[00:00:01] REMAIN HERE OR. YEAH. JUST SIT FOR A MOMENT, OKAY? I'M GOING TO CALL. I'M GOING TO CALL THE [1.  June 2024 Magistrate Docket ] HEARING OF JUNE 18TH, 2024, IT. THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN. WATER. FUEL RISE. JOIN ME 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. OKAY. PLEASE BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. SO, I JUST VERY QUICKLY THIS IS CASE NUMBER 24040, DOMINGA PEDRO TOMAS IS HERE ON A CONTINUANCE. ORDER AND, MA'AM, IF YOU'LL JUST STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE, CAN YOU. YES, PLEASE. IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. OKAY. AND YOUR FULL NAME. OKAY. AND AN OFFICER PEREZ. I'M GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN. MATTER OF FACT, I'LL SWEAR HE BOTH BOTH OFFICERS AND YOU'LL 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? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO, I CONTINUED THIS CASE NUMBER 24040, DOMINGO. PEDRO. TOMAS. I CONTINUE THAT FROM THE MAY HEARING UNTIL TODAY. AND, DO I UNDERSTAND THAT, MISS TOMAS, YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION NOW TO THE JULY HEARING. IS THAT . YEAH. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. AND IN FACT, YOU'RE WORKING ON, WHATEVER THE VIOLATION WAS, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. YES. ALL RIGHT. ANY AND THERE'S NO OBJECTION, OBVIOUSLY NO OBJECTION. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE IT. YOU DON'T NEED TO STAY ANY LONGER. YOU'LL GET ANOTHER ORDER THAT SAYS IT'S CONTINUED TO THE JULY 16TH OKAY. JULY 16TH. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'LL GET THAT PROBABLY IN THE MAIL OR MAYBE DROPPED OFF BECAUSE OFFICER PEREZ WILL PROBABLY BE OUT TO SEE YOU ANYWAY. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ONE OTHER, PIECE OF BUSINESS, AT THE LAST HEARING, APPARENTLY, I DID NOT SWEAR IN OFFICER PEREZ, AND I HAVE NOW SWORN HIM IN FOR THIS HEARING. BUT I WANT TO. WHAT IN THE LAW WE CALL VOIR DIRE, I'M GOING TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS. AND BASICALLY, IT IS THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU GAVE AT THE, MAY 21ST HEARING, NOW THAT YOU ARE SWORN IN, WOULD ANY OF IT HAVE CHANGED AS A RESULT OF BEING SWORN IN? NO SIR. ALL RIGHT. AND SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU TESTIFIED TO AT THE HEARING WAS ACCURATE AND CORRECT? YES, SIR. NO CHANGES. NO. NO NEW CHANCES, NOTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE. NO SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ACCEPT, ALL OF THE TESTIMONY FROM OFFICER PEREZ AT THE MAY 21ST HEARING. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE NOW BEEN SWORN IN, SO WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THAT PART OF IT. THE CASE THAT I WANTED TO CALL FIRST BECAUSE I MET, MR. LOPEZ OUT ON THE DOORSTEP, IS ALSO A CONTINUANCE CASE. IT'S CASE NUMBER TWO. 4045. YES, SIR. AND SO, LEONARDO AND GEORGINA LOPEZ. AND IF I CAN JUST HEAR VERY QUICKLY THE TESTIMONY, SIR, IF YOU'LL COME UP TO THE PODIUM. AND LET ME JUST FIND OUT WHAT THE STORY IS WITH THIS. IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SIR, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. YEAH. AND YOUR FULL NAME, LEONARDO LOPEZ. OKAY ALL RIGHT, SO, MISS LOPEZ, LET'S HEAR WHAT HERE. WHAT THE VILLAGE HAS TO SAY. OKAY, SO FOR THIS CASE HERE , THE ADDRESS IS LOCATED AT 14827 SOUTHWEST 173RD AVENUE, AND IT'S IN REGARDS TO, TWO, TWO INOPERABLE VEHICLES THAT THEY HAVE ON THE PROPERTY, NOW, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, I BELIEVE MR. LOPEZ'S SON, EDDIE. EDDIE. YES, EDDIE, WHO'S ASSUMED OR IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS THE OWNER OF THE OF THE VEHICLES. OKAY, SO ONE OF THE VEHICLES IS GOING TO BE, WELL, ONE OF THE VEHICLES IS A, LIKE A PROP THAT HE'S WORKING ON. AND ANOTHER ONE APPARENTLY WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. AND, I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME LEGAL COURSE AND WERE INSTRUCTED TO NOT MOVE THE VEHICLE, SO WHAT [00:05:10] I'VE INSTRUCTED THEM TO DO SINCE THEN IS, WITH REGARDS TO THE VEHICLE THAT'S INVOLVED WITH SOME SORT OF LEGAL ACTION, TO MAYBE PROVIDE SOME SORT OF BUFFER IN LIEU OF THIS, INSTEAD OF IT BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE IN PARTICULAR IS JUST SITTING ON THE FRONT LAWN, UNAPPROVED SURFACE. AND IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED, SO THE AGREEMENT WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE THIS VEHICLE TO THE DRIVEWAY AND PUT A COVER IT AND COVER IT, AND THEN THE OTHER VEHICLE THAT IS A PROJECT, HIS INTENTIONS ARE TO HAVE IT REMOVED FROM, ACCORDING TO OUR LAST DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE SON APPARENTLY IS MOVING ALONG AND YOU'RE ALREADY MOVING. YEAH. ON THE DOORWAY THAT WE DON'T COVER YET BECAUSE OKAY, THE COVER IS NOT SENDING IT. THEY ORDERING THE COVERS AGAIN. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. BUT WE MOVE IT ALREADY OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THIS HEARING TO THE JULY 16TH HEARING. AND WE WILL, GET A COPY OF THIS. THIS ORDER OUT TO YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK. HOPEFULLY YOU GET IT ALL TAKEN CARE OF. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THE SAME INSTRUCTION IS TRUE. IF YOU TAKE CARE OF IT. AND THE INSPECTOR SEES IT. OKAY, THEN YOU DON'T NEED TO COME BACK TO THE JULY 16TH HEARING, OKAY? IT'LL JUST BE IN COMPLIANCE. BUT BUT IF YOU DON'T, THEN MAKE SURE YOU'RE HERE, OKAY. SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. NOW. ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE THE RAMIREZ CASE? IT'S CASE NUMBER, 24 052. THEY WERE HERE FIRST, ACTUALLY. SO THIS WISCONSIN PARTICULAR. FORGIVE ME, THIS CASE IN PARTICULAR, WE DID MOVE FORWARD WITH, COMPLYING IT. IT'S WITH REGARDS TO ILLEGAL, AN UNLICENSED MOBILE FOOD VENDOR THAT WAS ON THE SITE, AND SINCE THE DATE OF ISSUANCE, THEY'VE REFRAINED FROM HAVING ANYBODY ELSE ON THE SITE, SELLING, YOU KNOW, FOOD. SO SO YOU DON'T NEED TO BE HERE. THERE. NO. THEY'RE DONE. NO. YEAH OKAY. MR. RAMIREZ , DO YOU UNDERSTAND? OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD. ADIOS YEAH. I. KNOW THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU, TOO. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. NUMBER TWO IS BIBLE TEACHERS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES. OKAY. THE LADIES ARE HERE FOR THAT CASE. AND THAT'S CASE NUMBER TWO. 4049. AND, MA'AM, SHE'LL 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? YES AND YOUR FULL NAME, WANDA GROOMS HELL. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND, LET'S SEE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR [00:10:19] FROM, FROM OFFICER PEREZ FIRST, AND THEN, THEN I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S HEAR FROM OFFICER PEREZ. OKAY. SO THIS IS REGARDING A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14721 SOUTHWEST 171ST AVENUE, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BIBLE TEACHERS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES, WHICH HAS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU, AS EXHIBIT ONE ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER RECORD. OKAY, WE VISITED THE SITE ON MAY 29TH, 2024. THE SITE ITSELF IS A VACANT LOT, THAT'S ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF THE ACTUAL CHURCH, AND WHAT'S GOING ON THERE IS THERE'S JUST AN ACCUMULATION OF, TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT'S BEING MAINTAINED ON THE SITE, MA'AM, LET ME JUST LET ME JUST SHOW YOU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THAT, DO YOU? NO. WITH YOU. OKAY. GO AHEAD. AND SO THE, UPON UPON THIS OBSERVATION, WE DOCUMENTED THE, THE VIOLATION WHICH IS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBIT TWO, AND IN THE DEPICTION, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A TRAILER, NOT REALLY UNKNOWN IF THE TRAILER IS OPERABLE JUST DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF, MATERIAL AND JUST MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT THAT'S ACCUMULATED. AND, WITHIN THE TRAILER AND ALONG THE OUTSIDES OF IT, AND SO THIS REALLY IS THE PRIMARY ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING ON THE, ON THE SITE, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE, I BELIEVE, A YOUTH PASTOR, FOR THE CHURCH, PASTOR MIKE, WHO'S, ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY. HE'S THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ITEMS THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED. I UNDERSTAND THAT HE, SCRAPS AND MIGHT DO, SOME, SOME THINGS ON THE SIDE. AND SO HE'S KIND OF STORED SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THERE ON THE SITE. AND SPEAKING WITH HIM, HE WAS ADVISED THAT PARTICULARLY SEEING AS IT'S A VACANT LOT, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY KIND OF EQUIPMENT BEING MAINTAINED ON THE SITE, NOT LEGAL TO DO THAT. YEAH, PARTICULARLY SEEING AS THERE'S NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND NO WAY TO REALLY BUFFER, ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE MAINTAINING ON THE SITE. I KNOW IN THE PAST THEY'VE CONSIDERED FENCING, FENCING IT IN, BUT IT'S NOT LEGAL. YEAH SO WITH WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL WITH THESE OBSERVATIONS WE MADE ON THE 29TH OF MAY, WE WENT FORWARD WITH A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, ADDRESSING VIOLATIONS UNDER 67. 201B, FOR TRASH. AND, WE ALSO ADDED, VIOLATION UNDER 91.32 FOR ABANDONED SALVAGE AND JUNK PROPERTY, SEEING AS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS TRAILER WAS, OPERABLE, OKAY, SO THERE'S TWO VIOLATIONS. THE TRASH AND THE TRAILER, WHICH BASICALLY THE VIOLATION THERE OF 91.32 SAYS NO PERSON SHALL ABANDON ANY VEHICLE OR SALVAGE OR JUNK IN ANY AREA, IN THE COUNTY, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. AND THIS, OF COURSE, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT. SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. SO THAT'S EXHIBIT NUMBER THREE IS YOUR NOTICE OF VIOLATION. NOTICE OF HEARING. AND THAT'S WHAT PROBABLY GOT YOU HERE. YES OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WITH WITH WITH THAT NOTICE OF VIOLATION, WE WENT AHEAD AND SERVED THAT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL AND REGULAR MAIL, WHICH HAS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU ON OUR AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE, AS WELL AS, POSTING ON THE PROPERTY, AND, MARK, BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBITS FIVE AND SIX SHOULD BE OUR, RECEIPT OF CERTIFIED MAILING, AS WELL AS A COPY OF OUR, POSTING. THE AFFIDAVIT IS FOR, THE RECEIPT IS FIVE. YES, SIR. OKAY AND THEN ARE ON EXHIBIT SIX, WE HAVE THE POSTING. YES OKAY. PLUS, IT SHOWS NOT ONLY THE POSTING OF THE VIOLATION. NOTICE BUT ALSO THE PILE OF MATERIAL IN THE BACK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE [00:15:07] THE EXHIBITS. SO AT THIS POINT, WHAT WE WE'D ASK IS THAT THE, MATERIAL BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE AND ITS ENTIRETY, WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, WE'D LIKE TO BE WE'D LIKE TO ATTAIN A FINAL ORDER, MANDATING THAT THE MATERIAL BE REMOVED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING 30 DAYS. OKAY, SO SEVEN, SIX, THAT'S ALL THAT. OKAY. SO 718. THAT'S 30 DAYS. AND, AND ARE YOU'RE ASKING FOR A FINE IN THE CASE, YEAH. IF, IF THE VIOLATION, WERE NOT TO BE CURED WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD ALLOTTED, WE ASKED THAT THERE BE A FINE OF $100 A DAY, PER VIOLATION. FINE. AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF $150 BE ADDED TO THE, THE ORDER. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO, LET ME JUST ASK ANY OBJECTION TO MY USING THESE AS EVIDENCE. SO NO. OKAY, SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL ACCEPT INTO EVIDENCE THE VILLAGE'S EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH SIX. IN THIS CASE, AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY, MA'AM? ANY ANY WORDS OF WISDOM, YES. MIKE HAS REMOVED THE TRAILER AND, A LOT OF THE THINGS OFF OF THERE, BUT CAN WE HAVE THE NOTICES PUT ON THE CHURCH INSTEAD IN THE YARD? BECAUSE HE DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE NOTICE, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE YARD AND THE PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU EVER NOTICE, THEY PUT ALL THEIR JUNK ON THAT PROPERTY FOR THE DUMP TO THE DUMP MAN TO PICK IT UP. SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS OUT THERE. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED IT, BUT EVERYBODY PUT THEIR THINGS THAT THEY SAY OH I'LL TALK TO ME. OH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU WANT THE, THE VILLAGE TO, TO, TO NOTICE THE PROPERTY DIFFERENTLY. IF YOU GIVE US AN EMAIL ADDRESS, IF YOU GIVE OFFICER PEREZ AN EMAIL ADDRESS HE'LL SEND IT TO YOU THAT WAY. OKAY. IF YOU ARE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY NOW TELL ME YOU SAID PASTOR MIKE OR I GUESS OFFICER PEREZ. HE'S AN ASSISTANT PASTOR. AND DOES DOES HE HAVE AN EMAIL THAT, YOU KNOW? YES, BUT I DON'T KNOW HIS EMAIL. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN SEND IT TO ME, THOUGH. I CHECKED MY EMAIL. ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH, I'M THE SENIOR PASTOR OF THE CHURCH. WELL, WELCOME. THANK YOU , THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SO, LET'S SEE, PASTOR, I THINK THE VILLAGE HAS ASKED THAT, THAT YOU ALL TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY AND CLEAN IT UP WITHIN 30 DAYS. SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S POSSIBLE TO DO. EASY. ALL RIGHT, THE OTHER THING IS THAT IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THEY'VE ASKED THAT THERE BE A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER VIOLATION. THAT'S $200 A DAY. I'M INCLINED TO REDUCE THAT SUM TO $50 PER VIOLATION, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT $100 TOTAL PER DAY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OF THIS, AND THAT'S $150 IN ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT THAT YOU WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR JUST BECAUSE, WE'VE ALL HAD TO COME HERE AND OKAY, SO OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, I AM GOING TO FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS. AN ORDER COMPLIANCE ORDER BEFORE JULY 18TH, 2020 FOR FAILING, WHICH A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $50 PER VIOLATION PER DAY WILL ACCRUE. AND I'M GOING TO FURTHER AWARD COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150 TO BE PAID TO THE VILLAGE, ON OR BEFORE, JULY 18TH, 2024. OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND, PAUL, IF I, IF I COULD JUST ADD WITH REGARDS TO, WHAT, WAS SAID WITH THE DUMPING IF, IF THERE IS DUMPING GOING ON ON YOUR SITE THAT'S NOT RELATED TO ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU'RE, MAINTAINING THERE, ARE THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE NO TRESPASS ORDERS THAT YOU COULD OBTAIN. AND IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DO HAVE SOMEBODY ILLEGALLY DUMPING, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REPORTED AND LOOKED INTO, BUT I'D RECOMMEND SEEING AS IT'S A VACANT SITE, THAT YOU ATTAIN A NO TRESPASS [00:20:06] ORDER FOR THE FOR THE SITE. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. OKAY YEAH, YEAH, I THINK AND PARTICULARLY IF, IF YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S DUMPING GOING ON AND IT GETS REPORTED, THEN YOU'RE MUCH BETTER OFF. YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAY YOU DON'T GET CHARGED WITH A VIOLATION. YOU'VE REPORTED THE DUMPING AND HOPEFULLY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR THE VILLAGE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT. OKAY ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR. NICE TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THIRD CASE. THIRD CASE IS, ANGLER. IT'S, INDIAN WOOD CO-OP INC. JAMES AND ELLEN ANGLER. IT'S CASE NUMBER TWO. 4059. WHAT DID THAT GENTLEMAN DO? COME. ON YAHOO! OKAY, PERFECT. 240. 24059 ACTUALLY BEEN COMPLIED. IT IS IN COMPLIANCE. YES. OKAY. GOOD ALL RIGHT, BEFORE MY. PAUL, I JUST WANT TO ADD AS WELL, I BELIEVE WE HAVE MISS GUANA BATZ HERE. SHE'S HERE. SHE'S NUMBER FIVE. AND EVELYN TRUJILLO IS. YES. SO WITH REGARDS TO MISS ONE OF BATS, WE DID MOVE FORWARD WITH, COMPLYING THIS AS WELL. OH, OKAY. WAIT A MINUTE. IT'S 24 053. YES. ONE OF BATS AND THAT'S NOW IN COMPLIANCE. YES OKAY, THIS WAS ALSO A CASE IN REGARD WITH REGARDS TO UNLICENSED FOOD VENDING, OF WHICH THE RESPONDENT HAS REFRAINED FROM, OKAY, CONDUCTING UNPERMITTED, YOU KNOW, UNLICENSED SALES. SO NO REASON TO BE HERE, RIGHT? NO, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SEE YOU. SO YOU'RE GOOD. ALL SET. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT CASE IS 24055. EVELYN TRUJILLO. AND YOU'RE HERE, SIR. GOOD AND IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, I'LL SWEAR YOU IN. YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM? TESTIMONY ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH. THE WHOLE TRUTH. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. SO HELP YOU GOD? YES, SIR. AND YOUR FULL NAME, EVELYN TRUJILLO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE VILLAGE FIRST. AND THEN AND THEN I'LL ASK YOU TO RESPOND. OKAY. LET ME JUST. OKAY. SO, I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE. PAUL. YEAH. LET ME JUST FIND, IF I HAVE IT. THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO THIS PROPERTY. YEP. SO THIS IS, CASE NUMBER 24 ZERO 55. THE ADDRESS IS LOCATED AT 15181 SOUTHWEST 169TH AVENUE, SO THIS CASE WAS INITIATED PROACTIVELY ON, MAY 22ND OF 2024, WE HAVE A SERIES OF VIOLATIONS THAT WERE RECORDED ON THE END OF, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MR. EVELYN TRUJILLO, WHICH HAS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBIT ONE ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER RECORD. OKAY. ON ON THIS DATE, WE WHEN WE VISITED THE SITE, THERE WERE SEVERAL VIOLATIONS THAT WERE RECORDED AT THAT TIME, ON EXHIBIT TWO, YOU HAVE A SERIES OF PHOTOS. NOW, WHAT WE'VE INCLUDED ON THESE EXHIBITS WERE THE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE AT HAND, [00:25:02] THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T COMPLIED IN A SENSE, ARE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. OKAY, INITIALLY, AND THIS IS JUST THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE HERE. GO AHEAD. AND, SO INITIALLY WHEN WE VISITED THE SITE, THERE WAS AN RV, THAT WAS BEING UTILIZED AS A LIVING QUARTERS, ALMOST AS AN ACCESSORY TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT WITHIN THE CODE, THERE WAS AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE AS WELL AS SOME TRASH AND DEBRIS ALONG THE EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. WHEN WE WERE ON THE SITE, WE WERE MET BY A TENANT, AT AND SHE ADVISED THAT HER AND SEVERAL OTHER INDIVIDUALS, RESIDE WITHIN THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. AND SO WHEN WE WENT INSIDE THE STRUCTURE, WE IDENTIFIED THAT THE BASICALLY THE LIVING QUARTERS, THE PRIMARY LIVING QUARTERS WERE UNFIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY. THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE DID NOT HAVE ANY, INSULATION, FROM THE NATURAL ELEMENTS, NOR DID, IS THERE A, FULLY FUNCTIONING KITCHEN, WITHIN THE STRUCTURE, THE LIGHTING THAT WAS THE OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT THE EXHIBIT, IF YOU LOOK AT, EXHIBIT TWO, A ON TOP OF THE FRIDGE, THAT'S THE ONLY SOURCE OF LIGHTING THAT THERE WAS DURING OUR INITIAL VISIT, THERE IS NO CENTRAL AC. THERE WERE SOME WALL UNITS, SOME OF WHICH WERE FUNCTIONING, SOME OF WHICH WERE NOT, OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A GARAGE. THAT WAS. YES, YES. SO IF WE GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY ON. YEAH. IF WE, IF WE GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY ON THIS SITE, THE SITE, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WAS USED AS A MECHANIC SHOP. OKAY. WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS WHEN THE VILLAGE INCORPORATED AND ADOPTED A NEW, YOU KNOW, LAND USE ZONING CODE, THE TENANT THAT WAS ON THE SITE HAD NEVER ATTAINED THE BTR, WITHIN THE PERIOD THAT IS ALLOTTED. AND WITH THAT, THEY WERE BASICALLY ABANDONED THEIR, THEIR USE THAT THEY INITIALLY HAD WITH THE COUNTY AND HE WAS MANDATED TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY AS A SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENCE. IT'S NOT ZONED COMMERCIAL. IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL. YES. OKAY. YES ALL RIGHT. INITIALLY IT HAD THE ZONING, THE FOR COMMERCIAL USE, BUT WHEN THE VILLAGE INCORPORATED, THE TENANT DID NOT HAVE A VALID BTR. AND UNDER THE CODE, THERE'S A MANDATE WHERE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO CONFORM OR ATTAIN A BTR WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE LAND USE BEING, CHANGED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR NON CONFORMING USE. YOU KNOW WHAT THE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT WAS FOR? WAS IT THE MACHINE SHOP? YES. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MECHANIC SHOP. OKAY, BUT AT THIS TIME, THE ZONING, THE USE OF THE PROPERTY IS SINGLE FAMILY. IT'S EXPIRED. EXACTLY. THE SINGLE FAMILY. EXACTLY, AND SO AT THAT TIME, HE HE THEN VACATED THE, THE MECHANIC SHOP AND THEY VACATED THE PREMISES, AND HE BEGAN TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY AS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. CORRECT, AND HE HAD SOME TENANTS UTILIZING THE STRUCTURE, FOLLOWING THIS VISIT, THOUGH, ON THE 22ND, WE, WE FOLLOWED UP WITH OUR, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, THROUGH MARTIN COUNTY AND VISITED THE SITE WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE STRUCTURE WAS UNFIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY. THEY THEY SAID THAT IT WASN'T PER SE THAT THE STRUCTURE WAS, UNSAFE. THEY WEREN'T CONCERNED WITH THE INTEGRITY OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, BUT THE LACK OF INSULATION, AS WELL AS THE LACK OF A FULLY FUNCTIONING KITCHEN, BASICALLY, THE PROPERTY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED A HOME, AND SO THEY WERE MANDATING THAT THE PROPERTY BE VACATED, FOLLOWING THEIR INSPECTION. OKAY IS THERE A SLEEPING ROOM? I SEE A TOILET THERE WERE THERE WERE TWO OTHER ROOMS DURING OUR INITIAL VISIT ON THE 22ND. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS ALL THE ROOMS ON THE SITE, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCESS WAS THE MAIN LIVING QUARTERS, WHICH IS WHAT'S DEPICTED BEFORE YOU. SO IS THAT TOILET IN THE MAIN THAT SO ON? [00:30:04] THAT'S THE MAIN ROOM. IS WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THIS GARAGE SPACE. AND THEN ON THE FAR LEFT CORNER THERE, THAT DOOR LEADS TO THE ONLY RESTROOM THAT'S WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. OKAY AND THAT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PHOTO. YES, SIR. OKAY AND NOW THE CONCERN WITH A LOT OF THESE, A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE STRUCTURE IS MOST OF THESE ADDITIONS WERE DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT. I MEAN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN ONE OF THE DEPICTIONS, THERE'S PIPES THAT ARE RUNNING, THEY'RE NOT INSULATED OR PROTECTED BY ANY WALLS OR ANYTHING. THEY'RE JUST RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM. OKAY SO WITH WITH THAT, WE ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, DETAILING VIOLATIONS UNDER, 1217 FOR PERMITS, 21.751 FOR UNSAFE STRUCTURES, 21.7 5.2 FOR UNSAFE EQUIPMENT, 21.753 FOR STRUCTURE UNFIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY AND 21.75 FOR AN UNLAWFUL STRUCTURE, WE ALSO HAVE VIOLATIONS UNDER 21.95 FOR SANITATION AND 67. 201B FOR TRASH. NOW THAT THOSE TWO VIOLATIONS THERE FOR SANITATION AND TRASH, HE HAS ADDRESSED THOSE THINGS. OKAY, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND COMPLY THAT. ALL RIGHT. REALLY THE OUTSTANDING ISSUE, IS THE PROPERTY BEING UNSAFE FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY NOW SINCE NO PERMITS AND NO PERMITS, FOR ANY OF THE ADDITIONS OR MODIFICATIONS HE'S MADE. OKAY. SO THAT'S, YOUR EXHIBIT THREE. YEAH AND THEN THEN WE ALSO WE SERVE THAT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL AND REGULAR MAIL, WHICH IS MARKED BEFORE YOU THERE ON OUR AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE, AS EXHIBIT FOUR AND ON EXHIBIT FIVE, WE HAVE OUR, MAIL RECEIPT FOR THE CERTIFIED MAILING. AND EXHIBIT SIX DEPICTS THE POSTING ON THE SITE. OKAY WHICH IS THIS PHOTO? IT JUST SHOWS THAT THEY PUT THE NOTICE IN THE GROUND. OKAY, NOW, SINCE SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION AS WELL AS THE SITE VISIT WITH OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, THE RESPONDENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO, HAVE THE PROPERTY FULLY VACATED, AND TO SAFEGUARD THE PROPERTY IN LIEU OF A CORRECTION ORDER FROM OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WHICH WOULD GIVE HIM THE, DIRECTION ON WHAT WHAT ALL HE NEEDS TO FIX WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OR MODIFY THE, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PROPERTY FIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY, NOW, SINCE AT THIS TIME THE PROPERTY IS VACATED, DURING OUR LAST VISIT, WE DID NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NOW A VEHICLE THERE ON THE SITE, AND I HADN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH MR. TRUJILLO WITH REGARDS TO THIS NEW VEHICLE, BUT THE UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE PROPERTY WAS VACATED AND SAFEGUARDED IN LIEU OF THIS CORRECTION ORDER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR? YOU'RE ASKING ME TO ACCEPT THE EXHIBITS AND, EVIDENCE? YES, SIR. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO OBTAIN A, FINAL ORDER, MANDATING THAT HE ADHERE TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL IN ORDER TO, TO, BASICALLY, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PROPERTY FIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY. ALL RIGHT. AND HAS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ACTUALLY, RED TAGGED THE BUILDING. IS IT IS IT IS THERE A NOTICE OF NO OCCUPANCY? WE DIDN'T RED TAG THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY DID NOT CONSIDER THE STRUCTURE ITSELF TO BE UNSAFE. SAFE. OKAY. UNSOUND. EXACTLY. IT WAS JUST MORE OF THE FACT THAT THERE WERE A LACK OF, AMENITIES OR, YOU KNOW, JUST UNFIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY. SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR A COMPLIANCE WHEN, WE'D LIKE TO SEE COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING, 90 DAYS, JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A SLEW OF THINGS THAT HE'S GOING TO NEED TO, ALTER AND MODIFY IN [00:35:01] ORDER FO FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY. ALL RIGHT. IS ANY OF IT GOING TO REQUIRE, PLANS AND DRAWINGS, MORE THAN LIKELY. THERE COULD BE SOME THINGS THAT REQUIRE PLANS, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE PERMITS, WITH REGARDS TO ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING COMPONENTS OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE, I MAY ACTUALLY EVEN TAKE IT A LITTLE FURTHER. OKAY. SO. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT AS FAR AS FINE. WELL, AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE THERE TO BE A FINE OF $100 PER VIOLATION PER DAY, SHOULD THE RESPONDENT FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER, AND WE'D ALSO LIKE THERE TO BE AN $150 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE RECORDED ON THE ORDER AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO, MR. TRUJILLO, YOU'VE YOU'VE HEARD THE VILLAGES TELL TESTIMONY. ANY OBJECTION TO MY ACCEPTING THESE DOCUMENTS AND SO I CAN USE THEM AS EVIDENCE, I JUST COME ON HERE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SEND ME A LETTER, SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW HE GOT THOSE, PICTURES. WELL, OBVIOUSLY YOU TOOK THEM IN MY PROPERTY. SHE GOT MY NUMBER. SO BEFORE HE GOES INTO MY PROPERTY, I THINK THE TESTIMONY WAS THAT THE TENANT AT THE TIME LET HIM IN, AND THEN. SO YOU GIVING HER WATER AND MONEY TO HELP HER OUT, AND THEY PROBABLY NEED YOUR HELP RECREATE THAT, AND HELP OUT. SO WAIT A MINUTE. ANY OBJECTION TO THESE? IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ILLEGAL. OBJECTION. I DOUBT THAT THERE IS ONE, BUT THERE'S NO OBJECTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL ACCEPT THESE INTO EVIDENCE AND WE CAN USE THEM, IN THE CASE. BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS THAT IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT IT CAN'T EXIST THE WAY IT IS. I MEAN, AND THEN BECAUSE IT'S NOW ZONED RESIDENTIAL, YOU PROBABLY CAN CONVERT IT INTO, A REAL RESIDENTIAL UNIT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S SINGLE FAMILY OR IS IT MULTIFAMILY, DISTRICT, A SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY. SO IT REALLY HAS TO BE ONE HOME, THAT BUILDING, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD UNDER THE LAW, YOU COULD HAVE A, LIKE A MOTHER IN LAW SUITE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT STILL, IT'S GOT TO BE ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO YOU'VE GOT IT. LOOKS TO ME, BASED ON THE PHOTOS AND BASED ON THE, THE BIT OF THE PHOTO THAT I CAN SEE OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO. TO, TO GET THAT INTO SHAPE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY, YOU DON'T RESIDE ON THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? NO. I GO THERE AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE OR ME AND MYSELF. SO THERE WILL BE CARS. IT IS MY PROPERTY. SO IT WOULD BE SOMEBODY CUTTING THE GRASS, MAINTAINING IT OR ME? MYSELF. SO IF YOU DO SEE CARS, I MEAN, IT'S MY PROPERTY, SO I. OKAY ALL RIGHT. SHOULD BE STUCK THERE. WELL, I MEAN, STOP BY ANY TIME. YEAH. THERE'S NO PROBLEM, OBVIOUSLY WITH YOU BEING ON THE PROPERTY. WELCOME TO DO THAT ANYTIME. ALL RIGHT, LET LET ME HEAR YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL ME AS FAR AS THE CONDITION OF THE OF THESE ROOMS, OF THIS ROOM? NO I DON'T GOT NOTHING TO SAY. I MEAN, THIS IS IT IS WHAT IT IS. THEY MADE, I MEAN, AND THEN BESIDES THE WAY I TALK, I MEAN, JUST TELL ME IF I, YOU KNOW, TALK TOO LOUD OR I'M IN A BAD WAY AND GO AND HURT ANYBODY'S FEELINGS. NO, NO. YOU'RE FINE. CONSTRUCTION. I PROBABLY SPEAK DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PEOPLE, SO I DON'T HAVE NO ISSUE. NO NOTHING. I JUST KIND OF. HE'S BEEN HELPING ME OUT. WE HAD AN ISSUE LAST TIME WITH THE MECHANIC PLACE, AND THE GUY WORKED THERE BEFORE WHEN THERE WAS A MECHANIC. RIGHT. WHEN I. I I BOUGHT IT, AND THEN HE ACTUALLY HELPED ME GET RID OF THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE THE THING. YOU SAID THE BTR. YEAH. SO THEY CLEANED UP THE PLACE AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT. YEAH. I DIDN'T KNOW I SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT IF I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. I JUST KIND OF BOUGHT IT, YOU KNOW. YEAH. AND I GUESS THE GUY HAD TO HAVE EVERYTHING THERE. I DIDN'T REALLY CHECK. HE SHOWED ME SOME PAPERWORK. I THOUGHT IT WAS FINE. THEN THEY CHANGED IT TO COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL, I GUESS. YEAH. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT. BUT THEN. OKAY, I KIND OF GOT PEOPLE THERE, YOU KNOW? HE'S THERE, CLEANING UP. AND I'M NEVER HERE BECAUSE I WORK OUT OF TOWN. BUT, LAST TIME, LIKE I SAY, HE HAD TO GET A LAWYER TO GET THAT SET UP, SO WE CLEANED [00:40:03] IT UP WITH THE HELP OF THAT LAWYER AND. AND WITH HIM WITH ROBERT. SO NOW, I GUESS, A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE. SO I DID CALL YOU LAST WEEK OR THIS WEEK, AND EVERYTHING IS BASICALLY CLEANED UP AND DONE, SO I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. THE CLEAN UP PART IS, IS PART OF THIS, BUT YES. SO NOW THE UN SAFE STRUCTURE, I MEAN, IF IT'S NOT OCCUPIED, IT'S NOT AN UNSAFE AN UNSAFE STRUCTURE. WELL, IT'S UNFIT. UNFIT FOR HUMAN. YES. OCCUPANTS BEFORE SO IT WAS A BUSINESS PLACE. SO IT IS A BUSINESS PLACE, SO IT'S UNFIT FOR, RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S WHAT THE GUYS. I'M BAD AT NAMES, BUT THE COUPLE GUYS THAT WERE THERE THAT DAY, LIKE 4 OR 5 YEARS, THEY SAID IT'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STRUCTURE. IT'S JUST UNFIT FOR A HOUSE, FOR A LIVING. HOUSING FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THERE. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S PIPES AND THIS AND THAT. BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, AIR HOSES. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT WAS A MACHINE SHOP, YES. YEAH. OKAY. MECHANIC SHOP. BUT EVERYTHING THERE IS CLEANED UP. EVERYTHING, ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE. WELL, TO LOOK AT OR WANT TO LOOK AT FOR NOW, IF, IF IT'S NOT BEING USED FOR OCCUPANCY. THEN THEN THERE IS NO CONTINUING VIOLATION AT THAT POINT. BUT IT CAN'T BE USED FOR OCCUPANCY UNTIL IT UNTIL THE BUILDING IS, IS PUT TOGETHER CORRECTLY. SO MAYBE WE HAVE YOU MET WITH MRS. FREEMAN? MRS. FREEMAN? YEAH, SHE'S THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HERE. AND SHE CAN GIVE YOU A MUCH BETTER READ ON WHAT YOU CAN DO AND HOW YOU CAN DO IT. IS THAT HER OR OR. NO NO. THIS IS ANOTHER LADY THAT WORKS FOR THE VILLAGE MANAGER. BUT HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO GET ME A PAPER, RIGHT? LIKE A LIST OF THINGS I NEED TO DO TO MAKE THE RESIDENTIAL. YEAH WELL, ALL THAT STUFF COST MONEY, SO WE PROBABLY NEED TIME AS LONG AS IT'S VACANT, I GUESS. BUT, I WAS THINKING THAT ADINA COULD TELL. MR. TRUJILLO, WHETHER HE NEEDS A SET OF PLANS AND THEN WHAT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO OCCUR TO MAKE IT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, THAT THEN YOU CAN RENT OUT AND OR USE YOURSELF, OBVIOUSLY, BUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK I'VE HEARD ENOUGH BOTH FROM YOU AND FROM THE VILLAGE. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT VIOLATIONS OF THIS CHARGE DO EXIST ON THE PROPERTY. BUT, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT ONE OF THEM INTO COMPLIANCE. I'M GOING TO ORDER YOU TO COMPLY. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU UNTIL OCTOBER TO BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE TO SUBMIT PLANS. YOU MAY HAVE TO GET BUILDING PERMITS, TO, TO GET WHATEVER YOU NEED DONE. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY BY OCTOBER 18TH TO MAKE IT A HOME, TO MAKE IT A HOME. YEAH, EXACTLY. SO IF IT STAYS EMPTY, I MEAN, IF IT STAYS EMPTY, I MEAN, IT'S NOT PRODUCTIVE FOR YOU AND IT'S GOING TO FURTHER DETERIORATE IT. YEAH. IT'S NOT. BUT LIKE HE'S SHE'S THERE AND HE'S RIGHT, YOU KNOW, LOOKS AT HIS STUFF AROUND, I GUESS I NOTICE AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THIS, PAUL, BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT IN IS THAT IF, IF THE ATTEMPT TO COMPLY IS TO JUST MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY VACANT, CAN THERE BE SOMETHING IN THE ORDER DETAILING THAT SHOULD THE BE SHOULD THERE, YOU KNOW, BE AN OCCUPANTS OR, YOU KNOW, A TENANT, AND THE, THE VIOLATIONS PER SE OR THE CORRECTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN DONE, THAT A FINE COULD, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY BE IMPOSED. YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S MY INTENT. MY INTENT IS THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE THE BUILDING OCCUPIED UNLESS AND UNTIL YOU BRING IT UP TO CODE. IT'S CLEAN AND, GOT TO LOCK UP THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL DROVE BY THERE ANY TIME, YOU HAVE TO LOCK EVERYTHING THERE. LIKE I SAID, THERE WOULD BE MY TRUCK OR CAR. I DO MAINTAIN DIFFERENT CARS, SO EVERY TIME I COME IN, OR I PROBABLY WOULD SEND SOMEBODY TO CUT THE GRASS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IN THAT CASE THEN, THEN THE TIME FRAME IS NOT CRITICAL TO YOU. AND EVEN THE 90 DAYS IS NOT CRITICAL AT THIS POINT. IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, BRINGING INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN 30 DAYS. THAT MEANS CLEAN IT UP, LOCK IT UP, AND IT'S LOCKED UP. OKAY THEN IN THAT CASE, THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO. AND IN WHICH CASE IT'LL BE, JULY 18TH, 2020 FOR, [00:45:07] FOR COMPLIANCE, FAILING WHICH WILL BE A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER VIOLATION PER DAY. AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE TWO OF THEM LISTED THERE MAY ONLY BE ONE. AND I AM GOING TO AWARD COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150 TO BE PAID TO THE VILLAGE OWNER BEFORE, THE DATE SET FOR COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS JULY 18TH. SO, COMPLY BEFORE. BUT I DIDN'T RETURN THERE. I DIDN'T RECEIVE THE CALL BACK. AND I WAS HERE TILL THURSDAY FOR THAT MEETING. AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO SOMEBODY AND BUT PROBABLY DIDN'T GET NOWHERE. BUT, DO YOU WANT TO GO CHECK OUT THE PROPERTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I MEAN, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT GOING TO DO NOTHING SOON BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I WORK OUT OF TOWN AND I'M NOT HERE. SO NO, BUT WHAT I'D ASK IS THERE'S IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD PUT IN THERE OR DO NOT REPEAT IN THE SENSE OF THEM? IT HAS THAT LANGUAGE IN. OKAY, OKAY. IN OTHER WORDS. AND I'LL WHEN I DRAFT THE ORDER, I'LL SPECIFY IT, WHAT WHAT OFFICER PEREZ IS ASKING AND THE, THE FORM ORDER THAT I USE SAYS THAT IF YOU REPEAT THE VIOLATION WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THAT WHETHER IT'S ON THIS PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY YOU OWN IN THE VILLAGE, BUT IF IT'S THE SAME VIOLATION, YOU'RE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF UP TO $500 PER DAY. NOT AFTER I ADJUDICATED, BUT BEGINNING THE DAY THAT IT'S FOUND. SO, SO IT'S A IT'S A SERIOUS REASON TO COMPLY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALREADY IN THE ORDER. SO, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU'LL GET A COPY OF THE ORDER. I, I, I UNDERSTAND THE PREDICAMENT. I THINK BASED UPON THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T WORK IN THE AREA AND, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO BRING IN A SET OF PLANS, GET THE CONSTRUCTION DONE, OVER TIME, WHICH WON'T REQUIRE THIS, I MEAN, SET OF PLANS FOR, LIKE, TO DO A KITCHEN OR DO WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT HOME TO THAT BUILDING TO MAKE IT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. OKAY. I MEAN, I, I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO, BUT IT COULD BE EVERYTHING FROM SCRAPE IT AND START OVER TO, TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO TO COMPLY WITH THE CODE. BUT AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW TO DO THAT. I JUST COULDN'T TELL YOU THAT IT NEEDS TO BE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE, I MEAN, THE BUILDING IS FINE. JUST BASICALLY, WHICH THERE ARE ACS PEOPLE DO WORK AND THEY DON'T WANT A HIGH BILL, SO THEY HAVE THE ACS OFF, BUT THEY DO FOR SOME REASON. I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL THEM WHAT TO TURN ON THE ACS OR NOT. I LEAVE, I LEAVE, 80 OR I TURN IT OFF. WHEN I COME BACK, I TURN IT ON, IT COOLS DOWN IN AN HOUR. YOU KNOW? SO EVERYBODY LIVES DIFFERENT. NOBODY WANTS A HIGH BILL OF WATER OR HIGH ELECTRIC BILL. SO THEY TURN IT OFF. BUT, SO YOU'RE TELLING ME, LIKE, 90 DAYS, AND THEN YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT TILL OCTOBER. WHAT IS THAT? BEAR IN MIND, I'M GOING TO FORGET THE 90 DAYS AND EVEN OCTOBER. THE CHARGE WAS UNSAFE, UNFIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY. WELL, IF IT'S IF IT'S REMAINS UNOCCUPIED, THEN YOU'RE YOU'RE OKAY FOR THAT CHARGE. THE PROBLEM IS THE REST OF THE BUILDING, ISN'T IN A CONDITION THAT IT COULD BE OCCUPIED. SO SO THEORETICALLY, I GUESS YOU COULD LEAVE IT UNOCCUPIED AS LONG AS IT'S CLEAN AND, AND NOBODY'S LIVING THERE, THEN, BUT BUT THEN IT'S A PROPERTY THAT YOU CAN'T USE. AND BASED ON THE PHOTOS THAT I'M LOOKING AT, THE OUTSIDE OF IT. SO YOU HAVE PICTURES THERE. I KNOW I MAINTAIN IT CLEAN BECAUSE THE YARD PEOPLE CLEAN IT. I DON'T SEE NO GARBAGE OR, WELL, NO GARBAGE. LOOK, I MEAN, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS ONE OUTDOOR PHOTO AND IT'S GOT I DON'T GET THE PART WHERE I KNOW IT WAS CLEAN. WELL, BUT IT'S GOT. YEAH, WE I THINK WE ESTABLISHED THAT YOU CLEANED THE PROPERTY, BUT IT'S GOT GRASS GROWING THROUGH THE DRIVE WAY. AND IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE PART THERE THAT HAS GRASS AND THEN THE DRIVEWAYS AROUND. SO THAT'S IT'S JUST DEAD. IT'S NOBODY MAINTAINS IT OR OR WATERED IT. BUT THAT'S LIKE A GRASS AREA. AND THEN THE DRIVEWAYS IN FRONT OF IT THAT GOES OUT THE GATE. BUT YEAH IT'S NOT PERFECT GRASS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE IN INDIAN TOWN. I MEAN, WELL, IT'S PEOPLE'S HOMES, YOU KNOW, SO YOU NEED TO ACT ACCORDINGLY, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T LIVE HERE AND YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WORK HERE, SO. ALL RIGHT, YOU'LL GET A COPY [00:50:01] OF MY ORDER, AND THEN DO WE HAVE AN EMAIL FOR YOU? THAT'S MY PHONE NUMBER. WELL, I'D RATHER NOT TEXT. I'D RATHER IF WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU A COPY OF AN ORDER BY. I'D RATHER DO IT BY EMAIL. YOU CAN JUST GIVE IT TO THEM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD, OKAY? YOU JUST MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT HE'S GOT A GOOD EMAIL ADDRESS FOR YOU. OKAY? SO LEAVE IT VACANT THEN. I HAVE WHAT, A CHARGE OF ONE? I MEAN, I JUST I GOT $150, AND THAT WAS FOR WHAT? FOR HAVING PEOPLE THERE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS. THIS IS FOR THIS HEARING, FOR HAVING THE INSPECTIONS TO GO OUT, MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS NOW AND SO IT'S THE COST OF, OF THE ADMINISTRATION PART. AND THAT'S BY JULY 18TH. IS THAT SO I'LL PAY THAT JULY. OKAY. WHERE DO YOU PAY THAT UP HERE. PAY THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE, SO. OKAY. I WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT, I. I DON'T HAVE AN ORDER THAT YOU CAN PUT THAT AGAINST AT THE MOMENT, BUT I'LL LET THE LADIES CAN FIGURE THAT OUT. I'LL SEND SOMEBODY TO. OKAY, I GUESS SOMEBODY COULD COME AND PAY FOR IT. OH, SURE. YEAH. JUST MAKE SURE WE GET YOUR EMAIL BEFORE YOU GO, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANKS. TAKE CARE. GOOD LUCK. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN JUST THROW IT IN MY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT WE COULD. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO MAIL IT TO THE, TO THAT ADDRESS THAT YOU HAVE. THE. WAS IT WESLEY? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE, BUT, GO AHEAD, SO, 745. OKAY. SO SEND IT THERE. DO YOU HAVE AN EMAIL THAT YOU WANT US TO SEND IT TO? OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL SEND IT THERE. OKAY. GOOD LUCK. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S IT. YEP, YEP. WHAT WAS THE 150 YOU SAID OR WHAT, $150. THE BUILDING, YEAH. THAT'LL BE ON THE ORDER. SO THAT'LL BE MAILED TO THAT? YEAH. IT'S NOT A SEPARATE BILL. IT'S JUST A COPY OF THIS ORDER SAYS YOU'RE GOING TO PAY 150 BUCKS. NO WHAT ELSE WAS THE PAPER THAT. MY MENTIONED BEFORE, YEAH. SO THE CORRECTION ORDER. YEAH. SO WE'LL GET THAT SENT OVER TO YOU. AND THEN I'M ALSO GOING TO SPEAK WITH DEENA AS PAUL, RECOMMENDED, LIKE THAT SHE CAN BE INVOLVED IN WHETHER OR NOT YOU. WE NEED PLANS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THE SITE. YEAH. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING. STILL DOING A LOT OF MINUTES FROM WINDOW DATES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YEAH, MAKE IT LITTLE. YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. OKAY. YEP. ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK. OKAY. AND I GUESS WE'RE NOW AT THE. WE'RE NOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DOCKET, WHICH IS THE BROYHILL CASE. IT'S CASE NUMBER 24042. SO THIS CASE HERE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CONTINUANCE ON THIS CASE. THE ADDRESS IS 15419 SOUTHWEST 153RD STREET, WHERE WE HAD INITIALLY GOING ON HERE, WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT, WITH REGARDS TO THE, OWNER ALLOWING A MOBILE FOOD VENDOR TO SELL ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY JUST OUTSIDE OF THE, ADDRESS IN QUESTION, AND THEN WHEN WE CONDUCTED A SITE VISIT, WE ALSO OBSERVED, A COUPLE INAPP VEHICLES, SOME TRASH AND DEBRIS, AS WELL AS SOME, CHICKENS THAT WERE BEING MAINTAINED ON THE SITE, NOW, SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION, WE'VE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE INITIAL COMPLAINANT, WHO WAS A STORE OWNER JUST ACROSS THE WAY FROM OR ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SITE. AND THEY'VE AFFIRMED THAT THE, MOBILE FOOD VENDING HAS STOPPED SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF THE ORDER, AND I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER, MR. TRINIDAD BROYHILL, WHO AFFIRMED AS WELL THAT HE'S ADVISED THE MOBILE FOOD VENDOR TO REFRAIN FROM SELLING ON THE SITE, THEY'VE ALSO HAD THE CHICKENS REMOVED AT AND THERE WAS A SERIES OF ENOPS THAT WERE REMOVED. THERE'S ONLY TWO ENOP VEHICLES THAT REMAIN, AND HE SAID HE CAN HAVE THESE VEHICLES REMOVED WITHIN THE NEXT [00:55:08] 30 DAYS. SO WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE HIM, 30 DAYS TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE. ALL RIGHT. SO BASED ON YOUR TESTIMONY, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THIS CASE. UNTIL THE JULY 16TH HEARING. ALL RIGHT. I'LL. OKAY. NEXT ONE IS, JACKSON CASE ARTIST. WALTER JACKSON CASE NUMBER, 24043 FOR THE PROPERTY AT 14 776 SOUTHWEST 1/69 DRIVE. AND THAT'S A REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE. AND WHAT'S THE STORY WITH THAT? SO THIS, THIS CASE HERE, WAS ALSO INITIATED PROACTIVELY. AND, WHAT WE INITIALLY HAD ON THE SITE WAS AN INOPERABLE, PONTOON BOAT, IT WASN'T ON A TRAILER OR ANYTHING. IT WAS JUST BEING MAINTAINED ON THE SITE, THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS A VACANT LOT, VACANT RESIDENTIAL LOT, THERE WAS ALSO SOME TRASH. AS WELL AS OVERGROWN VEGETATION ON THE SITE, SURROUNDING THE INOPERABLE BOAT, SINCE THEN, THE, THE BOAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SITE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL AND TRASH SURROUNDING THE BOAT. AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF ADDRESSING THE OVERGROWN, VEGETATION. SO WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM 30 DAYS TO ADDRESS THE OVERGROWTH ON THE SITE. OKAY. SO BASED ON YOUR TESTIMONY, I'LL, GRANT A CONTINUANCE UNTIL JULY 16TH. AND SO ORDERED. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE. NEXT ONE. WE TOOK CARE OF LOPEZ. WE TOOK THAT TO JULY 16TH. I THINK THERE'S ONE RIGHT BEFORE THE LOPEZ, YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SO, FLAVIA BRIDGE AND JOSE RODRIGUEZ LOYOLA FOR THE CASE NUMBER 24-044 AND THE PROPERTY AT 1503 84. SOUTHWEST SEMINOLE DRIVE. AND SO THIS THIS PROPERTY WAS, INITIATED PROACTIVELY BY, BY OUR DEPARTMENT ON MAY 29TH OF 2024. WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE SITE? WELL, OBVIOUSLY, MISS, FLAVIA AND MR. JOSE RODRIGUEZ LOYOLA, WERE IDENTIFIED AS THE OWNERS ON THE TAX ROLL, WHICH HAS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBIT ONE. OKAY, UPON VISITING THE SITE, WE OBSERVED SERVED ON EXHIBIT TWO, WE DOCUMENTED OUR OBSERVATIONS AS, JUST ON THE FRONT END OF THE SITE, THERE'S, SERIES OF BRICK PAVERS AS, AS [01:00:07] WELL AS SOME WOOD AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL THAT IS JUST PILED UP THERE, NEAR THE MAILBOX. RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE DRIVEWAY, AND THEN GOING INTO THE BOTTOM DEPICTION THERE, THERE IS A VEHICLE, NOW, THIS VEHICLE IS NO LONGER THERE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SILVER PICKUP TRUCK. THE SILVER PICKUP TRUCK WAS, AN UNREGISTERED VEHICLE. THE REGISTRATION WAS EXPIRED. THE CONCERN REALLY IS ON THE FRONT END OF THIS PROPERTY. ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY, THERE IS A FIRE HYDRANT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DEPICTION, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY AN INDICATOR THAT THERE'S A FIRE HYDRANT, THERE, THAT LITTLE YELLOW MARKER THERE, AND THE FIRE HYDRANT ON THIS DEPICTION IS JUST ON THE BACK END OF THIS VEHICLE, AND THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY UTILIZING THIS AREA AS ADDITIONAL PARKING. AND IT'S, IT'S CREATING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THE HEALTH SAFETY CONCERN IN THE EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDED TO UTILIZE THAT FIRE, THAT FIRE HYDRANT, AND IT ALSO OBSTRUCTS THE VIEW OF, OF TRAFFIC, WITHIN THAT FOUR WAY STOP, BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY HERE IS ON A FOUR WAY INTERSECTION. OKAY. WHAT IS DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SIGN IS IN FRONT OF THE PICKUP TRUCK, THAT THAT'S A, LIKE A CROSS. LIKE THERE'S A CROSSWALK THERE. SO THAT'S A CROSSWALK SIGN. IT'S NOT A STOP SIGN, BUT IT'S JUST A SIGN INDICATING THAT THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THERE ALONG SEMINOLE DRIVE. OKAY, SO THE VILLAGES CONTENTION IS THEY CAN'T PARK THERE. YEAH I MEAN, FIRST OFF, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON GRASS, SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, LEGAL PARKING SPACE, YEAH. IS THAT IT'S AN UNAPPROVED SURFACE. YEAH. YEAH. AND IS THE IS THE TRUCK STILL THERE? THE TRUCK IS NO LONGER THERE. THEY'VE NOW OUR MAIN BEEN MAINTAINING A, IT'S A YELLOW CAMARO, THERE THAT VEHICLE IS REGISTERED AND OPERABLE, BUT IT'S JUST AN ONGOING THING, SO IS THERE A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE? YES. LOCATION? YES. ON THAT VERY LOCATION, THERE. AND THAT WAS OBSERVED AS AS EARLY AS YESTERDAY DURING ONE OF OUR FOLLOW UPS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. I'M WITH YOU SO FAR. OKAY. THAT'S EXHIBIT TWO. SO FOLLOWING THE THESE OBSERVATIONS, WE ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, FOR VIOLATIONS UNDER 91.32 FOR ABANDONED SALVAGE AND JUNK PROPERTY AND VIOLATION UNDER SECTION SIX, 7.2 01B FOR TRASH AND DEBRIS. THESE THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS, SERVED TO THE OWNER VIA CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL, AS WELL AS, A POSTING ON THE SITE, WHICH HAS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBIT FOUR ON OUR AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE. AND THE RECEIPT OF THE MAILING HAS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBIT FIVE. OKAY. AND THE POSTING HAS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBIT SIX. AT THIS TIME, WE'D ASK THAT YOU RECEIVE ALL THESE DOCUMENTS INTO EVIDENCE. AND, WE'D ASK THAT THE RESPONDENT BE, REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, OR THERE BE A FINE LEVIED FOR $100 A DAY, PER VIOLATION, AND WE'D ALSO LIKE THERE TO BE $150 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE RECORDED ON THE ORDER AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE HERE ON BEHALF OF FLAVIA PROGUE OR JOSE RODRIGUEZ? LOYOLA LOOKING OUT, SEEING NO ONE. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL ACCEPT INTO EVIDENCE THE TOWN OR THE VILLAGE'S EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH SIX. IN THIS CASE, BASED UPON THAT EVIDENCE AND YOUR TESTIMONY, I'LL FIND THAT VIOLATION, SAYS CHARGED DO EXIST ON THE PROPERTY AND ORDER COMPLIANCE ON OR BEFORE JULY 18TH, 2024, FAILING WHICH A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER VIOLATION PER DAY WILL ACCRUE. AND I'LL FURTHER AWARD COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150 TO BE PAID TO THE VILLAGE, ON OR BEFORE JULY 18TH, 2024. OKAY ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE IS. IS CASE NUMBER 24046. ALEJANDRO PEDRO AND GAVINA [01:05:03] DOMINGO PASCUAL. AND THAT'S FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1409 75 SOUTHWEST LEE AVENUE. YES. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. SO THIS PROPERTY WAS ALSO ALSO INITIATED PROACTIVELY ON MAY 29TH OF 2024, WHILE WE, AT THAT TIME HAD IDENTIFIED THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, AS, MR. ALEJANDRO PEDRO AND MISS GAMBINA, DOMINGO PASCUAL, WHICH HAS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU ON THE TAX ROLL AS EXHIBIT ONE, UPON RESPONDING TO THE PROPERTY, WE, OBSERVED AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE THAT'S BEEN MAINTAINED ON THE SIDE, AND IT'S MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBIT TWO, THIS IS A HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN, THE FIRST FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE IS, FLAT, AND THE REGISTRATION IS EXPIRED. IT'S BEEN EXPIRED SINCE JANUARY OF 2024. SO WITH THESE OBSERVATIONS, WE WENT FORWARD WITH THE ISSUANCE OF A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. RECORDING A VIOLATION UNDER SECTION 91.32 FOR ABANDONED SALVAGE AND JUNK PROPERTY, AND REQUIRING THAT THERE BE COMPLIANCE ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF, JUNE 12TH OF 2024, THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT TO THE, RESPONDENT VIA CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL, WHICH HAS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU ON OUR AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE AS, EXHIBIT FOUR AND THE, PHOTO OF THE, RECEIPT, AS WELL AS A, PHOTO OF THE POSTING HAS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBITS FIVE AND SIX. OKAY NOW, AT, AT THIS TIME, WE'D ASK THAT THE, THAT YOU RECEIVE THESE AFFIDAVITS INTO EVIDENCE AND THAT, THE RESPONDENT BE MANDATED, TO COMPLY, WITH YOUR ORDER WITHIN, THE NEXT 30 DAYS, AND IF NOT, WE'D ASK THAT THERE BE A FINE OF $100 PER DAY PER VIOLATION, LEVIED, AS WELL AS A $150 ADMINISTRATION, FEE. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE HERE ON BEHALF OF ALEJANDRO PEDRO OR GABINO DOMINGO PASCUAL LOOKING OUT, SEEING NO ONE. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL ACCEPT INTO EVIDENCE THE VILLAGE IS EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH SIX. IN THIS CASE, BASED UPON THAT EVIDENCE IN YOUR TESTIMONY, I'LL FIND THAT A VIOLATION AS CHARGED DOES EXIST ON THE PROPERTY. IN ORDER COMPLIANCE ON OR BEFORE JULY 18TH, 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 OWNER BEFORE THE DATE SET FOR COMPLIANCE. IN THIS CASE. AND THAT'S TERM THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE THE NEXT ONE IS CASE NUMBER 20 4-047. AND, THE RESPONDENTS ARE PEDRO, PASCUAL, ANDRES AND DIANA LORENZO, PABLO VIELMA. OR MAYBE THAT'S TWO PEOPLE. COULD BE. YEAH. SO THIS, THIS WAS ALSO A PROACTIVE CASE INITIATED ON MAY 29TH OF 2024, WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE SITE IS THEY HAVE, A WHITE, IT'S A WHITE FORD PICKUP TRUCK, WITH AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE RESPONDENTS OVER THE PHONE, AND THEY REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIME TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE REGISTRATION UP TO DATE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, SO WE'D ASK THAT THERE BE A CONTINUANCE ORDER, MEANT, FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR FOR THE FOLLOWING HEARING ON THE 16TH, BE ISSUED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, BASED UPON YOUR TESTIMONY, I'M GOING TO [01:10:05] FIND THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE, 20 4-047. UNTIL JULY 16TH. AND LET'S SAY CASE NUMBER 244. 047. DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND THAT SECOND NAME THAT SHOWS ON THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION AS PABLO VILMA? DENISE? LORENZO? IS THAT ALL? ONE PERSON I. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT'S ALL ONE PERSON I. THAT'S THE WAY IT APPEARED ON THE TAX ROLL, YEAH. THAT'S NOT HELPFUL, IS IT? YEAH. NOT HELPFUL. OKAY. NEXT CASE. OKAY SO CASE NUMBER 24048. THIS. THIS CASE HAS COMPLIED SO WE CAN COMPLY. THAT. OKAY AND CASE AFTER THAT IS 24050, AND JOEL LOPEZ AND GIOVANNI LOPEZ AND MISS LEON, JULISSA LOPEZ. AND SO THIS, THIS PROPERTY WAS INITIATED PROACTIVELY BY OUR DEPARTMENT ON MAY 29TH, 2024. THE OWNERS, WERE IDENTIFIED AS MISS GIOVANNI LOPEZ. MR. JOEL LOPEZ AND MISS LEON, JULISSA LOPEZ, WHICH IS MID MARK BEFORE YOU ON THE TAX ROLL AS EXHIBIT ONE. DURING OUR SITE VISIT, WE DETERMINED THAT THE PROPERTY IS A VACANT, RESIDENTIAL LOT, THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY OVERGROWN. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE, DEPICTIONS MARKED BEFORE YOU ARE DEPICTION MARK BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBIT TWO, AND YOU'LL JUST SEE A LARGE AMOUNT OF, WEEDS AND OVERGROWN THERE ON THE SITE. ALL RIGHT. THE, ORDINANCE MAKES A DISTINCTION BETWEEN LOTS THAT, THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE LIKE VIRGIN LAND. THEY'VE NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED, BEEN DEVELOPED OR MAINTAINED. YEAH. AND THEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN CUT IN THE PAST OR MAINTAINED, THEN IF THEY LET THEM GET OUT OF HAND, THEN IT BECOMES A VIOLATION. DO WE KNOW WHICH ONE THIS IS? SO THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN CUT OKAY. IT HAS BEEN CUT. ALL RIGHT. SO, THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT ISSUE. YEAH OKAY. SO, ALL RIGHT, SO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S REPORT IS EXHIBIT ONE. AND I'M LOOKING AT EXHIBIT TWO, WHICH IS THE PHOTO THAT YOU PRODUCED. YES SO WITH THESE OBSERVATIONS, WE WENT FORWARD WITH THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION, CITING A VIOLATION UNDER SECTION 67. 201A FOR WEEDS AND UNDERGROWTH. THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION REQUIRED COMPLIANCE ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF JUNE 12TH, 2024, OF WHICH WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLIANCE OR, COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESPONDENT AT THIS TIME. THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SERVED [01:15:01] TO THE RESPONDENT VIA CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL, AS WELL AS A POSTING ON THE SITE, WHICH HAS BEEN MARKED BEFORE YOU ON OUR AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE AS EXHIBIT FOUR AND AS WELL AS A DEPICTION OF THE, MAIL RECEIPT AS EXHIBIT FIVE AND A DEPICTION OF OUR, POSTING ON THE SITE. AS EXHIBIT SIX. OKAY. I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE GOOD SERVICE HERE. I MEAN, YOU DID POST ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF, RIGHT? YES. WE DID. OKAY. SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE GOOD LEGAL SERVICE. I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ACTUAL SERVICE, IF THESE PEOPLE EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THIS WAS YOU DIDN'T GET AN ACTUAL RECEIPT BACK FROM. NO. THE POST OFFICE. RIGHT. AND IT SAYS SERVICE WAS FIRST CLASS. MAIL DOESN'T SAY CERTIFIED. SO THE OTHERS WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE EITHER THE PEOPLE WERE HERE OR. IT WAS SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL THOUGH IN YOUR AFFIDAVIT IS WHAT IT SAYS. OR IF THE PROBLEM WAS JUST WITH THIS SCREENSHOT. OKAY I MEAN, YOUR TESTIMONY IS THAT YOU SENT IT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. YES, SIR. BUT YOU NEVER GOT THE RECEIPT BACK. SO YOU POSTED. YES ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT YOU DID THEN. GOOD. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, SO AT THIS TIME, WE'D ASK THAT THE THESE AFFIDAVITS BE ACCEPTED INTO EVIDENCE, AND, WE'D ASK THAT THE RESPONDENT, BE RE ISSUED AN ORDER MANDATING COMPLIANCE, WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. IF THEY FAIL TO COMPLY, WE ASK THAT THEY BE LEVIED A FINE OF $100 PER DAY, PER VIOLATION. AND WE'D ALSO LIKE THERE BE, LIKE, THERE TO BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF $150 RECORDED ON THE ORDER, AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HERE ON BEHALF OF JOEL LOPEZ AND GIOVANNI LOPEZ OR MISS LEON JOYCE LOPEZ LOOKING OUT, SEEING NO ONE, WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL ACCEPT INTO EVIDENCE THAT THE VILLAGE'S EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH SIX. IN THIS CASE, BASED UPON, THAT EVIDENCE IN YOUR TESTIMONY, I'LL FIND THAT A VIOLATION AS CHARGE DOES EXIST ON THE PROPERTY IN ORDER COMPLIANCE ON OR BEFORE JULY, 18TH, 2024, FAILING WHICH YOU'LL FIND 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, ON OR BEFORE THE DATE SET FOR COMPLIANCE. IN THIS CASE. AND SO ORDERED. OKAY NEXT ONE IS CASE 24051 ALBERT WALKER AND LAVERNE WALKER. AND SO THIS, HAS BEEN UPDATED TO A, CONTINUOUS CASE. CAN YOU GIVE ME A CHANCE HERE? SO THIS CASE WAS ALSO INITIATED PROACTIVELY BY OUR DEPARTMENT ON MAY 29TH, 2024, FOR, WEEDS AND UNDERGROWTH, THIS IS ALSO A VACANT LOT THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN, MAINTAINED BY THE RESPONDENT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY OVERGROWN, AND SPEAKING WITH MISS LAVERNE, WALKER, SHE, INDICATED TO ME THAT SHE HAD, BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH, HER HEALTH, AND WAS IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, AND WHICH IS WHY SHE FAILED TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE OR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SITE, SHE'S SINCE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, AND SHE'S MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT, TO CUT THE LOT, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WANTED TO GIVE HER AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE, AND THAT'S THAT'S IT RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. IS MR. WALKER, IS HE, I'M NOT ENTIRELY [01:20:03] SURE, MISS LAVERNE HAS BEEN THE ONLY ONE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, SO I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE IF HE IS. OR ISN'T. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE IS CASE NUMBER 24054, LAUREANO TORRES IS THE RESPONDENT FOR THE PROPERTY AT 15 343 SOUTHWEST JACKSON AVENUE. SO. SO THIS CASE, WE'VE ALSO COMPLIED, THIS IS ALSO A MOBILE FOOD VENDOR, THAT WAS, SELLING FOOD, WELL, THE OWNER HAD SOMEONE ELSE ON THE SITE THAT WAS, ILLEGALLY SELLING FOOD , AND THEY'VE SINCE REFRAINED FROM SELLING ON THE SITE, SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF THE NOTICE, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY REOCCURRENCES. AND WE'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SIT DOWN, NOT ONLY WITH THE OWNER, BUT ALSO THE, INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS CONDUCTING THE SALE ON THE ON THE SITE. SO WE'VE COMPLIED THAT CASE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY SIR. ALONSO WE GOT TO YOU. THIS CASE NUMBER 24056, THE RESPONDENT IS AGNES RIGGINS. FOR THE PROPERTY AT 15023 SOUTHWEST, 1/71 DRIVE. AND OFFICER ALONSO, WHENEVER YOU ARE READY, YES. FOR THIS PROPERTY, I'M. I WANT TO ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE, I HAVE NOTICED THAT AFTER THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION THAT I HAVE WROTE FOR ON MAY 14TH, THEY HAVE CLEANED UP QUITE A BIT, BUT THEY STILL HAVE, SOME TRASH AND DEBRIS STILL OUTSIDE. EVERYTHING'S BEEN PICKED UP, BUT PUT ON TRAILERS, BUT THERE'S STILL THEY STILL HAVE EVERYTHING ON PROPERTY. I HAVEN'T BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER. ROB HAS, SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE CONTINUANCE. SINCE THEY HAVE SHOWN PROGRESS. AND, PAUL, WHAT WHAT I COULD ADD IS THAT, SEEING AS OFFICER ALONSO STATED THAT I WAS IN CONTACT WITH MISS AGNES IS, SHE'S THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL MAINTAINING THE, SCRAP MATERIAL IS REALLY WHAT IT IS, SCRAP METALS IS HER BROTHER, WHO? SHE'S I GUESS, ON AN ONGOING, STRUGGLE WITH WITH REGARDS TO HIM, MAINTAINING THIS MATERIAL ON HER SITE, WE'VE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY I KNOW, AND I'VE EXPRESSED IT TO OFFICER ALONSO AS WELL, THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH MISS AGNES THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE HER OBTAINING A FENCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ALMOST TO PROVIDE A BUFFER PER SE, BUT SHE'S AGAINST IT BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO ENABLE ANY MORE OF THE BEHAVIOR, SO ALTHOUGH THEY'VE KIND OF REMOVED THE SCRAP, FROM THE GROUND, PER SE, AND PUT IT ON TRAILERS, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE SCRAP TO BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE, AND IT'S IN ITS ENTIRETY, SO, THAT'S WHY WE WENT AHEAD AND WENT FORWARD WITH THE CONTINUANCE. JUST SEEING AS MISS AGNES ISN'T NECESSARILY THE DIRECT VIOLATOR, BUT, THE ONE ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VIOLATION AT THIS TIME. WELL, IT'S HER PROPERTY, RIGHT? YES, YES, SIR. OKAY. EVEN THOUGH SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING IT. BUT AS WE KNOW, THAT, DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK OUT. WELL, ALL RIGHT, SO BASED UPON YOUR REPRESENTATIONS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, GRANT THE ORDER OF CONTINUANCE TILL JULY 16TH, 2024. IN THIS CASE, AT WHICH TIME WE'LL HEAR IT. AND IT'S SO ORDERED. OKAY WHAT I'LL ADD, PAUL, IS, JUST SEEING AS WE'RE MOVING ALONG HERE. IT SHOULD BE MARKED BEFORE YOU, BUT TAB 17 IS COMPLIED AS WELL AS TAB 18. THEY ARE COMPLIED ON MY. OKAY. AND THEN GOING ON TO TAB 19 AND 20, THOSE ARE COMPLIED. ALL RIGHT I SHOW 19 HAS COMPLIED [01:25:12] AND 20 IS THE AHERN, KEVIN AHERN AND JUDITH CLARK. JAMES. YES, THOSE ARE THAT THAT ONE IS COMPLIED AS WELL. ALSO COMPLIED. ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT ONE IS WHAT ABOUT, ALEXANDER OLIVER CASE NUMBER 24061 FOR THE PROPERTY AT 16 988 SOUTHWEST 1/70 AVENUE. WELL, SIR ALONZO, THAT ONE I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE AS WELL. OKAY, ON MAY 20TH. ON MAY 20TH, I OBSERVED, SCRAP METAL TRASH AND DEBRIS AND ALSO A INOPERABLE VEHICLE THAT WAS COVERED BY A TARP. BUT ON JACK STANDS, SINCE THEN, I HAVE, PROACTIVELY DRIVEN AROUND ASKING THAT THEY'VE CLEANED UP, HALF OF THE PROPERTY. ON THE OTHER HALF. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS AND, MOTOR PARTS, ON THE FRONT LAWN, I HAVE ROB HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, OWNER. THE OWNER CALLED ROB, BUT I WENT AND INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND THAT THEY DID CLEAN UP ONE SIDE, BUT I TOLD THEM THAT HE STILL NEEDS TO GET THE, MOTORS AND OTHER TRASH AND DEBRIS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OUT OF THERE. BUT HE EXPRESSED TO ME THAT HE DOESN'T WORK IN TOWN. HE WORKS OUT OF TOWN SO THAT HE WOULD NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. SO THE, VIOLATION OF SECTION 91, DASH 32, ABANDONED, SALVAGED JUNK PROPERTY. IS THAT THE MOTORS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OR IS IT? WELL, THERE'S A THERE'S A VEHICLE THERE THAT'S COVERED BY A TARP, BUT IT'S ON JACK STANDS, OKAY. AND IT'S PARTLY COVERED. ALL RIGHT. SO HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THAT AS WELL. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND A MONTH. IS THAT REASONABLE OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THIS CASE TO JULY. 16TH. IS. OKAY. NOW WE'VE GOT THE HOLLOWAY CASE, AND THAT'S, CLEMSON, HOLLOWAY AND SANDRA JOHNSON. HOLLOWAY CASE NUMBER 24062 FOR THE PROPERTY AT 14 920 SOUTHWEST 1/69 DRIVE. SO THIS, THIS PROPERTY WAS OR THIS VIOLATION WAS, INITIATED PROACTIVELY BY OUR DEPARTMENT. AS WELL. I'VE SINCE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MISS HOLLOWAY, AND, SHE'S EXPRESSED THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE, THE PROPERTY, I'M SORRY. YOU OKAY TO, TO HAVE THE PROPERTY CLEARED, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. SO WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM, ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMPLY. THIS IS ANOTHER VACANT RESIDENTIAL LOT THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY MAINTAINED AND, AND HAS, GONE WITHOUT MAINTENANCE FOR SOME TIME NOW, SO WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THIS TO THE JULY 16TH DOCKET. OKAY. SO BASED UPON YOUR REPRESENTATION, I WILL CONTINUE THIS CASE UNTIL JULY 16TH, 2024. AND THEN EVERYTHING, GOING FROM TAB 23 DOWN TO TAB 26 IS [01:30:11] COMPLIED, TAB 27, FOR. WELL, I'LL LET OFFICER ALONZO SPEAK ON THAT OFF TAB, 27, WAS, CASE NUMBER 24067 FELICIANO SANCHEZ, IS THE RESPONDENT FOR THE PROPERTY AT 14 944 SOUTHWEST SEMINOLE DRIVE. OFFICER ALONZO, YES. HE, HE COMPLIED. AND REMOVED THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE PROPERTY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICH WHICH IS REALLY VERY GOOD, YOU MADE A LOT OF CASES THIS MONTH, AND, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU GOT REALLY, REALLY GOOD COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS ALSO, ENCOURAGING. AND I KNOW, JUST BASED ON WHAT WHAT I'VE HEARD THAT THE VILLAGE HAS GOT TO BE, ACCEPTING OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE REALLY, WANT TO SEE THE, THE COMPLIANCE CONTINUE. SO, YEAH, THE OFFICERS, OF COURSE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. SO, OUR NEXT HEARING IS JULY 16TH, 2024 HERE IN CHAMBERS AND * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.