO CONTINUE THIS FOR 90 DAYS. LET'S PUT THIS ON MY 90-DAY CALENDAR, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU LOSING TIME FROM WORK, SCHOOL OR WHATEVER.

WITHIN THAT 90-DAY PERIOD, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY TO DO SOME PRINTS FOR YOU AND STAY IN TOUCH WITH MR. SMITH, HE'LL WORK WITH YOU, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET YOU GOING RIGHT HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU

>> THANK YOU. >> MAGISTRATE: YOU'RE WELCOME. >> THE NEXT CASE IS 5P 909

[P. 20-351 909 Avenue I Spears, Albert Cris Bossano]

AVENUE I, ALBERT SPEARS IS THE OWNER >> GOOD MORNING.

>> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. >> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> MAGISTRATE: WHEN YOU'RE READY.

>> I'M READY, GO AHEAD >> WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE CASE NUMBER 20 351 909 AVENUE I.

THE CASE IS INITIATED MARCH 11, 2020. THE OWNER IS ALBERT SPEARS.

FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 3498-950. THE VIOLATION WAS THE PERMIT REQUIRED.

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REQUIRING A PERMIT OR FINED $100 PER DAY. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK?

>> YES, YOU CAN REPEAT THAT, DID YOU SAY AVENUE E, OR AVENUE I. >> MAGISTRATE: IT IS I.

THERE MAY BE A LITTLE LANGUAGE HERE, BUT IT IS AVENUE I >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT

YOU'RE SAYING. >> MAGISTRATE: MA'AM, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

IT IS AVENUE I. ALL RIGHT? >> UH-HUH?

>> MAGISTRATE: THE CORRECTIVE ACTION NEEDED OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR BUILDING, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL WORK BEING DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT. THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY IS ASKING ME TO DO IS TO FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS, GIVE YOU 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS AND KILL ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR $100 A DAY MAY BE ASSESSED AGAINST YOU

>> ELECTRICAL WIRING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GETTING THEIR IDEAS FROM ELECTRICAL WIRINGS OR ANYTHING. THE ONLY THING WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THE TRASH PILE, ELECTRICAL WIRINGS OR SOMETHING, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SIR?

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, IF I MAY INTERCEDE? >> MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU.

>> THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS PUBLISHED ON THE SCREEN. IF WE COULD ADMIT THE PAPER COPIES INTO EVIDENCE AND ALSO GIVE THE RESPONDENTS A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM BEFOREHAND.

IF YOU COULD LET THEM LOOK AT THE PHOTOS, MR. JULIN. SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU JUST LOOK AT THEM AT THIS TIME AND ONCE THEY ARE IN EVIDENCE, YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE PICTURES, MA'AM. SO IN THE MEANTIME, MAY I INQUIRE?

>> MAGISTRATE: YES. >> THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE -- THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE

RESPONDENTS, DID YOU TAKE THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS? >> YES.

WELL, I WAS THERE FOR A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR THE CITY TO DO -- TO REPAIR THE HOUSE.

>> MAGISTRATE: YES. >> SO WHEN I WAS OVERTHERE, I SAW THE HOUSE.

BECAUSE WE TRIED TO MAKE BETTER TODAY, CONSTRUCTION TO REPAIR THE HOUSE.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> WHEN I WAS OVER THERE, I TOOK THE PICTURE, BECAUSE I FIND A PILE OF DEBRIS IN THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF STUFF AND THERE WERE

ELECTRICAL WIRES, OLD WIRES >> OKAY. I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU FOR A SECOND. I WANT TO GO IN ORDER. YOU SAID YOU TOOK THE

PHOTOGRAPHS, CORRECT? >> YES >> DO THEY FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY

DEPICT WHAT YOU SAW THAT DAY? >> YES? >> I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HOLD ON ONE SECOND. SO I THINK WE HAVE LAID A FOUNDATION AT THIS POINT AT THIS POINT THE CITY IS GOING TO MOVE TO ADMIT THE CITY'S COMPOSITE ONE AND I WILL LABEL THEM

SEPARATELY. >> MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. >> NOW THAT THEY ARE IN EVIDENCE, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE GO THROUGH ONE BY ONE AND YOU CAN

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TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW. >> MAGISTRATE: BEFORE YOU DO THAT, DID YOU ALL LOOK AT THE

PHOTOGRAPHS? >> YES. >> MAGISTRATE: GOOD.

ONE BY ONE NOW >> THE FIRST PICTURE IS THE ADDRESS OF WHERE THE PLACE WAS.

THE HOUSE WAS SITUATED. THE SECOND PICTURE I CAN SEE IS THE HOUSE HAS COVERED ALL OF THE

WINDOWS FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT >> REPEAT THAT AGAIN

>> THE WINDOWS WERE COVERED >> CAN I SAY SOMETHING ON THAT? >> MAGISTRATE: WHEN HE FINISHES,

YOU'LL GET YOUR TURN. >> THE THIRD PICTURES IS WHEN WE ARE WITH THE PERSON FROM THE SPECIAL PROGRAM. THEY ASKED THE CITY TO REPAIR THE HOUSE.

WE WAS LOOKING TO TRY TO SEE. THERE WAS ALREADY SOME WORK IN THERE.

THE FOUR PICTURE, THEY HAVE IT NEXT TO THE HOUSE. THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

THEY HAVE ELECTRIC DRYWALL, THE BATHROOM AND EVERYTHING WAS IN THERE.

THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO GET ALL OF THE PICTURES, AND WHEN THEY COME, I ASK TO SEE IF WE CAN GET INSIDE THE HOUSE. THEY REFUSED TO GET INSIDE THE HOUSE TO TAKE THE PICTURES.

SO IN THAT CASE, I HAVE TO GIVE IT -- BECAUSE IT WAS WORKING WITH THE PERMIT.

A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, THEY GO TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THEY TRIED TO GET THEIR OWN PERMIT, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S NO -- NOBODY LIVE THERE, IT IS NOT ANOTHER PROPERTY, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. AND THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO

GET IT, BUT THEY NEVER COME. >> MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING ELSE? >> THAT'S IT.

>> MAGISTRATE: NOW, WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FIRST? AND STATE YOUR NAME

>> MY NAME IS CATHERINE SPEARS. I'M ALBERT'S DAUGHTER. AND HE SAID THAT THE DEBRIS ON THE OUTSIDE, ELECTRIC WIRES, THERE WAS NO ELECTRIC WIRES FROM THE TRASH PILE.

WE WAS CLEANING UP MY DAD'S HOUSE. THE CITY KEEP PUTTING US OFF SAYING THEY WERE COMING TO DO IT. WE HAD SEVERAL DOING HIS HOUSE, BUT THEY NEVER SHOWED UP. THEY SAY THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS.

THEN THEY -- THEN A COUPLE COME UP. THEY COME UP.

THEY SAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE NO FUNDS FOR MY DAD TO FIX THE HOUSE.

THEY CAME OUT THERE AND THEY DID A SURVEY AND EVERYTHING. THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE NO MORE FUNDS. AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE HOUSE THAT SITS THERE.

HE WAS 97 YEARS OLD WHEN HE PASSED. THAT, WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, ELECTRIC WIRES AND STUFF, NO, WE DID NO ELECTRIC WIRES. YOU CAN LOOK ON THE PICTURES AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY ELECTRIC WIRES. WE WERE CLEANING UP. CLEANING UP THE HOUSE AND MOVING OLD BOARDS AND STUFF OUT WHERE WE COULD FIX IT OURSELVES. SO WE'RE NOT SEEING THE TRUCK IN THE YARD AND THE GIRL COME DOWN ON THE 3RD OF MARCH. AND HE SAID THAT WE WAS DOING

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AS ME AND MY DAD AND MY DAUGHTER WAS UP HERE GET A PERMIT. AND WE HAD GOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND WE HAD TO GO TO THE COUNSELOR UP THERE TO GET -- TO THE COURTHOUSE, THEY TAKE THE PAPER THERE. THE ORDER FOR THEM TO PUT IT IN THE FILE.

AND WHILE WE CAME BACK, HE CALLED UP THE TELLER, NO, DON'T GIVE HER NO PERMIT.

HE CALLED THEM ON THE 3RD OF MARCH. SO WHEN WE CAME BACK UP THERE, HE SAID PERMIT. THEY SAY WE DON'T HAVE NO KIND OF VIOLATION ON THE HOUSE OR ANYTHING. AND WHEN WE CAME BACK. HE CALLED AND TOLD HER DON'T GET HER NO PERMIT. HE CALLED AHEAD AND TOLD HER DON'T GET HER NO PERMIT.

THAT WAS ON THE 3RD. THAT WAS ON THE 3RD. THEY CAME IN ON THE 3RD OF

MARCH. >> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. HOLD ON

>> WE HAD BEEN STARTED WORKING, CLEANING UP THE HOUSE. WE HAD CLEAN UP WHAT WE WANTED

TO CLEAN UP IN THE HOUSE. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> NOW, BY DOING --

>> MAGISTRATE: SO YOU ALL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET A PERMIT ON THE HOUSE, BECAUSE THE CITY PUT

IN THE DO NOT GIVE THEM A PERMIT. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> AND SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT, WHEN THE RESPONDENT IS FINISHED I JUST ASK THAT THE STAFF HAD A CHANCE TO COMMENT IF THERE'S

ANYTHING TO ADD >> THERE WAS NO PLUMBING OR WIRING AT ALL.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HOLD ON.

GO AHEAD. WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? >> MY NAME IS ELLA.

>> MAGISTRATE: AND YOURS? >> CATHERINE. >> MAGISTRATE: CATHERINE SPEARS,

OKAY. >> WITH ALL OF THIS PANDEMIC STUFF AND THIS COVID-19 AND EVERYTHING COME OUT, THAT WE COULD NOT GO BACK IN TO GET A PERMIT, BECAUSE THE CITY WAS CLOSED. EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED DOWN. EVERYTHING WAS SHUTDOWN, SO WE

COULD NOT GET A PERMIT. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> THEY HAD CLOSED EVERYTHING DOWN AND I'M SURPRISED THAT WE COME IN HERE NOW. THAT YOU ALL LET EVERYBODY IN.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. HOLD ON. MR. COSS

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I CAN PROVIDE SOME CLARITY. SO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN OPEN THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME IN AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT.

THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD BACK WHEN YOU INITIALLY APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT.

PRIMARILY TWO ISSUES. ONE, WE CAN NOT ISSUE AN OWNER/BUILDER PERMIT TO SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT OWN AND OCCUPY THE STRUCTURE OR PLAN ON OCCUPYING THE STRUCTURE ONCE ALL OF THE WORK IS COMPLETED FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS. SO IT IS UNDERSTANDING THEN THAT

MR. SPEARS HAS PASSED AWAY; IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES

>> OKAY. SO UNTIL THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAS CHANGED TO ONE OF YOU, IF YOU PLAN ON LIVING IN THE HOUSE ONCE THE WORK IS DONE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GRANT AN OWNER BUILDER PERMIT AT THAT TIME. BUT UNTIL THAT'S BEEN DONE, WE CAN NOT DO THAT.

THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED NUMEROUS INSPECTIONS OF THE PROPERTY TO DETERMINE THE PROPER SCOPE OF WORK. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE DOES GIVE US AUTHORITY TO REQUEST A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION WHEN THE WORK HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

I UNDERSTAND THAT CHRIS HAS HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH YOU THAT YOU STATE THAT ELECTRIC WORK HAS NOT BEEN DONE. CHRIS FEELS IT HAS BEEN DONE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE REQUESTED AN INSPECTION OF THE INTERIOR OF THIS PROPERTY. SO IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A PERMIT AS OF TODAY, WE WOULD NEED TWO THINGS. ONE, A CONTRACTOR; AND TWO, AN INSPECTION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY TO DETERMINE THE PROPER SCOPE OF WORK

>> SIR, DID YOU SENT OUT A LETTER ASKING TO COME IN, DID >> NO, MA'AM? NYTHING?-

>> HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT SAYING THAT YOU ASKED TO COME IN, IF YOU SENT OUT NO LETTER AT ALL TO

DO AN INSPECTION? >> CRIS, YOU HAVE ASKED FOR AN INSPECTION OF THE HOME?

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>> WHEN THEY ASKED FOR THE PERMITS, WE ASKED TO GET INSIDE THE HOUSE AND THEY REFUSED?

>> OKAY. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, YOU DENIED FOR THEM TO GET A PERMIT WHILE MR. SPEARS WAS ALIVE. SO THERE WAS NO REASON WHY YOU DENIED HIM A PERMIT.

A 97-YEAR-OLD MAN CAME THERE ASKING FOR A PERMIT. >> MAGISTRATE: WELL, LET'S SEE WHERE WE CAN GO TO MOVE FORWARD. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOME THINGS WERE NOT DONE, OKAY? SO LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN GET THINGS MOVING FORWARD. NOW, IS ANYBODY ELSE'S NAME ON

THAT PROPERTY OTHER THAN THE LATE MR. SPEARS? >> SEVEN NAMES.

>> MAGISTRATE: SEVEN NAMES. >> ON THE PROPERTY. >> MAGISTRATE: AND MS. CATHERINE

IS YOUR NAME ON IT. >> (NODS HEAD). >> MAGISTRATE: WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM IF YOUR NAME IS ON THE PROPERTY. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS, YOU GOT TO WORK WITH THE CITY, BECAUSE THEY WILL GUIDE YOU. I'M SORRY TO HEAR THEY HAVE RAN OUT OF FUNDS, BUT THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE WITH THESE PROGRAMS. ESPECIALLY NOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE APPLYING, IT IS SORT OF LIKE A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. THE YOUNG MAN IN THE BACK, WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

>> FREDERICK. >> MAGISTRATE: FREDERICK? >> SPEARS?

>> MAGISTRATE: HOW ARE YOU RELATED TO THE PARTIES? >> I WAS THE ONE CLEANING OUT THE HOUSE. I DID STOP TO LET THEM KNOW. HE COULDN'T GET IN BECAUSE I HAD THE KEY AND I WASN'T IN TOWN. SO THAT WAS DENY FAULT THAT HE COULDN'T GET IN, BECAUSE I HAD

THE KEY. >> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. SO DO WE START BACK AT SQUARE ONE? YOU ALL GET TOGETHER, SHOW SOME OWNERSHIP TO THE CITY SO THAT THE PERMITS CAN BE PULLED, YOU GOT TO GET A CONTRACTOR. AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO WISH YOU GOOD LUCK, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH DAMAGE FROM NOT ONLY THE YEARS OF THE HURRICANES, BUT PEOPLE TRYING TO REPAIR HOUSES. MAKE SURE YOU TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU NEED. AND THEY CAN DO IT, BECAUSE I

HEAR ALL SORTS OF STORIES IN HERE EVERY MONTH, OKAY? >> OKAY.

SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THIS. IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT I WANT YOU ALL DO IS GET WITH CRIS AND SEE WHAT YOU NEED TO PULL THAT PERMIT. AND TRY AND FIND A CONTRACTOR.

OKAY? YES >> WE ARE WAITING ON REBUILD

FORIDA, THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS TO DO THE WORK AS WELL. >> MAGISTRATE: JUST GET WITH THE CITY, GET IT GOING. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS STARTED. SO THERE'S NO REASON TO STOP NOW. AND YOUNG MAN, THANK YOU FOR COMING

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> MAGISTRATE: JUST REALLY WORK WITH THE CITY.

BECAUSE ONCE YOU PULL A PERMIT, YOU'VE GOT 180 DAYS TO GET THE WORK DONE.

IF YOU RUN INTO PROBLEMS, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS LET THE CITY KNOW.

THEY WILL WORK WITH YOU >> OKAY. >> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK. GO AHEAD.

IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION, NOW IS THE TIME >> $75, AND $10 I PAID TO THE COURTHOUSE FOR THEM TO TRACE IT. SO DO I GO BACK TO GET AN APPOINTMENT.

>> MAGISTRATE: YOU'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON THAT. MAYBE MR. COSS CAN EXPLAIN TO

YOU WHAT YOU NEED DO, HE'S THE MANAGER >> THOSE FEES WILL APPLY TO WHATEVER PERMIT YOU'RE GOING TO GET. YO YO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPLY. OFF THE RECORD IF YOU COULD

LEAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER WITH ELIZABETH >> MY PHONE NUMBER?

>> IF YOU COULD LEAVE IT WITH ELIZABETH. >> MAGISTRATE: YES, OVER HERE,

TO YOUR LEFT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> MAGISTRATE: YOU'RE WELCOME. >> NEXT CASE, MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY

[T. 20-585 201 Dixieland Dr Nunez, Lourdes Ed Smith]

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>> THE NEXT CASE IS 5T, 20-585, 201 DIXIELAND DRIVE. >> MAGISTRATE: WHEN YOU'RE

READY, MR. SMITH. >> GOOD MORNING. >> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING.

THE CASE NUMBER IS 20-585, 201 DIXIELAND DRIVE. OWNER IS LOURDES NUNEZ.

THE CASE WAS INITIATED FEBRUARY 27, 2020, THE OWNER, MRS. LOURDES NUNEZ, 450 NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY UNIT 710, WANTON BEACH, FLORIDA, 33435. THE VIOLATION IS 5-1.105.1.

PERMIT REQUIRED. AND THE IPMC 304.13.2. WINDOWS.

AND I HAVE PHOTOS HERE TO SUBMIT >> CAN WE SHOW THEM TO THE RESPONDENT FIRST, PLEASE?

>> (INDICATING). >> OKAY. >> CAN YOU GRAB THE EXHIBITS

PLEASE, THANK YOU? >> CITY'S COMPOSITE ONE >> THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE PICTURES, MR. SMITH?

>> YES, WE WERE CALLED OUT THERE FROM A COMPLAINT. AND WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE PROPERTY, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT I SAW, WHERE THERE WAS A NEW PLUMBING THAT WAS INSTALLED FOR A DRAIN PIPE FOR WHAT APPEARED TO BE WHERE THE WASHER AND DRIER WAS GOING TO BE.

THEY HAD RAN INTO ELECTRICAL IN THAT SAME AREA. RIGHT ABOVE THE PANEL, THE PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE WIRE AND THE YELLOW WIRE. THE ORANGE WIRE IS FOR THE

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ALSO, THIS PANEL APPEARED TO BE A NEWLY INSTALLED PANEL. AND THEY -- I GUESS THEY DIDN'T FINISH PATCHING UP THE WALL AFTER THEY REPLACED THE PANEL. THE COMPLAINTEE ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT WINDOWS NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN AND THEN I FOUND THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY SOME WINDOWS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO OPEN. THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD BEEN SCREWED SHUT AND SEALED SHUT.

AS YOU COULD SEE, ON THE ONE PICTURE, THERE IS A SCREW OFF TO THE SIDE WHERE THE WINDOW IS NOT ABLE TO BE OPEN. AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DEBRIS AROUND, HOWING -- SHOWING SIGNS OF K SUCH AS PLUMBING ITEMS, SINKS, ALSO THE COMPLAINTEE SAID THAT THE -- THAT IT IS ABOUT 12:00 THAT ONE NIGHT THAT THEY CAME AND CHANGED THE AC UNIT. AND PUT A DIFFERENT AC UNIT INSIDE AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF WHERE THERE'S A BRAND-NEW WHIP GOING TO THE CONDENSING UNIT, IT WOULD SHOW A SIGN THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME TYPE OF WORK BEING DONE THERE. AND THEN ALSO ABOVE THE AIR HANDLER, YOU COULD SEE THE FRESH ALUMINUM TAPE THAT SHOWS THAT THEY APPLIED THAT ON TOP OF THE AC UNIT THAT NORMALLY HAPPENS WHEN THE ACU -- AC UNIT HAS BEEN CHANGED AND THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE WITH NEW DUCTWORK INSIDE THAT SAME CLOSET ATTACHING TO THE EXISTING DUCTWORK, SO THERE WAS SOME NEW WORK THAT WAS DONE AT THE TIME. THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE TO OBTAIN ELECTRICAL WIRING FOR THE WASHER AND DRYER AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW ELECTRICAL PANEL, OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE NEW AC UNIT AND REPAIR WINDOWS WHERE THEY ARE NOT OPENABLE. THE RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATIONS EXIST, THE VIOLATOR WILL BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, OBTAIN APPROVALS FOR REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED. COMPLY WITH ALL PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 BE ASSESSED.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. AND THAT'S $100 PER DAY, RIGHT? >> $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED?

>> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS?

>> YEAH, HE'S CORRECT. I APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT, I GOT IT YESTERDAY.

>> MAGISTRATE: WHICH PERMIT DID YOU GET YESTERDAY? >> YEAH, I GOT THE AC, AND FOR

ELECTRICAL. >> MAGISTRATE: GO AHEAD. >> JUST PRIOR TO THE HEARING, I DID REACH OUT TO ONE OF OUR PERMIT TECHNICIANS, SHE CONFIRMED THAT SO.SOME OF THE PERMITS HAD BEEN PAID THE SUBCONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS THAT THOSE FEES HAD ERRONEOUSLY NOT BEEN POSTED, SO THOSE FEES HAD NOT BEEN PAID. THE PERMIT IS NOT COMPLETELY ISSUED. I SPOKE WITH MS. NUNEZ PRIOR TO THE HEARING AND SHE PLANS ON

GOING UPSTAIRS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS HEARING TO RECTIFY THIS. >> MAGISTRATE: SO WHY DON'T I JUST CONTINUE THIS UNTIL MY NEXT DOCKET. MS. NUNEZ, IN THE MEANTIME, IF

YOU GET THE PERMITS, THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER COURT HEARING FOR YOU >> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.

>> MAGISTRATE: I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE THIS ON 30 DAYS, BECAUSE YOU DID EVERYTHING EXCEPT THAT ONE MATTER, THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, THAT'S ALL YOU NEEDED TO DO.

THEN YOU CAN GET STARTED ON REPAIRING YOUR BUSINESS, I MEAN, YOUR HOUSE

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAGISTRATE: YOU'RE WELCOME. >> THE NEXT CASE IS 6B, CASE

[B. 18-2940 3217 Orange Avenue Manuel Esquivel Concrete Contr. Shaun Coss]

WHAT ALPHABET WAS THAT CASE? >> 6B. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

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THANK YOU >> THIS IS A MASSEY HEARING. THIS IS CASE 18-2940 FOR 3217 ORANGE AVENUE. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY MANUEL CONCRETE CONTRACTOR INK.

PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA. VIOLATIONS AT THE PROPERTY ARE CITY ORDINANCE SECTION 5-1 PERMIT REQUIRED. A PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR THE POURING AND PLACEMENT OF CONCRETE MILLS, ASPHALT MILLINGS, IT CAME BEFORE YOU JULY 17TH, WHEN AN ORDER OF VIOLATION ENTERED. A 90 DAY EXTENSION WAS GRANTED. ON JANUARY 2ND, 2020, AN AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS RECORDED WHEN A PERMIT HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED.

SINCE THAT TIME, THIS MATTER HAS COME BEFORE YOU FOR A MASSEY HEARING IN FEBRUARY 18, 2020, AT THAT TIME WE STOPPED THE FINES FROM ACCRUING TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR. THIS MATTER CAME BACK BEFORE YOU I BELIEVE IN JUNE BE OR JULY FOR AN ADDITIONAL EXTENSION OF TIME, WHICH WAS GRANTED. THIS MATTER IS BACK BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING. AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, NO ADDITIONAL PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE FOR PERMITTING, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE RESPONDENTS BEFORE MAKING A

RECOMMENDATION. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK?

>> I'LL SPEAK. >> MAGISTRATE: IDENTIFY YOURSELF.

>> ROMAN. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY. WE HAVE THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND THE STATE.

SO WE SENT THE DOCUMENTS TO THE CITY, BUT THEY DENIED IT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THE COUNTY GOT IT APPROVED. IT IS A BIG CORNER, SO MANUEL AND CANDIDO OWN PART OF IT AND THEN OWN THE OTHER PART OF IT. MILLER. THEY JUST PURCHASED IT AND GOT IT ALL TOGETHER. WE SENT THE PAPERWORK TO THE COUNTY, WE GOT THE STATE TO APPROVE AND BACK TO THE CITY. THE CITY WANTS US TO HAVE THE COUNTY AND THE STATE TO APPROVE EVERYTHING SO IT CAN GET DONE WITH THE CITY. IT HAS BEEN A MESS WITH THE ENGINEERS. WE HAVE AN ENGINEER COMPANY IN PALM CITY IS THE ONE SUBMITTING ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS AND HAS EVERYTHING. NOW WE JUST DID THE RECORDING, WE HAD TO GET THE RECORDING DONE, SO THAT GOT APPROVED YESTERDAY.

SO THEY WILL BE RE-SUBMITTING THAT TO THE COUNTY. SO ONCE THE COUNTY GETS THAT APPROVED, IT WILL GO BACK TO THE CITY. IT IS A BIG THING WITH THE CITY,

THE COUNTY AND -- >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE STATES WILL BE AFFORDED THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS IT IS A STATE ROAD.

THEY WILL NEED TO APPROVE ANY ALTERATION TO THE STATE RIGHT AWAY.

THE COUNTY'S INVOLVEMENT IS THAT DUE TO THE ONE PARCEL NOT BEING ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OR IS THE

COUNTY -- >> EXACTLY. THEY ARE REQUIRING US, I GUESS, THE CITY, THE COUNTY IS REQUIRING US TO PUT A DRIVEWAY IN PART OF MILLER'S PROPERTY, BUT NOW THEY HAVE JUST PURCHASED IT A WEEK AGO, SO WE CAN RESOLVE ALL OF THAT, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COURT. WE'VE GOT TO GET AN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY BEFORE THE STATE APPROVES US, ONCE ALL OF THAT IS APPROVED, WE GIVE IT BACK TO THE CITY AND THEN EVERYTHING SHALL

BE DONE AND THE WORK WILL GET DONE >> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH

TIME YOU NEED TO DO THIS? >> ONCE THEY SUBMIT THE UNITY OF TITLE.

THAT GOT RECORDED. ONCE IT GETS SUBMITTED BACK TO THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY SHOULD APPROVE US. ONCE WE APPROVE BY THE COUNTY, IT GOES BACK TO THE CITY

>> HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK? >> WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS SINCE JANUARY.

WE PAY ALREADY OVER $20,000 TO THE ENGINEER COMPANY, THEY ARE THE ONES DOING THE SUBMITTING

AND EVERYTHING >> OKAY >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE STAFF

RECOMMENDS A 90-DAY CONTINUANCE IN THIS MATTER. >> WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. IT KEEPS ON ADDING UP. IT IS UP $20,000 ALREADY JUST IN ENGINEERING. LIKE I SAID, ONE PART IS COUNTY. ONE PART IS THE STATE AND THEN

YOU HAVE THE CITY THAT RUNS IT. SO WE'RE LIKE IN THE MIDDLE. >> MAGISTRATE: I'LL CONTINUE THIS THEN FOR 90 DAYS, THAT SHOULD GIVE YOU ALL ENOUGH TIME TO GET ALL OF THE PAPERWORK IN ORDER. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH NOW.

AND IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS OR SETBACKS, PLEASE LET THE CITY KNOW.

BECAUSE THEY WILL WORK WITH YOU >> YEAH, WE'LL GET THE APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY AND THEN

EVERYTHING SHOULD RUN SMOOTH. >> MAGISTRATE: NEXT CASE. >> NEXT CASE IS AF16 # 02 CITRUS

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HILAIRE IS THE OWNER. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> GOOD MORNING

>> GOOD MORNING. >> MAGISTRATE: WHEN YOU'RE READY.

>> CASE NUMBER 19-3470 1602 CITRUS AVENUE. OWNERS ARE SELIMENE AND SOIRLIEN ST. HILAIRE. THE CASE WAS INITIATED DECEMBER 23RD, 2019.

THE OWNER'S NAME IS SOIRLIEN AND SELIMENE ST. HILAIRE AT 712 CELTIC AVENUE PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA, 34983. AND THE VIOLATION IS 504 IPMC 504.1 PLUMBING FIXTURE.

I DO HAVE -- I GUESS I DON'T. NOPE, I DON'T HAVE ANY COPIES OF PHOTOS.

DO YOU WANT THE ONES IN THE FILE? >> THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN CORRECTED

AS FAR AS THE RAW SEWAGE ON THE GROUND? >> YEAH, WHEN I WENT OUT TO THE PROPERTY, THE RAW SEWAGE ISSUE WAS CORRECTED. IT APPEARED THAT THE PIPE HAD BEEN REPAIRED. BUT WHEN I ASKED THE TENANTS THAT WAS THERE, THEY SAID THEY STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FLUSHING -- FLUSHING THE TOILET, THE TOILET ALWAYS STOPS UP.

ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME REPAIR TO THE PIPE, THERE WAS NO RECTIFYING THE PROBLEM THAT WAS

STILL HAPPENING INSIDE THE HOUSE >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WE HAVE ON RECORD ARE OF THE RAW SEWAGE ON THE GROUND AND EXTERIOR PIPING, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE TOILET. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY

PHOTOS TO SUBMIT THAT ARE RELEVANT >> I AGREE.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER, MR. SMITH? >> NO.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. AND YOUR NAME? >> SELIMENE ST. HILAIRE.

>> MAGISTRATE: AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROPERTY? >> I'M THE OWNER?

>> MAGISTRATE: AND HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY MR. SMITH?

>> I GOT THERE. I SPOKE TO THE TENANT THERE. HE SAID THAT THE TENANTS SAY THEY HAVE A PROBLEM FLUSHING THE TOILET, SO I GOT THERE, I CALLED THE COMPANY TO COME AND LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY SAID THERE'S NOTHING, BECAUSE THEY HAVE KIDS, THEY PROBABLY -- THE KIDS PROBABLY WAS FLUSHING SOME WIPES AND STUFF THAT WAS CAUSING THE TOILETS TO BE FLUSHED. AND I HAVE PICTURES THAT PEOPLE GOT THERE AND THEN THEY SNAKED THE HOLES, EVERYTHING PLUSH PERFECTLY, THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE PLUMBING AT ALL.

IT IS THE KIDS THAT -- THE OWNER -- I MEAN, THE TENANT KIDS THAT HAVE FLUSHING WIPES THAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. SO I CALL THE COMPANY, THEY GOT THERE.

THEY CHECK AND THEY SAY THEY DON'T SEE NOTHING FOR THEM DO. SO I'M HERE TODAY, IF I HAVE

SOMETHING THAT I CAN GIVE THEM IN A PAPER, WATCH FOR THEM DO. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

MR. SMITH, HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE HOUSE WHEN THE TOILETS WERE NOT

FLUSHING? >> I WAS THERE. THEY WANTED ME TO COME IN.

WELL, THEY OFFERED FOR ME TO COME IN, BUT YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE COVID, I KIND OF REJECTED GOING INTO ACTION TO ACTUALLY SEE THE PROPERTY. BUT I ASKED THEM AND THEY SAID NO. OF COURSE, THROUGH TRANSLATION, SHE HAD TO CALL HER HUSBAND AND THEN HER HUSBAND TRANSLATED IT TO ME THROUGH SOMEBODY THAT WAS ON HIS JOB THAT NONE OF THE

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WHICH WAS ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY >> I HAVE ALL OF THE PICTURES THERE.

WHEN THEY WENT AND SNAKED THE HOLES. THE TENANT THERE HAS I THINK

MORE THAN FIVE KIDS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF KIDS. >> MAGISTRATE: LET ME ASK YOU

THIS, HOW MANY BEDROOMS ARE IN THE HOUSE? >> I THINK AROUND THREE

BEDROOMS. >> MAGISTRATE: AND THE AGES OF THE CHILDREN, DO YOU KNOW?

ABOUT? >> THE KIDS LOOK LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THE AGE OF THE KIDS.

THE KIDS -- LET ME SEE, 12, NOT LIKE 12, LIKE 9, 10, SO I THINK THEY HAVE A TWIN, PLUS LIKE FIVE KIDS. I THINK IT IS FOUR BEDROOMS THERE.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. HERE IS WHAT I WANT DO. THE RAW SEWAGE PROBLEM NO LONGER

EXISTS? >> I HAVE THE PICTURES THERE WHEN THEY GO IN AND SNAKE THE HOLES, THEY DON'T FIND NOTHING. IT IS JUST LIKE -- IT LOOKS LIKE WIPES AND --

>> MAGISTRATE: WELL, HERE IS MY CONCERN, NUMBER ONE, SOMEBODY BROUGHT THE PROBLEM TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, SO EVEN IF THE CHILDREN, WHICH FLUSHING TOILETS, HOW MANY BATHROOMS ARE

IN THE HOUSE? >> TWO BATHROOMS. >> MAGISTRATE: SO WHAT I WANT TO DO, MR. SMITH, IS, I WANT TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL MY NEXT DOCKET.

I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO, WITH THAT TENANT, CONTACT THEM, IF THE TOILETS DON'T FLUSH FOR WHATEVER REASON, HAVE THEM CALL YOU. I KNOW I'M PUTTING A LITTLE WORK ON YOU. BUT HAVE THEM CALL YOU, YOU GO OUT THERE AND GET SOME PICTURES,

BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAD IT SNAKED OUT >> YES.

>> MAGISTRATE: AND THE TENANTS ARE SAYING IT IS STILL A PROBLEM.

WHEN THEY CALL YOU TO SAY HEY, IT IS NOT FLUSHING, WE WANT YOU TO COME OVER HERE AND SEE IT.

YOU GOT TO MASK UP AND PUT ON YOUR ARMOR AND JUST TAKE A PICTURE.

AND ALSO, IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, THEN YOU NEED TO CALL MS. ST. HILAIRE, AND LET HER KNOW THAT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED, BECAUSE THAT'S POSSIBLE. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME VERIFICATION, HE'LL HAVE SOME PICTURES AND HE'LL BE THERE AND THEY WILL NOTIFY YOU THAT THE TOILETS ARE NOT WORKING. SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THIS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

IF THEY ARE WORKING, WE'LL COME BACK AND RESOLVE IT. IF NOT, THEN I'LL DEAL WITH IT,

WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. YES >> HE CAN GET IN AND CHECK THE TOILET, FLUSH THEM AND LOOK AT THE HOLES AND SNAKE IT OUT AND SEE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE SAME THING I DID. AFTER THAT, I DID THAT, AND THEN GOT SOMEONE -- SENT SOMEONE THERE TO SNAKES AND CHECK AND EVERYTHING. THEN I ALSO CALL ANOTHER COMPANY, I CALLED SEVERAL COMPANIES THAT'S TO COME OVER AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ALL OF THE NUMBERS. I SPOKE TO THEM. I EVEN GAVE THEM THE LETTER THAT I RECEIVED FROM YOU GUYS HERE FOR THEM TO CALL HERE, FOR THEM TO ASK WHAT'S GOING ON.

BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. WHY ALL OF THAT.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. AND THEN BECAUSE THIS IS NOT YOUR JOB, SEE IF THE KIDS ARE FLUSHING THE TOILET TOO MUCH. THAT COULD VERY WELL BE A PROBLEM.

BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL DUCKS IN A ROW WHEN WE COME BACK IN NEXT MONTH, ALL RIGHT?

NOW, IF IT IS AN INCONVENIENCE, SOMETIMES -- DO WE HAVE CALL-INS >> IT IS HARD FOR ME TO BE HERE, BECAUSE I HAVE WORK, AND THEN TODAY I HAVE TO LEAVE WORK TO BE HERE AND IT IS JUST --

>> MAGISTRATE: WELL, THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO SAY YOU CAN CALL IN.

NOW IF THIS PROBLEM IS TAKEN CARE OF. IF THE TOILETS ARE FLUSHING, YOU

DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK, BUT -- >> I WILL TRY MY BEST, I CALL MY COMPANY.

>> MAGISTRATE: BUT IF THERE A PROBLEM, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK, BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU A NUMBER WHERE YOU CAN CALL IN AND NOT HAVE TO SIT HERE ALL MORNING, OKAY?

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU.

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>>> WHEN YOU'RE READY, MADAM CLERK >> OUR NEXT CASE IS 6A , 329

[A. 18-2935 325 S 13th Street Dantilus, Jean Shaun Coss]

SOUTH 28TH STREET. >>> THIS IS A MASSEY HEARING. 18-2935 FOR 325 SOUTH 13TH STREET. THE PROPERTY IS OWN BID JEAN DANTILUS.

PERMIT REQUIRED. AND CITY ORDINANCE SECTION 5-105.4.1.2 EXPIRED PERMIT.

IT CAME BEFORE YOU IN 2019 FOR AN REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME AND 60-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME WAS GRANTED. ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2020. AN ADDITIONAL 90-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME WAS GRANTED. ON JUNE 1ST, 2020, NO PERMIT HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WORK -- FOR THE -- FOR THE STRUCTURAL ALTERATION WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE TO THE HOME, NOR HAD THE PREVIOUS PERMIT BEEN RENEWED. SO THE FINES STARTED ON THAT DATE.

SHORTLY AFTER, WE RECEIVED A RESPONSE REQUESTING A MASSEY HEARING.

THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, I HAVE SPOKEN TO AN ARCHITECT THAT WAS HIRED BY MR. DANTILUS.

SHE HAS PROVIDED DRAWINGS FOR THE ADDITION THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE HOUSE.

HOWEVER SHE WAS NOT AWARE, APPARENTLY OF THE EXPIRED PERMITS.

SO WE HAVE REQUESTED THAT MR. DANTILUS RENEW THOSE PERMITS. HOWEVER THOSE PERMITS WERE ISSUED UNDER A PREVIOUS FLORIDA BUILDING CODE SECTIONS, CYCLE. SO HE CAN NOT SIMPLY JUST WALK IN AND RENEW THE PERMITS. WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PLANS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ARE STILL COMPLIANT WITH THE CURRENT FLORIDA BUILDING CODE.

I PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION TO THE ARCHITECT, AND SHE INDICATED THAT SHE WAS NOT HIRED TO BRING THAT ISSUE INTO COMPLIANCE, THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF HER CONTRACT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. DANTILUS, WHAT HIS PLAN IS TO BRING THIS MATTER INTO

COMPLIANCE >> YES, GOOD MORNING >> GOOD MORNING

>> I DO WORK DILIGENTLY TO BRING THIS MATTER INTO COMPLIANCE. AS I DID SEVERAL TIMES. BUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS OUT OF MY CONTROL. FIRST OF ALL, I DID CALL TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR FOR EVERYTHING THAT WAS REQUIRED AND SUBMITTED -- I PAID THE FEES FOR ALL OF THE PERMITS, THE LETTER THAT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY WAS AFTER THE FACT, I DID KNOW THAT WAS BOUGHT, BUT BEFORE THEY GET TO ISSUE THE PERMIT I KNEW ABOUT THAT, AND I DID CALL THE ARCHITECT ABOUT WHAT THAT REQUIRED TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS OF THE PERMIT.

OF COURSE, SHE WAS NOT HIRED. FOR THAT, AND I TELL HER, OKAY, WE CAN WORK, WE CAN -- WE CAN BRING THIS, AND I WANT YOU TO DO THAT AND LET ME KNOW THE FEES, BUT SHE TOLD ME AT THE TIME SHE WAS WITH A FAMILY ISSUE, HER MOTHER, AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR HER TO DO THAT LETTER THAT

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BUT ALL OF THE FEES HAVE BEEN PAID FOR THE PERMIT. JUST THE LETTER THAT WAS REQUIRED AFTER THE FACT I'M WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECT TO GET THAT TO COMPLY.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. SO HIS PERMITS HAVE EXPIRED. OR THEY NEED TO BE RENEWED,

BOTH? >> CORRECT. >> MAGISTRATE: AND YOU'RE

WAITING ON A LETTER FROM YOUR ARCHITECT. >> ARCHITECT.

BECAUSE I DID EVERYTHING I WAS TOLD FROM THE CITY TO DO APPLY FOR THE PERMIT AND COMPLY WITH

REGULATION. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> BUT AFTER I SUBMITTED ALL OF THE PAPERWORK THAT WAS REQUIRED AND PAID THE FEES AND I WAS WAITING FOR THE CITY TO ISSUE

THE PERMIT AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL LETTER NEEDED. >> MAGISTRATE: RIGHT.

HOLD ON. AND YOU EXPECT TO HEAR FROM HER THIS WEEK?

>> THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME, BUT -- I ALWAYS HAVE TO CALL AND CHECK THE OFFICE AND SEE IF I CAN GET THEM TO CONTACT. IT IS NOT AN ARCHITECT THAT YOU CAN CALL IN AND GET AN ANSWER

FROM HER RIGHT AWAY. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> SHE HAD THE BLUE PRINT AND SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS WORKING ON IT. IT IS A FAMILY PROBLEM SHE HAS

AND SHE WILL WORK ON IT. OKAY. >> MAGISTRATE: THIS HAS ALMOST

BEEN TWO YEARS, YOU REALIZE. >> I UNDERSTAND. FIRST OF ALL --

>> MAGISTRATE: IT HAS ALMOST BEEN TWO YEARS, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE LAST EXTENSION.

IF IT IS NOT DONE WITHIN 30 DAYS, YOU'LL BE BACK HERE FOR ANOTHER HEARING AND PLEASE REMIND ME. SHOULD WE COME BACK TO REMIND ME THAT NO MORE EXTENSIONS

>> OKAY. >> MAGISTRATE: NO MORE. WHOEVER SHE IS, YOU NEED TO GET WITH HER AND STRESS UPON HER, WHICH I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE TO, THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU AND THE CITY AND THIS PROPERTY. OKAY? HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET IT DONE WITHIN A 30-DAY PERIOD OF TIME, IF NOT, YOU'LL BE BACK AND THERE

WILL NOT BE ANY MORE EXTENSIONS GRANTED >> I UNDERSTAND.

>> MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. >> FOR CLARITY OF THE ORDER WILL THE FINES BE STAYED FOR 30 DAYS.

>> MAGISTRATE: YES, I'LL STAY THE FINES FOR 30 DAYS. THANK YOU

>> THANK YOU. >> MAGISTRATE: BUT NO MORE EXTENSIONS, SIR.

>> OKAY. UNLESS THERE'S SOME KIND OF EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >>> ON THE AGENDA TODAY, SIR

>> THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY >> THANK YOU.

[C. 19-560 106 N 29th Street Chen, Qing Shaun Coss]

>> MAGISTRATE: YOU'RE WELCOME. NEXT CASE MADAM CLERK >> 6C 19-560.

1 106 NORTH 29TH STREET. QING CHEN IS THE OWNER

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THIS IS A MASSEY HEARING. 19-560 FOR 106 NORTH 29TH STREET. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY QING CHEN, PALM BEACH GARDEN FLORIDA.

THE VIOLATIONS OF THE PROPERTY ARE 105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED. THIS MATTER ORIGINALLY CAME BEFORE YOU JULY 17TH, 2019, IN THE ORDER OF DETERMINING VIOLATION WAS ENTERED.

ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2019, A 90-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME WAS GRANTED ON JANUARY 3RD, AN AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS RECORDED WHEN A PERMIT WAS NOT ISSUED.

THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU IN FEBRUARY FOR A MASSEY HEARING WHEN THE FINES WERE STOPPED TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT.

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I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT A REVISION WAS SUBMITTED IN JULY IN AN EFFORT TO CURE THE PREVIOUS REJECTION COMMENTS BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

UNFORTUNATELY THE REVISION WAS ALSO REJECTED, SO IT IS PENDING REVISIONS, AGAIN.

THE PROPERTY OWNERS' REPRESENTATIVE JEREMY, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT YOUR LAST NAME.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR AN UPDATE FROM YOU AS TO WHERE YOUR CONTRACTOR IS IN RESPONDING TO

THESE COMMENTS. >> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.

YEAH. SO I HAVE TO CONTACT LANDSCAPING.

THEY GAVE ME A CODE FOR THE LANDSCAPING ARCHITECT. IT IS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.

I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO PAY 2900 FOR THE DRAWING, SO I JUST -- I JUST CONTACTED AN ENGINEER TO SEE IF HE -- YOU KNOW, TO SEE HOW MUCH HE IS GOING TO CHARGE ME TO TAKE CARE

OF THIS. >> MAGISTRATE: HAVE YOU SHOWN THE LETTER TO MR. COSS?

>> NO. >> MAGISTRATE: DO HAVE YOU A NEW CONTRACT?

>> NOT THE NEW CONTRACT. YEAH, FOR THE LANDSCAPING. THE LANDSCAPING ARCHITECT

COMPANY GAVE ME A CODE. HERE >> THE RESPONDENT HAS SUBMITTED A QUOTE FOR A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AND HE'S ALSO INDICATE TO ME HE'S WORKING WITH PAUL WELSH, WHO IS A DIFFERENT CIVIL ENGINEER TO OBTAIN A QUOTE FROM HIM, AS WELL, CORRECT?

>> YES >> THANK YOU. >> MAGISTRATE: HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THIS WILL TAKE YOU? HAVE YOU MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO MEET WITH MR. WELSH YET?

>> YES, I DID. I'VE TALKED TO HIM ALREADY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE ASKED ME

TO GET A COPY OF THE PRINT THAT I SUBMITTED LAST MONTH. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

>> SO WHAT HE SAID IS THAT HE -- WHEN I GOT HIM THE COPY OF IT, HE CAN MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT FROM

THE PRINT. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO GRANT YOU ONE MORE EXTENSION >> OKAY.

>> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE STOPPED THE FUNDS FROM RUNNING.

BUT I'M GOING TO ALLOW ONE MORE EXTENSION AND THAT'S IT. UNLESS, UNLESS SOMETHING UNUSUAL OCCURS. BUT I'LL GRANT YOU ONE MORE 30-DAY EXTENSION.

OKAY? DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HAVE THIS DONE BY THEN?

>> PRETTY MUCH, YEAH. BECAUSE NOW I -- NOW ONLY THE LANDSCAPING.

SO YEAH, I -- >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> YEAH, I THINK I CAN TAKE IT.

>> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK TO YOU >> THANK YOU.

>> MAGISTRATE: MADAM CLERK, NEXT CASE? >> 6H 2527610 NORTH 14TH STREET,

[H. 19-2527 610 N 14th St Torres, Ignacio Shaun Coss]

IGNACIO TORRES IS THE OWNER. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING. >> THIS IS CASE 19-2527 610 NORTH 14TH STREET.

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THE VIOLATIONS AT THE PROPERTY ARE CITY ORDINANCE SECTION 1-1-105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED.

3 O 4.143. WINDOWS DOORS AND FRAME. GLAZING, 304.13 INSECT SCREENS, 506.2 SANITARY DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE. ELECTRICAL EQUIP.

605.3 LOOM MINUTE N NARS AND SMOKE ALARMS. NOVEMBER 21ST, 2019, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE A VIOLATION WAS ENTERED. A 90-DAY I EXTENSION IN TIME WAS GRANTED ON JUNE 8TH, 2020, AN AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS ISSUED AND FINES BEGAN WHEN THE PERMIT TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS WAS NOT ISSUED. I DID RECEIVE A RESPONSE TO THE MASSEY NOTICE BY MR. TORRES. HE HAS PROVIDED A REASONABLE EXCUSE FOR THE DELAY.

NOT TO GET INTO THE DETAILS ON RECORD, STAFF IS AGREEABLE TO HIS REQUESTS FOR EXTENSION, AND WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE STAY THE ACCRUAL OF THE FINES FOR 90 DAYS TO ALLOW HIM TO AN OPPORTUNITY

TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR AND OBTAIN THE PERMIT. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

GOOD MORNING, MR. TORRES >> THANK YOU. AND I THANK THE INSPECTOR FOR HAVING THE CONSIDERATION, I'M PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. THEN I WILL STAY THE FINES AND I'LL GIVE YOU 90 DAYS TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD, SO THANK YOU

>> THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A NICE DAY. >> MAGISTRATE: YOU TOO.

[A. 17-1737 1017 N 16th Street Eloizin, Jean & Melicia Paul Julin]

>> 7A 1017 NORTH 16TH STREET GENE AND MELICIA ARE THE OWNERS >> THE CASE IS 17-1737.

THE PROPERTY IS 1017 NORTH 16TH STREET. OWNED BY JEAN AND MELICIA ELIOZIN OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA. VIOLATIONS AT THE PROPERTY WERE CITY ORDINANCE SECTION 5-1 105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED. JUNE 7TH, 2018, AN AFFIDAIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS REPORTED JANUARY 3RD, 2019. IN ORDER TO ASSESS A FINE AND IMPOSE A LIEN FEBRUARY 3RD, 2019. THIS MATTER WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE AND AN AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE WAS RECORDED JUNE 1ST, 2020.

A FINE OF $100 PER DAY ACCUMULATED FROM JANUARY 3RD, 2019, UNTIL MAY 20TH, 2020, TOTALLING 50,330 DOLLARS WHICH INCLUDES $30 IN RECORDING FEES. THE STAFF HAS CALCULATED THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TO BE $2,472.74. THERE ARE SEVEN CRITERIA TO CONSIDER. THE LIEN REDUCTION. TH IS MODERATE.

ANY AND ALL ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE VIOLATOR. THE OWNER HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE CASE. THE PERMIT EXPIRED AND HAD TO BE RENEW AND RECEIVED FINAL APPROVED INSPECTION. THE LENGTH OF TIME NECESSARY TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH TWO YEARS FOUR MONTHS.

PREVIOUSLY FOUND IN VIOLATION BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD OR SPECIAL MAGISTRATE OR QUASI JUDICIAL PROCESS OR OTHERWISE ADMITTED GUILT IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING WAS SEVEN.

THE NUMBER OF VIOLATION NOTICES THE VIOLATOR HAS RECEIVED IN THE PAST, AS WELL AS NATURE AND FINAL DISPOSITION WAS 31, THEY ARE ALL COMPLIED. WHETHER AND TO WHAT EXTENT THERE ARE EXTENUATING FACTORS WITH TIMELY COMPLIANCE. THE OWNER SAYS THE PROBLEM AT THE PROPERTY WAS DUE TO TENANT. WHETHER AND TO WHAT EXTENT THERE ARE PENDING VIOLATION PROCEEDINGS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT AND THERE ARE NONE. THE RESPONDENT HAS REQUESTED A FULL WAIVER, STAFF IS NOT IN

[01:30:03]

RECOMMENDATION. >> GOOD MORNING, SIR. WERE YOU PREVIOUSLY SWORN?

>> YES, GOOD MORNING >> WERE YOU SWORN IN WITH THE GROUP?

>> WHAT GROUP? >> WHEN YOU CAME HERE THIS MORNING --

>> YEAH, I WAS THERE. >> OKAY. YOUR RESPONSE?

>> THE PROBLEM IN THE PROPERTY IS FROM THE VIOLATION THAT STARTS WITH THE TENANT, BECAUSE THEY FIX SOMETHING -- BUT WHEN I RECEIVED A NOTICE, I HIRED A CONTRACTOR.

THE CONTRACT PUT A PERMIT. IT LOOKED LIKE HE DOES NOT FOLLOW EXACTLY WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO. SLOW DO THE INSPECTION, AFTER THE CONTRACTOR, HAVE THE CONTRACTOR DO THE THING, I'M NOT THE PERSON TO CALL FOR THE INSPECTION.

BUT WHEN I ASKED HIM IS EVERYTHING OKAY? HE TELL ME, YES, EVERYTHING IS PERFECT. EVERYTHING OKAY. BUT FINALLY, I ONLY RECEIVE A CALL WHEN THE PERMIT IS -- EXPIRATION OF THE PERMIT. THAT'S ONLY THE TIME, I KNOW THEY DON'T DO THE INSPECTION.

COME BACK TO TAKE A NEW PERMIT, WITH A NEW PERMIT, EVEN THE NEW PERMIT LIKE LIKE IT STILL BELONG TO THE INSPECTION. BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE CITY IS. BUT I COMPLY FROM THE BEGINNING TO GET EVERYTHING, OKAY? WHEN I SEE THE CHARGE, BECAUSE I DO EVERYTHING I AM SUPPOSED TO DO. BUT I STILL HAVE A CHARGE. THE CHARGE IS NOT GOING TO THE CONTRACTOR. EVEN IF I TRY MYSELF. BUT ONLY YOU AND HE CAN HELP ME

IN THIS SITUATION SO I DON'T HAVE ANY CHARGE >> YOUR FINE TOTAL IS 50,330 DOLLARS. YOU WANT THEM TO JUST WIPE OUT THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT?

>> I CAN NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR MYSELF. I THINK YOU AND HE CAN HELP ME

TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IF IT IS OKAY TO -- >> MAGISTRATE: SO YOU DON'T WANT

ME TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS, TRUST ME. >> OKAY.

>> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I TAKE LIGHTLY.

THIS STARTED BACK IN JUNE OF 2018. TWO YEARS.

TWO YEARS. NOW DID YOU AND MR. COSS TALK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION?

>> NO, MA'AM? 3 >> WORK TO RESOLVE IT WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

BECAUSE FROM THE BEGINNING, CONFORM HERE, I HIRE THE CONTRACTOR.

PERMIT. BUT THE PROBLEM IS DON'T DO THE INSPECTION. BUT THE DEPARTMENT WAS.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. MR. COSS >> SPECIAL IMAMAGISTRATE, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO PARTIALLY REDUCE THIS LIEN TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS MINUS -- MINUS $650 FOR THE MONTHS THAT THIS CASE WAS OPENED. WHICH WOULD BE A REDUCTION TO

1,822 DOLLARS AND $0.74. >>> THAT'S WHAT I HAVE CALCULATED.

SO THE STATE -- THE CITY IS SAYING, THEY WILL REDUCE THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND THAT THERE'S $50,330. WHICH INCLUDES $30 OF RECORDING FEES WHICH IS REFUSED TO A FRACTION OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND THEY ARE GOING TO REDUCE THAT BY $650.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT $1,822.74. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? >> OKAY.

YES. >> MAGISTRATE: YOU WILL AGREE TO THAT AMOUNT?

>> YES. >> MAGISTRATE: AND HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO PAY IT?

>> HMM. BETWEEN 90 DAYS TO SIX MONTHS. >> MAGISTRATE: I'LL GIVE YOU SIX MONTHS TO PAY IT, OKAY? YOU CAN WORK THAT OUT WITH THE CITY.

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THEN THEY WILL TELL YOU HOW THAT PROCEDURE WORKS, OKAY? >> OKAY

>> THANK YOU. AND GOOD LUCK >> THANK YOU.

>> MAGISTRATE: YOU'RE WELCOME. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THE REMAINING PARTY IN THE AUDIENCE WILL NEED A TRANSLATOR, SO WHILE WE ARE HAVING THE TRANSLATOR COME DOWN, WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO A

PHONE HEARING FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THEM. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

AND WHO ARE WE DOING THE PHONE HEARING ON? >> I'M NOT SURE, WE'LL HAVE TO

WAIT ON MADAM CLERK. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> OKAY.

[G. 19-3481 2400 S Ocean Dr (Blue Heron Blvd) Ocean Village POA, Inc. Paul Julin]

THE CASE NUMBER IS 19-3481, 2400 SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE, ALSO KNOWN AS BLUE HERON BOULEVARD.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING, MR. JULIN.

>> I'M USING THE NUMBER PROVIDED >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THE STAFF WILL MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE

FOR 30 DAYS. >> MAGISTRATE: IS THAT 5G? >> UH-HUH?

>> AT THE CITY'S REQUEST THIS WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE NEXT DOCKET.

30 DAYS. >> MAGISTRATE: OUR NEXT CASE IS 5L.

[L. 20-305 2627 S 27th Street Duran, Jorge Ed Smith]

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WE WILL HAVE A TRANSLATOR THAT WILL NEED TO BE SWORN IN FIRST.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> YOU HAVE TO BE SWORN IN. >>> DO YOU SWEAR TO

[01:40:05]

>> YES. >>> OKAY >> THE CASE NUMBER 20-305.

SOUTH 27TH STREET. OWNER'S NAME IS GEORGE DURAN. >> MAGISTRATE: HOLD ON, MR.

SMITH. >> THE CASE WAS INITIATED JANUARY 27, 2020.

>>> THE OWNER, GEORGE DURAN, 1025 FORT PIERCE FLORIDA, 34982 >> VIOLATION IS 5-1.105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED

>> CAN YOU SHOW THEM TO MR. DURAN? >> (INDICATING).

>> MOVING TO ADMIT THE CITY'S COMPOSITE 1. >> MAGISTRATE: IT WILL BE

ADMITTED. >> CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? >> THESE PICTURES BASICALLY DEPICT THAT HE HAD ADDED ON A PATIO ROOF, FRAMED OUT AND BUILT ON THE BACKYARD, IN HIS BACKYARD. THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN FROM A UTILITY EASEMENT

>> HOLD ON, MR. SMITH, CAN YOU LET THE -- (INTERPRETER) >> IT SHOWS THAT THE ROOF THAT WAS -- THE ADDITION WAS DONE, THE ROOF WAS DONE, THERE WAS A NEW ROOF, WHICH IS WHAT I SAW INITIALLY. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. THEY BUILT A PATIO ON THE BACK -- THEY BUILT AN EXTENSION ON TO THEIR HOUSE. AND WITH THE NEW ROOF, AND THEY

ALSO PUT A -- LIKE A ROOF UNDER LAYMENT ON THE ROOF. >> MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NO. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. AND MR. DURAN, HOW DO YOU

RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS? >> FIRST, I'M JUST HERE TO REPRESENT THE OWNER, DURAN.

BECAUSE HE'S IN GEORGIA. >> MAGISTRATE: WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR?

[01:45:05]

>> CAMILO RAHALES. >> MAGISTRATE: AND WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROPERTY?

>> EXCUSE ME. >> MAGISTRATE: YOU'RE REPRESENTING JORGE DURAN?

>> YES. >> MAGISTRAT: WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO MR. DURAN?

>> I LIVE IN THE HOUSE. JORGE DURAN IS A NEPHEW OF MY WIFE.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. AND YOU LIVE IN THE HOUSE? >> YES.

>> MAGISTRATE: WELL, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE OWNER NEEDS TO GET A PERMIT AND DO WHATEVER

FOR THAT WORK HE DID ON THE HOUSE, THAT ADDITION? >> YES, I UNDERSTAND.

BUT I STARTED THE WORK, AND I'M WORKING ON THAT, AND I HAVE THESE PAPERS HERE.

>> MAGISTRATE: ARE YOU TRYING TO GET A PERMIT? >> YES.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY? >> YES.

ALL HAVE TO GET WITH SOMEBODY FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN TALK TO THEM

>> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? >> TIME?

>> OKAY. HOW MUCH TIME CAN YOU GIVE US? >> MAGISTRATE: I CAN GIVE --

>> CITY RECOMMENDATION. >> MAGISTRATE: YES. >> THE CITY REQUESTS THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND VIOLATORS WILL BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN PERMIT, OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180

DAYS. (INTERPRETER SPEAKING) >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM TIME THAT YOU WOULD GIVE ME TO FIX IT? >> MAGISTRATE: I'M GOING TO GIVE

YOU 60 DAYS TO PULL THE PERMIT. >> THANK YOU. >> MAGISTRATE: BUT ONCE THE PERMIT IS PULLED, YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 180 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THAT PERMIT.

>> THANK YOU. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. THEN -- ALL RIGHT.

THEN BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY, I FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS AND THAT GEORGE DURAN OF 2627 SOUTH 27TH STREET FORT PIERCE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION.

I WOULD GIVE YOU 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED.

COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE

ORDER OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY WOULD BE ASSESSED. >> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT.

[01:50:15]

THANK YOU >> THANK YOU >> THE CASE IS 5U.

20-614, 2007 AVENUE O. ANGEL AND SIMMS MORRIS AND SOMEBODY, ARE THE OWNERS.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE RESPONDENT HAD CALLED OUR OFFICE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO.

SEVERAL MINUTES TO GO. >> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CASES TO READ INTO THE RECORD, PERHAPS WE

[G. 19-2507 431 N 21st Street Georges, Brittany Paul Julin]

COULD GO BACK INTO THAT CASE. >>> WE HAVE ANOTHER PHONE CALL ONE.

THAT'S 6G 19-2507 431 NORTH TWENTY-FIRST STREET. IT IS ALSO A CALL IN.

>>> HI BRITTANY. >>> THIS IS ELIZABETH WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. YOU'RE IN AUDIO ATTENDANCE AT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING

AND THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR WILL BE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >>> OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> MAGISTRATE: WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND SO WE CAN SWEAR YOU IN.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE

TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH? >> YES.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. MR. COSS, IS THIS YOUR CASE? NO, MR. JULIN

>> YES, THIS IS GOING TO BE A REQUEST FOR EXTENSION. THIS IS CASE 19-2507 FOR 431 NORTH TWENTY-FIRST STREET. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY BRITTANY GEORGES OF 1932 LAKE HERITAGE CIRCLE APARTMENT 614, ORLANDO FLORIDA, 32839. THE VIOLATIONS AT THE PROPERTY ARE THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. 304.7 ROOFS AND DRAINAGE.

60 604.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS. INTERIOR SURFACES.

WINDOWS DOORS AND FRAMES, 309.1 INFESTATION AND 704.6.1 SMOKE ALARMS. IT CAME BEFORE YOU JANUARY 22ND, 2020, AND YOU ENTERED AN ORDER DETERMINING VIOLATION.

A 90-DAY EXTENSION WAS GRANTED ON APRIL 30TH, 2020. AND PRIOR TO THE TIME EXPIRING THE RESPONDENT REQUESTED AN EXTENSION OF TIME HEARING. THE COMPLAINT, SOME OF THESE

[01:55:10]

DETERMINE IF THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT >> YES, IT IS CURRENTLY VACANT.

IT HAS BEEN VACANT EVER SINCE SHE LEFT >> YOU HAVE NO INTENTION ON RENTING THE PROPERTY UNTIL THESE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN CURED CORRECT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I NEVER REALLY WANTED TO RENT IT OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE, I TOLD HER THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION IT WAS IN. SHE INCESTED -- INSISTED BECAUSE SHE WAS HOMELESS. I SAID FIX IT UP TO YOUR LIKING, BECAUSE EVEN MY MOM'S OLD STUFF WAS STILL IN THE HOUSE. THEY EMPTIED THE HOUSE OUT. SHE DIDN'T PAY ME ANYTHING FOR FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS. AFTER FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, YOU REALLY KNOW YOU.ALLY, I DON'T - YOU'RE JUST A FAMILY FRIEND. SO ONCE I TOLD HER THAT, THEN SHE CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT.

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO BRING THIS PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

I WILL PROBABLY SAY AT LEAST A YEAR. EVERYTHING IS REALLY CRAZY FOR ME. I'M STILL UP HERE IN GRAD SCHOOL.

MY HUSBAND WAS FURLOUGHED FOR CORONAVIRUS. SO PROBABLY A YEAR.

AT LEAST SO I CAN FINISH GRAD SCHOOL AND TAKE THE TIME TO KIND OF DO ALL OF THE THINGS I NEED

TO DO. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IF I CAN JUST HAVE A MINUTE TO REVIEW

THESE PICTURES TO ASSESS THE GRAVITY OF THE VIOLATION. >>> SHE EVEN WANTED TO PURCHASE THE HOUSE FROM ME. BUT I TOLD HER I WASN'T INTERESTED IN SELLING IT.

>> MAGISTRATE: HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS TO SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS?

>> NO, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE DO THE WHOLE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION THING.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE PERMIT IS ONLY REQUIRED FOR SOME OF THESE REPAIRS, FOR EXAMPLE, A WATER HEATER THAT WAS REPLACED WITHOUT A PERMIT, WHICH IS ALSO NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY.

THAT INSTALLATION WILL NEED TO BE CORRECTED. THE ELECTRIC TO THAT WATER HEATER WILL NEED TO BE CORRECTED. THERE ARE SOME MINOR VIOLATIONS IN HERE. SUCH AS THE INFESTATION, A COUPLE OF BROKEN WINDOWS THAT I DO NOT FORESEE WOULD TAKE A YEAR TO BRING INTO COMPLIANCE. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO PHASE THE COMPLIANCE, SO THAT AS LONG AS FORWARD PROGRESS IS BEING MADE TO BRING THE PROPERTY TO COMPLIANCE, THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MS. GEORGES.

I WOULD RECOMMEND 90 DAYS TO BRING THE MATTER OF INFESTATION AND THE BROKEN GLAZING INTO COMPLIANCE. FROM THERE, IF THAT IS COMPLETED WITHIN 90 DAYS, WE WILL ENTERTAIN AN ADDITIONAL EXTENSION IN TIME FOR THE REMAINING VIOLATIONS.

>> DID YOU HEAR THAT MS. GEORGES? >> YES, 90 DAYS FOR THE

INFESTATION AND WHAT OTHER ONE? >> AND THE BROKEN WINDOWS. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, JUST SO WE HAVE A CLEAR RECORD. I THINK WE NEED TO SET A TIME FRAME RIGHT NOW FOR THE OTHER ITEMS. THAT CAN ALWAYS BE EXTENDED AS-NEEDED BUT JUST SO THAT WE

DON'T HAVE ANY AMBIGUITY IN YOUR ORDER >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION, I'LL RECOMMEND 180 DAYS FOR ALL ISSUES.

IF MS. GEORGES CAN NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE BY THEN, SHE'LL SIMPLY NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME AND WE WILL ENTERTAIN IT AT THAT TIME

>> MAGISTRATE: DID YOU HEAR THAT MS. GEORGES? >> YES, I DID.

THANK YOU. >> MAGISTRATE: ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT?

>> YES. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NO, MA'AM, THANK YOU. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THEN REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF TIME REQUEST, I WILL GRANT YOU 180 DAYS FOR ALL OF THE ISSUES.

[02:00:02]

BUT WE WANT TO SEE SOME FORWARD PROGRESS ON THIS PLACE, OKAY? >> OKAY.

>> MAGISTRATE: ANY QUESTIONS? >> NO. >> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU >> THANK YOU. >> MAGISTRATE: GOOD LUCK IN GRAD

SCHOOL TO YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND. >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. >> MAGISTRATE: YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> MAGISTRATE: YOU TOO, BYE-BYE. >> SO THAT'S 5U AVENUE 0.

[U. 20-614 2007 Avenue O Morris, Angel & Simms, Donovan Cris Bossano]

IT IS ANGEL MORRISON, DONOVAN SIMS ARE THE OWNER. >> HELLO?

>> MR. SIMMS, THIS IS ELIZABETH WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

YOU'RE IN AUDIO ATTENDANCE OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING AND THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR WILL

BE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING, MR.

SIMMS. >> GOOD MORNING. WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND

SO WE CAN SWEAR YOU IN >> OKAY. IT IS RISEN

>> COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD? >> DONAVON SIMMS?

>> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH?

>> YES. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> CASE NUMBER 20-614, 200 # AVENUE O. AND THE OWNER IS MAURICE -- MORRIS ANGEL AND SIMMS DONAVON.

THE OWNER MORRIS AND SIMMS LIVES IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34950. VIOLATIONS SECTION 5-1 105-1 PERMIT REQUIRED. 5-1, 105.4.1.2 EXPIRED PERMIT. CORRECTION ACTIONS, OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR REPAIR, PERMIT, ANY CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION WERE TAKEN PLACE WITHOUT AN ACTIVE PERMIT. RECOMMENDATIONS THE CITY REQUESTS THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FIND THAT BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED. COMPLETE WITH THE OTHERS AND THE OTHER VIOLATION DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER. REQUIRE A PERMIT OR FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED.

>> THANK YOU. AND MR. SIMMS, HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS?

>> HELLO. MR. SIMMS >> MR. SIMMS

. >> MAGISTRATE: MR. SIMMS? >> YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> MAGISTRATE: I CAN. >> OKAY. YES, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID.

WE JUST OBTAINED THAT >> YOU'RE FADING IN AND OUT. MAYBE IF YOU JUST STAY IN ONE

SPOT. I'M STATIONARY >> WE JUST OBTAINED THAT BUILDING AND WE HAD TO GO THRTO TRY AND FIND THE CONTRACTOR WHO WAS

[02:05:06]

ORIGINALLY ON THAT BUILDING. >>> WE HAD TO SEND NUMEROUS LETTERS WITH NO RESPONSE.

TO GET A NEW CONTRACT TO START ON THE PROJECT. RECENTLY WE JUST GOT THE CERTIFIED LETTERS SENT TO HIM AND WE SENT IT TO THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO RELIEVE HIM FROM THAT CONTRACTED WHERE WE NOW COULD GO AHEAD AND HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE

THE BUILDING. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. CRIS, ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT?

>> PATRICK SILAS AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE HAD SUSPENDED OR TOOK HIS LICENSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND HE WASN'T ABLE TO DO THE WORK IN THE COUNTY.

SO SEVERAL MONTHS. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR CLARITY.

THIS IS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR. THAT IS THE CORRECT.

APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO, MR. SILAS'S PERMITTING PRIVILEGES WERE SUSPENDED BY OUR BOARD OF EXAMINERS AND CONTRACTORS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. I BELIEVE IT WAS SIX MONTHS.

IT IS CERTAINLY AROUND THE TIME THAT THIS CASE WAS STARTED AND THAT PERMIT WAS ACTIVE SO THAT

MAY HAVE BEEN. >> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. SO YOU FOUND ANOTHER CONTRACTOR?

>> CORRECT. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> SO HE'S NOW WORKING ON THE

PAPERWORK TO GET THE CONTRACT GOING FOR THAT BUILDING. >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

YOU THINK HE'LL HAVE IT DONE IN 60 DAYS? >> THE WORK?

OR THE CONTRACT? >> MAGISTRATE: THE PERMIT, THE PERMIT POOL?

>> YES, IT SHOULD BE IN 60 DAYS, BEFORE THEN, I'M HOPING. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE ANY MORE TIRED OF IT. HE'S NOW RELIEVED FROM HIS DUTIES AS FAR AS WORKING ON THE HOUSE, SO YES, THE OTHER CONTRACTOR PULLED A NEW CONTRACT.

60 DAYS. >> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM THE CITY?

>> NO, MA'AM. >> MAGISTRATE: THEN BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED, I FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS THAT 2006 AVENUE O, FORT PIERCE AND THAT ANGEL MORRIS AND DONAVON SIMMS ARE THE VIOLATORS, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT AND OBTAIN APPROVAL AT LEAST 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED.

COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL OF THE RELATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER

OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY WILL BE ASSESSED >> MA'AM, WE WERE NOT THE VIOLATOR, THE VIOLATOR WAS THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER, WE JUST OBTAINED PROPERTY. SO WE WASN'T AWARE OF ALL OF THIS SITUATION THAT WAS TAKING

PLACE. >> MAGISTRATE: SIR THERE'S A PHRASE IN LAW THAT IS CALLED CAVEAT EMPTOR, LET THE BUYER BEWARE. YOU MAY NOT HAVE CREATED THOSE PROBLEMS, BUT YOU BOUGHT THEM, OKAY? .

IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM, BUT WHATEVER WAS WRONG WITH IT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT FELL

IN YOUR LAP >> UNDERSTOOD >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO? >> MAGISTRATE: OKAY.

THANKS FOR LETTING US CALL YOU >> THANK YOU. >> MAGISTRATE: BYE-BYE.

[A. 18-2365 1708 N 19th St Morgan, Shawn Paul Julin]

>> NEXT CASE, WE'RE GOING TO 5A. 170 # NORTH 19TH STREET, SHAWN MORGAN IS THE OWNER

>> FOR THE PARTIES THAT ARE NOT HERE THIS MORNING. THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED LAST MONTH, THEY WERE CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH. NOW THAT THEY ARE NO SHOWS AGAIN, WE WOULD REQUEST THEY BE READ IN THE RECORD SO AN ORDER OF VIOLATION MAY BE ENTERED.

>> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. ELIZABETH >> IS PAUL GOING TO READ IT IN?

GO AHEAD >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, IT MIGHT GO FASTER IF I JUST QUESTION THE WITNESSES AND JUST GET THE ELEMENTS ON THE RECORD, IS THAT OKAY?

>> MAGISTRATE: THAT'S FINE WITH ME. WE'RE ON CASE NUMBER 2018-2365,

CORRECT, LIZ? >> YEAH? >> THANK YOU.

SO MR. JULIN, WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO THAT CASE? >> YEAH, I WAS?

>> WHAT DATE WAS IT INITIATED? >> WHEN WAS IT INITIATED? >> WHAT DATE, YES.

[02:10:08]

>> THAT WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2018. >> AND WHAT ARE THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS, ARE THEY STILL THE SAME VIOLATIONS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA FORM TODAY?

>> ONLY TWO REMAINING, THE OTHER ONES HAVE BEEN COMPLIED. >> WHAT ARE THE TWO REMAINS

ONES? >> NUMBER ONE PROVIDE WORKING ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES IN ALL

INHABITED SPACES AND INSECT SCREENS FOR ALL WINDOWS. >> AGAIN THOSE TWO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FALL UNDER THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE LISTED ON THE AGENDA, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >>> OKAY. AND DID YOU TAKE ANY

PHOTOGRAPHS? >> I DO. I HAVE PHOTOS

>> DO THEY FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT WHAT YOU SAW? >> YES, MA'AM?

>> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHS?

>> NOT NECESSARILY. I THINK IT IS ACCURATE. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU, >> MAGISTRATE: SO HE OR SHE HAS COMPLIED WITH 1 AND 5.

>> 1 AND 5. YES. >> MAGISTRATE: EVERYTHING ELSE

IS STILL OUTSTANDING -- >> EVERYTHING IS CORRECT EXCEPT 1 AND 5.

>> MAGISTRATE: OKAY. DO YOU KNOW WHY HE DIDN'T COMPLY WITH THOSE TWO?

>> I COULDN'T REALLY KNOW WHY HE DIDN'T COMPLY. HE HAD TIME TO DO IT.

>> MAGISTRATE: YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THEN ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NO. >> MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED, I FIND A VIOLATION EXISTS AT 1708 NORTH 19TH STREET AND THAT SHAWN MORGAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION. WE GIVE HIM 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED. COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER OR $100 A DAY BE ASSESS THE WITH REGARD TO THE ELECTRICAL OUTLET, ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, AND WE'LL NOTE THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. SO I'LL DO A -- HE CORRECTED THE

PROBLEM WITH THE WINDOWS, RIGHT? >> THE WINDOWS, YES. >> MAGISTRATE: AND ELECTRICAL WORK AND RECEPTACLES. I'LL FIND A VIOLATION DID EXIST BUT HAS BEEN CURED AS OF TODAY'S DATE OF HEARING, OKAY? WITH REGARD TO THE OTHER ONES IN SECTIONS 1 THROUGH 6, I'VE ALREADY RULED ON THOSE. ARE YOU WITH ME, ELIZABETH? SO WE'VE GOT AN R & D ON CORRECTIVE ACTION 1 AND CORRECTIVE ACTION 5. OKAY

[C. 19-2901 1506 N 16th St Morris, Dan Edward Smith]

>> THE NEXT CASE. 5C. 1506 NORTH 16TH STREET.

DAN MORRIS IS THE OWNER >> THIS IS MR. SMITH. >> WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO WORK ON

19-2901? >> YES, I AM >> WAS THAT CASE INITIATED ON

OCTOBER 2019? >> YES, IT WAS? >> AS THE VIOLATION SET FORTH IN

THE AGENDA FOR TODAY? >> YES? >> OKAY.

AND WHAT CORRECTIVE ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN? >> KNEAD TO -- KNNEED TO ACQUIRA

PERMIT. >>> THEY INSTALLED A THIRD WINDOW WITHOUT A PERMIT

>> YEAH, IT WAS DONE THE SAME TIME, BUT THEY ONLY ISSUED FOR TWO.

>> THEY SHOULD HAVE APPLIED FOR THREE PERMITS -- >> YES.

[02:15:03]

>> BUT THEY ONLY APPLIED FOR 2? YES >> WHAT'S THE CORRECTIVE ACTION

THAT YOUR AMENDING? >> TO ACQUIRE A PERMIT FOR THE VIOLATIONS AND THAT WOULD BE -- THE CITY REQUESTS THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATORS WILL BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED.

COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 WILL BE ASSESSED PER DAY.

AND YES, I DO HAVE -- >> THANK YOU. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR COMBINING TWO QUESTIONS INTO ONE. THANK YOU. SO WE WOULD MOVE TO ADMIT THE

PHOTOS AS CITY'S COMPOSITE ONE. >> MAGISTRATE: THEY WILL BE ADMITTED.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYTHING FURTHER THAT YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE PHOTOS?

>> MAGISTRATE: NO, THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR. >> OKAY.

>> MAGISTRATE: ANY OTHER EVIDENCE. ALL RIGHT.

I FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS AT 1056 NORTH 16TH STREET. AND THAT DAN MORRIS IS IN VIOLATION. GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT.

OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY WILL BE ASSESSED. OKAY NEXT CASE

[D. 19-3043 909 N 22nd St Pierre, Fenique Paul Julin]

>> D19-3043, 909 NORTH 22ND HISTORY. FENIQUE PIERRE IS THE OWNER

>> MR. JULIN, WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO WORK ON CASE 19-3043? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> AND WAS THAT CASE INITIATED ON AUGUST 6TH OF 2019? >> YES, IT IS?

>> AND THE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE PRINTED ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MORNING, ARE THOSE THE

VIOLATIONS THAT STILL APPLY TO THIS CASE? >> YES, THEY DO?

>> OKAY. WHAT IS THE CORRECTIVE ACTION THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING?

>> TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR A NEW ROOF COMMA EXTERIOR WALL REPAIRS COMMA AND THE INTERIOR DRYWALL

WORK? >> OKAY. IS THIS WORK THAT YOU SAW THAT IS ONGOING OR IS THIS WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND A PERMIT NEEDS TO BE OBTAINED AFTER THE

FACT? >> I BELIEVE IT WAS ONGOING BUT THEN IT STOPPED?

>> OKAY. DID YOU TAKE ANY PHOTOS? >> I HAVE PHOTOS?

>> OKAY. THEY FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT WHAT YOU SAW?

>> YES? >> WE WOULD ASK THEY BE ADMITTED.

>> MAGISTRATE: THEY WILL BE ADMITTED AS COMPOSITE 1. >> THEY ARE PRETTY VIVID, SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF YOU WANT ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT THAT.

>> SO NO, AT THIS TIME IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION THE SAME AS ON THE AGENDA?

>> YES. >> MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. I FIND THAT A VIOLATIONIST EXAMS AND THAT FENIQUE PIERRE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION. THEY HAVE 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT AND COMPLY WITH ALL CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT. FAIRLY DO SO WILL RAESULT IN A DAILY FINE OF $100 BEING ASSESSED. THANK YOU.

[E. 19-3188 2510 Wilkins Ave Salt, Abbie & John Cris Bossano]

>> WE'RE GOING TO DO 5E. 2510 WILKINS AVENUE. ABBY AND JOHN SALT ARE THE

OWNERS. >> MAGISTRATE: WHEN YOU'RE READY.

>> WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO CASE NUMBER 19-3188? >> YES.

>> AND WAS THAT INITIATED ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2019? >> YES.

>> THE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE PRINTED ON THIS MORNING'S AGENDA, ARE THOSE THE VIOLATIONS

THAT STILL APPLY TO THIS CASE? >> I'M SORRY? >> THEY ARE STILL THE SAME.

>> THEY ARE STILL THE SAME AND THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THAT ARE LISTED ARE THOSE STILL THE SAME?

>> YES. >> OKAY. AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE

PRINTED ON THE AGENDA, ARE THOSE STILL THE SAME? >> YES.

[02:20:04]

>> DID YOU TAKE PHOTOGRAPH? >> YES, WE HAVE IT. >> OKAY.

DO THEY FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT WHAT YOU SAW? >> YES.

AT THIS TIME THE CITY WOULD MOVE CITY'S COMPOSITE 1 >> MAGISTRATE: THEY WILL BE

ADMITTED. >> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE

PHOTOGRAPHS? >> NO. THEY SHOW --

>> OKAY. >> MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CASE? >> NO.

>> NO. OKAY. >> MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED, I FIND THAT VIOLATION EXISTS AT 2510 WILKINS AVENUE FORT PIERCE AND THAT ABBIE AND JOHN SALT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATIONS.

THEY WILL HAVE 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT AND COMPLY WITH ALL CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN A $100 FINE DAILY BE ASSESSED

[E. 19-2074 3207 Avenue D We Brothers Enterprise Inc. Kevin Grant]

AGAINST THE PARTIES. NEXT CASE >> OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO DO 6E 19-2074. WE BROTHERS ENTERPRISE INC. IS THE OWNER

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, AS A COURTESY TO THE PROPERTY OWN EVERYBODY, STAFF WILL AGREE TO CONTINUE THIS FOR ANOTHER 30 DAY, HOWEVER IF THEY ARE NOT PRESENT AT THE NEXT HEARING, WE WILL MAKE A REQUEST TO RESTART THE FINES AND IMPOSE A LISTEN. THIS IS ITEM 6E.

CASE NUMBER IS 19-2074. >> MAGISTRATE: SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE THAT?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> MAGISTRATE: AND THAT WILL BE CONTINUED AS REQUESTED.

[I. 20-111 315 N 13th Street Maria Prows LLC Cris Bossano]

>> OKAY. THE REMAINING CASES 5I 20-911,

[J. 20-273 505 N 17th St Realty Analysis LLC Ed Smith]

[M. 20-306 610 N 23rd St Castor, Simon Cris Bossano]

[N. 20-325 310 N 28th Street Zeev, Ofer Cris Bossano]

[R. 20-523 202 Hialeah Ave Cruz-Robles, Juan Cris Bossano]

[S. 20-524 2802 Okeechobee Rd Taylormade Holding LLC Ed Smith]

>> MAGISTRATE: THEY WILL BE CONTINUED AS REQUESTED. >> AND SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I

[B. IDENTIFICATION OF CASES IN COMPLIANCE OR RESCHEDULED]

COMPLIED THAT WERE NOT CALLED YET THIS MORNING >> OKAY.

THE PULLED ITEMS WERE 5B 19-1134, TUMBLIN KLING ROAD. STRAWBERRY FIELDS PROPERTY HOLDINGS WAS THE OWN. THE OTHER WAS 20-514. AND 5V 20-825, 303 FERNANDINA.

KNOWS WERE THE PULLED ITEMS. THE COMPLIED WERE 5H SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE UNIT C AND CASE 5-O.

1841 GULF STREAM AVENUE. THOSE WOULD WERE COMPLIED >> THE PARTIES THAT FAILED TO

APPEAR TODAY, CAN WE PUT HOW THEY WERE NOTICED ON THE RECORD? >> NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT IS TO THE VIOLATOR'S CERTIFIED MAIL IF THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED IT IS PLACE ND -- PLACED IN THE FILE. IT IS MAILED TO THE VIOLATOR TEN DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING.

A NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT REGULAR U.S. MAIL WITH AN AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING ATTACHED TO IT. A COPY WAS PLACED IN THE FILE. 10 DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING OF NOTICE, A NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL.

NOTICE EVER HEARING IS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY OF QUESTION WAS AN AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING.

IF THE CERTIFICATION CARD IS NOT RETURNED WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE HEARING.

POSTING IS PROCEEDED THE SAME WAY AS

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.