Dec 21, 2021 Special Magistrate Hearing

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> IF YOU DON'T MIND. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> MADAM CLERK WHEN YOU ARE RE READY?

>> ALRIGHTY. THE FIRST CASE IS 5A 24 /-2825.

[A. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO DEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES]

WBC COLLECTIONS LP IS THE OWNER. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WOULD YOU HIKE TO SWEAR IN STAFF BEFORE WE BEGIN?

>> YES, LET'S DO THAT IF EVERYBODY COULD STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? DO YOU WARE SWEAR THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE WILL BE THE TRUTH?

>> DOES ANYBODY NEED AN INTERPRETER?

[B. IDENTIFICATION OF CASES IN COMPLIANCE OR RESCHEDULED]

THANK YOU. MOST CASES ARE IN COMPLIANCE OR NEED TO BE RESCHEDULED? YOU WANT TO READ THOSE.

>> YES, I DO. WE'RE A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER TODAY. THE CASES THAT WERE COMPLYED ARE CASES 21-1672, 351 /TKPRAPB GRAND WITH GREENVILLE CITY COUNCIL THE OWNER AND 21167-YEAR-OLD, 2916 SOUTH TENTH STREET MARCOS CALDERON WERE THE OWNERS AND THOSE WERE COMPLIED

[A. 20-2425 * 600 Edwards Road WBC Collections LP Ed Smith]

EDWARDS ROAD. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING THIS IS A CONTINUANCE BEFORE YOU FOR A THE US UPDATE AND IT'S 20-2425 FOR 600 EDWARDS ROAD OWNED BY WBC COLLECTIONS LP OF 9215 SALON ROAD D-1 HOUSTON TEXAS 7-YEAR-OLD 064.

THE VIOLATIONS WERE SECTION 105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED.

I'VE BEEN IN RECENT CONTACT WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE TENANT AND THEY'VE INDICATED THEY ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AND THERE'S NOT BEEN A CHANGE OF TITLE BUT THEIR INTENTION IS TO OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO REMOVE THE UNPERMITTED WORK THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE.

ONCE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY IS COMPLETE LATER IN 2022, THEY PLAN ON SUBMITTING A COMPREHENSIVE RENOVATION PERMIT FOR THIS PROPERTY. SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE GRANT THIS TO ALLOW FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.

>> I SEE WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? >> NO.

HE CONSERVATIVED IT ALL. >> I'LL GRANT THE CONTINUANCE.

>> HOW LONG WOULD YOU LIKE TO GRANT IT FOR?

>> IF IT HELPS OUR CLOSING DATE HAS BEEN MOVED TO FEBRUARY 28TH.

>> LET'S CONTINUE THEN UNTIL MARCH, AND IF IT'S COMPLETED BY THEN YOU WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK.

>> ALRIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> THE NEXT CASE IS 5B CASE

[B. 21-678 1393 Bayshore Drive Aque, Nancy Kristie Kirstein]

IS THE OWNER. >> I'M WALTER AND MY WIFE IS NANCY AND THE PROPERTY IS IN HER NAME.

>> HOLD ON. LET'S LET THE CITY PRESENT FIRST AND THEN YOU CAN RESPOND. MR. COSS?

>> GOOD MORNING. THIS IS CASE NUMBER 21-678, ADDRESS 1393 PAY SHORE DRIVE. NANCY AQUE IS THE OWNER AND CASE WAS INITIATED IN MARCH 25TH OF 2021.

AND VIOLATION IS FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED AND SECTION 109-26 OF THE FORT PIERCE ORDINANCE PERMIT

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THERE'S REPLACEMENT FOR THE REFILL IN THE FLOOD HAZARD AREA.

>> ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO MA'AM.

>> IS THIS NEW? >> THIS IS MY FIRST CASE.

>> I DON'T REMEMBER YOU BUT WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU. >> HOW DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND?

>> WELL WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN JULY OF 20.

>> STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN PLEASE? >> I'M WALTER HUSBAND OF NANCY AQUE. WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND IN OCTOBER OF THAT YEAR HIRED AN ARCHITECT AND IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR TO GET PLANS THAT ARE ALMOST READY TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WHICH I THINK WOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS AND WE SUBMIT THE PLANS FOR BUILDING.

THE FINAL DRAFT WAS SENT TO US THIS PAST FRIDAY FOR A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL CHANGES, BUT OF COURSE THE ARCHITECTS OFFICE IS NOW CLOSED UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR SO HOPEFULLY WE'VE CHOSEN A BUILDER AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR BUILDING A BUILDING PERMIT SOME TIME IN THE FIRST OR AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYTHING WAS JUST YOU KNOW, BLAMED ON COVID-19 OR ILLNESS YOU KNOW THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND THE SOIL AND THE DRILLING FOR SOILS TO FIND OUT THE SUB STRATA. EVERYTHING TOOK A LOT A LONGER THAN I EVER ANTICIPATED BUT WE'RE PREPARING TO BUILD AND

OBTAIN A PERMIT. >> OKAY.

THE ONLY THING, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO

THAT? >> WE HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE

RECORD. >> DO HALF HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS.

>> IF YOU CAN SHOW THOSE TO THE RESPONDENT PLEASE BEFORE YOU

SUBMIT THOSE? >> YES, SIR.

>> YES. >> TO THE ATTORNEY.

>> DO THESE PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS AS YOU OBSERVED

THEM. >> AT THIS TIME THE CITY WOULD

MOVE EXHIBIT ONE INTO EVIDENCE. >> IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH.

AND NOW TO BE A COMPOSITE. OKAY.

ANYTHING FURTHER? >> NO.

>> YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE CITY.

>> I'M SORRY? >> IF YOU STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE CITY AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING PROBABLY WILL WORK

SMOOTHER. >> WE DIDN'T OBTAIN A PERMIT.

WHAT WE DID WE DID NOT THINK WE NEEDED IT.

>> OKAY. >> CERTAINLY WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT BEING AN OBTAINED I THINK THAT WILL HOPEFULLY CURE

EVERYTHING. >> YES, SIR., IT WILL.

>> ALRIGHT. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK.

I'LL CONTINUE THIS UNTIL HOW MUCH TIME?

MR. COSS? >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE I WOULD RECOMMEND CONTINUING THIS UNTIL THE FEBRUARY AGENDA THAT WILL BE

FEBRUARY 15TH. >> FEBRUARY 15TH.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[H. 21-1576 1232 Easter Avenue (Detached) Titherington, James Joseph Kevin Grant]

>> NEXT CASE? >> THE NEXT CASE IS 5H, 21-1576, 1232 EASTER AVENUE. THE DETACHED STRUCTURE.

JAMES JOSEPH TITHERINGTON IS THE OW

OWNER. >> GOOD MORNING.

I'M KEVIN GRANT AND WE'RE HERE FOR THE CASE OF 21-1576.

1232 EASTER AVENUE FOR A DETACHED BUILDING.

THE OWNER IS JAMES JOSEPH TITHERINGTON.

AND CASE IS INITIATED IN JULY 9TH OF 2021.

VIOLATION BUILDING CODE 1.5. CORRECTION ACTION CORRECTIVE ACTION OBTAIN A PERMIT INSTALLING ROOF MATERIAL ON A

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RECOMMENDATIONS, THE CITY REQUESTED THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS A VIOLATION EXISTS AND VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST 180 DAYS UNDERSTAND THE UNTIL PERMIT IS CLOSED AND COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATORS IN ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 A DAY BE ASSESSED.

>> SIR? SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? DO YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VIOLATION, SIR?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> HAS MR. JAMES JOSEPH TITHERINGTON BEEN SHOWN THOSE PHOTOGRAPH?

>> I DON'T BELIEVE SO. >> IF YOU COULD SHOW THOSE TWO H HIM?

>> VERY GOOD. I'M SORRY.

VERY GOOD. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> OKAY. >> WE'VE SEEN THEM.

>> MR. JAMES JOSEPH TITHERINGTON DO THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS. SORRY MR. GRANT AS YOU OBSERVE TH THEM?

>> SHE WAS ASKING YOU. >> DO THESE FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATORS AS YOU OBSERVED THEM? AT THIS TIME THE CITY MOVES IT TO EXHIBIT ONE COMPOSITE INTO

EVIDENCE. >> IT WILL BE SUBMITTED AS SUCH.

ANYTHING FURTHER FROM THE CITY? ALRIGHT.

MR. JAMES JOSEPH TITHERINGTON HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

>> WELL, I DO REMEMBER TALKING TO KEVIN, INSPECTOR KEVIN AND I ALSO GAVE HIM MY TELEPHONE NUMBER AND SAID I WOULD DEFINITELY, I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO HAVE A PERMIT TO STOP THE WATER LEAK FROM COMING THE HOUSE AS A TEMPORARY FIX UNTIL I HAD OTHER MEAN, SO I SAID YES, I WILL GO AND OBTAIN THE PERMIT, SO I WENT FOLLOWING MONDAY AND I THINK THAT WAS ON A FRIDAY OR SOMETHING THAT HE SAW ME ON THE ROOF OR NEAR THE ROOF AND I WENT THE FOLLOWING MONDAY AND STARTED THE PAPERWORK AND I GOT IT NOTARIZED POSSIBLY THE NEXT DAY AND BUT I DIDN'T, I'M TAKING CARE OF MY MOTHER, SO I DIDN'T GET THE PAPERS BACK IN RIGHT AWAY. THEN I THINK A COUPLE OF WEEKS PASSED AT LEAST BECAUSE I TOOK CARE OF MY MOM FOR A WEEK AT A TIME AND THEN I HAVE A WEEK OFF TO PLAY WITH THE HOUSE SO TO SPEAK. I SEE THESE NOTICES ON THE HOUSE AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, OKAY. I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS DOING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY.

GETTING THE PERMIT IN ORDER. BUT APPARENTLY I GUESS I WASN'T FAST ENOUGH DOING IT AND ALL I WAS DOING IS BASICALLY ORIGINALLY TRYING TO JUST STOP THE LEAKS FROM COMING THE HOUSE BECAUSE I'VE TRIED TARPS IN THE PAST AND THEY DON'T LAST LONG.

I JUST WANTED TO STOP THE MAJOR LEAKS FROM COMING IN.

BECAUSE I WASTED SO MUCH MONEY ON TARPS PREVIOUSLY THAT IT WAS JUST SEEMING LIKE A WASTE OF TIME, SO I FIGURED TARP PAPER

WOULD BE BETTER. >> DO YOU LIVE ON THE PREMISES

IN >> YES, MA'AM.

>> SO WHERE ARE YOU NOW IN TERMS OF GETTING THIS CORRECTED?

>> I DO HAVE THE PERMIT ALREADY NOW.

THEY CHARGED ME NOT FOR THE LITTLE HOUSE YET BECAUSE THEY SAID I COULD DO THE BIG HOUSE FIRST BECAUSE THERE'S TWO HOUSES ON THE SAME PROPERTY. IT'S LIKE A MOTHER-IN-LAW HOUSE WITH I THINK THEIR TALKING ABOUT THE ATTACHMENT HOUSE AND I DO HAVE PERMIT FOR THE BIG HOUSE AND I'M ALMOST DONE WITH IT.

I'M ON THE FINAL STAGES. LITTLE LESS THAN HALF TO FINISH.

I'VE DONE THE HARDEST STUFF AND NOW THE LOWER PITCH ROOF WILL BE EASIER, SO I SHOULD BE DONE REALLY SOON.

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>> ALRIGHT. >> THEN I CAN GET THE PERMIT FOR THE OTHER. THE LITTLE ATTACHMENT HOUSE BECAUSE I FIGURE I CAN DO ONLY ONE AT A TIME.

I COULDN'T DO THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

>> HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED?

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IS LEFT ON MY PERMIT.

I THINK I HAVE LESS THAN A MONTH, I BELIEVE.

I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PAPERWORK BUT TO DO THE LITTLE HOUSE I WILL NEED ANOTHER AT LEAST SIX MONTHS ON TOP OF THIS PERMIT.

THEY DID CHARGE ME FOR A DOUBLE PERMIT ON THE LARGE HOUSE BECAUSE YOU KNOW I SAID, OKAY I CAN ACCEPT THAT BECAUSE THEY DID TAKE OFF THE STOP WORK ORDER THAT WAS $100 BUT WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY ADDED ADDITIONAL 100 DOLLARS TO THE ACTUAL PERMIT SO INSTEAD OF $195 IT WAS $195, SO I SAID THEIR PROBABLY GOING TO DO THE SAME FOR THE LITTLE HOUSE.

MAYBE THEY'LL TAKE OFF THE STOP WORK ORDER AND THEN JUST HIT ME

FOR A DOUBLE PERMIT. >> CAN I INTERJECT.

>> YES, MR. GRANT. >> NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS BUT IT DOESN'T GET CLEAR SOMETIMES, BUT IF YOU HAVE A ROOF IN PROGRESS INSPECTION ON THE PERMITTED ROOF THAT YOU HAVE NOW, THE PERMIT WILL BE GOOD FOR ANOTHER 180 DAYS.

EVERY TIME YOU GET AN INSPECTION APPROVED YOUR PERMIT IS EXTENDED

FOR ANOTHER 180 DAYS. >> WITHOUT FEES?

>> YES, SIR. >> OKAY.

I SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TIME. >> I SAW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE ROOF ON THE MAIN HOUSE AND IT LOOKS GOOD.

>> THANK YOU. >> BUT WE NEED TO GET A PERMIT

FOR THE DETACHED BUILDING. >> EVEN THOUGH, I THEY SAID TO DO THE BIG ONE AND THEN GET THE OTHER ONE?

>> THEIR SEPARATE THOUGH, RIGHT? IT IS A SEPARATE BUILDING SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE PERMIT. SO I'M GOOD FOR EXTENDING YOU FOR ANOTHER 60 DAYS OR YOU KNOW WHATEVER IT TAKES.

>> TO GET THE LITTLE HOUSE PERMIT? I CAN DO THAT RIGHT AWAY. I JUST THOUGHT THEY WANTED ONE AT A TIME TO NOT GET OVERWHELMED.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT'S FINE.

>> I CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT AND HAVE THE PAPERWORK DONE SO

IT'S IN ORDER. >> I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DOING IT

BY YOURSELF AND IT TAKES TIME. >> I WENT TO COSTA RICA FOR A MONTH AND FELL DOWN MY STAIRS AND RIGHT WHEN I GOT BACK I

COULD NOT WORK ON THE ROOF. >> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT WORKING THIS JOB, THE CITY WILL WORK WITH YOU.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL THEM AND TELL THEM WHAT'S GOING ON.

THE PERMIT LASTS FOR 180 DAYS SO IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CONTACT THE CITY PERSONNEL AND THEY'LL WORK WITH

YOU. >> IF YOU SCHEDULE AN

INSPECTION. >> SO RIGHT AWAY I'LL GO TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND GET THE OTHER ONE IN LINE?

>> I WOULD SUGGEST YOU SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION FOR WHAT YOU GOT

NOW? >> SO BASICALLY FINISH THE FIRST

ONE? >> YES.

YOU CAN CALL FOR A ROOF IN PROGRESS.

>> I'M NOT READY FOR AN INSPECTION YET.

>> VERY GOOD. THAT'S FINE.

>> SO JUST GO AHEAD AND GET THE OTHER ONE IN PROGRESS EVEN

THOUGH, I'M NOT ON IT YET? >> YES, SIR.

>> JUST WORK WITH MR. GRANT. HE WILL HELP YOU.

>> LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER 60 DAY?

>> YES. 60 DAYS.

>> TO GET THE PERMIT FOR THE ATTACHED BUILDING

>> YES, SIR. >> I'LL GET IT RIGHT AN I. WITH

THE >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. APPRECIATE IT.

>> SO FOR CLARIFICATION CONTINUE TO THE FEBRUARY HEARING?

[F. 21-1538 520 S 10th Street Dieusener, Joseph Logan Winn]

>> THE NEXT CASE IS 5 F. CASE 21-1538, 520 SOUTH TENTH STREET. JOSEPH DIEUSENER.

JOSEPH DIEUSENER IS THE OWNER. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> MY NAME IS LOGAN WINN BUILDING INSPECTOR/INVESTIGATION FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. 21-1538, ADDRESS OF 520 SOUTH TENTH STREET. CASE WAS INITIATED JULY 2ND OF

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VIOLATION WAS FBC, 2017 PERMIT REQUIRED CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR REPLACING THE SO FIT AND FAUCET WITHOUT A PERMIT. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE FASCIA

AND THE SO GET DONE IN THE BACK. >> THESE DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS AS YOU OBSERVE THEM? THIS IS ONE EXHIBIT ONE

COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPHS. >> IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH.

>> MR. LOGAN WINN IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHEN THE WE'RE OBSERVEING IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS PLEASE?

>> IN PICTURE A THERE IS, IF YOU LOOK ALONG THE EDGE OF THE ROOF YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE NEW SO ROOF AND THERE'S A POST HOLDING UP THE REAR PORCH AREA IN PICTURE B THAT'S NEW.

AND THEN PICTURE C WAS ANOTHER ANGLE FROM THE SIDE STREET OF THE FACE AND THE OTHERS. PICTURES D ANDE ARE THE SAME THINGS. THERE WAS A ROOF PERMIT ON THIS

PROPERTY FINALED OUT IN JUNE 29. >> ANYTHING FURTHER.

SIR, STATE YOUR NAME? >> JOSEPH DIEUSENER.

>> HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS.

>> YES THERE WAS A ROOF PROBLEM. I HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK FOR ME AND I GUESS AS THEY GO ALONG THEY SAW THE NEED TO REP REPLACE BOTH AND TO REPLACE THE POST. I DIDN'T KNOW WE NEEDED EXTRA PERMIT FOR THAT. I THOUGHT I HIRED HIM TO DO THAT. THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY PERMITS TO DO THE JOB. I GUESS TALKING TO HIM IT'S PROBABLY OF HABIT OF THEM IN THE PAST JUST PULLING ROOF PERMIT AND NOT THE EXTRA AND I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I FALL IN.

BUT SINCE I RECEIVED THAT NOTE I WENT TO THE CITY AND SPOKE TO A YOUNG LADY THERE AND I WANTED TO PULL THE PERMIT MYSELF TO GET EVERYTHING DONE BUT THE PROBLEM WAS THE POST THAT I WAS TO REPLACE. WHEN THEY SPOKE TO MR. LOGAN WINN HE SAID I NEEDED AN ENGINEER TO SIGN OFF TO SAY THAT THE POST IS CORRECT IN ORDER FOR ME TO, MY BIGGEST PROBLEM IS FINDING AN ENGINEER. I WANTED TO PULL THEM MYSELF SO HE COULD GET IT OVER WITH BUT I HAVE SINCE STRUGGLED TO FIND AN ENG ENGINEER.

OTHERWISE, I CAN PULL THE PERMIT TO GET EVERYTHING DONE.

>> SO? MR. LOGAN WINN, I NEED A ROOF.

OKAY? AND WHEN I CALLED THE GUY TO DO THE ROOF, HE INCLUDED THESE THINGS IN THE PERMITTING PR PROCESS. IS THIS WHAT HAPPENED HIM THAT THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THERE? OR DO YOU NEED A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR THAT? MR. COSS YOU CAN JOIN IN.

>> AS FAR AS WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SPECIFIC SCOPE OF WORK THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT INCLUDE THESE IN THE SCOPE OF THE REPERMI.

WHETHER THAT IS ALLOWED IS UP TO THE DISCRETION OF EACH OFFICIAL OF MUNICIPALITIES. HERE WE ALLOW THE FACE TO BE INCLUDED BUT THE SO FIT IS NOT. IT IS A SEPARATE COMPONENT NOT

INCLUDED IN THE ROOF. >> I NEED TO GET RID OF THIS

ROOFER BEFORE HE GETS STARTED. >> MAY BE A LIST.

>> I'M SERIOUS. WHEN HE GAVE ME YOU KNOW, THE SPECKS, HE INCLUDED THAT, BUT IF IT'S NOT ALLOWED THEN I'M IN

TROUBLE. >> AGAIN THAT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL SO ST. LUCY COUNTY MAY

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UNDER THE SAME PERMIT. >> SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR CONTRACTOR AND ASK HIM TO INCLUDE THAT OR IS HE DONE?

>> HE WAS DONE. HE WAS DONE SINCE THE END OF JULY AND I GUESS WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM AND I GUESS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WAS THE POST. THE ENGINEERING LETTER THAT I NEED FOR THAT. I GUESS HE STRUGGLED FINDING THAT AS WELL WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM.

BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH HIM ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THIS, SO I JUST WANTED TO DEAL WITH IT AND GET IT OVER WITH MYSELF AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY I CAN DO IT MYSELF AND PULL THE PERMIT SINCE I LIVE THERE AND GET IT DONE AND OVER WITH OR DO I NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT CONTRACTOR?

>> ALRIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER? WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS TO TALK TO MR. LOGAN WINN.

THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HERE WORKS WITH THE CITIZENS OF FORT PIERCE. TALK WITH HIM.

HE'S NOT YOUR CONTRACTOR, I KNOW AND I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT MR. LOGAN WINN BUT YOU CAN TELL HIM WHAT HE PROBABLY NEEDS TO DO. MR. COSS, AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO REALLY. SO UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE BUILDING REGULATIONS THAT REALLY ARE REQUIRED BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE ARE IN FLORIDA AND WE HAVE HURRICANES EVERY NOW AND THEN AND THIS IS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM SAFE.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT, MA'AM. >> DO YOU NEED 60 DAYS? IS THAT ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO GET THIS DONE?

>> YES. ABSOLUTELY I CAN TRY TO GET IT

DONE PRIOR TO 60 DAYS. >> I'LL CONTINUE IT FOR 60 DAYS AND IF YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE YOU WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK.

>> OKAY. >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> NO, JUST GET A CARD FROM MR. LOGAN WINN.

>> HAPPY HOLIDAYS. >> SAME TO YOU, MA'AM.

>> SO FOR CLARIFICATION TO THE FEBRUARY HEARING?

>> FEBRUARY DOCKET. >> OKAY THE NEXT CASE IS AG

[G. 21-1568 2001 S 30th Street National Debt Relief Svcs Inc Frank Remling]

INC IS THE OWNER. >> MORNING.

>> MORNING MR. REMLING. >> MY MAIM IS FRANK REMLING AND I WORK AS A BUILDING INSP INSPECTOR/INVESTTY GUY OR THE.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THIS IS 21-1568, 2001 SOUTH 30TH STREET INITIATED ON JULY 7TH OF 2021.

THE OWNER IS NATIONAL DEBT RELIEF SERVICES, INC, 12856 SOUTH 31ST COURT IN FLORIDA. THE VIOLATIONS ARE 105.1, 20 PERMIT REQUIRED. THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR ENCLOSING THE GARAGE WITHOUT A PERMIT.

AND I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE GARAGE BEFORE AND AFTER WHEN

THEY WERE WORKING. >> HAS HE SEEN THOSE PHOTOGRAPH?

>> I DON'T THINK.

S SO.

>> DO THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS FAIRLY DEPICT THE GARAGE BEFORE AND AFTER THE WORK? AT THIS TIME THE CITY WOULD MOVE INTO EVIDENCE COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE.

>> IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NUMBER C IS THE BUILDING BEFORE AND B IS AFTER.

AND THAT'S IT. >> ALRIGHT.

SIR STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> I'M ANTHONY MARTINEZ. >> HOW ARE YOU ASSOCIATED WITH

THE PROPERTY? >> I AM THE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL DEBT RELIEF SERVICES, INC.

>> OKAY. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE

ALLEGATION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A

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>> MR. REMLING? >> I'M OKAY WITH IT.

YOU GOT OR DONE ANYTHING TO GET THE PERMIT?

YOU HAVE IT IN PROGRESS? >> WE HAVE FOUND A CONTRACTOR AND ENGINEER THAT WILL ASSIST US IN PULLING PERMIT, YES.

>> ALRIGHT. MR. COSS?

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE STAFF IS AGREEABLE TO THE 60 DAY S.

I BELIEVE THE RESPONDENT KNOWS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

WE WOULD REQUEST THAT WE GO AHEAD AND FIND A ORDER PROVIDING

60 DAYS TO COMPLY. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> THANK YOU. >> BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED I FIND THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED. OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS; AND, CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100.00 PER DASSESSED. YOU HAVE

TO COME INTO COMPLIANT. >> ACKNOWLEDGED.

>> THANK YOU. >> HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

[K. 21-1675 2401 Oleander Avenue Chen, Min & Ji Li Yan Logan Winn]

>> OKAY. THE NEXT CASE IS 5K, 21-16752401 OLD ANGER AVENUE. MIN AND JIMMY WILL /KWRAPB

/KH*EUPB ARE THE OWNERS. >> CASE NUMBER 21-1675.

THE OWNER IS AS LISTED AND THE CASE WAS SUBMITTED JULY 20TH, 2021 AND THE VIOLATION OF 105.1, PERMIT REQUIRED.

CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS A PERMIT OBTAINED FOR THE ABOVE GROUND POOL INSTALLED WITHOUT A PERMIT. WE HAVE DO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE PO POOL.

>> HAS SHE SEEN THOSE PHOTO

PHOTOGRAPHS? >> DOES THE PHOTOGRAPH DEPICT THE VIOLATION AS YOU OBSERVE IT? AT THIS TIME THE CITY WILL MOVE IN TO EVIDENCE CITY'S EXHIBIT ONE.

>> THEY WILL BE ADMITTED AS SU

SUCH. >> ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NO MA'AM. >> AND HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

>> HI BUILDING DEPARTMENT I WENT THERE YESTERDAY.

>> AND YOU APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT?

>> SAY AGAIN? >> DID YOU APPLY FOR THE PERMIT

TO GET IT APPROVED? >> YES.

OK OKAY.

>> ARE THERE CHILDREN ON THE PREMISES?

>> ARE THERE CHILDREN THAT LIVE THERE?

>> CHILDREN? >> NO.

>> OKAY. >> SO YOU DID APPLY FOR THE

PERMIT? >> YES.

SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. >> MR. COSS HELP ME OUT HERE.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THE PERMIT HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR.

IT WAS REJECTED INITIALLY FOR NOT HAVING ENOUGH INFORMATION BUT REVISIONS WERE SUBMITTED THIS MONTH THAT WERE JUST REJECTED AGAIN ON THIS PAST FRIDAY FOR NEEDING ADDITIONAL DETAIL FROM THE LADDER AND THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION FROM THE POOL. THE STAFF WENT BY THE PROPERTY TO VERIFY THE LADDER HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE POOL.

THE WALLS OF THE POOL ACT AS ONE BARRIER SO THERE'S NOT AN EMINENT SAFETY CONCERN AS LONG AS THE LADDER REMAINS REMOVED FROM THE POOL SO STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT WE FIND AN ORDER

DETERMINING VIOLATION FOR THIS. >> AND YOUR RESPONSE, IF YOU

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IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN. >> I ALREADY PASSED MY PERMIT TO MY CONTRACTOR. SO EVERYTHING IS PROCESSING NOW.

>> OKAY. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? WELL PACED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED I FIND THAT A VIOLATION EXISTS. THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED. OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS; AND, CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100.00 PER DAY BE ASSESSED.

>> OKAY. >> GOOD LUCK.

>> THANK YOU. >> HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

YOU KNOW? CAN I SAY SOMETHING TO YOU?

>> MA'AM? >> THAT'S OKAY.

WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, I HAVE LIVED ON THE TREASURE COAST ALL MY LIFE AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND PROBABLY NOBODY IN HERE REMEMBERS THIS BECAUSE I'M PROBABLY THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE BUILDING. BUT THERE WAS A FAMILY WITH AN IN GROUND POOL AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THE NEIGHBORING CHILDREN, THIS MAN HAD A FENCE AROUND HIS HOUSE BUT THE NEIGHBORING CHILDREN CLIMBED ACROSS THE FENCE AND GOT IN THE POOL AND SEVERAL OF THEM DROWNED AND SO THE POOL IS OF A SPECIAL CONCERN BECAUSE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO KIDS AND NOT ONLY THE KID BUT THE HOMEOWNERS FACED I'M SURE A LAWSUIT SO YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THOSE POOLS. OKAY.

THAT'S WHY THE CITY DOES WHAT IT DOES.

GOOD LUCK. >> THANK YOU.

[L. 21-1683 1200 Colonnades Dr., 101 Morales, Eusebio & Gricel Logan Winn]

>> NEXT CASE? >> NEXT CASE IS 5L.

21-1683, 1200 COLONNADES DRIVE, UNIT 101.

MORALES ARE THE OWNERS. >> HELLO.

>> GOOD MORNING. WHENEVER YOU ARE READY MR. LOGAN

WINN. >> CASE NUMBER 21-1683.

/KOL DID AS DRIVE, APARTMENT 101.

INITIATED JULY 16TH OF 2021. OWNER IS AS LISTED, 932 WEST BRADLEY COURT. THE VIOLATION IS FBC 105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE ENCLOSURE BEING BUILT WITHOUT A PERMIT.

THERE'S NO PERMIT FILED ON THIS. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE PROPERTY

/-. >> THESE PHOTOGRAPHS FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS AS YOU OBSERVED THEM? AT THIS TIME WE MOVE THE PICTURES INTO THE CITY COMPOSITE

AS COMPOSITE ONE. >> THEY WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. ANYTHING FURTHER, MR. WINN? SIR, STATE YOUR NAME AND HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATION?

>> WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, I HIRED, I CLOSED IT IN.

IT WAS MY MISTAKE. WE HIRED A GUY TO DO THE PLANS FOR US ENGINEER BECAUSE I GUESS I CAN'T DO THEM AND HE NOTED AND TOLD ME HE COULD DO THE PLAN, SO I DO HAVE PLANS AND I CAME IN LAST WEEK BUT HE WAS WAITING FOR SOME FLORIDA APPROVAL CODES FOR THE DOOR THAT I BOUGHT AT HOME DEPOT AND HE'S MADE THE PLANS BUT I CAN'T TURN THEM IN BECAUSE THE ENGINEER DID NOT STAMP THEM SO HE'S WAITING. I GOT HIM THE DOOR BECAUSE I TOOK PICTURES OF EVERYTHING WHEN I MADE THE RECEIPTS AND EVERYTHING SO HE'S IN THE PROCESS.

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I SHOWED THEM THE OUTLETS I NEEDED AND CAME AND DID THE ROUGH AND HE LOOKED AT IT AND THEN I CALLED AGAIN AFTER I PUT THEM IN AND HE FINALIZED AND HE WAS VERY NICE AND SO THAT PERMIT FOR THE SOCKETS OR OUTLETS, SO THAT'S DONE ALREADY AND SO I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE ENGINEER TO APPROVE THAT AND TURN THEM IN.

>> OKAY. >> HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL

TAKE YOU TO GET IT? >> I WANT TOO PUT THIS TO REST

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, MA'AM? >> ALRIGHT.

I'LL COUNT THIS, YOU THINK MR. COSS HE CAN HAVE THAT DONE BY

JANUARY? >> MA'AM I WOULD RECOMMEND CONTINUING IT UNTIL THE FEBRUARY AGENDA.

>> ALRIGHT LET'S CONTINUE THIS TO FEBRUARY AND SEE WHERE YOU ARE, AND IF YOU ARE DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, YOU ARE GOOD.

>> THANK YOU GUYS. >> HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

>> THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US.

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. >> THEY ARE.

[E. 21-1416 3501 Fontaneda Avenue Lee, Kin Ball Logan Winn]

THEY TRULY ARE. >> YES.

>> NEXT CASE MADAM CLERK? >> NEXT CASE IS 5E, 21-1416, 3501 FONTANADA AVENUE. KIN BALL LEE IS THE OWNER.

>> WHEN YOU ARE READY? >> CASE 21-1416, ADDRESS 3501 FONTANADA AVENUE. CASE WAS INITIATED JUNE 22ND OF 21. OWNER IS KIN BALL LEE OF THE ADDRESS AS LISTED. FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA.

VIOLATION FBC 105.1, 2017 PERMIT REQUIRED.

CORRECTIVE ACTION IS OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR REPLACING THE AC UNIT WITHOUT A PERMIT. NO PERMIT HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR AND I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE UNIT BEING REPLACED.

>> THANK YOU. >> DO THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATION AS YOU ON CELEBRITY OFFERED THEM? AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE THEM

INTO EVIDENCE AS COMPOSITE ONE. >> THEY WILL BE ADMITTED AS SU SUCH.

>> I'M KIN BALL LEE. I HAD AN AC FILTER SERVICE COME AND CHECK MY AIR CONDITIONER AND HE SAID HE COULD NOT REPAIR IT.

HE HAD A USED ONE SINCE I'M ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, HE WOULD INSTALL THIS USED ONE AND I HAD AIR CONDITIONERS REPLACED BEFORE AND I'VE NEVER HAD TO PULL THE PERMIT MYSELF. I ASSUMED HE WAS GOING TO PULL IT AND I TRIED TO CONTACT HIM FOUR OR FIVE TIMES AND HE NEVER RETURNED MY ANSWER. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S NOT RETURNING MY ANSWER FOR THE CA

CALL. >> WELL YOU, ARE YOU IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING A PERMIT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE AC?

>> YEAH, I WAS HOPING TO BE ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM BECAUSE HE ALREADY TOOK MY MONEY AND ALL THE OTHER COMPANY THAT I USE ALWAYS HAD EVERYTHING YOU KNOW PREPARED AND PULLED THE PERMIT AND I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO, SO I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL I GOT THE LETTER FROM THE CITY.

SO I WONDER IF I CAN SEE IF I CAN KEEP GOING TRYING TO GET HIM TO COME. TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

>> MR. LOGAN WINN CAN HE PULL THE PERMIT HIMSELF FOR THE AC

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INSTALLATION? >> I DON'T KNOW, DO WE ALLOW

OWNERS FOR AC CHANGE OUT? >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE TYPICALLY AN OWNER BUILDER CANNOT OBTAIN ONE BECAUSE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED BY THE E.P.A. TO HANDLE THE REFRIGERATORY AND THE DISCHARGE OF THE LAST UNIT HAS ALREADY BEEN HANDLED HOPEFULLY PROPERLY. WE WOULD ALLOW THE OWNER BUILDER TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT PROVIDED THAT HE CAN PROVIDE THE SAME DOCUMENTATION AS ANY LICENSE AC COMPANY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO IS SUCH AS THE AC CHANGE OUT FORM AND THE HRI FORM.

IF THE OWNER IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE DOCUMENTS THEN UNFORTUNATELY HE'LL NEED TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE THE PERMITTING PROCESS. > MR. LEE DID YOU UNDERSTAND

WHAT HE SAID? >> YEAH I'M NOT ALLOWED TO PULL THE PERMIT MYSELF? BUT I CAN HAVE ANOTHER

CONTRACTOR PULL IT? >> LET ME DO THIS.

I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL JANUARY?

DO WE HAVE A JANUARY DOCK MET? >> WE DO.

>> LET'S CONTINUE THIS TO JANUARY.

TALK TO MR. WINN. I THINK THEY CAN HELP YOU HERE EASE THIS SITUATION. TALK WITH THE CITY.

THE CITY WILL REALLY WORK WITH YOU.

I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THIS TO JANUARY.

YOU TALK WITH MR. WINN AND MR. COSS WHO IS THE SUPERVISOR, AND LET'S SEE HOW YOU CAN WORK THIS OUT WITHOUT HAVING TO PROBABLY

COME BACK AGAIN. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

>> YOU TOO. >> OKAY.

[A. 19-2535 704 S 7th Street Ryan, George Holmes, Kelly Ryan Shaun Coss]

HOLMES ARE THE OWNERS. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THIS IS CASE 19-25354. SOUTH 7TH STREET AND THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY GEORGE RYAN AND KELLY RYAN HOLMES STUART FLORIDA. THIS IS A MASSEY HEARING FOR A FINE REDUCTION. THE VIOLATIONS WERE CITY ORDINANCE SECTION 5-1.1 PERMIT REQUIRED AND THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE YOU JANUARY 82ND OF 2020 IN A ORDER DETERMINING VIOLATION WAS ENTERED. AFTER THE PERMITS HAD EXPIRED IN OF THE OF NON-COMPLIANCE WAS RECORDED ON OCTOBER 7TH OF 2021 WHICH INITIATED THE FINES. AFTER RECEIVING THE MASSEY LETTER THE OWNERS RESPONDED THAT THEY HAD THOUGHT THAT THE PERMITTING ISSUE HAD BEEN CORRECTED.

AT THAT TIME THEY DID RENEW THE PERMIT AND OBTAINED THE REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AND THE PERMITS WERE CLOSED OUT WHICH COMPLIED WITH THE CASE. THE OF THE OF COMPLIANCE WAS REQUIRED OCTOBER 28TH OF 2021. THERE'S THREE CRITERIA IN CONSIDERING THE REDUCTION OF THE FINES.

ONE THE GRAVITY OR SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATION IS MINIMAL.

TWO, ANY AND OUR ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE VIOLATOR TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION OR IF THE VIOLATIONS WERE NOT CORRECTED ACTION WAS TAKEN BY ANY OTHER OWNER WITH INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

THE OWNER DID OPPORTUNITY OBTAIN THE PERMIT AND IT EXPIRED.

IT WAS LATER RENEWED AND RECEIVED THE FINAL INSPECTIONS.

THREE, THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE VIOLATOR WAS PREVIOUSLY FOUND IN VIOLATION BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD OR JUDICIAL OR QUASI JUDICIAL PROCESS OR OTHERWISE,ED A MYTHED GUILT IN ANY PROCEEDING AND THERE HAS BEEN NONE.

STAFF HAS CALL CUE HATED ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN THIS CASE TO BE $1663 AND 30 CENTS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE FINES ARE $1840. THE FINES DID RUN FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ROUGHLY 21 DAYS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE REQUESTED A COMPLETE WAIVER OF THE FINES.

AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS PRIOR TO MAKING A RECOMMENDATION AND THEY WERE NOT HERE FOR SWEARING IN, AND IF THE CLERK WOULD LIKE TO SWEAR THEM IN?

>> WILL YOU BOTH BE TESTIFYING? >> YES.

>> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU PROVIDE WILL BE THE TRUTH?

>> YES. >> HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS? GET YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD?

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>> KELLY RYAN HOLMES. BACK WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS WE PULLED PER MYTHS FOR EVERYTHING.

WE'RE CONTRACTORS AND WE'RE JUST LISTENING TO THESE GUYS AND WE FEEL SO BAD FOR THE ONES WE LISTENED TO BECAUSE WE PULL PERMITS AND WE PULLED THE PERMIT FOR BOTH OF THESE.

IT'S RAFTER TAILS. >> THE ROOF, I'M GEORGE RYAN, RYAN HOLMESES CONTRACTING AND WE'RE LICENSED ROOFERS IN FLORIDA. THE WHOLE STATE AND I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR FROM NEW ENGLAND AND WE MOVED DOWN HERE

TO GET OUT OF THE COLD. >> WELCOME.

>> FORT PIERCE AND WE LOVE IT. GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

BACK TO THE HOUSE. THE PREVIOUS NEIGHBORS STOLE THE COPPER OFF THE EVES. I IT WAS OUR NEIGHBOR.

THIS IS A FORECLOSURE WE BOUGHT. IT LOOKS GREAT.

>> WE PULLED THE PERMITS AND IT NEEDED NEW FACE AND WE REROOFED IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MEANS TO PUT A METAL ROOF ON IT

AT THE TIME. >> IT WAS A WILL THE OF CLEANING UP. THEY LEFT SURPRISES FOR US.

>> WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET EVERYTHING DONE AND THE INSPECTOR CAME BY. HE WAS FROM LIKE COUP IN EFFECT

CUT NEAR MY NECK OF THE WOODS. >> SO WHEN HE CAME BY HE SIGNED THE PERMIT WHICH I SENT TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE HE SIGNED THE FIRST INSPECTION AND THEN THEY SAID TO US, NO HE DIDN'T, SO I ACTUALLY HAD TO DRIVE UP AND IT WAS IN THE POX AND PRESENT IT TO THEM THAT YES, HE DID.

>> IT WAS COOL AND I GUESS HE DIDN'T SIGN THE FINAL WHEN HE CAME IN FOR THE FINAL AND THEN HE RETIRE, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS. I'M THINKING IT'S ALL DONE.

WE ALREADY SIGNED OFF ON THAT. >> HE WAS SO NICE AND WE MET HIM WITH OUR STAFF AND WE TOLD THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WE CAN CALL HIM AND FIND OUT AND THEY SAID IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SIGN THE PAPER AND WE'RE LIKE THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. HE WAS THERE.

WE JUMPED THROUGH THE HOOPS AND RENEWED EVERYTHING AND SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO ARGUE WE'LL RENEW IT AND THEN I GOT LET AER IT WAS LIKE $100 A DAY AND THIS IS CRAZY TO US.

THIS IS WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY SO WE GOT THE RENEWAL AND GOT EVERYTHING DONE AND IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THEM TO GET THE PERMIT AND YOU KNOW BECAUSE OF THE RENEWAL AND THE PROCESS AND THEN WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DO ON THE WEBSITE.

I KEPT TRYING TO BOOK THE INSPECTION ON THE WEBSITE AND I COULD SHANNON GORDON WHICH I HAVE ALL THE E-MAILS AND SHE FILED FOR THE INSPECTION AND THE GUY CAME BY AND HE COULDN'T, WE WERE NOT PRESENT AND WE SAID WE COULD BE THERE AND THEN HE SAID HE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PERMIT WAS PULLED FOR.

>> THIS IS A GRAY AREA FOR YOU, SIR ON THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU ARE DOING A REROOF, THERE IS NO IN PROGRESS OR DRY END THAT THEIR LOOKING FOR. IT'S LAYING OVER THE EXISTING SHINGLE WAS A LONGER NAIL. IT IS A TOUGH AREA TO JUDGE.

MAYBE SOMEHOW WE CAN MAKE IT RIGHT.

>> ANYWAY WE ENDED UP GETTING ALL THE INSPECTIONS AND THAT WAS DONE AND THEN I WAS LIKE, GREAT AND NOW WE'RE GOING FOR THE REFINANCE AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO A FINE REDUCTION AND THE FINANCE PERSON SAID ALL THESE PERMITS ARE OPEN AND I WAS LIKE, NO WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THESE HOOP, SO WE COULD NOT REFINANCE OUR HOUSE YESTERDAY BECAUSE THEY DID NOT CLOSE THE PERMIT, SO I CALLED SHANNON GORDON AGAIN AT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND SHE SAID THAT'S NOT THE BUILDING INSPECTORS JOB TO CLOSE THE PERMIT BECAUSE I'M KIND OF CONFUSED.

THEY CAME TO INSPECT IT AND OUR INSPECTORS SIGN OFF AND SUBMIT A PERMIT AND THEN THIS IS HIKE, WE HAVE A CLOSING TO DAY.

I REALLY NEED THIS. THIS IS HOLDING UP OUR CLOSING AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD GET TO IT AND TALK TO HER SUPERVISOR AND I'M LIKE WHAT DO I TELL THE CLOSING ATTORNEY SO SHE CALLS ME THIS MORNING AT 8:00 AND SAID NOW THE CLOSING IS GONE AND NOW SHE'S CLOSED ALL THE PERMITS EXCEPT ANOTHER CONTRACTOR WE HIREED WITH SIMMONS PLUMBING DID NOT CLOSE ON THEIR PERMIT SO WE

ANOTHER OPEN PERMIT. >> HE APPLIED FOR THE WATER HEATER AND HAD TO PUT THE PAN UNDERNEATH IT AND NEVER CALLED IN THE FINAL. WE CAN'T FIND THIS KID.

HE DOESN'T ANSWER HIS CALLS. >> AND WE CALLED HER AND HAD TO RENEW THE PERMIT AND SHE MADE US PAY FOR A NEW RENEWAL ON THE HOT WATER HEATER SO WE'RE DOING IT AND SHE'S SUPPOSED TO CALL

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MY WHOLE POINT IS THAT EVEN WHEN WE DID ALL THESE THINGS THEN THIS BUILDING DEPARTMENT TOLD ME NONE OF THESE WERE CLOSED AND AS OF THIS MORNING AT 8:00 DID THEY CALL ME AND SAID SHE IS FINE AND THEN JUST SENT ME AN E-MAIL JUST BEFORE WE CAME HERE THAT HEY, HAVE BEEN CLOSED. SO HERE WE ARE.

WE ARE, I'M PROBABLY THE MOST IRRITATING PERSON AT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A FIVE-STAR RATED COMPANY.

I'M KIND OF ANNOYING. >> WE NEVER CLOSE.

>> I'M LIKE ANNOYING ABOUT GETTING MY PERMITS.

>> YES WITH HER. >> SO HERE WE ARE AND BUT I WANT TO SAY EVEN THOUGH, WE'RE BUMMED OUT WE'RE LIKE HUGELY POSITIVE ABOUT FORT PIERCE AND SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE TOWN IS DOING.

THIS PLACE LOOKS AMAZING AND WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT INVESTING IN FT. PIERCE IS THE WAY TO GO. I DON'T WANT TO SEEM LIKE A NEGATIVE NANCY BECAUSE WE'RE PRO FORT PIERCE AND THIS IS OUR ONLY REAL NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE FINES WERE AND WE SAW THAT.

THE FIRST TIME WE WERE LIKE, YOU ARE KIDDING ME.

1600. >> OKAY.

>> AND I HAVE ALL THE E-MAILS SAYING WE'RE ALL SET.

EVEN RIGHT DOWN TO OUR TREE PERMIT.

WE PULLED THE PERMIT FOR A TREE THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED IN THE FRONT YARD AND I TALKED TO THE REALLY NICE FORESTRY GUY.

>> I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THIS TO JANUARY SO YOU CAN GET WITH THE

CITY AND SEE WHERE YOU ALL ARE? >> ALL THE PERMITTING ISSUES HAVE BEEN CLOSED SO THE HEARING THIS MORNING IS FOR A FINE REDU REDUCTION.

>> THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS IS THAT THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING.

MAYBE THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION.

I DON'T KNOW. I WANT TO GIVE IT A MONTH AND YOU ALL CAN WORK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT YOU DID.

IF THE CITY FINDS THAT THERE WERE SOME MISSTEPS ON YOUR BEHALF THEN IT WILL COME BACK. IF NOT IT'LL BE WORKED OUT.

>> YEAH THIS HOLD UP BY CLOSING IS THAT THEIR WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE HEARING SO THEY WOULD SAY WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE WE HAVE TO PAY THAT, SO I DON'T WANT TO PROLONG THAT FOR ANOTHER MONTH BECAUSE I HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE WAITING FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THIS HEARING TO MAKE THIS DETERMINATION OF WHAT THE AMOUNT

IS. >> REFINANCING IS NOT EASY THESE DAYS. LET ME TELL YOU IT'S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

>> MY CONCERN AND I DON'T WANT TO CHARGE YOU FOR SOMETHING IF YOU DID WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.

>> EXACTLY. >> YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A SHOCK.

EVEN THE AMOUNT WAS ONLY TOGETHER US.

>> SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT ANOTHER MONTH, IS THERE AN

AGREEMENT YOU GUYS CAN COME TO? >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AFTER HEARING THE TESTIMONY AND REVIEWING THE INSPECTION RECORD WHAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AND THIS IS FORTUNATE AND UNFORTUNATE WHERE THE CONTRACTORS DO ESTABLISH A GREAT REPOIR AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INSPECTORS AND OFTEN TIMES THEY CALL THEM TO SCHEDULE IN SPEC INSPECTIONS. THEY SHOULD ALWAYS BE SCHEDULED ON THE ON-LINE PORTAL THROUGH THE PHONE SYSTEM OR PERMIT TECHNICIAN, AND I DON'T KNOW FOR A FACT WHAT HAPPENED HERE BUT LOOKING AT THE INSPECTIONS WE HAVE A FRAMING INSPECTION THAT WAS SCHEDULED IN APRIL OF 2020 THAT WAS APPROVED AND THERE WAS NO OTHER INSPECTIONS SCHEDULED UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2021 ONCE THE PERMIT WAS RENEWED, SO IF THERE WAS A FINAL INSPECTION FROM PAUL SOME TIME BETWEEN APRIL 2020 AND OCTOBER OF 2021, THAT INSPECTION WAS NEVER SCHEDULED THROUGH OUR SYSTEM, SO THERE WAS SOME YOU KNOW FOR PAUL TO GO OUT THERE, THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHING THAT

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CAUSED INSPECTORS. >> WE SCHEDULED IT THROUGH SHA NON GORDON AND AS OF THIS MORNING SHE SAID THEY WERE OPEN YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE NOT CLOSED AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO INSPECTION. WE HAD TO PRESENT THE CARD.

WE DON'T KNOW THE INSPECTOR'S PHONE NUMBER.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS CALL THE OFFICE TO SCHEDULE

AN INSPECTION. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE COULD WE RECESS THIS CASE FOR A FEW MOMENT, SO I CAN REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS AND WE CAN MOVE ON. WE HAVE A PHONE HEARING WE CAN

MOVE ON TO. >> LET'S DO THAT.

>> THANK YOU. HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

>> IF IT HELP AS LONG THE PERMITS ARE CLOSED EXCEPT FOR THE PLUMBING. IT'S STILL OPEN.

>> ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE CLOSED BY 8:00 THIS MORNING.

>> RIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE PLUMBING.

>> I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU TIME TO TALK TO STAFF AND THEN WE'LL

REDO OUR CALL IN CASE. >> LET'S DO THE CALL IN.

[J. 21-1658 509 N 21st Street McCormick (EST), Nettie Frank Remling]

>> OKAY. >> SO WE'LL BE DOING 5J, THAT IS 211658, 501, 31ST STREET AND NETTIE MCCORMICK IS THE OWNER AND WE'RE CALLING HER DAUGHTER, DARSHAN PATIL MCCORMICK.

>> I WAS WONDERING WHY MR. REMLING WAS STILL IN HERE.

>> I HAD ONE MORE. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF. >> HELLO?

>> GOOD MORNING. PATRICIA? THIS IS ELIZABETH WITH THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE BUILDING

DEPARTMENT. >> YES.

>> YOU ARE IN AUDIO ATTENDANCE OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?

>> YES. >> YOU CAN HEAR ME?

>> YES. >> OKAY.

SO FOR THE RECORD WE HAVE TO SWEAR YOU IN SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE WHEREVER YOU ARE AT AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT DRIVING RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> PATRICIA MCCORMICK. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL PROVIDE WILL BE THE TRUTH?

>> YES. >> AND THE NEXT VOICE YOU WILL

HEAR IS THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >> OKAY.

>> GOOD MORNING, MRS. MCCORMICK. I'M FRAN ROSS THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THAT WILL BE PRESIDING OVER YOU'RE HEARING THIS MORNING. ALRIGHT.

MR. REMLING? >> THIS CASE NUMBER IS 21-165, 509 NORTH 21ST STREET. THE CASE INITIATED JULY 13TH, 2021. THE OWNER IS NETTIE MCCORMICK 510 NORTH 22ND STREET. 34950.

THE VIOLATIONS ARE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 105.1 POINT 2, 2017 EXPIRED PERMIT. FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 105.1, 2017 PERMIT REQUIRED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE RENEW PERMIT NUMBER 13-3210 AND OBTAIN PERMITS FOR ANY WORK DONE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE WORK OF THE EXPIRED PERMIT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE PERMIT HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED AND I TOOK SOME PICTURES OF THE RESIDENCE WHERE IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANY MORE WORK BEING DONE. I KNOW THAT ELIZABETH HAS TALKED TO HER AND E-MAILED THE PICTURES TO MRS. MCCORMICK.

>> YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES THAT THEY E-MAILED YOU?

>> YES, I DID. >> OKAY.

>> IF I COULD, THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT YOU HAVE ARE THOSE FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE PREMISES AND THE VIOLATION?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> AT THIS TIME THE CITY WOULD MOVE IN EVIDENCE COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH ONE.

AND MR. REMLING CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE VIOLATIONS ARE FOR SPECIFICALLY? WHAT WORK?

>> WHAT WAS THAT? INTERIOR RENOVATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS PLUMBING OR WHAT EXACTLY WENT THROUGH THERE. I WAS THROWN IN THE MIDDLE OF

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WHICH ONE WAS THAT? >> LOOKING THAT UP RIGHT NOW.

IT WAS A RESIDENTIAL RENOVATION THAT INCLUDED ELECTRIC, PLUMBING

AND MECHANICAL, WALLS AND ROOF. >> THEY JUST NEEDED TO GET THESE PE PERMITS.

THEY NEED IT RENEWED TO FINISH EVERYTHING UP?

>> MAY I? >> YES.

>> THERE CONDEMNATION CASE ON THIS AND THIS RENOVATION PERMIT WAS PULLED TO ADDRESS THE CONDEMNATION AND THE WORK WAS NOT COMPLETED AND THE PERMIT EXPIRED AND THAT'S WHY IT CAME

YOU KNOW BECAME A CASE TODAY. >> OKAY.

ALRIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NO MA'AM. MRS. MCCORMICK?

HOW DO YOU RESPOND? >> THE WORK WAS NOT COMPLETE.

I HAD A LICENSED CONTRACTOR. I PAID A LICENSED CONTRACTOR.

I PAID A LICENSED SUB CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK OVER THERE.

SUBCONTRACTOR PASSED AWAY. SO THEY'RE TRYING GET THE LIGHTS TURNED ON AND WHEN I WENT DOWN THERE TO GET THE LIGHTS TURNED ON THEY NEED TOLD ME I NEEDED EVERYONE TO SIGN AND MAKE ME THE EXECUTOR OF THE PROPERTY. THE TWO SIBLINGS THAT LIVE UP NORTH REFUSED TO SIGN IT, SO I THOUGHT EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO DO

IT. >> WAS MOST OF THE WORK

COMPLETED? >> YES, MA'AM.

EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED ON THAT HOUSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF I HAD THE HOLD UP FOR THEM TO GO UP UNDER THE GROUND AND I WENT DOWN THERE TO GET THE LIGHTS TURN ODDEN AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO BE, THEY HAD TO SIGN FOR ME TO BE THE EXECUTIVE. I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO BE THE EXECUTOR OVER THIS PROPERTY OR I WOULD HAVE DID THAT BEFORE I PUT ALL MY MONEY INTO THIS PROPERTY. BUT THE TWO SIBLINGS NEVER SIGNED THE PAPERS AND SEND THEM BACK FOR ME TO GET.

>> AND SO WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE PROPERTY NOW? DOES ANYBODY LIVE ON THE PROP

PROPERTY? >> IS SHE STILL ON THE LINE.

IT SOUNDED LIKE I HEARD A CLICK. >> MRS. MCCORMICK? HELLO? IT SAYS IT'S CONNECTED.

>> COUNSELOR? >> SHOULD I HANG UP AND TRY

AGAIN? >> YES.

>> HELLO? >> MY PHONE KICKED OFF OR

SOMETHING. >> CAN YOU HEAR US?

>> YES, YES. >> OKAY SO DOES ANYBODY LIVE ON

THE PROPERTY NOW? >> NO, NO ONE LIVES THERE.

THERE'S NO LIGHTS. I HAD HEAT PUT IN AND SOMEONE BROKE IN THERE AND STOLE ALL THE COPPER OUT OF THE AC.

NOBODY CAN LIVE THERE. THERE'S NO LIGHTS.

YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO DO ALL THIS STUFF BEFORE I RETIRED AND THEN THEY REFUSED TO MAKE ME THE EXECUTOR THAT PUT A STAND STILL ON THINGS AND I COULDN'T DO NOTHING ELSE.

>> DID YOU HIRE A LAWYER? >> I DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR A HOWIER I PUT ALL THE MONEY INTO THE HOUSE FOR THE NEW ROOF ON.

NEW PLUMBING. EVERYTHING IN THIS HOUSE NEW.

AIR CONDITION UNIT COST SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEY BROKE IN THERE AND DESTROYED IT.

I HAVE NO MORE MONEY TO DO THIS. >> YOU NEED TO PROBATE THE

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IF THEY'RE NOT COOPERATING THERE'S SOME SIMPLE PROCEDURES YOU CAN DO TO GET THIS PROPERTY TRANSFERRED OVER TO YOUR NAME.

AND THEY STILL CAN CLAIM AN INTEREST EVEN THOUGH, YOU SPENT ALL THE MONEY TRYING TOO FIX THE HOUSE.

>> I SPENT ALL THE MONEY TO FIX THE HOUSE.

NONE OF THEM GAVE MONEY TO HELP OUT.

I PAID THE TAXES ON IT EVERY YE

YEAR. >> YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SELF-HELP YOU CAN DO TO GET THIS PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO YOURSELF.

NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR COOPERATION OR LACK OF COOPERATION BUT THERE'S A PROCESS WHERE YOU CAN GET THE PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO YOURSELF, AND IF YOU HAVE RECEIPTS AND EVERYTHING, YOU CLAIM PROBABLY WOULD CLAIM A GREATER INTEREST AND I'M NOT SUPPOSE TO GIVE YOU LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE BENCH BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT, THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO. AND GET THIS PROPERTY IN YOUR NAME AND GET IT FIXED UP AND IT WILL BECOME YOUR INVESTMENT.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?

>> YES, YES. >> YOU CAN CALL THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEY HAVE PACKETS AND YOU CAN PICK THOSE PACKETS UP AND YOU KNOW, FILL THEM OUT AND GET THE PROPERTY TRANSFERRED

HOPEFULLY TO YOURSELF. >> DO HAVE TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY

TO DO THAT? >> NO THERE IS SELF-HELP PACKAGE WHERE'S YOU CAN DO-IT-YOURSELF. ANYWAY.

I FEEL YOUR PAIN IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

CALL THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND ASK FOR THE PROBATE DIVISION AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL FEBRUARY TO GIVE YOU TIME TO YOU KNOW SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. ALRIGHT?

>> OKAY. >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> NO. >> AND IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS YOU CAN CONTACT THE C CITY. THEY REALLY WILL WORK WITH YOU.

>> OKAY. >> OKAY.

I'LL CONTINUE THIS UNTIL FEBRUARY MADAM CLERK?

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> HAPPY HOLIDAYS. >> SAME TO YOU.

>> OKAY WE'RE GOING TO RECALL THE MASSEY CASE?

>> 19-2535. 704 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET.

GEORGE RYAN AND KELLY RYAN HOLMES ARE THE OWNERS.

>> MR. COSS? >> WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

STAFF IS WILLING TO WAIVER THE MAJORITY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND WE'RE GOING TO WAIVE THE $1250 FROM THE MONTHS THE CASE WAS OPENED REDUCING THE FINE TO $413 AND 30 CENTS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> HOLD ON. HOLD ON.

ARE YOU ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS?

>> YES. >> BASED ON THE STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES I'LL REDUCE THE AMOUNT TO $413 AND 350 C CENTS? HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO PAY

IT? >> IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> HAPPY HOLIDAYS. I'LL GIVE YOU TEN DAYS TO PAY IT C IT.

>> MADAM CLERK? >> MR. COSS?

[C. 21-857 1508 Avenue F Owens, Faye Logan Winn]

>> 5 C CASE 21-857, 1508 AVENUE F.

OWENS IS THE OWNER. >> WHEN YOU ARE READY?

>> CASE NUMBER IS 21-857. 1508 AVENUE F.

CASE WAS INITIATED IN 2021. OWNER WAS FAYEE OWENS OF 1702 NORTH COURT. VIOLATORS 105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED AND CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TO OBTAIN PERMIT FOR FRAMING AND

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THERE WAS A PERMIT THAT HAS BEEN REJECTED IN PLAN REVIEW SINCE SEPTEMBER 7TH. I HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THIS.

I BELIEVE THERE WAS A PERMIT PULLED AND THEY BASICALLY WENT OUT OF SCOPE OF WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY APPLIED FOR.

>> IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THE CONTRACTOR IS USUALLY HERE.

HE'S BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES.

OKAY. GO AHEAD.

>> THAT WAS ON. >> OKAY AND MRS. OWENS IS NOT HERE AND NEITHER IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE ON HER BEHALF. YOU REMEMBER THE GUY, THE

CONTRACTOR THAT WAS HERE? >> I REMEMBER HIM BEING HERE AND THEY SAID THEY WERE WORKING ON GETTING IT.

>> I REMEMBER. >> ALRIGHT.

MRS. OWENS IS NOT PRESENT AND THERE'S NO REPRESENTATIVE ON HER BEHALF SO BASED ON THE EVIDENCE I FIND THE VIOLATIONS EXISTS.

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 $100.00 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. 30 DAYS TO APPEAL.

>> OKAY. YOU CAN STAY THERE, LOGAN.

[M. 21-2781 336 Hernando Street Titone, Mark Logan Winn]

MARK TITONE. THE OWNER.

>> ADDRESS 336. CASE WAS INITIATED OCTOBER 13TH AND THE OWNER IS MARK TITONE. 32963.

VIOLATIONS. I PM C 2021 EXTERIOR WALLS.

304.7, ROOFS AND DRAINAGE. 304.0.

STAIRWAYS, DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES.

IPMC 2018 HANDRAILS AND GUARDS. IPMC 304 POINT 13, WINDOWS DOORS AND FRAMES. IPMC 2021, EXTERIOR DOORS.

IPMC 305.3, INTERIOR SURFACES. IPMC 305.4.

WALKING SURFACES. IPMC 504.1.

PLUMBING. IPMC 60.1, 2021 ELECTRICAL EQUI EQUIPMENT.

>> IS THERE ANYMORE? >> NO THAT WAS IT.

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO THE WHOLES AND THE EXTERIOR WALLS AND REPAIR AND REPLACE LEAKING ROOF AND MAKE NECESSARY FIXTURES TO THE FRONT AND WE'RE BALCONIES AND TO THE STAIRS AND THE FRONT AND REAR EXTERIOR BALCONY AND HANDRAILS AND GUARDS. NUMBER FIVE REPAIR OR REPLACE BROKEN WINDOW FOR APARTMENT B AND MAKE NECESSARY REPAIR TO EXTERIOR DOOR FOR APARTMENT C. NUMBER SEVEN REPLACE MISSING TILES FOR APARTMENT C AND NUMBER 8 MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO THE FLOORING IN APARTMENT C. NUMBER NINE MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO THE TOILET IN APARTMENT C AND NUMBER TEN MAKE REPAIRS TO ELECTRICAL OUTLETS IN APARTMENT C.

NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED ON THE PROPERTY SINCE WE INITIATED THIS CASE. IT WAS POSTED TO THE PROPERTY A NOTICE OF THE DANGER OF THE STRUCTURE DUE TO THE BUILDING.

>> HOW DID IT COME TO THE CITY? >> COMPLAINT FILED BY A FRIEND

OF ONE OF THE TENANTS. >> YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CURRENT VIOLATIONS? DO THEY FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THOSE VIOLATIONS? AT THIS TIME THE CITY WOULD MOVE

INTO EVIDENCE COMPOSITE ONE. >> THEY WILL BE ADMITTED AS

SUCH. >> IF WE COULD SPECIAL MAGISTRATE JUST NOTE THAT NOBODY IS PRESENT.

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>> YES. >> SO NOTED.

>> BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED I FIND THAT NUMBER ONE THE VIOLATION EXISTS AT 336 HERNANDO STREET.

THERE'S NOBODY HERE. GIVE HIM 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A CONDITIONS; AND, CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100.00 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. 30 DAYS TO APPEAL.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> AND IF WE COULD FOR CASE NUMBERS 21-857 AND 21-2781, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT NOTICE WAS SENT TO BOTH OF THOSE?

>> WE'LL DO THAT AT THE END. >> OKAY.

[D. 21-1165 1229 Orange Avenue Vega's Home Construction Inc Ed Smith]

>> AND OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE 5 D. 21-1165, 1229 ORANGE AVENUE. VEGA'S HOME CONSTRUCTION, INC.

IS THE OWNER AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT TO JANUARY'S AG AGENDA.

MR. SMITH IS NOT HERE TODAY AND THEN ALSO HE HAD A CASE, 5I,

[I. 21-1657 3315 Delaware Avenue Signature Renovation LLC Edward Smith]

JANUARY, AS WELL. >> ALRIGHT.

THOSE CASES WILL BE CONTINUED. >> AND ANYTHING ELSE? WHAT ABOUT 5A. MR. SMITH HAS THAT ONE, AS WELL.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THAT WAS THE FIRST CASE THAT I READ IN THAT WE RECOMMENDED A CONTINUANCE UNTIL MARCH.

>> OKAY. THAT WILL BE CONTINUED TO MARCH.

ALRIGHT. THE PARTY THAT ARE NOT PRESENT

HOW WERE THEY NOTIFIED? >> VIOLATORS CERTIFIED MAIL, AND IF THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED SIGNED IT IS PUT ON NOTICE, AND IF IT IS NOT AN AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE IS MAILED TO THE VIOLATOR AND TEN DAYS BEFORE THE NOTICE OF HEARING AND THEN SENT REGULAR U.S. MALE AND AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING ATTACHED TO IT.

A COPY WAS PLACED IN THE INSPECTOR'S FILE AND A NOTICE OF HEARING POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL AND THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION WITH AN AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING IF THE CERTIFICATION CARD IS NOT RETURNED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITHIN TEN DAYS POSTING IS COMPLETED THE SAME WAY AS IF THE CARD WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED.

>> OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER?

>> NO MA'AM. >> WANT TO WELCOME MRS. SARAH HEDGES ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY TO THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE.

LAST TO HAVE YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. I WILL HAVE TO BEAT YOU UP LIKE

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