[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING OF MAY 9TH, 2024 IS CALLED TO ORDER. IF WE COULD 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 JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD REMAIN, COULD REMAIN STANDING. IF YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. [A. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO DEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES] DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL PROVIDE WILL BE THE TRUTH? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. OUR FIRST CASE IS SIX A CASE 23 DASH 1331 130 SOUTH 13TH STREET. [A. 23-1331 130 S 13th St Castilla, Steven M Miles Keller] STEVEN M CASTELLA IS THE OWNER. SIR. ARE YOU MR. CASTELLA? OKAY, YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT. WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT OUR CASE, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COURT. CASE NUMBER 23 1331 130 SOUTH 13TH STREET. THE OWNER OF MR. STEVEN CASTELLA CASE INITIATED SEPTEMBER 2623. VIOLATIONS ARE IPMC 111.1 2021 UNSAFE STRUCTURE IPMC 302.5 2021. RODENT HARBORAGE IPMC 304 .1.1 2021 UNSAFE CONDITIONS IPMC 304.2 2021 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT IPMC 304.4 2021 STRUCTURAL MEMBERS IPMC 304.6 2021 EXTERIOR WALLS IPMC 304.7 2021. ROOFS AND DRAINAGE IPMC 304.1 OR POINT 11 2021. CHIMNEYS AND TOWERS. IPMC 304.13 2021 WINDOWS, SKYLIGHT AND DOOR FRAMES. IPMC 304.14 2021 INSECT SCREENS IPMC 304.15 2021 DOORS IPMC 304.1 18.2 2021 WINDOWS IPMC 305.1 2021. GENERAL IPMC 305 .1.1 2021 UNSAFE CONDITIONS IPMC 305.2 2021 STRUCTURAL MEMBERS IPMC 305.3 2021 INTERIOR SURFACES IPMC 305.6 2021. INTERIOR DOORS IPMC 306.1 2021 COMPONENT SERVICEABILITY GENERAL IPMC 306 .1.1 2021 UNSAFE CONDITIONS CORRECTIVE ACTIONS OBTAIN A PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THE RECOMMENDATIONS THE CITY REQUESTS THAT A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS A VIOLATION TO EXIST. THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, AND COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED, AND SO FAR THERE'S NO PERMIT OR CONTACT FROM THE OWNER. AND I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR FOR THE RECORD, YOUR NAME IS MILES KELLER. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS YOU HAVE, ARE THEY DATE AND TIME STAMPED? YES, THEY ARE. AND DO THEY ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS THAT YOU OBSERVED ON THE DATES AND TIMES? YES THEY DO. WOULD YOU HAVE YOU SHARED THE PHOTOGRAPHS WITH THE OWNER, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS? MR. CASTILLO TOOK THEM. ALL RIGHT. SO THE CITY WILL MOVE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. THANK YOU. THE PHOTOGRAPHS SUBMITTED WILL BE ENTERED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING, MR. KELLER? NO. NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? ABSOLUTELY. THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN ONGOING. [00:05:01] THIS WAS A HOUSE THAT I KIND OF TOOK OVER. IT'S TOO FAR GONE TO SAVE. I'VE LOOKED INTO IT. I BROUGHT IN SEVERAL CONTRACTORS. IT'S JUST TOO MUCH FOR ME TO AFFORD. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE. WE'RE READY TO TEAR IT DOWN. I JUST HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET THE MONEY TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN THROUGH LOANS. WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, I JUST. SO THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I HAD A MEETING UPSTAIRS, AND I WAS, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY COOPERATING AND EVERYTHING. SHE SAID THAT THE CITY WOULD HELP ME TO TEAR IT DOWN PUT A LIEN ON IT. AND THEN ONCE MY MY MONEY WAS SECURED, I WOULD JUST. ALL I'D HAVE TO DO IS JUST MAKE THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS UNTIL I DID GET IT SECURED, AND THEN I COULD PAY THE LIEN. AND THEN WE'RE ALL 100% HAPPY AND IN COMPLIANCE. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I'VE COMPLETELY COOPERATED WITH THEM. I MADE SURE I SHOWED UP WHEN HE NEEDED TO GET IN THE HOUSE TO TAKE THE PICTURES 100% IN COOPERATION OF THIS. WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING FOR THIS BLIGHT TO GO AWAY. IF I HAD THE MONEY TO GET IT DONE MYSELF, I PROMISE YOU I WOULD NOT. I'D HAVE ALREADY DONE IT. WE. I HATE THAT IT'S THERE, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT GONE. SO WE JUST WANT TO COOPERATE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. OKAY? IF I FIND THE VIOLATION EXISTS. CAN YOU OBTAIN THE PERMIT IN 60 DAYS? IS THAT A. YEAH, I CAN DO WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT ME TO DO. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WHAT THE POINT AT WHAT POINT I WAS SUPPOSED TO. BECAUSE, LIKE, WE TALKED, AND I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT POINT, ALL ALL I WAS TOLD WAS LET HIM IN, LET THE PICTURES, AND WE WOULD GO FROM THERE. I SAID, COOL. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'VE BEEN WAITING. IF I NEED TO PULL A PERMIT, I'LL HAPPILY PULL THE PERMIT. NO ISSUE WHATSOEVER. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MY NEXT STEP WAS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. HOW DO I CONTINUE TO COOPERATE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? BECAUSE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SEE IT GO AWAY LIKE THE CITY DOES. OKAY, MISS. JUST FOR THE RECORD, MR. CASTILLO, WHO DID YOU SPEAK WITH? YOU SAID. SHE SAID, YEAH, I FORGET HER NAME. I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE CARD, I APOLOGIZE. WAS WAS IT IN THIS BUILDING OR WAS IT OVER UPSTAIRS? UPSTAIRS? CODE ENFORCEMENT. THE CODE OR THE CODE? BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, THE THE MAGISTRATE, SHE SHOWED UP FOR THE MEETING AS WELL. THEY GAVE ME THREE OPTIONS OF EITHER DO IT MYSELF OR THE CITY JUST TAKES IT AWAY, OR THEY HELP ME AND THEN OFFER THE LIEN SITUATION. SO THAT WAS THE MEETING UPSTAIRS AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE, BUT I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME. IS THERE A SECOND ACTION ON THIS HOUSE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. OKAY, I CAN CHECK. I'M. I'M UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT. I'M. I JUST HAVE A TICKET INTO IT. I CAN'T LOG INTO. OKAY. NORVALINE. OKAY. NO, NO, WE HAVE ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT? NO. WELL, THAT'S OKAY. HE SAYS HE'S SPOKEN WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL. NOT WITH NOT WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SPOKE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND THAT'S LIKE I SAID. AND THE OTHER MAGISTRATE, SHE WAS THERE AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN ONGOING AND, YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, JUST HERE TO COOPERATE AND WHATEVER THE NEXT STEP IS TO MAKE THIS TO MAKE THIS FINALLY GO, GO AWAY. WE'D ASK THE FINDING OF A VIOLATION. GIVE HIM 60 DAYS TO GET THE PERMIT. OR EXACTLY AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. OKAY. YOU CAN SPEAK TO THEM AND MAKE SURE. PERFECT. OKAY. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. NO PROBLEM. I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND THAT YOU BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY, ALL. AND AFTER THAT APPROVAL FOR ALL INSPECTIONS, 180 DAYS EACH, 180 DAYS AFTER THE PERMITS, NO PROBLEM. ISSUED UNTIL IT'S CLOSED. IF YOU ARE, I JUST NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T DO IT. OKAY? IF YOU IF YOU CURE ALL THE VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER. IF. YOU'LL BE. IF YOU DO NOT CURE THEM, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY A FINE OF $100 A DAY. BUT THAT'S ONLY. IF YOU DON'T COMPLY. CORRECT. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THERE IS A RIGHT TO APPEAL. UNDERSTOOD I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOOD. YES. A WRITTEN A WRITTEN ORDER WILL ISSUE AND YOU'LL RECEIVE IT IN THE MAIL. AND IT WILL OUTLINE EVERYTHING THAT. YES, THAT SHE JUST SAID. RIGHT ON. THANK YOU. MR. CASTELLA. DO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT ADDRESS? BECAUSE I HAVE YOUR ADDRESS AS THE SAME AS THIS. YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY ONE 3413. OKAY, I'LL MAIL IT TO BOTH. PERFECT. APPRECIATE IT. THE SECOND CASE IS SIX BE CASE 23 DASH 2356 2099 SOUTH 26TH STREET PDK, INC.. [B. 23-2356 2099 S 26th Street PDK Inc. c/o Crystal Trace Apartments Miles Keller] CARE OF CRYSTAL TRACE APARTMENTS IS THE OWNER. SO ARE YOU THE OWNER? NO, I'M THE THE MANAGER, THE PROPERTY. [00:10:01] YOU MANAGE THE PROPERTY. COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? FRANCISCO APONTE APONTE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MILES, WHEN YOU'RE READY. ALL RIGHT. I'M MILES KELLER. SORRY I DIDN'T ANNOUNCE IT THE FIRST TIME. I'M AN INSPECTOR SLASH INVESTIGATOR FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. CASE NUMBER IS 23, 2356 AT 2099 SOUTH 26TH STREET PDK, INC CRYSTAL TRACE APARTMENTS. CASE INITIATED ON AUGUST 18TH, 2023. VIOLATIONS ARE THE IPMC 3.03.1 2021 SWIMMING POOLS. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS REPLACED THE FADED POOL DEATH MARKERS RECOMMENDATIONS THE CITY REQUESTED. IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATIONS EXIST, THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER. NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 DAY BE ASSESSED. THERE WAS NO ACCESS PROVIDED TO SEE IF THE POOL COMPLIES, BUT I DID GO IN THERE. I BELIEVE IT WAS TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK. HE LET ME IN. I SHOWED HIM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SEEN, AND HE WAS COOPERATIVE AND WANTING TO FIX IT. DID YOU TAKE PHOTOS OF YOUR OF YOUR SECOND VISIT? OR I BELIEVE I DID NOT TAKE PICTURES OF THE SECOND TIME I WAS OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S PUT IN THE PHOTOS OF YOUR FIRST VISIT THEN, WERE THEY ARE THEY DATE AND TIME STAMPED? YES THEY ARE. ALL RIGHT. AND I MEAN, DO THEY ACCURATELY DEPICT THE, THE VIOLATION THAT YOU WITNESSED ON THAT DAY AND TIME? YES. SO YOU WOULD MOVE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE ONE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THEM OR. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. THE PHOTOS WILL BE ENTERED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. MR. APONTE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? NO, I ALREADY SPOKE TO HIM. I TALKED TO THE POOL GUY. HE'S GONNA START WORKING ON THAT. WHAT? HE SAID TO FIX THE NUMBER AND STUFF. OKAY, SO YOU YOU. DO YOU AGREE WITH THE VIOLATION? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE CITY HAD REQUESTED. OR THE CODE IS SAYING 60 DAYS TO REPAIR. THE CITY WOULD ASK FOR 30 DAYS. IS THAT A PROBLEM FOR YOU? 30 DAYS. OKAY. THEN I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS. AND THAT THE VIOLATOR HAS 30 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, OBTAIN APPROVAL OF ALL OTHER REQUIRED INSPECTIONS, AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMITS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL THE OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ANY OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER. NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 A DAY WILL BE ASSESSED, AND THERE IS A 30 DAY RIGHT TO APPEAL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WHEN DID YOU GET IT? YEAH. THE NEXT CASE IS CASE SIX D. [D. 23-2754 610 N 7th St Unit 19 Slimane, Hamid Miles Keller] CASE 23 DASH 2754 610 NORTH 10TH STREET. UNIT 19. HAMID SLIMANI IS THE OWNER. ALL RIGHT. THIS CASE NUMBER IS 23 2754. ADDRESS 610 NORTH SEVENTH STREET. UNIT 19. I NEED SOMEONE IS THE OWNER. CASE INITIATED OCTOBER 13TH OF 2023. VIOLATIONS OR IPMC 502.1 DWELLING UNITS CORRECTIVE ACTIONS REPAIR REPLACE THE CRACKED SHOWER PAN RECOMMENDATIONS. THE CITY REQUESTS THAT A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS A VIOLATION TO EXIST. THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 A DAY BE ASSESSED. [00:15:03] DID A RE-INSPECTION TUESDAY. THE ONE LEFT REMAINING ITEM WAS THE SHOWER PAN ISSUE. AND I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE VIOLATION. ARE THE PHOTOS DATE AND TIME STAMPED? YES THEY ARE AND DO THE THEY ACCURATELY REFLECT THE VIOLATION THAT YOU OBSERVED? YES. MR. SLIMANI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OR ARE YOU NOT? ALL RIGHT? THE CITY WOULD PLACE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN MAY 7TH. 2024. THE PHOTOGRAPH WILL BE ENTERED AS CITY'S EXHIBIT NUMBER 1 OR 2 PHOTOS, BUT THEY'RE ON ONE SHEET. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. KELLER? NO. OKAY. SIR, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME IS HAMID SULEIMAN. THANK YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. YES. THAT CASE WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS OCTOBER 23RD, AND I WAS NOT AWARE OF IT TILL LATER ON. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND I SEEING AND NOTED IN THE DOOR AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND THEN I CALL ELIZABETH. YOU SAY UK IS NOT GOING TO BE HEARD. YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL SOMETIMES TODAY. AND WHEN I WENT IN AND LOOK WHATEVER NEED TO BE DONE. THIS TYPE SURE I HAVE IS ONE PIECE, ONE PIECE, NOT TWO PIECE, NOT THREE PIECE, ONE PIECE. FIBERGLASS. THEY SAY REPAIR OR REPLACE. ONLY WAY TO REPLACE THE BOTTOM OF THAT SHOWER. YOU HAVE TO CUT THE BOTTOM OFF AND SEAL IT WITH A HYDRAULIC CEMENT, AND THEN POUR IT AND PUT TILES IN IT. WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THIS BEFORE, NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE IT. SO MR. MARL WAS OVER THERE. THE REASON FOR THE BEFORE THE CRACK SHOWER WAS LEAKING WATER OUT TO THE BATHROOMS, MESSED UP THE TILE AND DAMAGED BY THE TENANT. SO. AND I THOUGHT WHEN HE SAY REPAIR, THAT'S WHAT I DID. WE DID A REPAIR. WE FILL UP THE BOTTOM AND PUT TILES AND WE DIDN'T HAVE WE DIDN'T FINISH PAYING IT YET, BUT THERE'S NO LEAK. ONE MR. MARL WAS THERE. I OPEN UP THE SHOWER FOR HIM, SEE? NO LEAKS. SO HE SAY NOTHING I CAN SAY. I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY SUPERVISOR. WHICH WAY? THE SUPERVISOR, YOU KNOW. AND THEN I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. AND I WENT TO SEE ELIZABETH A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. SHE SAY, I'M SORRY. WE HAVE TO. AND THEN SHE BROUGHT THE THE PLANNER EXAMINER, MR.. TONY. MR.. TONY SAYS YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE EITHER THREE PIECE OR EITHER ONE PIECE. WHATEVER HE SAY, IT CAN BE REPAIRED. THE FIBERGLASS, I SAY I NEVER SEE ANYBODY EITHER. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE WHOLE TUB OFF TO TAKE THE TOP OFF. YOU HAVE TO DEMOLISH THE WALL. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TENANT IN THERE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ONE DAY A JOB OR TWO DAY JOB. HE SEE TENANT THAT WAS THERE. SO. I THOUGHT WHATEVER I'D DONE, IT WAS ENOUGH, BECAUSE THEY NEVER SAY, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE FIBERGLASS OR FIBERGLASS. SO I DID, AND I DONE IT BEFORE. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. WE HAVE ONE, ONE, 1 OR 2 UNIT IN THE SAME THING WE DID. ONLY THE THING IS THE ONE. YOU SEE THAT UGLY PICTURE WE DID NOT PAINT THE BOTTOM AROUND THE TOP. AND THEN I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, NO ONE REALLY KNOW BECAUSE HE SAY I CAN MAKE THE DECISION. I HAVE TO TALK TO MY MY SUPERVISOR. SUPERVISOR. HE'S NOT THERE YESTERDAY. AND SUPERVISOR, HE HAS PROVED ONE UNIT FOR ME, A SAME WAY I DID, THIS SAME WAY I DID THIS. I DON'T SAY WHY WE HAVE TO PULL A PERMIT TO GET ANOTHER. WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT OF, YOU KNOW, FIBERGLASS. IF I WANT TO TAKE HOLD THAT UNIT OFF, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. FIBERGLASS. I WANT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND TILE IT. I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW? BUT THAT'S WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO. IN REASON FOR THE CRACK SHOWER TO SEAL THE WALL, NOT TO GET OUT OF THE FLOOR. IS THAT RIGHT? NOW, YOU SEE, THE FLOOR WAS SEAL AND YOU SEE THE TILE WAS BEING DONE. OKAY, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO DO IT. WHY? WHAT'S THE REASON? I ASK HIM, CAN YOU PROVE IT TO ME? YOU CANNOT TILE, YOU KNOW IN YOU KNOW HE'S HE SAYS LIKE THIS, I HE SAY YOU CAN BE [00:20:07] REPAIR. I SAY, SHOW ME THE COMPANY. WHO DOES IT SAY WHEN. I LOVE TO RECOMMEND THAT. WHEN I LOVE TO RECOMMEND. BUT HE DID SAY GO TO HOME DEPOT. HE COULD RECOMMEND ME TO GO TO HOME DEPOT, BUY ANOTHER TOP. BUT HE WILL NOT RECOMMEND THE PERSON WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THE WAY I SEE IT, I DONE IT IS A WATER LEAK UGLINESS. IT DOESN'T MATTER THIS ON ME, OKAY? BUT THE WATER DOES NOT LEAK. I OPEN UP THE SHOWER ON THE FILM AND HE SAID, WHAT A DRAINAGE PROPERLY. SO WHY DID I HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT AND REDO THE WHOLE THING? I'M NOT SURE WHY. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS. WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO ASK THE INSPECTOR? WHY YOU NEED A PERMIT? YEAH. GO AHEAD. ARE YOU ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? I'M NOT A PLUMBER. OKAY, BUT MY MY, WE HAVE A CODE SECTION IN THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE. I MEAN, IF I CAN GO GRAB IT REAL QUICK, IF THAT WOULD. ABSOLUTELY. AND FURTHER, FOR THE RECORD, MR. KOS, WHO IS MR. KOS? MR. KOS IS THE MAN YOU SAID YOU SPOKE TO SEAN KOS? NO, NO, HE HAS DONE SOME YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WAS AN INSPECTOR, I MEAN A CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND HE HAS PROVED IT. OKAY. I HAVE ONE UNIT AND I STAY IN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. ROOM 17. WE'VE DONE IT THE SAME THING. I DID THIS, AND HE PROVED IT AT THAT TIME. AND I ASSUME, LIKE WHAT I DONE WITH THESE ONES HERE, IT CAN BE OKAY. AND THEN AGAIN, SOME MILES, THIS COMES TWO TIMES HE WALKED INTO. TO THE ROOM AND HE DID THE INSPECTION. HE WALKED RIGHT OUT. NEVER TOLD ME THIS AND ONLY MENTIONED TO ME. I NEED. IT WASN'T STRIPPED FOR THE DOOR. OKAY? AND HE LEFT. HE NEVER TOLD ME ANYTHING WHEN I WENT BACK. EVERYTHING ELSE IS STILL THE SAME. EVEN ONE LITTLE NUT OVER THE TOILET SEAT WAS A LITTLE LOOSE. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE. THE THINGS WAS ROTTEN, BUT I DIDN'T. I LOOKED AT IT, BUT THE SEAT WAS A LITTLE LOOSE, YOU KNOW, AND HE PUT IT BACK IN HERE. AND THEN WHEN YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE WATER IS NOT LEAKING TO THE FLOOR. WAIT TILL THE, YOU KNOW, THE BOTTOM OF THE SHOWER. AND THIS IS UP TO YOU, WHAT? YOU KNOW, BUT I DIDN'T THINK I SHOULD DO IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF I WANT TO DO THE WHOLE THING, I'M HAVING AN INTENTION IN THE FUTURE TO RETIRE ALL, YOU KNOW, WHOLE WHOLE THE WHOLE WHOLE UNIT. I HAVE A UNIT, AND I JUST ONE UNIT AND SAME THING. AND ALL OF THESE 30 UNITS, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 6 OR 7 OF THEM HAS BEEN DONE TILED. WE NEVER HAVE A LEAK OUT. LIKE I SAY, THE SHOWER IS A ONE PIECE FIBERGLASS. OKAY. IT'S NOT TWO PIECE NOT THANK THANK THANK YOU. WE'VE HEARD YOU'RE STARTING TO GET REPETITIVE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SHOWER. AND CAN WE GET A FULL SCREEN OF THAT SO WE CAN SEE EVERYTHING OR SCROLL IT DOWN. IS THIS AN ACCURATE PHOTOGRAPH OF WHAT THE SHOWER LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW? YES. I'M ASKING MR. SALIMAN, I YOU KNOW, MY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS, BUT IT MAY BE. YES, BUT THERE'S NOT. THERE'S NO CRACK. YOU SEE THERE. NO CRACK. MAYBE THAT'S A YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE, BUT. YES, THAT'S THE WAY YOU LOOK ON THIS ONE HERE IS SEALED. BUT I JUST DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO PAINT THE FIBERGLASS AND AND AND WAS THE SHOWER LEAKING IN OCTOBER OF 2023? YES. AND IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY THAT THE WAY YOU FIXED THE LEAK IS TO PUT TILE DOWN AND CAULK? YES. NO. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE DID WE SOME THE PRODUCT THEY CALL IT HYDRAULIC CEMENT TO SEAL THE FIRST ONE. THE FIRST. WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT ONE. YEAH, YEAH. THE FIRST, THE FIRST MATERIAL WE USE IN THESE THINGS HERE IS A HYDRAULIC SEAL. DID YOU DO THAT SINCE OCTOBER OF 2023? YES. DID YOU DO THAT YOURSELF OR DID YOU HIRE A CONTRACTOR? I DID IT MYSELF. YOU PERSONALLY WENT IN AND DID THAT? YES. SOMETIME AFTER YOU WERE CITED. YES. ALL RIGHT. DID THAT FIX THE LEAK? YES. LEAK IS FIXED. YES. DID THE HYDROXY FIX THE LEAK OR DID SOMETHING ELSE FIX THE LEAK? OKAY. AND WHEN? WHEN AND WHEN WAS THE LEAK FIXED? WHEN WAS THE LEAK FIXED? WHEN IT WAS LEAKED. FIXED? YEAH. RIGHT BEFORE WHEN WE PUT THE PUT THE PUT THE THE TILE. YES. OKAY. SO YOU HAD YOU HAD A CITATION. THE SHOWER WAS LEAKING, YOU FIXED THE LEAK, BUT YOU DID NOT NOTIFY CODE. I'M SORRY. YOU HAD A CITATION. YOU FIXED THE LEAK. YOU DID NOT NOTIFY CODE AFTER YOU FIXED IT, YOU JUST PUT TILE ON TOP OF IT. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE TIMELINE. NO, NO, NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN WE PUT HYDRAULIC CEMENTS OKAY, IN FILL UP AND THEN FIX IT ALL COMES IN. ONCE THAT ALL COMES IN ONCE MAYBE ONE DAY HERE NEXT DAY AND THEN THREE DAYS, WE DID THE WHOLE THING. [00:25:06] OKAY. YEAH. BUT AFTER I FINISHED WITH IT, I, YOU KNOW, I TELL HIM, HEY, COME IN IN THE LAST TIMES AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT. BUT HE DID NOT ASK ME ANYTHING. HE LOOKED HE WALKED RIGHT OUT. I EVEN TOLD ELIZABETH, OKAY THE SAME THING. OKAY. SAME THING. AND WHEN I WENT BACK TO SEE HER AGAIN AND SHE SAY WE HAVE FEW OTHER MORE THINGS TO BE VALID BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE. WHATEVER I SEE, THERE WAS LIKE LITTLE SIR, THOSE THOSE HAVE BEEN COMPLIED. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SHOWER NOW. EXACTLY. BUT SOMEONE COMES IN ONCE, YOU KNOW, YOU ASK ME, YOU KNOW, I TALK TO THEM OR NOT. YES, BUT ALL THIS HAS HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST FEW, FEW FEW DAYS. BUT THE SHOWER WAS BEING FIXED WHILE BACK BECAUSE THE ROOM WAS EMPTY FOR OVER TWO MONTHS. BECAUSE WE EVICT THE PERSON WHO MADE THE DAMAGE, WE EVICTED THEM. OKAY? AND IT WAS SITTING THERE FOR A LONG TIME. AND I HAVE A LADY IN. SHE NEED A PLACE TO STAY AND I TOLD HER THAT I HAVE THIS, BUT I HAVE TO FINISH A FEW THINGS BECAUSE THE CDC PLEASE, I HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. MY PLACE IS BURNED UP AND I NEED. AND I RENT IT TO HER. OKAY, BUT YES, WE DID THE THINGS, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, LATELY PRIOR TO THE TO THE SECOND TENANT MOVING IN. YES. ALL RIGHT, MR. KELLER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? I JUST HAVE THAT CODE REFERENCE THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. OKAY. IS IT IPMC 502.1? OR A DIFFERENT CODE. IT'S THE 421 .5.2 FOR THE SHOWER LININGS. NOT BEING EXCITED WITH THAT. YEAH. THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. WELL, HE'S HE'S BEING CITED FOR NOT HAVING A PERMIT FOR DOING THE WORK. WHAT DOES THAT CODE WHAT DOES THAT CODE SECTION REQUIRE? SO. I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE IPM STATION, BUT THE ACTUAL CODE IS FOR THE SHOWER LININGS. IT'S IT IS A CITY CODE. STATE CODE, A FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, FLORIDA BUILDING CODE. AND IT SAYS WHAT? SO IT SAYS FLOORS UNDER SHOWER COMPARTMENTS, EXCEPT WHERE PREFABRICATED RECEPTORS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED SHALL BE LINED AND MADE WATERTIGHT. UTILIZING. MATERIALS COMPLYING WITH SECTIONS 421.5 .2.1 THROUGH FOUR, 21.5 .2.6. SUCH LINER SHALL TURN UP ON ALL SIDES, NOT LESS THAN TWO INCHES ABOVE THE FINISHED THRESHOLD. LEVEL LINER SHALL BE RECESSED AND FASTENED TO APPROVED BACKING, SO AS NOT TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE REQUIRED FOR WALL COVERING. AND SHALL NOT BE NAILED OR PERFORATED AT ANY POINT LESS THAN ONE INCH ABOVE THE FINISHED THRESHOLD LINE, OR SHALL BE PITCHED ONE FOURTH UNIT VERTICAL AND 12 UNITS HORIZONTAL. 2% SLOPE, AND SHALL BE SLOPED TOWARD THE FIXTURE DRAINS AND SECURED, FASTENED TO THE WASTE OUTLET AT THE SEEPAGE ENTRANCE, MAKING A WATERTIGHT JOINT BETWEEN THE LINER AND THE OUTLET. THE COMPLETED LINER SHALL BE TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS THREE 12.9, SO THE EXCEPTIONS ONE FOR SURFACES UNDER SHOWERHEADS PROVIDED FOR RINSING LAID DIRECTLY ON GROUND ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THIS. SECTION TWO WHERE A SHEET APPLIED LOAD BEARING BONDED WATERPROOF MEMBER IS INSTALLED AS THE SHOWER LINING, THE MEMBER OR MEMBRANE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE RECESSED. AND THREE THE SHOWER COMPARTMENTS WERE FINISHED. SHOWER DRAIN IS DEPRESSED A MINIMUM OF TWO INCHES BELOW THE SURROUNDING FINISH FLOOR ON THE FIRST LEVEL, FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND THE SHOWER RECESSED IS POURED. AND ARE GREATLY WITH THE ADJOINING FLOOR. SO IT IS AT THE END. I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT INTO EVIDENCE AS CITIES EXHIBIT TWO. JUST. JUST SO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SEES WHAT HE WAS READING. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. THIS IS FOR A BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION. WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHATEVER HE HAS HAVE SAID IS FOR A BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION. NOTHING BEFORE. WHEN YOU. WHEN YOU ADD UP. THAT'S NOT FOR 20 YEARS OLD TUB. OKAY. WE NEED TO REPURCHASE THE TUB. WHATEVER. AND THEN AGAIN, IT'S. YES, IT'S BEEN SEALED WITH WITH WATERPROOF. YES, WE DID IT IN THE HYDRAULIC CEMENT. IS IS A SCENE FOR THAT TOO. BUT WHATEVER HE PRONOUNCED THAT'S NOT FOR THAT. IT'S JUST FOR BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTIONS. [00:30:04] AND A LINE OR SHOWER LINE AND ALL THAT. WE NEVER HAVE A SHINE A SHOWER LINE FROM THE BEGINNING, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S IN THE FIRST FLOOR AND IS A CONCRETE WALL CEMENT AND WAS BEEN YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN PROVED WITH, WITH THE WATERPROOF. SIR. DO YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF BUILDING LICENSES OR CONTRACTOR LICENSES. NO, MA'AM. I DO A LOT OF WORK IN MY BUILDINGS. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A YOU'RE A BUILDER OWNER. BUT NO, I HAVE I PULL A PERMIT FOR MY MY MY MY WORK. SHE WILL KNOW THAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I YOU KNOW, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M ALLOWED TO DO IN MY OWN PROPERTY. I WASN'T QUESTIONING THAT, SIR. I WAS QUESTIONING WHETHER YOU WERE QUALIFIED TO INTERPRET THE CODE, MA'AM. WHETHER YOU WERE QUALIFIED TO INTERPRET THE CODE AS MY CODE INSPECTOR HAS JUST READ IT TO US. YOU KNOW, THIS IS. I CAN INTERPRET THE CODE. YES, BECAUSE THE WAY YOU SAY THAT, IT'S A BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION. IT'S NOT FOR SOME OUTSIDE. YOU TAKE THE WHOLE THING OUT, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY ANY WOOD BEHIND THAT WALLS OR OR FOR NOW, WHATEVER IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOTHING BUT A CONCRETE. IT HAS ANOTHER PRODUCT WHICH WE I DONE IT BEFORE. AND WHAT IS NAMED THE PLUMBER INSPECTOR FOR ANOTHER BUILDING. HE HAS APPROVED IT. YOU KNOW, I HAVE APPROVED. I HAVE A 20 UNIT AND I'M WORKING RIGHT NOW. AND HE APPROVED THE TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT I USE IN IT. OKAY, MILES. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. MRS.. MAGISTRATE, IF I MAY THE CITY RECOMMENDS THAT HE GET A PERMIT FOR THIS REPAIR. SO THAT WAY THE PLAN REVIEWER CAN CHECK THE CODES AND CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE, THAT HIS INSTALLATION IS COMPLIANT WITH THE CODE. YES. JUST LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION IS. HE BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO GET A PERMIT. OKAY. AND THIS IS SECTION FOUR, 21 .5.2. SHOWER LINING WILL BE. ENTER THIS CITY'S EXHIBIT TO THAT TYPE OF THAT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MAN. I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY COME UP WITH IT, BUT YOU CAN USE IT. BUT I'M JUST PUTTING IT INTO EVIDENCE. I'M NOT. OKAY. IS THERE NOTHING FURTHER FROM THE CITY? NO, YOUR HONOR. OKAY. AND AM I TO UNDERSTAND HE DOES NOT HAVE A PERMIT AT THIS TIME, DOES NOT HAVE A PERMIT AT THIS TIME. SO IF HE GETS THE PERMIT, THEN YOU COME AND INSPECT IT AND MAKE SURE. WOULD IT BE? BUT THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR. YEAH. OKAY. BUT THEY NEVER REQUIRE A PERMIT. WHEN THEY TOLD ME REPLACE. ALSO, THEY SHOULD SAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT, BUT THEY NEVER THEY NEVER REQUIRE A PERMIT. BEFORE I NEEDED THE WORK THIS THE CITY HOW IT IS ON FOURTH THURSDAY. ALWAYS LIKE THIS. THEY NEVER TOLD ME I HAD TO HAVE A PERMIT. IF THEY COULD HAVE TELL ME. I HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT. I KIND OF JUST TELL THE LADY I DON'T WANT YOU. I HAVE TO GET THE PLACE FIXED RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T DO NOTHING. ONLY I CAN DO SOMETHING. WHEN THAT LADY MOVE OUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IS GOING TO BE THERE. AND I CAN PROMISE YOU, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE PEOPLE THERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A ONE DAY JOB AS AT LEAST A WEEK. YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE LIVING IN THERE WITHOUT A WEEK. BUT THEN AGAIN, THE SHOWER USABLE. YOU CAN USE THE SHOWER NOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A PERMIT. SO I CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND GET A PERMIT. DOUBLE YOUR PERMIT LIKE THEY USED TO DO, AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND SEE WHAT YOU KNOW. HEY WHOEVER. YEAH OKAY. I FIND THAT THE THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND THAT THE VIOLATOR BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT AND OBTAIN APPROVAL OF ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS, AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT IS CLOSED IN COMPLY WITH OTHER ANY OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS. IF THAT IS NOT DONE, THERE WILL BE A FINE OF $100 A DAY THAT IS ASSESSED AND THERE IS A 30 DAY RIGHT TO APPEAL. YEAH, BUT I'M STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE FLOOR HAS BEEN THERE. BUT IF WE HAVE TO DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DO A LOT OF THINGS. BUT I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW A LICENSE FILE TO DO THE WAY I DO MY OWN TIME. OKAY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU GET A WRITTEN, THE WRITTEN ORDER WILL BE MAILED TO YOU AT YOUR ADDRESS AT 614. THE WRITTEN ORDER WILL BE MAILED TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE NEXT CASE IS SIX E CASE 23 DASH 2894 21 NORTH SECOND STREET. [E. 23-2890 421 N 2nd Street Boyd, J. Curtis Joel Smith] CURTIS BOYD IS THE OWNER. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. ARE YOU MR. BOYD? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOEL SMITH. I'M WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. INSPECTOR SLASH INVESTIGATOR. CASE IS 23 DASH 2890 AT 421 NORTH SECOND STREET. THE CASE WAS INITIATED OCTOBER 30TH, 2023. [00:35:01] OWNER IS CURTIS BOYD. 500 SOUTH US HIGHWAY ONE, SUITE 107, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA 34950 VIOLATION IS FBC 105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR REPLACING THE FRONT PORCH SUPPORT COLUMNS WITHOUT A PERMIT, AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY REQUEST THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S BEEN NO PERMIT OR DDPCR APPLIED FOR FOR THIS WORK, AND I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM. AND AT THE TIME OF THE PICTURES, MY TIME DATE STAMP WAS NOT WORKING ON THE CAMERA, BUT I. THEY WERE TAKEN OF THE DAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE PICTURES. THAT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU. CAN YOU TELL ME THE DATE THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN? THEY WERE TAKEN ON THE 30TH. OF 30TH OF OCTOBER, 2023. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO PLACE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE ONE. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. SMITH? NO, THAT'S. I THINK WE'RE. THAT'S FINE. I'M SORRY. I MOVE THOSE INTO EVIDENCE. THE CITY'S DEPOSIT ONE. YES. THE PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE ENTERED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. OKAY. OKAY. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO. I THINK WE'RE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD ON THIS. PRETTY? PRETTY SIMPLE. OKAY. AND DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? JUST TO REASSURE YOU. PURPOSE BUILT ENGINEERING. FINALIZED THE DRAWINGS PROBABLY A MONTH AGO IN MY CONTRACTORS. HAD THEM FOR THAT MONTH. AND I WAS SURPRISED THIS MORNING TO LEARN THAT A PERMIT HAD NOT YET BEEN APPLIED FOR. SO IT'S IN MOTION. OKAY, SO I I'LL FIND THAT THE. THE VIOLATION EXISTS, BUT THAT YOU HAVE YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT. AND AFTER THAT REQUIRED INSPECTIONS EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL IT'S THIS WILL GET THE BALL ROLLING. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND. YEAH, I CAN JUST. WE JUST NEED TO PRONOUNCE THE REST OF THE RULING. YEAH. IF IT IS NOT COMPLIED WITH, THE FINE WILL BE $100 A DAY. AND YOU HAVE A 30 DAY RIGHT TO APPEAL IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND. THANK YOU. NEXT CASE IS SIX F. [F. 23-3063 510 N 21 St Apt B Natasha Saffie Joel Smith] CASE 23 DASH 3063 510 NORTH 21ST STREET, APARTMENT B NATASHA SAFI IS THE OWNER. AM I A GOOD QUESTION? GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. CAN MY DAD COME WITH ME BECAUSE, LIKE, HE ACTUALLY HELPS ME WITH THIS PROPERTY. CAN SPEAK BEHALF OF ME. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL WITNESSES. YEAH, YEAH, THAT YOU CAN COME. I MEAN, YOU CAN SIT. YOU WANT TO SIT? YOU CAN SIT UNTIL IT'S HER TURN TO TO SPEAK. ARE YOU MISS SAFFY? YES. ALL RIGHT. WERE YOU BOTH SWORN IN AS WITNESSES IN THE BEGINNING? SAFFY? SAFFY? YEAH. I'M SORRY. WERE YOU BOTH SWORN IN AS WITNESSES AT THE BEGINNING? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL HEAR FROM MR. SMITH FIRST. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD MORNING AGAIN. THE CASE NUMBER IS 23, 30, 63. THE LOCATION IS 510 NORTH 21ST STREET, APARTMENT B. THE CASE WAS INITIATED NOVEMBER 30TH, 2023. CAME IN AS A COMPLAINT FROM A TENANT. THE VIOLATIONS ARE IPMC 304 DOT 13 DOT TWO. OPENABLE WINDOWS. IPMC 704 .2.1 SMOKE ALARMS WHERE REQUIRED. IPMC 603.1 MECHANICAL APPLIANCES. IPMC 304.13 WINDOW SKYLIGHT AND DOOR FRAMES. IPSY 605.1 INSTALLATION. [00:40:04] INSTALLATION. IPMC 309.1. INFESTATION. SO THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE TO REPAIR REPLACE INOPERABLE WINDOWS IN THE BATHROOM AND GUEST BEDROOM. NUMBER TWO REPLACE MISSING SMOKE DETECTORS. NUMBER THREE REPLACE NON-WORKING STOVE OR REPAIR. NUMBER FOUR REPAIR OR REPLACE THE REAR DOOR MAKING IT WEATHERTIGHT. NUMBER FIVE MAKE NECESSARY ELECTRICAL REPAIRS TO NON-WORKING OUTLETS IN THE LIVING ROOM. NUMBER SIX TREAT THE PROPERTY FOR PEST INFESTATION, INCLUDING RATS AND RECOMMENDATION TO CITY. REQUEST THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATION VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED, AND I SKIPPED OVER. THE OWNER IS NATASHA SAFI AT 510 NORTH 21ST STREET, APARTMENT B, FORT PIERCE. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE OWNER HAS EVICTED THE TENANT AND IS IN THE PROCESS IS TRYING TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. NO REQUEST FOR A RE-INSPECTION AT THIS TIME. DO YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS? YES, MA'AM. DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE PHOTOS? WHAT WHAT WHAT DAY IS ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS? ARE THEY DATE AND TIME STAMPED? OR WHEN MY WHEN WERE THEY TAKEN? THEY WERE TAKEN NOVEMBER 30TH, 2023. DO THEY ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATION THAT YOU WITNESSED ON THAT DAY? THEY DO. ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE THOSE WITH MISS SAFI AND HER HER WITNESS? YEAH, THOSE ARE HER. HIS PHOTOGRAPHS. NO. OH, NO, NO, IT'S JUST A PICTURE, A PICTURE. I JUST WANT TO SEE. SHOWING THE WINDOWS. AND LET'S WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? DO YOU, MISS SAFFY? DO YOU DO YOU OBJECT TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS? THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT I HAD A REALTOR THAT PUT THIS TENANT. I'M SORRY. NO, I'M ASKING IF YOU OBJECT TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS. DO YOU DENY THAT THEY'RE AUTHENTIC? THAT THEY WERE AUTHENTICALLY TAKEN BY MR. SMITH ON THE DATE HE WAS THERE, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE HE TESTIFIED OCTOBER OR SOMETHING. NOVEMBER 30TH. NOVEMBER 30TH. BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE AND THEN WE CAN ALL TALK ABOUT THEM. YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN EVIDENCE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO EXCUSE ME. SCROLL THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHILE HE'S WHILE HE'S TALKING ABOUT THEM SO SHE CAN SEE THEM. THE CITY MOVES THESE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. PHOTOS SUBMITTED WILL BE ENTERED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. SMITH? NO, MA'AM. AND WHEN YOU'RE READY, MISS SOPHIE AND YOUR FATHER CAN COME UP AS WELL, IF HE WOULD LIKE TO. SIR, WE'LL NEED YOU TO. YOU CAN STAND AT THE PODIUM IF YOU LIKE, AND STATE YOUR NAME. YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS ALBERT AND SOPHIE. I'M MY DAUGHTER, NATASHA. SOPHIE? ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU'RE READY. OKAY. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND WITH THIS APARTMENT. I WAS ACTUALLY EVICTING A TENANT BECAUSE OF SAFI. COULD YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? OH, SORRY. SORRY. I WANT TO SAY I'M TIRED OF SAYING YOU CAN STAND AT THE PODIUM THEN AND SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. YEAH, PLEASE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY, SO BASICALLY, WITH THIS SITUATION WITH I WAS SPEAKING, LIKE, EVERY DAY, ALMOST EVERY WEEK WITH THE MINISTRY. I'M FROM FORT LAUDERDALE, SO, LIKE, THIS WAS MY RESIDENTIAL INCOME PROPERTY HERE IN FORT PIERCE. I WAS CORRESPONDING WITH ELIZABETH BECK UPDATING HER OF EVERYTHING. THIS WAS A PROBLEMATIC TENANT THAT I HAVE. AND A REALTOR HELPED ME FOUND HER PLACE THERE. WE DID THE WALKTHROUGH. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD AS IT IS BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO PAY RENT OR WHATEVER. SHE WAS SUPER NASTY TENANT. SHE LITERALLY, LIKE, DESTROYED. MY PLACE WAS NOT PAYING RENT. [00:45:01] I WAS LIKE, SHE WAS SQUATTING THE OTHER DAY BEFORE I HAD TO WHILE I WAS DOING THE EVICTION PROCESS BECAUSE IT WAS DURING THE HOLIDAYS, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS. THE J.R. WAS LIKE, SHE HAS TO WAIT AFTER NEW YEAR'S TO FINALLY GIVE ME THE ORDER TO GET HER OUT. THEN WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT HER OUT, SHE WAS LIVING IN MY BACKYARD. THE DETECTIVES HAD TO CALL ME. SHE WAS IN THE BACKYARD, INTENT ON MY PROPERTY, AND THEN SHE VANDALIZED MY WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING AND BROKE ALL 12 WINDOWS. LIKE, LITERALLY, LIKE I CAN'T EVEN CATCH A BREAK WITH THIS APARTMENT. SO NOW I HAD, LIKE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIX IT. WITH THE SITUATION. I WANT TO SEE IF YOU CAN GIVE ME MORE TIME. I WANT TO GET I'M REQUESTING MORE TIME BECAUSE I LITERALLY WANT TO, LIKE, REHAB, LIKE MY KITCHEN AND MY BATHROOM AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I WANT TO REQUEST A PERMIT. A HOMEOWNERS PERMIT. I GUESS THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT. THAT'S WHY I WANTED MY DAD HERE. BECAUSE HE KNOWS, LIKE, THE LANGUAGE OF ACTS AND ALL THAT STUFF. BUT I DO WANT TO GET THE PERMIT FOR THE WINDOWS AND LIKE A HOMEOWNER PERMIT, SO I CAN JUST GET IT ADDRESSED FOR A NEW TENANT. SO I DON'T HAVE, LIKE, THESE ISSUES, BUT, LIKE, SHE WAS HORRIBLE, LIKE, ALL THIS STUFF. I'VE HAD PEST CONTROL. CHECK MY PROPERTY. I'VE NEVER HAD RATS OR RODENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I HAD A TENANT IN UNIT A NEXT TO HER, AND I NEVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS. AND SHE'S LIKE, MY BOAT UNITS ARE VACANT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAD TO EVICT BOAT TENANTS. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS HOUSE IS LOCATED, IT'S SUPER HORRIBLE. A BUNCH OF CRACKHEADS AND DRUG DEALERS ARE INDUSTRY. SO I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT WITH THIS HOUSE, SO I CAN'T SELL IT RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST GOING TO TRY TO FIX IT UP. MAYBE IN A FEW MONTHS I MIGHT SELL IT, BUT I JUST WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO, LIKE, GIVE ME SOME TIME TO FIX THE PLACE UP AND I'LL GET MY PERMIT, WHAT I NEED TO DO TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP. BUT, DAD, YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS SINCE YOU YOU KNOW THE PROPERTY AS WELL. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. OKAY, MA'AM, I DO UNDERSTAND THE VIOLATION THIS OFFICER WROTE UP AND THIS VIOLATION ON THE WINDOWS, AS SHE JUST EXPLAINED ON IT, IS ALREADY DAMAGED. SO YOU DO HAVE TO REPLACE. AND I WILL ASK YOU, THE COURT AND MAGISTRATE TO ASSESS HER SHARE SINGLE PARENTS AND A SINGLE PARENT, AND SHE WILL LIKE TO HAVE A PERMIT TO REPLACE THE WINDOW WITH STANDARD IMPACT WINDOWS AND WINDOWS. WHAT SELL AT HOME DEPOTS. AND SO WITH THAT ASSISTANCE, SHE WILL COMPLY WITH IT AND BRING THE BUILDING BACK TO COURT. AND REGARDLESS, THE TENANTS OFFICER PROBABLY KNOWS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HE KNOWS THE ENVIRONMENT. SO THERE'S NO EXCUSE ON THAT. BUT THIS IS IN THE NATURE OF THIS BUSINESS. WHEN A TENANT DOES NOT CANNOT AFFORD THE RENT, THEY DESTROY YOUR PLACE. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT THE REALTOR MAKE A VIDEO ON THIS PROPERTY BEFORE A TENANT GOES IN. SO WE HAVE THAT, BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO PURSUE THAT ANYWAY BECAUSE THIS TENANT DOES NOT HAVE MONEY ANYWAY. SO WHO WE WILL PROCEED. SO THIS IS A VIDEO WALKTHROUGH BEFORE THEY ENTER. SHOW EVERYTHING GOOD, TIDY AND GOOD CONDITION. AND MA'AM AND MAGISTRATE AND MY DAUGHTER IS FACING A DIFFICULT TIME AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. IF YOU CHECK ON THIS PROPERTY FROM THE TIME SHE OBTAINED THIS PROPERTY, SHE IN THE COURT EVICTING THE TENANTS MORE THAN SEVERAL TIMES. HOW MANY EVICTIONS? AND YOU COULD CHECK THE DECK AND SEE HOW MANY MORE. VI. HOW MANY TENANTS EVICTED? AND THIS IS A SITUATION. THE LAST TWO TENANTS STRIPPED THE WHOLE HOUSE. THEY TOOK THE STOVE, THEY TOOK THE FRIDGE. THEY TOOK EVERYTHING. THEY DAMAGING MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE DOING. LIKE MY WHOLE PLACE IS STRIPPED. SO. AND I'M SPENDING MORE MONEY FIXING IT NOW. AND EVEN I'M NOT MAKING NO MONEY OFF OF THIS BUILDING. LIKE, LITERALLY. SO WE WILL FIX IT UP AND BRING IT UP TO THE COURT. AND I'M ASKING THE OFFICER TO JUST THE PROPERTY TOTAL VACANCIES. SO RIGHT NOW. SO I MEAN YEAH THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. SO PLEASE EXCUSE TO LIKE TO WORK WITH US TO GIVE US A PERMIT SO WE COULD REPLACE THE WINDOW. THE WINDOW IS NOT FIXABLE. THESE ARE OLDER WINDOWS AND THEY NEED SCREENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S ALL DESTROYED. WAS IN GOOD CONDITION BEFORE ANY TENANTS WAS THERE. WHEN DID WHEN DID THE TENANTS MOVE OUT? JANUARY. ONCE THEY GOT EVICTED. OKAY, SO THEY'VE BEEN OUT SINCE JANUARY 1ST. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S BEEN 4 OR 5 MONTHS? YEAH. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE MAIL? I WASN'T RECEIVING THE MAIL. AND THEN WHEN I GOT THE MAIL AT MY OTHER ADDRESS IN BROWARD, THAT'S HOW EXPLAINING TO ELIZABETH BECK, I WAS RECEIVING THE INFORMATION. SO I WAS LIKE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET IT ALL SITUATED BEFORE THAT. [00:50:04] SO I TOLD HER, I'LL SHOW UP IN A COURT HEARING. I WAS TRYING TO FIX ALL THIS STUFF BEFORE, BUT THEN I WAS IN ANOTHER SITUATION. THE PERSON THAT I HIRED, THE CONTRACTOR DURING THAT TIME FRAME. WHEN I GOT HER EVICTED, THEY WEREN'T FIXING THE PLACE I WAS DEALING WITH THAT THE CONTRACTOR JUST SCAMMED ME FOR MY MONEY AND NOT FIXING PROPERLY. SO YEAH, YOU FIX IT, BUT I WILL FIX IT EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, I JUST NEED TO SEE THE SYSTEM OF GETTING A PERMANENT AND GETTING EVERYTHING SITUATED. THE ADDRESS THAT THE NOTICES ARE SENT TO ARE THE ADDRESSES. I BELIEVE MISS BECK WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU ON FILE WITH SAINT LUCIE COUNTY. SHE'S CHANGED IT RECENTLY THAT THE ADDRESS ON THE SUMMARY SHEET IS NOT CORRECT. SO, SO SO WE'VE UPDATED THAT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO WHEN WHEN DID YOU GET NOTICE AND START START WORKING TO FIX THE PROPERTY. ARE YOU ELIZABETH BECK. OH OKAY. SO WHEN, WHEN WAS IT LIKE WE'VE BEEN CORRESPONDENCE IN LIKE APRIL MAY. YEAH. SO THIS, THIS RECENT HEARING, SHE HAS THE RIGHT ADDRESS IS ON THE, ON OUR ON OUR FILE NOW. OKAY. DO WE DOES THE CITY WANT TO STICK WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF 60 DAYS? DO YOU WANT TO GIVE HER 90 DAYS? WE'RE OKAY WITH 90 DAYS? YEAH. 90 DAYS. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. BEAR IN MIND, THE PROPERTY IS VACANT. BOTH. THERE'S NO UNIT IS OPERATED, MA'AM. 90 UNDER. UNDERSTOOD? YEAH. THE CITY IS STILL GOING TO REQUEST THE FINDING OF A VIOLATION, BUT ALLOW 90 DAYS TO TO GET THE PERMIT PROCESS AND GET IT GOING. OKAY, COOL. OKAY, THEN THE I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS, BUT THAT YOU WILL BE GIVEN 90 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT. THEN THEREAFTER, YOU HAVE TO GET RE-INSPECTIONS EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT IS CLOSED OUT. THANK YOU. I ASKED ONE WOMAN. I HAVE TO FINISH. JUST A MINUTE. AND IF. IF YOU DO NOT DO THAT, THERE IS THE FINE OF $100 A DAY WOULD BEGIN. BUT YOU HAVE. OKAY, I GOT IT. I HAVE ONE QUESTION TO GET CLEAR FOR THIS MAGISTRATE. TO GET CLEAR, I UNDERSTAND THIS. HE READ UP MORE THAN ONE MISDEMEANOR AND VIOLATION OF THE PROPERTY AND HE MENTIONED SMOKE ALARM. WE REGARDLESS. HONESTLY, NOBODY ENTERED NO APARTMENT WITHOUT A SMOKE ALARM. I'M SORRY. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WHAT? I'M SAID THAT HE WROTE UP ONE OF THE VIOLATION. THAT'S A SMOKE ALARM. AND NO ONE ENTER APARTMENT WITH A INSPECTION WITHOUT A SMOKE ALARM. SO. BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT IT'S A VIOLATION OF OUR SMOKE ALARM. ANY TENANTS GO TO THE BUILDING. THE FIRST THING THE CONTRACTOR TO ON THE HANDYMAN DO BEFORE THEY RENTED THIS GUY. WHAT TO DO? HE WOULD DO A WALKTHROUGH AND MAKE SURE THE SMOKE ALARM. SO HOW WE WOULD TREAT THAT IN THE FUTURE? SORRY. I'M SORRY. I GUESS SHE'S ALREADY RULED. SO YOU'RE SAYING NOW I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE RULING AND. NO, NO, I'M VIOLATION ON THE SMOKE ALARM. NO, I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW WE WILL ADDRESS THAT FOR THE INSPECTION. HOW DO YOU ADDRESS IT? IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? HAVE A SEAT, JOEL. LET AND TESTIFY INTO THE MIC, PLEASE. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY. I MEAN, AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO ME FOR A RE-INSPECTION AND I CAN WALK THEM THROUGH THE STUFF. I BELIEVE THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. SO I CAN GIVE MY CARD TO HER FATHER OR HER, OR THEY CAN REACH OUT TO LIZ. YOU SCHEDULE. LIZ CAN GIVE HER MY CONTACT, BUT I CAN GLADLY GO OUT THERE AND MEET WITH THEM, HAVE A BUSINESS CARD. SO I DO JUST IN HAND BECAUSE I ALWAYS CORRESPOND WITH ELIZABETH BECK. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I WILL GET IT TO YOU. I DON'T HAVE IT. IT'S IT'S IN MY TRUCK, AND MY TRUCK'S IN THE PARKING GARAGE. YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR NUMBER IF YOU CAN. IF IT'S ALLOWABLE, YOU CAN GET IT FROM ELIZABETH AFTER THE HEARING. YEAH. ELIZABETH CAN GET YOU ALL THAT INFORMATION. HAVE YOU BEEN CORRESPONDING? YOU ALWAYS SCHEDULE WITH ME FIRST. OKAY, COOL. YEAH. WE HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF RE-INSPECTIONS. OKAY. MR.. DOES THAT ADDRESS YOUR CONCERN IS ADDRESS OUR CONCERN AND AN EXAM THING. I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE THIS COURT. WE MENTIONED RATS. AND THERE'S A VACANT LAND ON THE SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY. AND I ALSO WILL TAKE AN INTEREST WITH THIS INSPECTOR TO GET THAT VACANT LAND CLEANED UP, BECAUSE THAT VACANT LOT IS HURTING US. IF THERE'S A RAT AND RODENT. SO, WITH ALL RESPECT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. SIR. SIR, WE DO HAVE A COMPLAINT PROCESS IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT A DIFFERENT PROPERTY, BUT I'M JUST. BUT. BUT YOU ARE THAT BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED RAT, MA'AM. AND THE REASON? BECAUSE OF THE RAT MISMATCH. BECAUSE THE RAT RATIO. AND THIS. I WENT TO THE PROPERTY AND I SEE THE VACANT LAND. SO I, AS YOU BROUGHT UP THIS VIOLATION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE AREA SHOULD BE I'M TAKING CARE THE THE NEXT LOT IS A LOT OF OVERGROWN TREES. [00:55:04] NOT TAKING CARE IF YOU GO BACK UP THE LADDER. AND HE PROBABLY OBSERVED THAT WHEN HE OUT THERE THAT THIS COUCH BAGS. AND. I'M SORRY, MADAM CLERK, THAT'S THE CODE I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH MADAM CLERK AND AFTER THE HEARING, AND YOU CAN ASK HER WHERE THE APPROPRIATE VENUE IS TO MAKE THAT COMPLAINT WITH THE CITY, AND THE CITY WILL ADDRESS THAT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO EVERY COMPLAINT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO WE CAN LEAVE NOW? YES. OKAY. OKAY. THE NEXT CASE IS SIX G. [G. 23-3076 306 Mockingbird Ave Perry R Postlethwaite Miles Keller] CASE 23 DASH 3076 306 MOCKINGBIRD AVENUE. VIOLATOR IS PERRY R POSTLETHWAITE. ARE YOU, MR. POSTLETHWAITE? AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? OKAY. WHEN YOU'RE READY, MR. KELLER, CASE NUMBER IS 23, 3076. ADDRESS 306 MOCKINGBIRD AVENUE. PERRY. OUR PISTOL WITH POSTAL. POSTAL WITH CASE INITIATED JANUARY 2924. OWNERS. THE. YES. SANDHILL. EXP LLC, 5050 SOUTH SYRACUSE STREET, SUITE 1200, DENVER, COLORADO. 80237. VIOLATIONS OR FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 105.1 2020 PERMIT REQUIRED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS A FRONT DOOR. INCITING, ALONG WITH ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING WORK BEING DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT. RECOMMENDATIONS. THE CITY REQUESTS THAT A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FIND THE VIOLATIONS EXIST. THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER. NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 DAY BE ASSESSED. PERMIT APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED, BUT FEES NOT FULLY PAID. OCCUPANTS STATED THAT HE WANTED TO SUBMIT A REVISION, BUT NO REVISION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. AND I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE VIOLATIONS. AND ARE THEY DATE AND TIME STAMPED? YES THEY ARE. AND DO THEY ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS THAT YOU WITNESSED ON THOSE DAYS? YES THEY DO. MR. POSTLEWAITE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OR ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY? I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY. ALL RIGHT. THE CITY WOULD MOVE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. PHOTOS SUBMITTED WILL BE ENTERED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. KELLER? NO. AND YOU READY, MR. POSTLEWAITE? WELL, IN MY DEFENSE, I WENT DOWN AND PURCHASED THE PERMIT. I HAVE THE PERMIT. I WENT DOWN TO PAY THE FINES. THEY REFUSED TO LET ME PAY THE FINE. AND HERE'S WHY. BECAUSE WHEN I WAS FILLING OUT THE PAPERWORK, THEY WANTED AN EVALUATION OF THE PRICE OF THE WORK. I THOUGHT THAT THEY MEANT WHAT I PAID FOR THE PROPERTY. SO I PUT $30,000 DOWN. IT WAS WRONG. SO THE PERMIT FEE WAS EXTREMELY TOO HIGH. AND THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET A REVISION HEARING. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY OTHER FINDS ON THIS PROPERTY. IS THERE ANOTHER? WELL, IT WAS A FINE FOR DOING THE WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. I'M FROM OHIO. I JUST MOVED DOWN HERE. I BOUGHT THAT TRAILER AS IS. I STARTED PUTTING WINDOWS IN IT AND. THEY CAME BY AND SEEN A BIG HOLE IN THE WALL AND STOPPING. THE FINDS ASSOCIATED ARE A STOP WORK ORDER FEE AND A DOUBLE PERMIT FEE. [01:00:03] ARE YOU ABLE TO GET THE PERMIT ISSUES CLEARED UP IN 60 DAYS? LIKE I SAID, I ALREADY HAVE THE PERMIT. I BOUGHT THE PERMIT. I HAVE A PERMIT. OKAY, BUT YOU DIDN'T PAY THE FEES FOR THE STOP WORK. LIKE I SAID, I WENT DOWN TO PAY THE FEES. THEY WOULDN'T LET ME PAY THE FEES BECAUSE OF THE $30,000 MISUNDERSTANDING ON THE PAPERWORK. THE THE EVALUATION OF WORK THAT NEEDS DONE IS PROBABLY $10,000 FOR THE WINDOWS. BUT HERE'S ANOTHER THING. THEY WANTED ME TO GET AN ENGINEER. TO DRAW UP THE FRAMING FOR THESE WINDOWS. I GOT AN ENGINEER. HE WON'T CALL ME BACK. HE WON'T DO NOTHING. I GOT PAPERS WHERE I PAID HIM AND EVERYTHING. I'M JUST STUCK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE COMPUTER, IF I MAY IT SAID THAT THE APPLICANT HAD WANTED TO DO A REVISION, BUT THE ENGINEERED PLANS OR THE ENGINEERED PLANS ARE REQUIRED TO DO THE REVISION THAT HE WAS REQUESTING TO DO. I HAVE A RECEIPT WHERE I PAID AN ENGINEER. WILL NOT RETURN MY CALL. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. WOULD YOU MIND IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT? OKAY, HAVE A SEAT. I'M GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL DATED JANUARY THE 8TH FROM MR. PAUL WELCH FOR DRAFTING AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES AS REQUIRED TO PREPARE STRUCTURAL BUILDING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR A PROPOSED PROJECT. TOTAL FEE $1,000. DEPOSIT $500. BALANCE DUE $500. I CAN EXPLAIN WHY HE HASN'T RETURNED HIS CALL. HE PASSED AWAY A FEW WEEKS AGO, OR MAYBE POSSIBLY A MONTH AGO. THIS IS THE SON. HE DOESN'T HAVE AN ENGINEER'S LICENSE. HE WAS DOING DRAFTING WORK FOR PAUL WELCH, AND HE'S THE ONE THAT PASSED AWAY. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU MAY NEED TO HAVE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS OR CAN I GIVE THIS BACK? YOU CAN GIVE IT BACK. YOU MAY NEED TO HIRE A NEW ENGINEER. ALL RIGHT. SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CURRENTLY 60 DAYS. DO WE SO ARE YOU ARE YOU LIVING IN THIS STRUCTURE? IN THAT STRUCTURE? OKAY. ARE YOU GOING BACK UP NORTH THIS SUMMER? I AM NOT OKAY. AND THERE'S A STOP WORK ORDER IN PLACE. IT WAS A STOP WORK ORDER. YES. ALL RIGHT. ANY CHANGE IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS. AS IS THE RECOMMENDED TIME OF 60 DAYS. 60 DAYS. ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO REACH OUT TO A NEW ENGINEER. ANOTHER ONE? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MUCH CHOICE, MR. WALSH. WALSH WON'T BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU AT THIS TIME. WHEN DID MR. WELCH DIE? I JUST FOUND OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT APPARENTLY IT HAD BEEN AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, IF NOT A MONTH OR SO. I DIDN'T GET AN EXACT DATE. WELL, AGAIN, IN MY DEFENSE, HE HASN'T ANSWERED MY CALL IN THREE MONTHS, SO. WELL. OKAY. AND IT WAS HORRIBLE TO FIND HIM. I REACHED, I PROBABLY 15 ENGINEERS, I TRIED. NONE OF THEM WANT TO DRAW NOTHING FOR A TRAILER. A MOBILE HOME. I WAS LUCKY TO FIND HIM. OH. HE'S GOING. DO YOU HAVE A CHANGE IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU WANT TO STICK WITH 60 DAYS? I MEAN, I THINK SINCE HE NEEDS TO LOCATE ANOTHER ENGINEER, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE HIM A 90 DAYS. I MEAN, FOR THE RECORD, IT LOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE HE JUMPED ON THIS PRETTY QUICKLY AND GOT HIS ENGINEER. SO THE CITY WOULD IT WOULD CHANGE THE RECOMMENDATION TO 90 DAYS. I HAVE A WITNESS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ALSO. SIR, WOULD YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE? HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN? I HAVE, YES, MA'AM. AND STATE YOUR NAME, RONALD JACOBS. ALL RIGHT. AND DO YOU KNOW MR. POSTLEWAITE, OR ARE YOU JUST FAMILIAR FOR A LONG TIME? ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. SO PERRY HAS BEEN MY GOOD FRIEND FOR A LONG TIME. HE'S NOT THE MOST ARTICULATE PERSON. I'M SORRY, PERRY, TO TO TO GET TO GET STUFF ROLLING. HE'S VERY CONFUSED WHEN HE TELLS ME WHAT'S GOING ON. I'M CONFUSED AS WELL. WE JUST WANT TO FIX THIS. THE MAN MOVED TO FLORIDA, HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. HAD TO GET A DOUBLE BYPASS SURGERY RECENTLY. THE THE WHOLE PROCESS HAS HIM ABOUT READY TO HAVE ANOTHER HEART ATTACK, SO. [01:05:04] MAYBE YOU CAN SPELL IT OUT TO US EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. BECAUSE THE THE ENGINEER THING SEEMS IT'S A TRAILER. YOU YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO CODE ON THE TRAILER, PROBABLY IN 1972 WHEN IT WAS BUILT. THE ALUMINUM WINDOWS THAT WAS IN THAT TRAILER WERE SCREWED SHUT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NEW WINDOWS ARE ABOUT 120% BETTER THAN WHAT WAS IN IT. I'M CATCHING HELL FOR IT. DID YOU DO THE WORK YOURSELF? I DID THE WORK MYSELF. I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN. ANY ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN'T SAY WHERE TO GO BUY STUFF, BUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP. YOU NEED A PRODUCT NUMBER FOR CERTAIN SIGHTING. I'VE ASSISTED HIM IN CALLING EVERYWHERE AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING. THAT WAS PAUL WELSH'S PROBLEM. HE DIDN'T HAVE A PRODUCT APPROVAL NUMBER FOR THE ALUMINUM GOING BACK ON THE ON THE WALL, THE OUTSIDE WALL, AND HE WANTED ME TO FIND IT. I CALLED EVERY METAL COMPANY IN THIS STATE, AND NONE OF THEM HAS HEARD OF A PRODUCT APPROVAL NUMBER TO PUT METAL ON A TRAILER. AND HE INSISTED THAT I HAD THAT, OR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WOULD DENY HIS DRAWINGS. ANYONE OBJECT TO CONTINUING THIS CASE FOR 60 DAYS? JUST CONTINUING IT AND PUTTING IT ON THE ON THE CALENDAR FOR MAY, JUNE, JULY. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE CAN GET A PERMIT NOW, TODAY TO GO AHEAD AND FINISH OUT THE WINDOWS? IS THAT POSSIBLE? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. HOW DO WE FIND THAT OUT? LIKE I SAID, I PURCHASED THE PERMIT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PAY A FINE. SO I WENT DOWN TO PAY THE FINE. AND THEY WOULDN'T TAKE MY MONEY. SO BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE $30,000 MISHAP VERSUS $10,000 SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, YOU HAVE THE DISCRETION TO CONTINUE A CASE TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE TO GIVE THE PARTIES TIME TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE AT A CONTINUED HEARING. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, MR. KELLER? IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? YES, MA'AM. IN THE CITY WILL DETERMINE WHEN TO PUT IT BACK ON. YEAH, WE'LL PUT IT. WE'LL PUT IT BACK ON THE. YEAH. BACK ON THE CALENDAR IN JULY. IF THERE'S TIME. THAT'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER 60 DAYS WITH NO VIOLATION BEING HEARD TODAY. WE WILL NOT FIND A VIOLATION TODAY. IT'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER 60 DAYS TO SEE TO GET YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW AND SEE IF YOU CAN. AT THIS POINT, ARE WE ABLE. IS HE ABLE TO GET A PERMIT? I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT TO TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO GO UPSTAIRS. SO IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU LEAVE A PHONE NUMBER WITH MISS BECK AND I WILL LOOK INTO THAT AFTER THE MEETING AND TRY TO GIVE YOU DIRECTION OF WHERE YOU NEED, WHAT YOU CAN DO NEXT. OKAY. MOVE FORWARD. I THINK IT WAS $496 FOR THE PERMIT FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'RE SAYING. WHAT ELSE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS I BOUGHT THIS TRAILER AS IS. THE ELECTRIC WAS DONE, THE PLUMBING WAS DONE. HE'S GOT PLUMBING ON THERE, SIR, BUT I'M ALLOWED BY FLORIDA LAW TO HELP MY OWN SINKS UP. SO THERE'S WATER LINES AND THERE'S VALVES. AND THERE'S DRAINS COMING OUT OF THE FLOOR WAS DONE WHEN I PURCHASED THAT TRAILER. I DIDN'T DO THAT. SIR, WE'VE ALL AGREED TO CONTINUE THE HEARING. CAN YOU GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD TO THESE GENTLEMEN? MY NAME IS CHRISTY KERSTEIN. ALL RIGHT. AND AFTER THE HEARING, SHE WOULD BE AVAILABLE. AND THAT WILL BE PROBABLY AROUND LUNCH TIME. AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT WILL BE CONTINUED THROUGH THROUGH JULY. SO THE. JUST WAIT. MR. POSTLETHWAITE, COULD YOU PROVIDE US YOUR PHONE NUMBER OVER HERE ON. JUST PROVIDE HER THE PHONE NUMBER THREE. THREE. OH. IN THE NEXT CASE IS SIX H. CASE 23 DASH 3083 4903 SOUTH US HIGHWAY ONE TS PIERCE SC, CO LIMITED CARE OF SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT [H. 23-3083 4903 S US Hwy 1 TS Pierce SC Co Ltd. c/o Southern Mgmt & Dev LP Frank Remling] AND DEVELOPMENT LP IS THE OWNER. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SIR. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? YES, IT'S DENNIS BURGOS. BERG. BURGOS. AND WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO TZ PEIRESC COMPANY LIMITED? I AM THE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR THE PLAZA. PROPERTY MANAGER FOR THE PLAZA. ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU'RE READY, MR. REMLING. ALL RIGHT, MR. FRANK REMLING, I WORK FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AS AN INSPECTOR SLASH INVESTIGATOR. [01:10:02] THIS CASE NUMBER IS 23, 30, 83. CASE INITIATED DECEMBER 6TH, 2023. THE OWNER IS T.S. PIERCE S COMPANY L T D CO, SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, LP, P.O. BOX 1122 NINE, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 37 939. VIOLATION IS FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 105.1 2020 PERMIT REQUIRED. THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE RENOVATION, INCLUDING BUILDING MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING WORK BEING DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS A VIOLATION EXISTS, VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED. COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS. INCUR ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. THE PERMIT APPLICATION IS MISSING SOME SUBCONTRACTOR AFFIDAVITS TO ISSUE THE PERMIT, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO GETTING THE PERMIT ISSUED. AND I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES AND IT WAS A STOP WORK ORDER. ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS DATE AND TIME STAMPED? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. AND DO THEY ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATION THAT YOU WITNESSED ON THE DAY? SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS? ALL RIGHT. THE CITY MOVES THE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE AS PLAINTIFF. CITIES, NOT CITIES. COMPOSITE. EXHIBIT ONE. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. REMLING? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, MR. BYRD. BURGESS. BURGESS. BURGESS. BURGESS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? SO WE. LIKE YOU SAID, THE PERMITTING PROCESS IS ALMOST FINISHED. YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST ABOUT THERE. I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO MY ASSISTANTS. BEEN SPEAKING TO MRS. MISS BECK. AND THAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAD AN UPDATE WAS ON THE 25TH OF MARCH. AND THEY WERE STATED THAT IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETED. SO WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THAT PROCESS TO, TO CLEAR EVERYTHING UP. OKAY. SO YOU STIPULATE THAT THE VIOLATION DID OCCUR, AND WILL 60 DAYS BE ENOUGH TIME TO GET THINGS WRAPPED UP IF THAT'S WHAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ORDERS? YES, YES, YES. OKAY. I FIND THE VIOLATION EXISTS, BUT THE VIOLATOR BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT. AND FOR ALL AND THEREAFTER ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS TO BE AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMITS BEEN CLOSED. IF IT IS NOT DONE, THEN IT'S THE FINE WOULD BE $100 A DAY. AND YOU DO HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL. 30 DAY RIGHT TO APPEAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEY, THE NEXT CASE IS [L. 24-49 1901 S 8th St Ramos, Felipe Kevin Young] SIX L 24 DASH 49. ADDRESSES 1901 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET. FELIPE RAMOS IS THE OWNER. MORNING. YOU, MR. RAMOS. RAMOS OR RAMOS? RAMOS? RAMOS. RAMOS? YEAH. MORNING. KEVIN YOUNG INVESTIGATOR SLASH INSPECTOR FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. CASE NUMBER 24, 49, 1901 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET, FELIPE RAMOS. IT WAS INITIATED MARCH 6TH, 2024. VIOLATION IS FBC 105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED? CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE OBTAINED A PERMIT FOR A GAZEBO, REAR PORCH FRAMING AND ROOF, AND ANY OTHER RENOVATION WORK BEING DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT. RECOMMENDATION. AS THE CITY REQUESTS A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS OF VIOLATION EXISTS. THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. THERE'S BEEN NO PERMIT FOR THIS WORK. AND THESE ARE THE PICTURES? YEAH, NO I HAVE. [01:15:02] THEIR DATE TIME STAMP. ALL RIGHT. THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE DATE STAMPED. MARCH 4TH, MARCH 5TH, JANUARY 4TH AND APRIL 30TH. DO THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE VIOLATION YOU WITNESS ON THOSE DAYS? YES, MA'AM. THE CITY MOVES THESE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE. THE CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. PHOTOS WILL BE ENTERED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. YOUNG? NO. OKAY. OKAY. MR. RAMOS? YES. YEAH. MY NAME IS FELIPE RAMOS, AND I DON'T LIVE IN THIS PROPERTY. I HAVE ANOTHER THIS PROPERTY LIVES FAMILY MEMBER LIVES HERE. I OWN A RESTAURANT, AND I KNOW THAT ALL THE PERMITS HAVE TO BE REQUIRED FOR ANY JOB HERE. BUT THESE FAMILY MEMBERS DO THE JOB WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. SO BUT I CAN TAKE CARE OF OF THE OF THE PERMITS. ACTUALLY, I CAME TO TO OBTAIN ALL THE PAPERWORK TO START, YOU KNOW FIXING FIXING THE PROBLEM. THEY THEY TOLD ME THAT SINCE IT'S NOT MY PRIMARY RESIDENCY, I HAVE TO HIRE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. I START. I STARTED LOOKING UP GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND I HAVE SOME ON THE LIST, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEER TO. AND I STARTED LOOKING. SOME IN THE AREA. IT'S KIND OF HARD BECAUSE THIS IS A SMALL JOB AND IT'S ALREADY DONE. AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FIND A ENGINEER WHO WANTS TO TAKE THE JOB. BUT I YEAH, I CAN I CAN GET ALL THE PERMITS. IT'S 60 DAYS. I IF YOU CAN GIVE ME MORE TIME, IT'S BETTER FOR ME BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I'M. YEAH. YEAH, I THIS IS THE CITY OBJECT TO 90. THE CITY IS OKAY WITH 90 DAYS. YEAH. OKAY, THEN. I FIND THAT. DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. IF I DON'T, I DON'T FIND ANY ANY ENGINEER AND THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND EVERYTHING IS. THAT IS. THE COST IS TOO HIGH. AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS DOWN. WHAT? WHAT IS THE PROCESS? A DEMO PERMIT. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN YOU NEED. YEAH. YOU WOULD NEED A PERMIT TO DEMOLISH IT AND THEN HAVE IT PROFESSIONALLY DEMOLISHED I THINK BY A CONTRACTOR. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE IF THAT'S IF THAT'S HOW YOU DECIDE TO GO. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S BECAUSE I I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND THE ENGINEER AND IT'S A SMALL, IT'S A SMALL THING, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE. AND I'M, I'M GOING TO TRY TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO. OKAY, OKAY. I THINK I THINK WE'VE AGREED TO 90 DAYS 90. YES. I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS, BUT THAT YOU BE GIVEN 90 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT AND THEREAFTER DO THE REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT IS CLOSED. OKAY. AND IF YOU DO NOT, THEN THE $100 DAY FINE WOULD, WOULD START. OKAY. MEANWHILE YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO DO THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. THE NEXT CASE IS. [M. 24-50 3001 Avenue B Perkins, Robert & Coote, Alma Joel Smith] SIX M KS 24 DASH 53,001 AVENUE B. ROBERT PERKINS AND ALMA ARE THE OWNERS. ALL RIGHT, SIR? ARE YOU. ARE YOU ROBERT PERKINS? ROBERT HENRY PERKINS. ALL RIGHT. HEY. [01:20:03] GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOEL SMITH. I'M WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE BUILDING INSPECTOR SLASH INVESTIGATION. TODAY. WE HAVE CASE NUMBER 2450 AT 3001 AVENUE B. THE CASE WAS INITIATED JANUARY 9TH, 2024. AND THE OWNER IS ROBERT H. PERKINS, 09516 PORTSIDE DRIVE, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34945. AND THE VIOLATION IS FBC 105.1 PERMIT REQUIRED. AND THE CORRECTION CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE WINDOWS INSTALLED AND OR ANY RENOVATION WORK BEING DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT, AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE CITY REQUEST THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXIST. THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER. NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. AS OF NOW, NO PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED OR REQUESTED AND. I DID TAKE SOME PICTURES AT THE TIME OF THE PICTURES. THE PICTURES WERE TAKEN JANUARY 9TH, 2024. AT THE TIME OF THE PICTURES, MY TIMESTAMP APP WAS NOT WORKING AND I DO HAVE THE PICTURES. ALL RIGHT. DID THE PHOTOGRAPHS ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE VIOLATION THAT YOU WITNESSED ON JANUARY? WHAT DAY DID YOU SAY JANUARY 9TH? JANUARY 9TH, 2024. YES, MA'AM. MR. PERKINS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF 301 AVENUE B? BEFORE I PLACE THEM INTO EVIDENCE, YOU COULD PLACE THEM INTO EVIDENCE. OKAY. THE CITY MOVES THESE PHOTOS INTO EVIDENCE. THE CITY'S COMPOSITE ONE. THANK YOU. PHOTOS WILL BE ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE AS CITIES COMPOSITE ONE. MY THING IS, I WANT TO SEE THE HOUSE WHEN IT WAS BOARDED UP. NOW THAT I'M FIXING IT UP FOR THREE YEARS NOW, I GOT A PROBLEM. NOW THAT IS BEING FIXED. NOW IT'S DRAWING TOO MUCH ATTENTION. I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THAT HOUSE FOR THREE YEARS NOW. I GOT. OKAY, NOW THAT I'M FIXING IT, IT'S A PROBLEM. THAT HOUSE WAS BOARDED UP AND IT WAS A WILDERNESS. THE CITY OF ANYTHING ELSE TO THE. MR. PERKINS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER TESTIMONY YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE? JUST SAYING. I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING OPPRESSED. BECAUSE A PERSON WORKING ON IT MYSELF, I GOT ARTHRITIS. I'M DOING ALL THE WORK MYSELF, OKAY? AND I HAVE NO INCOME. I HAVE NO MONEY COMING IN, SO I HAVE A PROBLEM. THEY'RE THE CITIES. REQUESTING THAT YOU GET A PERMIT FOR THE WORK. IS THAT. WHY SHOULD I HAVE A PERMIT FOR WORKING ON MY OWN HOUSE? OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. I'M NOT GIVING ANY TESTIMONY. I SAID, WHY SHOULD I HAVE A PERMIT TO WORK ON MY OWN HOUSE? I HAVE NO CONTRACTERS. WHY SHOULD I NEED A PERMIT TO WORK ON MY OWN HOUSE? YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR FOR THIS. IF YOU OWN THIS HOUSE AS A PRIMARY PRIMARY AND JUST DO IT, CAN YOU? IF YOU ASKED A QUESTION, LET HIM ANSWER, PLEASE. CAN YOU PULL YOUR MIC A LITTLE CLOSER? THANK YOU. IT'S NOT HIS PRIMARY RESIDENCE. HE HAS TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR. OKAY? I LIVED IN THAT HOUSE. YOUR ADDRESS. ACCORDING TO THE I LIVED THERE. THE PROPERTY APPRAISER HAS YOU AT 9516 PORT SIDE DRIVE. NO, THAT'S MY SISTER'S HOUSE. THUS WE MAY GO TO. NOW I GO TO THE NEXT STEP. I GOT TO GO TO POST OFFICE TO SWITCH THAT I LIVE THERE. I LIVED THERE AND DO ALL THE WORK. THAT'S MY SISTER'S HOUSE. CHECK THAT ADDRESS THAT BELONGS TO CARL PERKINS. THAT'S MY SISTER. FOR SOME REASON, MY MAIL IS GOING TO HER ADDRESS. THAT HAS TO BE. THAT HAS TO BE CHANGED WITH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OF SAINT LUCIE COUNTY. I THINK MR. SMITH WANTED TO ADVISE YOU AS TO WHICH THINGS NEEDED A PERMIT. [01:25:02] YOU DON'T NEED A PERMIT TO DO TO WORK ON YOUR OWN HOUSE. BUT. BUT WHAT DOES HE NEED A PERMIT? AS FAR AS FOR THE. YEAH, AS FAR AS FOR THE WINDOWS, YOU WOULD NEED TO PULL A PERMIT FOR THAT. YOU COULD PULL IF THIS IS YOUR PRIMARY ADDRESS AND IT CAN BE CHANGED TO BECOME YOUR PRIMARY ADDRESS BEFORE THE THE TIME IS UP, YOU CAN OBTAIN A HOME OWNER PERMIT AND CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK YOURSELF. IF THERE IS AN ISSUE TO WHERE THIS IS NOT YOUR PRIMARY, THEN UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR AND THEY'LL DO IT. AS I CAME, THEY BROUGHT THIS TO THE HOUSE. THIS IS 3001 AVENUE B BRO. YES, I SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SAY WHERE YOU LIVE AND WHERE YOU DON'T LIVE. THAT'S UP TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL. UP TO THE CITY, THE COUNTY THAT'S BEYOND ME. I BELIEVE THAT MAYBE SOMEONE IN THE NOT YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THAT WITH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WITH OF SAINT LUCIE COUNTY, WHICH YOU CAN DO TODAY. YEAH. WHICH COULD BE. YES. IT'S IF YOU CONTACT THE COUNTY AND FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTIONS AND, AND SEE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET IT CHANGED. AND IF YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT, THEN YOU CAN OBTAIN A PERMIT BY YOURSELF WITHOUT A CONTRACTOR. AND YOU CAN. COMPLETE THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO OUTSOURCE THE WORK TO A CONTRACTOR AND ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT YOU MAY HAVE WITH THAT. OKAY, MY POINT IS. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT HOUSE FOR LIKE FOUR YEARS, AND NOW IT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN. THEY COMING DOWN ON ME? THAT'S MY PROBLEM. I'VE BEEN. I'VE BEEN OVER THERE WORKING ON THIS HOUSE FOR FOUR YEARS AND NOBODY MESSED WITH ME. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOW YOU GOT IT PAINTED. NOW IT'S LIKE IT'S AN EYE ATTRACTION FOR THE PROBLEMS. I SAID, NOTHING TO. I MEAN, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE DOESN'T GO AROUND HARASSING PEOPLE. AS FAR AS I'M BEING ARREST, BRO. STRAIGHT UP. WELL, I FIND THAT IF YOU IF YOU GO AND CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS, I WOULD THINK 60 THE POST OFFICE NOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. NOT THE POST OFFICE. YOU HAVE TO THE POLICE OFFICE AND GO CHECK THE PROPERTY. APPRAISER'S OFFICE IS WHO YOU HAVE TO CHANGE IT WITH. OKAY. COME AGAIN. THE OWNER, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, THAT'S WHO. YOU HAVE TO GO TO THEM AND CHANGE THE ADDRESS AND SAY THIS IS YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE. NOT JUST IT'S NOT FOR MAILING PURPOSES, IT'S FOR THE COUNTY RECORDS. OKAY? IF YOU DO THAT, THEN I UNDERSTAND. THEN YOU CAN OBTAIN THE PERMIT AS AS A HOMEOWNER, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND IS 60 DAYS ADEQUATE TIME TO DO THAT? DO YOU THINK YOU CAN FOR. WHEN I NEEDED TO GET THE PERMIT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN GET THE PERMIT THAT YOU NEED. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO GO TO A PROPERTY APPRAISER OR JUST GO TO THE MAILBOX, I THINK. SOME PROPERTY APPRAISER. OKAY. OKAY. BECAUSE I AIN'T GETTING NO MAIL. I KNOW SOMEBODY'S SWITCHED MY ADDRESS. OKAY, WELL, AND THAT WOULD FIX THAT, TOO. SO I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS, BUT THAT YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT, AND THEREAFTER THEY, THEY CAN RE INSPECT EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMITS CLOSED. IF NOT, IF YOU DON'T COMPLY DURING THAT TIME, THEN THE FINE OF $100 A DAY WOULD BE ASSESSED. GET THE PERMIT FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. YES, MA'AM. THE DEPARTMENT, THEY CAN. THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION. AND YOU DO HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO. I SAID YOU HAVE 30 DAYS. YOU CAN APPEAL IF YOU WANT TO. OKAY. SO SO FOR THIS CASE, WHEN THE WRITTEN ORDER ISSUES. MISS. MR.. MR. PERKINS, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO MAIL THE WRITTEN ORDER TO 301 AVENUE B WHERE YOU'RE LIVING? ONE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT YOU STILL NEED TO GO TO SAINT LUCIE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER. AND IF YOU ARE LIVING IN THAT HOME, YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER SAYS YOU LIVE ON A PORT SIDE DRIVE. ALL RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE STEP ONE. AND THEN YOU COME BACK AND GET YOUR PERMITS ONCE YOU GET YOUR ADDRESS CHANGED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LET'S SEND SEND THE ORDER BOTH PLACES, PLEASE. I WROTE THAT DOWN. THANK YOU. [01:30:01] THE NEXT CASE IS SIX N. CASE 20 4-1 82 916 AVENUE H. [N. 24-182 916 Ave H Cutting Edge Miami LLC Logan Winn] CUTTING EDGE MIAMI LLC IS THE OWNER. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU DOING? JEFF, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? MY FIRST NAME IS JOSIAH. LAST NAME? ABREU. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE THE REGISTERED AGENT FOR THE OWNER. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ARE YOU READY, MR. WYNN? GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LOGAN WYNN. I'M A BUILDING INSPECTOR SLASH INVESTIGATOR FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. TODAY WE HAVE CASE NUMBER 24, DASH 182 OF 916 AVENUE H. THE CASE WAS INITIATED JANUARY 24TH, 2024. THE OWNER IS CUTTING EDGE MIAMI LLC OF 29 101 SOUTHWEST 134TH COURT, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 33033. THE VIOLATIONS ARE FBC 105.1 2020 PERMIT REQUIRED IPMC 111 .1.1 2021. UNSAFE STRUCTURES IPMC 111 .1.2 2021 UNSAFE EQUIPMENT IPMC 305.3 2021 INTERIOR SURFACE IPMC 305.4 2021 STAIRS AND WALKING SURFACES IPMC 306 .1.1 2021 UNSAFE CONDITIONS IPMC 309.1 2021 INFESTATION IPMC 503.4 2021 FLOOR SURFACES. IPMC 504.1 2021. GENERAL IPMC 505.4 2021. WATER HEATING FACILITIES IPMC 506.2 2021. MAINTENANCE IPMC 604.1 2021. FACILITIES REQUIRED. IPMC 604.3 2021. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS IPMC 605.1 2021 INSTALLATION IPMC 605.2 2021 RECEPTACLES. IPMC 704.6 2021 SINGLE AND MULTIPLE STATION SMOKE ALARMS. IPMC 704 .5.1 2021 SMOKE ALARMS WHERE REQUIRED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ONE. TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE RENOVATION WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND IS BEING DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE INSTALLATION OF SUBFLOOR DRYWALL AND PLUMBING. ANY STRUCTURAL REPAIRS REQUIRE SIGNED AND SEALED REPAIR PLANS DESIGNED BY REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. NUMBER TWO. OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE WATER HEATER INSTALLED WITHOUT A PERMIT. NUMBER THREE TREAT THE PROPERTY FOR ALL PEST INFESTATION. NUMBER FOUR REPAIR THE CEILING THAT IS WATER DAMAGED, CRACKING, OR OTHERWISE MISSING. NUMBER FIVE REPLACE MISSING LIGHT COVERS. NUMBER SIX MAKE NECESSARY ELECTRICAL REPAIRS TO EXPOSE WIRING AND TO CORRECT THE USE OF FLEXIBLE CORDS USED FOR PERMANENT WIRING. NUMBER SEVEN REPLACE THE MISSING SMOKE DETECTORS. THE RECOMMENDATION THE CITY REQUESTED. IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS A VIOLATION EXISTS, THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER. NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. I DO HAVE A SET OF PICTURES HERE THAT ARE DATE STAMPED. EXCUSE ME, MR. LOGAN, AND DO I GET A COPY OF THOSE PICTURES? I THINK THEY CAN. MISS BECK CAN PROBABLY FACILITATE THAT TO YOU. MR.. MISS. MR.. MR.. WYNN, WILL YOU SHOW HIM THE PHOTOGRAPHS FIRST? AND ARE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS DATE AND TIME STAMPED? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. DO THEY ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS THAT YOU OBSERVED? YES, MA'AM. THEY DO. ALL RIGHT. AND OUT HERE. I JUST FIXED IT. YEAH. ALL THE BROKEN TILE. OKAY. AND THEN THIS IS THE. THOSE. ARE YOU ABLE TO EMAIL THE PHOTOGRAPHS TO MR. ABREU AFTER THE HEARING? YES. ALL RIGHT, MR. ABREU, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO TO LIZ, AND WE WILL EMAIL THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS SO YOU CAN. ALL RIGHT. SO THE CITY MOVES THESE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. PHOTOS SUBMITTED WILL BE ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE ONE. [01:35:03] OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE. SO THERE ARE THERE'S NO PERMITS FOR THIS WORK AS OF NOW. THIS COMPLAINT CAME IN FROM ONE OF THE TENANTS. THIS IS A ROOMING HOUSE. ALL RIGHT, SO WAS THIS WAS THIS PROPERTY? OCCUPIED. AT THE TIME YOU WERE THERE, WHICH WAS I RODE BY THE JANUARY 17TH, 2024. YEAH. IT WAS OCCUPIED THEN AND WHEN I POSTED THE PROPERTY, WHATEVER THE DATE ON THOSE WAS TEN DAYS AGO OR WHATEVER IT WAS OCCUPIED AT THAT TIME AS WELL. AND HOW MANY TENANTS DID YOU OBSERVE? I, I WOULD SAY BETWEEN 4 AND 6, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYBODY LIVED THERE. THAT WAS THERE. YEAH. I'M HAVING AN ISSUE WITH OKAY. SO ANYTHING ELSE, MR. WYNN? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU'RE READY, MR.. BRO. YEAH. SO WHAT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE WORK IS THAT IT IS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT STARTED THE WORK. BUT HE FAILED TO OPEN THE PERMIT WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. AND THE REASON WHY MR. LIN WAS CALLED WAS BECAUSE OF A FEUD BETWEEN A LOCAL DRUG DEALER THERE AND THE GUY THAT WAS WORKING ON THE PROPERTY. I HAVE ANDREWS ROOFING COMPANY THAT STARTED THE ROOFING PROCESS OF. WE OPENED A PERMIT, BUT WE HAD A MISCOMMUNICATION IN REGARDS TO OPENING ALL PERMITS IN REGARDS TO THIS, WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE HERE. SO HE'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS PERMIT AS WELL. OKAY. BUT THE ROOF IS ALREADY IN PROCESS. AND THERE IS A PERMIT? YES. FOR THE ROOF. I DIDN'T INCITE THE ROOF ON MY CASE. OKAY. I, ONE OF THE OTHER INSPECTORS, TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY THAT HE BELIEVED THAT HE'D DONE AN INSPECTION ON THIS FOR A ROOF. YEAH, OKAY. OKAY, SO THE ROOF IS A SEPARATE CASE WHICH WHICH IS BEING DONE. ALL RIGHT. SO. SO THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE ABOUT TODAY. TODAY WE'RE HERE ABOUT SUBFLOOR DRYWALL, PLUMBING, WATER HEATER, PEST INFESTATION LIGHT COVERS, EXPOSED WIRING, A CEILING THAT IS WATER DAMAGED, CRACKED, OR OTHERWISE MISSING MISSING SMOKE DETECTORS. AND WE HAVE AN OCCUPIED STRUCTURE. IS THIS STRUCTURE STILL OCCUPIED WITH THE TENANTS? YES. SO THE TENANTS THAT ARE THERE ARE THE TENANTS THAT WERE THERE 20 YEARS AGO. THEY'RE THE SAME TENANTS. THE ONLY. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THAT THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT OPENED THE ROOF PERMIT THAT'S OPEN NOW IS GOING TO TAKE ON THIS JOB AS WELL. OKAY. HE'S HE'S GOING TO DO ALL OF THESE REPAIRS AND PULL A PERMIT. YES. ALL RIGHT. I ALREADY. I ALREADY PAID HIM TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PERMIT. AND THAT IS ANDROS. YES. OKAY. YES. THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOUND THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND PROCEED WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS IN THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT TO DO THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ONE THROUGH SEVEN. YOU WANT ME TO LIST THEM ALL? NO NO NO NO. OKAY. CAN WE PUT THOSE IN THE ORDER OR IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? WHAT'S THAT? THE CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS RECOMMENDED. THOSE WILL BE. THOSE WILL BE IN THE WRITTEN ORDER. OKAY. AND IF THE IF THE THE PERMIT NEEDS TO BE OBTAINED WITHIN 60 DAYS THEREAFTER INSPECTIONS EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT IS CLOSED. IF FAILURE TO DO THAT WILL RESULT IN A FINE OF $100 A DAY. YOU DO HAVE A 30 DAY RIGHT TO APPEAL. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TO GET THAT CARD. I CAN GIVE YOU MY NUMBER. HEY, THE NEXT CASE IS SIX ZERO. [O. 24-187 617 Dundas Ct Blau, Ashira Miles Keller] CASE 20 4-1 87 617 DUNDAS COURT. ASHIRA BLOOR IS THE OWNER. ARE YOU A SHIRA BLAU? I AM THE CONTRACTOR FOR. AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SIR? RODERICK WALLER. RODERICK WALLER. YES, MA'AM. WERE YOU HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HEARING? AND WERE YOU SWORN? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. AND DO YOU HAVE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE OWNER TO ADDRESS THE COURT TODAY? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, MR. KELLER. CASE NUMBER 24 1876 17 DUNDAS COURT. [01:40:06] CASE INITIATED JANUARY 24TH, 2024. VIOLATIONS OF FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 105.1 2020 PERMIT REQUIRED. IPMC 604.3 2021 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARDS IPMC 305.3 2021 INTERIOR SURFACES IPMC 304.6 2021. EXTERIOR WALLS IPMC 304.13 2021 WINDOWS, SKYLIGHT AND DOOR FRAMES IPMC 704 .6.1 2021 SMOKE ALARMS WHERE REQUIRED. IPMC 304.15 2021 DOORS IPMC 304.1 2021 EXTERIOR STRUCTURES GENERAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ONE. OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE WINDOW INFILL AND ELECTRICAL WORK DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT TO MAKE NECESSARY ELECTRICAL REPAIRS TO DAMAGED OUTLETS. THREE MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO ALL EXTERIOR WALLS THAT ARE DEFORMED AND CRACKED FOUR REPAIR REPLACE THE BROKEN WINDOW. FIVE REPAIR REPLACED THE EXTERIOR DOORS, ATTACH THEM PROPERLY AND MAKING THEM WEATHER TIGHT. SIX REPAIR INTERIOR WALLS THAT ARE CRACKED. SEVEN REPLACE THE MISSING SMOKE DETECTORS. EIGHT REPAIR REPLACE THE INTERIOR DOOR THAT HAS A HOLE IN IT. NINE REPAIR REPLACE THE SHED DOOR THAT'S NOT ATTACHED. RECOMMENDATIONS. THE CITY REQUESTED SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATIONS EXIST. THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL OTHER OR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS, AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER. NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 DAY BE ASSESSED, AND SO FAR NO PERMIT FOR WORK OR RE-INSPECTION FOR ANY CITED VIOLATIONS. OWNER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT AND NOW UNDERSTANDS WHAT ITEMS NEED TO BE PERMITTED. AND I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE VIOLATIONS. AND YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS DATE AND TIME STAMPED. YES THEY ARE. AND DO THEY ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS YOU WITNESSED ON THOSE DAYS? YES THEY DO. MR. WALLER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. CITY MOVES THESE PHOTOS INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. PHOTOS SUBMITTED WILL BE ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE ONE. ANY OTHER TESTIMONY, MR. KELLER? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. MR. WALLER. YES, MA'AM. YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND. WE AGREE AND HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE PERMITS. OKAY, SO 60 DAYS, IF I FIND THE THE VIOLATION EXISTS, YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT. WE AGREE. OKAY. AND THERE WILL BE INSPECTIONS. AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT'S BEEN CLOSED OUT. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN A FINE OF $100 A DAY, AND YOU DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL WITHIN 30 DAYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A MASS HEARING. SEVEN A 23, 2336 3224. [A. 23-2036 3224 S US Hwy 1 St Mary's Hospitality Group LLC Shaun Coss] SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY ONE. SAINT MARY'S HOSPITALITY GROUP LLC IS THE OWNER. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THIS MATTER? YES, MA'AM. I'M TROY INGERSOLL. I'M THE OWNER OF VERO BEACH. PINCH A PENNY POOL AND SPA ON THE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR. AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T QUITE GET THE NAME. SAID A LITTLE SLOWER FOR ME. TROY INGERSOLL. PINCHPENNY. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT THIS ONE? YES, MA'AM. CASE NUMBER 23 2036. ADDRESS 3224 SOUTH US HIGHWAY ONE. OWNER, SAINT MARY'S HOSPITALITY GROUP LLC. CASE INITIATED ON JULY 12TH, 2023. THE OWNER ONCE AGAIN IS SAINT MARY'S HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC. THE ORDER DETERMINING VIOLATION WAS NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023. [01:45:04] AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS MARCH 7TH, 2024, WHICH IS WHEN THIS FINE STARTED. AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE WAS MARCH 18TH, 2024, WHICH IS WHEN THIS FINE STOPPED. FINES ACCRUED FROM MARCH 7TH, 2024 TO MARCH 18TH, 2024 AND TOTALED $1,140, INCLUDING $40 OF RECORDING FEES. AND DO WE HAVE THE MASSIE CRITERIA? THE GRAVITY OR SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATION. MODERATE. ANY AND ALL ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE VIOLATOR TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS, OR IF THE VIOLATIONS WERE NOT CORRECTED BY THE ORIGINAL VIOLATOR, WHAT ACTION WAS TAKEN BY ANY OTHER OWNER OR PARTY IN THE INTEREST TO BRING THE VIOLATION INTO COMPLIANCE? THE OWNER HAD VIOLATIONS CORRECTED BY A POOL MAINTENANCE COMPANY. THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE VIOLATOR WAS PREVIOUSLY FOUND, IN VIOLATION BY EITHER THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, OR OTHER QUASI JUDICIAL OR JURISDICTIONAL PROCESS, OR OTHERWISE ADMITTED GUILTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDINGS. ONE. CAN YOU PUT THAT SCREEN UP? OH. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. AND THEN SO THAT'S OUR MESSY CRITERIA WHICH YOU JUST READ. AND THEN THE NEXT SCREEN I'D LIKE YOU TO PUT UP WOULD BE THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE CITY. THANK YOU. CAN YOU GIVE THAT A FULL SCREEN? THANK YOU. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. ESTIMATED TOTAL COST IS $901.65. AND MR. INGERSOLL, YOU HAVE ASKED FOR THIS HEARING AND ASKED FOR THESE FINES TO BE ADJUSTED. YES, MA'AM. YOU MAY PRESENT YOUR EVIDENCE. HONESTLY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ALL OF THE AREAS THAT WE REPRESENT. THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS NOT USUAL TO US. IT REALLY STARTS BACK IN MAY WHEN WE PULLED THE PERMIT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND WE HAD ISSUES THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT WE CORRECTED WITH THEM. AND WE'RE USED TO WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND WE'RE USED TO JUST HAVING THEM COME OUT AND INSPECT. WE NEVER KNEW THAT WE HAD TO MAKE PHONE CALLS TO, TO, TO TO HAVE AN INSPECTOR COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT, OUR WORK. JUST BECAUSE AND I HAVE EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USED TO WORKING WITH. AND THE REASON THAT THERE'S A VIOLATION OF THAT WENT ON SO LONG IS BECAUSE IT WAS ALL FIXED IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY. THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE WE NEVER GOT THE NOTICE FOR. AND I'M SURE IT GOT MAILED. MY CLIENT RECEIVES A LOT OF MAIL. I'M PROBABLY SURE HE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT IT WAS, BUT WE DIDN'T GET THE MAGISTRATE HEARING LETTER. WHICH, IF WE WOULD HAVE GOT, I WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE AND WOULD HAVE PROBABLY RECTIFIED EVERYTHING AHEAD OF TIME. BUT THAT'S THE REASON WHY. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE ARE GUILTY OF EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE LENIENCY. SO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A VIOLATION AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE FROM MARCH 7TH TO MARCH 18TH. WAS WAS THE POOL FIXED IN THAT TIME OR AFTER THAT? I MEAN, WHEN DID YOU GET ALL THE WORK DONE THAT NEED TO BE DONE? IT WAS ALL DONE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. OKAY. I JUST NEVER CALLED IT IN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT WAS. IT WAS MY FAULT. AND THAT'S WHY I'M SORT OF HERE TRYING TO GET MYSELF OUT OF A JAM. CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ON THIS MATTER ARE $901.65. ARE YOU ARE YOU AGREEABLE TO TO THE $901.65? YES, MA'AM. I'M AT YOUR YOUR LEISURE. I MEAN, I'M I'LL AGREE TO ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO. WHAT ABOUT THE MASSIE CRITERIA AGAIN? SO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE CAN MAKE A RULING OF THE MASSIE CRITERIA. YOU LIKE THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION? YES, PLEASE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION? [01:50:02] THIS CITY. RECOMMENDS THE THE. RECOMMENDS GOING DOWN TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF 901 65. OKAY, THEN THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WILL FIND THAT THE IT'LL BE REDUCED TO THE AMOUNT OF THE CITY'S ACTUAL COST, WHICH IS $901.65. YES, MA'AM. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, HOW MANY DAYS DO WE HAVE TO PAY THAT? 30 DAYS. I'M READY TO PAY IT NOW. WE WE WE TRY TO GET OUR WORK DONE QUICK. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THIS IS OUR EMBARRASSMENT TO MY COMPANY AND TO ME. ALL RIGHT. SO. SO THE OWNER HAS 30 DAYS TO PAY. AND THE ORDER GOES TO THE OWNER. CAN WE ALSO GET THE ORDER TO MISS, MA'AM? MR. INGERSOL, CAN YOU GET YOUR ADDRESS TO HER AT THE END OF THE HEARING OR RECORD? ALL RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL, OKAY? YEAH. NO. NO APPEAL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I CAN EMAIL IT TO YOU. RIGHT? WE HAVE A LEAN REDUCTION EIGHT A 20 [A. 21-857 1508 Avenue F Owens, Faye Shaun Coss] 1-8 57 1508 AVENUE F A OWENS IS THE OWNER. YOU'RE BACK. YOU'RE BACK. ALL RIGHT, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WE HAVE A FINE OF $77,000 AND 540 CENTS ON THIS MATTER. AND I BELIEVE THE CITY WAS I MEAN, UPON CONSIDERATION, WAS THE CITY AMENABLE TO REDUCING THAT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD AND PRESENT IT WHEN YOU'RE READY. CASE NUMBER 21 857. ADDRESS 1508 AVENUE F. OWNER FAYE OWENS. CASE INITIATED ON APRIL 21ST, 2021. ORDER DETERMINING VIOLATION WAS DECEMBER 22ND, 2021. AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WAS FEBRUARY 25TH, 2022. ORDER ASSESSING FEES AND IMPOSING LIEN JUNE 15TH, 2023. AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE APRIL 20TH 22ND, 2024. FINES TOTALED $77,540, INCLUDING $40 $40 OF RECORDING FEES. CAN YOU PUT UP THE LEAN REDUCTION REQUEST, PLEASE? NOW LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT UP THE LEAN REDUCTION REQUEST. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND READ THAT? YES. YOU CAN SCROLL IT DOWN. WE CAN'T AS WE'RE READING IT. THANK YOU. DUE TO THE REASON. IS THERE AN EXPLANATION FOR THE REQUEST? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THAT? YEAH, GO AHEAD AND LET'S PLACE THAT ON THE RECORD. OKAY. ON JULY 6TH, 2020, A DEMO PERMIT 20 DASH 2058 WAS APPLIED FOR TO GUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE FOR RENOVATION. ON NINE 2520, A RENOVATION PERMIT PERMIT NUMBER 2030 81 WAS APPLIED TO INSTALL NEW DRYWALL FOR THE ENTIRE HOUSE STYLE KITCHEN CABINETS, INSTALL NEW BATHROOM VANITIES, TUBS, AND TOILETS. ON AUGUST 27TH, 2021, ANOTHER PERMIT, 21 4439 WAS APPLIED FOR TO REPLACE DAMAGED ROTTEN ROOF RAFTERS AND WALLS TWO BY FOURS. ON AUGUST 14TH, 2022, PERMIT 20 DASH 3181 WAS RENEWED. ON JANUARY 17TH, 2023, PERMIT NUMBER 21 4439 WAS RENEWED. ON AUGUST 16TH, 2023, PERMIT 2031 81 WAS RENEWED AGAIN. IF THE INSPECTOR SAW WE WERE DOING WORK PAST WHAT WAS ON THE ORIGINAL PERMIT, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WOULD HAVE CONTACTED THE CONTRACTOR TO REVISE THE PERMIT TO INCLUDE THAT WORK. ALSO ANY RENOVATION WHAT IS BEHIND THE WALLS AND CEILINGS ARE UNKNOWN UNTIL THEY'RE SEEN. [01:55:02] YOU COULD PUT UP THE SEVEN CRITERIA AND. AND IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND PUT PLACE THOSE. THE CITY'S POSITION ON THOSE ITEMS IN THE RECORD. I'M SORRY. I'M TRYING TO FIND THE CRITERIA. AND WHAT DID YOU NEED UP? GO AHEAD. AND THIS IS THE CITY'S POSITION ON EACH ITEM. CORRECT. SO IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND READ THAT OR PLACE THAT INTO THE RECORD FOR US. YES, MA'AM. THE GRAVITY OR SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATION? MODERATE. ANY AND ALL ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE VIOLATOR TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS. THE PERMITS FOR ALL UNPERMITTED WORK WERE FINALLY OBTAINED AND RECEIVED THE NECESSARY INSPECTIONS. IF THE VIOLATIONS WERE NOT CORRECTED BY THE VIOLATOR, WHAT ACTION WAS TAKEN BY ANY OTHER OWNER INTERESTED PARTY TO BRING THE VIOLATION TO COMPLIANCE? THAT DIDN'T APPLY. THE LENGTH OF TIME NECESSARY TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WAS THREE YEARS. THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE VIOLATOR WAS PREVIOUSLY FOUND IN VIOLATION BY EITHER THE CB, THE SM, OR OTHER QUADRUPLE JUDICIAL OR JUDICIAL PROCESS, OR OTHERWISE ADMITTED GUILT IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDINGS ONE. THE NUMBER OF VIOLATION NOTICES THE VIOLATOR HAS RECEIVED IN THE PAST, AS WELL AS THEIR NATURE AND FINAL DISPOSITION OF EACH NOTICE. TWO CASES, ONE VIOLATION WAS COMPLIED BEFORE GOING TO HEARING, AND ONE CASE CURRENTLY BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE, WHETHER OR TO WHAT EXTENT THERE ARE EXTRAORDINARY FACTORS PREVENTING TIMELY COMPLIANCE, SUCH AS UNAVOIDABLE PERSONAL HARDSHIP. NO EXPLANATIONS WERE PROVIDED FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TOOK TO COMPLY THE VIOLATION, OR IF THERE IS A PERSONAL HARDSHIP INVOLVED, WHETHER OR TO WHAT EXTENT THERE ARE PENDING VIOLATIONS, PROCEEDINGS ON THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT ONE AND THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, PLEASE. YOU CAN PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN AND JUST READ THE TOTAL. SO. THE TOTAL TOTAL ESTIMATED COST IS $1,530.25. ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE CITY. NO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? YES I WOULD. THE VIOLATION, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WAS ON APRIL 21ST, 2001. CORRECT. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I WANT TO MAKE DON'T WANT TO SPEAK INCORRECTLY, BUT 2021, THE CASE WAS INITIATED APRIL 21ST. THAT'S WHERE THE VIOLATION WAS, CORRECT. THAT'S WHEN IT WAS INITIATED. THE CASE? YES. OKAY. NOW PERMIT WAS OBTAINED ON AUGUST 27TH OF THE SAME YEAR. CORRECT? I MEAN, SIR, THESE HAVE THESE ISSUES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND THE FINE HAS ALREADY BEEN IMPOSED. AND NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US PERHAPS. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING TO IF. OKAY, IF I COULD. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO CROSS EXAMINE THE CITY ON THE UNDERLYING ISSUES, WHICH IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS HEARING. WELL, YEAH, THE MATH DOESN'T THE PERMIT WAS APPLIED FOR MONTHS AFTER THE ACTUAL VIOLATION THAT DOESN'T EQUAL $70,000 IS REASON WHY I WAS ASKING THIS. THE CITY. THE CITY IS, IS AGREEING TO TO REDUCE THE THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, WHICH IS $1,530.25, RIGHT. IS IS YOU WOULD I DON'T WOULD YOU AGREE TO PAY THAT AMOUNT? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. YOU DON'T YOU DON'T. I IF NECESSARY, I'D LIKE TO GO TO THE FULL COMMISSION, BUT I'D LIKE TO BE. LET'S WORK SOMETHING OUT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR A PERMIT WAS APPLIED WITHIN FOUR MONTHS, AND THAT DOESN'T EQUAL. NOW THE PERMIT DID EXPIRE, BUT AGAIN, WE COULD DO THE MATH. IT'S THE WAY THE TALLY GOES IS AS IF NOTHING WAS DONE FOR AS FAR AS A PERMIT IS CONCERNED FOR THE THREE YEARS. AND LIZ, YOU PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT DOESN'T THE FINES REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE WORK IS COMPLETED? YES. SO THAT WOULD BE WHY THERE WOULD NOT BE A STOP AND START OF FINES. RIGHT. AND THEN AND WE WE SEND AN AFFIDAVIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH A MASI LETTER NOTIFYING THE OWNER THAT THE FINES ARE STARTING AND IF THERE [02:00:08] IS ANY CONTESTING OF THOSE FINES. THAT'S WHEN WE SCHEDULE A HEARING CONTESTING THE FINES TO START TO. AND THAT THAT AT THAT HEARING, YOU CAN ASK THAT THEY BE STOPPED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO RECTIFY ANY PERMITTING ISSUES. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. YEAH. SHE DIDN'T NOTIFY ME. RIGHT. BUT FINES CONTINUED. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS ACCEPTED, OR IS THERE A WHAT DO I WANT TO SAY, A HI. YES, MA'AM, I WOULD. THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION OF $1,530.25 REPRESENTS STRICTLY THE COSTS THAT ARE REQUIRED. AND NO MORE. SO THAT WHICH I, I YOU'RE GOING TO CONTEST THAT I MEAN I'M GOING TO FIND FOR THAT AMOUNT OKAY REGARDLESS BUT ALL RIGHT I'LL, I'LL BE NICE. DOES THAT MEAN YOU NEED SIX MONTHS TO PAY IT? IS IT BECAUSE IT'S COMING OUT OF MY POCKET AND. THAT'S AGREEABLE TO THE CITY. YES, THAT SHOULD BE FINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO SO LET'S MAKE OUR RECORD CLEAR. SO IN CONSIDERATION OF THE THE, THE SEVEN FACTORS THAT WERE PRESENTED, YOUR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS FINDING THAT AN APPROPRIATE FINE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF $1,530.25. ALL RIGHT. AND HE WILL HAVE SIX MONTHS TO PAY GRADE TO SIX MONTHS TO PAY. NOW, THE WRITTEN ORDER IS GOING TO THE OWNER AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE AN ADDRESS FOR MR. WALLER? YES. CAN WE SEND A COPY TO MR. WALLER AS WELL? SO HE HAS THAT. AND YOU. YOU THE RIGHT TO APPEAL TO THE CITY COMMISSIONER. HE HAS. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. AND YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY COMMISSION IF YOU WANT TO APPEAL. THERE'S AN APPEAL FEE OF $250. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT WILL ALL BE IN THE WRITTEN ORDER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BRING DONUTS NEXT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A CASE THAT NEEDS AN INTERPRETER, SO I'LL HAVE TO CALL THE INTERPRETATION SERVICE AND TRY TO GET SOMEONE WHO CAN DO LEGAL INTERPRETATION. LET'S CALL THE CASE SO WE CAN GET THEM UP HERE AND SWORN OR GET THEM UP TO THE MIC. OKAY. THE NEXT CASE IS SIX J 20 4-4 1123 PINE AVENUE. HECTOR RAMIREZ AND YOLANDA MORENO SANTIAGO IS THE ARE THE OWNERS. OH, LOOK. CALLS MAY BE MONITORED OR RECORDED FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE PURPOSES. THANK YOU FOR CALLING. LANGUAGE LINK. PLEASE ENTER YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER FOLLOWED BY THE POUND SIGN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A THIRD PARTY CALL, PLEASE PRESS ONE. PRESS TWO TO CONTINUE WITHOUT MAKING A THIRD PARTY. PRESS ONE FOR SPANISH. PLEASE ENTER YOUR DEPARTMENT CODE, FOLLOWED BY THE POUND SIGN. YOU ENTERED 2902. IF THIS IS CORRECT, PRESS ONE. IF THIS. SPANISH INTERPRETER 17322. THIS SECTOR SHOULD CLIMB WITH YOU. YES. ARE YOU ABLE TO DO LEGAL INTERPRETATION? NO. MEDICAL. OKAY. WE NEED AN INTERPRETER THAT IS HAS THE ABILITY TO DO INTERPRETATION FOR LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. OKAY, THEN YOU HAVE TO SPEAK WITH THE OPERATOR. MA'AM, I HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER YOU OVER TO THE OPERATOR. OKAY. WE WILL WE WILL TRY TO REDO THE CALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. NORMALLY THEY TRANSFER US. YEAH. WELL, HE'S. OKAY. IF THIS IS SOMETHING, MAYBE YOU GUYS WANT TO GO OUTSIDE AND STIPULATE TO AND DO THAT THROUGH THE DAUGHTER. [02:05:04] WE CAN DO THAT AND THEN COME BACK IN AND PLACE IT ON THE RECORD. HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS AT ALL? NO. WHY DON'T WE JUST. HE ONLY JUST ASKED ME A SECOND AGO IF HIS DAUGHTER COULD TRANSLATE, BUT. THIS YEAR. SYRIA. COME TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS MARITZA RAMIREZ. I AM HIS OLDEST DAUGHTER. I'M 19. ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK THE THREE OF YOU TO DO IS TO STEP IN THE HALLWAY AND HAVE MR. SMITH TALKED TO YOU AND TO YOUR FATHER ABOUT WHAT THE VIOLATION IS AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION. AND THEN IF YOU ALL CAN RESOLVE IT, WE'LL COME BACK. OR EITHER WAY, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN AND PUT IT ON THE RECORD THROUGH THE INTERPRETER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ON OUTSIDE AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE LAST COUPLE CASES ON OUR DOCKET IF WE HAVE ANY. IF WE DON'T WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. WE DO. MOVING TO THE NEXT CASE IF THERE ARE ANY. OKAY. THE NEXT CASE IS 60. [C. 23-2582 1306 N 20th St Nettles, Willie & Jimmie & Hinds, Alice Frank Remling] CASE 23, DASH 2582 1306 NORTH 20TH STREET. WILLIE NETTLES. NO. WILLIE AND JIMMY NETTLES AND ALICE HINES ARE THE OWNER. WHEN YOU'RE READY. IN THIS CASE, NUMBER IS 23 2582 1306 NORTH 20TH STREET. CASE INITIATED SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023. THE OWNER IS WILLIE A NETTLES, JIMMIE NETTLES, AND ALICE HINES. 1306 NORTH 20TH STREET, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. 34950. THE VIOLATIONS ARE IPMC 111 .1.1 2021 UNSAFE STRUCTURES IPMC ONE 111 .1.3 2021 STRUCTURE UNFIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY IPMC 111 .1.5 2021 DANGEROUS STRUCTURE ON PREMISES IPMC 304.2 2021 PROTECTIVE TREATMENT IPMC 304.6 2021 EXTERIOR WALLS IPMC 304.7 2021. ROOFS AND DRAINAGE IPMC 304.9 2021 OVERHANG EXTENSIONS. IPMC 306.1 2021 COMPONENT SERVICEABILITY. GENERAL IPMC 306 .1.1 2021 UNSAFE CONDITIONS. THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS OBTAIN A PERMIT TO MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO REHABILITATE THIS PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE ROOF THAT IS DILAPIDATED. ANY STRUCTURAL REPAIRS WILL REQUIRE SIGNED AND SEALED REPAIR PLANS DESIGNED BY A REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE CITY REQUEST THAT AT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS A VIOLATION EXISTS. THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. AND I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE PROPERTY AND THERE HAS BEEN NO PERMIT OR CONTACT FROM THE OWNER. ARE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS DATE AND TIME STAMPED? YES. DO THEY ACCURATELY DEPICT THE PROPERTY AND THE VIOLATIONS YOU WITNESSED ON THOSE DAYS? YES. THANK YOU. THE CITY MOVES THESE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE ONE. PHOTOGRAPHS SUBMITTED WILL BE ENTERED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. REMLING? NO, MA'AM. OH, FOR THE RECORD, THIS WAS FRANK REMLEY. THANK YOU. I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. AND INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS AFTER THE PERMIT UNTIL IT'S CLOSED. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN A FINE OF $100 A DAY. AND THE RESPONDENT HAS 30 DAY RIGHT TO APPEAL. OKAY, SO I THINK WE ARE GOING TO RECALL. [J. 24-4 1123 Pine Ave Ramirez, Hector & Moreno-Santiago, Ma Yolanda Joel Smith ] 24 HYPHEN 16J. [02:10:01] YES. SIX J 24 FOUR 1123 PINE AVENUE. VICTOR RAMIREZ, THE OWNER. OKAY. AND YOU CAN BOTH COME UP. SO WE DO WE DO NEED TO GET AN INTERPRETER ON THE LINE. WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED TO GET AN INTERPRETER ON THE LINE. SHE'S THEY'RE BOTH UNDERSTANDING. THEY BOTH KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THE DAUGHTER WILL INTERPRET INTERPRET IT. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS CASE FOR 30 DAYS OR 60 DAYS WHILE THEY CAN. IS THAT OKAY? BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE A RULING WITHOUT UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T INTERPRET THROUGH THE DAUGHTER. OKAY, OKAY. YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY. WAIT. STIPULATION. IF SHE IS REPRESENTING THE OWNER AND HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SPEAK FOR THE OWNER. I, I DON'T KNOW, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE UNDER OUR UNDER OUR RULES. IF, IF OKAY, SO STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN. MY NAME IS MARISSA RAMIREZ. MARISSA RAMIREZ. DO YOU HAVE AUTHORITY FROM THIS PROPERTY TO ADDRESS THIS COURT? I'M NOT REALLY SURE. I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE AUTHORITY FROM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO ADDRESS THE COURT REPRESENTATIVE? YES, I DO. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S PROCEED WITH THE THE HEARING THEN. JILL. OKAY. SO AGAIN, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOEL SMITH. I'M WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE BUILDING INSPECTOR SLASH INVESTIGATOR. THIS CASE IS 20 4-4, AND THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON JANUARY 3RD, 2024. THE OWNER IS HECTOR RAMIREZ. YOLANDA MORENO SANTIAGO OF 1123 PINE AVENUE, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. 3498 TWO VIOLATION IS 105.1 PERMANENT REQUIRED CORRECTION. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS IS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE NEW SLAB AND STRUCTURE BEING BUILT WITHOUT A PERMIT. RECOMMENDATION IS THE CITY REQUESTS THAT THE SPECIAL F THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATION EXISTS. THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED. COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER NOT REQUIRED. NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO PERMIT FOR THE WORK. I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE VIOLATION. MY TIMESTAMP WAS NOT WORKING AT THE TIME. THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN JANUARY 3RD, 2024. AND AND DO THE PHOTOGRAPHS ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE VIOLATION THAT YOU WITNESSED? YES, MA'AM. AND HAS THE RESPONDENT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS? YES, YES I DID. CITY MOVES THESE INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S EXHIBIT ONE. THANK YOU. PHOTOGRAPHS SUBMITTED WILL BE ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE ONE. HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD, MR. SMITH, BASED ON YOUR CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE OWNER IN THIS MATTER? SO I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER AND HIS DAUGHTER, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION, AND THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND CORRECT THIS MATTER FOR THE CITY. THEY JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUES IN THERE, ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING IN ORDER AND TAKE CARE OF IT. I'LL LET HER EXPLAIN. SO ON. GO AHEAD. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN ALL OF THIS STARTED HAPPENING WE DID GET SICK. MY BROTHER WHO'S TEN, CAME BACK FROM SCHOOL WITH THE FLU. IT STARTED TO SPREAD THROUGH OUR FAMILY. AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN A LITTLE BIT OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, CONSIDERING THAT MY GRANDFATHER, MY DAD'S DAD IS CURRENTLY ON DIALYSIS. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP HIM OUT, TRYING TO GET HIM TO HIS DIALYSIS APPOINTMENTS. AND HE ALSO HAD A STROKE A COUPLE YEARS BACK. WE'VE BEEN HELPING HIM WITH HIS PHYSICAL THERAPY APPOINTMENTS, SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PROCESS FOR THE PERMIT AND ALL THAT. BUT WE ARE WILLING TO ACQUIRE THAT PERMIT AND ANYTHING THAT THE CITY REQUIRES US TO DO FOR THAT STRUCTURE. HE STARTED ON THAT PROPERTY. OKAY. AND CAN YOU DO THAT IN 60 DAYS? YES, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE DAYS, BUT WE'LL TRY TO GET IT IN IN THOSE 60 DAYS. [02:15:02] WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE THEM 90 DAYS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT. THE 90 DAYS WILL BE 90 DAYS. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE 90 DAYS. I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS, BUT THAT YOU HAVE 90 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT. AFTER YOU GET THE PERMIT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE RE-INSPECTIONS EVERY 180 DAYS MINIMUM. IF THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN, THEN YOU WILL BE FINED $100 A DAY. BUT IT WON'T START, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU DO HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL. YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO DO SO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. JUST. THANK YOU. HEY, THE NEXT CASE IS SIX I. [I. 23-3122 709 Wisteria Ave Virgile, Ludovica Miles Keller] CASE 23 DASH 3122 709 WISTERIA AVE. LUDOVICA VIRGILI IS THE OWNER. ARE YOU READY, MR. KELLER? CASE NUMBER 2331 22 709 WISTERIA AVENUE. LUDOVICA VIRGIL IS THE OWNER. CASE INITIATED DECEMBER 14 TO 2023. VIOLATIONS. IPMC 604 .3.1 2021. ABATEMENT OF ELECTRICAL HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER EXPOSURE. IPMC 605.1, 2021. INSTALLATION CORRECTIVE ACTIONS MAKE NECESSARY ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AND MAKE SAFE. THE EXPOSED METER CAN TO MAKE NECESSARY ELECTRICAL REPAIRS TO CAUSE. OF FLUCTUATION POWER TO LIGHTS AND OUTLETS, RECOMMENDATIONS OF CITY REQUESTS THAT ITS SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATIONS EXIST. THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS, AT LEAST 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER. NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 PER DAY BE ASSESSED. PERMIT FOR THE ELECTRICAL WORK WAS ISSUED, BUT NO INSPECTIONS ON THE PERMIT OR REQUEST. FOR A VIOLATION. REINSPECTION REQUESTED. AND I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE VIOLATIONS. ALL RIGHT. ARE THE ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS DATE STAMPED AND TIME STAMPED? YES. THEY ARE. ALL RIGHT. DO THEY ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATIONS THAT YOU OBSERVED? YES THEY DO. AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE AT THE PROPERTY? I WAS OUT THERE FOR THE POSTING ON. APRIL 30TH, 24. OKAY. THERE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THERE FROM APRIL 30TH. YES. ALL RIGHT. CITY MOVES THESE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE OF CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. THIS PROPERTY OCCUPIED? YES. IT WAS. PHOTOS WILL BE ENTERED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. KELLER? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU. FIND THAT THE THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT AND TO HAVE RE-INSPECTIONS. EVERY 180 DAYS THEREAFTER. IF NOT DONE, THE FINE OF $100 A DAY WILL BE IMPOSED AND THERE IS A 30 DAY RIGHT TO APPEAL. THANK YOU. IN THE LAST CASE OF THE MORNING IS SIX K 20 4-6, 108 NORTH [K. 24-6 108 N 8th St Apt C 5 Villegas LLC Miles Keller] EIGHTH STREET, APARTMENT C FIVE VEGAS LLC IS THE OWNER. ALL RIGHT. CASE NUMBER 24, DASH 6108 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, APARTMENT C, FIVE VILLAS, LLC. CASE INITIATED JANUARY 3RD 24. VIOLATIONS ARE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 105.1 2020 PERMIT REQUIRED IPMC 604.3 2021 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAZARD CORRECTIVE ACTIONS MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO MAKE THE ELECTRICAL PANEL SAFE. OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THE WATER HEATER REPLACED WITHOUT A PERMIT. RECOMMENDATIONS. THE CITY REQUESTS THAT IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS THE VIOLATIONS EXIST, THE VIOLATORS BE GIVEN 60 DAYS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. [02:20:07] OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR ALL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 180 DAYS UNTIL THE PERMIT HAS BEEN CLOSED, COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND CURE ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER. NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT OR A FINE OF $100 DAY BE ASSESSED. AN INITIAL RE-INSPECTION LEFT THE TWO REMAINING ITEMS TO BE CORRECTED. DO YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS? I DO. ARE THEY DATE AND TIME STAMPED? THEY ARE. AND DO THEY ACCURATELY DEPICT THE VIOLATION THAT YOU OBSERVED ON THE DATES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS? THEY DO. CITY MOVES THESE PHOTOGRAPHS INTO EVIDENCE AS CITY'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE. THE PHOTOGRAPHS YOU'VE HANDED ME ARE FROM DECEMBER 27TH, 2023. WAS THERE A RE-INSPECTION? THERE WAS A RE-INSPECTION YESTERDAY MORNING. THE PICTURES ARE STILL THE SAME AS. AND LET ME MOVE THIS INTO EVIDENCE. THIS WILL BE. THIS PAGE WILL BE ENTERED AS CITIES. EXHIBIT ONE CONTAINING TWO PHOTOGRAPHS. ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU. WHEN YOU RE-INSPECTED YESTERDAY. WAS THE CONDITION THE SAME? YES, THEY WERE, AS THE PHOTOGRAPHS WE'VE JUST PUT INTO EVIDENCE. YES. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. KELLER? NO, MA'AM. I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS IN THAT A PERMIT WILL BE REQUIRED IN 60 DAYS AND RE-INSPECTIONS 108 EVERY 180 DAYS THEREAFTER. IF THIS IS NOT COMPLETED, THEN THE FINE OF $100 A DAY WILL BEGIN, AND THE RESPONDENT HAS 30 DAYS TO APPEAL. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. DO YOU WANT TO READ IN THE NOTICE? NO, I DON'T WANT TO, BUT I WILL. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO PLEASE. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE. SORRY. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO THE VIOLATOR. CERTIFIED MAIL. IF THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED. SIGNED, IT'S PLACED IN THE FILE. IF THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED UNSIGNED OR UNCLAIMED. AND AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING WITH THE NOTICE OF HEARING ENCLOSED IS MAILED TO THE VIOLATOR TEN DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING. A NOTICE OF HEARING WAS THEN SENT REGULAR US MAIL WITH AN AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING ATTACHED TO IT. A COPY IS PLACED IN THE INSPECTOR'S FILE TEN DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING. A NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL. A NOTICE OF HEARING IS ALSO POSTED AT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, WITH AN AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING. IF THE CERTIFICATION CARD IS NOT RETURNED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITHIN TEN DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING, POSTING IS COMPLETED THE SAME WAY AS IF THE CARD WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NO. THIS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.