[1.  May Docket 2024
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          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN FOR MAY 21ST, 2024. IF YOU PLEASE RISE, JOIN IN 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. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT, FIRST CASE, I'M GOING TO CALL US, I THINK A VIOLATION CASE. IT'S CASE NUMBER TWO. 4031. ASHLEY AND HORTON IS THE RESPONDENT FOR THE PROPERTY AT 14 659 WITH A STANDING OVATION. AND, OFFICER PEREZ IS TESTIFYING. SIR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. SO HELP YOU GOD? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SORRY NOW, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. OKAY, SO THIS PROPERTY, AT THE ADDRESS OF 14659 SOUTHWEST SANDY OAKS LOOP, WAS CITED BY OUR DEPARTMENT PROACTIVELY ON APRIL 1ST OF 2020 FOR, THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AS LISTED BEFORE YOU ON, EXHIBIT ONE ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER RECORD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS OR HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MISS ASHLEY ANN HORTON. UPON RESPONDING TO THE PROPERTY ON APRIL 1ST, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDSCAPING ON THE PROPERTY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY OVERGROWN, IF GOING ON PAST EXHIBIT ONE, AS YOU TRANSITION TO EXHIBIT TWO, YOU'LL SEE OUR EVIDENCE SHEET. DOCUMENTING. THERE'S A SET OF TWO PHOTOS THERE, THE TOP PHOTO IS THE FAR SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, WHERE YOU COULD SEE THERE'S A TRAILER, AND A LANDSCAPING THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY OVERGROWN. YOU CAN SEE JUST BASED ON WHERE THAT, TRAILER IS, HOW, OVERGROWN THE LANDSCAPE IS. IT'S KIND OF ALMOST AS TALL AS THE, TRAILER THAT'S THERE DEPICTED IN THE IN THE IMAGE, AND THEN GOING ON INSIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS SOME MORE OVERGROWN, LANDSCAPING ALONG THE NORTH SIDE. WHAT WOULD BE LIKE THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEN WITHIN THE, PORCH AREA, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE WE DID PUT SOME, VERBIAGE HERE FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE AND TRASH. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL, CARDBOARD BOXES, DIFFERENT PIECES OF, LIKE, PLYWOOD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE JUST BEING STORED THERE WITHIN THE FRONT PORCH AREA. OKAY, SO AS A RESULT OF THESE OBSERVATIONS, WE ISSUED THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION, FOR VIOLATIONS UNDER 67.201, A, WEEDS AND UNDERGROWTH, AS WELL AS 67. 201B FOR TRASH AND SECTION THREE DASH, 5.5 FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE, THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN 14 DAYS, TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE UPON THE RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, WHICH WOULD HAVE PUT OUR COMPLIANCE DATE ON APRIL 18TH OF 2024. AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE, SINCE THEN, THE LAST FOLLOW UP, WE ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A FOLLOW UP THIS MORNING. AND THE PROPERTY IS STILL IN THE SAME STATE THAT IT WAS, ON OUR FIRST INITIAL VISIT. NOW THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS, SENT TO THE OWNER VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, WE DID NOT OBTAIN A RETURN RECEIPT, BUT IT WAS ALSO POSTED ON MAY 6TH OF 2024. AND YOU HAVE OUR, AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE, AS WELL AS OUR, PHOTOGRAPH OF THE POSTING, LISTED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBITS 
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FOUR AND FIVE, I BELIEVE. SO AT THIS TIME, SEEING AS, THE RESPONDENT HAS FAILED TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A FINAL ORDER, REQUIRING THE RESPONDENT TO COMPLY, WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, IF NOT, WE WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE A FINE OF $100 A DAY PER VIOLATION TO BE LEVIED. AND WE'D, ALSO LIKE TO HAVE, AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF $150 TO BE RECORDED IN THIS, FINAL ORDER AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO. 
          OKAY. ANYBODY HERE ON BEHALF OF, ASHLEY HORTON ON THE PROPERTY AT 14 659 SOUTH WEST SANDY OAKS LOOP LOOKING OUT, SEEING NO ONE. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL ACCEPT INTO EVIDENCE THE, VILLAGES EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH FIVE. IN THIS CASE, BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE AND YOUR TESTIMONY, I WILL FIND THAT VIOLATIONS AS CHARGED DO EXIST ON THE PROPERTY AND ORDER COMPLIANCE ON OR BEFORE, JUNE 21ST, 2024. FAILING WHICH A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER VIOLATION PER DAY. THE TWO VIOLATIONS, ACTUALLY, THE THIRD CITATION THERE IS FOR A NUISANCE WHICH, THESE DO CONSTITUTE BUT, THE VILLAGE ISN'T ASKING FOR ABATEMENT IN THIS CASE. NO CORRECT. OKAY. SO ACTUALLY, IT'LL BE, 67.2 01A, WEEDS AND UNDERGROWTH AND 67.2 01B TRASH, ARE THE ARE THE VIOLATIONS THAT WILL PERTAIN. AND I'LL FURTHER AWARD, COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150 TO BE PAID TO, THE VILLAGE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS HEARING. OKAY . ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE YOUR LET'S TAKE YOUR VIOLATION CASES. I GUESS THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE, NUMBER FIVE ON THE DOCKET. IT'S 20 4-035. YEP. AND NOW THE RESPONSE IN THIS CASE ARE, LET'S SEE, ONE. PABLO AND MARIA. 
          NICHOLAS MANUEL. OKAY SO THIS PROPERTY HERE, AT THE ADDRESS OF 15077 SOUTHWEST MANATEE STREET, WAS CITED PROACTIVELY BY OUR DEPARTMENT, ON APRIL 1ST OF 2024, THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WERE IDENTIFIED AS JUAN PABLO AND MARIA NICHOLAS MANUEL, AS LISTED BEFORE YOU ON THE PROPERTY. APPRAISER RECORD, MARKED AS EXHIBIT ONE, UPON RESPONDING TO THE TO THE PROPERTY ON APRIL FIRST, WE DISCOVERED THIS. THIS. SO THIS PROPERTY IS A IS A VACANT LOT, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ALSO OWNS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR, AND WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN? THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED THIS MATTER. THEY DID FACILITATE COMPLIANCE PRIOR, PRIOR TO HEARING. SO WE NEVER ADJUDICATED, THE CASE, BUT THERE WAS, SIMILAR VIOLATIONS, THE, THE, ON THE EVIDENCE SHEET THAT YOU HAVE MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBIT TWO, YOU HAVE THE HONDA ACCORD, THERE THAT THE VEHICLES INOPERABLE. IT DOESN'T HAVE A VALID TAG OR REGISTRATION, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL THAT YOU SEE ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE THERE'S JUST SOME A TIRE, AS WELL AS JUST, SOME JACKS AND DIFFERENT FORMS OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE BEING STORED ON THE VACANT LOT. OKAY, I SEE THOSE. YEAH SO AS A RESULT OF THESE OBSERVATIONS, WE ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION ON APRIL 1ST FOR ABANDONED, SALVAGED, OR JUNK PROPERTY, WHICH IS SECTION 91.32, THE RESPONDENT WAS ASKED 
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TO REMOVE THE INOPERABLE OR JUNKED PROPERTY WITHIN 14 DAYS OF RECEIVING THE NOTICE, WHICH WOULD HAVE REQUIRED COMPLIANCE ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF APRIL 18TH OF 2024. THE RESPONDENT HAS YET TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE, I DID HAVE CONTACT WITH HIM, OVER THE PHONE SHORTLY AFTER HE RECEIVED THIS NOTICE IN APRIL. HE DID INDICATE TO ME THAT HE HAD INTENTIONS TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE. BUT AS I STATED, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY COMPLIANCE. I VISITED THE SITE YESTERDAY AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY ANSWER AT THE FRONT DOOR, AND I HAVEN'T HAD ANY RETURN CALLS FROM, THE RESPONDENT SINCE THEN. SO AS A WELL, THE AFFIDAVIT ITSELF, THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT TO THE RESPONDENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL AND REGULAR MAIL, AS WELL AS POSTING ON MAY SIX. AND, MY AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE AS WELL AS PROOF OF POSTING, ARE MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBITS FOUR AND FIVE. OKAY. AND THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING IS EXHIBIT THREE. THREE. YES SO AT THIS TIME, SEEING AS WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY COMPLIANCE OR ANY, ANY SORT OF PROGRESSION ON THE SITE, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A FINAL ORDER, MANDATING THE RESPONDENT FACILITATE COMPLIANCE, WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. AND SHOULD THEY NOT FACILITATE COMPLIANCE, WE'D LIKE THERE TO BE A FINE OF $100 PER VIOLATION TO BE LEVIED, AS WELL AS A, $150 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, TO BE RECORDED ON THE ON THE ORDER AS WELL. OKAY. ANYBODY HERE ON BEHALF OF JUAN PABLO OR MARIA NICHOLAS MANUEL LOOKING OUT, SEEING NO ONE, WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL ACCEPT INTO EVIDENCE THE VILLAGE'S EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH FIVE. IN THIS CASE, BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE AND YOUR TESTIMONY, I'LL FIND THAT, A VIOLATION AS CHARGED, DOES EXIST ON THE PROPERTY IN ORDER COMPLIANCE ON OR BEFORE JUNE 21ST, 2024. FAILING WHICH A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY WILL ACCRUE. AND I'LL FURTHER AWARD COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150 TO BE PAID TO THE VILLAGE. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS HEARING. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE, VIOLATION CASE, AND THAT'S NUMBER EIGHT ON THE DOCKET. IT'S 20 4-038, THE RESPONDENT IS THE GREATER APOSTLE FAITH CHURCH, INC. THAT'S FOR THE PROPERTY AT 17 111 SOUTHWEST MAGNOLIA STREET . LET'S TAKE THAT ONE NEXT, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE CONTINUANCES OKAY. SO THIS PROPERTY WAS, CITED BY OUR DEPARTMENT AGAIN PROACTIVELY, ON THE DATE OF APRIL 1ST OF 2024, THIS IS CONCERNING THE ADDRESS OR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 17111 SOUTHWEST MAGNOLIA STREET, THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AS MARK BEFORE YOU ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER RECORD ON EXHIBIT ONE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS, GREATER APOSTLE FAITH CHURCH INCORPORATED. SO UPON RESPONDING TO THE PROPERTY ON APRIL 1ST, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS, LET ME REWIND HERE A LITTLE BIT. SO THE HISTORY WITH THE PROPERTY IS THE CHURCH WAS, BEING BUILT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND THEY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACTOR AT THE TIME, AND IT'S SINCE, STAYED IN, IN THIS CONDITION THAT YOU SEE IT AND MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBIT TWO. IT THE EXTERIOR STRUCTURE, THE WINDOWS ARE IN DISREPAIR, IT SEEMS AS IF THOUGH AT SOME POINT THEY MADE SOME EFFORTS TO TRY TO BOARD IT UP AND SAFEGUARD THE STRUCTURE, BUT THE BOARDS ARE NOW FALLING OFF THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AND THERE'S ALSO IN THE FOUNDATION, SEEING AS IT'S NOT, FINISHED, BUT THE EXTERIOR FOUNDATION OF THE PROPERTY, THERE'S NOW SOME HOLES THAT 
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HAVE, STARTED COMING UP ALONG THE SEAM OF THE FRONT DOOR OR THE FASCIA OF THE ROOF AND THE WINDOWS, AND, I WAS HARD FOR ME TO DOCUMENT IT WHILE I WAS THERE WITH MY CAMERA, BUT YOU COULD SEE, JUST LITTLE REPTILES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE ABLE TO ACCESS, THE PROPERTY. AND, SEEING AS IT'S VACANT AND NOBODY'S UTILIZING THE PROPERTY, THAT'S ALSO BECOME QUITE A, YOU KNOW, AN AREA FOR PEOPLE TO ILLEGALLY DUMP AND, LEAVE TRASH AND DEBRIS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON EXHIBIT TWO, THE TOP PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE A, A TARP AND, AND SOME OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL THERE DUMPED ALONG THE FRONT END OF THE PROPERTY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD BOARDS FALLING OFF THE SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, AND THEN GOING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM IMAGE. THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR HERE. AND YOU COULD SEE, ALONG THE SEAMS OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE STRUCTURE. 
          THE WOOD, LOOKS TO BE AS IF THOUGH IT'S ROTTING, I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL COME OUT THERE, BUT IT JUST LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN EXPOSED TO THE NATURAL ELEMENTS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND THEN GOING ON TO THE LAST IMAGE ON EXHIBIT TWO, THIS IS THE FAR WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. AND, AND AGAIN, YOU COULD JUST SEE THAT THE STRUCTURE IS UNFINISHED, AND WITHIN THESE BRICKS, THERE'S A LOT OF CRACKS AND OPENINGS, LIKE I SAID, WHERE A LOT OF LITTLE FORMS OF WILDLIFE, LITTLE CRITTERS ARE GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE OF THE STRUCTURE. SO AS A AS A RESULT OF THESE OBSERVATIONS, WE, WE ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, FOR THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS OR SECTIONS 21.111 PROTECTIVE. TREATMENT 21.113 FOUNDATION WALLS. 21.114 EXTERIOR WALLS AND 21.121 WINDOW SKYLIGHT AND DOOR FRAMES, AND REALLY, WE'RE JUST ADDRESSING THE EXTERIOR COMPONENTS OF THE PROPERTY AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE IN DISREPAIR AND DECAY AND BEING EXPOSED TO THE NATURAL ELEMENTS AS WELL AS RODENTS AND OTHER PESTS THAT ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE DWELLING. SO WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THIS PROPERTY, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE, FROM THE CHURCH, BUT WHAT I LEARNED, REALLY THIS THIS MORNING, I LEARNED THAT, THEY'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, CONCERNING AN INTENTION TO WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, THE CONCERN IS THEY WANT TO DO IT A CHURCH. THAT'S THE INTENTION WITH THE STRUCTURE. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO A CHURCH. BUT THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FACILITATE PARKING. 
          THERE'S NO PARKING. AND, AND SO THERE'S A CONCERN THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO CONFORM TO, THE USE AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A CHURCH THERE ON THE SITE, SO THERE IS A, AN INSPECTION THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP HERE SOON WITH, I BELIEVE OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE VISITING THE SITE TO DETERMINE IF, IN FACT, THE RESPONDENT COULD GO FORWARD WITH WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO, WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO ON THE SITE, AND IF NOT, THERE COULD BE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE STRUCTURE BE, DEMOLISHED OR, THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO CONFORM TO, MORE FOR RESIDENTIAL USE OF, OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY, AT THIS TIME, I, I STILL FEEL OUR DEPARTMENT, WE STILL FEEL THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FINAL ORDER JUST TO ENSURE THAT, THE RESPONDENT DOES FOLLOW THROUGH WITH, NOT ONLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION, BUT ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SET FORTH BY OUR PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT AND OR ANY OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS, UPCOMING INSPECTION. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WE'D LIKE THERE TO BE A FINAL ORDER, MANDATING COMPLIANCE. THIS THE TIME FRAME OF 30 DAYS, I FEEL COULD BE A LITTLE TIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF 
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MAYBE WE COULD EXTEND IT TO 60 DAYS, JUST TO ALLOW THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY HAVE THAT, MEETING, BUT ALSO RECEIVE THE INSTRUCTION FROM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT AND THESE OTHER ENTITIES, SO WE I'M SORRY. OH, I THOUGHT GO AHEAD. I'M, I JUST SO WE'D LIKE TO, ATTAIN A FINAL ORDER, MANDATING COMPLIANCE, WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS. AND, SHOULD THEY FAIL TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE, WE'D LIKE THERE TO BE A FINE OF $100 PER DAY PER VIOLATION TO BE LEVIED. AND WE'D ALSO LIKE A $150 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO BE RECORDED ON THE ORDER, AS WELL. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO DO WE KNOW THE. THE STATUS OF ANY PERMITTING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OR. NO. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S THERE AREN'T ANY ACTIVE PERMITS AS OF RIGHT NOW, THIS WAS A DEVELOPMENT THAT BEGAN PRIOR TO THE VILLAGE, INCORPORATING. AND SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE STRUCTURES BEEN, ABANDONED IN THE SENSE THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY ACTIVE WORK GOING ON ON THE SITE. DO YOU KNOW? YEAH IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING. 
          YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. IF YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. AND, IF YOU JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU. WELCOME, MISS FREEMAN. SO DEENA FREEMAN, WITH THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WE WERE CONTACTED BY A CONTRACTOR WHO IS LOOKING TO DO THE WORK AND SOME IMPROVEMENTS. SO I'VE ACTUALLY HAD A SITE VISIT IN THE BUILDING AND AROUND THE BUILDING AND NOTE THE DISREPAIR AND THE COMMUNICATION WITH CODE COMPLIANCE. I WAS IT WAS JUST RECENT THAT I WENT ON OUT ON SITE. AND SO ONE OF MY FOLLOW UPS WAS GOING TO BE WITH ROB TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN CODE VIOLATION TERMS THAT HAD BEEN REPORTED. SO I'M LEARNING TO THE FACTS REGARDING THIS CASE TODAY, THERE ARE NO ACTIVE BUILDING PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED, WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED WAS OVER SEVERAL YEARS AGO PRIOR TO INCORPORATION WITHIN THE VILLAGE. AND ALSO THE WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED WAS WITHIN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. AND THE APPLICATION NO CODES WERE ISSUED. AND HAVING MET WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND WALKED THE SITE, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED IS NOT TO CODE, SO IT WOULDN'T HAVE ACTUALLY PASSED THE INSPECTIONS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WALLS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT UP AND A LOT OF WORK THAT'S HALF DONE. SO THE CHURCH AND THEN THEY LEFT AND LEFT THE CHURCH WITH THE BILL, A HEFTY BILL. AND SO THEY'RE NOW ACTIVELY SEEKING A NEW CONTRACTOR TO, TO, DO THE WORK. BUT IN ORDER THE CONTRACTOR RIGHTLY SO, CONTACTED US AT THE VILLAGE TO ASK FOR HELP SO THAT WE COULD BE AWARE OF AND HELP GUIDE THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO PROACTIVELY. WE'RE LOOKING AT SCHEDULING A MEETING RIGHT NOW WITH THE FIRE BUILDING, AND MYSELF, AND WE'RE GOING TO WALK THE SITE AND DETERMINE WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO. THEY ARE A LEGAL, NONCONFORMING USE. THEY'RE A CHURCH IN A RESIDENTIAL LAND USE AND ZONING DISTRICT THAT PREDATES OUR YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN, THEY HAVE THINGS IN THE BUILDING THAT ARE STILL CHURCH RELATED. AND, SO THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THAT CHURCH STATUS, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE PARKING AND LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS FOR THAT. BUT WE, WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO WITHIN THE LEGAL, NONCONFORMING USE AND STRUCTURE. THEY REALLY WANT TO MAKE. THEY WANT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. BUT IT'S A SHAME THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY. BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, THEY ARE PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO GET TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS SOME DEMO WORK AND THEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMITS. YOU KNOW, IF IS THE BUILDING SECURE, IS IT LOCKABLE? IF IT'S LOCKABLE, THEY UNLOCKED IT TO LET US IN. BUT I THINK THAT THEY NEED LIKE ROB SAID, THERE'S SOME ELEMENTS THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT MORE SECURE ON THE OUTSIDE. THEY THE CONTRACTORS SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW TO COMPLY WITH THE CODE COMPLIANCE? JUST IN TERMS OF MAKING IT SECURE. AND SO ANIMALS AND PEOPLE CAN'T GET IN. AND THEN, THEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO FOR A DEMO TO GET RID OF THE STUFF THAT WAS DONE WRONG. AND THEN AND THEN WHAT THEY GOT TO DO TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, AMENABLE TO THE CHURCH INSIDE THE BUILDING. NOW, PARKING IS AN ISSUE. AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALL DIRT AROUND THERE. THERE'S NO ASSIGNED STRIPED PARKING. AND IT'S JUST A FEW SPACES. SO WE 
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DID TALK ABOUT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT SHARED PARKING WITH OFFSITE OR HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BUS PEOPLE IN OR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. SO WE'RE IN THE PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ON THAT AT THIS STAGE, BECAUSE WE LITERALLY JUST PICKED UP THE CASE LAST WEEK. OKAY ANY CHANCE OF THEM DOING SOME SORT OF ON STREET PARKING? I THINK THEY'LL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH REGARDS TO ADA, WITH ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEY MAKE, ANY CHANGES THEY MAKE TO THE LEGAL NONCONFORMING BUILDING. WOULD NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT FLORIDA STATE STATUTES. SO I THINK ADA PARKING, AT THE VERY LEAST THEY WERE LOOKING AT PURCHASING OTHER BUILDINGS AROUND THE PROPERTY TO EXPAND THE CHURCH OR TO ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING. BUT I'VE GOT TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE IF THAT'S RESIDENTIAL AND IT'S NOT GRANDFATHERED IN. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S AN OPTION. SO THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES. BUT YEAH OUTSIDE IS GOING TO NEED IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THEY HAVE BATHROOMS THAT ARE ALREADY READY TO BE THE PLUMBING IS THERE BUT NO BATHROOMS. IT'S JUST A SHELL. SO ADA WISE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT BEING A REQUIREMENT. THE BATHROOMS LOOK BIG ENOUGH FOR ADA. AND THE OVERALL BUILDING. WHEN THEY TAKE THE WALLS DOWN, THEY'LL JUST BE A SHELL. BASICALLY FOR THEM TO PUT THEIR CHURCH RELATED SEATING. AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT AND THE PARKING AND, YOU KNOW, PER PEWS AND SEATS AND ALL OF THAT. SO THEY'RE AWARE OF IT. BUT WE'RE STILL IN THAT. I THINK THEY MAY STRUGGLE WITH THE 60 DAY REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SO MUCH. THE FIRST THING IS TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH ALL THIS IS GOING TO COST. AND FOR THEM, SO THEY'RE IN THAT STAGE WITH THIS CONTRACT. HE IS A LICENSED CONTRACTOR, AND WE MET WITH HIM AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNER. SO THEY REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT OVER COMMITTING. YOU KNOW, THEY BREAK DOWN THE PRICE AND TIMELINES. AND I THINK THIS HELPS BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM THE CONSEQUENCE OF IF THEY CAN'T JUST KEEP PUSHING IT DOWN THE LINE. DOES THAT HELP? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HERE ON BEHALF OF GREATER APOSTLE FAITH CHURCH INCORPORATED, SEEING NO ONE, I THINK WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, I AM GOING TO FIND VIOLATIONS EXIST ON THE PROPERTY. BUT I THINK WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS ORDER, THAT THE BUILDING BE SECURED, AND IT MAY BE ALREADY, BUT THE WINDOWS, OF COURSE, DON'T APPEAR TO BE SECURE BASED ON THE PHOTOS THAT I'VE OBSERVED. AND, SO I THINK WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS DIFFERENT DATES. AND I THINK WHAT I'LL DO IS GO OUT 90 DAYS FOR THE REST OF COMPLIANCE, BUT 30 DAYS TO MAKE SURE THE BUILDING IS SECURE. SO, WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION, I'M GOING TO ACCEPT INTO EVIDENCE THAT VILLAGES EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH FIVE IN THIS CASE, BASED UPON THAT EVIDENCE AND THE TESTIMONY OF OFFICER PEREZ AND MISS FREEMAN, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT VIOLATIONS AS CHARGED DO EXIST ON THE PROPERTY IN ORDER, COMPLIANCE OF THE PROTECTIVE TREATMENT FOR THE WINDOWS TO BE DONE WITHIN, ON OR BEFORE JUNE, 30TH OR. I'M SORRY, JUNE 21ST, JUNE 21ST, 2024. AND THE REMAINDER OF THE COMPLIANCE TO BE ACHIEVED ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 30TH, 2024, FAILING WHICH, FINES IN THE AMOUNT OF, I'M GOING TO SAY $50 A DAY. I DON'T I DON'T THIS ISN'T TERRIBLY EGREGIOUS, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT A DERELICT BUILDING WHICH IS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT, $50 PER VIOLATION PER DAY. AND FURTHER AWARD COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150 TO BE PAID TO THE VILLAGE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS HEARING. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE VIOLATION CASES, RIGHT? YES, SIR. WE'LL GO BACK TO PICK UP THE CONTINUOUS CASES. THEY'RE ALL ON THE, YEAH, I BELIEVE IT'S PAGE. YEAH. TAB SEVEN WILL BE THE FIRST ONE. MCKNIGHT, THIS IS CASE NUMBER 24037, THE RESPONDENT IS THE ESTATE OF MILDRED MCKNIGHT, AND IT'S FOR THE PROPERTY AT 14 606 SOUTHWEST, 1/69 DRIVE. YEAH. SO THIS, THIS PROPERTY WAS, CITED PROACTIVELY BY OUR CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION ON, APRIL 1ST OF 2024, REALLY, THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS A VACANT OF A VACANT LOT, THERE ARE TWO 
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INOPERABLE VEHICLES THAT ARE BEING MAINTAINED ON THE LOT, NOW, MISS MCKNIGHT, I WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT SHE SHE'S A ELDERLY WOMAN, AND REALLY IS TRYING HER BEST, GETTING BY ON THEIR OWN, THE ONLY OTHER INDIVIDUAL I'VE EVER MADE CONTACT WITH AT HER, PERSONAL PROPERTY IS, I BELIEVE I BELIEVE IT'S HER. HER GRANDSON OR NEPHEW. BUT, HER GRANDSON, AND HE'S ALSO. SO, YOU KNOW, HANDICAPPED, BUT HE'S NOT VERY ABLE, TO HELP HER OUT WITH THESE THINGS. BUT THE VEHICLES, DO NOT BELONG TO HER. THEY BELONG TO A RELATIVE. I WANT TO SAY A SON OF HERS, WHO? THEY JUST HAVE THE VEHICLES THERE, SHE HAS THE INTENTIONS ON. SHE TOLD ME SHE'S SPOKEN TO THEM, AND SHE WANTED TO KNOW IF WE CAN HAVE GIVE HER MORE TIME TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE. SO I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE HER A 30 DAY CONTINUANCE ON THE CASE, SOLELY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, IF THE VEHICLES AREN'T REMOVED, SHE WOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE FINES. AND I DON'T THINK THAT SHE'S IN THE, IN THE, IN THE RIGHT SITUATION TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO INCUR THESE FINES. 
          I WANT TO GIVE HER SOME TIME TO MAYBE GET HER SONS AND SON IN LINE TO GET THESE VEHICLES OFF THE PROPERTY. SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE THE CASE FOR 30 DAYS, I BELIEVE IT'LL TAKE US OUT TO, THE 19TH, 18TH OF JULY. OR JUNE. SORRY. WAY AHEAD OF MYSELF. YEAH JUNE. JUNE. 
          ALL RIGHT. I'VE ACTUALLY, MET MISS MCKNIGHT. A FEW YEARS BACK, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE CONTEXT, WHETHER IT WAS IN A HEARING OR WHETHER IT WAS AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS. BUT, YEAH, BUT I HAVE MET HER. ALL RIGHT, AND SHE RETAINS A LIFE ESTATE IN IN THE PROPERTY. THAT'S HER INTEREST. SO, ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'VE ALREADY CITED HER AND, AND BASICALLY YOUR TESTIMONY IS BASED UPON A FOLLOW UP AFTER. AFTER SIGHTING HER. YES IF SHE HAS THE INTENT TO COMPLY, THEN. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S HELPFUL IN THIS CASE. YEAH, SHE DOES. AND I MEAN, SHE WAS ADVISED AS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, SHE COULD CONTACT A WRECKER, A LOCAL TOW COMPANY TO COME AND HAVE THE VEHICLES REMOVED, I THINK WHAT SHE STATED TO ME IS BEFORE TAKING ANY KIND OF THOSE, LIKE MAJOR, MEASURES, SHE WANTED TO GIVE HER SON AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THEM WILLINGLY. SO. OKAY YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO, BASED UPON YOUR TESTIMONY, I'M GOING TO FIND IT. 
          IT'S APPROPRIATE TO CONTINUE THIS MATTER. UNTIL, THE HEARING OF JUNE 28TH OR EIGHTH. 15TH. 
          SORRY. I'M DOING IT NOW. JUNE 18TH, 2024. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE IS, NUMBER NINE ON THE DOCKET. IT'S, THE MELENDI CASE. IT'S CASE NUMBER 24039, TAYLOR JAMES MELENDI. AND IT'S FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1435 SOUTHWEST 171ST AVENUE. WHAT HAVE WE GOT THERE? SO THIS THIS PROPERTY WAS, ALSO CITED PROACTIVELY BY OUR DEPARTMENT ON, APRIL FIRST, 2024, IT'S THIS IS A VACANT LOT, WITHIN A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED, COMMUNITY, AND IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY OVERGROWN DOWN, THE RESPONDENT, I'VE PROBABLY IT'S PROBABLY BEEN ABOUT TWO 
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YEARS NOW SINCE I STARTED HIM, LAST. AND HE HAD SINCE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THE PROPERTY, BUT IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT OUT OF HAND, AND SPEAKING WITH HIM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER RECORD AND IT'S LISTED ON THE MAILING ADDRESS, HE LIVES IN CALIFORNIA. YES, YEAH. AND SO HE DOES FREQUENT, INDIAN TOWN, COMES BACK INTO TOWN TO, I GUESS, KEEP UP WITH SOME OF HIS PROPERTIES THAT HE HAS WITHIN IN THIS AREA, HE HAS THE INTENTIONS TO BE COMING HERE WITHIN, HE TOLD ME WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, AND HE'S TRYING TO GET ON THE PHONE BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO FIND A NEW VENDOR TO CONDUCT THE MAINTENANCE THERE ON THE SITE, SO I WANTED TO GIVE HIM AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS, JUST SEEING AS HE'S OUT OF STATE AND, HE HAS, I GUESS, SOME ISSUES THERE WITH THE VENDOR, WHICH IS WHY THE PROPERTY IS NOW OVERGROWN, SO I WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN GIVE HIM 30 DAYS UNTIL THE FOLLOWING HEARING TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE. I DON'T KNOW IF IN THE CONTINUANCE WE COULD INDICATE ANY SORT OF VERBIAGE ON, FOR ABATEMENT, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S A, THIS TYPE OF CASE, SEEING AS IT'S A VACANT LOT, IT'S NOT OCCUPIED BY ANYBODY. IF THEY WEREN'T TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THE VILLAGE. I CAN'T, ACTUALLY, I CAN'T PUT IT IN THIS ORDER, BUT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF THE EVIDENCE BUT UNDERSTOOD, BUT CERTAINLY YOU CAN CONVEY THAT. AND, IF THIS GOES TO HEARING, THEN YOU CAN REQUEST ABATEMENT. OKAY? I MEAN, THERE'S NO REASON YOU CAN'T. AND CERTAINLY I'D GIVE MR. MELENDI A HEADS UP THAT THAT THAT COULD BE A POSSIBLE COMING DOWN THE PIKE. YEAH SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, BASED UPON YOUR TESTIMONY, I'M GOING TO FIND IT. IT'S APPROPRIATE TO EXTEND THE DATE, ON THIS HEARING. AND GRANTED CONTINUANCE TO THE JUNE 18TH HEARING. AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT MR. MELENDEZ DOES IN THE MEANTIME. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. NEXT CASE IS NUMBER TEN ON THE DOCKET. IT'S CASE NUMBER TWO. 4-040. AND IT'S FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1508 18 SOUTHWEST 1/73 AVENUE. THE RESPONDENT IS, DOMINGA PEDRO TOMAS, WHAT HAVE WE GOT THERE? YEP. SO, SO THIS PROPERTY WAS ALSO CITED PROACTIVELY, ON APRIL 1ST, 2024, FOR, FOR VIOLATIONS UNDER TRASH AND DEBRIS AS WELL AS AN ABANDONED SALVAGE VEHICLE, SO IN SPEAKING WITH MR. DOMINGO, THIS HE'S NOT THE PRIMARY RESIDENT. IT'S NOT OWNER OCCUPIED. HE HAS A TENANT THERE THAT HAS BEEN IN, SOME TROUBLE FOR HIM, WITH REGARDS TO THE GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE PROPERTY, THE REASON WHY I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CONTINUANCE IS BECAUSE HE HAS SHOWN SOME PROGRESSION AND HAS SINCE GOTTEN THE TENANT TO REMOVE, A TOTAL OF THREE INOPERABLE VEHICLES FROM THE SITE, WHICH WILL TAKE CARE OF THE INOPERABLE VIOLATION, THE ONLY THING THAT'S OUTSTANDING IS THE TENANT DOES DO, SCRAP, DIFFERENT METALS, AND THERE'S THIS THERE'S A COUPLE BAGS, ALONG THE FRONT END OF THE PROPERTY OF CANNED, LIKE ALUMINUM, SODA CANS AND BEER CANS THAT THE TENANT IS COLLECTING WITH THE INTENT TO WANT TO RECYCLE, AND SO HE'S WORKING WITH THE TENANT TO HAVE THOSE THINGS REMOVED FROM THE SITE, AND MAYBE RELOCATED. THERE'S A GARAGE, SO WE'VE HE DOESN'T HAVE A PRIVACY FENCE, BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED MAYBE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE TENANT, YOU KNOW, CONDUCTING THOSE THINGS, WITHIN A SCREENED AREA, AND SO THE GARAGE IS A POSSIBILITY. SO HE'S HE'S WORKING WITH THE TENANT TO GET THAT ADDRESSED. AND I WANTED TO GIVE HIM ADDITIONAL TIME SEEING AS HE HAS SHOWN SOME PROGRESSION. WITH REGARDS TO THE, WITH REGARDS TO 
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THE, INOPERABLE VEHICLES. OKAY AND YOU'RE ALSO THINKING 30 DAYS. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, BASED UPON YOUR TESTIMONY, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GRANT A 30 DAY CONTINUANCE IN THIS CASE. AND HAVE THE FINAL HEARING ON JUNE 18TH. 2024. OKAY ANYTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE US TODAY, NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT HEARING IS SET FOR JUNE 18TH, 2024. WE'LL SEE YOU ALL THEN. WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
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