Mar 12, 2025 Code Enforcement Special Magistrate

[CALL TO ORDER]

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ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CALL THE MARCH 12TH, 2025 CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE MEETING TO ORDER.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE SWEARING IN. SO ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TODAY, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

[SWEARING IN]

THANK YOU. MAY BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE MEETINGS FROM THE LAST MEETING,

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[BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE CASES]

OKAY. OUR FIRST CASE TO BE HEARD ON THE BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE CASES IS KB 2571125 AND THAT'S IT.

219 ELDON BOULEVARD, SOUTHEAST. KEVIN COSTA, CITY OF PALM BAY. BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE.

THIS PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF BUILDING PERMIT REQUIRED FOR AN ENCLOSED CARPORT.

OKAY. A WITHDRAWAL PERMIT WAS SUBMITTED TO WITHDRAW THE PERMIT.

HOWEVER, IT COULD NOT BE DUE TO THE WORK ALREADY BEING IN PROGRESS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE PROPERTY OWNER.

MA'AM, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME TO THE DAIS. HI.

I'M SUHANI. OKAY. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? NO, I'M SUHANI, I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER. OKAY.

OKAY, SO I RECEIVED SEVERAL DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS FROM THEM.

AND EVERY TIME I ANSWER THE DOCUMENTS, I GET ANOTHER REPLY.

THE LAST THING I GOT IS THAT I TOLD THEM THAT THEY THAT I GOT A CONTRACTOR WHO SUBMITTED EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF THE ENCLOSED CARPORT.

THEY TOLD ME, I TOLD THEM THEY THEY SENT ME AN EMAIL SAYING I HAVE TO DO A HURRICANE SHUTTER, WHICH THE GUY PULLED A PERMIT FOR THEM TO DO A HURRICANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE CARPORT THAT WAS ENCLOSED, THAT IT WAS HURRICANE PROOF. AND HE DID THAT AND THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.

SO UP TO A POINT, I CAN'T FIND ANYBODY WHO CAN GIVE ME EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT I NEED TO DO.

OKAY. AND WHEN DID YOU FIRST APPLY FOR THE PERMIT? THAT WAS DONE IN LAST YEAR. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING NOW FOR ALMOST, WHAT, ALMOST A YEAR? OKAY. AND SO THE ISSUE. I MADE A REPLY TO THEM IN DECEMBER OF 2024, WHERE I GAVE THEM THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ASKED ME FOR BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME TO CLOSE DOWN THE PERMITS I WAS TRYING TO GET TO BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL PERMITS THAT WAS OPEN. SO I SENT IN. THEY TOLD ME TO GET A NOTARIZED DOCUMENT SAYING THAT I'M GOING TO CLOSE IT OUT, AND I AM ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM, BUT THEN THEY WOULDN'T CLOSE OUT.

CLOSE IT OUT, THEY SAID I CAN'T CLOSE IT OUT UNTIL I ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.

BUT SO MANY PERMITS ARE OPEN AND THE GUY CAN'T DO HIS WORK WITHOUT, I THINK, THE PERMIT BEING CLOSED OUT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND SO ALL OF THIS IS IN REGARDS TO FRENCH DOORS THAT WERE INSTALLED IN THE GARAGE.

SO I NEEDED TO FIND OUT FROM THEM. DO I JUST GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PERMIT.

SO I JUST GET IT HURRICANE PROOF BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME TO DO AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.

BUT I CAN'T FIND ANYBODY WHO CAN. THE LAST PERSON I SPOKE WITH WAS KEVIN COSTNER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I'M NOT SURE. OKAY. SIR, CAN YOU PLEASE COME BACK UP AND SPEAK FOR THE CITY? SO SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT THESE DOORS WERE INSTALLED BEFORE PERMITS WERE APPROVED.

SO WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE EVERYTHING, LIKE WHAT PERMITS NEED TO BE ACTUALLY APPROVED AND A DEMO PERMIT TO UNDO WHAT WAS ALREADY DONE IS NOT REQUIRED. OKAY. BUT A PERMIT TO BRING THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE WILL NEED TO BE SUBMITTED.

OKAY. SO WHAT KIND OF A PERMIT IS THAT? A BUILDING PERMIT? JUST A BUILDING PERMIT FOR A REMODEL. IT WOULD BE A REMODEL PERMIT.

IS THERE ANY SORT OF, LIKE, ELECTRICAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OR DO? I'M NOT KNOW. ALL IT IS IS JUST THE FRENCH DOOR I PUT A FRENCH DOOR IN.

I ALREADY HAVE ALL THE OTHER PERMITS WERE ALREADY GRANTED.

OKAY, SO THE ONLY THING THAT WAS LEFT IS THE FRENCH DOOR.

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WHERE I GET THE BUILDER PERMIT NOW TO COME IN AND MAKE SURE IT'S HURRICANE PROOF, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED ME TO DO, MAKE SURE IT'S HURRICANE PROOF. SO I NEED TO FIND OUT FROM THEM.

DO I GO AHEAD AND GET THE PERMIT, PULLED THE PERMIT AND MAKE IT HURRICANE PROOF? SO IT'S UP TO STANDARD FOR THE CITY. OKAY. SIR JOHN PEARSON, CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL, TYPICALLY WHEN YOU DO ENCLOSE A CARPORT, IF IT BECOMES LIVING SPACE, THEN ELECTRICAL WORK IS INVOLVED.

HVAC WORK MAY ALSO BE INVOLVED. WE NEED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE WHAT ELSE IS NEEDED.

OKAY. AND IS THAT HOLD ON, HOLD ON. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE.

DO YOU KNOW IF THE CITY HAS SPOKEN WITH THEIR CONTRACTORS ABOUT ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS OR.

I DO NOT KNOW. I KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THIS PROJECT, SO THERE WOULD BE NO ONE TO TALK TO YET, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT IF IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS NEEDED.

AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.

BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER IF OTHER PERMITS WERE OPEN OR NOT, SHE CAN STILL APPLY FOR THIS PERMIT.

OKAY, SO IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE EXCEPT FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTING, WE'RE SORT OF STARTING FROM SCRATCH.

HOW IF EVERYTHING WAS GOING CORRECT, HOW LONG OF A PROCESS WOULD THIS BE FROM THE TIME THAT THEY SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO US? RIGHT. WE TYPICALLY TURN AROUND A PERMIT APPLICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS.

DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S APPROVED. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY SUBMIT TO US, BUT WE HAVE REVIEWED IT WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME PRIOR TO THAT, HER GETTING ALL THE DOCUMENTS NEEDED. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T ANSWER TO YOU, BUT OKAY, SO THAT DEPENDS ON WHO SHE'S WORKING WITH AS A CONTRACTOR OR A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. SO. SO IN A PERFECT WORLD, 14 DAYS, IF YOU HAD EVERYTHING THE FIRST DAY, 14 DAYS, THE PERMITS WOULD BE READY TO GO AND THEY CAN START CONSTRUCTION. CORRECT? OKAY.

SO NOW WE DON'T LIVE IN A PERFECT WORLD, OBVIOUSLY.

SO WOULD THE CITY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO ME GIVING A 30 DAY EXTENSION SO THAT WE CAN WORK OUT ALL THESE PERMITS, OR THAT WOULD BE FINE. OKAY, NOT ONLY THAT, THERE'S NOTHING ELECTRONIC.

THERE'S NOT LIKE ELECTRICAL. THERE'S NO ELECTRICAL.

IT'S JUST. OKAY. WELL, THAT WAS PUT ON. THAT'S IT.

I UNDERSTAND. BUT SOMETIMES THAT WHEN YOU CHANGE AN EXTERIOR PORTION TO AN INTERIOR PORTION, THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR CONTRACTOR WILL NEED TO GO OVER WITH THE CITY.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO GRANT A 30 DAY EXTENSION TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION IS ALREADY DONE. SO REALLY, THIS IS JUST TO GET THE ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF WORKED OUT.

OKAY? OKAY. SO YOUR YOUR NEW DATE OF COMPLIANCE WILL BE APRIL 11TH, 2025.

OKAY. AND THEN IT'LL BE $50 A DAY. FINE. FOR EVERY DAY THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE AFTER THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CASE BE HEARD ON THE BUILDING CODE CASES IS KB 2571525 AT 1650 NORWOOD STREET NORTHEAST. GOOD AFTERNOON.

FOR THE RECORD, VANESSA CARTER, SOLOMON, CITY OF PALM BAY CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER.

THIS RELATES TO A PROPERTY IN THE PORT MALABAR SUBDIVISION.

THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 185.181 OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR A CARPORT AND A GARAGE ENCLOSURE.

I'M SORRY. AND TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A REMODEL PERMIT THROUGH THE BUILDING DIVISION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SIR. PLEASE.

I RECEIVED THIS. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

LARRY LAWTON. OKAY. 1615 NORWOOD STREET, PALM BAY, FLORIDA.

WE RECEIVED THE NOTICE. YES, WE DID THIS, BUT WE DID IT WITH A CONTRACTOR.

I WENT TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. WE FIND OUT HE'S DEAD.

BUT HE DIDN'T PUT IN THAT CONTRACT. THING. NOW I'M LOOKING AND TRYING TO PUT IN A PERMIT.

THEY SET UP THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE STREET TO GET A PERMIT, AND THEN THEY'LL JUST COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT OR WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

I WENT ONLINE AND I CAN'T GET TRYING TO GET THAT PERMIT.

EVEN THIS MORNING WHEN I GOT UP AT 530 YOU COULD LOOK I COULDN'T GET YOU CAN'T GET A CERTAIN STAGE WHETHER I'M ILLITERATE AND COMPUTERS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT THERE, BUT IT SHOULD BE. I'M TRYING TO HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING IT.

OKAY. AND THIS WAS IN DURING COVID. SO OBVIOUSLY IN 2020 WHEN THEY DID IT.

SO WE JUST GOT THIS, IT WAS LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND IT WAS THROUGH A CONTRACTOR, WHICH I HAVE RECEIPTS FOR THAT.

AND I ALSO HAVE A KID THAT WORKED THERE. OKAY.

SO YOU YOU BUILT THE CARPORT IN 2020? YEAH. I DIDN'T OBVIOUSLY THE CONTRACT.

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NOW WE GOT THE LETTER IN WHATEVER A MONTH AGO OR WHATEVER IT IS NOW, I DON'T KNOW.

OH 224 OKAY. 224 YEAH. NO, NO OF 25 FEBRUARY 24TH.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING FEBRUARY 24TH. WELL, THAT'S A IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S MORE THAN A YEAR. OKAY.

SO IS THE CARPORT LIKE, FULLY CONSTRUCTED? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT FULLY CONSTRUCTED? I MEAN, IT JUST HAD A WALL AND A DOOR AND A WINDOW AND BEEN THROUGH THE HURRICANES.

EVERYTHING. NOTHING THEY COULD COME OUT AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

OBVIOUSLY, I TAKE CARE OF MY 92 YEAR OLD MOM AND WE GO IN AND OUT THAT WAY.

SO WE MADE AN AREA THERE WHERE I WORK FROM SO I COULD BE WITH HER 24 OVER SEVEN.

OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE REALLY WE JUST NEED TO WORK OUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF THIS.

YEAH, COME, COME EITHER COME DOWN OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO.

ALL RIGHT. IF I COULD HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE. SIR, IF YOU COULD COME UP FROM THE CITY AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU PROBABLY THE SAME QUESTIONS I JUST ASKED. SO HOW WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? YEAH.

SO? SO THE PROCESS WOULD INVOLVE APPLYING FOR A PERMIT.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS GONE BACK AND LOOKED AT A LOT OF EITHER EXPIRED OR WITHDRAWN PERMITS.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU MAY BE SEEING SOME OF THESE CASES COMING BEFORE YOU.

AND IN THIS CASE, IT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT HE APPLIED FOR IT AND IT JUST WAS NEVER FINISHED.

SO WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON IT OR IT WAS IDENTIFIED IN SOME OTHER WAY.

BUT IN ANY CASE, IT IS A STRUCTURE THAT IS NOT COMPLIANT STRICTLY FROM THE FACT THAT WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, A FINALIZED INSPECTION AND PERMIT FOR THE PROJECT.

SO HE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A REMODEL PROJECT.

AND HE'S CERTAINLY WELCOME TO COME TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, AND WE CAN ASSIST HIM WITH DOING THE ONLINE STUFF.

BUT AGAIN, HE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL THAT WOULD DRAW UP THE DOCUMENTS FOR HIM.

AND SINCE IT'S ALREADY CONSTRUCTED, MOST LIKELY STATE THAT IT'S DONE TO CODE.

OKAY. SO. THAT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK THAN THE LAST CASE THAT WE BROUGHT IN.

YES. OKAY. COULD BE. SO IN YOUR ESTIMATION, HOW LONG WOULD THAT SHOULD THAT TAKE? DEPENDS ON, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL THAT HE OR CONTRACTOR THAT HE WORKS WITH, THE CONTRACTOR WITHIN CERTAIN GUIDELINES, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR LICENSE CAN DESIGN PLANS FOR THAT TYPE OF THING.

IT COULD TAKE 2 TO 3 MONTHS TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL COMPLETED AND READY FOR SUBMISSION TO THE CITY.

OKAY. DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO GRANTING A 60 DAY EXTENSION THEN FOR FOR NO OBJECTIONS.

OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN, I DON'T I DON'T MIND AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT, LIKE A SAFETY, A SAFETY ISSUE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE I'D BE OKAY WITH THAT, SIR.

SO HERE'S HERE'S BASICALLY THE DEAL. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NO SAFETY ISSUES, RIGHT? NOT AT ALL. THEN AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK OUT, GET THIS ALL ADMINISTRATIVELY DONE CORRECTLY.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET. I HAVE TO COST ME MORE MONEY.

IT IS. YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S GOING TO COST YOU MORE MONEY, BUT NOBODY COULD COME OUT AND JUST LOOK AT IT AND SEE THAT IT'S GREAT.

THERE'S NO ELECTRICAL WALLS, THERE'S NO STRUCTURED WALL.

THERE'S NOTHING. NO, THAT'S. WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THAT'S NOT THE.

THAT'S NOT HOW IT GOES. BUT I WILL GRANT YOU A 60 DAY EXTENSION.

SO THAT'LL GIVE YOU TILL MAY 11TH, 2025. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IF YOU GO TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THEY'LL WALK YOU THROUGH ALL THE, ALL THAT YOU NEED TO DO, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO. CAN I HAND DO IT, OR DO I HAVE TO HAVE AN ARCHITECT DO THAT? YOU CAN DO IT AS AN OWNER BUILDER, JUST MYSELF.

PUT IT DOWN ON A COMPUTER OR SOMETHING. YEAH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO NEW DATA COMPLIANCE WILL BE MAY 11TH, 2025, AND THEN $50 A DAY AFTER THAT FOR EVERY DAY IS NONCOMPLIANCE.

OUR NEXT CASE UNDER BUILDING CODE IS CB 2571425 AT 2966 GEMINI AVENUE NORTHEAST. AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR THIS CASE TO BE TABLED AND THEY WILL HE'S OWNER IS WORKING WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT JUST NEEDS TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS, SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE TABLED UNTIL A LATER DATE.

SOUNDS GOOD. WE WILL TABLE THAT UNTIL. DO WE HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE OR JUST TILL THE CITY WANTS TO PUT IT BACK ON THE.

UNTIL THEY PUT IT BACK ON. OKAY, WE'LL TABLE THAT TILL CITY IS READY TO PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY. AND THEN THEIR LAST CASE. CB 2571324 AT 2824 WANDA AVENUE NORTHEAST HAS COME INTO VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. OKAY. OKAY. AND THAT IS IT FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT FOR THE BUILDING. OKAY.

[REPORTS (Part 1 of 2)]

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SO SIX. FIVE, THREE.

IT'S 2561325 AT 2865 ANJAR AVENUE SOUTHWEST. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SIX YEARS AGO. YEAH. I THINK I HAD HIM AS NUMBER. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.

MR. ANDREW SHEPHERD. OKAY. OH, LETICIA.

THIS IS YOURS. SO THIS. THIS IS A CASE OF THE NUISANCE VEGETATION.

NEXT TO 2859 ANJAR AVENUE. AND THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY ALREADY CUT THIS PROPERTY.

OH. AND THE. THE BILL IS ALREADY IN THE FILE.

OKAY. THEN I THINK I'M. I'M THE WRONG GUY TO SEE THEN.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE HAD WE ALREADY HAD THE ORDER AND. OKAY. AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR WAS SENT.

SO THE INVOICE. OKAY. YEAH.

OKAY. THANKS. OKAY. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, JUST.

I JUST BASICALLY JUST SAY WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LETITIA DEAN, CODE COMPLIANCE.

THIS CASE IS IN REFERENCE TO 2865 AND GEORGIA AVENUE SOUTHWEST.

NUISANCE VEGETATION OVERGROWTH NEXT TO 2859 AND GEORGIA AVENUE.

WE HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS HERE TO SPEAK. OKAY.

OKAY. THANKS. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. SIR. CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TELL ME YOUR STORY HERE? OKAY. SO I THINK PRIOR ANDREW SHEPHERD PRIOR TO LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WE HAD ACTUALLY MANUALLY WENT UP TO GO AND CUT THE LAND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE BECAUSE THEY HAD SENT US A LETTER.

WE HAD FRESHLY JUST BOUGHT THE LAND AND HAVE JUST BECOME GETTING MORE ACCOMMODATED TO THE LAND.

I THINK PRIOR I THINK, YEAH, I THINK IT WAS THIS YEAR IS WHEN THEY SENT US A A NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.

SO THEY SENT US A REFERENCE STATEMENT FOR LAWN SERVICES THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR TO GET THE PLACE CUT WITHIN CITY STANDARDS.

WE, I THINK ELECTED FOR BRUSH BUSTERS. BRUSH BUSTERS, LAND CLEARING COMPANY TO GET IT WITHIN COMPLIANCE.

AFTER THAT, WE NOTICED THAT THE NEIGHBOR NEXT TO US IS SIX FEET WITHIN OUR ACTUAL PROXIMITY FOR OUR LAND AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS ANOTHER STATEMENT THAT WE TRIED GETTING MORE I GUESS WE TRY CALLING THE PEOPLE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET LIKE SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON, AND THEY JUST NEVER ANSWERED.

OKAY. WELL, THE ISSUE BEFORE ME, IT LOOKS LIKE, IS THAT THE PROPERTY'S ALREADY BEEN FOUND IN COMPLIANCE OR IN VIOLATION.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN MOWED, AND THE COMPANY'S ALREADY INVOICED.

THE CITY AND THE. YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE THE STATUTES, THOSE COSTS GET PASSED ON TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT I CAN DO HERE. I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, CUT THE LAWN OR ENFORCE IT.

SO WHAT YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, I CAN MAYBE GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE TIME TO PAY IF THAT'S GOING TO BE A IF THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

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OKAY. YEAH. SORRY, SORRY. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? MY NAME IS EVADNE SHEPHERD. WHAT WAS YOUR. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LETTER REGARDING THE PRICE FOR CUTTING THE THE BUSHES. OKAY. IT HAS. THE INVOICE HASN'T BEEN SET YET.

SENT YET? IT WOULD BE SENT AFTER THIS MEETING.

YOU WOULD RECEIVE THE INVOICE. GO AHEAD AND CUT THE BUSHES AGAIN.

NO, YOU JUST HAVE TO PAY THE CITY FOR ALREADY CUTTING IT.

OKAY. AND HOW FAR AWAY FROM HER PROPERTY SHOULD WE BE CUTTING? 15FT. OH, OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I GUESS I GUESS THAT'S IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE CAN GO. YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO.

SO DO THEY WANT MORE TIME TO PAY OR. THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR IT? DO YOU NEED MORE TIME TO PAY OR. I DON'T KNOW.

OH, HERE. I CAN TELL YOU. WE.

$612 IS WHAT YOU WOULD OWE THE CITY. IS THAT WITH THE FINE ALSO? YES. TOTAL. HE HAS ALREADY GONE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

AND THEN WHEN I WENT BACK, I SAW THAT SOMEONE ELSE CAME AND WE DID.

SO IT WASN'T CUT ENOUGH. BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.

THIS IS WHAT IT NEEDED TO BE DONE. AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN THEY WENT.

AND YOU ARE RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE LADY WHO HAS THE PROPERTY BESIDE HER, SHE CAME OVER ABOUT SIX FEET.

GO BACK. GO BACK TO THE MICROPHONE. SHE CAME OVER ABOUT SIX FEET FROM OUR PROPERTY TO.

OKAY. WELL, THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT ISSUE IS NOT.

NOT. THAT'S. I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT ISSUE.

OKAY. SO SO IF YOU NEED SOME EXTRA TIME TO PAY THE TO PAY THE INVOICE, I CAN GIVE YOU THAT, BUT. HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH TIME? TIME DO YOU NEED? WHAT IT SHOULD, ISN'T IT? WHAT'S THE TOTAL? $612.

AND THEN IT WOULD. IT WOULD BE DUE ON. IT WOULD BE.

IT'S DUE NOW, ESSENTIALLY. AS SOON AS YOU GET IT, IT'S DUE.

CAN WE PAY IT IN THREE TIMES? PAY? LIKE IN THREE PAYMENTS.

YEAH. YES. MISS CAROL SAYS YES. SO I DON'T. HOW WHAT WOULD YOUR.

WHEN WAS YOUR LAST PAYMENT BE? THAT WAY WE CAN YOU CAN GIVE THEM THAT DEADLINE.

SO THE THREE PAYMENTS IN THREE MONTHS. OKAY. IF THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, THEN THAT'S FINE WITH ME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL THEN WE'LL JUST SET THE FINAL DATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR THREE MONTHS FROM NOW, WHICH IS JUNE 10TH, 2025. THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO PAY THE WHOLE THING.

THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. AND WHERE DO WE SEND THE MONEY? THEY'LL THEY'LL HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW. THANKFULLY.

I'VE JUST GIVE HER OUR ADDRESS OR MY PHONE NUMBER AND SHE CAN CALL US.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO OLD BUSINESS IS

[OLD BUSINESS]

OKAY. SO WE'LL GIVE HIM THE SAME THING. WE'LL SAY WE'LL SET THE NEW COMPLIANCE DATE FOR MARCH 27TH, 2025. OKAY. WITH THIS. AND THEN THIS ONE WOULD BE A SET.

FINE. AND WE'LL SEE. AND WE'LL HAVE A SET. FINE.

$200 IF IT'S NOT PAID BY THAT DATE. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

OKAY.

[HEARINGS (Part 1 of 2)]

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AND THIS WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND ACTUALLY POSTED.

AND I ALSO HAND-DELIVERED IT AND I THE RESPONDENT IS HERE.

HE DID GET THE ELECTRIC PART BACK ON. SO HIS CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS REVOKED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR FAILURE TO HAVE ACTIVE ELECTRIC AND WATER, AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE ELECTRIC TO PAID UP.

BUT THE WATER IS A PROBLEM. NOW, HE DID ADVISE TO ME THAT HE WAS HOOKED UP TO THE WELL SYSTEM, BUT I SPOKE TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AFTER I AFTER THAT, WHICH WAS, I BELIEVE, ON FEBRUARY 20TH, AND HE ADVISED ME THAT BECAUSE HE HAS HAD ACTIVE WATER, HE NEEDS TO BE HOOKED UP BACK TO THE ACTIVE CITY WATER, NOT THE WELL WATER TO GIVE THE CO BACK. AND HE HAS A VERY LARGE OUTSTANDING WATER BILL.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE POSSIBLE, BUT THE RESPONDENT IS HERE.

OKAY. SO IF YOU COULD IF I COULD HAVE THE FOLDER, PLEASE.

THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON, ATTORNEY KEVIN RUTLEDGE WITH RESPONDENT EDWIN MERCADO.

FOR THE LARGE PART, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

THERE IS CURRENTLY POWER AT THE RESIDENCE. THE HOUSE IS ON A WELL.

IT'S BEEN ON A WELL SINCE APPROXIMATELY 2010.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THE ARREARAGES IN THE WATER BILL IS OVER $6,000, WHICH EVEN TODAY.

I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU GET THAT TO THAT POINT WITHOUT THE CITY CUTTING IT OFF.

SO MY ONLY CONCLUSION IS THERE'S GOT TO BE A LEAK IN THE MAIN SOMEWHERE.

OKAY. HOWEVER, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS.

I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS A SPECIAL CARVE OUT FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, BUT WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO TRY TO FIX THAT.

HOWEVER, APPARENTLY HE HAS ALSO BEEN TRESPASSED BY HIS OWN RESIDENCE BY THE CITY, SO HE DOESN'T BELIEVE HE CAN ACCESS THE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO MAKE REPAIRS.

OKAY, SO LET ME JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THESE DOCUMENTS HERE REAL QUICK.

OKAY, I SEE THE TRESPASS.

OKAY. AND IS THE TRESPASS BECAUSE OF THE WATER? IT SAYS THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEEMED UNSAFE.

THE NOTICE OR THE PICTURE? THE NOTICE I OBSERVED STATED THE WATER POWER SEWER WAS NOT WORKING.

THE HOUSE IS ON A SEPTIC SYSTEM. THE HOUSE IS ON A WHALE AND THE POWER IS NOW WORKING.

HOWEVER, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, TALKING TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PRIOR TO THE HEARING THAT THE MUNICIPALITY OF PALM BAY WANTS HIM ON CITY WATER AS OPPOSED TO WELL WATER. OKAY. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE HOUSE IS IN LIKE A SUBDIVISION.

IT'S NOT OUT IN THE IT'S NOT OUT IN THE COUNTRY OR ANYTHING.

THAT'S CORRECT, YOUR HONOR. OKAY. OR MAGISTRATE? YEAH. CALL ME FRANK. ALL RIGHT.

SO I DON'T KNOW. I, I SEE I DON'T SEE THIS TRESPASS NOTICE AS BASICALLY SAYING YOU CAN'T BE ON THE PROPERTY TO DO THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I SEE IT AS SAYING, YOU YOU CAN'T LIVE AT THE PROPERTY.

IT'S IT'S REVOKING OF THE OCCUPANT, THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

WELL, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE CITY OF PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT SEES A DIFFERENT WAY AND.

AND CAN YOU ARRESTED HIM ON THE PROPERTY FOR BEING ON THE PROPERTY? OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE CITY THAT CAN SPEAK TO THAT? IF IF YOU DON'T IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT IT, THEN.

I JUST HAVE I HAVE THE THE DO NOT TRESPASS ORDER.

YEAH. OF COURSE. I ALSO, I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE OFFICER GOT THERE, HE WAS SLEEPING.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM. OKAY.

SO HE WAS TRESPASSED. AND HE WAS SLEEPING. I DID SPEAK TO MR. MERCADO, AND I TOLD HIM, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO THERE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND MAYBE I CAN GET YOU TO STAND BY WITH AN OFFICER.

AND WE CAN FACILITATE HIM IF HE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING THERE.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS THEY DON'T WANT HIM STAYING THERE.

RIGHT. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. AND, SIR, DOES YOUR CLIENT HAVE SOME?

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AND AS YOU CAN SEE, HE IS SUBSTANTIALLY UP IN AGE AND HE DOES HAVE SOME HEALTH ISSUES.

OKAY, SO IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO VERIFY IF WE ACTUALLY ISSUED A TRESPASS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME WHEN YOU'RE DONE HERE, YOU JUST GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP FOR ME. OKAY. THANKS.

OKAY. SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE, THE, THE ONLY ISSUE HERE IS THAT ONCE WE GET THIS WATER, ONCE WE GET THE HOUSE CONNECTED TO THE WATER, THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY GETS RETURNED AND HE CAN GO BACK TO LIVING THERE IS AM I CORRECT? SO HE WOULD NEED TO BE HOOKED UP BACK TO THE CITY WATER.

YES. RIGHT. BUT AS SOON AS HE DOES THAT, THAT SOLVES OUR.

WELL, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET HIS CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BACK, AND THEN HE WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY THERE.

AND WE CAN WORK ON THE OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE THERE.

BUT FOR HIM TO GET IN THE HOUSE, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT. AND THEN SO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL IS HERE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION.

I KNOW HE DOES HAVE. WELL, BUT PER THE BUILDING OFFICIAL IT NEEDS TO BE CITY WATER BECAUSE HE ORIGINALLY WAS HOOKED UP TO CITY WATER.

AND MR. RICARDO WENT AHEAD AND HOOKED HIMSELF BACK TO.

HE HOOKED HIMSELF TO THE WELL WATER, I BELIEVE, ON HIS OWN.

NOW IS THERE NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THE, YOU KNOW, EXCESSIVE COST THE WATER BILL IN ARREARS.

THAT'S NOT I'M NOT REALLY. I'M NOT THE WATER BILL GUY, SO I CAN'T I CAN'T REDUCE THE WATER BILL, BUT IS THERE LIKE, DOES THE CITY HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN. SO I JUST THE WATER THEY'RE HERE TO FROM WATER SO UTILITIES.

AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO THEM ON IT. HE HE DOES HAVE A NUMBER AND IT'S A VERY LARGE NUMBER.

SO YOU CAN SPEAK TO HIM. HE CAN COME UP IF YOU WANT.

OKAY. THAT'D BE GOOD. OKAY. SO HERE'S HERE'S MY ISSUE.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GIVING AN EXTENSION TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

THERE'S NOT MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT THE BILL ITSELF.

SO. BUT IF AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF TIME I CAN GIVE YOU TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, BASICALLY, I JUST NEED SOME. I NEED SOME TESTIMONY ON HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE, AND THEN I'M.

BECAUSE I'M NOT REALLY I'M NOT. I'M JUST INTERESTED IN BRINGING THE HOUSE BACK INTO COMPLIANCE, NOT PILING. I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOUR HONOR. MAGISTRATE.

SORRY. I'M. I'M APPEARING BEFORE JUDGES. YEAH I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS FINANCIAL.

HE IS ON A FIXED INCOME. I'M ACTUALLY WAS ASKED TO SHOW UP BY A FRIEND OF HIS FOR HIM LAST NIGHT.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHO WE WOULD DISCUSS THE OUTSTANDING WATER BALANCE BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, I AS I SAID, I THINK WE I THINK THE CITY HAS GOT A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS PROBLEM ON THERE AS WELL.

WELL, I'M SURE SOMEBODY WILL DISAGREE. WE HAVE WE HAVE THE UTILITIES HERE.

SIR, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, JUST BILLING AND COLLECTION SUPERVISOR.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT ACCOUNT OWES OVER $19,000.

THAT ALSO INCLUDES A UTILITY LIEN THAT WAS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY WHEN HE'S ORIGINALLY SET UP FOR SERVICE.

SO IF HE WAS TO GO ON THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OR CLERK'S, OF COURSE YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE LIEN ON THE PROPERTY FOR THAT UTILITY LIEN. RIGHT. GOING FORWARD, THE BILL WILL ACCUMULATE, CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE BECAUSE OF THE BASE CHARGES.

WE CONTINUE TO BILL ALL THE WAY THROUGH. ALSO WITH PENALTIES THAT WILL ALSO WORK THROUGH.

TYPICALLY, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS FOR A PAYMENT PLAN, LIKE YOU WERE SUGGESTING IS WE WOULD ACTUALLY REQUEST HALF AND THEN WORK WITH THE CUSTOMER ALL THE WAY THROUGH. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH IT IS, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP HIM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK THE NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

BUT WE'VE ALREADY DONE A UTILITY LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.

SO AT THIS POINT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE.

YEAH. AND FOR HERE I'M CONCERNED WITH THE, THE, THE FINES FOR THE CODE VIOLATION, WHICH FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WILL STOP ONCE WE GET THE HOUSE HOOKED UP TO WATER.

SO HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO ACTUALLY GET THE HOUSE HOOKED UP TO THE CITY WATER SUPPLY? WELL, FOR THE ON THE CITY SIDE, THE WATER IS ALREADY.

THEIR WATER METERS ARE ALREADY THERE. EVERYTHING IS THERE. ORIGINALLY, WHEN HE REQUESTED TO HAVE THE UTILITY, THE UTILITY LOAN WITH US, WE ALREADY PUT THAT IN THERE.

SO ORIGINALLY HE WAS ALREADY HOOKED INTO CITY WATER.

SO AFTER THAT, AFTER ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS AFTER THE WATER METER IS REALLY THE HOMEOWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY AT THAT POINT.

SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TURN SERVICES ON THAT BALANCE WOULD NEED TO BE PAID.

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SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A CATCH 22 HERE.

YEAH. YOU CAN'T GET THE CAN'T GET THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UNTIL WITHOUT THE WATER, UNLESS SOMEBODY GOES ON MUNICODE AND FINDS A LOVELY EXCEPTION SOMEWHERE. BUT THEN AGAIN, WE'RE ALSO GETTING THE POINT WHERE THE CITY IS GETTING VERY CLOSE TO A TAKING UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.

SO WE GOT THAT ISSUE AS WELL. YEAH. AS INTERESTED AS I WOULD BE IN THAT, HAVING THAT THAT DISCUSSION THAT'S I WOULD SAY EXCEEDS MY JURISDICTION HERE. SO THE MAINTAINING A CONDITION THAT CONSTITUTES A BLIGHTING INFLUENCE.

THAT'S THE LACK OF WATER BEING THE LACK OF WATER SERVICE.

CORRECT? I BELIEVE IT WAS THE USE OF THE ELECTRIC GENERATOR WHILE HIS POWER WAS OFF.

OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S SO WE HAVE HE HAS AN ACCUMULATION OF TRASH.

PLUS THE GENERATOR WAS RUNNING 24 OVER SEVEN.

HE HAD TWO GENERATORS RUNNING. AND THE NEIGHBORS ON THE SIDE ARE CONSTANTLY CALLING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T TAKE THE NOISE NO MORE.

RIGHT. OKAY, SO IF THE GENERATOR IS NOT RUNNING, THAT'S FINE.

BUT I REALLY CAN'T CLOSE IT OUT WITH ALL THE TRASH HE HAS EITHER.

RIGHT. WELL, YEAH. WELL, WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE 111 AT A TIME.

SO. SO THAT ONE WITH THE GENERATOR, YOU SAID POWER WAS ALREADY BACK ON, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. SO WE CAN GET THAT CLEARED UP TO AS SOON AS AS SOON AS THE CODE OFFICER CAN GET TO THE PROPERTY, WE CAN GET THAT CLEARED UP. OKAY. AND THEN THE USE OF A STRUCTURE WITHOUT THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

SINCE, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOUR CLIENT HAS AN ATTORNEY PRESENT.

I MEAN, IF YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE WILLING TO STATE ON THE RECORD THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT HE'S HE'S NOT GOING TO BE STAYING THERE UNTIL ALL OF THIS IS WORKED OUT. AND HE HAS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THEN I THINK WE CAN CLOSE THAT ONE OUT, BECAUSE I'LL HAVE I'LL HAVE YOUR WORD AS A MEMBER OF THE BAR THAT HE'S NOT LIVING THERE ANYMORE, SO HE'S NOT OCCUPYING IT. SO CERTIFICATE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.

SO AS FAR AS I KNOW, HE'S NOT LIVING THERE RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK HE CAN HEAR THE MAGISTRATE TELL HIM NOT TO GO BACK UNTIL THE OCCUPANT CERTIFICATE IS RESTORED.

OKAY. OKAY.

AGAIN, THIS NEXT ONE HERE IT SAYS EVERY OCCUPIED BUILDING SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS.

NOW, THAT MIGHT BE THAT'S PROBABLY DIFFERENT THAN JUST BEING ON POWER.

SO I'M NOT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THE CITY EXPLAIN IT, SAY WHEN THEY CAN WHAT THAT WILL REQUIRE.

AND JUST A SECOND HERE WATER SUPPLY. WE'VE GOT THAT THAT ISSUE HANGING OVER US, BUT PUBLIC NUISANCE THAT CONSTITUTES A SERIOUS THREAT TO PUBLIC WELFARE, TO WIT, RUNNING A GENERATOR THAT SHOULD BE DONE.

CORRECT. THAT SHOULD NO LONGER BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE WE HAVE POWER IS OKAY.

BACK ON. AND THEN ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S STILL SOME STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. SO THE QUESTION THERE IS, HOW LONG, HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE? I, I WOULD, I WOULD GUESS THAT HE SHOULD HAVE THAT BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE WITHIN 60 DAYS, ASSUMING THAT HE HAS PERMISSION TO RETURN TO THE PROPERTY.

OKAY.

OKAY. IF YOU COME UP ONE MORE TIME. OKAY. OKAY.

SO WHAT? I'M. SO GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

SO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THAT IS IT'S STILL REVOKED ON FILE.

CORRECT. RIGHT. IT'S THE VIOLATION OF THE CODE FOR FOR BEING THERE WITHOUT THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

OKAY. AND THAT'S FINE. SO HE CAN GO THERE TO REDO REPAIRS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT WOULDN'T WOULDN'T MAKE WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE OTHERWISE. OKAY. SO FOR THESE ONES THAT THEY SAID ARE IN COMPLIANCE, DOES HE HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE GIVE THEM A ONE WEEK EXTENSION SO YOU CAN GET OUT THERE AND INSPECT IT? WELL, THE GENERATOR IS PRETTY MUCH DONE TOO, RIGHT? BUT YEAH. SO THIS ONE THAT SAYS SECTION 93.043 AND IT'S BUILDING SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS. YEAH. ONCE I COULD VERIFY THE ELECTRIC, I COULD DO THAT TOO.

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AND THEY CAN ALSO VERIFY WITH ME. HE'S ACTIVE.

OKAY. AND I DON'T USUALLY LIKE TO BREAK UP DIFFERENT COMPLIANCE DATES, BUT I THINK, I THINK IT'S WARRANTED FOR THIS ONE JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER VOLUME OF FINES THAT WOULD BE ACCRUED OTHERWISE FOR ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.

THEY ASKED FOR 60 DAY EXTENSION. YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE WATER SUPPLY ISSUE. NOW, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE'S ANY TIME FRAME FOR COMPLIANCE THAT YOU COULD THAT YOU HAVE, THAT YOU COULD GIVE ME.

NO, YOUR HONOR, I AND I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXTENSION, BUT I CAN'T GIVE YOU FOREVER.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IF THIS WERE A COURT, I'D ASK FOR A STATUS HEARING, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW THE MUNICIPALITY WORKS.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE BILL, AND I'M NOT SURE MR. MERCADO BY HIMSELF, COULD HAVE RACKED UP THAT AMOUNT OF CHARGES WITHOUT A CITY AND MUNICIPALITY INTERFERING EARLIER IN THAT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW. I JUST GOT ASKED TO SHOW UP YESTERDAY, SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO REVIEW TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN ANY LIENS ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY OR ANYTHING ELSE UP IN THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

RIGHT. OKAY. AND IF THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY, THEN THAT'S PROBABLY NOT SHOULDN'T BE DEALT WITH THROUGH THE WATER DEPARTMENT. THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE DEALT WITH AS A LIEN ON THE DEED.

OKAY, SO HOW ABOUT FOR THAT ONE? I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER 60 DAY EXTENSION OR A 60 DAY EXTENSION FOR THAT. AND BASICALLY THAT'S SO THAT YOU CAN DO THE PROPER INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT, WHAT YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD BE DONE TO GET THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. I MEAN, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE'S A BIG BILL THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID.

AND WHETHER OR NOT HOW IT'S PAID THAT'S BEYOND MY JURISDICTION.

BUT YOU CAN WORK WITH THE CITY TO, TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

SO 60 DAYS YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE YOU A TIME, AT LEAST FOR YOU TO, FOR YOU TO DO YOUR INVESTIGATION AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MERCADO? IS THIS.

THE WELL WATER WAS BECAUSE THEY TOOK THE METER, AND EVERYONE HAD THE MONEY TO PAY THE BILL FOR THE WATER AT THAT TIME.

YEAH. OKAY. I THINK THAT SOLVES OUR ISSUES. BESIDES THE WATER BILL OR WATER BOARD.

SO THAT'S NOT CORRECT TERM, BECAUSE THAT MEANS SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I WOULD TAKE TESTIMONY ON THAT IF I COULD, BUT THAT'S NOT YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S NOT I THINK I THINK THE APPROPRIATE METHOD OF ACTION IS A SET OF MEETING UP WITH THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT OR SOMEBODY IN THE MANAGEMENT THERE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO OWES WHAT, WHERE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY I'M GIVING YOU THE 60 DAYS.

SO. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S FIGURE THIS ORDER OUT HERE.

THERE ARE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX VIOLATIONS.

SO FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, SECTION 93.031 MAINTAIN A CONDITION THAT CONSTITUTES A BLIGHTING INFLUENCE.

I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM A GIVE THE PROPERTY OWNER A ONE WEEK EXTENSION TO THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR THAT WILL BE MARCH 19TH, 2025. FOR THE SECOND ONE. SECTION 185.183 USE OF A STRUCTURE OR LAND WITHOUT A REQUIRED CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

WE CAN CLOSE THAT ONE OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TESTIMONY THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT BEING USED FOR A RESIDENCE ANYMORE.

FOR THE THIRD ONE, SECTION 93.043. THAT IS, EVERY BUILDING SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS.

THAT WILL ALSO GET A ONE WEEK EXTENSION. FOR THE ONE, TWO, 123.

FOURTH ONE TWO. 2021 IPMC FIVE ZERO. 5.3 GRANTING A 60 DAY EXTENSION.

SO THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE WILL BE MAY 11TH, 2025.

FOR THE FIFTH VIOLATION, SECTION 93.03 PUBLIC NUISANCE THAT CONSTITUTES A SERIOUS PUBLIC THREAT TO PUBLIC WELFARE.

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AND SO THAT DATE OF COMPLIANCE WILL BE MARCH 19TH, 2025.

AND THE FINAL ONE, SECTION 93.03 ACCUMULATION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.

I WILL GRANT A 60 DAY EXTENSION FOR THAT. THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE WILL BE MAY 11TH, 2025 FOR THE ONES THAT HAVE A ONE WEEK EXTENSION.

SO BASICALLY IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. I'M JUST GIVING TIME FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO GET OUT THERE AND VERIFY THAT AND FOR EACH VIOLATION THAT IS STILL PRESENT AFTER THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE, IT WILL BE A $50 A DAY FINE.

AND IS THAT A GLOBAL NONCOMPLIANCE FEE OR IS THAT PER VIOLATION? THAT IS PER VIOLATION. BUT I MEAN, IF EVERYTHING IS AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, IT REALLY SHOULD JUST BE FOR THE ONE THE ONE VIOLATION. SO. ALL RIGHT. AND PERMISSION TO BE EXCUSED.

YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT CASES ARE KB 2571625 AT 1981 DANNER DRIVE NORTHEAST. KB 2571525 AT 1965 DAN-AIR DRIVE EAST NORTHEAST AND CB 2571825 AT 1987 DAN-AIR DRIVE NORTHEAST. AND THE CODE OFFICER IS VALERIE.

YES. VALERIE, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.

THE NEXT THREE CASES THAT WERE LISTED ARE ALL ON DAN-AIR DRIVE, PROPERTY OWNED BY VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS IN THE AGUIRRE FAMILY, AND MR. AGUIRRE IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY.

SO HE DID ASK A LETTER TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE TILL APRIL 9TH.

OKAY, READY? SO THIS WAS DATED YESTERDAY, MARCH 10TH, 2025.

IT SAYS, GOOD MORNING, MR. FRANK SCAGLIONE. THIS IS ALFRED AGUIRRE OF 1680 MAIN STREET, PALM BAY.

I AM REQUESTING FOR A CHANGE OF DATE TO ATTEND THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 12TH, 2025 TO THE NEXT HEARING. AND HIS SIGNATURE? NO.

NO REASON. AND YOU SAID THERE WERE. I SEE AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS. HAS ANYBODY SHOWED UP FOR ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES? MR. GARY IS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THEM.

THEY BELONG TO HIM, HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS. THAT'S WHY ALL THE DIFFERENT NAMES ARE THERE.

HOW OLD ARE HIS KIDS? 20S. OKAY. YEAH. I REVIEWED THE. I REVIEWED THE CASE BEFORE COMING HERE.

SO JUST A FEW QUESTIONS BEFORE I CONSIDER REMOVING THIS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS SAGA STARTED IN 2021. IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? ACTUALLY, IT GOES BACK FOR QUITE SOME TIME. BUT THE LAST FIVE YEARS THIS IS.

THESE THREE HAVE BEEN ONGOING. OKAY. AND THERE WERE A FEW EXTENSIONS.

GRANTED, THE LAST ONE I SAW IN THE RECORD WAS 2022.

CORRECT? YES. OKAY. AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT WAS A MARCH OR APRIL 2020? YES. THERE WAS THREE DIFFERENT LETTERS, GIVE OR TAKE, EXTENSIONS, GIVE OR TAKE.

IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO. SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS? SO THERE'S BEEN NO PROGRESS? AGAIN, THERE'S A LONG HISTORY WITH THESE PROPERTIES.

AND MR. AGUIRRE, AS FAR AS HIM NEEDING TO GET SITE PLANS APPROVED AND PERMITS FOR THE WORK, THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE TO THE THREE PROPERTIES.

I KNOW RECENTLY HE HAS SPOKEN TO ALTHEA, WHO'S THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR GROWTH.

HE'S BEEN EXPLAINED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO BRING THIS INTO COMPLIANCE.

AND SO IF IT'S BEFORE ME TODAY, I'M GUESSING WE HAVEN'T HAD A FINDING OF NONCOMPLIANCE YET.

CORRECT. AND THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY FINES CORRECT ACCRUING YET.

BUT THE LAST EXTENSION EXPIRED THREE YEARS AGO.

YES. AND THEN THE REASON THAT THE 2021 CASE WAS CLOSED AND WE RECITED IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT DRAGGED ON FOR THREE YEARS WITH NO ACTION. WE WERE CONSTANTLY PUTTING IN ON HOLD, HAVING MEETINGS, NO PROGRESS.

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GOTCHA. SO WOULD IT BE FAIR TO CHARACTERIZE THIS AS THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE HAD THE BENEFIT OF AN EXTENSION FOR THREE YEARS WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING? THAT'S MY OPINION, YES.

OKAY. THEN I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO GIVE HIM MORE TIME FOR ANOTHER HEARING.

UNLESS THE CITY THINKS THERE'S ANY HAS ANY ISSUE LEGALLY WITH THAT.

I'M ASKING FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION, BUT NO STAFF.

STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO TO THE ONE MORE EXTENSION.

I DON'T SEE A LEGAL REASON WHY NOT. I MY ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THEY BASICALLY THEIR THEIR LAST EXTENSION EXPIRED THREE YEARS AGO.

AND LIKE THERE'S STILL NOBODY HERE TO TALK TO EVEN ASK FOR AN EXTENSION FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ANOTHER MONTHS HEARING.

WHERE I, THEY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD PRODUCE.

THEY COULD PRODUCE AS FAR AS TESTIMONY THAT WOULD CONVINCE ME TO GIVE THEM A ANOTHER EXTENSION.

IF IT'S YOUR IF IT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE TO DENY THE EXTENSION, I WON'T I WON'T OBJECT STRENUOUSLY.

YEAH. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION.

SO THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE IS ALREADY. IT'S ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED TO THEM.

CORRECT. FOR THIS? YES. AND WHAT WAS THAT DATE? FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO AS OF FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025, THE PROPERTY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE OR THE PROPERTIES, I SHOULD SAY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

CAN I SEE THE FOLDER? SO I CAN JUST MAKE SURE I'M READING OFF ALL THIS CORRECTLY.

AND THERE ARE IS IT TWO VIOLATIONS? YES. MAINLY IT'S JUST THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND THE PERMITTING.

OKAY. SO IT'S OKAY. SO IF YOU WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO MR. GARY AND GET EVERYTHING FROM HIS SIDE, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING TO GRANT THE CONTINUANCE TO THIS WOULD I MEAN, THIS WAS HIS OPPORTUNITY. IF THE LETTER HAD SAID, I'M IN THE HOSPITAL OR EVERY PROPERTY OWNER ON THESE PROPERTIES IS IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT THEY'RE ALL ADULTS. THEY CAN ALL SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SO LET'S JUST TAKE THESE.

WE'LL START OFF WITH 257, ONE SIX AS OF FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025, THE PROPERTY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE, AND I'M ASSESSING A FINE OF $50 PER DAY FOR EACH VIOLATION.

I DO KNOW THAT I BELIEVE MR. GARY DID CALL JEANNIE TODAY, CORRECT? YES. AND HE ADVISED. GO AHEAD. HE JUST ASKED IF I RECEIVED THIS LETTER.

I SAID THAT I DID, AND THAT THAT HE WAS ASKING FOR IT TO BE TABLED TO APRIL, AND I SAID THAT I WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL. AND HE HE DID ASK. I SAID IT WOULD. WE WOULD ASK FOR IT TO BE TABLED TO APRIL.

AND THEN HE SAID, THERE'S NO WAY TO ASK FOR A 60 OR 90 DAY EXTENSION.

AND I SAID THAT IF HE WANTED TO ASK FOR A 60 DAY OR 90 DAY EXTENSION, THAT HE WOULD NEED TO BE PRESENT TO ASK YOU FOR THAT, THAT STAFF COULD NOT GRANT THAT REQUEST. OKAY.

HE'S HAD A THREE YEAR EXTENSION. 25717 IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE AS OF FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025, AND $50 A DAY FINE FOR EACH VIOLATION.

AND 25718 AS OF FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025 IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND GETS A $50 A DAY FINE FOR EACH VIOLATION.

JUST JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE GOING BACK FOR THE COMPLIANCE DATE TO FEBRUARY 25TH AND FINES STARTING THAT DAY.

YEAH. OKAY.

OKAY. YEAH. YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAY HERE. OKAY.

MOVING ON TO CB 2571925. AT 949 A STREET NORTHEAST.

THE CODE OFFICER IS VALERIE PRESENTS.

VALERIE PRESENTS CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.

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SHE IS HERE TO SPEAK. I KNOW HER SON IS ALSO HERE AS WELL.

THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE PARKING AND THE TRAILERS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS COMPLAINING.

THE REASON IT'S COMING TO THE BOARD TODAY IS BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THEY FIX IT AND THEN IT GOES BACK.

SO I'M CONSTANTLY HAVING TO OPEN NEW CASES REGARDING IT.

OKAY. CAN I HAVE THE FOLDER PLEASE? ALL RIGHT.

HELLO, SIR. HI. IF YOU COULD PULL THE MIC UP TO YOUR TOP.

TO YOUR MOUTH, PLEASE. YES. I CAME OVER HERE BECAUSE I NEED TO TELL.

CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FIRST? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD FIRST.

YOUR NAME? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. OH, MY NAME IS OLIVA NIEVES.

OKAY. AND MY SON PEPE AND I CAME OVER HERE BECAUSE A THIS IS GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND THEY CALLED MANAGER HAD BEEN WORKING WITH PEPE AND PEPE.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN. PEPE HAD BEEN COMPLYING WITH THIS AND THAT.

I NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH WHAT REALLY GOING ON, BUT IT'S GETTING TO A POINT THAT I FEEL VERY STRESSFUL AND ARREST ME, YOU KNOW, BY THIS SITUATION.

AND I CAME OVER HERE TO TELL THE THE COUNCIL THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CARS THAT ARE ARE THE CARS ARE TEMPORARY PARK AND THERE THERE WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THEM. I WAS HOPING TO REMOVE THEM BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. BUT SOMETHING CAME UP. SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT IT DELAYED THE THE PLAN.

AND FOR AT LEAST A TWO PLUS MONTHS OR BEFORE ACTUALLY.

AND I GUARANTEE THE COUNSELOR, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL THAT ARE GOING TO THOSE CARS ARE GOING TO BE MOVED, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE PARKED BY THE ROAD.

I DON'T WANT NO MORE PROBLEMS. I DON'T IT'S IT'S REALLY, REALLY HECTIC.

AND THE MANAGER KNOWS AND SHE HAS BEEN DOING AN AWESOME JOB BY, YOU KNOW, HELPING PEPE AND PEPE, YOU KNOW, COOPERATING.

BUT AT THIS POINT, IT IS. IT IS REFERRING TO THE CARS, BUT IT IS MORE LIKE REFERRING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE A AIRBNB IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO TO SHOW AND FEEL THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS GOOD, IT'S NOT BAD, BUT IT IS NOT A VIERA NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS NOT A MELBOURNE BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT IS A OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE ALL OLDER PEOPLE LIVING FROM SOCIAL SECURITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN HERE RIGHT NOW. THE CARS WHERE THEY ARE PARKED, THEY ARE NOT INTERFERING WITH ANYBODY GOING IN AND OUT.

BUT I AM SO TIRED OF IT AND FRUSTRATED. I'M THE MANAGER CO MANAGER NOW BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THAT I'M TAKING THE INITIATIVE AND THIS CAR IN TWO MONTHS PLUS OR BEFORE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDED THERE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT NO MORE PROBLEMS. AND NO 1 IN 35 YEARS OVER HERE LIVING IN BOMBAY AND NEVER HAD NO PROBLEM.

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SO THE CARS ARE THEY ARE THEY OPERABLE? CAN YOU JUST GET IN AND DRIVE THEM? OKAY. WHICH I'M WORKING ON NOW. IF YOU IF YOU COULD PULL THE MIC UP TO YOU.

I'M ACTUALLY WORKING ON NOW. MY NAME IS PEPITO NIEVES.

THE TIRE THERE WAS A ISSUE WHERE I HAD TWO TIRES THAT WERE FLAT, AND I'M ACTUALLY REPAIRING THAT NOW.

THE TIRE IS IN THE BACK OF HER CAR RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO THAT WAS THE ONLY ISSUE.

THAT ME AND VALERIE DISCUSSED THAT IT WASN'T OPERABLE BECAUSE OF THE TIRE, BUT THEY ALL RUNNING START GO MOVE EVERY WHICH WAY, AND I'VE SHOWN THEM THAT PRIOR, SO. OKAY. BUT I THINK IT'S NOT JUST.

I MEAN, IT'S ALSO THE VOLUME OF CARS ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S AN ISSUE, NOT JUST WHETHER OR NOT THEY OPERATE.

HOW MANY CARS DO YOU HAVE ON THE PROPERTY? ON THE PROPERTY, THERE ARE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

WELL, THERE'S ONE, TWO, THREE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO ON THERE ON FRONT OF.

THERE'S FOUR ON THE PROPERTY ON THE OKAY, ON THE PROPERTY FIVE SIDE, WHICH TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I, I LIVE BY MYSELF RIGHT THERE IN MY, YOU KNOW, I LIVE BY MYSELF.

I FEEL SECURE AND AND PROTECTED BECAUSE THE, THE MY YARD IS NOT A EASY COME IN OR A EASY OUT AND I FEEL SECURE THERE. AND I ALSO HAVE PRIVACY WITH MY NEIGHBOR THAT LORD HAVE MERCY. I'VE BEEN HAVING SO MUCH HARD TIME BECAUSE SHE IS BECOMING, LIKE, HATEFUL TO HIM AND THEN JUMP ON ME. OKAY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM.

OKAY, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. I'M ON THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S TWO IN THE BACK, OKAY? AND TWO ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

OKAY. NOW, I DON'T WANT. I DON'T WANT ANY MORE ANYONE.

NO, MA'AM. MA'AM, PLEASE BE. PLEASE BE QUIET.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET THIS WORKED OUT. I DON'T WANT ANY MORE TESTIMONY ON NEIGHBORHOOD DRAMA, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING. AND, YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE, BUT. SO JUST ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. NOTHING ELSE.

HOW MANY CARS ARE ON THE PROPERTY? TWO STORED ON THE SIDE OF THE CARPORT AND TWO ON THE SIDE OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

OKAY, SO THERE ARE FOUR CARS. FOUR CARS TOTAL.

ARE THEY ALL IN OPERATING CONDITION? YES. OKAY, SO VALERIE, HELP ME OUT HERE.

THEY'VE GOT TWO. THEY'VE GOT FOUR CARS. THE CODE ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE TWO OPERABLE VEHICLES.

IF THEY JUST GET IN THE CAR AND DRIVE OFF THE PROPERTY WITH THE WITH TWO OF THE VEHICLES, THEY'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE.

CORRECT? I'D HAVE TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE PARKED.

THE THE PICTURES THAT I TOOK. THERE'S TWO VEHICLES THAT HAVE EXPIRED TAGS THAT ARE SITTING OUT IN THE ROAD.

SO WHEN I WENT THERE, THERE WAS THREE IN THE ROAD, ONE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THERE WAS TWO ON THE SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE ONE WITH THE FLAT TIRES AND THEN ONE IN THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS MRS. NIEVES. AND I THINK THAT WAS IT.

SO AT THE TIME I WAS THERE, THERE WAS LIKE 6 TO 7 CARS.

OKAY. BUT SO THERE'S A DRIVEWAY. YOU CAN PUT TWO CARS IN THE DRIVEWAY.

IF THAT'S ALL YOU HAD, YOU'D BE FINE. HE CAN HAVE TWO ON THE SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY.

BUT THE ONES IN THE FRONT, THEY ALL GOT TO GO, RIGHT? OKAY. OKAY. AND NOW THERE'S ALSO THIS TRAILER.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT TRAILER? WITH THE JET SKIS? YES.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. NO, NO, YOU MOVED THAT ONE.

THE OTHER ONE THE JET SKIS WERE ON. OKAY. SO WHERE DO I GET THE THERE HAS TO BE ON THE SIDE OR IN THE BACK.

YEAH, I COULD DO THAT. OKAY. SO EARLIER YOU ASKED FOR TWO MONTHS, WHICH I THINK IS FAR TOO LONG TO BE REMOVING, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES THAT CAN BE DRIVEN.

SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD. GO. YES. THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I AM IN.

IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE TAKE THAT LONG FOR ME TO DO WHAT THE PLAN TO DO, THE PROCESS OF MOVING THEM. AND AND THAT'S WHY I AM IF I CAN DO IT BEFORE WILL BE FINE. I WILL DO IT BEFORE WE NOW.

NO PROBLEM. BUT AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THIS TIME TO DO THIS,

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AND? AND SHE WILL KNOW. OKAY, SO WHAT IS. WHY WOULD IT TAKE TWO MONTHS? OKAY, WELL. HOLD ON. OKAY, SO YOU'RE PURCHASING ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE TWO MONTHS. SO THE JET SKI.

IS THAT YOURS? YES. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A PROPERTY WHERE YOU CAN STORE IT? YES. OKAY. SO THAT CAN BE WE CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM TODAY.

YES. YES. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A PROPERTY WHERE SHE CAN STORE THE EXTRA CARS BEFORE, LIKE SO? SHE CAN HAVE TWO IN THE DRIVEWAY AND TWO ON THE SIDE.

SO THAT'S FOUR CARS. THAT SHE CAN HAVE ON THE PROPERTY.

WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IS THE ONES WITHOUT THE TAGS IN THE STREET, WHICH ARE TWO OF THEM.

THAT WILL THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE MOVED FROM THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? UNLESS I GET ATTACKED RIGHT NOW, IS THERE? WELL, EVEN EVEN IF YOU GET THEM TAGGED, THERE'S.

THAT'S JUST TOO MANY CARS FOR THE PROPERTY. SO DO YOU HAVE AT YOUR PROPERTY WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO STORE THE JET SKI? DO YOU HAVE ROOM FOR THOSE EXTRA CARS? NO, IT'S JUST FOR THE JET SKIS.

JUST FOR THE JET SKI. IT'S NOT MY PROPERTY. OKAY.

BUT THE ISSUE IS YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S SO MANY CARS THAT.

WHEN. WELL, VALERIE WAS SAYING THAT SHE'S SEEN UP TO SEVEN CARS AT THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME RIGHT NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S FOUR.

THERE'S ONLY FOUR CARS ON THE PROPERTY. THERE'S FOUR ON THE ON THE PROPERTY.

THEN THERE'S THE THREE THAT'S ON THE ON THE PUBLIC PUBLIC ROAD.

RIGHT OF WAY. RIGHT OF WAY. THERE'S THREE THERE.

SO THOSE THREE THAT THAT ONE OF THEM ARE TAGGED, THE OTHER ONE ARE JUST EXPIRED TAGS.

ALL I GOT TO DO IS JUST MAKE A PAYMENT TO GET IT. I MEAN CURRENT.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO DO TO THAT. SO IT'S JUST PRETTY MUCH JUST PAYING TO GET THEM REGISTERED.

BUT I WANT THEM MOVE AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE MOVED.

SO I DON'T WANT THEM THERE. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. VALERIE. ONE MORE TIME. I'M GOING TO QUIZ YOU ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE, I MEAN, I WANT TO GIVE THEM AN EXTENSION, BUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK TWO I THINK TWO MONTHS IS, YES, TOO LONG BECAUSE IT'S BEEN GOING ON TOO LONG.

BUT SO WE'VE GOT NOW WE'VE GOT SEVEN CARS AND WE GOT.

SO WE GOT TWO IN THE DRIVEWAY, TWO ON THE SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY.

THEY'RE ALL GOOD. YES. THEN WE GOT THREE IN THE STREET.

NO. AND THEY'RE. ARE THEY A PROBLEM? THAT'S A PROBLEM.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE NOW IS IT A PROBLEM? IF THEY'RE ALL TAGGED AND LICENSED AND EVERYTHING, THAT YOU STILL CAN'T HAVE THEM PARKED WHERE THEY'RE AT? OKAY. SO THOSE THREE CARS STILL NEED TO GO? YES. THEY STILL NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE.

CORRECT. IT'S UNDER THE PARKING ORDINANCE. THERE'S A WHOLE NEW PARKING ORDINANCE PROBABLY A YEAR OR TWO. TWO YEARS? YEAH. THEY UPDATED THE PARKING ORDINANCE.

IT TELLS YOU THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF WHERE THEY CAN BE PARKED AND ON THE SIDE.

YES. YEAH. OKAY. SO SIR I, I NEED, I NEED YOU TO WORK WITH ME HERE. I CAN, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXTENSION.

TWO MONTHS IS TOO LONG FOR MOVING THOSE, THOSE THREE, THREE CARS THAT YOU KNOW YOU CAN DRIVE TODAY.

WELL I CAN I MEAN, I CAN MOVE THIS GOING TO BE A TOTAL OF TWO CARS.

THAT'LL BE THE ONES THAT AREN'T REGISTERED ON THE ON THE STREET, THE THREE IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THOSE I COULD POSSIBLY MOVE. I GOT UP. LIKE 30 DAYS.

PROBABLY BECAUSE I GOT IT, I LOST IT. OF COURSE YOU KNOW IT'S MONEY RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS THE SITUATION. SO 30 DAYS, I COULD POSSIBLY HAVE RENT FOR SOME STORAGE.

SO I COULD STORE THEM UNTIL I'M ABLE TO PUT THEM BACK ON THE ROAD.

OKAY. SO ARE YOU OKAY WITH 30 DAYS? YES. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. I WILL GIVE YOU A 30 DAY EXTENSION TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, AND THEN IT'LL BE A $50 A DAY FINE FOR EACH DAY AFTER THAT, IT'S NONCOMPLIANCE. THANK YOU. SIR. THANKS. THANK YOU.

THANKS. THANK YOU. SHE'LL. SHE'LL MAIL YOU SOMETHING.

OKAY. OKAY. OUR NEXT CASE IS CB 2572025 AT 900 DAYTONA DRIVE NORTHEAST. THE CODE OFFICER IS VALERIE PRESENTS.

VALERIE PRESENTS CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.

THE PROPERTY AT 900 DAYTONA. THIS IS ANOTHER SIMILAR CASE WITH THE ONGOING ISSUE AS FAR AS PARKING

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THEY'VE ALWAYS BROUGHT IT INTO COMPLIANCE. IT'S KIND OF ESCALATED NOW.

HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A GARAGE IN THE BACK, WHICH HE HAS A PERMIT FOR.

HE HAD MOVED THE VEHICLES BACK OUT FRONT, WHICH CAUSED THE COMPLAINTS TO COME IN ABOUT THE PARKING AND STUFF AGAIN.

STEPHANIE IS HERE ALONG WITH HER SON, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GIVE TESTIMONY.

THE NEIGHBORS. OKAY. SIR, YOU'RE YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO FILM IF YOU WANT, BUT THE CITY PROVIDES VIDEO OF THE OF THE PROCEEDINGS.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR ARM. THANK YOU. YEAH, IT'S FOR ME SO THAT I CAN REMEMBER.

OH, OKAY. YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT. NO PROBLEM. PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON.

STEPHANIE HERE. OKAY. SO WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE THIS TIME BECAUSE WE FOLLOWED EVERYTHING.

WE BUILT A SIX FOOT FENCE FOR THE CARS TO BE BEHIND, AND MY SON PULLED THE PERMITS IN SEPTEMBER AND EVERYTHING.

STAYED BEHIND THE FENCE UNTIL WE HAD TO PREP FOR THE SLAB TO BE POURED.

AND THAT WAS THE SLAB GOT POURED ON TWO SEVEN.

BUT HE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, HE ACTUALLY PUT DOWN ALL THE GRAVEL IN THE WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE, SO THAT WHEN HE PULLED THE CARS OUT OF THE FENCE, THEY WOULD STILL BE ON SOMETHING THAT'S CONSIDERED THE DRIVEWAY.

SO WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE IN VIOLATION. AND THEN WHEN VALERIE EXPLAINED TO ME, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT IS A PROBLEM, I GUESS. HE HAD THE CARS OUT LIKE WITHIN TWO DAYS.

HE MOVED THEM UP TO HIS SHOP. THEY'RE MAKING CLAIMS ABOUT THE MAJOR VEHICLE REPAIRS.

THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. MY SON HAS A WAREHOUSE SPACE FOR HIS BUSINESS THAT HE'S BEEN PAYING FOR SINCE 2022.

HE DOESN'T EVEN DO MY OIL CHANGES AT THE HOUSE, SO THAT'S.

THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT'S A CONSTANT ISSUE, AND I DON'T SEE MANY COMPLAINTS WITH HER ACTUAL NAME ON IT. BUT WHILE WE'RE ALL IN OUR HOUSE, THERE'S THREE OF US MY SON, MYSELF AND HIS GIRLFRIEND.

WE ALL WORK LIKE, 60 TO 80 HOURS A WEEK. WE'RE WE'RE NOT HOME.

WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT CAUSING PROBLEMS. NOTHING.

BUT MY RETIRED NEIGHBOR, THE DAY DRINKER, HAS GONE.

WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA. WELL. OKAY. OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING. I'M SORRY. SO SHE HAS GONE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOCKING ON DOORS. SEVERAL DOORS.

SO A FEW PEOPLE SHE DID RECRUIT TO SHOW UP. BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE TOLD HER NO THANK YOU OR I DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS.

AND IN FACT, THE ONES THAT SHOWED UP I DIDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH EITHER UNTIL RIGHT NOW THAT I KNOW OF.

SO WE TRY TO BE PEACEFUL. WE'RE NOT THROWING PARTIES, WE'RE JUST WORKING HARD, TRYING TO GROW OUR BUSINESSES AND TRYING TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY. I'M RIGHT ON THE CORNER. I'M LIKE A BEACON.

EVERYBODY CAN SEE MY HOUSE. YOU CAN SEE IT FROM EVERY DIRECTION.

I'VE GOT LANDSCAPE DESIGN PREPARED TO START BUILDING SOME PRIVACY, YOU KNOW.

SO I'M TRYING TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES. OKAY. SO I WANT TO GO GO THROUGH EACH OF IT.

LOOKS LIKE THERE'S FIVE OR, I'M SORRY, FOUR VIOLATIONS LISTED. I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT HAS AN INTEREST THAT WANTS TO SPEAK TODAY WILL SPEAK.

AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD BEFORE BEFORE WE MOVE ON.

OKAY, SO SECTION 73.02 PERFORMING MAJOR VEHICLE REPAIRS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S NO REPAIRS BEING DONE ON.

NO. ON THESE VEHICLES? NO. AND VALERIE ALSO LET ME KNOW THAT SHE SHE'S DRIVEN BY.

AND SHE HASN'T SEEN ANYTHING IN QUITE A WHILE EITHER.

OKAY. AND EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP THE CONVERSATION TO A MINIMUM.

ALL RIGHT. SECTION 185.123. PARKING PROHIBITED, EXCEPT WITHIN A PAVED DRIVEWAY ADJACENT TO THE DRIVEWAY.

MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM OF TWO OPERABLE VEHICLES. HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE ON THE PROPERTY AT THIS MOMENT? LIKE OFF OF THE DRIVEWAY? BECAUSE WE. I HAVE MY OWN VEHICLE AND MY SON'S GOT SEVERAL VEHICLES THAT ARE REGISTERED, INSURED AND ON THE ROAD. AND THEN HIS GIRLFRIEND THAT LIVES THERE HAS A COUPLE OF VEHICLES, BUT SHE EVEN TOOK ONE OFF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BUT WE BUILT THE HE.

HE LAID THE STONE FOR THE DRIVEWAY. RIGHT? JUST THAT WAS REALLY ONLY TO TAKE THOSE CARS OUT OF THE BACKYARD, WHICH ALL RUN AND DRIVE, BY THE WAY. WELL, I JUST STOP YOU FOR A SECOND.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'VE BEEN CITED FOR THE STONE.

THE MAKESHIFT DRIVEWAY. WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE.

WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE VEHICLES. YEAH, WELL, I WAS BRINGING UP THE STONE BECAUSE THAT WAS NORMALLY WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS WITH

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OKAY, SO HE PUT THE STONE DOWN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE THAT'S GOING UP ON THE 19TH.

BUT HOW MANY CARS ARE HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE ON THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW? FOUR. FIVE. THEY'RE ALL IN THE DRIVEWAY.

EVERY VEHICLE THAT'S THERE NOW IS IN THE DRIVEWAY.

OKAY. OR IN THE GARAGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT ONE, SECTION 185.123.

PARKING A VEHICLE SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO ON A SINGLE SIDE OR ONE ON EACH SIDE.

HOW HOW MANY? WHERE ARE ALL THE CARS PARKED? IN THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF MY GARAGE.

ALL IN THE DRIVEWAY. THERE'S NOTHING ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. HE DROVE. HE TOOK THEM ALL OUT AND BACK UP TO HIS SHOP.

OKAY. AND JUST UNTIL HIS GARAGE IS BUILT AND THEN THEY'LL GO BACK IN THERE.

OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST ONE, NO VEHICLE AT ANY TIME MAY BE IN A STATE OF MAJOR DISASSEMBLY, REPAIR BEING STRIPPED, DISMANTLED. UNLESS IT'S BEING PERFORMED IN A GARAGE.

HOW MANY? HOW MANY OF THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE GARAGE ARE BEING HAVING ANY KIND OF REPAIRS DONE ON? NONE. THE ONLY TIME THEY THEY'RE THEY'VE COME OUT FROM EITHER THE BACKYARD OR THE GARAGE WAS TO LIKE, REARRANGE THINGS OR LIKE, DO YARD WORK IN THAT BACKYARD OR WHATEVER.

AND THEN THEY WERE PUT BACK IN. OKAY. WE HAVE I THINK HE'S GOT TWO DRIFT CARS.

HE'S GOT ONE, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND HAS ONE THAT ARE LEGALLY ON THE ROAD, BUT THEY'RE DRIFT CARS, SO MAYBE THEY LOOK LIKE A HUNK OF JUNK, BUT THEY TAKE THEM DRIFTING LEGALLY.

AND. BUT HE EVEN MOVED THOSE OUT OF THERE. THEY'RE BOTH UP AT HIS SHOP RIGHT NOW TO.

SEE IF THERE'S A LOT OF CARS THERE. IT'S USUALLY A VERY TEMPORARY SITUATION.

AND ON THE WEEKEND. OKAY. I MEAN, THESE PICTURES, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE SHOWING A LOT MORE THAN FOUR CARS IN A DRIVEWAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WERE. THERE WERE THE ONES HE PULLED OUT FROM THE BACK, BUT NOW HE TOOK THEM ALL OFF THE PROPERTY UNTIL THE GARAGE IS DONE.

BEING BUILT ON THE 19TH. OKAY. AND THE GARAGE IS.

THAT'S ON THE ON YOUR PROPERTY? YEAH. IT'S A SECOND.

IT'S A SECOND GARAGE. HOW MANY CARS CAN THAT HOLD? FOUR. HOW MANY CARS IS YOUR NEW GARAGE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD? FOUR. FOUR. FIVE. FOUR. FIVE. FOUR. 4 OR 5. AND THEN MY GARAGE THAT I ALREADY HAVE CAN ALSO HOLD THAT MANY CARS.

IT'S A HUGE GARAGE. HOW BIG IS THIS PROPERTY? I'M ON A CORNER LOT. IT'S LIKE THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE.

I THINK THE PROPERTY APPRAISER SHEET, IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT SIZE THE.

OKAY, SO, I MEAN, ARE WE LOOKING AT A SUBDIVISION OR A KIND OF OUT IN THE COUNTRY OR.

IT'S ON A CORNER LOT? OKAY. OKAY. EVERY STEP WE'RE TAKING IS TO STOP BEING A PROBLEM OR YOU KNOW, WHAT'S PERCEIVED AS A PROBLEM. WE'RE REALLY TRYING.

PERMITS TAKE TIME. BUILDINGS TAKE TIME, YOU KNOW? BUT HE'S PAYING A LOT EVERY MONTH SINCE 2022 FOR FOR THIS GARAGE FOR HIS BUSINESS UP IN MELBOURNE.

SO I HAVE HIS CONTRACT HERE TOO, IN CASE YOU NEEDED TO SEE THAT.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LYING. SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I START CALLING UP OTHER PEOPLE? YEAH. I MEAN, THE CONSTANT PROBLEMS THAT ARE DERIVING FROM THE ONE NEIGHBOR WHO DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP TODAY.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LIST OF PROBLEMS THAT AREN'T.

I MEAN, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO. I ONLY WANT TO I WANT TO JUST TO STICK TO THE JUST JUST TO THE VIOLATIONS.

I DON'T WANT THIS THING. YEAH. IF IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH CARS, I DON'T WANT TO.

I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THIS IS WHAT I CAN TELL YOU. ANYBODY THAT DID FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS OR IS HERE TODAY WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE RECRUITED. LITERALLY, SHE WAS TRYING TO GET THEM TO SIGN PETITIONS.

AND OUR NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY NEXT TO US ON THE SIDE WHERE THE CARS ACTUALLY ARE, HAS NO PROBLEM.

SHE'S VERY AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW TEMPORARY THINGS ARE.

AND. YEAH. SO OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE. HERE IS I HAD TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER OUT. YEAH, SHE'S WITH ME. OH, OKAY. I LIVE ON THE OPPOSITE CORNER, AND I KNOW.

WELL, CAN YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN YOU CAN.

CHERYL BRITTON I LIVE I LIVE ON CADILLAC, WHICH RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, AROUND THE CORNER.

I LITERALLY BETWEEN DRIVING MY KIDS TO IN SCHOOL PRACTICE.

I PASS THIS HOUSE EIGHT TIMES A DAY AT LEAST.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THEY DID HAVE LIKE A COUPLE EXTRA CARS FOR A WHILE, BUT IT'S I DON'T THINK NOBODY'S WORKING ON CARS AND IT LOOKS NICE. IT LOOKS WAY BETTER THAN IT DID IN THE PAST.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, LIKE, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BUSYBODIES GOING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUT IT HAS IT'S CAME A LONG WAY AND IT LOOKS GREAT.

SO I DON'T I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM. THERE'S NOBODY WORKING ON CARS.

THERE'S NO IT'S A NICE CLEAN HOUSE. I JUST I JUST WANT TO PUT MY $0.02 IN BEFORE I GO PICK MY DAUGHTER UP.

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MA'AM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SITTING DOWN. YEAH.

AND IF YOU COULD, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A FEW PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK TODAY.

IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND. AND JUST WHO WANTS TO STEP UP AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S JUST START SIR, AT THE END, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO GO FIRST AND WE'LL JUST GO IN ORDER OF WHO'S OF HOW YOU'RE SITTING. YES, YES. WHEN YOU GUYS ALL COME UP.

YEP. AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, SOMETIMES WHEN WE GOT A LOT OF NEIGHBORS INVOLVED, THESE TEND TO THESE TEND TO DEVOLVE.

YES. LIKE, I, I TOLD THE PROPERTY OWNER I WANT TO.

WE'RE. IF WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CARS, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.

SO THAT GOES THAT GOES FOR EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW THIS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY VIOLATIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF ME. WHATEVER ELSE MIGHT BE GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT MY JURISDICTION. SO WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT CARS.

I UNDERSTAND, YOUR HONOR. OR YOUR MAGISTRATE.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD DO TO REBUT SOME OF THE PREVIOUS STATEMENTS THAT WERE INCORRECT.

ONE IS THAT I WAS NOT RECRUITED. NO ONE RECRUITED ME.

I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS HEARING FROM A NEIGHBOR, AND I CHOSE TO COME.

NO ONE ASKED ME TO COME. YEAH. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.

IT'S TIMOTHY. OKAY, TIMOTHY, YOU NEED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR WEBSITE, BECAUSE.

THERE ARE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE TOLD ME THEY FEARED TO COME TO THIS MEETING.

OKAY, SO THE RECRUITMENT APPARENTLY DIDN'T WORK BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME TO THIS MEETING.

HE HAS INDICATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THERE WILL BE RETRIBUTION, AND HE HAS POSTED PICTURES OF PEOPLE'S HOMES INDICATING THAT THOSE PEOPLE MAY BE SUBJECTED TO. THEY ARE. THEY'VE BEEN CALLED NAMES.

LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT, OKAY? THERE ARE MAJOR REPAIRS GOING ON IN THAT GARAGE.

I DRIVE BY THAT GARAGE EVERY DAY. THERE ARE. MA'AM? YES, IN THE GARAGE. I GAVE YOU ALL THE TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GRINDING.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WELDING, BUT THERE ARE SPARKS IN THAT GARAGE.

THERE ARE MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS, ENGINES BEING LIFTED IN AND OUT OF VEHICLES.

SO TO SAY THAT THERE IS NOT EVEN AN OIL CHANGE BEING THERE SIMPLY NOT TRUE.

WHEN YOU DRIVE BY THEM, IT IS HORRIBLE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN ACTUAL CHOP SHOP.

I HAVE SEEN REPRESENTATIONS IN MOVIES AND THAT'S WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE.

IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE A USED CAR LOT. I HAVE SEEN UP TO TEN CARS LINED UP THERE.

OKAY. SHE SAYS THEY'RE ONLY IN THE DRIVEWAY. NO.

EVEN TODAY, SHE THINKS THAT GRAVEL IS A DRIVEWAY.

IT IS NOT. THAT IS JUST PART OF THE LANDSCAPING.

THOSE CARS ARE PARKED ON THE LAWN. WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT IF THIS IS POSSIBLE FOR THE MAGISTRATE TO MAINTAIN JURISDICTION, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ALLOWED TO ISSUE AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THEM PARKING ADDITIONAL VEHICLES. BUT IF YOU ARE SOMEHOW ABLE TO, AS YOU'VE DONE WITH THE OTHER ONES, MAINTAIN SOME SORT OF JURISDICTION, THAT IF HE EXCEEDS A LIMITED NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO PARK ON THERE, THAT THERE BE SOME KIND OF FINE LEVIED.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE THING, BECAUSE IT'S IMMEDIATELY BEEN REPRESENTED THAT AS SOON AS THIS HEARING IS OVER, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CARS PARKED THERE AGAIN. WELL, I'LL JUST I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW.

THERE ARE THERE ARE FOUR VIOLATIONS ON THIS STATEMENT OF VIOLATION.

AND I CAN FIND I CAN FIND THE PROPERTY OWNER NOT IN COMPLIANCE, IN VIOLATION, IN COMPLIANCE OR GRANT AN EXTENSION FOR, FOR COMING INTO COMPLIANCE FOR THOSE FOUR.

THAT'S THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY JURISDICTION. ANYTHING, ANYTHING THAT COMES AFTER THESE IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN.

SO IF HE'S NOT DOING ANY OF THOSE THINGS TODAY, BUT HE DOES THEM TOMORROW, THEN THE PROCEDURE HAS TO START ALL OVER.

IF IF WE CLOSE THIS OUT WHEN THE VIOLATIONS ARE CLOSED OUT, IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN, THEN THAT WOULD BE START. HAS TO START OVER WITH A NEW VIOLATION.

OKAY. AND THEN THEN I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GRANT EXTEND WHATEVER EXTENSION YOU MAY NEED TO MAINTAIN JURISDICTION.

OKAY. SURE. SURE.

MY NAME FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DANIEL ISLAND.

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THEY MY NEIGHBORS ARE ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

INCLUDING THE I DON'T KNOW, THE DEFENDANTS. I DON'T KNOW THE TITLE.

THEY'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS. THERE'S NO PROBLEMS. OTHER THAN THERE ARE RULES THAT I SEEM TO BE BEING VIOLATED WITH THE CARS.

THERE ARE CAR RELATED ISSUES. WE LIVE IN A CAR PERSON NEIGHBORHOOD.

I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT HAS A REALLY AWESOME CUDA.

I GOT A NEIGHBOR THAT HAS A T-BIRD. THEY'RE COOL CARS.

I'M NOT REALLY, LIKE, A RAT ROD GUY, BUT I'M A CAR GUY.

YOU KNOW, I PREFER TO DRIVE CARS WITH STICKS.

SO TALKING ABOUT CARS. YOU KNOW, THE ISSUE. THE ISSUES ARE THAT THERE ARE, LIKE, CAR RELATED PROBLEMS. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. AND AND I WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE OR THEY'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS. WE DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEM. I LIVE, LIKE, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THESE GUYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES COME FROM LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW, HAVING TOO MANY CARS OR REVVING ENGINES WHEN I'M TRYING TO PUT MY KIDS TO BED. BUT IS THAT REALLY A PROBLEM? I MEAN, THERE ARE NOISE VIOLATIONS.

IF WE HAVE TO BUILD COMPLAINTS, WE HAVE TO STRUCTURE THEM OFF OF STATUTES, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE PUBLISHED IN THE IN IN THE RECORD.

SO I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, POINT TO THOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT RECORD ABOUT HOW MANY CARS CAN BE PARKED.

I UNDERSTAND THE CITY CHANGED THEIR ORDINANCES RELATIVELY RECENTLY ABOUT HOW MANY CARS CAN BE PARKED WHERE AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTES A DRIVEWAY OR WHATEVER. THAT'S NOT REALLY MY CONCERN.

MY GENERAL CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO FOLLOW THE RULES.

I'M A NEIGHBOR WHO BELIEVES IN FOLLOWING THE RULES.

I LIVE MY LIFE FOLLOWING THE RULES. I ALSO BECAME AWARE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD EFFORT.

I DID NOT SIGN THAT PETITION. I'M NOT GOING TO SIGN THAT PETITION.

I'M AFRAID THAT PETITION IS DUPLICITOUS. AND I CAN'T SUPPORT THOSE TYPES OF EFFORTS.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M AFRAID OF IS THAT THERE'S SOME YOU KNOW, HYPOCRISY INVOLVED.

IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING OUR NEIGHBORS TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THE RULES, WE SHOULD BELIEVE IN THOSE RULES.

RIGHT? AND AND HERE WE ARE TODAY IN A MUNICIPAL PROCEEDING.

IT IS AN HONOR TO SPEAK, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, IT'S, YOU KNOW, NEAT TO BE HERE. IT'S NEAT TO PARTICIPATE NOW.

SO AND WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO WOULD SEEK TO ENFORCE THE RULE OF LAW ON A NEIGHBOR.

PRACTICES DELETERIOUS HYPOCRISY BY SEEKING REDRESS THROUGH THE FORCE OF THE STATE, WHILE ALSO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, STATISTICALLY NORMALIZING OUR.

YEAH. OKAY. YOU'VE MADE YOU'VE MADE AN AN ELOQUENT ARGUMENT FOR REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.

BUT IN IN FAIRNESS TO EVERYONE'S TIME. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT CARS ON THE PROPERTY? YEAH. I ASK THAT THE CITY ENFORCE THE RULES. BECAUSE RULES MATTER.

OKAY. THANKS. THANKS. WHO'S NEXT? HELLO? MELINDA DEROSA. I LIVE THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET, ABOUT THREE HOUSES DOWN.

SO THAT HOUSE IS ON THE CORNER. YOU HAVE TO PASS IT COMING AND GOING HOME.

THE DAY I WENT BY AND THERE WERE 11 CARS IN THE DRIVEWAY IN THE YARD.

THAT'S CODE VIOLATION. WHAT DAY WAS THAT? LAST MONTH? OKAY, SO IT PROBABLY WAS WHEN HE WAS. LET'S SEE.

DOES HE HAVE HIS STONE DONE? HE HAS HIS STONE DONE.

I HAVE A PICTURE OF THEM. I ALSO HAVE A PICTURE OF HIS CHICKEN COOP IN THE FRONT YARD, WHICH HE'S NOT BEING CITED FOR, BUT IT'S IN THIS VIDEO. HE HAS A CHICKEN COOP.

HE HAS 11 CARS. HE DOES NOT KEEP UP HIS FENCE.

HE IS ALSO. WHICH HAS NOTHING TO REALLY DO WITH THIS TIKTOK INFLUENCER.

I'VE SEEN OUR HOMES ON VIDEO. THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE TO WATCH TIK TOK, TIK TOK, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK.

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OKAY, WELL, I MEAN, I KNOW I CAN'T STOP HIM. IT'S HIS RIGHT AND I CAN'T DO IT.

IF YOU NEED THE WHOLE. THE WHOLE PROCEEDINGS IS BEING VIDEOTAPED ANYWAYS. YES.

I DON'T OBJECT TO THAT. I OBJECT TO THE EXTRA.

I DO HAVE THE LIST OF HIS VIDEOS WHERE HE HAS PUT PEOPLE'S I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO I IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO VIDEO SOMEONE'S HOME WITHOUT ITS THAT IS WELL OUTSIDE MY JURISDICTION. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA OR TIKTOKS.

I'M ONLY INTERESTED ON CARS IN THE PROPERTY THEY NEED TO GO.

I HAVE LIVED THERE 30 YEARS. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST THREE, WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN ALTERCATIONS, WHERE HE RUNS THE CAR DOWN THE STREET AND PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED THAT NEIGHBOR HAS SINCE MOVED, SO WE COULDN'T EVEN BRING HIM. AND NO, I WAS NOT RECRUITED TO SIGN THE PETITION.

I CAME BECAUSE I LOOK AT THIS EVERY DAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. HE'S GOT HIS HAND UP. YEAH. WERE YOU SWORN IN? THAT'S ON OUR SIDE.

HE'S ON OUR SIDE. DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH. OKAY, THEN YOU CAN COME IN. AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CARS.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. OKAY.

MY NAME IS ZACH REESE. I OWN ENTHUSIAST MOTORSPORTS IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.

I MYSELF OWN A COMMERCIAL SHOP WITH A LIFT AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMERCIAL SHOP.

ZACH HERE HAS A SHOP RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MY SHOP WHERE HE DOES ALL OF HIS OWN WORK, HIS OWN CONTENT, EVERYTHING FOR HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL, FACEBOOK, TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM.

VERY TALENTED YOUNG MAN. NONE OF THE WORK IS OCCURRING AT HIS HOUSE OR HIS PROPERTY.

WHY WOULD IT? WHEN WE HAVE ACCESS TO A FULL COMMERCIAL GRADE MECHANICAL SHOP THAT'S LICENSED AND INSURED AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND THERE'S LIFTS AND THERE'S COMPRESSORS AND EVERYTHING WE COULD POSSIBLY NEED.

AND NO HOUSES TO BOTHER. WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? IT MAKES NO SENSE. SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT I'LL FINISH.

AND I'LL CLOSE WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO BEING NEIGHBORS, WHERE YOU COULD TALK TO EACH OTHER AND YOU COULD SAY, HEY, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS. CAN WE WORK ON THIS? YOU GUYS ARE NEIGHBORS. BE NEIGHBORS. TALK TO EACH OTHER.

YOU DON'T DO THIS. OKAY. VALERIE, IF YOU COULD COME BACK UP.

THERE IS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN THAT POSSIBLY MAY WANT TO SPEAK.

HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO LET ME KNOW. OKAY. ONE MORE TIME? SURE. YEAH. COME ON UP. JUST SO YOU KNOW, FRANK, THE STRUCTURE IS NOT WHAT THEY WERE CITED FOR.

OH, I KNOW. BUT I HAVE SPOKEN TO HER ABOUT THE STRUCTURE.

SHE IS AWARE THAT IT NEEDS TO MOVE, AND SHE'S GOING TO MOVE IT INTO THE BACKYARD.

OKAY. MY NAME IS BOB COOLIDGE. I LIVE JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM, WELL, NOT AROUND THE CORNER, BUT DOWN THE STREET FROM HIM. ZACH AND ZACH IS A VERY CONFRONTING AND CONFRONTING.

WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? IF YOU TALK TO HIM, HE CONFRONTS YOU VERY MUCH.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT. HELLO? HEY, I CAN DO THIS OR THAT.

HE GOES INTO A SCREAMING RAGE. I'M JUST IT'S HE'S HAD ISSUES BEFORE, BUT THAT'S WHY WE DON'T COME UP AND SAY, HEY, ZACH, CAN YOU DO SOMETHING WITH THE THE CARS? THIS IS GOING ON, LIKE I SAID, THREE YEARS, BASICALLY.

WE ALL LIVED THERE. BEAUTIFUL HOUSES, NICE CARS.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UNLESS YOU WERE, I WISH YOU COULD HAVE GONE BY AND DROVE BY THERE YEARS AND WEEKS AGO.

IT'S IT'S HE'S GOT TO CLEAN IT UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE'S AT THIS HEARING.

ALL RIGHT, BUT YOU GOT PICTURES THERE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT'S WHY WE DON'T COME UP TO ZACH.

YOU ARE VERY CONFRONTED. PLEASE, PLEASE JUST DIRECT.

ONLY TALK TO ME. SORRY, SORRY. SO THAT'S. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT, BUT.

GLAD I GOT MY PIECE IN. OKAY. THANK YOU. VALERIE.

VALERIE. DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME FIRST? BECAUSE I KNOW ZACH WANTS TO TALK AND MIGHT BE ANOTHER PERSON.

OKAY. YEAH. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU LAST. OKAY, SIR.

YOU CAN. AND REMEMBER, WE'RE TRYING TO JUST KEEP THIS TO CARS.

OH, NO. YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD. MY NAME IS ZACH STEFANSKI. I'M THE HORRIBLE PERSON THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP HERE WITH BOYD.

I'VE TALKED TO HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES. HE GAVE ME SOME.

WHAT IS IT? JACK STANDS, PUT IN FRONT OF MY WHEELS TO WORK ON CARS.

THERE'S ONLY EVER BEEN ONE INCIDENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GOT OUT OF CONTROL. AND IT WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH ONE VEHICLE THAT I DID BUILD IN MY GARAGE, WHICH I'M ALLOWED TO DO IN MY GARAGE, AND I WAS TEST DRIVING IT ONE DAY DOWN ELM STREET.

ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS DECIDED TO COME OUT OF HIS HOUSE, STAND IN FRONT OF MY CAR, AND THEN PHYSICALLY ASSAULT ME.

THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND THERE WAS A SCREAMING MATCH.

SINCE THEN, THERE HAS BEEN NO OCCURRENCE OF ANY SITUATION THAT HAS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL.

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TODAY. I'M COMPLETELY UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT MY EXTENDED GRAVEL DRIVEWAY IS JUST THAT A DRIVEWAY.

IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A YARD ANY LONGER BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED A LEGAL ACCESS TO THE SHOP OR THE GARAGE THAT I'M BUILDING ON MY PROPERTY.

IF IT WASN'T CONSIDERED THAT MY PERMITS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUILD IT IN THE MANNER THAT I AM.

SO WITH MY UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION OF ZONING LAWS, BUILDING LAWS, PERMITTING LAWS, MY GRAVEL DRIVEWAY EXTENSION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE PERMITS BECAUSE IT IS LANDSCAPING TAKES ME OUT OF THE TWO VEHICLE LIMIT ADJACENT TO THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE IT IS PART OF MY DRIVEWAY. THE ENTRANCE TO THE GRAVEL DRIVEWAY IS THE SAME ENTRANCE TO MY NORMAL DRIVEWAY, AND I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD DO THAT BY EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN MY ABILITY TO GET PERMITS FOR THE FOR THE BUILDING I'M PUTTING UP.

AND YEAH. AND I DO DO SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I INSPIRE A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I, AND I SHOW YOUNGER PEOPLE HOW TO BUILD THINGS AND SPEND THEIR TIME PRODUCTIVELY. AND IT'S CREATED AN AWESOME FOLLOWING FOR ME.

AND IN LIGHT OF THIS SITUATION THAT'S GOING ON WITH MY NEIGHBORS, LIKE I LET THEM KNOW, I LET THEM KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH WHAT I HAVE GOING ON. I WOULD NEVER PUT MY NEIGHBOR'S SAFETY IN JEOPARDY.

I RESPECT THEM ALL. I LOOK UP TO THE HOMES THEY'VE BUILT AND THE WAY THEY UPKEEP THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I HAVE GOALS OF DOING THAT WITH MY OWN HOME.

BUT IT TAKES TIME. AND ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT I'M NOT GOING TO SET MY DREAMS AND GOALS ASIDE WHILE I WORK TO ACHIEVE THEM.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, AT MY AGE, I HAVEN'T HAD THE ABILITY TO PUT ALL THAT MONEY AND TIME INTO MAKING MY HOUSE LOOK GOOD TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.

BUT WE ALSO DEAL WITH HURRICANES PRETTY FREQUENTLY THAT MAKE THAT KIND OF DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE THE UPKEEP ON.

SO I KNOW I'VE STRAYED A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK TODAY SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT SOMEBODY WHO BLOWS OFF THE HANDLE.

I'M INCREDIBLY REASONABLE. AND IF YOU JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ME ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME ABOUT, I'M VERY WILLING AND OPEN TO GO OVER THE DETAILS AND MY PERCEPTION OF SAID DETAILS AND WORK TOWARDS A RESOLUTION.

I DON'T WANT TO BE GOING HOME EVERY DAY TO HOSTILITY.

I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT. I UNDERSTAND. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANKS, EVERYONE. ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I CALL UP VALERIE? OKAY. WELL, ACTUALLY, I TOLD HER ORIGINALLY THAT SHE'D GET THE LAST WORD, SO LET'S.

ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THE REPAIR WORK.

REPAIRS BEING DONE ON THE PROPERTY. IT SOUNDS LIKE ALL THE TESTIMONY I HEARD THAT IS THAT IF THERE IS ANY WORK BEING DONE, IT'S BEING DONE INSIDE THE GARAGE. I HAVE NOT WITNESSED ANY MAJOR REPAIRS GOING ON IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS THAT I'VE DRIVEN BY THERE.

I HAVE NOT SEEN. AND I DID TALK TO MISS STEPHANIE EARLIER BEFORE THE MEETING, AND I DID TELL HER THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WOULD GO BY THERE AND SEE HIM WORKING IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE ENGINE HOIST AND ALL THAT, BUT THAT WAS A WHILE AGO.

I HAVE NOT WITNESSED THAT RECENTLY. OKAY. AND THAT WAS WHAT? THAT WAS ALL. WAS THAT BEFORE THE STATEMENT OF VIOLATION WAS SENT TO HIM? YES. OKAY. AND IS THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE HERE THAT YOU CAN DO WORK IN YOUR GARAGE, RIGHT? SO I'M NOT ENCLOSED. STRUCTURE IS HOW THE ORDINANCE READS NOW.

CORRECT. WHETHER IT'S THE GARAGE OR A SEPARATE STRUCTURE.

OKAY. SO I GUESS THE IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THIS, THE VOLUME OF CARS IN THE PROPERTY, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO PUT THESE CARS BECAUSE OF THIS GRAVEL DRIVEWAY.

NOW, IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY A DRIVEWAY YET, RIGHT? WELL, HE WAS GIVEN SOME INFORMATION FROM SOMEBODY AT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT I'VE ALREADY ADVISED HIM TO CALL BACK AND SPEAK TO A SPECIFIC PERSON WHO HANDLES THE DRIVEWAY PERMITS, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE TOLD THEM SOME WRONG INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S WHY I WANT HIM TO GO SPEAK TO THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY DOES THE DRIVEWAY PERMITS, SO HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS ALLOWED AND WHAT IS CONSIDERED AN EXTENDED DRIVEWAY.

AND IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER HOW BIG THE DRIVEWAY IS.

IT'S TWO CARS. IT DEPENDS ON THE DRIVEWAY. LIKE IF THE DRIVEWAY THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN PARK, I THINK 4 TO 6 CARS IN IF THEY LIKE ONE BEHIND THE OTHER.

IF HE DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH ANOTHER DRIVEWAY, WHATEVER YOU CAN FIT IN THE DRIVEWAY IS WHAT'S ALLOWED.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL BE QUICK. I DON'T HAVE CHICKENS.

IT'S A PATIO, AND I HAD A PERMIT TO MOVE MY FENCE FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME I GOT THE PATIO, CARDIO, SO IT WAS GOING TO BE BEHIND THE PRIVACY FENCE. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT TRYING, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY CALM DOWN.

[01:40:01]

OKAY. YEAH. MY MY SON IS IS CORRECT. ALL WE DO IS WORK.

THERE'S NOBODY HOME ALL DAY. WORK? HE WORKS A FULL TIME JOB.

HE LEAVES AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING. HE DOESN'T COME HOME TILL MIDNIGHT MOST NIGHTS AND ON THE WEEKENDS, SOMETIMES EVEN SLEEPS AT HIS SHOP. I HAVE I HAVE A FULL TIME JOB.

IN FACT, I WORKED ALL LAST NIGHT. I WORKED 14 HOUR SHIFTS OVERNIGHT ON THE WEEKENDS.

I'M AN AUDIO TECHNICIAN, I HAVE GIGS, I HAVE MY OWN COMPANY THAT I'M BUILDING AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, SAME DEAL. WORKS ALL THE TIME. JUST GRADUATED WITH HER BACHELOR'S.

WE'RE NOT HERE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. I COULD BE A NIGHTMARE.

NIGHTMARE NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I RAISED FOUR TEENAGERS IN THAT HOUSE.

WE DON'T HAVE PARTIES. THERE'S NO DRUGS OR DRINKING.

NONE OF THIS IS GOING ON. I'VE BEEN PEACEFUL WITH EVERY ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS.

NOT ONE OF THEM HAS APPROACHED ME IN ANY WAY.

THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ME SCREAMING AT ANYBODY THEY COULD HAVE.

I AM THE HOMEOWNER, ALL RIGHT? THEY COULD APPROACH ME.

OKAY. BUT I WANTED TO JUST SET THAT STRAIGHT BECAUSE I'M BEING SLANDERED UP HERE.

YOU KNOW, SO I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. LET'S JUST GET DOWN TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE THE VEHICLES. YES. YOU UNDERSTAND? YOU UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE.

RIGHT AFTER TALKING WITH VALERIE? YES. IS THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE RIGHT NOW? YEAH. AND IT HAS BEEN SINCE LIKE, WHATEVER DAY I HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE SINCE FEBRUARY.

HAS IT BEEN IN COMBINED? HAS IT BEEN IN COMPLIANCE SINCE FEBRUARY 2ND, 2025? YEAH. YEAH. AND THE THE GARAGE WAS SCHEDULED TO GO UP TODAY, BUT THEY POSTPONED IT TO THE 19TH.

OKAY. SO THE CARS AREN'T COMING BACK UNTIL THE GARAGE IS UP.

THEY WERE ONLY OUT SO THAT THE CEMENT SLAB COULD BE POURED.

OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT THIS BOILS DOWN TO IS JUST BEING ABLE TO GET CODE ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE TO VERIFY THAT THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. YEAH. SO SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE.

SHOULD I ATTORNEY? I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SUPPOSED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PETITION IS FOR TO MAKE ME SELL MY HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THIS IS. ALL ALL I. ALL I CARE ABOUT IS IS CARS ON THE PROPERTY, THAT'S ALL.

AND MAJOR REPAIRS BEING DONE. I WAS SURPRISED BY THE REST OF IT, TOO.

SO I'M STILL PROCESSING ALL OF THAT. YEAH, I THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M REALLY HERE TO COMMENT ON.

SO I WILL GIVE YOU A ONE WEEK EXTENSION JUST TO SO THAT CODE CAN COME OUT THERE AND VERIFY.

SO THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE WILL BE MARCH 19TH, 2025, AND THEN IT'S A $50 A DAY FINE FOR EVERY DAY AFTER THAT THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE. I APPRECIATE YOU. THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ALL THE NONSENSE AND SORRY TO EVERYBODY ELSE THAT HAD TO HEAR IT.

THAT'S OKAY. I APPRECIATE YOU. SO HERE, LET'S PUT THIS IN THERE TOO.

OKAY. I THINK SO. YES. OUR NEXT CASE IS CB 2574425 AND 700 HARPER BOULEVARD SOUTHWEST. THE CODE OFFICER IS LETITIA DEAN.

LETITIA DEAN, THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE COMPLIANCE.

THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO A VIOLATION THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS AT 700 HARPER BOULEVARD SOUTH SOUTHWEST.

IT'S THE USE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT THE REQUIRED PERMIT, WHICH IS THE UNPERMITTED DRIVEWAY BUILT FROM STONE AND NO CULVERT.

AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS. THANKS. THANK YOU.

MA'AM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TELL ME YOUR STORY.

REGINA SMITH. REGINA SMITH. OKAY. CAN YOU HOLD THE MIC A LITTLE CLOSER? YOU'RE KIND OF HARD TO HEAR. YEAH, I THINK THAT, YEAH.

OKAY, SO YOU'VE GOT USE OF A RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT A PERMIT.

UNPERMITTED DRIVEWAY BEING BUILT FROM STONE WITH NO CULVERT.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS THING. I DID NOT PUT IT IN.

I HAVE PICTURES. THE ONLY THING I HAD PUT IN WAS A POOL.

AN IN-GROUND POOL. OKAY. AND I HAD PERMITTED FOR THAT.

AND THAT WAS THIS YEAR. THIS THING HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2023.

I BOUGHT MY HOUSE. IT WAS A BRAND NEW BUILD IN 2023.

AND THE UTILITY COMPANY, BECAUSE I HAVE AN EASEMENT ON THE BACK SIDE OF MY PROPERTY, WHICH I HAVE MY EASEMENT AND THERE'S A TEN FOOT EASEMENT.

AND SO I WHEN I BUILT MY FENCE, THEY PUT A GATE IN THERE SO THEY COULD COME IN AND OUT.

AND BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING IN AND OUT BEFORE MY FENCE WAS EVEN THERE, WHICH I HAVE PICTURES OF.

WELL, I WENT TO ALASKA FOR AND THIS WAS I BUILT I HAD MY FENCE BUILT IN NOVEMBER OF 23, AND THE PICTURES THAT THEY WERE SHOWING WHERE THEY WERE GOING IN AND OUT WAS ALL GRASS, AND IT WAS JUST A MESS.

AND THEN SO THE UTILITY GUY TOLD ME, HE SAID, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.

AND I SAID, WELL, I DON'T CARE BECAUSE IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS, YOU KNOW? AND SO I WENT TO ALASKA FOR A MONTH,

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I DON'T USE IT. I DON'T NEED IT, I DON'T CARE.

HOLD ON. LET ME BEFORE YOU CONTINUE. SO THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT'S IN THE RECORD.

IS THAT IS THIS THAT'S WHAT THEY BUILT? YES. AND THERE'S PIPE AND AND THE GENTLEMAN TOLD ME TO TAKE OFF THE GRAVEL.

WELL, I WAS TURNING 60 YEARS OLD HERE. I WAS DOING IT BY A SHOVEL AND A WHEELBARROW.

I DID THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAD. I DID THAT ONCE WHEN I WAS 25.

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND DOING IT. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING.

AND WHEN I GET DOWN TO THE GRAVEL, THEY'VE PUT CONCRETE, THE CONCRETE.

THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PUT CONCRETE OVER THIS AND THERE IS PIPE IN THE GROUND.

SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I'M NOT GOING ANY FARTHER BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS GOES TO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CONNECTED TO. I HAVE NO IDEA.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM, AND ALL THEY KEEP TELLING ME IS, WILL YOU PUT THIS IN? AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PIN. I DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING IN, AND I DON'T NEED A PERMIT BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO IT. OKAY. SO.

SO YOU LEFT FOR YOU DIDN'T HAVE THIS. YOU WENT ON VACATION AND THEN YOU CAME BACK AND IT WAS BUILT.

CORRECT. AND I CAN PROVE THAT TO YOU. NO, THAT'S OKAY, I CAN.

YOUR TESTIMONY IS IS FINE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE? SO THE ISSUE REALLY IS JUST TAKING CARE OF THIS THING.

SO. RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RIP OUT CONCRETE OR THIS PIPE THAT I'M GOING TO CALL UP THE CITY AND ASK THEM TO EXPLAIN WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BRING THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE, AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THIS OUT. SIR? YES, SIR. STEVE EVANS, CITY OF PALM BAY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

ESSENTIALLY, THERE'S PRETTY MUCH TWO OPTIONS.

YOU CAN PUT IN A CULVERT PIPE WITH A DRIVEWAY APRON, WHICH YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE DRIVEWAY DEPARTMENT, GET A PERMIT, WHATEVER, OR JUST SIMPLY REMOVE THE ROCK AND RESTORE THE RIGHT OF WAY.

PUT THE GRASS BACK THE WAY IT WAS. OKAY, SO SHE SAID THAT THERE'S SOME THERE'S IT'S MAYBE LIKE THERE WAS A MAKESHIFT CULVERT ALREADY PUT IN THERE BY WHOEVER DID THIS.

SHE SAID THERE WAS SOME CONCRETE. ESSENTIALLY. IT'S LIKE A PAVED SWALE THAT'S THERE.

THERE'S. I DIDN'T FIND ANY PIPE THERE AT ALL.

THERE'S PIPE IN THERE. OKAY. THERE'S A IT'S LIKE A GREEN.

OKAY. THAT WOULD JUST BE A TEMPORARY CULVERT PIPE.

OKAY. THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY PUT. YEAH. THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE ACCEPTABLE.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE A CULVERT PIPE INSTALLED, IT WOULD BE A 15 INCH ROUND.

OKAY. INSTEAD OF A SMALLER 6 OR 8 INCH. ALL RIGHT.

SO BASICALLY SHE JUST NEEDS TO JUST REMOVE THE STUFF.

YES. BACK. JUST SLIGHTLY PAST THE RIGHT OF WAY.

BEYOND THE RIGHT OF WAY. THAT'S YOUR PROPERTY.

OKAY. SO IF YOU COULD RESTORE IT, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP HERE.

AND IF YOU COULD JUST JUST FOR MY INFORMATION, TO DRAW ON THERE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM.

LIKE, HOW MUCH OF THAT WOULD SHE NEED TO REMOVE? OKAY. I'M CONFUSED. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MA'AM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST TAKING A LOOK AT. SURE. YEAH. THANKS. THANK YOU. I'M HERE BACK JUST RIGHT BECAUSE. BUT SEE, THERE'S. THEY PUT CONCRETE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THIS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO REMOVE THAT. I DON'T HAVE A TRACTOR.

I DON'T HAVE ANY EQUIPMENT TO MOVE THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

THAT'S MY PROBLEM. HER COMPANY WOULD START. THE FIRST CONCRETE WAS DONE BY THE COMPANY.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE POOL. NO, NO, NO. NOT THE POOL COMPANY.

OKAY. THIS HAPPENED IN 23. YEAH. IN DECEMBER, MY POOL WASN'T STARTED UNTIL JULY OF THIS YEAR.

OKAY. SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST. IT'S MORE THAN JUST MOVING ROCKS.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME CONCRETE THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. EXACTLY.

THANKS. OKAY. ESSENTIALLY, THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD HAVE TO BE RESTORED AS WELL.

BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CONDITION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM GIVING YOU AN EXTENSION TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. WE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF I HIRE, LIKE, A EXCAVATION GUY, I GUESS THAT'S WHO I DO IT.

AND THEY TAKE OUT ALL THAT CONCRETE AND ALL THAT WATER BECAUSE BEFORE THEY PUT THIS JUST THEN THERE WAS WATER ALL ON HARPER AND JEFFREY. THE WHOLE THING GOT FLOODED, WHICH I HAVE PICTURES OF THAT ALSO.

BUT I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, AND THEN IT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE.

THEY'VE NEVER DREDGED THE SINCE. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR TWO YEARS. I HAVE NEVER COME IN AND TOOK, LIKE, DREDGED OUT THE DITCH OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO, BUT THEY'VE NEVER DONE THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE. OKAY. WELL, BUT I WILL. I HAVE NO PROBLEM TAKING IT OUT.

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AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND WHOEVER YOU HIRE, I ASSUME, IS GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT.

DO I NEED A PERMIT FOR THAT? PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I KNOW. OKAY. SO THEY COULD JUST COME OUT AND DO IT.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. OKAY. ORIGINAL CONDITION.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S HOW I'LL DO THAT. SO, HAVE YOU TALKED TO ANY CONTRACTORS? NOT YET, BUT I'LL GET ON THE PHONE TOMORROW AND GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE AND GET THIS DONE.

HOW? IF I GAVE YOU A 60 DAY EXTENSION, WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH? OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SET THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR MAY 11TH, 2025.

AND THEN IT'S $50 A DAY FINE FOR EACH DAY THAT IT'S NONCOMPLIANCE AFTER THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

OUR NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD IS CB2 575125 AT 1153 MALABAR ROAD NORTHEAST.

AND THE CODE OFFICER IS ANGELICA SNEED. WHAT IS THE.

ANGELICA'S NEED, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, CITY OF PALM BAY. THE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE THAT WERE EXISTING IS FOR SECTION 93.03 DEAD TREES, UNIMPROVED PROPERTY, 1153 MALABAR ROAD NORTHEAST.

AND THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED AND TWO 1225 AND THE RESPONDENT IS HERE IS FOR DEAD TREES ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY. AND I DID MEET OUT WITH THEM AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET IT DONE.

BUT I THINK HE NEEDS MORE TIME. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

HOW ARE YOU DOING? SHAUN GREENHALGH, THE NEW PROPERTY MANAGER AS OF A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

OKAY. YOU NEED MY ADDRESS? NO. WHAT KIND OF PROPERTY IS THIS? IT'S A SHOPPING CENTER ON MALABAR. OKAY. ESSENTIALLY, THERE WAS A VIOLATION FOR DEAD TREES.

THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY MANAGER HIRED A COMPANY TO CLEAR OUT A BUNCH OF TREES, WHICH THEY DID.

AND WHEN I TOOK OVER, I ACTUALLY CALLED MISS NEED TO COME MEET ME TO VERIFY THAT IT MET WITH WHAT IT IS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT THEY DID CUT DOWN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE VIOLATION.

BUT I HAD THE ARBORIST THERE WITH ME, AND HE SHOWED US EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY WANTED.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING APPROVAL FOR THE BID THAT WE HAVE, WHICH I SHOULD HAVE, AND HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, WE'LL BE TAKING DOWN ALL THOSE TREES THAT MIS IDENTIFIED.

OKAY, ANGELICA, THIS THIS ISN'T THE SAME PLACE THAT HAD THE TREES.

LIKE HITTING THE POWER LINES, IS IT? YES. SO.

SO WE HAD THAT OWNER, HE HE CAME IN THAT HE HAD CAME IN AND HE CLEARED OUT HIS PART.

WE HAD EVERYBODY ELSE CLEARED OUT THEIR PART.

AND THEN WE ENDED UP REALIZING THAT THE PART THAT ALSO WAS CAUSING THE ISSUE BELONGED TO GATORLAND BELONGED TO THE THE PROPERTY HE'S MANAGING. OKAY. SO THEN I HAD TO GO AFTER THAT.

I, I SENT THEM A LETTER AND IT'S IT'S THESE ARE THE TREES THAT ARE ACTUALLY FALLING AND THEY'RE ALL DEAD.

ARE THESE TREES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY TOUCHING THE POWER LINES? WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IS, I WOULD SAY HALF OF THEM ARE PROBABLY NOT TOUCHING, BUT THEY'RE CLOSE TO IT.

SO IF THEY FALL, THEY WILL LITERALLY FALL ON THE POWER LINE, BECAUSE THE POWER LINE GOES LIKE IT TURNS LIKE THIS.

AND THEN THE TREES ARE IN RIGHT HERE. THEY'RE RIGHT, RIGHT HERE.

AND THEN THE LINE GOES LIKE THAT. IT JUST DOES A CURVE.

SO NOW THEY'RE ALL IN HERE LIKE A WHOLE BIG BUNCH OF THEM.

SO WHEN IF ANY OF THEM FALL, EVEN THE ONES HERE, THEY JUST FALL ON THE POWER LINE.

SO THAT'S A PROBLEM. OKAY. NOW HE IS ADDRESSING IT THOUGH.

YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, GENERALLY MY RULE IS IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY AND TRYING TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE,

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I'VE. YEAH I'VE GOT THE PHOTOS. THE WAY IT IS.

YEAH. THE ONLY TIME I REALLY MAKE AN EXCEPTION IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, POOLS BEING EXPOSED, POWER LINES THAT COULD COULD CATCH ON FIRE.

SO I DON'T MIND GIVING AN EXTENSION BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING TO TO DO TO FIX THIS.

BUT I CAN'T GIVE YOU VERY MUCH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BE MOTIVATED TO GET THAT FIRE HAZARD OUT OF THERE.

HONESTLY, IT'S IT'S A MATTER OF, AT THIS POINT, JUST THE APPROVAL.

I WAS ACTUALLY HOPING TO HAVE THIS WORK DONE IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING.

GIVEN THE SHORT WINDOW FROM WHEN I MET MISS SNEED AND THIS MEETING AND THE COST INVOLVED THE.

IT WASN'T A SIMPLE JUST WRITE THE CHECK APPROVAL.

RIGHT? SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH OUR LITTLE HOOPS ON OUR SIDE, BUT I'M HOPING BY THE END OF THIS WEEK THAT WORK STARTS AND IT'S ABOUT 4 OR 5 DAYS TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE WORK. OKAY. THAT'S PERFECT. I WAS THINKING I WAS THINKING TWO WEEKS, SO. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. SINCE. YEAH, SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT YOU'VE GOT THIS JUST ABOUT READY TO GET STARTED.

SO WE'LL SET THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR MARCH 27TH, 2025.

AND THEN IT'S A $50 A DAY FINE FOR EVERY DAY AFTER THAT THAT IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

THIS ONE WOULD ACTUALLY BE A SET FINE. AND THEN AUTHORIZATION.

OH, OKAY. YEAH. SO INSTEAD OF THE $50 A DAY, FINE, IT WOULD BE A $200 SET.

FINE. AND THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED AFTER AFTER MARCH 27TH TO TAKE WHATEVER REASONABLE MEASURES IT NEEDS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

PERFECT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN YOU'LL SEND NOTICE TO YES.

THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT ONE IS CB 2574125 AT 1920 DEGROOT ROAD SOUTHWEST. THE CODE OFFICER IS LETITIA DEAN.

ALL RIGHT. LETITIA DEAN, CODE COMPLIANCE. THE VIOLENCE VIOLATIONS THAT STILL EXIST AT 1920.

THE GROUP ROAD OR OPERATING A BUSINESS WITHOUT A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.

AND A SITE PLAN FOR A SHED. I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER.

HE'S JUST GOING TO REQUEST THE ADDITIONAL EXTENSION TO GET THE REQUIRED BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT AND THE SITE PLAN FOR THE SHED.

OKAY. THANKS, SIR. GOOD. PLEASE. TIM STEWART.

ALL RIGHT. I THOUGHT I NEVER KNEW IT DID THAT.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT DO THAT. YEAH, I THOUGHT I HAD ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT I NEEDED HERE, AND SHE TOLD ME BASICALLY, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF IT, SO.

BUT THE STUFF THAT I DO HAVE WILL THAT I HAVE TO SEND TO THE STATE TO GET IT.

OKAY. SO. BUT I JUST NEED THE EXTENSION. OKAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ONLY TWO, TWO ON HERE BECAUSE ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN CLOSED OUT.

SO DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE TO GET THE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.

I MEAN, THE TIME FRAME OF THE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT, I DON'T KNOW, OTHER THAN THIS DOCUMENT THAT HE HAS HERE, WHAT ELSE THEY NEED ON THEIR HALF. SO. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE I DON'T I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM GIVING AN EXTENSION TO JUST NEED EVIDENCE AS TO HOW MUCH OF AN EXTENSION I CAN GIVE YOU.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE PROCESS OF IT, SO I THOUGHT I DID.

I THOUGHT I WAS DOING UNDERSTAND? OKAY, SO WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE BUSINESS? IT'S A MOBILE BARBERSHOP.

OKAY. AND THERE'S NO. IS THERE ANY ISSUE WITH THE PARKING OF THE VEHICLE AND THE.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT WAS CORRECTED. OKAY. OKAY. FOR THAT PARKING, IS IT THAT YOU CAN'T PARK THERE IN MORE THAN 24 HOURS. WHAT'S THE WHAT IS THAT? BECAUSE I HAD SOMEBODY AFTER Y'ALL SENT ME THIS LETTER.

THE THE CODE THAT'S CITED SAYS NO. THIS IS SECTION 74.06.

NO PERSON SHALL PARK A VEHICLE UPON ANY STREET OR PUBLIC AREA FOR STORAGE OR AS JUNK OR DEAD STORAGE FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS.

SO BASICALLY HAVING THE TRUCK OVERNIGHT. BUT BUT YOU'RE NOT THAT ONE'S YOU'RE NOT GETTING CITED FOR THAT ONE THAT'S BEEN CLOSED.

NO, BUT I'M SAYING IS I WHEN WHEN I GOT THIS LETTER, LIKE MAYBE A WEEK OR SO LATER, TWO GUYS CAME TO THE HOUSE AND WAS, WELL, THEY CAME TRYING TO SAY THEY MOWED, BUT I MOWED THREE LAWNS ON THAT SIDE RIGHT THERE.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW. WHAT'S THE RULE, YOU KNOW, DO I NOT PARK THERE FOR 24 HOURS? MOVE IT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. SO THE ISSUE WITH THAT WHEN PUBLIC WORKS CAME THROUGH,

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SO IT WAS IN A POSITION THAT IT COULD DAMAGE THE SWALE.

SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS THERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OR AT ALL OR JUST.

OKAY, SO WE'RE REALLY JUST WORKING ON GETTING YOU THE RIGHT PERMITS TO TO BE ABLE TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS.

AND SO, I MEAN, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. 60 DAYS.

YEAH. WELL, I'M GONNA DO IT AS SOON AS I GET HOME, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES, THOUGH.

YEAH. HOPEFULLY. HOPEFULLY IT TAKES. I THINK TWO MONTHS IS PROBABLY ENOUGH.

I MEAN, I'M SURE TO NAVIGATE THE BYZANTINE LABYRINTH OF OUR OF OUR ORDINANCES AND LAWS.

SO WE'LL SAY MAY 11TH, 2025 IS YOUR DATE OF COMPLIANCE, AND THEN IT'S $50 A DAY AFTER THAT FOR EVERY DAY IT'S NONCOMPLIANCE.

SORRY. CAN CAN WE SPLIT THOSE FINES, ACTUALLY.

BECAUSE THE BECAUSE ONE IS A SET. FINE. ISN'T IT? YEAH. SO SECTION 110.18 WOULD BE SET. FINE. OKAY.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE CAN BE THE $50 A DAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. OUR NEXT ONE IS CB 2573225. THIS ONE IS AT 1820 CANOVA STREET SOUTHEAST.

AND THE CODE OFFICER IS PHILLIP CLENDENIN.

PHIL CLENDENIN, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER WITH CITY OF PALM BAY.

ONE OUT OF TWO OUT OF THE THREE VIOLATIONS STILL EXIST, WHICH IS 180 .03.

CLEARING THE LOT WITHOUT A SITE PLAN APPROVAL.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS PARKING C SECTION 185 .123.

NO VEHICLES SHOULD BE PARKED OR STORED UPON A VACANT PARCEL.

NOW, I WENT BACK OUT THERE MONDAY. LOT HAS BEEN CLEANED.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THE PHOTOS WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND STUFF OUT THERE ON IT.

THE LOT HAS BEEN CLEANED. I'VE GOT PICTURES OF IT. WHERE IT'S CLEANED THERE. HIS ONE EXCAVATOR THAT HE HAS ON THERE THAT HE CAN'T GET STARTED.

BUT THE REST OF THE EQUIPMENT IS TOTALLY GONE.

EVERYTHING TRASH AND DEBRIS, EVERYTHING'S BEEN PICKED UP. HE'S HERE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION.

THE. HE HAS APPLIED FOR A SITE PLAN, AND IT IS IN REVIEW AS WE SPEAK, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE.

POSSIBLY A FEW WEEKS, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I'LL LET YOU DETERMINE ON WHAT THE EXTENSION IS.

OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. SO CAN I HAVE THE CAN I HAVE THE FOLDER, PLEASE? YES, SIR. SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND AND GETTING THAT ONE EXCAVATOR UP AND RUNNING.

BUT IT HAS TO GIVE ME SUPPORT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. PATRICK HERRICK.

OKAY. AND I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE. SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

AND THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO I REALLY JUST NEED TO KNOW, LIKE, HOW MUCH TIME YOU'LL NEED.

DO YOU THINK YOU'LL NEED TO TO FINISH BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE? YEAH, I'M GONNA HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING, BUT WE ALREADY APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT, AND IT'S IN THE PROCESS.

IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING.

OKAY. AND THE EXCAVATOR THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT OPERATING.

HOW HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO GET IT FIXED AND OFF THE PROPERTY? I NEED ABOUT 30 DAYS. OKAY. SIR, DO YOU IF YOU COULD SAY MY NAME IS VAHID MARYAM, THE ENGINEER OF RECORD, ALSO THE CONTRACTOR FOR THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE APPLIED AND SECURED SITE PLAN APPROVAL.

THE PROBLEM WAS THE CLEARING WITHOUT A PERMIT, WHICH RESULTED IN APPLYING FOR REVISION TO AN APPROVED SITE PLAN, WHICH WE HAVE APPLIED AND ASK US TO PLANT FIVE MORE TREES, WHICH WE HAD TO SHOW.

THEREFORE, THE REVISION TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLAN.

WE ALSO HAVE PLANS FOR BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW AND APPROVE.

BUT THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. THERE ARE SOME UTILITY AGREEMENTS.

GOT TO GET SIGNED. BUNCH OF CHECK BOX. GOT TO GET DONE.

I HAVE NO IDEA. THIS IS ALL IN THE PLANNING, UTILITY AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

SO DO YOU THINK IS 30 DAYS ENOUGH OR DO YOU THINK YOU NEED MORE? I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, HOW MUCH TIME HAVE YOU NEEDED FOR STUFF LIKE THIS?

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CITIES VERY BUSY, SO I. IT COULD TAKE TWO WEEKS.

IT COULD BE 30 DAYS. IT COULD BE. DEPENDS HOW CITY STAFF WOULD WOULD PAY ATTENTION TO IT AND GET THAT GOING.

OKAY. SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW. DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK? HI. ALTHEA. JEFFERSON, CITY OF PALM BAY GROWTH MANAGEMENT.

YES. THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR THE MODIFIED SITE PLAN APPROVAL.

THAT COULD BE DONE IN 30 DAYS. AS TO THE BUILDING PERMIT, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

I WOULD AGREE WITH HIM THAT THAT WOULD BE A LONGER TIME.

OKAY, THANKS. BUT SO NOW, AS FAR AS THE VIOLATIONS WE'VE GOT GOING HERE, IF THEY GET THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND CAN MOVE THE EXCAVATOR, WE'RE ALL SET. WE'RE GOOD.

YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO LET'S DO 60 DAYS. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO GET THOSE? I THINK THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING PERMIT ISSUE, I THINK IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT'S NOT AFFECTING US HERE.

YEAH. OKAY. SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE WILL BE SET AS MAY 11TH, 2025.

AND THEN THE ONLY CAVEAT IS THE THE UTILITY AGREEMENT.

THOSE USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 3 OR 4 MONTHS TO GET APPROVED.

SO THAT DOESN'T AFFECT YOUR CODE VIOLATION THOUGH.

THAT AFFECTS SITE APPROVAL. SO HE SAID THAT HE SAID THAT WILL AFFECT THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL.

THEY WON'T APPROVE A SITE PLAN WITHOUT THE UTILITY UTILITY AGREEMENT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. SO THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED BEFORE HE COULD ACTUALLY GET HIS SITE WORK PERMIT, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED AND WHY THEY GOT FIND IT WILL NOT HOLD UP THE A MODIFICATION TO THE SITE PLAN. IT WOULD JUST BE REQUIRED BEFORE HE COULD GO ANY STEPS FURTHER.

OKAY TO CONTINUE ANY WORK ON THE SITE. SOUNDS GOOD.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL SET THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE AS MAY 11TH, 2025.

AND THEN IT'S A $50 A DAY FINE FOR EACH. EACH DAY THAT IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE AFTER THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH. OKAY. OUR NEXT CASE IS CB 2572925. AT 5172 MINTON ROAD, NORTHWEST. THE CODE OFFICER IS ANGELICA SNEED.

CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, CITY OF PALM BAY. VIOLATIONS EXIST AT 5172 MINTON ROAD NORTHWEST FOR SECTION ONE, 79.093, MAINTAINING PROHIBITED USE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY TO PARKING ON CITY RIGHT OF WAY, AND IT WAS POSTED AS WELL.

JANUARY 31ST, 2025. THOUGH IT WAS POSTED AND VIOLATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CORRECTED ON TWO, FOUR, 20, 25, AND HE DID CONTINUE TO PARK ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THE PICTURE IS THERE. AND ALTHOUGH I DID SPEAK TO THEM, THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO STOP PARKING THERE.

BUT THEY DID PARK THERE AFTER THE VIOLATION, AND IT'S FINE AS LONG AS THEY STOP PARKING THERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I FOUND IT IN VIOLATION. SO IF THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT, IT CAN WE BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.

BUT THEY DID HAVE IT THERE AFTER THE COMPLIANCE DATE.

OKAY. OKAY. CAN I HAVE THE FOLDER, PLEASE? SORRY.

CAN I HAVE THE FOLDER, PLEASE? SURE.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT. SIR? MA'AM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS EDWIN VELEZ.

OKAY. I HAVE A PBY 500 AT 572 MINTON ROAD. AND ARE YOU THE.

YOU'RE NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER, CORRECT? NO. ARE YOU HERE? I'M THE RENTER. OH, YOU'RE THE RENTER. OKAY. AND I HAVE THE U-HAUL LOCATION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

WELL, WE WERE PARKING OUTSIDE AS 24 OVER SEVEN RENTALS.

OKAY. THOSE TRUCKS GET RENTED OUT PERIODICALLY.

EVERY DAY, 24 OVER SEVEN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PARKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.

IF WE'RE PARKING PAST THE SIDEWALK ON MY PROPERTY WHERE I PAY RENT FOR.

SO WHOEVER TOOK THAT PICTURE IS THE PROPERTY NEXT TO ME.

THEIR CAR IS PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, HAVE A STOP SIGN BEFORE THEY EXIT THEIR DRIVEWAY SO THEY CAN SEE THE RIGHT OF WAY.

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OKAY, SO WE STOPPED PARKING TRUCKS OUTSIDE THE ONE DAY.

SHE SAID THAT WE PARKED OUTSIDE AGAIN AND WE WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

I WAS MOVING A VEHICLE, I BELIEVE IT WAS A VAN WAS PARKED OUTSIDE BECAUSE I HAD TO MOVE VEHICLES AROUND INSIDE THE LOT.

SO THAT'S WHY SHE WAS SAYING THAT I'M NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

SHE DRIVE THERE RIGHT NOW. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PARKING TRUCKS OUTSIDE IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.

OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. OKAY. SO IN TWO YEARS WE HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE HERE.

LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THE VEHICLE THAT'S PARKED ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND IT'S THE VEHICLE THAT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE CORRECT.

CORRECT. THAT'S THE VAN THAT I PARKED THERE LIKE 22 MINUTES TO MOVE VEHICLES IN THE AREA.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SIR? MA'AM. ARE YOU THE PROPERTY OWNERS? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? I THINK IT'S BETTER IF YOU CAN.

IF YOU CAN. YOU HAVE TO. YOU HAVE TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY. YOU KNOW, HE'S.

HE'S BEEN IN COMPLIANCE. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY PARKED.

AND I GO BY THERE AND I'M NEXT TWO DOORS AWAY EVERY DAY.

BUT IT IS KIND OF HARD BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL PULL AND PARK AND HE'S BEEN PARKED OUT THERE, BUT EVIDENTLY THEY DO NOT WANT HIM PARKED ON THAT ANYMORE.

IT HASN'T BOTHERED ANYBODY, I DON'T BELIEVE. BUT ANYHOW, HE'S DEFINITELY TRIED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.

OKAY. SO, SIR, WHEN WHEN THESE WHEN THE VEHICLES HAVE NOT BEEN IN COMPLIANCE, IS THAT LIKE CUSTOMERS DROPPING IT OFF THERE.

YES. AND THEN YOU GOT TO GO BACK AND. OKAY. SO YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY LIKE USING THAT AS PART OF YOUR BUSINESS MODEL.

CORRECT. OKAY. I CLOSE AT 5:00, SO MY HOURS ARE 9 TO 5.

I TRY TO STAY THERE TILL SEVEN SOMETIMES DEPENDING ON IF IT'S LIGHT OR NOT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES TRUCKS DO COME IN IN THE EVENING AND I TRY TO BRING THEM INSIDE AFTER I LEAVE. I HAVE NO CONTROL. OKAY. HAVE YOU HAVE YOU STARTED TELLING CUSTOMERS NOT TO PARK THERE? IT'S NOT THE. IT'S NOT THE CUSTOMERS THAT I RENT FROM. IT'S CUSTOMERS COMING FROM OTHER LOCATIONS. LIKE IF THEY COME IN FROM CALIFORNIA.

COMING THIS WAY. OH. I'M SORRY. THEY GETTING DROPPED OFF, YOU KNOW. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY. ALL THEY KNOW IS THAT THERE'S AN ADDRESS.

ALL RIGHT, SO BUT I BUT I DO TRY TO CALL THE CUSTOMER WHEN I SEE AN ARRIVAL COMING THAT WHEN THEY COME IN THAT THEY CAN PARK AT MY LANDLORD'S OTHER PROPERTY, AND THEN I'LL COME BY AND PICK IT UP AND CHECK THE TRUCK IN.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, SO I DO GO OUT OF MY WAY TO TRY TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW.

OKAY. SO THIS WAS A CITIZEN COMPLAINT AS WELL, I GUESS, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE THERE'S A THERE'S A NEXT DOOR, THERE'S, LIKE A DANCING STUDIO, AND THE PARENTS CAN'T SEE WHEN THEY'RE COMING OUT.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME FROM. SO I DID WANT TO CLOSE IT OUT, LIKE I SAID, BUT THEY CALL ME AGAIN, AND I SAY, STILL DOING IT. I DID SUGGEST TO HIM MAYBE PUT A SIGN ON THE FENCE SAYING, DON'T PARK HERE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. YEAH, BUT I'M FINE.

I MEAN, I KNOW THE LAST COUPLE DAYS I'M SURE HE HASN'T HAD ANYTHING THERE.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE HE'S TRYING. OKAY. YEAH.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY SEEMS TO AGREE THAT NOBODY'S PARKING THERE RIGHT NOW, SO WE CAN CLOSE THIS ONE OUT.

I THINK I GOT I GOT A FEELING WE MIGHT BE SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN, THOUGH.

IF YOU DON'T, DON'T PUT UP A SIGN. YEAH I WAS I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST MAYBE TELL THE CUSTOMERS NOT TO PARK THERE, BUT IF THEY'RE COMING FROM OTHER LOCATIONS, YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THAT. BUT I WOULD I WOULD AGREE WITH ANGELICA. MAYBE INVEST IN A SIGN OR SOMETHING TO MAYBE, MAYBE EVEN GET A CURB OR, YOU KNOW, ADD A CURB OR SOMETHING.

BUT IT'S IT'S A LOGISTICAL ISSUE. YEAH. BUT FOR FOR NOW, WE CAN WE CAN FIND THIS ONE IN COMPLIANCE.

SO ARE WE GOOD? OKAY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. OUR NEXT CASE IS CB 2577025.

AT 2090 NORTHVIEW STREET NORTHEAST. THE CODE OFFICER IS VALERIE PRESENTS.

VALERIE, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER. THE PROPERTY AT 2090 NORTHVIEW WAS CITED FOR NOT HAVING A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE WORKING ON SOME PLANS, AND ALTHEA IS ALSO HERE BECAUSE SHE CAN FILL YOU IN ON THIS.

BECAUSE KIMBERLY HAGLER IS ON VACATION AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE OWNER.

OKAY, THANKS. AND THEN YOU'RE OKAY.

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IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. MY NAME IS KELLY DELMONICO.

I AM THE PROPERTY OWNERS REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS CASE.

I DON'T THINK YOU NEED THAT MANY DETAILS. I CAN GET INTO IT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

BUT ULTIMATELY, UPON RENEWAL OF THE BETA GROWTH, MANAGEMENT REJECTED THE BETA BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER UNDERLYING ISSUES WE WERE UNAWARE OF.

SO ON MARCH AND I HAVE THE EMAILS. I WILL ONLY GIVE THEM TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM.

WE FOUND OUT FROM GROWTH MANAGEMENT THAT YEP, THIS WAS MARCH 5TH THAT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SIX FOOT WOOD FENCE ON THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE, A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE IN THE PARKING LOT, STRIPED AND A HEDGEROW ALONG THE EAST AND NORTH.

OH. OH. YEP. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WANTED TO SEE.

I JUST I JUST NEED ENOUGH TO. SURE. SO THE STORY IS HERE.

STAFF CORRESPONDENCE. THAT ONE ON PAGE PAGE FOUR.

I MARKED WITH THE MARKER THERE. AND THAT'S THE MARCH 5TH EMAIL FROM GROWTH MANAGEMENT THAT SETS FORTH THE THREE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IN ABLE TO PAY THE TR TO REMOVE THE CODE COMPLIANCE. SO THE B TR IS NOT REALLY THE ISSUE.

IT'S IT'S ALL THE STUFF YOU NEED TO DO TO GET TO THE IT'S THE THINGS WE NEED TO GO TO DO TO GET TO THE TR.

SO THEN THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS. THIS IS THE CORRECTED THREE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.

IT'S A FENCE. IT'S STRIPING IN THE PARKING LOT AND IT'S A HEDGEROW.

SO IN THE MEANTIME YOU'LL SEE BEHIND THAT GO PAST THE RESOLUTION.

I HAVE A FENCE QUOTE AND A STRIPING QUOTE. IN THE LAST WEEK WE'VE GOTTEN PROPOSALS FOR TWO OF THE THREE, AND WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE THIRD CONTRACTOR.

OKAY. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR EIGHT WEEKS BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF AT THE WILL OF THE CONTRACTOR SCHEDULE.

SO WE THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE FENCE, THE STRIPING AND THE LANDSCAPING PUT IN WITHIN EIGHT WEEKS.

OKAY. AND WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS IS THIS? THIS.

IT'S LIKE SHIPPING FREIGHT HANDLING. SO A BIGGER TRUCK COMES IN AND DROPS IT OFF.

THEY SORT IT AND PUT IT ON SMALLER VEHICLES TO DELIVER TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

ARE YOU OPERATING THE BUSINESS NOW OUT OF THAT LOCATION? YES. OKAY. AND SO THE ONLY ISSUE IS JUST GETTING THIS BETTER.

RIGHT. DOES SHE'S GOT A RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. THE.

BUT BUT WE'RE NOT. SHE'S NOT CITED FOR THOSE.

THEY'RE CITED FOR NOT HAVING THE BETTER. DOES SHE ASKED FOR EIGHT WEEKS? DOES THAT SOUND SOUND REASONABLE? OKAY. YEAH.

THEN THAT'S THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU AN EIGHT.

WHAT'S THAT? THAT'S TWO MONTHS. TWO MONTHS IS FINE ALSO.

WHATEVER WAY YOU LIKE. THIS WAY. I DON'T HAVE TO DO THE. I DON'T HAVE TO DO MATH. OKAY. I PRETTY MUCH JUST GO BY MY CHEAT SHEET HERE. SO. MAY 11TH, 2025 WILL BE THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE. AND THEN THIS IS ON THE SET.

FINE. RIGHT. SO IF NOT IF IT'S IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TR BY THEN, IT'S A $200 SET.

FINE. OKAY. AND IF WE HAVE FOR SOME WEIRD REASON, WE HAVE AN ISSUE.

I'LL REACH OUT TO STAFF AND LET THEM KNOW. LIKE, MAYBE WE GET TWO THINGS DONE AND WE CAN'T I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENS, BUT NONE OF THESE REQUIRE PERMITS.

I WAS TOLD BY STAFF, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST HOP RIGHT INTO THEM.

OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANKS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANKS. THIS IS KB 2574325. IT WAS ON THE PER DAY FINE AGENDA, BUT I WAS NOTIFIED TODAY THAT IT'S A VACANT PROPERTY SO IT CAN BE MOVED TO THE SET.

FINE. SO THAT WE CAN TAKE AUTHORIZATION. OKAY.

AND HAVE IT MOWED. SO THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.

LETICIA. THIS IS YOURS. IT'S 74325. SEVEN. FOUR.

THREE. TWO IS THE CODE COMPLIANCE THE VIOLATION THAT STILL EXISTS AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 966 SAN RAFAEL ROAD. SOUTHWEST IS TALL GRASS AND WEEDS FOR A POSSIBLE VACANT HOME.

OKAY. AND NOBODY'S HERE TO TALK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

NO, IT WAS JUST ON THE PER DAY. FINE. INSTEAD OF THE SET.

FINE. OKAY, SO YOU JUST NEED YOU TO JUST ENTER AN ORDER FINDING HIM IN VIOLATION AND SET AND SET.

FINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO FOR TWO, FIVE, SEVEN, FOUR, THREE, I FIND THE PROPERTY IN VIOLATION.

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TEN DAYS. TEN DAYS? YEP. MARCH 22ND. ONE MORE.

THIS IS CB 2572725 AT 349 BUTLER AVENUE NORTHEAST.

THIS COUPLE DID COME TODAY. HOWEVER, I WAS LOOKING AT A PREVIOUS CASE THAT WAS IN COMPLIANCE.

SO I COMPLETELY MY FAULT. SO I NEED TO RE NOTIFY THEM THAT THEY NEED TO COME NEXT MONTH.

SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE TABLE IT UNTIL I NOTIFY THEM.

YEAH WE'LL TABLE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE CASE THAT CAME INTO VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.

THAT IS KCB2574225 AT 459 TREMONT AVENUE SOUTHWEST.

THE FOLLOWING CASES ON THE PER DAY AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 32, UNLESS PREVIOUSLY HEARD OR LISTED AS COMPLIED, WILL BE HEARD ON CONSENT WITHOUT FURTHER TESTIMONY, AND THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS REQUESTED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED UPON THE FILES PRESENTED. THE CITY REPRESENTS THE. ALL RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED A NOTICE ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 162 OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES AND THE PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES. THE RESPONDENTS ARE NOT PRESENT TO BE HEARD IN THE CASES HAVE NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE. THE CITY IS SUBMITTING ALL EXHIBITS AND AFFIDAVITS INTO EVIDENCE IN THESE CASES, AND REQUESTS THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FIND THE RESPONDENTS IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION, THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME FOR COMPLIANCE AND SET A DAILY FINE TO BE IMPOSED IF THE RESPONDENTS FAIL TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

I FIND ALL THE RESPONDENTS CASES LISTED IN ON THE AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE FINES, REPORT IN NONCOMPLIANCE FOR THE PERIOD STATED ON THE REPORT AND IMPOSE THE FINES AS LISTED ON THE REPORT DATED MARCH 12TH, 2025. SORRY, THIS IS THE SET.

FINE. NOT THE AUTHORIZATION. OH, SORRY. DID WE DID WE NOT DO THAT ONE? I DON'T THINK SO. DO WE NEED TO DO THAT ONE FIRST? OKAY. SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE FINES.

[REPORTS (Part 2 of 2)]

I FIND ALL THE RESPONDENTS IN CASES LISTED ON THE AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE FINES, REPORT IN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE PERIOD STATED ON THE REPORT, IMPOSE THE FINES AS LISTED ON THE REPORT DATED MARCH 12TH, 2025.

OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY. SO THIS IS FOR THE PER DAY.

[HEARINGS (Part 2 of 2)]

AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 32, UNLESS PREVIOUSLY HEARD OR LISTED AS COMPLIED, WILL BE HEARD ON CONSENT WITHOUT FURTHER TESTIMONY IN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS REQUESTED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED UPON THE FILES PRESENTED.

THE CITY REPRESENTS THE. ALL RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED OR NOTICED ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 162 OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES AND THE PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES. THE RESPONDENTS ARE NOT PRESENT TO BE HEARD IN THE CASES HAVE NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE. THE CITY IS SUBMITTING ALL EXHIBITS AND AFFIDAVITS INTO EVIDENCE IN THESE CASES, AND REQUESTED THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FIND ALL RESPONDENTS IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME FOR COMPLIANCE AND SET A DAILY FINE TO BE IMPOSED IF THE RESPONDENTS FAILED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

I FIND THAT ALL OF THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED BY THE SECRETARY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION.

THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED HAVE UNTIL MARCH 27TH, 2025, WHICH IS 15 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS ORDER, TO BRING THE PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE. THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE A FINE OF $50 PER DAY FOR EACH AND EVERY VIOLATION THAT CONTINUES PAST THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE.

THE FOLLOWING CASES ON THE SET FINE AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 22, UNLESS PREVIOUSLY HEARD OR LISTED AS COMPLIED, WILL BE HEARD ON CONSENT WITHOUT FURTHER TESTIMONY IN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS REQUESTED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED UPON THE FILES PRESENTED. THE CITY REPRESENTS THAT ALL RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED OR NOTICED. ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 162 OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES AND THE PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES. THE RESPONDENTS ARE NOT PRESENT TO BE HEARD IN THE CASES HAVE NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE. THE CITY IS SUBMITTING ALL EXHIBITS AND AFFIDAVITS INTO EVIDENCE IN THESE CASES, AND REQUESTS THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINED THE RESPONDENTS IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SENT A REASONABLE TIME FOR COMPLIANCE AND IMPOSED A SET FINE IF THE RESPONDENTS FAIL TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. THE CITY ALSO REQUESTED THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO TAKE ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, AND CHARGE THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH THE REASONABLE COSTS OF THE ACTIONS, ALONG WITH THE FINE IMPOSED, IF NOT IN COMPLIANCE BY THE COMPLIANCE DATE.

I FIND ALL THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED BY THE SECRETARY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION.

THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED HAVE UNTIL MARCH 22ND, 2025, WHICH IS TEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS ORDER,

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I AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO TAKE ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS TO BRING THE PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE, AND CHARGE THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH THE REASONABLE COST OF THE ACTIONS, ALONG WITH THE IMPOSED FINE.

THE FOLLOWING CASES ON THE SET. FINE AGENDA ITEMS 23 THROUGH 30, UNLESS PREVIOUSLY UNLESS PREVIOUSLY HEARD, WILL BE HEARD ON CONSENT WITHOUT FURTHER TESTIMONY IN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS REQUESTED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED UPON THE FILES PRESENTED. THE CITY REPRESENTS THE. ALL RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED OR NOTICED. ACCORDING TO CHAPTER ONE, 62 OF THE FOUR STATE STATUTES AND THE PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES. THE RESPONDENTS ARE NOT PRESENT TO BE HEARD IN THE CASES HAVE NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE. THE CITY IS SUBMITTING ALL EXHIBITS AND AFFIDAVITS INTO EVIDENCE IN THESE CASES, AND REQUESTS THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FIND THE RESPONSE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION, THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME FOR COMPLIANCE AND IMPOSE A SET FINE IF THE RESPONDENTS FAIL TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE COMPLIANCE DATE.

I FIND THAT ALL OF THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED BY THE SECRETARY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION.

THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED HAVE UNTIL MARCH 22ND, 2025, WHICH IS TEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS ORDER, TO BRING THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE, OR THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE A SET FINE OF $200 FOR THE VIOLATION.

THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE FOR TODAY. ALL RIGHT.

AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THERE'LL BE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO WE WILL ADJOURN AT 346.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.