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Special Magistrate Hearing, January 2025 Docket
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ARE ROLLING OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
MAGISTRATE HEARING FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 21ST, 2025, HERE AT THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN. IF YOU'LL ALL 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. I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE COME IN AND I WANT TO TAKE YOUR CASES FIRST. AND THE FIRST CASE IS CASE NUMBER 24161. AND THE RESPONDENT IS MARIA TOMAS FRANCISCO. AND MISS FRANCISCO IS HERE. SO LET'S SEE. THIS IS A VIOLATION CASE.
YES. OR IS THIS CITATION THAT YOU HAD ISSUED. SO THIS IS A I BROUGHT HER BACK. OKAY. LET ME JUST SWEAR YOU IN. IT'LL BE EASIER. DO YOU 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. ALL RIGHT, SO MY NAME IS STEVEN ALONZO WITH THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN CODE COMPLIANCE. AND THIS CASE IS REFERRING TO 24 16, MRS. MARIA TOMAS FRANCISCO. SHE INITIALLY CAME IN BACK IN OCTOBER. 15TH OF 2024. OKAY. AND YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT CASE. OKAY. YEAH. SHE CAME IN AND WE HAD TECHNICALLY CAME TO A CONCLUSION WITH THE DO NOT REPEAT ORDER THAT SHE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE SELLING ANY FOOD OR ANYTHING ON OUTSIDE WITHOUT A PERMIT. YES. AND SINCE THEN, I HAVE SEEN HER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. OUT SELLING FOOD. IF YOU SEE, AS I HAVE IN MY EVIDENCE SHEETS, IT'S TOWARDS THE END OF THE FILE, STARTING WHERE IT SAYS JANUARY 16TH OF 2025. I HAVEN'T NOTATED AT THE BOTTOM. I'M LOOKING. I'M NOT SURE I'VE GOT THAT CASE 21 161. OH YEAH, NO I DO. OKAY. IT'S JUST I, I, I REMEMBER THIS, IT WAS ON PROPERTY THAT WAS NOT HERS. IT WAS THE. YEAH. IT WAS ON VACANT PROPERTY. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT IT. AND WHAT AM I LOOKING AT? SO TOWARDS THE END. I HAVE EVIDENCE SHEETS PROVIDING SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE I'VE SEEN HER ON SEPARATE DATES STILL ON THE SAME PROPERTY, SELLING FOOD. SO AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PICTURE, YOU'LL SEE A DATE THAT I'VE NOTATED. ONE WAS FOR NOVEMBER 5TH, 2020. FOR DECEMBER 23RD OF 2020, FOR THEN AGAIN ON JANUARY 8TH, 2025. AGAIN ON JANUARY 9TH, 2025, AND THEN AGAIN ON THE 11TH. AND THEN ALSO JANUARY 2ND. ALL RIGHT. SO I, I SEE THE PHOTOS. AND DID YOU ACTUALLY I SEE THE PHOTOS WHERE SHE'S WALKING WITH THE SHOPPING CART AND, AND BAGS ATTACHED TO THE GOLF SHOPPING CART. YEAH. SO EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME I'VE SEEN HER, I'VE TOLD HER SHE'S HAD TO GO. I INITIALLY WOULD TAKE PHOTOS AFTER SHE WOULD PACK UP AND STARTED WALKING AWAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE PHOTOS AND NOTATE THAT SHE WAS THERE ON THAT SAME PROPERTY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME CALL UP MR. FRANCISCO. SEE FROM UP HERE.
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ANYTHING? OKAY. LUCIA, LET ME JUST GIVE THESE TO YOU TO SHOW TO MISS FRANCISCO. REVISAR. ESTOS ESTAS PHOTOS? OKAY. TO. OKAY. THANK GOODNESS. GIVE THE ORDER. IT'S NOT WITHIN THE PACKET. OH, YEAH.HERE IT IS. I SEE IT. IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT OF LINE. OKAY. SORRY. I WAS RUNNING A LITTLE LATE THIS MORNING. OH. THAT'S OKAY. COOL, COOL. OKAY. I'M GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN. DEPUTY.
FUERA PUEDO LEVANTAR LA MANO DERECHA, POR FAVOR. OKAY. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE WOULD BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? USTED VA MENCIONAR O HOY ES SOLAMENTE A LA VERDAD. SI. OKAY, SO YOU SEE THE PHOTOS THAT THAT OFFICER ALONSO HAS TAKEN. OFFICIAL ALONSO. TOMO SI. AND IS THAT YOU? IN THE PHOTO? USTED EN LAS PHOTOS? SI. OKAY. AND AT THE TIME, WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN THAT MOMENT. IN ESE MOMENT. QUÉ ES LO ESTABA HACIENDO VENDIENDO. COMO SELLING TAMALES. OKAY. AND DO YOU REMEMBER GETTING THIS ORDER TO. SE RECUERDA DE RECIBIR ESA ORDEN. SI. OKAY. AND DOES THE ORDER TELL YOU AFTER OCTOBER 15TH, 2024, IF YOU SELL TAMALES YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINED $50 EVERY TIME. DESPUÉS DEL VEINTICUATRO DE OCTUBRE 15TH OF OCTOBER, IT'S $50 FIVE ZERO.
WHAT DATE WAS THAT AGAIN? THIS WAS OCTOBER 15TH. THIS WAS THE 15TH DESPUÉS DEL DIA DE OCTUBRE DEL ANO. DOS MIL VEINTICUATRO DESPUÉS DE ESA ESA ORDEN DE ESTE DIA DE CADA VEZ. QUÉ LE ENCUENTRAN VENDIENDO USTED IBA A TENER UN UNA PENALTY UNA MALTA DE CINCUENTA DOLARES. SI SE RECUERDA ESTO. SI SHE DOES REMEMBER OKAY. WELL I MEAN HOW MANY HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE HERE. MAY I HAVE THE PACKET BACK THE PHOTOS AND I'LL COUNT THEM. AND WHERE'S ESTA PREGUNTANDO OFFICIAL ALONSO CUANTAS VECES FUE EL TOMO FOTOGRAFIAS USTED VENDIENDO. SO SIX. SIX TIMES THAT I HAVE EVIDENCE OF MIS FRANCISCO OUT SELLING TAMALES. AND I MEAN, THE ORDER SAYS $50 EACH TIME SHE DOES IT. SO WHAT, $300 IN. SEIS FOTOGRAFIAS DE SEIS? DIFERENTES DIAS? USTED FUE ENCONTRADA VENDIENDO Y LA ORDEN, DICE CADA VEZ EL ENCUENTRAN VENDIENDO DESPUÉS DEL QUINCE DE OCTUBRE. SE LA MALTA CINCUENTA DOLARES. SO IN TOTAL, AHORA MISMO SON TRESCIENTOS DOLARES
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ESTABAN DESPUÉS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SHE COULD PAY NOW OR SHE COULD PAY LATER. NO. IF I FIND HER GUILTY I'M GOING TO ORDER HER TO PAY IT IMMEDIATELY. BUT. BUT IF I MAYBE I DIDN'T EXPLAIN THIS VERY WELL BACK IN OCTOBER. THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A HOME BASED BUSINESS. QUIZAS. NO. OKAY. BIEN. CUANDO TUVIMOS LA REUNION EN OCTUBRE. PERO HAY FORMAS DONDE USTED PUDIERA LEGALMENTE TENER SU NEGOCIO Y COMO DIJO EL JUEVES EN OCTUBRE DE NUEVO. EL QUIERE ASEGURAR USTED ENTIENDE DE QUÉ HAY DIFERENTES FORMAS PUEDE VENIR APLICAR PARA VENDER COMIDA? LEGALMENTE. SI YA NO YA NO LO. SOLO PORQUE MI ESPOSA ESTE CASO DE. CAPACITADO Y POR HACER LADO. SI NO LO HAGO NO FUE EL TRABAJO ESTA MUERTO. MISS MARIA, MISS THOMAS WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT SHE WILL NOT BE SELLING FOOD AGAIN. THE ONLY REASON THAT SHE WAS SELLING FOOD IS BECAUSE HER HUSBAND IS DISABLED, AND HE'S PARALYZED ON ONE SIDE OF HIS BODY. YES. AND? AND I. I'M SURE YOU'RE. YOUR FOOD IS FINE, BUT THERE ARE. YOU CAN'T JUST WALK AROUND ON THE SIDEWALK AND SELL FOOD. YEAH, THERE THERE ARE WAYS TO DO IT. LUIS EL ENTIENDE EL MOTIVO PERO NO ES PERMITIDO DE ESTE PUEDE VENDER COMIDA AFUERA EN EL PUBLICO A FORMAS DE HACERLO Y HAY FORMAS LEGALMENTE SE PUDIERA A HACER LO VOY A HACER YA NO YA NO HOY SI YA NO IDO BECAME EL SENOR. SI ESPOSO NO TRABAJO. NO, NO RECIBE NO TIENE PAPEL AQUI EN MI PERMISO DE TRABAJO. NO, NO, SHE WILL NOT BE SELLING FOOD AGAIN AFTER SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT SHE WAS SPOKEN TO ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT.SHE JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT HER HUSBAND DOESN'T RECEIVE ANY ASSISTANCE AT ALL AND IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE. SO THIS IS THE FORM THAT SHE'S TRYING TO HELP HER FAMILY. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO SUSPEND THE FINE. BUT IF YOU DO IT AGAIN, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE $300 PLUS WHATEVER. OTHER TIMES YOU'RE CAUGHT DOING IT. SO. SO FOR NOW, I WILL SUSPEND THE FINE, MEANING THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PAID. BUT BUT IF YOU DO IT AGAIN, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE THE $300 PLUS WHATEVER ELSE. ANY OTHER DAYS THAT YOU'RE CAUGHT DOING IT. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? AND IN ORDENAR ES DE SUSPENDER LA DE TRESCIENTOS DOLARES POR AHORA. SO NO NO LO VOY A PONER EN LA ORDEN DE QUÉ. USTED TIENE PAGAR LOS TRESCIENTOS DOLARES POR AHORA. PERO SI SE VE UNA VEZ MAS VENDIENDO COMIDA DE NUEVO AFUERA. Y TENEMOS EVIDENCIA DE ESO DE NUEVO. USTED VA A SER DE LOS CINCUENTA DOLARES. POR ESTA VEZ Y ENCIMA LOS TRESCIENTOS AHORA SI YA NO YA NO ES. SHE JUST WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT SHE WILL NOT BE SELLING FOOD AGAIN. SHE WILL NOT BE THERE.
SHE WILL NOT GO AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AS LONG AS YOU PROMISE. AHORA. THEN I WILL.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SI. GRACIAS. POR SER. SI.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SECOND CASE IS THE MCKNIGHT CASE. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY. OR WAS, I GUESS NOW NOT MILDRED LOUISE, BUT. BUT NONETHELESS. MCKNIGHT CASE. IT'S 21083 FOR THE PROPERTY AT 14 518 SOUTHWEST 1/70 AVENUE. AND OFFICER LONZO THAT'S ALSO YOUR CASE. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT MISS FREEMAN IS GOING TO TESTIFY. IS THAT THAT'S CORRECT. MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY OKAY. SO MISS FREEMAN AND MR. MCKNIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO
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TESTIFY. PROBABLY YES OKAY. COME ON UP AND JUST SWEAR YOU BOTH IN AT THE SAME TIME. 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? I DO, I DO, YES. ALL RIGHT. AND HE DOES. HE'S ALREADY BEEN SWORN IN. OKAY, I'M JUST CHECKING BECAUSE I'M LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ONLY ONE TIME. WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE? NO, YOU SIT DOWN WHILE I JUST COME OVER.I'M GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU COME UP. SO DINA FREEMAN WITH THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH CODE COMPLIANCE AS PART OF THAT DEPARTMENT. OKAY. GOT IT. WE'VE BEEN OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A NEW CODE COMPLIANCE TEAM AND THE PREVIOUS CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER IS HAS LEFT THE VILLAGE. AND THIS CODE COMPLIANCE CASE NUMBER DATES BACK. IT'S 21 083. SO IT DATES BACK TO 2021. AT THE TIME, MILDRED LOUISE MCKNIGHT OWNED THE PROPERTY. IT'S AN EXISTING STORE LOCATED ON 14 518 SOUTHWEST 170TH AVENUE IN INDIANTOWN. AN EXISTING STORE, APPROXIMATELY 3360 SQUARE FOOT OF GENERAL RETAIL BUILDING. OKAY, THE PROPERTY IS THERE WAS. IT'S SINCE BEEN CONVEYED TO MR. EARNEST MCKNIGHT, WHICH YOU'VE JUST ACKNOWLEDGED. AND THERE IS A WARRANTY DEED THAT I BELIEVE HAS BEEN PROVIDED, DATED 18TH OF MARCH, 2024. UNFORTUNATELY AND SADLY, MISS MRS. MCKNIGHT HAS PASSED AWAY AND MR. MCKNIGHT, EARNEST MCKNIGHT IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR A MULTITUDE OF PROPERTIES. WE'VE MET WITH HIM JUST TO DETAIL THE HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THIS CASE. 21 083 VIOLATIONS AT THE TIME AND THE RECORDS THAT WERE PROVIDED INCLUDED GENERAL TRASH, GENERAL MAINTENANCE, FOUNDATIONS AND WALL ISSUES, EXTERIOR WALLS, OVERHANG EXTENSIONS, WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS AND DOOR FRAME ISSUES. OUTDOOR STORAGE INCLUDING ABANDONED AND SALVAGED VEHICLES.
SO THERE WAS A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE MEETING ON AUGUST 17TH, 2021. MRS. MCKNIGHT WAS NOT PRESENT AND THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE BEING YOURSELF, ORDERED COMPLIANCE BY SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2021. IN A FINAL ORDER IN OCTOBER 19TH, 2021, A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING AGAIN THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS NOT PRESENT. THE CASE OFFICER CONFIRMED THAT ONE VIOLATION HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH AND SEVEN REMAINED. THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ADVISED VIA AN EMAIL THAT THE OVERHANG NEEDED TO BE REMOVED AS IT WAS UNSAFE, AND THAT WAS ALL PROVIDED AS EVIDENCE AT THE TIME. I KIND OF REMEMBER SOME OF THAT. I THOUGHT I'D JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A OVERVIEW. AN IMPOSITION WAS ISSUED AND A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, WITH FINES ACCRUING $700 PER DAY BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVEN VIOLATIONS AT $100 PER VIOLATION. AND THERE WAS ALSO A $300 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR THE TWO TWO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARINGS. AND SO THE FINES HAVE BEEN ACCRUING ON THIS PROJECT, ON THIS PROPERTY FROM 2021 TO PRESENT. THE THERE IS A SPREADSHEET THAT CODE COMPLIANCE PROVIDE THAT RUNS THE FINES ARE ACCUMULATED PER DAY CALCULATE PER DAY. AND SO THE TOTAL FIGURE ON RECORD IS 851,200. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY FROM 2021 UNTIL PRESENT AND THIS THIS PROJECT, THIS CODE COMPLIANCE CASE WAS NOT BROUGHT BACK TO MAGISTRATE, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. MCKNIGHT ON SITE AND ACTUALLY IN THE OFFICE. HE'S BEEN VERY COMMUNICATIVE AND HE'S COME INTO THE OFFICE AND MET WITH US. WE'VE ALSO MET MYSELF AND CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER RAMIREZ, WHO MET ON SITE AND WALKED THE SITE AND THE PROPERTY AND DISCUSSED THAT THERE WERE SOME EXISTING FINES AND LIEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY THAT WAS NEVER CLOSED OUT AT THE TIME. SO IN ADDITION TO THIS, THERE'S ALSO A 2023 CODE COMPLIANCE CASE THAT WAS OPENED 2305 FOUR. THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY BEEN CLOSED. THAT SORRY, THAT WAS CLOSED OUT.
THERE WAS OUTDOOR STORAGE, TRASH, EXTERIOR WALLS, HOLES, WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS AND DOOR FRAMES AND EXTERIOR DOORS THAT WERE ISSUES. IT CAME TO MAGISTRATE MAY 16TH AT MAGISTRATE HEARING. AT THAT STAGE, MRS. MCKNIGHT WAS NOT PRESENT, AND THEN AT A LATER IT WAS CONTINUED TO JULY 18TH. BUT AT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND MR. MCKNIGHT WAS ACTUALLY PRESENT AT THAT, AND THERE WAS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023. THE CASE NEVER CAME BACK TO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. WE'VE EXPLAINED THAT THE CASE OFFICER NO LONGER WORKS WITH THE VILLAGE, BUT WE'VE GOT SO. AND IT WAS COMPLIED IN THE IN THE SPREADSHEET. SO THAT ONE NEVER CAME BACK. SO IN EFFECT IT WAS COMPLIED. AND THE CASE OFFICER IS NOT HERE. SO THAT THAT'S NOT ON THE DOCKET FOR TODAY. WHAT'S ON THE DOCKET FOR TODAY IS THE 20 2121 083 CASE.
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OBSERVED ISSUES ON THE PROPERTY. HAVING COMMUNICATED WITH MR. MCKNIGHT, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ABANDONED VEHICLES THAT WERE ON THE FRONT THAT HAVE NOW BEEN MOVED TO THE BACK, AND THERE'S SOME CONNECTION WITH THAT WITH MR. MCKNIGHT AND FAMILY MEMBERS, AND HE IS STORING THEM ON THE BACK. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE TAGGED AND THEY'RE INOPERABLE VEHICLES. THERE'S ALSO SOME WINDOWS AND DOORS THAT NEED THERE'S SOME BROKEN WINDOW PANES AND THERE'S SOME DOORS THAT NEED SORT OF BOARDING UP AND SECURING THE PROPERTY. THE OVERHANG OR WAS REMOVED BETWEEN 2021 AND 2023. AND SO THEY'VE ADDRESSED THAT AS THAT UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THEY ALSO HAVE NOBODY. AND MR. MCKNIGHT CAN ATTEST TO THIS, BUT I BELIEVE THEY HAVE NOBODY ACTUALLY UTILIZING THE BUILDING. SO REALLY THE CONCERN FROM A CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUE IS HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE OUTSTANDING FINES AND LEAN ON THE PROPERTY? AND OH, AND ANOTHER ISSUE IS THAT THE FENCE, THERE'S A FENCE THAT'S IN DISREPAIR. THERE ARE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WE'D LIKE TO, IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED, THEY NEED. DID YOU GIVE THEM TO HIM? SO WE'VE GOT SOME CURRENT PHOTOGRAPHS AND WE'LL LET MR. MCKNIGHT SEE THEM AS WELL. I DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT ONES. I HAVE THE ONES FROM 2021. SO LET ME PASS THEM SO YOU CAN SEE THEM. ALL RIGHT.THESE ARE TAKEN TODAY. AND. AND THERE'S BEEN SOME TRASH THAT'S BEEN REMOVED, SOME EQUIPMENT FROM THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. SO THERE'S NO LONGER ANY OUTDOOR STORAGE OR ANY KIND OF DEBRIS IN THE FRONT. IN THE BACK THERE'S JUST THE TWO CARS. AND THEN THERE'S THIS. THE ISSUE WITH THE FENCE AND OBVIOUSLY WITH SECURING THE BUILDING JUST SO THAT IT'S SAFE. THIS WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS CITED. I SEE THE 91. OR 93, 21, NO, 9132 SORRY, I REMEMBERED THAT WRONG. YEAH. SO REALLY IT'S JUST GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND THE WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS, DOOR FRAMES AND THEN THE OUTDOOR STORAGE OR ABANDONED SALVAGE CARS AT THIS POINT. AND MR. MCKNIGHT IS HERE, WE INVITED HIM TO COME AND OBVIOUSLY GIVE SOME INFORMATION. THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. SO WE APPRECIATE SO HE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM AND GET THIS ADDRESSED. SO I'VE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR PHOTOS. AND TAKEN THIS MORNING. AND OFFICER ALONZO THAT WAS YOU THAT TOOK THEM CORRECT. YEAH.
WELL THIS MORNING I MADE THE SPREADSHEET. I FORGOT TO CHANGE THE NAME, BUT JONATHAN NARANJO WAS THE ONE THAT TOOK THE PICTURES THIS MORNING. OKAY. LET ME JUST SWEAR YOU IN. 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? YES. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU TOOK THESE FOUR PHOTOS AND DO THEY SHOW WHAT YOU SAW THEN? THEY'RE ACCURATE. YES. CORRECT. NO CHANGES. NOTHING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO MARK THESE AS EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH FOUR. AND I'M GOING TO LET MR. MCKNIGHT LOOK AT THEM JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT. YOU AGREE THEY'RE ACCURATE. AND JUST TO ADD JUST INFORMATION WISE, I'LL GO TO MR. MCKNIGHT WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THE FINES. IT WASN'T COMMUNICATED WITH HIM. AND HE BELIEVES THAT IT BECAME AN ISSUE. AND HE WAS QUITE SHOCKED AND ALARMED BY IT. WHEN WE HAD A MEETING BEFORE CHRISTMAS WITH HIM IN THE OFFICE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, OBVIOUSLY, WE SAID WE NEED TO BRING THIS BACK TO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND WE COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ON THE WELL. MR. RAMIREZ COMMUNICATED WITH YOU ON THE PHONE ABOUT THE MATTER JUST TO DISCUSS IT. SO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, WE ALL AGREED THAT WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK TO ADDRESS THE 21, 2021 CASE AND ALSO JUST TO WORK WITH MR. MCKNIGHT MOVING FORWARD.
HE'S ASKED FOR TIME. HE'S GOT A LOT OF PROPERTY THAT HE'S INHERITED, SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE SAID WE'D NEED TO GET YOU HERE BECAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW, NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SO WE CAN ADDRESS THIS. SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FREEMAN. OKAY, MR. MCKNIGHT, I DID SWEAR YOU IN. AND YOU'VE SEEN THE FOUR PHOTOS. NO OBJECTION. I'LL ACCEPT THESE INTO EVIDENCE. AND WHAT I'M SEEING IS THERE STILL SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS EXIST. THE CARS, FOR INSTANCE. AND. THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING ITSELF. SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK INTO YOU. YEAH. NO, YOU GO AHEAD. YOU GO AHEAD. I'M, I'M
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FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE CAME IN BECAUSE FROM THE OTHER COUPLE OF PROPERTIES THAT WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH, WE SPEAK INTO THE MIC FROM THE LAST COUPLE TIMES THAT I CAME IN AND THE LAST INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED WITH THE STORE. YES. YOU LITERALLY TOLD ME YOU HAD COUNCIL FINES AND TOLD ME AND PEREZ TO GET TOGETHER AND MEET TOGETHER. YES. OR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE STORE. I HAD COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO LIKE ON THE CLEANUP WISE. THAT WAS IN VIOLATION. AND LITERALLY I THOUGHT HE SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. EVERYTHING WAS CLEARED UP. AND WHEN I STEPHEN, WHEN MR. STEPHEN STARTED ON THE FOURTH, HE RODE BY THE HOUSE. I INTRODUCED MYSELF TO HIM. I TOLD HIM IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEMS, I CLEANED IT UP RIGHT THEN WITHOUT NO PAPERWORK OR NO NOTHING. OKAY. AND WE WAS COOL, LIKE EVERYTHING WAS GOOD FOR LIKE MONTHS. AND THEN OUT OF NOWHERE, I HEAR I GOT A FINE ON THE STORE FROM AN OLD CASE. AND I'M LIKE, THE LAST TIME I MET IN THE. YOU DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT WAS STILL ACCUMULATING? YEAH. I THOUGHT WHEN I TALKED TO YOU AND YOU SAID THE FINES WAS STOPPED AND ME AND PEREZ SUPPOSED TO MEET UP AND GET TOGETHER, I DID EVERYTHING THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. OKAY, I THINK I UNDERSTAND, AND I AND I'M AGAIN, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. I, I LIKE MISS MILDRED. SHE WAS A NICE LADY. I MET HER A FEW TIMES. I'M LITERALLY, LIKE, IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING OUT, OF ACTUALLY TRANSFERRING, DOING EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED TO DO.YEAH, WELL, I IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE A REQUEST FOR A FINE REDUCTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT ACCUMULATES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY IS, BUT IT MIGHT BE QUICK. JUST THE QUESTION IS THE DAY THAT MY LAST MEETING, I DON'T KNOW THE DATE OF THAT, BUT THE LAST MEETING THAT I HAD IN HERE, I REMEMBER YOU TOLD ME THAT IT IT'S NO FINES. JUST MEET WITH PEREZ AND ME. AND PEREZ WAS MEETING UP AND THEN I DON'T KNOW HOW. AND THEN AFTER I DID EVERYTHING AND I MET WITH PEREZ. PEREZ TOLD ME EVERYTHING IS CLEAR. THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO HEAR FROM HIM. YES. JUST SO LET ME JUST UNDERSTAND. I'M NOT SURE I CAN TELL YOU BY LOOKING AT THE PAPERWORK WHEN YOU WERE HERE LAST, BUT IT HADN'T BEEN VERY LONG AGO. IT WAS, WHAT, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, MAYBE? NO, IT HAD BEEN YEARS. COUPLE YEARS? NO. SINCE YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE, IT'S BEEN OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS. WOW. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, IT WAS.
EVERYTHING WAS CLEAR, AND I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ON THIS. IT MAY HAVE BEEN ON THIS CASE. DO FOR MYSELF, FOR STEVEN, WHEN HE FIRST STARTED TO LET HIM KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OR ANYTHING, I'LL JUMP RIGHT ON IT. IT MAY HAVE BEEN ON THIS OTHER CASE. YEAH. AND I NEVER KNEW NO EXTRA FINES WHEN YOU SAID THAT THE FINES WAS DISMISSED AND JUST ME AND PEREZ MEET, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END OF IT. YEAH. AND THAT THAT PROBABLY WAS ON THIS 2023 CASE. IT WAS TRASH AND STORAGE. YEAH. I CLEANED UP ALL OF THAT. YEAH.
OKAY. AND I THOUGHT I WAS, I THOUGHT I WAS GOOD WITH THE, WITH THE TWO CARS AND STUFF.
THAT'S IN THE, IN THE BACK. I KNOW IT DON'T REALLY MATTER, BUT ONE OF THEM WAS MY GRANDDADDY AND ONE OF THEM WAS MY FATHER THAT PASSED. SO I THOUGHT ABOUT STORING THEM IN THE BACK OUT OF SIGHT. IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NO ISSUE. AND I WHEN YOU SEE THE FENCE KNOCKED DOWN AND THE WINDOWS, I GOT ALL THE WINDOWS BOARDED UP EXCEPT ONE. AND THAT COME FOR THE LITTLE KIDS THAT MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT BUST OUT THE WINDOWS. AND I LITERALLY HAVE TO, IF I GO THERE RIGHT NOW AND PICK UP THAT THE BROKE FENCE THAT'S LAYING DOWN, I REMOVED THE TRAILER THAT WAS PARKED THERE AND THE STUFF THAT WAS IN THE FRONT. IF I MOW THE GRASS AND MOVE THE FENCE THAT'S BROKE DOWN RIGHT NOW AND PUT THAT ONE WINDOW UP, AND IF I GOT TO MOVE THE TRUCKS, I HAVE TO MOVE THE TRUCKS. BUT THAT'S LITERALLY IT. I GOT EVERYTHING ELSE IS CLEANED UP, AND I GOT THE STORE SHUT DOWN WHERE NOBODY CAN. IT'S NOT USED OR NOTHING. I'M FIXING TO GET READY TO REOPEN IT. BRO, YOU ARE GOING TO REOPEN? YES, SIR. I WAS JUST I WAS KIND OF TIRED BECAUSE OF MY GRANDMOTHER. THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT SHE WAS. SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AND WANT ME TO DO.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LOOK IN THE BACK WHERE YOU GOT THE TWO TRUCKS. BUT LOOK, YOU ALSO GOT THIS PILE OF STUFF AND WEEDS. AND SO YOU NEED TO CLEAN SOME OF THAT OFF TOO. BUT, BUT I, I MEAN, I CAN ON THE CASE THAT YOU WERE HERE FOR LAST TIME, WHICH IS THIS ONE BACK IN. SO IT'S A 23 CASE. SO I MEAN LAST TIME HE WAS HERE WAS FOR JULY 18TH, 2023. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME HE PRESENTED HIMSELF FOR THIS. OKAY. THE CASE. ALL RIGHT. AND EVEN THE MEETINGS I DON'T EVEN I THOUGHT I, I THOUGHT I ATTENDED EVERY MEETING THAT I HAD ON EVERY PROPERTY LIKE I WAS, I'M,
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I'M GONNA COME UP HERE. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS NO MORE MEETINGS EVEN BEING HAD. ONCE YOU SAID IT WAS DISMISSED AND ME AND PEREZ MET. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET ME JUST SEE, BECAUSE I THINK I THINK HE ACTUALLY DID A ARE IN THIS ONE TOO. SO OUTDOOR STORAGE. YEAH. THERE'S OUTDOOR STORAGE IN THIS ORIGINAL CASE. AND THEN TRASH IS IN THIS CASE TOO. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M GOING TO I AM GOING TO DISMISS THIS CASE OKAY. THIS WAS THE 23 CASE. SO FOR THE VILLAGE'S RECORDS, YOUR RECORDS, THAT CASE IS GONE. OKAY. YOU STILL HAVE. AND ACCORDING TO THE VILLAGE, THERE WAS NEVER ANY. ANYTHING DONE ON THIS 21 CASE. ACTUALLY, THE LAST I HEARD AFTER THAT, AFTER THAT. THAT'S THE LAST CASE I REMEMBER I HAD WITH THE STORE AND THEY. I DON'T FORGOT YOUR NAME, MISS DEAN. MR. DEAN. MR. DEAN. MR. STEPHEN CAME IN FRONT OF THE STORE TO MEET WITH ME. YEAH, WHEN THEY POSTED IT, LOOKED AT THE STORE AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A TRAILER IN THE BACK AND ABOUT THE WINDOWS. THEY LET ME KNOW ABOUT ALL THAT. AND WHAT ABOUT TWO, ABOUT THREE, FOUR WEEKS AGO WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT AND TOLD ME TO COMPLY ON ALL THAT, THEN CALL HIM BACK? I LITERALLY I MOVED THE TRAILER. I MOVED THE STUFF FROM IN THE FRONT. THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T MOVE WAS THE TRUCKS IN THE BACK. ALL RIGHT. WELL, BUT I, I MEAN, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN THIS MORNING AND ALL THE TRASH AND STUFF IN THE FENCE. I HAVE TO GET IT UP. YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU GOT THE FENCE. YES.YOU GOT THE TRUCK. YOU GOT THE LITTLE BIT OF TRASH THAT'S THERE. SO I DON'T, I DON'T SEE.
YEAH, I CAN GET I CAN CLEAN ALL THAT UP. I UNDERSTAND. I DON'T SEE MUCH WORK THERE, BUT IT PROBABLY A COUPLE HOURS. YEAH. I'M DONE. I CAN GET IT DONE. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. SO WE NEED AN ORDER OF THIS. SO ACTUALLY, THE PROBLEM IS YOU CAN'T GIVE ME AN AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE AND THAT OTHER CASE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS COMPLIED. IF IT WAS COMPLIED FOR 23, 54.
YEAH I CANNOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I AM GOING TO I AM GOING TO DISMISS THAT CASE. I'LL DO AN ORDER OF DISMISSAL. IT'S JUST EASIER TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE THOSE VIOLATIONS ARE ACTUALLY IN HERE AS WELL. SO TO WHAT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS, IS GIVE YOU I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD I, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD THIS. OKAY I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND IT'S NOT UNUSUAL. AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET A FINE. THAT AMOUNTS TO $851,200. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I COME IN. I MEAN, THAT'S I CAN DEAL WITH THAT AND I CAN REDUCE IT. I CAN HELP IN A LOT OF WAYS. BUT BUT IT JUST IS GOING TO REQUIRE YOU TO, TO DO THE I'LL GET THAT DONE BY TOMORROW. A COUPLE HOURS WORTH OF WORK AND THEN MAKE SURE YOU CALL OFFICER ALONZO SO THAT HE CAN COME OUT THERE. I LITERALLY JUST GOT MY PHONE BACK ON YESTERDAY. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T CALL YOU, BECAUSE I MOVED THE TRAILER ALREADY, AND THE SODA MACHINE IN THE FRONT. I MOVED IT, I JUST GOTTA MOVE THAT ONE WINDOW AND THE TRUCKS. YEAH, I CAN, I CAN I TRY TO CALL HIM? NO, I LITERALLY JUST PUT IT BACK ON. OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO? I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THIS ISN'T QUITE READY FOR A FINE REDUCTION HEARING. AND AT THE NEXT HEARING, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THIS WHOLE THING FOR FINE REDUCTION. NOW DEPENDS ON ON WHAT THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IS. BUT BUT A LOT OF TIMES THE VILLAGE AND ANY JURISDICTION IS WILLING TO REDUCE THE FINE SUBSTANTIALLY BASED ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY VERSUS THE VALUE OF THE FINE. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THE COUNTY REDUCES THESE AUTOMATICALLY ALMOST TO 10%. WELL, THAT'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S $85,000. SO WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW, AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE VILLAGE TO DO THIS, IS TO PULL THE CURRENT PROPERTY APPRAISER SHEET AND FIND OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THIS
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PROPERTY IS. AND THEN FOR YOU ALL TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT YOU THINK IS FAIR UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, CONSIDERING THAT MR. MCKNIGHT WAS NOT AWARE OF THE VIOLATION. OKAY. HE WASN'T AWARE OF THE CHARGE AGAINST THE. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES. THE PROPERTY ON IT. I JUST GOT A QUESTION. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE WORKING WITH ME AND EVERYTHING. I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH NONE OF THAT. YES, SIR. BUT FROM LITERALLY MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE FINE, BECAUSE I LITERALLY YOU WAS LIKE, THERE'S NO FINE. GET WITH PEREZ. YEAH. AND THAT'S, THAT'S IN THIS CASE.OKAY. BUT OKAY. IF THAT'S GONE, LIKE WHEN THE NEW CASE STARTED THAT I GOT FINED. THIS WAS THE EARLIER CASE. THIS WAS THE EARLIER CASE. THAT'S THAT'S THE PROBLEM. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE 2001 CASE. YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WHAT IS WHAT YOU'RE TESTIFYING TO? SO IT WAS A CASE AFTER THAT? NO, NO, IT WAS BEFORE IT. I WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE HERE, I WAS DEALING WITH THIS CASE. OKAY. AND THE CASE BEFORE THAT CASE? YEAH, EXACTLY. AND IT IT IT HAD TO DO THIS OLDER CASE BACK IN 2021. HAD TO DO WITH OUTDOOR STORAGE, WHICH WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF LEFT. HAD TO DO WITH THE EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE, HAD TO DO WITH THE FOUNDATION WALLS MAINTAINING KNOW FREE OF CRACKS. YES. HOLES ROTTED MATERIAL. THE OVERHANG HAD TO BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR. AND OF COURSE, NOW THAT'S GONE. I GOT THAT YOU SAID WINDOWS AND DOOR FRAMES HAD TO BE IN SOUND CONDITION, AND THEN IT DID INCLUDE TRASH AND ABANDONED VEHICLES. SO WHAT WE GOT LEFT FROM THIS CASE IS TRASH AND VEHICLES. OKAY. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS NOW SUSPEND THE FINE AT THIS POINT SO THAT THERE'S NO ACCUMULATION OF FINE, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S 850, $1,200.
AND THEN WE'LL DEAL WITH IT NEXT MONTH AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT AN AMOUNT THAT THAT THE VILLAGE THINKS IS FAIR TO. AND THEN I'LL HEAR FROM YOU. HAD SHE HAD RECEIVED THE FINE FROM THAT? YES. YEAH. IT WAS RECORDED AND EVERYTHING. I WAS, I THOUGHT I WAS, I THOUGHT I WAS UP ON EVERYTHING THAT SHE WAS DOING. THAT'S WHY I WAS COMING. I KNOW. NO, SHE SHE. SHE HAD THIS BACK IN. IT WAS IN OCTOBER OF 2021. SO AND IT'S CONTINUED, YOU KNOW, SINCE THAT TIME SOMEWHAT UNABATED, BUT SOMEWHAT SOMEWHAT RESOLVED TOO, BECAUSE THE, THE OVERHANG CAME DOWN AND SOME OTHER THINGS GOT DONE ON THE PROPERTY. SO I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT I DEALT WITH PEREZ WHEN YOU TOLD ME TO. I AM I'M LITERALLY WELL, SORRY. I HATE THOSE KIND OF SURPRISES, BUT BUT I WE'LL DEAL WITH IT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF. I'VE HEARD A LOT WORSE CASES IN THE COUNTY, SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO DISMISS THAT 2023 CASE. WE'LL GET RID OF THAT. AND THEN AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THIS IN AT THE, AT THE FEBRUARY HEARING. BUT BUT TALK TO THE VILLAGE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO. YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GOT TO DO TO CLEAN UP THE, THE, THE BACK AND THE AND THE FENCE, BUT AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS PROPERTY IN SHAPE TO OPEN. YES, SIR. THEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE PAINTED. AND I DON'T KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THE ROOF ROOF MAY NEED SOME WORK, BUT I CAN'T. YES. IT NEED IT NEED A WHOLE MAKEOVER. ALL RIGHT. SO. AND FRANKLY, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO NECESSARILY DO THAT WITH THE OUTSTANDING FINE ON THIS PROPERTY. SO WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH THAT. FIGURE THAT OUT.
DON'T WANT YOU TO FAIL. WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK INTO INTO BUSINESS HERE. SO WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. I JUST SO BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MAGISTRATE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE'S HEARING, CAN WE REQUEST THAT MR. MCKNIGHT, IT IS THE VEHICLES ON THE BACK, THE CLEARING UP OF ANY TRASH. THE MAIN, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE OF THE OVERALL PROPERTY, THE GRASS AND SO FORTH. BUT IT'S ALSO THE
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FENCE NEEDS TO BE TIDIED UP. AND THE WINDOWS, ANY WINDOWS THAT ARE BROKEN, ANY AREA THAT'S OPEN THAT SOMEBODY COULD GET IN OR, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE ANIMALS GOING IN THERE OR WHATEVER. WE ASK THAT YOU SECURE THE PROPERTY. SO CLEAN UP WHERE THERE'S BROKEN WINDOWS, BOARD THEM UP WHERE THEY ARE BROKEN. AND YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO PREVENT ANYBODY FROM GOING IN THERE AND DOING ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY. IF YOU COULD DO THAT BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE COME BACK TO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THAT WILL HELP A GREAT DEAL ON THAT 2021 CASE, AND WE CAN GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH YOU. WE CAN GO ON SITE AND REQUEST FOR. REFE LAST CASE. WAIT A MINUTE. JUST SAY IT OUT LOUD SO THAT I CAN HEAR IT WHEN WE GET IT ON THE RECORD. I WAS SAYING, CAN I REQUEST THE RECORDS TO THAT LAST CASE THAT YOU. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I YOU CAN AND I THINK WHERE THE CONFUSION IS THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE RECORD AND THEN BUT THE ACCUMULATION OF THE FINES OBVIOUSLY YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF THAT. YEAH I WAS. I UNDERSTAND.SO WE'LL WORK WITH YOU. WE'LL WORK WITH OUR CASE OFFICERS WHO ARE READY TO STEP IN AND HELP WITH REVISIT THE SITE. AND SPEAKING TO THE RECORD. I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT LIKE A PRICE, SO I KIND OF, LIKE, HAVE IT IN MY HEAD, LIKE ON A FINE, LIKE I WANT THEM TO BE AT THIS POINT.
CAN'T DO IT. JUST WORK WITH US. YEAH. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, AND YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT THE VILLAGE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO EVEN REQUEST. SO I KNOW IT'S JUST IT'S FOR YOU. WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH YOU. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DON'T WORRY. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH FOUR CAME INTO EVIDENCE TODAY. I'M GOING TO I AM GOING TO ISSUE AN ORDER CONTINUING THE FINE REDUCTION HEARING TILL THE NEXT TO THE NEXT HEARING, WHICH IS FEBRUARY 18TH. CONTINUE. FINE REDUCTION. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL IT. BUT YOU'VE GOT TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE BY THAT TIME. SO WE NEED AN AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE FROM THE VILLAGE. AND THEN I CAN CONSIDER THE FINE REDUCTION. SO TO FEBRUARY 18TH AND YOU'LL GET AN ORDER I TELLING YOU TO COME BACK ON THE 18TH OF FEBRUARY. OKAY. MEANWHILE, DO YOUR THING.
I'VE DISMISSED THIS CASE AND YOU'LL GET AN ORDER SHOWING THAT IT'S BEEN DISMISSED. I THINK THAT TAKES CARE OF. SO, ONE MORE QUESTION. YES, SIR. BY THAT FINE BEING ON MY PROPERTY AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT KIND OF HINDERS IF I WANTED TO. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO BORROW MONEY AGAINST IT. YOU'D NEVER GET A MORTGAGE FOR IT UNTIL WE CLEAR IT. ONCE IT'S CLEARED. THEN, THEN, THEN WHATEVER THE FULL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IS WOULD BE IN PLAY FOR A FOR A LOAN.
OKAY. SO WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL DO THIS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I JUST HOW HOW DO I GO ABOUT DOING THE RECORD AND I CAN TAKE A LOOK? YEAH, IT'S REALLY ALL OF.
IT'S REALLY ALL OF THIS STUFF, INCLUDING INCLUDING THOSE EXHIBITS FROM TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIRD CASE IS CASE NUMBER 24159.
AND IT'S. ADRIANA MARCELLA VILLA. THAT'S YOU. RIGHT? YES. OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS ALSO OFFICER ALONZO'S CASE. IT'S FOR THE PROPERTY AT 14,401 SOUTHWEST DEVITT DRIVE. AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND THAT ONE. OKAY. I GOT IT IN FRONT OF ME. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S HEAR WHAT THE VILLAGE HAS TO SAY, AND THEN I'LL SWEAR YOU IN AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
OKAY. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, OFFICER. SO, MY NAME IS STEVEN RAMIREZ WITH THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO THIS CASE WAS INITIATED BY PROACTIVELY ON AUGUST 2ND OF 2024, WHERE IT CAME HERE. AND WE ISSUED A CONTINUANCE. OKAY. SO WE ISSUED A CONTINUANCE FOR 90 DAYS. AND SHE WAS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN. I'M SORRY. I'M TRYING TO PULL UP THE
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CONTINUANCE. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN TODAY ON JANUARY 9TH. I DID A I'M SORRY. JANUARY 15TH. I DID A FOLLOW UP OF THE PROPERTY. AND IN THE BACK OF THE PACKET. SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO NUMBER IT. I HAD ADDED SOME EVIDENCE. PHOTOS.OKAY. FROM THE DATE THAT I WENT TO SHOW THAT THE PROPERTY STILL HAS DAMAGE TO THE GUTTERS ON THE SIDE, AND ALSO IN THE FRONT BY THE CARPORT. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DAMAGE TO THE FASCIA.
ALSO, THE CARPORT ITSELF ON TOP. AND THAT MORE THAN LIKELY HAS TO DO WITH THE HURRICANE THAT CAME RIGHT AFTER THIS HEARING. WELL, THE INITIAL HEARING. OKAY. AND SINCE THEN, THE CARPORT HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. BUT I SEE THAT THE OUTDOOR STORAGE THAT WAS CITED FOR THE ORIGINAL CASE, INSTEAD OF IT BEING INTO THE CARPORT, IT HAS BEEN PUSHED TO THE SIDE MORE TOWARDS THE BACK. AS I SEE. IS THAT THIS PHOTO? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO START MARKING THESE. LET ME JUST SEE IF WE CAN FOLLOW ALONG. OKAY. SO THE PHOTO THAT SHOWS THE PROPERTY AND THE ADDRESS I'M GOING TO MARK THAT AS NUMBER ONE. OKAY. THIS SHOWS THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THIS ONE. YES.
YES. I'M GOING TO MARK THAT AS NUMBER TWO. ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT ONE SHOWS THE OVER HANG THE PORCH AREA. IS THERE A AM I LOOKING AT DAMAGE UP HERE ON THE ROOF? YEAH. SO THAT'S DAMAGE TO THE CARPORT. AND THAT HAS AND IT WASN'T THERE ON THE INITIAL CASE. THAT WAS THERE. ALL RIGHT.
I'M MARKING THAT AS THREE. AND I APPLIED FOR FEMA. BUT THEY DID GIVE ME THE ANSWER. YET I NEED TO PAY BY MY POCKET AND NOT OUT. I JUST FIND OUT SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO HELP ME, BUT NOT NOT NEED TO BUY THE MATERIAL TO FIX. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S NUMBER THREE. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WITH THE BLUE BIN AND THE YELLOW TOP. YES. I'M GOING TO MARK THAT AS NUMBER FOUR. THE PLANTS ON THE BACK. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONE THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER. LET'S SEE THIS ONE. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO MARK THAT AS NUMBER FIVE. ALL RIGHT. SO ONE THROUGH FIVE. OKAY. NOW I NEED MRS. DNA HERE BECAUSE I CALLED HER BEFORE. AND JUST REMEMBER BECAUSE I SAW HER NAME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE? HANG ON FOR A MINUTE, AND WE'LL. YEAH. DNA. DNA IS CURRENTLY BUSY WITH ERNEST MCKNIGHT. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED HER? DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OR NOT? SOMETHING ELSE OR. NO. NO. WELL, WE'LL SEE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY. GOOD MORNING SIR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM BECAUSE HE'S VERY KIND, VERY PATIENT. HE GAVE ME ALL THE GOOD INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO DO FOR THE FEE. BUT THE PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED WITH ME AND I CALL HER BEFORE THE LADY DID NOT REMEMBER THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE BACK. OKAY. COVER COMPLETE MY BACK ORDER. AND I NEED TO TAKE EVERYTHING FROM THE BALCONY TO CLEAN AND PUT IN THE GARAGE TO CLEAN. THIS IS. REMEMBER? THAT WAS EVERYTHING FULL OF DUST. SO SHE'S REFERENCING BECAUSE HER HER PROPERTY ABUTS RIGHT NEXT TO RIGHT BEHIND TERRA LAGO, WHERE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING
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ON. SO WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S A LOT OF DUST THAT'S BEING PICKED UP. AND ESSENTIALLY ON HER BACK PATIO WHERE IT'S SCREENED IN, IN THAT SCREENED IN PATIO, IT'S FILLED WITH DUST. SO SHE'S STATING THAT MY OUTDOOR STORAGE IS FROM EVERYTHING THAT'S IN HER BACK PATIO THAT SHE TOOK OUT TO CLEAN. MY HOUSE IS THE MOST DAMAGING ONE. I TRIED TO ARGUE WITH THESE PEOPL, AND I DIDN'T PRESSURE THE CLEANER. MY WATER BILL WAS SO HIGH THAT THEY CUT MY WATER BILL BECAUSE I'M NOT ABLE TO PAY. I'M BY MYSELF AS A SINGLE MOTHER, AND I WAS SO MUCH SICK BECAUSE OF THIS. I NEED TO MOVE OUT. THIS IS WHY MY HOUSE WAS ABANDONED. LONG TIME. YOU DID SEE ME THERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE I CAN'T BREATHE. I SPENT LIKE THREE WEEKS WITHOUT VOICE. I WENT TO PULMONOLOGIST MYSELF. I WAS LIKE THIS BECAUSE MY HOUSE IS FULL OF DUST. HOW CAN I CLEAN THIS? BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO KILL ME. THE DUST. AND I NEED TO HAVE MONEY FOR SOMEBODY CAME. I CALLED THE LADY. ALSO THE BEAUTY DEPARTMENT, AND I SPOKE TO DINA BECAUSE I SAID, WHO AUTHORIZED THIS CONSTRUCTION? YOU GUYS AUTHORIZE. NOW YOU WANT TO GIVE ME FEE? IT'S NOT MY FAULT. THEY DESTROY EVERYTHING ON THE BACK AND IT THROW AWAY FURNITURE. I NEED TO THROW AWAY A LOT OF STUFF THAT I LOST. AND THEN I NEED TO PAY SOMEBODY TO CLEAN THESE BECAUSE I'M NOT ABLE TO DO THIS. THIS IS WHY YOU SEE, NOW THESE PICTURES ON THE LATERAL. BECAUSE I JUST MOVED THIS BECAUSE I TAKE A LOT OF STUFF TO THE BALCONY, BECAUSE I NEED TO PUT PLASTIC, AND I'M NOT ABLE TO PAY FOR THE, FOR THE PLASTIC. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. YES. THIS IS THE. SHELF. THIS IS THE SHELVES HERE. I HAVE EVERYTHING ORGANIZED HERE. I NEED TO TAKE EVERYTHING IN THE DRAWER. A LOT OF STUFF TO CLEAN IT. BECAUSE. NO, THEY THEY GET. DESTROYED WITH THE DUST, BUT IT'S. SO IT CAN'T BE CLEANED. A LOT OF I HAVE SOME PICTURES FROM THE SHARES. I HAVE, LIKE, A BAMBOO SET, LIKE A BALCONY. I USED TO GET MY BREAKFAST IN THE BALCONY. LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW. AND NOW THIS, I LOST EVERYTHING. OKAY. SO THIS DOES THE COVID WHEN I TRIED TO SPEAK. THEY GET THEY THEY THEY THEY DESTROYED. THEY SHARE THIS. EVERYTHING. RIGHT. HOW HOW MUCH OF THIS IS FROM HOW MUCH OF IT IS FROM THE HURRICANE AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION NEXT DOOR? THE WATER. HOW HOW HOW MUCH OF THIS. VIOLATION, IF YOU WILL, THE WHOLE SITUATION. HOW MUCH OF IT IS FROM THE HURRICANE AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS FROM CONSTRUCTION NEXT DOOR? THE HURRICANE WAS TH.PATH. THIS PATH THAT I NEED TO PUT SOME CLIPS RIGHT IN THE SIDE. BUT AFTER THE HURRICANE, THEY COME DOWN. OKAY. SO THE ROOF DAMAGE. THE ROOF DAMAGE? YES. I NEED FROM THE HURRICANE.
YES. THE ROOF DAMAGE. AND THE GUTTERS. THEY COME DOWN. I'M NOT AT HOME BECAUSE, LIKE I TOLD YOU, I'M AS FAR AWAY FROM HERE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT. ALL RIGHT? AND THEN. AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE HURRICANE? NO. LET ME SEE. SO, NO. THE SIDING. ANY? NO.
NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING ELSE? NOTHING ELSE. SO I TRY TO DO AN APPLICATION WITH FEMA, BUT THEY JUST ASK INFORMATION ABOUT MY THE CAR THAT WAS IN THE GARAGE BECAUSE WAS WAS MY KID KIND OF GARAGE BEFORE. AND IT'S UNBELIEVABLE BECAUSE THEY THE CAR WAS HERE AND THEY COME LIKE THIS. THEY DON'T COME ON THE TOP OF THE DOOR. YEAH. ALMOST HALF THE CAR IF YOU LOOK IN THE. SO YOU WERE LUCKY. THE CARPORT. YES. YEAH. YEAH. NO, I, I CAN SEE THEM. THEY'RE KIND OF ANGLED IN THE CARPORT AND I'M GOING TO SAVE THE MATERIAL. BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT AT HOME. AND THE GUY THAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, HE GET LIKE A. ZERO LOSS. TODO MI COSA? HE TOOK EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE. THE GUY THAT COLLECT THE ITEM. THEY. HE TOOK THE GUTTERS AND THE GUTTERS. HE COULD. HE TOOK THE PIECES. BECAUSE WHEN I SPOKE WITH SOME FRIENDS IN MIAMI THAT FIX ROOFING, THEY SAY SAVE THE MATERIAL. THAT WERE YOU ABLE TO FIX. AND THE GUY STOLE. HE STOLE EVERYTHING THEY WANTED TO GET THE ITEM. THEY GO AROUND OVER THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. HE TOOK EVERYTHING FROM MY HOUSE. NEXT DAY OF THE TORNADO, HE WAS LIKE A CLEAN LITTLE CLEAN. THE HOUSES, YOU KNOW. AND HE CAME AND TOOK EVERYTHING. AND NOW I NEED TO PAY FOR ALL THIS MATERIAL AGAIN. LET ME ASK YOU. OKAY. AND LET ME ASK THE VILLAGE. DO YOU KNOW WHETHER I
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TOOK EVIDENCE INTO SO IN. I THINK I SHOULD HAVE MADE COPIES OF THE SAME PACKAGE. SO I HAVE THE OLDER PHOTOS HERE. AS TO A, I HAVE THEM IN BLACK AND WHITE. BUT DID I ACCEPT THEM INTO EVIDENCE? YEAH. YOU DID. OH, WELL, IT WAS A CONTINUANCE, I THINK. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK YOU DID. I, I'M LOOKING AT THAT, BUT I, I'M NOT SURE FOR MY ACCENT. SO WHAT'S STILL PREEXISTING. FROM THE ORIGINAL CASE BEFORE THE HURRICANE WOULD BE THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE GUTTER WAS DAMAGED, AND THEN THEY REMOVED IT, AND THEN IT'S BARE. HOW IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE IN THE CURRENT PHOTOS, THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE GUTTERS WERE DAMAGED AND REMOVED. IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE BEFORE THE HURRICANE, AND THEN THE OUTDOOR STORAGE HAS BEEN BEFORE THE HURRICANE. THEY CLEANED UP, BUT NOW SHE JUST STILL HAS MORE ON THE SIDE. NO, THEY START ON THE BACK. IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT WAS ON THE INITIAL, BUT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S LET'S RUN THROUGH THE. THE CASE THAT THAT OFFICER PEREZ ASKED TO BE CONTINUED. SO YOU'VE GOT ALL YOUR EXHIBITS AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE FOUR PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN ON JANUARY 15TH. YES. SO LET'S LET'S GO AHEAD. LET'S HEAR FROM THE VILLAGE ON THE WHOLE CASE. OKAY. I THINK THAT'LL MAKE MORE SENSE. SO JUST FROM FROM THE BEGINNING. YEP. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. SO MY NAME IS STEVEN ALONZO RAMIREZ WITH THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN. CODE COMPLIANCE. THIS CASE WAS INITIATED PROACTIVELY UPON MY DISCOVERY ON AUGUST 2ND OF 2024. THE RESPONDENT IS ADRIANA MARCELLA VILLA, WHO AT THIS POINT IS PRESENT. THE CASE IS CONCERNING THE PROPERTY AT 14401 SOUTHWEST DRIVE, INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS ADRIANA MARCELLA VILLA.A COPY OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER RECORDS OF OWNERSHIP IS MARKED AS VILLAGE EXHIBIT ONE. ON AUGUST 2ND, 2024, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. AT THE TIME, I OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING CODE VIOLATIONS. SECTION 35.5 OUTDOOR STORAGE. SECTION 67.201 USES DECLARED. SECTION 91.32 ABANDONED SALVAGE OR JUNK PROPERTY AND SECTION 21.115 ROOF AND DRAINAGE. AT THE TIME I PHOTOGRAPHED THE PROPERTY, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ACCURATELY SHOW WHAT I SAW THEN AND ARE MARKED AS VILLAGE EXHIBITS. TWO A, B, C, AND D TO BE. TO C AND THEN TWO D. OKAY. BASED UPON MY INVESTIGATION, I ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING TO RESPONDENT ON AUGUST 2ND, 2020 FOR THE HEARING OF OCTOBER 15TH, 2024, WHICH IS MARKED BEFORE YOU AS VILLAGE EXHIBIT THREE. IN THE NOTICE, I CITED THE VILLAGE CODE VIOLATION CITED EARLIER IN MY TESTIMONY. IN THE NOTICE, THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN UNTIL AUGUST 19TH, 2024 TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND WAS INFORMED WITH THE NEED TO CONTACT THE VILLAGE CODE ENFORCEMENT. UPON DOING SO, THE NOTICE WAS SENT TO THE RESPONDENT. CERTIFIED MAIL. AND APPROACHING THE PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE POSTING AT THE VILLAGE HALL. THE RETURN RECEIPT WAS RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER. LET ME SEE HERE. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST TO CLEAN THINGS UP, THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING WAS EXHIBIT THREE. YES. AND THEN OKAY, SO HERE'S YOUR YOUR MAILING RECEIPT. THERE WAS NO RETURN RECEIPT. IT WAS DELIVERED. OKAY. AND IT WAS MARKED BEFORE YOU AS VILLAGE EXHIBIT FOUR. OKAY. I CAME HERE, REMEMBER? I CAME HERE, BUT YOU SAID NO, IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
WELL, BECAUSE IT WAS FOR. IT WAS FOR A CONTINUANCE. YEAH. NO, I, I'VE ASKED THAT EVERYTHING BE REPRESENTED. AND THEN EXHIBIT FIVE IS YOUR POSTING. YES. YES. A POSTING OF THE PROPERTY. OKAY.
THAT'S. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN? AND THEN MY AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE IS MARKED AS EXHIBIT SIX SIX.
OKAY. AND THEN MY ORDER GRANTING CONTINUANCE WILL JUST MARK THAT AS SEVEN. AND THEN LET'S SEE,
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THERE WAS ANOTHER. OH, MAYBE THAT'S THE SAME NOTICE. SO IT WAS JUST IT JUST CAME UP TO A CONTINUANCE. AND THEN THAT WAS IT. ALRIGHT. SO. BUT I TRIED TO I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THESE OTHER EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH SEVEN NOW INTO EVIDENCE AND THEN ALSO THE PHOTOS. WHICH ARE ONE THROUGH FIVE FROM TODAY. SO ONE THROUGH SEVEN FROM WHEN WAS THAT HEARING. THAT HEARING WAS, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL FIGURE IT OUT. THE HEARING WAS OCTOBER 15TH. 15TH. YEAH. FROM 1015. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE GOT ALL OF THAT NOW IN PLAY. AND IF I'M IF I'M HEARING THIS CORRECTLY, YOU'RE NOT IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN. BRING THIS INTO COMPLIANCE QUICKLY. I MEAN, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU'VE GOT, BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING AND HEARING, PARTICULARLY LIKE. BUT THE ROOF WASN'T CITED, WAS IT? NOT THE CARPORT? THE ROOF WAS CITED FOR THE GUTTERS ON THE ON THE GUTTER RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE WHERE IT WAS DAMAGED AND KIND OF JUST HANGING. AFTER THE. SO FOR THE PHOTOS OF NOW IT'S FOR THE CARPORT THAT'S DAMAGED THE FASCIA RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CARPORT WHERE THE REST OF THE ROOF EXTENDED TO BECAUSE THE ROOF EXTENDED TO THE END, WHERE NOW IT'S MISSING A PIECE. YEAH. AND THEN? AND THEN IT'S DAMAGED. OKAY. BUT THE ORIGINAL GUTTER ISSUE WAS THIS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AND THAT'S THAT'S EXHIBIT TWO THIS MORNING. NO. BECAUSE ON THE 15TH IT'S BETTER YOU FIX OR TAKE OUT FOR DON'T FLY. AND THEN THEY TOOK OUT REMEMBER. YEAH. SO THEY TOOK IT DOWN BECAUSE I TOLD HER IT NEEDED TO BE FIXED. SO IT WAS TAKEN DOWN, BUT IT WAS NEVER REPLACED. OKAY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REPLACED ON MY ON MY THE GUY TOOK A LOT OF MATERIAL FROM MY GARAGE. THE ONE. I HAVE SOME PIECES OVER THERE HE'S STOLEN FROM MY GARAGE. THEY WENT FROM THE IDOL. THEY GOT IDOL IN THE STREET. ALL THE PIECES IS THE PART OF THE FIRST. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GUTTERS THAT BROKE. IT WAS THERE. THEY CAN FIX OR PUT BACK, BUT WAS NOT THERE AGAIN.THEY TOOK EVERYTHING. OKAY. SO. SO IS THE VILLAGE ASKING FOR A STATE SPECIFIC FOR COMPLIANCE? NO. THEY WERE. IT WAS FOR CONTINUANCE TO BE BROUGHT BACK TODAY. I WAS JUST BRINGING IT BACK AND MAYBE, POSSIBLY ASKING FOR A SECOND CONTINUANCE TO GIVE HER TIME. BECAUSE EVER SINCE THE FIRST NOTICE OF VIOLATION, WE DID HAVE THE HURRICANE, AND WE DID HAVE THOSE OTHER, YOU KNOW, WEATHER ELEMENTS THAT CAME INTO PLAY THAT CAUSED MORE DAMAGE. SO IF I COULD GET ANOTHER CONTINUANCE, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M LOOKING AT THE VIOLATIONS. I MEAN, I SEE THEM IN THE PHOTOS, BOTH THE EARLIER ONES AND THE AND THE ONES FROM LAST WEEK. SO, I MEAN, MY INCLINATION IS TO FIND THAT THE VIOLATION DOES EXIST ON THE PROPERTY AND ORDER YOU TO COMPLY. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME SO THAT SO THAT YOU'RE NOT DOOMED TO FAIL. SO IF I GIVE YOU 90 DAYS, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE. YES. AND GET THE TRASH OFF THE PROPERTY AND ANYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO IT. I WANT JUST I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS PICTURES. THIS IS HERE. THIS IS UNDER MY SINK. WHICH IS ME. THIS IS UNDER MY SINK. THIS JUST HAPPENED THIS SUNDAY. FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY. OKAY. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? THE TRUCK ON THE BACK OF MY HOUSE AND THE CONSTRUCTION WAS SO STRONG THAT IT CAUSED THE EARTHQUAKE. TO. TO TAKE OUT THE TOOLS. AND WHAT I NEED TO PAY SOMEBODY TO FIX. I
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NEED TO PAY SOMEBODY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I. WELL, THAT'S A MINOR LITTLE DRAIN UNDER YOUR SINK, BUT. BUT I CAN DO THIS. I NEED TO PAY SOMEBODY. MY POINT IS, IS MOST OF THIS. WHAT? LET ME JUST SAY. I'M NOT GIVING ANY ANY COMPENSATION FOR US. THE ONLY THING THAT THE COMPANY.JUST A SECOND. WHAT MISS VILLA WAS SHOWING ME WAS A PHOTO OF HER KITCHEN SINK DRAIN THAT DETACHED. IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE IN TWO SECTIONS. CAME OFF. I, I HONESTLY. I KNOW WHAT I TRY TO TELL YOU. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A PLUMBER, BUT I KNOW WHAT I TRY TO TELL YOU IS THIS. I HAVE IF I HAVE THE MONEY AND THEN I PAY THE WATER BILL BECAUSE I CLEAN FOR THE DUST. IF I HAVE THE MONEY, I NEED TO FIX IT BECAUSE THE EVERYTHING WAS DESTROYED. MY LIFE IS THIS CONSTRUCTION THAT THE CITY OF INDIANTOWN AUTHORIZED TO DO THIS. AND THEY DON'T GIVE ANY SUPPORT TO US. SO IF I GIVE YOU THREE MONTHS TO FIX IT, CAN YOU? I THINK SO. YOU TALK ABOUT THE ROOFING. I'M TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING. ALL THE VIOLATIONS. ALL THE. ALL THE OUTDOOR STORAGE STUFF AND THE ROOF AND GUTTER AND YOUR ROOF REPAIR FOR THE HURRICANE DAMAGE.
ALL OF IT? NO. THIS IS. I'M SET UP. SOMEBODY TO COME ALREADY TO FIX. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO FIND THE VIOLATIONS AS CHARGED DO EXIST ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH WAS OUTDOOR STORAGE. THE JUNK PROPERTY AND THE ROOF AND DRAINAGE ISSUES. AND I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THOSE VIOLATIONS DO EXIST, AND I'M GOING TO ORDER YOU TO COMPLY. TO. MY ORDER BEFORE APRIL 30TH. IT'S THE END OF APRIL. APRIL. IT'S THREE MONTHS. SO. FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL. IT'S NOT TEN MONTHS. PRETTY MUCH. WE ARE IN ALMOST THE END OF JANUARY. THAT'S RIGHT. FEBRUARY. MARCH. APRIL. APRIL 3RD. APRIL 30TH. I TELL YOU, THE END OF APRIL. OKAY.
OKAY. I THINK THAT'S THE. I THINK NOT COMPLETELY THREE MONTHS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND FAILING WHICH I'M GOING TO FINE YOU $50 PER VIOLATION. SO THERE'S THREE VIOLATIONS. I'M NOT GOING TO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO DISMISS THAT NUISANCE VIOLATION. NOT SURE I SEE THAT. THE 67 201 GENERAL NUISANCE. OKAY. IT'S 3.333.5 OUTDOOR STORAGE. WHAT ABOUT THE ABANDONED VEHICLE? DID I SEE IT? SO THE ABANDONED VEHICLE, WITHIN THE INITIAL PHOTOS, IT WAS THE MERCEDES THAT DIDN'T HAVE A TAG. YEAH. SHE HAS SINCE THEN COME INTO COMPLIANCE. THAT'S GONE.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S GONE. I DON'T HAVE TO. THE ONLY THING SHE HAS IS THE PROPERTY IS JUST THE ROOF. THE OUTDOOR STORAGE AND THE OUTDOOR. THERE'S TWO VIOLATIONS. I MEAN, THE STUFF ON THE BACK DOESN'T COUNT. YOU TOLD ME LAST TIME, AND I SAID, DO I NEED TO MOVE ALL MY PLANTS? BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT I TOOK ALL MY PLANTS AND THEN YOU SAY, NO, NO, YOU WERE YOU WERE TELLING ME THAT YOU HAD SOMETHING IN THE BACK. I TOLD YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE BACK. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO LET YOU WORK DIRECTLY WITH HIM, BUT NOT. HE'S BEEN GREAT TO ME, BUT NOT AT THE HEARING. OKAY. HE'LL COME OUT AND YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. OKAY. OKAY. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU GOT TO DO TO COMPLY, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. BUT THERE'S TWO VIOLATIONS. THE OUTDOOR STORAGE AND THE ROOF AND DRAINAGE ISSUE. AND ARE THERE COSTS IN THIS CASE? YEAH. SO THE VILLAGE HAS INCURRED A REASONABLE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150 CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION. AND I REQUEST THAT THE VILLAGE BE REIMBURSED THIS AMOUNT AT THE CONCLUSION OF TODAY'S HEARING. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO SAY $50 PER VIOLATION PER DAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME JUST SUMMARIZE ALL OF THIS. I'VE ACCEPTED INTO EVIDENCE THAT THE VILLAGE HAS EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH FIVE FROM TODAY, WHICH ARE PHOTOGRAPHS. TAKEN ON THE 15TH OF JANUARY.
I'M GOING TO ACCEPT INTO EVIDENCE THE VILLAGE'S EXHIBITS, ONE THROUGH SEVEN, WHICH WERE
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FROM THE TEN THE OCTOBER 15TH, 2024 HEARING. BUT I'M ACCEPTING THEM TODAY, AND I'M GOING TO ORDER YOU BASED UPON THAT EVIDENCE, YOUR TESTIMONY AND OFFICER ALONZO'S TESTIMONY. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT A VIOLATIONS AS CHARGED TO EXIST ON THE PROPERTY. I'M GOING TO ORDER YOU TO COMPLY BY THE 30TH OF APRIL, FAILING WHICH THERE WILL BE A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $50 PER VIOLATION PER DAY. THERE'S TWO VIOLATIONS. AND THEN I'M GOING TO AWARD COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150 TO BE PAID TO THE VILLAGE. BECAUSE THE OCD. THIS IS A TERRIBLE TIMING FOR A FIXED ROOF LIKE A WAVE. RAIN. NOBODY'S ABLE TO DO NOTHING AND DO NOTHING. I'M SURE THE RAIN. SO I'M GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN DO IN THE SUNNY DAY. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN NOW, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO MY BEST A LITTLE BIT BY LITTLE BIT. WELL, I'M SURE YOU WILL. AND I WISH YOU WELL DOING IT. YES, I BY MYSELF. AND I'M ALSO SICK BEFORE. YEAH. SO. OKAY. I'M. I'M SORRY. I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT I GET THESE. THINGS WRITTEN CORRECTLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH.THANK YOU. STEPHEN. EVERYTHING WORKS OUT. SO I'M GOING TO STOP THIS BACK AND ENJOY YOUR PICTURE. AND THEN TAKE MY PICTURE. AND I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. OKAY. THE SECOND ONE WE'LL GO BACK TO THE TOP OF THE BATTING ORDER. YES. OKAY. SO THIS IS CASE NUMBER 25001. AND IT'S MARINA MAZARIEGOS. AND THE PROPERTY IS AT 15 182 SOUTHWEST CHICKY STREET. AND WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE? OKAY. GOT IT. AND THAT'S ALSO YOUR CASE, RIGHT? YEP.
OKAY. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. MY NAME IS STEVEN ALONSO RAMIREZ, AND I AM A VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN CODE INSPECTOR. THIS CASE WAS WAS INITIATED PROACTIVELY UPON MY DISCOVERY ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2020. FOR THE RESPONDENT. MAZARIEGO MARINA IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. THIS CASE IS CONCERNING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15182 SOUTHWEST CHICKY STREET, INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS MAZARIEGO MARINA. OKAY. IT'S REALLY MARINA MAZARIEGOS, RIGHT? YEAH. JUST I'M READING IT HOW IT WAS STATED IN THE PROPERTY. APPRAISER'S. YEAH. THEY GO BACKWARDS. A COPY OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER RECORDS OF OWNERSHIP IS MARKED BEFORE YOU AS VILLAGE EXHIBIT ONE. GOT IT.
ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2024, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY, AND AT THE TIME, I OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING CODE VIOLATIONS. SECTION 1154. OBSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK AND BICYCLE PATH PROHIBITED AND 35.5 OUTDOOR STORAGE. AT THE TIME I PHOTOGRAPHED THE PROPERTY, ACTUALLY SHOWED WHAT I SAW THEN AND ARE MARKED AS VILLAGE EXHIBITS TWO A AND TWO B. OKAY.
BASED UPON MY INVESTIGATION, I ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND NOTICE OF HEARING TO THE RESPONDENT ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2024 FOR THE HEARING OF JANUARY 21ST, 2025, WHICH IS MARKED BEFORE YOU AS EXHIBIT THREE. IN THE NOTICE, I CITED THE VILLAGE CODE VIOLATIONS EARLIER CITED EARLIER IN MY TESTIMONY IN THE NOTICE OF RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN UNTIL DECEMBER 17TH, 2024 TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND WAS INFORMED OF THE NEED TO CONTACT VILLAGE CODE ENFORCEMENT UPON DOING SO.
THE NOTICE WAS SENT TO THE RESPONDENT CERTIFIED MAIL AND BY POSTING OF THE PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE POSTING OF VILLAGE HALL. THERE WAS NO RETURN RECEIPT. AND IT'S MARKED BEFORE AND THE MAIL OUT IS MARKED BEFORE YOU. AS FOR A WITH THE TRACKING. ALSO MARKED BEFORE YOU. AS FOR B. A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE POSTING OF THE PROPERTY IS ALSO MARKED BEFORE YOU AS VILLAGE. EXHIBIT FIVE. ALSO WITH MY AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE MARKED BEFORE YOU AS VILLAGE EXHIBIT SIX. NO CALL, EMAIL OR LETTER FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS RECEIVED WITHIN THE TIME ALLOWED. ON JANUARY 9TH, I DID A FOLLOW UP INSPECTION AND FOUND NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY, AND
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I REQUEST THAT ALL MY VILLAGE EXHIBITS BE RECEIVED INTO EVIDENCE. BASED UPON MY TESTIMONY EVIDENCE. I REQUEST THE RESPONDENT BE ORDERED TO COMPLY WITH THE CITED PROVISIONS OF THE VILLAGE CODE BY FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025 AND IF NOT TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE BY THEN, BE REQUIRED TO PAY A FINE OF $100 PER VIOLATION FOR EVERY DAY. THE VIOLATION CONTINUES THEREAFTER.THE VILLAGE HAS ALSO INCURRED A REASONABLE ADMINISTRATIVE COST IN THE AMOUNT OF 150. CONDUCTING THIS INVESTIGATION, AND I REQUEST THAT THE VILLAGE BE REIMBURSED THE AMOUNT. AT THE CONCLUSION OF TODAY'S HEARING. THIS CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. OKAY. ANYBODY HERE ON BEHALF OF MARINA MAZARIEGOS? SEEING NO ONE WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL ACCEPT INTO EVIDENCE THE VILLAGE'S EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH SIX. IN THIS CASE, BASED UPON THAT EVIDENCE AND YOUR TESTIMONY, I'LL FIND THAT VIOLATIONS AS CHARGED DO EXIST ON THE PROPERTY AND ORDER COMPLIANCE ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025. 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 AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS HEARING. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE. WE'VE GOT ESTEBAN. THIS IS CASE NUMBER 25003. MARTHA, DENISE, ESTEBAN AND MARTHA. AZANO. ESTEBAN. DOMINGO. IT'S FOR THE PROPERTY AT 14 467 SOUTHWEST MARTIN AVENUE. ANIMAL CASE. OKAY. AND SO ALSO YOUR CASE. YEP. SO, AGAIN, MY NAME IS STEVEN RAMIREZ WITH THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN CODE INSPECTOR.
THIS CASE WAS INITIATED PROACTIVELY UPON MY DISCOVERY ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2024. THE RESPONDENT IS ONE SECOND. MARTHA, DENISE, ESTEBAN. AND MARTHA ASSUANIA. ESTEBAN.
DOMINGO. AND THIS CASE IS. THIS CASE CONCERNS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14467 SOUTHWEST MARTIN AVE IN INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, THE OWNER IS. STATED AS MARTHA DENISE ESTEBAN AND MARTHA MARTHA ANTONIO ESTEBAN DOMINGO. A COPY OF THE PROPERTY. APPRAISER'S RECORD OF OWNERSHIP IS MARKED BEFORE YOU AS VILLAGE. EXHIBIT ONE. OKAY. ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2024, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND AT THE TIME, I OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING CODE VIOLATIONS 35.2 ANIMAL AND LIVESTOCK. AT THE TIME I PHOTOGRAPHED THE PROPERTY, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ACCURATELY SHOW WHAT I SAW. THEN THERE ARE MARKED BEFORE YOU AS VILLAGE EXHIBIT TWO A AND TWO B. BASED UPON MY INVESTIGATION, I ISSUED A NOTICE OF. I NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING TO THE RESPONDENT ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2024 FOR THE HEARING OF JANUARY 21ST, 2025, WHICH IS MARKED AS VILLAGE EXHIBIT THREE. AND THE NOTICE I CITED THE VILLAGE CODE VIOLATIONS CITED EARLIER IN MY TESTIMONY. IN THE NOTICE, THE RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN UNTIL DECEMBER 17TH, 2024 TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND WAS INFORMED TO THE NEED OF CONTACT VILLAGE CODE ENFORCEMENT. UPON DOING SO, THE NOTICE WAS SENT TO THE RESPONDENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL AND BY POSTING IN THE PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE POSTING ON VILLAGE HALL. NO RETURN RECEIPT WAS RECEIVED AND THE MAIL OUT IS MARKED BEFORE YOU AS VILLAGE.
EXHIBIT FOUR A AND THE TRACKING AS FOUR B. A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE POSTING OF THE PROPERTY IS MARKED AS VILLAGE EXHIBIT FIVE. ALSO WITH MY AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE MARKED BEFORE YOU AS VILLAGE EXHIBIT SIX. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED NO CALL, EMAIL OR LETTER FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER.
WHEN IN RECEIPT, WITH THE TIME ALLOWED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. ON JANUARY 9TH, 2025, I DID A FOLLOW UP INSPECTION AND FOUND NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY. I REQUEST THAT ALL VILLAGE EXHIBITS BE RECEIVED INTO EVIDENCE BASED UPON MY TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE. I REQUEST THE RESPONDENT BE ORDERED TO COMPLY WITH THE CITED PROVISIONS OF THE VILLAGE CODE BY FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025, AND IF NOT TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE BY THEN, BE REQUIRED TO PAY A FINE OF $100 PER VIOLATION PER DAY. TO CONTINUE THEREAFTER. THE VILLAGE HAS ALSO INCURRED A REASONABLE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 150. CONDUCTING THIS INVESTIGATION, I REQUEST THAT
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THE VILLAGE BE REIMBURSED THIS AMOUNT. AT THE CONCLUSION OF TODAY'S HEARING. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. OKAY. ANYONE HERE ON BEHALF OF MARTHA. DENISE, ESTEBAN OR MARTHA SUENA? ESTEBAN DOMINGO? SEEING NO ONE WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WILL ACCEPT INTO EVIDENCE THE VILLAGE'S EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH SIX. IN THIS CASE, BASED UPON THAT EVIDENCE AND YOUR TESTIMONY, I'LL FIND THAT VIOLATION AS CHARGED DOES EXIST ON THE PROPERTY AND ORDER COMPLIANCE ORDER BEFORE FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025. FAILING WHICH A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 PER DAY WILL ACCRUE, AND A FURTHER AWARD COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150 TO BE PAID TO THE VILLAGE. AT THE COMPLETION OF THIS HEARING. AND LET'S SEE, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CASES? NOPE. ALL RIGHT. WHAT HAPPENED TO HICKS ON TOP OF 2508 008? HICKS. COMPLY. COMPLIED. OKAY, GOOD. AND. THE TRACHEO THE NEXT CASE, 25 009. HE ALSO COMPLIED. REQUIRED. OKAY. AND THEN THE NEXT CASE. 2510 THREE BOYS LAWN MAINTENANCE. THEY ALSO COMPLIED. AS OF FRIDAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. AND THEN AMBROSE, 20 4-1 91. SO, AMBROSE, I HAVE PUT ON THE DOCKET MISTAKENLY KNOWING THAT AFTER I PUBLISHED, HE HAD A CONTINUANCE UNTIL FEBRUARY. OKAY. IT WAS CONTINUED. IT WAS CONTINUED.CONTINUED TO FEBRUARY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU. WELL, THE FIRST COUPLE CASES TOOK A WHILE, BUT. LOOKS LIKE WE GOT EVERYTHING PRETTY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. OKAY, SO THE NEXT HEARING IS FEBRUARY 18TH. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. HERE IN CHAMBERS. AND WE WILL SEE YOU ALL. THEN WE STAND ADJOURNED.
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