[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING, I AM FRAN ROSS, THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE TO RESIDE OVER THIS MORNING'S HEARINGS. YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOUR PROPERTY IS POSSIBLY IN VIOLATION OF A PICK CODE AND ORDINANCE. YOU WERE GIVEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO CORRECT THAT. FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO BE HEARD, I WILL HEAR YOUR CASE SHORTLY. WE ARE BEING TELEVISED ON THE LOCAL FORT PIERCE TV STATION. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE STATION AND WATCH RERUNS ANYTIME YOU WANT. I DID A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO AND IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE AND I THINK THAT IS ABOUT IT.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
[A. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO DEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES]
JUSTICE FOR ALL. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE -- NOT THAT BUT THE SWEARING IN FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO TESTIFY.
>> IF YOU ARE YOU WILL BE TESTIFYING TODAY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL PROVIDE TODAY IS THE TRUTH.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IF YOU ARE READY, MADAM CLERK.
[B. IDENTIFICATION OF CASES IN COMPLIANCE OR RESCHEDULED]
>> SO PRIOR TO THE HEARING, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, CASE NUMBER 5A, 23-1 2, 125 NORTH 25TH STREET IS BEING CONTINUED.
[A. 20-850 4815 S US Highway 1 Sutherlin Nissan of Ft. Pierce Shaun Coss]
AND THE FIRST CASE WE WILL HEAR THIS MORNING IS 6A, 20-850, 4815 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUTHERLIN NISSAN OF FORT PIERCE IS THE OWNER.>> GOOD MORNING. I KNOW YOU ARE USED TO A DIFFERENT FACE THAT IS USUALLY HERE.
BUT WE ARE ASKING AN ADDITIONAL 06 DAYS.
AWAITING FOR BUILDING PERMIT SIMILAR TO THE ADA REVISION THAT WAS REQUESTED AND LAST WEEK WE RECEIVED APPROVAL OF THE ADA AND RESUBMITTED THE BLUEPRINTS. WE BELIEVE THAT THE PERMIT SHOULD BE ISSUED ANY DAY AND WE PAID AN EXPEDITED FEE FOR THE APPROVAL PROCESS TO HOPEFULLY BE EXPEDITED AND REQUESTING AN
ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS TO APPLY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ONE OTHER THING. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
>> KENDALL RYAN. >> GOOD MORMORNING, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. IF YOU CAN BEAR WITH ME FOR ONE MOMENT. TRYING TO PULL UP THE PERMIT SUBMITTAL TO VERIFY THAT INFORMATION.
>>SHAUN COSS: SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I SEE YESTERDAY MORNING THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED THE REVISION PAYING THE EXPEDITED FEE AND IT IS NOT BEING REVIEWED YET.
I WILL AGREE WHERE THE RESPONDENT FOR A 60-DAY
CONTINUANCE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, I WILL CONTINUE THIS FOR 60
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU ARE READY TO COME BACK.
>> THANK YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: NEXT CASE.
>> OKAY, THE NEXT CASE -- THE NEXT CASES IS 5 F CASE 23-994,
[F. 23-994 1230 Easter Ave De Leon, Jose Anthony Jetmore]
1230 EASTER AVENUE. >>ANTHONY JETMORE: GOOD MORNING.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WHEN YOU ARE READY.
>>ANTHONY JETMORE: THE SUBJECT IS 23-994, 1230 EASTER AVENUE.
JOSE DELEON. CASE INFORMATION.
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CASE INITIATED APRIL 10, 2023. THE OWNER IS JOSE R. DELEON, 1230 EASTER AVENUE, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA.VIOLATION FBC 105.1, PERMIT REQUIRED.
OBTAIN A PERMIT. THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE
EDGE. >>
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE DONE THIS.
A. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING
FURTHER? >>ANTHONY JETMORE: NO.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: STATE YOUR NAME.
>> IF I MAY, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. DO YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE
VIOLATION? >>ANTHONY JETMORE: I DO.
>> HAS HE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS?
>> YES ARE I DID BEFORE. >> FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS AS I OBSERVED THEM?
>>ANTHONY JETMORE: YES. >> OKAY.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE IN AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1, THE
PHOTOGRAPHS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THEY WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. AGAIN, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE
RECORD. >>ANTHONY JETMORE: MY NAME IS ANTHONY JETMORE, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE BUILDING INSPECTOR.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: STATE YOUR NAME.
>> HOE DAY DELAY JONE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW DO YOU
RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS? >> WELL, I DO HAVE PERMITS.
AND I HAD THEM COVER OVER TO THE PROPERTY AND DO ANOTHER INSPECTION. AND I REQUESTED -- I HAVE WHAT THEY REQUESTED, SO THEY WANTED ENGINEER AND ELECTRICAL LETTER ALSO. I JUST SUBMITTED -- I TRIED TO SUBMIT IT YESTERDAY, BUT THEY WERE CLOSED.
SO I JUST DID IT TODAY. I HAVE THE RIGHT HERE.
>> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK? >>ANTHONY JETMORE: I JUST THINK HE HAS A SHEET FOR THE REVISION. THAT'S CORRECT?
>> YES. >>ANTHONY JETMORE: NOTHING TO REVIEW. I DON'T NEED TO SEE IT.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DO YOU HAVE THE PERMIT?
>> YES, I DO HAVE THE PERMIT. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, JUST FOR CLARITY, PERMITS WERE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BUT SOME OF THE WORK WAS DONE PRIOR TO THE PERMIT ISSUED. ALSO A FIRE AT THE RESIDENCE AND SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY REQUIRED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE WIRING SO THERE DELEON IS REPRESENTING THAT HE JUST SUBMITTED THAT INFORMATION.
WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.
SINCE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS IS BEFORE YOU, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE FIND THE VIOLATION EXISTS.
>> TO CLARIFY FURTHER, IS THIS FOR WORK THAT IS NOT COVERED BY THE PERMITS THAT HE HAS CURRENTLY?
>>ANTHONY JETMORE: NO, THE PERMITS DO COVER THE WORK.
>> SO -- YOU WILL NEED TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE IT IS NOT
CLICKING IN MY BRAIN. >> SO THERE WERE ESSENTIALLY THREE PERMITS THAT WERE ISSUED. THERE WAS A PERMIT FOR WINDOWS AND DOORS. A PERMIT FOR DRYWALL.
AND A PERMIT FOR ELECTRICAL WORK.
THE WINDOWS AND DOOR PERMIT IS CLOSED OUT.
THE DRYWALL WAS REPLACED WITHOUT ANY INSPECTIONS AND UNABLE TO INSPECT THE FRAMING WORK -- IF ANY FRAMING WORK WAS DONE.
WE HAD REQUIRED A LETTER FROM A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN LIEU OF OUR REQUIRED INSPECTION. WITH REGARDS TO THE ELECTRICAL WORK, ELECTRIC AND SWITCHES THAT WERE REPLACED.
AN UNSAFE SITUATION WITH METER CAN THAT NOW HASLER BEEN RE RESOLVED. BUT OUR PRIMAR CONCERN IS THAT THE WIRING CONCEALED BY THE WALLS, THAT IT WAS NOT DAMAGED BY FIRE. ALL OF YOUR WIRING IS HEAT RATED TO A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE SO WE WANT A VERIFICATION FROM A PROPERLY LICENSED ELECTRICIAN INDICATING THAT WIRING WAS NOT DAMAGED. SO WHAT MR. DELEON SUBMITTED THIS MORNING IS A -- IS A LETTER FROM THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL FOR THE DRY WALL AND A LETTER FROM AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE
ELECTRICAL WIRING. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I DON'T
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KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WHAT ABOUT THE WINDOWS AND DOORS, ARE THEY
UP TO CODE? >> WINDOWS AND DOORS ARE
RESOLVED, YES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. DELAY I DON'T KNOW, HOW FAR ARE YOU P DO
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REVISION THOUGH ON THOSE TWO LETTERS. THEY HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HAVE YOU ALL DONE AN INSPECTION? DID YOU CALL THEM OUT TO DO AN INSPECTION?
>> YEAH, THEY HAVE BEEN COMING A LOT OF TIMES.
ELECTRICAL CAME, LIKE, THREE TIMES.
ANTHONY CAME TWO TIMES. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
INSPECTIONS BEING DONE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU WITH COMPLETING THIS WORK.
>> IT IS PRETTY MUCH DONE. THEY JUST HAVE TO REVIEW IT.
>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE LETTER THAT WERE REQUIRED IS BASED ON THE INSPECTIONS THAT WE PERFORMED AND SINCE THE WORK WAS COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE PERMITS BEING ISSUED.
SO AT THIS POINT, IF THE LETTERS ARE SATISFACTORY, WE WILL APPROVE THE LETTERS AND WE ARE REQUIRING AN ADDITIONAL INSPECTION FROM US JUST TO VERIFY THAT THE PERMITS CAN BE
CLOSED OUT AT THAT TIME. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW MUCH
TIME DO YOU NEED TO DO IT. >> ASSUMING THE LETTERS ARE TO BE APPROVED, THIS WILL BE RESOLVED THIS WEEK.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. DELEON, THAT'S CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT, YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I WILL CONTINUE THIS FOR 30 DAYS FOR MY NEXT HEARING.
AND LET'S HOPE EVERYTHING IS DONE BY THEN.
>> I HOPE SO. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO PULL PERMITS TO DO WORK ON YOUR HOUSE. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH
WHAT YOU DID. >> I MEAN, I DID TRY TO, JUST LIKE -- THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND WE DO IT WITHOUT KNOWING. THIS IS HOW WE LEARN.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YEAH, NEXT TIME CALL THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, AND THEY WILL KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH IT.
BUT I WILL CONTINUE THIS FOR 30 DAYS AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN
EVERYTHING WILL BE FINISHED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU ARE WELC
[I. 23-1222 3252 Naylor Terr Hatfield, James Frank Remling]
WELCOME. >> THE NEXT CASE 25-A, 23-1222.
JAMES HATFIELD IS THE OWNER, 3253 NAYLOR TERRACE.
>> GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. I AM FRANK REMLING, I WORK FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. I AM THE BUILDING INSPECTOR/INVESTIGATOR AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
CASE NUMBER IS 22-1222. THE CASE INITIATED APRIL 26, 2023. THE OWNER IS JAMES HATFIELD, PO BOX 1506 FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 3495 4.
THE VIOLATIONS ARE, FLORIDA BUILDING CITY CODE 105.1, PERMIT REQUIRED. IPMC 111.1.3, 2021, STRUCTURE UNFIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY. IPMC 111.1.52021, DANGEROUS STRUCTURE ON PREMISE. IPMC 304.7, ROOFS AND DRAINAGE.
IPMC 305.3, 2021, INTERIOR SERVICES.
IPMC 309.1, 2021, INFESTATION. 504.3, 2021, PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS. IPMC 506.2, 2021, MAINTENANCE.
CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. TREAT THE PROPERTY FOR INFESTATION. NUMBER TWO, MAKE NECESSARY PLUM REGULAR PAIRS TO RESTORE WORKING PLUMBING AND TO ADDRESS THE CLOGGING OF THE TOILET MAKING IT UNUSABLE.
NUMBER THREE, REPAIR, REPLACE THE ROOF THAT IS LEAKING.
NUMBER FOUR, MAKE REPAIRS TO THE CEILING THAT HAS CAVED IN DUE TO THE ROOF LEAK. NUMBER FIVE, REPAIR AND REPLACE KITCHEN CABINETS THAT HAVE DETERIORATED AND ARE FALLING APART. THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, ABSTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL THE
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PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT FOR $100 A DAY UNTIL ASSESSED.I HAVE SOME PICTURES. >> MAN, TELL US YOUR NAME.
>> JENNIFER WHO WILL STAN. >> DO THE PHOTOGRAPHS FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS AS YOU OBSERVED THEM.
>>FRANK REMLING: YES, MA'AM. >>THE CITY WILL MOVE IN
COMPOSITE 1, THE PHOTOGRAPHS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THEY WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. ANYTHING FURTHER, MR.REMLING.
>>FRANK REMLING: HOME IN NO, MA'AM.
THE PICTURES SHOW. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS PRETTY BAD THERE. UNSTOPPED AND UNUSABLE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: NOBODY LIVING THERE?
>> NOT NOW. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT,
HOW DO YOU RESPOND. >> I AM THE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR JAMES HATFIELD AND UNFORTUNATELY I MADE THIS CASE HAPPEN BECAUSE I CALLED DCF BECAUSE THERE WAS A KID IN THERE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. >> SO I AM WORKING ON THE UNIT.
WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS. AS YOU SEE IT WAS VERY BAD.
IT WAS UP TO MY WASTE IN ITEMS AND PATHS GOING THROUGH IT.
THE GUY WENT BACK AFTER THEY CLOSED UP THE UNIT.
I HAD A 15-DAY HEM TO GET HIM OUT.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO EVICT HIM, THANK GOODNESS.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN GOING IN TO HAVE IT DONE.
WE HAVE THE PLUMBING DONE NOW. WE FINISHED IT THURSDAY AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO CALL FRANK FOR INSPECTION.
WE ARE WORKING ON IT. ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION.
WE WALKED INTO A HECK OF A MESS. AND REALLY TRYING TO FIX THIS
ONE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOT YOUR HANDS FULL, I TELL YOU THAT. OH, GOSH.
THERE WAS A KID IN THERE? >> YEAH, THERE WAS A 13-YEAR-OLD. WE THOUGHT HE WAS, LIKE, 11 WHEN WE SAW HIM. HE WAS SITTING OUTSIDE THE UNIT SEVERAL TIMES. WE TRIED TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR FOR MAINTENANCE CALLS. THEY WOULDN'T LET US ACCESS THE UNIT. BUT THE FINAL STRAW WAS WE GOT A VIDEO FROM A NEIGHBOR OF RATS JUST LITERALLY RUNNING THROUGH THE WINDOW. NO CARES IN THE WORLD.
JUST -- AND I CALLED DCF. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOOD FOR YOU. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU
NEED? >> I THINK I SHOULD BE ABLE TO WIPE IT OUT IN 60 DAYS. IT WAS BAD.
I HAD TO, LIKE -- I MEAN, THIS PLACE HAD BEEN SCRUBBED DOWN THREE TIMES ALREADY. THERE IS STILL AN ODOR TO IT.
I GOT THE PLUMBING DONE. THAT IS THE BIG THING.
THEY LITERALLY CLOGGED UP THE TOILET AND USE TO TOTE IN THE
TUB AS A TOILET. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I NEVER
SEEN PICTURES LIKE THAT. >> I HAVE PICTURES OF THE REST OF THE HOUSE AND, OH, MY GOSH, YEAH.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED?
>> I THINK I CAN DO IT IN 60 DAYS AND GET IT DONE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE IT OR FIND THERE THERE IS A VIOLATION? I AM KIND OF CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. WOULDN'T LET YOU OFF THEN.
>> HE DIDN'T LET DCF IN EITHER. THEY HAD TO CALL THE COPS TO GET ACCESS. THEY CALLED THEM AND THEN CALLED
IN CODE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: LET ME CONTINUE IN 30 DAYS TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE.
>> WONDERFUL. I AM TRYING TO CLEAR THEM ALL
UP, YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT, I WILL SEE NEW 30 DAYS ON THE NEXT HEARING DATE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOOD LUCK.
YOU KNOW, I WAS ON MY WAY HERE THIS MORNING.
AND THERE WAS A WOMAN IN THE MEDIAN ON U.S. 1 AND AIRPORT ROAD. SHE HAD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE CHILDREN WITH HER AND IT WAS OBVIOUS SHE WAS TRYING TO GET THEM TO A BUS STOP. AND THERE WAS A SHERIFF DEPUTY TO STOPPED. THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IN THE LANE. HE STOPPED.
PUT ON THE LIGHTS SO THEY COULD CROSS THE STREETS.
>> THAT IS AWESOME. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I GO THE TO THE LIGHT AND I BLEW MY HORN. IS IT THIS.
>> THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY NICE.
THOSE KIDS WILL NEVER FORGET THAT.
>> THEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT AT SCHOOL ALL DAY.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[K. 23-2163 2517 S US Hwy 1 (Entire Plaza) Ehden NV Frank Remling]
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>> NEXT CASE IS 5-K, 23-216, 2517 SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY 1, ENTIRE PLAZA. EHDEN NV IS THE OWNER.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WHEN YOU ARE READY.
>>FRANK REMLING: THIS CASE NUMBER IS 23-2163.
THE CASE INITIATED JULY 26, 2023.
THE OWNER IS EHDEN NV, FRAGA PROPERTIES, 2600 SOUTH DOUGLAS ROAD, SUITE 610, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, 33134.
THE VIOLATIONS AREIPMC 111.1.2 UNSAFE FILT.
IPMC 111.173, STRUCTURE UNFIT FOR HUGE, HUMAN OBJECTING PAN PANSY. 5504.3, PLUMBING SYSTEM HAZARDS.
BUTIPMC 50627 SANITARY SYSTEM MAINTENANCE IPMC FREES INTERCEPTORS. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE OBTAIN A PERMIT TO CORRECT THE PLUMBING DEFICIENCIES CAUSING THE SANITARY SYSTEM OF VARIOUS UNITS OF THE PLAZA CAUSING UNSANITARY AN UNDER SAFE CONDITIONS. THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, OBTAIN APPROVAL AND CURE ALL VIOLATIONS IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING ANY PERMIT OR $100 A DAY BE ASSESSED. THE LIFT STATION WAS REPAIRED.
IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW TO DO A REVIEW AND DETERMINATION IN THIS CASE.
AND I HAVE PICTURES OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE.
>> WAS SOMEONE HERE FOR THIS ONE, MADAM CLERK?
>> THERE WAS A GROUP HERE. >> OH --
>> I REPRESENT THE FRANCHISEE OWNER.
>> CAN YOU COME UP. >> WE JUST CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU
ARE SAYING. >> I AM NOT USED TO THIS.
>> THAT'S OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU CAN STAND OR SIT. IT DOESN'T MATTER.
STATE YOUR NAME. >> LISA SODESTROM.
>> YOU ARE SAYING YOU ARE HERE FOR A DIFFERENT CASE.
>> WELL, IT IS THIS CASE. I AM THE FRANCHISEE OWNER.
I AM AT THE END OF THE LINE OF THE SANITARY DRAINAGE LINE.
AND THE ISSUE THAT WAS ADDRESSED THAT BROUGHT THIS ALL TO LIGHT KIND OF CAME OUT OF THE END OF MY UNIT.
AND THE LANDLORD WAS KIND OF POINTING THE FINGER AND I TRIED TO DO DUE DILIGENCE. I PAID FOR ALL THE CLEANUP.
I WORKED WITH THE CITY. I -- I AM A VERY HIGH QUALITY RUN -- I TRY TO RUN A TOP BUSINESS.
AND -- AND I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THE PLUMBERS THAT I HIRED TO DO THE ANALYSIS. AND THAT IT WAS THE CENTER LIFT OF THE PLAZA THAT WAS NOT WORKING, AND THE DRAINAGE LINE BEING POOR THAT BACKED UP THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND CAME OUT AT MY END. IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE.
SO I HAD THE DOCUMENTATION AND I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS GOING TO COME TODAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THESE WORKS. I AM TRYING TO BE A GOOD TENANT.
AND -- AND -- AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THE OTHER TENANTS THAT HAVE HAD TOILET BACK-UP. BECAUSE I AM AT THE END AND I AM A WASTE OP. I DO HAVE GREASE THAT GOES THROUGH. I HAD ALL THE INSPECTIONS.
MY GREASE TRAP WORKS GOOD. MY LIFT WORKS GOOD.
MY PUMPS, THEY WERE KIND OF BLOWN OUT WHEN THEY HIT THE WALL OF THE WATER IN THE SYSTEM NOT WORKING.
SO, YOU KNOW -- SO PEOPLE SEE THIS GREASE IN THEIR TOILETS AND WHATEVER, AND IT LOOKED LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS A GUILTY PARTY.
AND I AM JUST TRYING TO REPRESENT MYSELF THAT I TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING BY THE BOOK. AND TRY TO BE A GOOD TENANT.
>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ARE. I WAS SPEAKING WITH MR. COSS OVER ON THE SIDE AND I THINK -- AND HE CAN HE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE ONLY VIOLATION IS ON THE OWNER.
NOT ON THE INDIVIDUAL TENANTS. SO NO ONE HAS VIOLATED YOU, IS MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT, MR. COSS.
>> I AM NERVOUS. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.
I SAW THIS POSTED AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I REPRESENTED
MYSELF THAT I AM TRYING TO BE -- >> YES, MA'AM.
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I WAS ASKING BECAUSE WE USUALLY CALL CASES WITH PEOPLE HERE.THAT IS WHY I WAS MAKING SURE SOMEBODY WHO WAS HERE THAT WAS ACTUALLY VIOLATED THEY CAME UP. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP.
>> TOO MUCH INFORMATION, RIGHT. >> NO, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
INFORMATION. >> THAT IS WHAT MY KIDS TELL ME.
MOM, I JUST -- I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE WHOLE PICTURE.
I HAVE SHARED ALL THIS WITH THE LANDLORD.
I TRIED TO BE TOTAL -- FULL DISCLOSURE.
AND TRIED TO WORK WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
>> NO, I -- I KNEW ABOUT THIS SEPARATE FROM THIS.
BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS A COMPLICATED ISSUE THAT WAS HAPPENING. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE KNEW YOU WEREN'T THE ONES BEING VIOLATED.
ONLY THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I DID.
I RECOGNIZED THAT SHE WASN'T THE VIOLATE SPECIAL YES, MA'AM.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK RELATED TO THIS CASE? OKAY.
SO WE WILL MOVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1,
SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO, BUT IF
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. >> THEY ARE HERE TO SUPPORT ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKED. >> YES, MA'AM.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I CAN TELL YOU WERE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON TV. >> NONE OF US DO.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT, BASED ON THE -- THIS IS AN RND.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY, I FND THAT THE VIOLATION DID EXIST AT 2517 SOUTH HIGHWAY 1, THE ENTIRE PLAZA. THE VIOLATOR SHOULD WARN IF THIS WILL OCCUR AGAIN, HE COULD INCUR ADDITIONAL GUYS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. >> THE NEXT SAYS IS 6-BS 12
[B. 22-847 1237 Grose Road KR Jem Plant LLC Logan Winn]
37 GROSE ROAD. KR JEM PLANT LLC IS THE OWNER.>> GOOD MORNING. IF SOMEONE CAN EDUCATE ME OF THE PROCEDURES. MY FIRST TIME.
>> JOHN ALVARADO. REPRESENT THE BUILDER AND THE
>> I WORK FOR THE BUILDING WITH PULLING THE PERMITS AND DEALING WITH THE CODE VIOLATIONS HIRED BY THE OWNERS HERE ON THEIR
BEHALF. >> WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT AN ATTORNEY. JUST A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THEM.
ESSENTIALLY OUR STAFF IS GOING TO PRESENT THE CASE.
AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON -- AND RELAY ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RELAY TO THEMAGISTRATE.
>> GOOD. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, 22-847 FOR 1237 GROSE ROAD. KR JEM PLANT.
THE VIOLATION IS FBC 1061, 2017, PERMIT REQUIRED.
THIS HAS BEEN WITH YOU A PREVIOUS MASSEY HEARING WHERE FINES WERE STOPPED TO ALLOW THE OWNER TO OBTAIN A PERMIT BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND FUTURE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS PROPERTY. MY STAFF AND I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE AND THE OWNERS.
I BELIEVE TOWARD THE END OF MAY. AND WE WENT OVER THEIR GENERAL PLAN -- COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS SITE.
THIS CASE WAS INITIALLY GOING TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH; HOWEVER, THERE WAS A FAMILY EMERGENCY AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IT SO WE PROVIDD A COURTESY EXTENSION UNTIL TODAY.
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THIS PAST THURSDAY, MR. ALAVADO SUBMITTED AN E-MAIL TO US WITH BUILDING PLANS.
I HAD A CHANCE TO BRIEFLY REVIEW THEM.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE NOT TO THE DEGREE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO APPROVE. BUT WE HAVE SET UP A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES WITH HIM FURTHER FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
SO STAFF -- STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD TO BE
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CONTINUE THIS FOR ANOTHER 60 DAYS.>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> YES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES, I WILL CONTINUE THIS FOR 60 DAYS. GOOD LUCK.
>> THE NEXT CASE IS A CALL-IN CASE.
>> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE STILL IN THE AUDIENCE.
>> THEY NEED INTERPRETERS. >> DO YOU PREFER TO DO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE PHONE CALLS OR INTERPRETERS?
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THE PHONE CALL PERSON SPEAKING ENGLISH.
>> THE PHONE CALL IS TO AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING TWO OF THE CASES. THAT IS MY FIRST ONE.
IT IS UP TO YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: LET'S DO THAT ONE. AND THEN WE WILL DO THE INTERPRETERS. BOTH OF YOU NEED AN INTERPRETER?
[G. 23-1143 2400 S Ocean Dr Bldg 2200 Catamaran 1 Inc. Logan Winn]
[H. 23-1144 2400 S Ocean Dr Bldg 2300 Catamaran 1 Inc. Logan Winn]
OKAY. WE WILL DO THE INTERPRETERSNEXT. >> WE WILL BE CALLING ATTORNEY LAUREN SHAH WARDSFELD FOR CASES 5 G ANDH 2400 SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE BUILDINGS 2200 AND 2300.
>> HELLO. >> ATTORNEY SHAH WARDSFELD? IS THIS ELIZABETH. > IT IS.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? >> I CAN.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. AND CITY ATTORNEY, DID YOU WANT
TO SPEAK WITH HER. >> NO, MA'AM.
DO WE HAVE SOMETHING I NEEDED TO DISCUSS WITH HER?
>> SO MR. ABOUTWINN IS GOING TO PRESENT THE CASE.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS LOGAN WILL.
I AM CITY INSPECTOR/BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. WE HAVE CASE NUMBER 23-1143 OF 2400 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD, CATAMARAN 1, INC.
CASE INITIATED 2023. THE OWNER IS CATAMARAN, INC.
VERO, BEACH, FLORIDA, 32600. VIOLATIONS PERMIT REQUIRED PRESIDENT CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE STUCCO DONE TO LANDINGS, STAIRWAYS AND OTHER AREAS WHERE THIS WORK IS DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT. THE RECOMMENDATION THAT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS IT EXIST, OBTAIN AN APPROVAL UNTIL THE PERMIT IS CLOSED. COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. THERE HAS BEEN NO PERMIT -- NO PERMIT HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR. I HAVE A SET OF PICTURES FOR
THIS VIOLATION. >> AND DID WE E-MAIL THE
PHOTOGRAPHS, CLERK? >> YES, I RECEIVED THEM.
>> YES, MA'AM. >> MR. WINN, DO THEY FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS AS YOU OBSERVED IT?
>>LOGAN WINN: YES, MA'AM, WE DO. >> MOVE COMPOSITE 1-N, CITY
EXHIBIT 1. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THEY WILL
BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >>LOGAN WINN: ARE WE DOING THESE TOGETHER? THIS IS ANOTHER SET OF PICTURES
-- >> AND THERE IS ANOTHER CASE, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, SAME OWNER, SAME VIOLATION, SAME ATTORNEY REPRESENTING. IF IT PLEASES YOU, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THAT ONE AS WELL AND HANDLE THEM BOTH AT THE
SAME TIME. >>LOGAN WINN: CASE NUMBER 2 23-1124, 2400 SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE, BUILDING 2300.
OWNER IS CATAMARRAN, INC. .835 20TH PLACE VERO BEACH, FLORIDA. VIOLATIONS, FBC, 105.12020,
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PERMIT REQUIRED. OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE CONCRETE RESTORATION AND STUCCO DONE IN THE STAIRWAYS.THE CITY REQUESTS IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATOR WILL BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN PERMIT, COMPLY WITH ALL PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER OR A FINE OF $100 WILL BE ASSESSED. I HAVE A SET OF PICTURES FOR
THIS ONE AS WELL. >> DO THE PHOTOGRAPHS FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATION AS YOU OBSERVED IT?
>>LOGAN WINN: YES, MA'AM. >> MADAM ATTORNEY ARE YOU RECEIVED THE PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL.
>> I DID. >> AT THIS TIME WILL BE ADMITTED
EXHIBIT 1, THE PHOTOGRAPHS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: AND WILL
BE ADMITTED AS SUCH. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING
FURTHER, MR. WINN. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: COUNSELOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY?
>> I BELIEVE YOU WERE REFERRING TO COUNSELOR ON THE PHONE.
SHE JUST COULDN'T SEE YOU WERE LOOKING THAT WAY.
>> I APOLOGIZE. I COULDN'T HEAR.
GOOD MORNING ON BEHALF OF CATAMARAN 1.
DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEM SEPARATELY OR AS ONE.
>> WE PUT THEM BOTH IN. SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR ARGUMENT.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, I ASSUME THAT YOUR
ARGUMENT IS PROBABLY THE SAME. >> EXACTLY THE SAME.
>> YOU ARE FREE TO ADDRESS THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
>> I'M HERE TO ASK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TIME.
THE ASSOCIATION IS AWARE OF THE VIOLATION.
THEY HAVE MET WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR.
AND NEVER A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. THE ENGINEER HAS INDICATED THAT WILL TAKE ABOUT 45 TO 60 DAYS FOR HIM TO GATHER NECESSARY AND WRITE A LETTER REQUIRED FOR OBTAINING THE PERMIT.
I KNOW THE RECOMMENDATION WAS 60 DAYS.
THIS ASSOCIATION HAS A VERY GOOD RECORD OF ACTUALLY COMPLYING WITH THESE ORDERS. I CAN'T SAY THAT ABOUT ALL OF MY CLIENTS. AND THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO WORK TOWARDS COMPLIANCE. I KNOW THAT, LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE ASKED FOR 60 DAYS. THAT WILL BE FINE.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT SOMETHING GETS HELD UP AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. SO IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO GIVE 90 DAYS, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. OTHERWISE, YEAH, WE WILL CERTAINLY CHECK IN ALONG THE WAY AND FOLLOW ALL THOSE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL. THE 1830 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT IS CLOSED AND CURING ANY OTHER VIOLATIONS.
>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, MR. COSS INDICATED HE IS FINE WITH A
90-DAY CONTINUANCE. >>SHAUN COSS: COMBRE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER?
>> NO, YOUR HONOR. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT, I WILL CONTINUE THIS FOR 90 DAYS.
GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THINGS IN ORDER.
AND IF THINGS ARE DONE, YOU WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK.
IF IT DOES, YOU WILL HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE ME FOR 90 DAYS.
>> THEY WILL ISSUE AN ORDER. >> CONTINUED NOTICE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU ARE WELCOME.
>> HAVE A NICE DAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU TOO.
>> ALL RIGHT, BYE-BYE. >> THE NEXT TWO CASES ARE FOR AN
[B. 23-867 1102 Beach Ct Garcia, Alberto G Logan Winn]
INTERPRETER. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WHICH ONE
DO YOU WANT TO DO FIRST? >> WE WILL DO 5 MACHINEB, 23-867, 1102 BEACH COURT. ALBERTO GARCIA IS THE OWNER.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALBERTO GARCIA.
IS THAT A CALL-IN? HERE HE IS.
THANK YOU. >> CALLS MAY BE MONITORED OR RECORDED FOR QUALITY ASSURANCES PURPOSES.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING LANGUAGE LINK.
ENTER YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER FOLLOWED BY THE POUND SIGN.
IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A THIRD-PARTY CALL, PRESS 1.
PRESS TWO TO CONTINUE WITHOUT MAKING A THIRD PARTY CAR.
PRESS 1 FOR SPANISH. PLEASE ENTER YOUR DEPARTMENT CODE FOLLOWED BY THE POUND SIGN. YOU ENTERED -- ♪
>>> THIS IS YOUR SPANISH INTERPRETER RANELA, ID 14598.
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IS YOUR CLIENT PRESENT? >> YES.
>> THESE ARE QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
ARE YOU ABLE TO INTERPRET FOR THAT?
>> YES, ALTHOUGH I AM NOT COURT CERTIFIED I HAVE COURT TRAINING.
>> SIR, THERE IS NO CONFIDENTIALITY THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED BECAUSE IT IS AN OPEN HEARING.
SO HE IS PRESENT HERE IN PERSON. >> OKAY.
>> MADAM CLERK, DO YOU WANT TO SWEAR THE INTERPRETER IN.
>> THE RESPONDENT WAS NOT PRESENT AT SWEARING, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAR HIM IN. SIR, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. INTERPRETER, IF YOU CAN INTER INTERPRET.
>> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO
PROVIDE WILL BE THE TRUTH? >> SI.
GRACIAS. >> DO YOU HAVE THE OATH FOR THE INTERPRETER AS WELL, TO SPEAR HIM IN?
>> YOU YES, I DO. >> AND FOR YOU, THE INTERPRETER, IF YOU COULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME
FOR THE RECORD. >> MY NAME IS DANIELLEA PITIUA.
>> DO YOU SWEAR YOU WILL ACCURATELY TRANSPLATE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INTO THE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND THE SPANISH LANGUAGE INTO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. WINN. >> SIR, YOU HAVE TO INTERPRET WHAT WE SAY HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE SAY
ANYTHING BEFORE THAT. >> I DON'T THINK HE NEEDS TO INTERPRET THE OATH. SO I -- I MISSED IT IF ANYTHING ELSE WAS SAID. I APOLOGIZE.
>> LOGAN JUST STARTED. >> MR. WINN IF YOU WANT TO GO
AHEAD. >>LOGAN WINN: CASE NUMBER 23867
OF 1102 BEACH COURT. >>LOGAN WINN: THE OCCASION WAS INITIATED MARCH 27 OF 2023. WINDOWS THE OWNER A ALBERTO G.
GARCIA OF 1102 BEACH COURT, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34950.
>> VIOLATION IS FBC 105.1, 2020, PERMIT REQUIRED.
>> CORRECTIVE ACTION, OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR FRAMING/BLOCKING THE WALL IN AND INSTALLING A SMALLER WINDOW WITHOUT A PERMIT.
>>LOGAN WINN: THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATOR WILL BE GIVEN 30 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS.
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UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN C CLOSED.COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT COND CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $250 PER DAY BE ASSE ASSESSED.
>> THIS IS THE EXCERPTER, IF YOU CAN REPEAT THE AMOUNT.
>> $250. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: SIR, GIVE
HIM TIME TO INTERPRET. >> THE ENGINEER HAS ALREADY
TRIED TO GET A PERMIT. >>LOGAN WINN: THERE IS NO PERMIT FOR THIS WORK. AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS BEEN AT THE MAGISTRATE. I HAVE A SET OF PICTURES OF THE
PROPERTY AS WELL. >> ARE YOU MR. GARCIA?
>> YES. >> HAVE YOU SEEN THE PHOTO PHOTOGRAPHS?
>> YOU NEED MY ID? >> NO, HAVE YOU SEEN THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT MR. WINN HAS OF THE PROPERTY?
>> YES. >> MR. WINN, DO THEY FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THE VIOLATION AS YOU OBSERVED IT?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> AT THIS TIME, THE CITY WILL MOVE PHOTOS IN AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THEY WILL BE ADMITTED.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER, MR. WINN?
>> NO, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: SIR, HOW
I WILL ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE VIOLATION? THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING WOULD YOU LIKE TO
EXPLAIN. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: SIR, GIVE
HIM TIME TO INTERPRET, OKAY. >> I HAVE THIS PAPER RIGHT HERE THAT I WAS TOLD TO BRING, BUT I -- WHETHER I HAVE TO GET THE IN- PERMIT ALREADY OR IF I HAVE TO PAY A FEE BEFORE.
>> CAN WE SEE WHAT PIECE OF PAPER YOU HAVE, SIR?
>> HE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE ENGINEER WAS GOING TO TAKE THE PERMIT OUT FOR HIM. HE GAVE HIM THE PAPER.
>> THANK YOU. >> SO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WHAT
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HE HAS IS A LETTER. IT'S FROM SUMMIT DESIGN AND FOREN FORENSICS.>> SPECIFICALLY FROM A BR BRIAN MASCOL.
>> SORRY, PLEASE REPEAT IT. >> IS SPECIFICALLY FROM A BRIAN MASCOL. IT IS ESSENTIALLY ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE CASE. AND IT EXPLAINS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RETAINED BY THE OWNER TO CREATE AFTER-THE-FACT DRAWINGS.
OF A REAR PORCH ENCLOSURE. >> I WILL GIVE THIS BACK TO YOU, SI SIR.
>> MR. WINN, DOES THAT ENCOMPASS HIS VIOLATION, THE REAR PORCH
IN SOME OF THE WORDING. IT APPEARS TO BE A PORCH AND THEY ENCLOSED -- CLOSED UP WINDOW OPENINGS.
>> THIS IS YOUR INTERPRETER. I COULDN'T APPROPRIATE BOTH
THINGS. >> MY QUESTION IS, DOES THE REAR PORCH ENCLOSURE ENCOMPASS THE VIOL
VIOLATION? >> WELL, IT IS IN INSIDE THE HOUSE. A SPACE I HAVE COVERED UP, SO IT
IS INSIDE THE HOUSE. >> MR. WINN, IS THAT ACCURATE?
>>LOGAN WINN: YES. >> YOU SAID THIS IS THE SECOND
TIME WE HAVE BEEN HERE? >>LOGAN WINN: YES, MA'AM.
>> DO YOU RECALL WHAT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME?
>>LOGAN WINN: I THINK IT WAS CONT CONTINUED. THE FINES ARE MUCH MORE THAN
WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY -- >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, FULL GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I WANT TO SEE THE REASONS -- I
WILL PULL UP THE LAST HEARING. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES.
DOES ANYONE HAVE THE SPECIFIC DATE THAT IT WAS HERE LAST?
>> MR. GARCIA SAID HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT HE NEEDED A
PERMIT AT THE LAST HEARING. >> AND THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE GAVE HIM UNTIL THIS HEARING TO OBTAIN A PERMIT.
AND I AM -- MISS BECK IS CORRECT.
THE TRANSPLANT FROM THE HEARING AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT I
SEE AS WELL. >> LET ME SEE THE LETTER THAT YOU HAVE THE PERSON THAT IS HELPING YOU.
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>> THANK YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. GARCIA, WHAT IS TAKING YOU SO LONG TO GET THIS GOING?
>> I DON'T KNOW. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS GOING TO GET THE HELP GETTING THAT PERMIT.
AND I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS GETTING THAT HELP, BUT I DON'T
KNOW WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HAVE YOU
APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT? >> THE PERSON THAT GAVE ME THAT PAPER SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO APPLY FOR ME.
BUT I DON'T KNOW. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DO YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSELOR? >> I DO NOT, MA'AM.
I THINK IT -- I WILL CONFIRM WITH STAFF WHETHER YOU ALL WISH TO PROCEED WITH A VIOLATION TODAY.
>>LOGAN WINN: YES, MA'AM. >> I WILL JUST NOTE THIS CASE HAS BEEN OPEN FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I TAKE NOTE OF IT.
>> AND THERE ARE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT SPEAK SPANISH THAT HE CAN CALL WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: SIR, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP YOURSELF HERE.
THE CASE WAS INITIATED MARCH 27, 2023.
AND THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME BEFORE A MAGISTRATE.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP YOURSELF.
BUT THE CITY WANTS ME TO FIND NEW VIOLATION AND CHARGE YOU $250 PER DAY UNTIL THIS IS COMPLIED WITH.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: SIR, GIVE THEM TIME TO INTERPRET.
SIR, GIVE HIM TIME TO INTERPRET. >> I WAS TOLD TO PUT SOME THINGS
ON THE WOODS AND STUFF. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DID YOU
APPLY FOR A PERMIT? >> WELL, THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WERE -- THEY WERE THE ONES THAT APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT.
THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO BE THE ONES TO DO THAT.
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>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: SIR, THEY CAN'T DO IT.
YOU HAVE TO DO IT AND WE HAVE A SPANISH-SPEAKING PERSON IN THAT OFF OFFICE.
>> OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THIS CASE HAS BEEN OPEN FOR ALMOST FIVE MONTHS AND YOU HAVE NOT MADE ONE
ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. >> OKAY.
SO I HAVE TO -- SO I HAVE TO APPLY FOR THAT PERMIT.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT.
>> OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ABOUT HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE HIM TO GET A PERMIT?
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I AM NOT TALKING TO YOU.
I AM TALKING TO THE CITY STAFF. >> ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING WAS SUBMITTED AND APPROVED, IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
>> OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE WITH THE SAME PROB PROBLEM.
>> OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FUR FURTHER?
>> NO, I THINK THAT'S IT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU NEED TO GET WITH THE CITY TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THAT PERMIT. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
>> YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BECAUSE YOU HAVE TAKEN SO MUCH TIME TO DO ANYTHING, --
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: SIR, GIVE HIM TIME TO INTERPRET.
>> LIKE I TOLD YOU, I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO GET THAT PERMIT.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE.
>> REALLY, I JUST REALLY DIDN'T KNOW.
I WOULDN'T LIE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL YOU HAD TO DO IS GO TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
THEY WOULD HAVE TOLD WHAT YOU TO D
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER?
NO, THAT'S IT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS. THE VIOLATOR BE GIVEN 30 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED
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INSPE INSPECTIONS.AT LEAST EVERY 1850 DAYS. UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED. COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT COND CONDITIONS.
AND CURE ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF DZ00 PER DAY BE ASSESSED AGAINST YOU. 00 PER DAY BE ASSESSED AGA YOU. 200 PER DAY BE ASSESSED AG YO YOU.
>> OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU HAVE
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU NEED TO CONTACT THE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS YOU CAN. >> OKAY.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THERE ARE SPANISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE WITHIN
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU, GOOD LUCK.
>> INTERPRETER, IF YOU CAN STAY ON THE LINE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER CASE THAT NEEDS INTERPRETATION.
[C. 23-888 5900 Tedder Rd Synergy School of Tomorrow Inc. Frank Remling]
SO THE â– NEXTCASEIS-C, CASE 22-2215, 505 NORTH 25TH STREET.
HUMBERTO ESPINOZA IS THE OWNER. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: STATE YOUR
NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> HUMBERTO ESPINOZA.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WHEN YOU ARE READY.
>> THIS IS CASE 22-2215 FOR 505 NORTH 25TH STREET.
. >>THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY HUMBERTO ESPINOZA OF THE SAME ADDR ADDRESS. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A MASSEY HEAR HEARING.
THIS CASE CAME BEFORE YOU MAY 15, AND THE FINES WERE STOPPED AT THAT TIME. SINCE THAT TIME, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE OWNER AND THE ENGINEER HAVE MET.
TO GO OVER THE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY THIS CASE.
IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT JUST AS WE WERE RESOLVING THESE ISSUE ISSUES, SQUATTERS GOT INTO THE STRUCTURE AND IT CAUGHT FIRE.
DUE TO THE DAMAGE, WE CANNOT PROCEED WITH THE PERMIT AS SUBMITTED. AND PRIOR TO MAKING A RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. ESPINOZA.
HE DOES NEED TO BE SWORN IN FOR THE RECORD.
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>> MR. ESPINOZA, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL PROVIDE WILL
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. COSS. >>SHAUN COSS: MR. ESPINOZA, WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS FOR THE PROP
PROPERTY? >> A PROBLEM WITH THE SQUATTERS
HAS BEEN HAPPENING BEFORE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY?
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GIVE HIM TIME TO INTERPRET.
>> THE CEILING HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
SO I NEED TIME TO MEET UP WITH PEOPLE WITH THE CITY JUST TO SEE
WHAT CAN BE DONE. >>SHAUN COSS: HAVE THE SQUATTERS
LEFT THE PROPERTY? >> NO, THEY ARE STILL THERE.
I TRIED TO KICK THEM OUT EVERY TIME, BUT THEY KEEP COMING BACK.
>>SHAUN COSS: HAVE YOU TRIED TO SECURE THE PROPERTY WITH PLYWOOD
AND OTHER MEANS? >> WHEN IT DIDN'T HAVE -- WHEN IT DIDN'T HAVE WINDOWS, I USED PLYWOOD, BUT THEY WOULD STILL GET IN. SO I MADE THE WINDOWS, AND THEY
ARE STILL GETTING IN ANYWAYS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HAVE YOU
CALLED THE POLICE? >> WELL, EVERY TIME I WAS GOING CALL THE POLICE, THEY WOULD LEAVE BEFORE I COULD.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. COSS. >>SHAUN COSS: SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, STAFF A'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVIDE 30 DAYS FOR THE STRUCTURE TO BE VACATED AND SECURED.
COST KANSAS MR. ESPINOZA NEEDS TO CONTACT US ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. AND IF NOT DONE WITHIN 30 DAYS, THE FINES WILL BE RESUMED AND A LIEN WOULD BE IMPOSED. AND IF THE FINES WILL BE RESUMED AND A LIEN WOULD BE IMPOSED.
>> IF IT IS SECURED AND VACATED WITHIN 30 DAYS, THEN WE WILL CONTINUE THIS MATTER FOR 180 DAYS.
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>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DO YOU UNDER
UNDERSTAND? >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN SECURING THE PROPERTY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BOARD UP THE WINDOWS AND DOORS.
ANYWAY THEY CAN GET IN THE HOUSE.
BOARD IT UP. >> OKAY, I UNDERSTAND.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU SECURE IT WITHIN 30 DAYS, THEN WE WILL EXTEND IT ANOTHER 180 DAYS. SO YOU CAN START WORKING ON GETTING IT BACK TO ORDER. ANY QUESTIONS?
NO, IT'S ALL GOOD. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CONTACT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE FLUENT IN SPANISH.
>> OKAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING FURTHER? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: NEXT CASE.
>> THANK YOU, INTERPRETER. >> OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE I CAN
HELP YOU WITH? >> NO, THAT WOULD IT BE.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING. AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DA DAY.
>> THE INTERPRETER HAS DISCONNECTED.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WE HAVE A WORKER OUT FRONT, MARTY, THE LADY THAT WAS SITTING HERE. TALK TO HER.
>> I ALSO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY,
STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> I AM JACKIE ESPINOZA.
I JUST -- I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS WITH MY DAD.
I HELPED HIM GET THE PERMITS AND EVERYTHING.
AND HE IS SUCH A HARD-WORKING MAN.
AND HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING TO GET EVERY PERMIT, EVERYTHING.
HE PAYS EVERY TIME. HE GOES TO RESUBMIT THE PERMIT.
THIS IS NOT FAIR. I FEEL LIKE HE DOES EVERYTHING
HE IS ASKED EVERY TIME. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THERE IS A CERTAIN WAY TO GET THE REPORT -- PERMIT.
SO TALK WITH THE PEOPLE IN BUILDING, THEY WILL HELP YOU.
>> HE HAS GOTTEN EVERY PERMIT AND SUBMIT IT EVERY TIME.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WELL THEN YOU NEED TO TALK TO THEM TO FIND OUT WHY IT DIDN'T PASS. BECAUSE SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT.
>> DID IT NOT PASS? >>SHAUN COSS: THEY WERE WAITING ON THE MECHANICAL REVISIONS TO BE APPROVED SO THE WORK CAN BE COMPLETED AND THE INSPECTIONS CLOSED OUT.
SO SINCE THAT PROCESS WASN'T FINALIZED, IT IS VERY
UNFORTUNATE WITH THE FIRE. >> JUST WOULD LIKE -- IT IS NOT HIS FAULT. HE DOES EVERYTHING TO TRY TO GET
EVERY PERMIT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YEAH, BUT THERE IS A REASON WHY THEY HAVE THE PERMITS.
IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, HERE AGAIN, JUST TALK TO SOMEBODY IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. YOU WON'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING B BACK.
THAT'S WHY THEY ARE THERE, TO HELP.
>> THAT IS WHAT WE DO. WE TRY TO EXPLAIN TO THEM.
YOU KNOW, IT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THOUGH.
THEY ALWAYS BRING IT BACK WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THERE IS A REASON WHY WE HAVE THE PERMITS, OKAY. TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BUILDING IS SAFE. SO JUST ASK THEM, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? HAVE I DONE EVERYTHING?
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GREAT DAY BE.
[D. 23-897 1510 G Terrace Jackson-Lowe, Patricia Frank Remling]
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU TOO. THANKS FOR COMING.
>> OTHERCALL-IN CASE. IT'S 5-D.
CASE 23-897, 1510 G. TERRACE. PATRICIA JACKSON-LOWE IS THE OWNER. THAT IS WHO I WILL BE CALLING.
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>> YES, IS THIS PATRICIA? >> YES, THIS IS SHE.
WHO IS CALLING. >> ELIZABETH WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> I CAN HEAR YOU. >> YOU ARE IN AUDIO ATTENDANCE OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY, YOU HAVE TO -- I KNOW YOU DON'T SWEAR, BUT YOU CAN AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE THE TRUTH. OKAY.
SO COULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
>> OKAY. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL PROVIDE WILL BE THE TRUTH.
>> I AFFIRM, YES. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
AND THE NEXT VOICE YOU YOU WILL HEAR WILL BE THE SPECIAL
MAGISTRATE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING, MISS JACKSON-LOWE, I AM FRAN ROSS, THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. MR. REMLING WILL PRESENT HIS CASE. PAY ATTENTION AND WE WILL TRY TO
GET THROUGH THIS. >>FRANK REMLING: THIS CASE NUMBER 23-897, 1510 F. TERRACE. THE CASE INITIATED MARCH 28, 2023. THE OWNERER IS PATRICIA JACKSON-LOWE, 1510 G. TERRACE, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34950.
THE VIOLATION ISIPMC 064.1, 2021, FACILITIES REQUIRED.
CORRECTIVE ACTION TO RESTORE THE UTILITIES OR VACATE THE PROPERTY. RECOMMENDATION IS THE CITY REQUESTS THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS A VIOLATION EXISTS. THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, FOR ALL INSPECTIONS AT LEAST 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT IS CLOSED. COMPLY WITH ALL PERMIT CONDITIONS AND DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT FOR A FINE OF $100 A DAY BE ASSESSED.
THE OWNER HAS FILED AN EVICTION PAPERWORK WITH THE ST. LUCI COUNTY CLERK OF COURT ON 8/9/23. THIS WAS THE SQUATTER -- THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS BEEN HERE. THE SQUATTER THAT WAS -- LAST TIME WE WERE IN MAGISTRATE LAST MONTH.
HE IS NOT PRESENT THIS TIME. I HAVE PICTURES OF -- OF WHEN HE WAS THERE. I HAVE BEEN BY THE PROPERTY TWO OR THREE TIMES SINCE THE LAST MAGISTRATE AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF HIM BEING THERE. AND THE DOG HOUSE THAT WAS IN THE PICTURE AND STUFF, I DON'T SEE ANY MORE THERE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOOD. ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE PICTURE AS SOON AS REMY REMLING YES, MA'AM. --
>>FRANK REMLING: YES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU HAVE
PICTURES. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THE PICTURES WERE SUBMITTED IN THE LAST HEARING AND MR. RECOMMENDLING, YOU TOOK THE PHOTOS AND THEY HAD FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS.
>>FRANK REMLING: YES. WE ARE ASKING FOR A REVIEW OF
TERMINATION ON THIS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OH, WE ARE? GOOD.
MISS JACKSON-LOWE, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
>> YES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE?
>> TO MY UNDERSTANDING HE HAS FLED ALSO.
THE SHERIFF SERVED THE PAPERS ON THE 11TH.
I CALLED IN. THEY SAID THEY SERVE IT ON THE
11TH, BUT IT WAS BY MAIL. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.
BASED ON THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE PRESENTED I FIND THAT A VIOLATION DID EXIST BUT AS OF TODAY'S DAY HAT BEEN CURED.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HELP THE POLICE WOULD BE TO YOU, BUT YOU GOT TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE. [LAUGHTER] WELL, I -- I HAVE A COUPLE OF BUYERS THAT I AM SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING TO TODAY. SO I THINK I AM GOING TO WIPE THIS SLATE CLEAN ON MY END. IT'S TOO FAR FOR ME TO BE COMING BACK AND FORTH AND I AM NOT -- MY HEALTH IS NOT IN THAT KIND OF STHIEP DO THAT. I AM NOT AS YOUNG AS I USED TO
BE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WELL, I KNOW THAT FEELING. ALL RIGHT.
>> AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE OR DEAL IS JUST -- SO CRAZY TO ME THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD EVEN HAPPEN IN THE
FIRST PLACE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IT HAPPENS
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BUT THE LAW NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. BECAUSE THEY SHOULDN'T -- IT SHOULD NOT BE CIVIL. IT SHOULD BE CRIMINAL.
ANY TIME SOMEONE BREAKS INTO YOUR PROPERTY, STEALS THINGS FROM YOU. THAT IS CRIMINAL.
THAT IS NOT CIVIL. THERE IS NOTHING CIVIL ABOUT THAT. AND SOMEONE -- I MEAN -- JUST
DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I
REMEMBER. >> TO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU. I MEAN THAT IS JUST WRONG.
>> LET'S HOPE HE WON'T BE BACK AND NOBODY ELSE WILL COME AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROPERTY LIKE THAT.
GOOD LUCK. >> THEY SAID THEY WILL GIVE THEM FIVE DAYS TO RESPOND, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND I DON'T THINK I WILL RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION FROM HIM FOR ANY OF THE DAMAGE TO THE
PROPERTIES MOVING FORWARD. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: PROBABLY NOT UNFORTUNATELY. PROBABLY NOT.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MAGISTRATE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU ARE WELC WELCOME.
>> LIKE I SAID, I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT ARE HELPING ME WITH INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE POPERTY. SO I I THINK I AM GOING TO TRY TO GO AHEAD AND GO ONE OF THEM. TO TAKE MYSELF AWAY FROM THIS WHOLE OR DEAL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS ANYMORE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP AS WELL. I PRAY YOU ALL HAVE A BLESSED
DAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU TOO.
[E. 23-917 738 Delaware Ave Van Winkle, Jean Logan Winn]
BYE- BYE-BYE.>> WE HAVE ONE MORE CALL-IN CASE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: NO, SAY IT AIN'T SO.
5-E, CASE 23-917, 738 DELAWARE AVENUE.
JEAN VAN WINKLE IS THE OWNER. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE. I DISCONNECT IT BECAUSE IT
>> MISS VAN WINKLE. >> THIS IS ELIZABETH WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE FORT PIERCE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
>> YOU ARE IN AUDIO ATTENDANCE OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE
>> I HAVE TO SWEAR NEW FOR TESTIMONY.
>> OKAY. YOU HAVE -- SHE HAS TO SWEAR ME
IN FOR TESTIMONY. >> COULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT
>> COULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
>> YES, YES, I CAN. JUST A MINUTE.
I HAVE TO -- YES, OKAY. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL PROVIDE WILL BE THE TRUTH?
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOOD MORNING, MISS VAN WINKLE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. WINN WILL PRESENT YOUR CASE.
>> PARDON ME. I AM HARD OF HEARING.
AND I AM SITTING IN A CAR. BUT I WILL LISTEN -- SOMEONE ELSE HERE THAT CAN TRANSLATE IF I CAN'T QUITE GET IT.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES, CAN YOU HEAR, MIKE. >> HE IS GOING PUT IT ON SPEAKER
SO WE CAN BOTH HEAR. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.
TELL ME WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> OKAY.
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>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> I CAN HEAR YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY.
MR. LOGAN WINN. >>LOGAN WINN: WE HAVE CASE NUMBER 23-9176738 CAN HE DELAWARE AVENUE.
THE CASE INITIATED MARCH 30, 2023.
THE OWNERER IS JEAN VAN JUAN WINKLE OF 738 DELAWARE AVENUE, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34 THE 50. THE VIOLATIONS, FBC, 105.1, 2020, PERMIT REQUIRED. IPMC 111.1.1, 2021, UNSAFE STRUCTURES. AREIPMC, STRUCTURE UNIT FOR HUMAN TOCK PAGE TEE. IPMWC 111.1.5 DANGEROUS PREMISES. IPMC 304.12021, EXTERIOR STRUCTURE GENERAL. UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
EXTERIOR WALLS. STAIRWAYS, DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES. IPMC 304-15, 2021, WINDOW, SKYLIGHT AND DOOR FRAMES. GLAZING.
UNSAFE CONDITIONS. STRUCTURAL NUMBERS.
INTERIOR SURFACES. UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
SMOKE ALARM, WHERE REQUIRED. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.
OBTAIN A PERMIT TO REPAIR, REPLACE ALL FIRE DAMAGED WIRING, ELECTRICAL FIXTURES, DRYWALL, SOFFIT AND FASCIA.
ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WILL REQUIRE SIGNED AND SEALED REPAIR PLANS DESIGNED BY A REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL.
THE RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTION AT LEAST 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT IS CLOSED.
APPLY WITH PERMIT CONDITIONS AND OF ALL REQUIREMENTS NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT CURED OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. THE PREVIOUS -- THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE CASE HAS BEEN BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.
THE OWNER STATED THE INTENTION OF OBTAINING A DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR THE BURN STRUCTURE BUT NO PERMIT APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED. >> JOHN O'CONNELL, DEMOLITION TOLD ME LAST WEEK HE APPLIED FOR THAT PERMIT.
WE HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT IN TO DO THE COMPLETE DEMO.
AND HE SAID HE ALREADY STARTED THE PERMITS WITH THE CITY.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. COSS. >>SHAUN COSS: SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WHEN I LOOKED YESTERDAY, NO PERMITS.
>> JOHN O'CONNELL, DEMOLITION. SHE HAS A SIGNED CONTRACT ON HER. AND HE CALLED ME LAST WEEK AND HE SAID HE GOT THAT PERMIT. OR HE WAS APPLYING FOR IT.
HE SAID IT MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>>SHAUN COSS: WE DO NOT HAVE AN APPLICATION AT THIS TIME.
>> OKAY. I WILL CALL HIM RIGHT NOW THIS MOR MORNING.
BUT WE HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT. SO I DON'T KNOW MORE SHE CAN DO.
EXCEPT WE CAN LIGHT A FIRE UNDER THIS CONTRACTOR.
WE FIGURED IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUT BY THIS WEEK COMPLETELY DONE ANYWAY. AND HE CALLED ME LAST WEEK AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT IN LINE.
BUT THAT'S -- THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT IT.
BUT I WILL GET HIM TO CONTACT THE CITY TODAY.
HE KNOW WHO TO GET IN TOUCH WITH BECAUSE HE IS A LOCAL
CONTRACTOR. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: WELL, IF
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HE DOESN'T, HAVE HIM CALL THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITH THECITY OF FORT PIERCE. >> THE FORT PIERCE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT, CITY OF FORT PIERCE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES, SIR.
>> HE WILL CALL TODAY WHEN I LEAVE HIM A MESSAGE.
IT SURPRISES ME THERE IS NOTHING THERE YET.
BECAUSE HE DID TELL ME LAST WEEK.
AND HE HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH FORWARD ABOUT THE WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW. AND IT WAS HARD TO FIND CONTRACTORS THAT CAN DO THIS BIG A JOB.
THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE DEMOLITION. AND REAL CLOSE AREA.
HE SAID HE EVEN GOT PERMISSION FROM YOUR PEOPLE TO TRIM TREES TO DO THIS JOB. HE SAID HE ALREADY GOT THAT PERMISSION FROM THE CITY TO CUT THESE TREES.
SO -- IS THERE ANY PAPERWORK INVOLVED WITH THAT? THAT HE COULD HAVE FILED FOR? BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HE TOLD ME.
HE SAID HE ALREADY TALKED TO THE CITY ABOUT THE TREES.
>>SHAUN COSS: SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I SPOKE WITH MR. O'CONNELL THE WEEK BEFORE LAST WITH REGARD TO THE TREE REMOVAL.
I PROVIDED HIM DIRECTION TO SPEAK WITH AN URBAN FORESTER AND IF A PERMIT WAS REQUIRED, THAT HE WILL NEED TO APPLY FOR THAT PERMIT. THE PERMIT IS APPLIED THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND WE TO NOT HAVE A PERMIT FOR THAT
EITHER. >> I WILL GET ON HIM TODAY ABOUT THAT AND HE WILL CALL THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
>> RESPECTFULLY SPECIAL MAGISTRATE BECAUSE THIS MATTER IS THE SECOND TIME BEFORE YOU, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT AN ORDER
OF TERMINATION TO BE FOUND. >>SHAUN COSS: YOU ARE GOING TO ORDER WHAT? --
>> YOU ARE GOING. >>SHAUN COSS: WHY WOULD YOU DO
THAT TO A POOR LATEST? >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HEY, SIR.
THAT IS FINE. I WILL LET THE CONTRACTOR.
HERE SHE IS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DON'T --
>> I AM RIGHT HERE. WE ARE TRYING AS BEST WE CAN,
YOU KNOW. >>SHAUN COSS: IF I WAS ABLE TO
FINISH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION -- >> SO ROARRY, I AM VERY HARD OF HEARING. THAT IS WHY I LET YOU TALK TO MY
HELPER. >>SHAUN COSS: SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVIDE 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT.
>> CAN YOU PERHAPS TELL MIKE BECAUSE I AM NOT HEARING WHAT
YOU ARE SAYING VERY WELL. >> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO
RELAY TO HER. >>SHAUN COSS: STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVIDE 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT.
OR -- 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 PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS AS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED.
BASICALLY AS LONG AS A PERMIT IS ISSUED WITHIN 60 DAYS, THERE IS
NO MONETARY PENALTY TO HER. >> I GOT IT.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOLD ON.
>> I AM SORRY. WELL, I CAN'T GIVE -- SHE CAN
HEAR. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I AM GOING TO DOCK THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY MR. --
>>SHAUN COSS: COSS. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MADE BY MR. COSS INTO THE RECORD. GOOD LUCK.
>> THANK YOU. >>SHAUN COSS: ONLY HAS BEEN 18 YEARS. [LAUGHTER]
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: GOSH. I JUST WENT TOTALLY BLANK,
BECAUSE -- WELL, ARE WE DONE? >> NO, WE HAVE MORE CASES.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MORE? >>SHAUN COSS: MORE CASES.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT LATER ON,
[C. 22-2215 505 N 25th Street Espinoza, Humberto Shaun Coss]
>> NEXT CASE 5-C, 3-888. 5900 TEDDER ROAD.
SYNERGY SCHOOL OF TOMORROW IS THE OWNER.
THE NEW SCHOOL, RIGHT. >> YES, MA'AM.
CASE NUMBER IS 23-888. 5900 TEDDER ROAD.
CASE INITIATED MARCH 27, 2023. THE OWNER IS SYNERGY SCHOOL OF TOMORROW, INC., 2810 SOUTH U.S. 1, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34962.
VIOLATION IS FBC 105.1, 2020, PERMIT REQUIRED.
CORRECTIVE ACTION OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR SEAL COATING AND STRIPING THE PARKING LOT WITHOUT A PERMIT.
THE CITY REQUESTS THAT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATOR GIVE 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, OBTAIN
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APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS 60 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT IS CLOSED AND COMPLY WITH ALL THE PERMIT CONDITIONS AND OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRED IN THE PERMIT OR FINED A $100 ASSESSED. THE PERMIT IS READY FOR ISSUANCE AND THE CONTRACTOR NEEDS TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY IN ORDER TO ISSUE THE PERMIT. SO IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING IS READY. THEY JUST NEED TO COME REGISTERWITH THE CITY AND PICK IT UP. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DO YOU KNOW WHY THEY HAVEN'T PICKED IT UP?
>>FRANK REMLING: I HAVE NO IDEA THEY THEY HAVEN'T PICKED IT UP.
>>SHAUN COSS: I SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHOOL.
HE SAID THEY WERE IN DIFFICULTY WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING CONTRACTORS.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. YOU WANT TO CONTINUE IT FOR TO
30 DAYS AT LEAST? >>SHAUN COSS: WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE SCHOOL, THEY DID ADVISE THAT IT WOULD BE READ INTO THE RECORD AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THAT IS A RELATIVELY NEW COOL.
WOULD YOU MIND TERRIBLY IF I GAVE THEM ANOTHER 30 DAYS.
>>SHAUN COSS: NO, THAT IS FINE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANOTHER 30 DAYS AND A REPRESENTATIVE MUST BE PRESENT.
AND IF NOT, I WILL MAKE A RULING.
[J. 23-1293 3607 Oleander Ave House of Believers Inc. Logan Winn]
>>FRANK REMLING: YES, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU.
>> NEXT CASE IS 5-J 3607 OL' ANDER AVENUE.
HOUSE OF BELIEVERS, INC. IS THE OWNER.
>>LOGAN WINN: CASE NUMBER 23-1293 OF 3607 OL' ANDER AVENUE. CASE INITIATED MAY 4, 2023.
THE OWNER IS HOUSE OF BELIEVERS, INC. 805 VIRGINIA HAVE A AVENUE SUITE 16, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34982.
VIOLATION FBC 105.1, 020, PERMIT REQUIRED.
CORRECTIVE ACTION OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM INSTALLED WITHOUT A PERMIT. RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, VIOLATOR HAS 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR REQUIRED INSPECTIONS, AND CURE OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY WILL BE ASSESSED.
A PERMIT HAS NEVER OPINION ISSUED.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER?
>>LOGAN WINN: NO, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HOUSE OF BELIEVERS, INC. IS NOT PRESENT OR NO ONE ON THEIR BEHALF BEHALF. THE VIOLATION EXISTS.
GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT.
OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTION AT LEAST 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT IS. APPLY FOR ALL PERMIT AND CURE OTHER VIOLATIONS NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR FINE OF $1 BEHIND PER D -- FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE
[L. 23-2166 709 Easter Ave Reveal, Alyssa Frank Remling]
ASSE ASSESSED.>> CASE 5-L, 709 EASTER AVENUE, ALYSSA REVEAL IS THE OWNER.
>> OWNER ALYSSA REVEAL, 709 EASTER AVENUE FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA 34906. THE VIOLATION IPMC 111.1.3, 2021, STRUCTURE UNFIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY.
CORRECTIVE ACTION TO RESTORE UTILITIES OR VACATE THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY. THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATOR BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT AND APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED.
AND COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONTINUES.
AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR $1 1600 A DAY.
THERE IS NO POWER AND CITY WOULD LIKE TO DO A REVIEW AND DETERMINATION ON THE WAYS. IT LOOKS LIKE -- I HAVE DRIVEN BY THERE SEVERAL TIMES AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS VACATED.
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>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OK OKAY, ALYSSA REVEAL IS NOT HERE OR SOMEONE ON THE BEHALF. YOU I WILL LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATION BY DR.REMLING THAT A VIOLATION HAS BEEN CURED AS OF TODAY'S DATE. IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, THEY COULD INCUR ADDITIONAL GUYS AND COST. 30 DAYS TO APPEAL.
[A. 14-2183 1001 Ave I Drummond, Kenneth Shaun Coss]
>> OKAY, WE HAVE A LIEN REDUCTION.
A CALL-IN CASE. I WILL BE CALLING HIM.
7-A CASE 14-2183. 1001 AVENUE I.
I WILL BE CALLING KENNETH DRUMMOND.
THAT IS HIS POWER OF ATTORNEY.
>> I WILL TRY THAT AGAIN. >> HELLO.
>> THIS IS ELIZABETH WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES.
>> YOU ARE IN AUDIENCE ATTENDANCE OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. I DO HAVE TO SWEAR NEW FOR
>> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME.
>> KENNETH DRUMMOND. >> DO YOU SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL PROVIDE WILL BE THE TRUTH?
>> YES. >> THE NEXT VOICE YOU WILL HEAR
WILL BE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: HELLO, MR.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MY NAME IS FRAN ROSS, THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE PRESIDING OVER THIS MORNING'S HEARINGS.
I SEE WHERE THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE/ LIEN IS $47,890.
>> YES. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: CAN YOU -- IS YOUR FATHER STILL ALIVE OR DID HE PASS?
>> NO, HE IS STILL ALIVE. MY MOTHER PASSED.
BUT MY FATHER IS 90, HIS HEALTH -- HIS MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT THE BEST. THAT IS WHY I AM REPRESENTING
HIM TODAY. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT.
NORMALLY THESE THINGS ARE WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PERSON ASKING FOR THE REDUCTION. ANY AMOUNT YOU CAN PAY?
>> NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW, THINGS GOING ON. SO AT THIS POINT, WE TONIGHT
HAVE IT TO PAY AT THIS POINT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. COSS?
>> THIS IS 14-2183, 1001 AVENUE I, KENNETH DRUMMOND.
THE VIOLATIONS, SECTION 5-1, 101-21.
UNSAFE BUILDING. PERMIT REQUIRED.
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. UNSAFE STRUCTURE.
STRUCTURE UNFIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY.
STAIRWAYS, DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES.
WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES. OPENABLE WINDOWS.
INSECT SCREENS. EXTERIOR DOORS.
BATHROOM AND TOILET ROOM VENTILATION.
TOILET ROOM PRIVACY. PLUMBING FIXTURING.
RESIDENTIAL HEAT SUPPLY. MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES.
FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS. ALL OF THOSE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. AND THERE WAS AN ORDER ASSESSING
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A FINE AND IMPOSING A LIEN RECORDED JUNE 27, 2016.THE HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE CASE COMPLIED DECEMBER 7, 2016.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE LIEN IS $47,890 WITH $40 IN RECORDING GUYS. THERE ARE SEVEN CRITERIA TO CONSIDER IN THE REDUCTION REQUEST ONE, THE GRAVITY AND SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATION IS MODERATE.
TWO, ANY OR ALL ACTIONS BY THE VIOLATOR.
THE OWN OFFICER NOT TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT SINCE THE ESSENTIAL CONTINUE AT WAS NOT PAYING RENT. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE HAD THE STRUCTURE DEMOLISHED. THREE, THE LENGTH OF TIME TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WAS TWO YEARS, TWO MONTHS. FOUR, THE NUMBER OF TIMES VIOLATOR WAS PREFERLY FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE OR OTHER QUASI JUDICIAL PROCESS OR OTHERWISE ADMITTED GUILTY IN PROCEEDING WAS FOUR. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATION NOTICES IN THE PAST AND 68 PREVIOUS. 24 LOT CLEARING CASES WERE INVOLUNTARY COMPLIED. 24 LOT CLEARING CASES BY THE OWNER. 14 WERE COMPLIED PROMPTL.
ONE CODE CASE IS STILL ACTIVE. TWO CODE CASES WAS WERE DONE AT THE TIME OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.
ONE BUILDING VIOLATION APPLIED WITH PERMITS OBTAINED.
ONE BY CONSTRUCTION. NUMBER 6, WHAT EXTENT EXTENUATING FACTORS SUCH AS PERSONAL HARDSHIP AND THERE ARE FAMILY HEALTH CHALLENGES. WHAT EXTENT PENDING VIOLATIONS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY AND RESPONDENT AND THERE IS ONE OTHER CASE.
STAFF HAS CALCULATED THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST IN THIS CASE TO BE $2347.70 INCLUDING T THE LIEN REDUCTION FEE.
PURSUANT TO THE RULES AND PROCEDURES, STAFF IS ONLY ALLOWED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL AT LEAST SATISFY THE COST OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IT S
TO REDUCE THE LIEN TO $2346.70. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THANK YOU,
ANYTHING FURTHER? >>SHAUN COSS: NO, MA'AM.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: MR. DRUMMOND.
>> IF I CAN REITERATE, HE SAID THE NUMBER WAS 2300 AND HOW
>> THIS WOULD REMOVE THE LIEN IF WE CAN AGREE TO MAKE THAT
PAYMENT? >>SHAUN COSS: SORRY, IF YOU CAN
REPEAT THAT? >> THIS WILL REMOVE THE LIEN.
>> THIS LIEN. >> WHEN WILL PAYMENT BE DUE?
>> GENERALLY DUE WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
THE RULES ALLOW THAT PAYMENT CAN BE EXTENDED THROUGH 24 MONTHS IF
AND DOES THE DECISION HAVE TO BE MADE RIGHT NOW OR SOMETHING I
CAN GET BACK TO YOU. >>SHAUN COSS: SOMETHING THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WILL ORDER DURING THIS HEARING.
>> OKAY. >> OKAY, WE CAN AGREE WITH THAT.
CAN WE POTENTIALLY GET IT STRETCHED OVER THE 24 MONTHS?
>>SHAUN COSS: STAFF IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT IF THAT IS OKAY WITH THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IT IS OKAY BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.
>> YES. WE CAN DO THE 24 MONTHS WITH THAT AMOUNT. WE CAN AGREE TO THAT.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER?
>> NO. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: BASED ON THE STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES, I WILL REDUCE THE LIEN TO $2346.70. AND YOU ARE GOING TO PAY IT IN FULL? OR DO YOU NEED MORE TIME?
>> I NEED MORE TIME, SO I AM REQUESTING THE 24-MONTH PERIOD,
IF POSSIBLE. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IS THE 24 MONTHS GOOD. NOW YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU DON'T PAY IT WITHIN THAT 24-MONTH PERIOD, IT WILL REVERT
BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT. >> YES, THAT IS UNDERSTOOD.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT, I WILL REDUCE TO 2346.70.
AND NOW THIS HAS TO GO BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION AND WE ARE
>> GOOD LUCK TO YOU, MR. DRUMMOND.
>> ALSO WILL WE RECEIVE A NOTICE IN THE MAIL.
DO I COME DOWN TO PAY IT. HOW WILL WE GO MAKE THE PAYMENT.
>> YOU CAN RECEIVE A NOTICE, AND YOU CAN PAVEY I CAN'T CREDIT CARD AND A 5%. I RECOMMEND THAT YOU COME TO THE
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OFFICE TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS. NOT A PAYMENT DUE PER MONTH.YOU JUST HAVE 24 MONTHS TO ENSURE THAT FULL PAYMENT HAS
BEEN RECEIVED BY THE CITY. >> THAT IS FAIR.
LASTLY, CAN I CHANGE HAD THE MAILING ADDRESS TO MY MAILING ADDRESS IN FT. LAUDERDALE? OR DO I HAVE TO KEEP IT AT MY
FATHER'S ADDRESS AT 4900. >> YOU CAN PROVIDE US WITH AN ALTERNATE ADDRESS INVOLVING THIS CASE.
IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS OF RECORD DO THAT WITH THE TAX COLLECT ARE. ST. LUCIE COUNTY.
>> CAN I GIVE YOU THAT ADDRESS NOW.
>>SHAUN COSS: IF YOU DON'T MIND OR ELIZABETH CAN CONTACT YOU
AFTER THE HEARING TO GET IT. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: DO WE HAVE
A NUMBER FOR HIM? >>SHAUN COSS: YES, MA'AM.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: OKAY. >> THANK YOU, ALL.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YOU ARE WELCOME.
HAVE A GOOD ONE. >> THE NEXT CASE IS 6-D,
[D. 22-2489 527 N 10th Street Unit B Seamons, Jacob A Shaun Coss]
22-2489, 527 NORTH 10TH STREET, UNIT B, JACOB A. SEAMONS.>>THE CASE NUMBER IS 22-2489. 527 NORTH 10TH STREET UNITB, PROPERTY OWNED BY JACOB SEAMONS. THE VIOLATIONS ARE INTERIOR SERVICES AND INFESTATION. THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DECEMBER 20, 2022.
AND AND ORDER OF DETERMINING VIOLATION.
AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS STARTED FEBRUARY 23, 2023.
APRIL 3, 2023, FINES TOTALED 4020.
THE FINES WERE STAYED AT YOUR SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING ON JUNE 16, 2023. THE PROPERTY WAS REINSPECTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE RESPONDENT AND FOUND NOT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. IT WAS REINSPECTED AGAIN ON JULY 18. IT WAS AGAIN NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
BASED ON THE E-MAILS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY MANAGER, STAFF HAS CONTACTED THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND LEFT A PHONE MESSAGE WITH HER TO HAVE ANOTHER INSPECTION PERFORMED ON AUGUST 2. OUR CALL WAS NOT RETURNED.
PROPERTY MANAGER DID PROVIDE WITH US THE TENANT'S PHONE NUMBER VIA E-MAIL ON AUGUST 2. WE TRIED TO CONTACT THE PERSON, BUT THE WRONG PHONE NUMBER. CONTACTED THE PROPERTY OWNER AND LEFT ANOTHER VOICEMAIL. WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE PROPERTY MANAGER OR THE TENANT OR RECEIVED ANY FOLLOW-UP REQUEST FOR INSPECTION. AS UP, STUFF'S REQUEST TO RESTART THE FINES AND IMPOSE THE LIEN.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ANYTHING FURTHER?
>>SHAUN COSS: NO, MA'AM. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: NOT A REPRESENTATIVE FOR JACOB SEAMONS AND HE HIMSELF IS NOT.
I WILL RESTART THE FINES AND IMPOSE A LIEN.
>>SHAUN COSS: THANK YOU. >> WELCOME.
[E. 22-3135 119 Maple Ave Muniz, Sonia Logan Winn]
>> THE NEXT CASE IS 6-E, CASE 22-2135, 119 MAPLE AVENUE,
SONJA MUNIZ IS THE OWNER. >> THE CASE 22-3135, 119 MAPLE AVENUE, SONIA MUNIZ. AND THE PROPERTY VIOLATIONS ARE 304.1, EXTERIOR STRUCTURE AND GENERAL AND ROOFS AND DRAINAGE.
FINDINGS AND ORDER DETERMINING VIOLATION MARCH 7, 2023.
AND AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE MAY 10, 2023.
MAY 30, WE RECEIVED A MASSEY REQUEST FOR THE OWNER.
THE HEARING WAS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 18; HOWEVER, PLIER TO THE HEARING, THE OWNER CONTACTED US ADVISING THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND AND ASK THAT THE CASE BE CONTINUED TO THIS HEARING.
THE RESPONDENT IS NOT PRESENT. STAFF'S REQUEST TO DENY THE
REQUEST AND IMPOSE A LIEN. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: ALL RIGHT.
SONEA MUNIZ IS NOT HERE AND I WILL DENY HER REQUEST AND IMPOSE
A LIEN. >>SHAUN COSS: THANK YOU.
[F. 23-16 2739 S US Hwy 1 Esquivel, Victor & Cantu, Damaris Logan Winn]
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>> LASTLY, 6-F, CASE 29-16, 2739 SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY ONE, VICTOR ESQUIVEL AND DAMARIS CANTU IS THE OWNERS.
>>SHAUN COSS: PROPERTY IS OWNED BY A VICTOR TEQUILA A AND DAMARIS CANTU. VIOLATION IS FBC 105.1, 2020, PERMIT REQUIRED. IN APRIL 19, 2023, ORDER DETERMINING VIOLATION. AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE STARTED JUNE 26, 2023. ON AUGUST 9, THE FINES TOTALED $4420. WE DID RECEIVE THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNER ON JULY 13, 2023. HE STATED IN PART IN THEY WERE ASKING FOR TWO THINGS. ONE TO GIVE US TIME FOR THE AC PERMIT AND SECONDLY TO PLEASE HOLDS ON TO THE $100 DAILY FEE.
I ASK THAT YOU RESPECTFULLY RESPOND TO US REGARDING THIS LETTER, WHICH WE SCHEDULED FOR THE MASSEY HEARING.
THE OWNER HAS BEEN PROVIDED NOTICE WITH THE MASSEY HEARING.
AS OF TODAY, NO APPLICATIONS FOR AN AC PERMIT.
I WILL SUBMIT THIS E-MAIL FOR THE RECORD.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: IT WILL BE ADMITTED AS SUCH.
>>SHAUN COSS: STAFF'S REQUEST IS TO DENY THE REQUEST AND IMPOSE
A LIEN. >>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: I FIND THAT VICTOR TEQUILA A AND DAMARIS CANTU IS NOT PRESENTLY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE PRESENTED I WILL DENY THEIR PERMIT AND IMPOSE A LIEN.
>>SHAUN COSS: SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, FOR CLARITY DENY THE REQUEST AND IMPOSE THE LIEN, CORRECT?
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: YES, I AM SOR
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE: THAT'S IT. FOR THE PARTIES ARE NOT PRESENT,
HOW WERE THEY NOTIFIED. >> NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO THE VIOLATOR CERTIFIED MAIL. THE GREEN CARD IS PLACED SIGNED AND PLACED IN THE FILE. IF UNSIGNED UNCLAIMED, A NOTICE OF MAILING ABOUT THE NOTICE OF HEARING IS MAILED TO THE VIOLATORS. TEN DAYS OF THE HEARING, SENT REGULAR U.S. MAIL WITH AN AFFIDAVIT ATTACHED TO IT.
A COPY WAS PLACED IN THE FILE. TEN DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING, A NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL. NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING.
IF THE CERTIFICATION CARD IS NOT RETURNED WITHIN TEN DAYS THE HEARING IS DONE IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE HEARING WAS CLAIMED.
>>SPECIAL MAGISTRATE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.