##VIDEO ID:aQ0CQ69unkE## live yet okay are we live okay very good let's stand and say Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you you may be seated I call to order the meeting of the uh city of defc Springs code enforcement hearings and those of you who are here um I'm going to explain to you what's going to be happening today uh the code enforcement officer Chris stwn he represents the city and will present the city's evidence of code violations on properties within the city he will do so by his testimony by photos videos PowerPoint presentation and other Witnesses testimony once officer stra has completed his presentation of his case you the landowner will present your testimony and evidence of why you're not in violation and you may ask questions of officer St and present Witnesses on your own behalf and question his Witnesses once both sides have presented their case I will consider the evidence and render a ruling based on the evidence presented by both sides an order will be issued and you'll need to stay until the clerk of court Mr Ali can present a copy of the order to you the order if a violation found is found we usually give a period of time to correct the violation and if you do correct the violation it is your duty to contact the code enforcement officer office to verify the correction in order to stop any fines from acre against you and now everyone who may testify before this court please pleas stand to be sworn so all three of you if you're going to be testifying do you solemnly swear or affirm that you'll tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth before this court in the matter before which you are present do thank you you may be seated that the record that we've sworn in the sworn in officer stra you can begin your case and since we don't have Kobe here yet Mr we'll we'll wait on yours Mr the owner of big boss 5 LLC is President oh very good thank you this is a compliance hearing case number 2024 000033 violation was chapter 5 Section 521 unsa structures address was 40 Cory burges loot partial number was 102 November 1 918 000000001 0010 property owner is the big boss 5 LLC one shows us inside the city limits and subject to the code of ordinances two case was presented at the 1017 2024 special mate hearing where the property was found in violation of chapter 5 Section 521 speci um requ the property brought into compliance in 15 days 111 of 2024 or a daily F of $250 will be assessed until brought into compliance on 10:18 10 2024 extension of the corrected action due to the contractor's time frame was requested cor action was extended on to Monday of December the 2nd 2024 um December 2nd 2024 the property the violations were in compliance on January the 2nd 2025 prepared and send new viol new notice of hearing with certified mail to the um respondent it was delivered prepared and posted a new um notice of hearing on the property and city clerk posted the notice of hearing at City Hall 116 2025 the property is still in compliance exhibit three is after after date of the compliance exhibit four is a notice of hearing certified zibit five since hearing tracking show was delivered zibit six please please find that this property is in compliance please find that the proper notice of the hearing was given the respondent A F of $0 is secure between the corrective action date and the oberved compliance State end of my testimony thank you accept your testimony into the evidence in your PowerPoint presentation as well is there anyone here who'd like to present uh any testimony on behalf of big boss LLC no okay and what's your name sir I'm Frank and what's your position with the company I'm maintenance supervisor maintenance super okay great thank thank you I do appreciate what you guys did to repair this that was uh to me a huge public safety issue because if had that fallen on those gas tank those gas pumps it could have been a disaster so thank you very much for getting that repaired I do appreciate it okay let me read I I'll render my decision now um this CA has originally came before me uh city of defs Walton County at a hearing on Thursday October 17th 2024 after due notice to the parties at which time I found that uh I heard testimony under oath received evidence and being otherwise fully advised in the premises and ordering certain corrective act action on Thursday January 16th after due notice to the respondant I find that having heard testimony and received evidence and argument hereby issued this finding a fact conclusion of Law and and Order imposing fine or lean or administrative lean respondent was required to take corrective action honorable for November 1st 2024 failing which a 250 per day F would begin to acre and specifically set forth in the findings of fact conclusion of Law and Order which was issued on October 17 2024 uh respondent requested an extension to the corrective action uh due to contractor's time time frame corrective action extended date was to Monday December 2nd 20124 an Affidavit of compliance has been filed by the code enforcement officer strong which affidavit C certifies that under oath as of M Monday September 2nd December 2nd excuse me 2024 the required corrective action has been taken as ordered respondent has complied after the required corrective action date with the findings of fact conclusion of Law and Order heard on October 17 2024 it's hereby ordered that the respondent has complied on 122 2024 and a fine of zero has acred between the final order date October 17th 2024 and the corrective action date of Monday December 2nd 2024 a certified copy of this order may be received and recorded and shall constitute a release of any leans against the above described property and other and all other real and personal property owned by the respondent pursuant to Florida Statutes chapter 162 done in order the 16th day of January in defc Springs Walton County Florida and if you'll wait just a few minutes we'll give you a copy of this order [Applause] like this wasn't a copy an extra copy was there for me to sign I only have two copies that's what I was looking for was there one and I didn't sign it oh yeah yeah let me sign that you can probably do it on the huh thank you all right thank you very much for coming man oh it's going to be here in five minutes okay yes ma'am yes ma'am all right good we'll go do another one then y sorry Ron we just GNA have to hurry up and wait hurry up and wait I was in the 14 years and you understand I do I completely understand that as well Halls have been called Mr Williams is not present okay and do you have a a case File yes ma'am case number will be it be a finding a fact hearing case number 2024 00181 violations is chapter 14 section 14-2 new citiz and hazardous or unary conditions General requirements chapter 18 section 18- 58.1 wck junk abandoned vehicles and other property the address is um 33 McKinnon Drive paral number is 363 November 1 9 1 9050 000000 06 24 property owner is James A Williams do you have a a packet for me yes Ma I'm sorry that's what I want thank you sir thank you you may continue exib one shows up the properties inside the city liit and subject to the code of ordinances Exhibit 2 is inspection on 723 of 2024 exhibit 3 inspection 830 of 2024 exhibit four inspection on 109 of 2024 exibit 5 inspection 1118 of 2024 exhibit 6 expection 12 to 2025 they actually are starting to do some work okay and some of the vehicles have been removed I was going to say some of those Vehicles look like they might be valuable they could sell them and fix a house and exhibit seven inspection 116 to 2025 today's date um the right side of the house has been painted some but the left side still has wood rot and whatnot and the front of the house still needs some work on the top where there some wood rot okay and only two vehicles now are left8 July 23rd of 2024 while inspecting code Code Enforcement violations observ a violation at the property on 33 McKinnon Drive I photographed the property I reviewed the Case Files confirmed there was not an ongoing case File I checked the Walton County property appraisers office website and indicated that the property is in the city limits of Defan Springs and is owned by James A Williams the following was oberved a structure that has wood rot chipping peeling paint allowing wood to be unprotected from the elements gaps and holes near the windows and grime and mold on the structure several vehicles on the property that are disabled or without current fla registration or tags July 24 2024 I prepared and sent a warning notice to the property owner August the 30th 2024 the property the viol violation still observed September the 4th 2024 prepared and sent a notice of hearing to the prop or notice of violation to the property owner October the 9th 2024 the property the violation still observed October the 16th 20124 prepared and sent a notice of violation certified mail with receipt to the property owner certify mail was 7021 2720 0000 2887 3304 and it was refused November the 8th or 18th 2024 I sped the property the violation was still observed January the 2nd 2025 I expected the property the vi violation was so observed I par and sent a notice of hearing certified mailed with the turn receipt to the property owner the notice of hearing was posted at City Hall and The Haney that was working on the property was given the posting by code enforcement certifi mail with 7021 2720 00002 2887 3373 and it is still out for delivery January 16th 2025 I the property on the day of the hearing the property shows some improvement exhibit 9 is a letter of violation exhibit 10 is another letter violation exib 11 letter violation certified male exibit 12 letter violation tracking showing it was refused exibit 13 no notes of hearing exibit 14 notes of hearing tracking showing is still out for delivery exibit 15 please find that the property of 33 mckinon Drive Defan Springs Florida partial number 363 November 1 91950 00624 is located within the municipality area T Springs of Walton County and is is subject to the city of Def Springs code of ordinances please find that the violations of the city def Springs code of ordinances chapter 14 161 14-2 and chapter 18 section 18- 58.1 on the property please find out the proper notice of the hearing was given to the respondent respondents to correct the violation with 120 days the date of this order and the respondent further order to contact the city def fank Springs Code Enforcement office to arrange for a reinspection of the subject property to verify compliance with this order that the respondant fails to comply with the above actions or fails to brings the property into compliance with the capable codes ordinances and regulations according to this order the special masterate will assess the fine of $75 a day until the property's baren in compliance that will be the end of my testimony very good I accept your testimony accept your presentation your PowerPoint do you have any Witnesses no ma'am okay is there anyone here to speak on behalf of James William or the property located at 33 McKinnon Drive def xpring Florida hearing none seeing none and the Halls having been previously called I'll render my order uh I find that this case has come before me um the special magistrate city of defc Springs Walton County Florida today January 16 2025 after due notice to the respondent and special magistrate having heard testimony under oath received the evidence and heard argument hereby finds hereby issues this finding a fact conclusion of Law and Order as follows the respondent James A Williams whose mailing address is 208 dorsy Avenue defunc Springs Florida 32435 is the owner of the real property described as and also known as 33 McKennon drive to fex Springs Walton County Florida partial ID number 363 November 1 91950 00624 the real property listed above is located and existing within the city of defc Springs Walton County Florida responded as owner of the real property is responsible for maintaining the same in accordance with the code of ordinances of the city of defc Springs and the Florida Statutes all required notices have been made in accordance with Florida Statutes chapter 16212 and county code the conclusion conditions presently exist on the property and have existed on the property that are in violation of city code section chapter 14 section 14-2 nuisances and hazardous or unsanitary conditions General requirements and chapter 18 section 18- 58.1 wck junk abandoned vehicles and other property such conditions constituting a nuisance and a serious threat to public health safety and Welfare within the meanings of Florida Statutes chapter 162.000 6 sub chapter 4 U my conclusion of law is that this is a lawfully constituted code enforcement proceeding convene pursuant to chapter 162 part 1 Florida Statutes and chapter 18 City of the fiac Springs Land Development code the special magistrate has jurisdiction over the subject matter I.E the property and the respondent based upon the foregoing finding of facts and conclusion of laws pursuant to the authority granted in one chapter 162 Florida Statutes the special magistrate finds that the respondant um shall correct the afor said violation before 120 days from the date of this order or a fine of $75 per day shall be imposed and that the respondant is further order to contact the city of Def experence Code Enforcement office in order to arrange for a reinspection of the subject property to verify compliance with this La this order which would stop any fines from accruing I also Grant the um code enforcement Authority Court Enforcement Officers the authority to extend the compliance date on behalf of the special magistrate upon a showing a good faith effort to correct the violations by the respondent so order thank very much may C HS for your next case well I would like to go ahead and switch to the orchestration okay oh I'm sorry that's right good afternoon good to have you here sorry about that that's quite all right I won't find you content thank you okay Mr vulker if you would like to present your case all right you uh let the record show that Mr vulker was um sworn in at the beginning of the hearings and you continue to be sworn okay um my name is Ron velker um I recently acquired a property uh at 882 West Orange Avenue Lots 13 and 14 block two of mcls um when I acquired the property there was a dilapitated Structure on the property and it was in dire need of uh demolition uh after acquiring the property and acquiring the um proper permit we demolished the property and got rid of all the trash during the course of this we probably I estimate we um incurred about $22,000 in trying to clean the place up and we asked that the um all whatever fines and leans that have been place on the property um be dismissed okay you want an abatement of you want an abatement of the fins Y and your reason for the the Abate the request for abatement is because you went above and beyond yeah we you know this was a all that stuff was acquired before we purchased the property uh we have obviously since it's since we bought the property we immediately went into um getting it cleaned up and removing all the trash we took away 12 60 yard dumpsters of trash wow yeah every room was full of it okay and you've had 22,000 approximately in to do all this um what was the original fine and what is f is yellow I want say it's $ 34,5 presently when went into compliance I stop the fines okay very good and who I can't read that from here my I don't have my distance glasses so what was the Fine Again currently 34,5 okay now in arbitration I like to have the parties to discuss this um Mr towns and you're representing the city in and along with Mr St what is your um would you like is talk with Mr stra take a few minutes would you like to go ahead if you made a determination of what you would like to see happen Mr look at it what did you pay for the property 40,000 a tax deed sale it was in an estate um before and also since it was a tax deed sale we've had to hire an attorney so that we can get quiet title that we've had to so you do have full legal the uh the ORD is in front of the judge at this point for The Quiet Title is there any is there any possibility that quiet title doesn't go through probably not um if it who's the attorney representing you uh I can't say her last name because she's polish but her name's Lana with Dunlap and Shipman okay it was it's been posted in the defc herald for the last six weeks okay uh is the estate um did you estate of the lady do you know if it that owned it do you know if it's been probated a lot of times these things don't get probated no it has been probated so that's the the lady had deceased the the um the children lived on the property till the point where the utilities got shut off and still lived on the property in the back in in tents um the one one of the I think it's the daughter is currently incarcerated she was served the son is was incarc ated but and there's a warrant out for his arrest at this time we tried to have him served but obviously he didn't want to be served so um the uh like I said it's been posted in defenc Carol for the last six weeks okay and what was the value of the property on the tax records U at the time looks like $1,566 Chris has got his market value yeah wow so they'll actually get if it was um how much was owed on the taxes uh I forget it was it was like it was a it was a few thousand I think it was close to $10,000 okay somewhere in that area okay so you paid 40 and then 10 10 and then the 22 um sounds like you got into a piece of property and you're upside down right now but you're wanting to what are your plans for the property we're building two SLE family residences and how what's the square footage going to be uh 1,459 and two bedroom or three three bedroom two bath currently under construction we're we're at uh got them all framed up we're getting ready to put siding in or roof on next week well you obviously pulled a permit so the city uh planning perceives him as being the owner so I would say even though the the thing with the estate has not been established usually with a um they only have 30 days to um on a tax deed sell to try to uh correct it or to buy the property back pay it back and that how long go that it's been a while since you paid for the tax deed so all of that's run out y so I'm not sure why they're doing it that way other than just being over protective we're crossing our tees and dotting our eyes and that's smart to do I appreciate you doing that anybody that's been by the property and I I'm Chris can probably vouch or attest to this is that it was a it was a hole Yeah it was just nasty um it every room was full they must as I understand it was an old meth house um from got this from Neighbors and stuff like this um meth heads are typically hoarders that place every room was full of something there was an engine in the kitchen uh like I said it took us 12 60 yard dumpsters to get rid of everything on the property and so we have transformed it from an eyesore and a den of IL activities to you know what's going to be two family residences that now is going to be you know obviously better for the community and I you know and I I've gotten calls as far even from the city Marshall thank you for me for tearing it down so this is is actually doing something good for the community did you have to go through an unlawful detainer to get the uh children off the property or did they voluntarily leave they voluntarily left that's good the one that we voluntary left okay all right yeah if I can get just a minute sure we will be in recess for 5 to 10 minutes you can have a seat if you want to if you don't if you or you can stand there either way I'm gonna stand for a okay very good let the circulation go I understand I apologize for my appearance I was on a job site I understand completely you working you're your hands on worker so that that counts zero thank you okay sounds good here comes Steve uh these are uh streamed live on YouTube so you can go watch your testimony if you want see it's okay do you have any other housing projects in phac that you're building I was trying to uh purchase some property over on neie um the uh appraisal came back and the owner didn't like it he he basically all the air like got lit out of his balloon so but yeah I was trying to is thec is ire need of some housing they are um the whole county is in um well they're in dire need of affordable housing well I want I'm not going to go I don't use the word affordable housing because that might sometimes that people get that mixed up with Section 8 housing right um but um a housing Nets going to be more hate the word affordable but um but uh more in line with the more in line with uh the economic uh the U income of people that live up here because all the worker bees live up here so the biggest problem is getting is utilities and Zoning that's true so did your wedding go without a hitch or did you have a emergency during it it was it was absolutely beautiful ma'am oh I bet yeah it went out amazing good um bad part about it is that my legs are just hang after dancing all night that's about it though well good I'm I'm so happy for you thank you she my my wife actually went to change her license officially so has her last name on it now oh goodness when I went to go do mine it took um quite a while because of um I had to actually petition the Supreme Court of Florida to change my name for my bar license oh really yeah and oh man so that took a while she went to Social Security we were very surprised how fast it was yeah it was pretty fast gentlemen I do have to tell you Mr vuler and I were discussing his plans for other housing here but that has nothing to do with my decision or anything and we're back on the record at uh 230 Mr Mr um speaking Mr St and what since I have been doing this we've set a precedent on these things he keep Takay consistent until policy can be established or adopted um we have for uh two other properties that had lesser fines per property um reduced down to 2 200 to cover the city's administrative cost for what point we've gotten to here and so that would be my recommendation is a 2500 But ultimately it's up to the magistrate if she wishes to do more or less um we would be comfortable with that but 2500 the city's recommendation to recoup administrative fost Mr faler I'm fine with that then so order we read the order into the record do you have an order what do is later today or tomorrow I will with the new order for the price and sign it and then take it straight to the um right Courthouse to have it recorded and if you'll have you can have a check ready for them then they can also do the release of lean release of lean for me at the same time that way you want have you'll have it on the record off immediately okay I mean U so when will I get Pap foror if you want you can pay for it today or tomorrow and soon as I have the check and have it deposited to the city I can record the order for you okay I can I can pay now okay very good um do you want him to do a check to you or who do we do that to to the city I mean not to you hand you the check yeah let me let me let me explain who are you gonna hand the check to for when you write the check in the bottom of it put um that case number let them know is for um code case number this one that way the same one that's on my thing yes right there and then that way they will um how was number number one back then yes sir oh wow it's one of the first cases yeah it's either good or bad I can but yeah if you'll just put that case number on the check you give it to them and they right there the ladies up front and then they'll put it through they'll give me the receipt and then I can take the order to um the magistrate just bring him a copy of the receipt if you don't mind bring it back in that that'll Mr vulker thank you very much and we do appreciate what you're doing to help with the city with the housing issues and please continue that good work we need more more people like like that doing it we're trying thank you thank you sir thank you you can call the next case call the home please how did your town um town hall meeting go oh it's at 5:30 today oh is it I may try to come well no we've got if we get finished with our our appointment at 4 then we'll if we can make that appointment where huh he's got a town hall meeting at 5:30 our 4:00 appointment if we get through with it by then I'd like to come back uh go ahead Paul's been called no one is present okay finding a fact fact hearing case number 2024 00184 and do you have a packet for me yes ma'am okay thank you thank you very much violations chapter 14 section 14-3 violations in numer ated the address is at 210 Sydney Avenue partial number is 203 November 1 919 01400 0321 property owner is the Federal National Mortgage Association exhibit one shows that the property is inside the city limits and subject to the code of ordinances where is that at I couldn't um Sydney so you go from um Walton Road you'll turn on to junifer Lake yes and then the first road on the left is Sydney and it Loops back over to Walton Road is that back before the um the power lines that run through there just just well you have Sydney you have AA East no West this is the one on the west side of um M Juniper okay go ahead I'm sorry right exhibit two inspection on 723 2024 exhibit 3 in section 95 of 2024 during this time frame the neighbor actually called this in also but I had informed her that I was already doing a violation my own on this property exhibit four inection on 109 of 2024 exhibit 5 inection on 1118 of 2024 exhibit 6 inspection two of 2025 exhibit s inspection 116 of 2025 July 23rd of 2025 for while inspecting code enforcement violations I observed a violation on at the property on 210 Sydney Avenue I photographed the property I review The Case Files confirmed there was not ongoing case File I checked the Walton County property frasers office website and indicated the property is in the city limits of the Phoenix Springs and is owned by Federal National Mortgage Association the following oberved overgrowth of grass weeds um vegetation of 12 Ines or more from the ground July 24 2024 I prepared and sent a warning notice to the on property owner September the 5th 2024 I expected the property the violation still observed appear and send a notice violation to the property owner October the 9th 2024 the property violation still observed appeared and send a notice of violation to the property owner October the 16th of 2024 appear and sent a notice of violation certified mail with a turn receipt to the property owner certified mail was 721 2720 00002 2887 32 74 and it was delivered November the 18th of 2024 just the property the violation still observed January the 2nd 2025 I expected the inspected the property the violation still observed prepared and sent a notice of hearing be a certified mail with turn receipt to the property owner the notice of the hearing was posted at City Hall and the property was posted by code enforcement certified mail was 7021 2720 00002 2887 3380 and it was delivered January 16th 2025 expected the suspected the property on the date of the hearing the property shows no improvement and no change condition um exhibit nine is a letter of violation exhibit 10 is another letter of violation exhibit 11 is a letter of violation certified mail exhibit 12 leral violation tracking showing was delivered exibit 13 notice of hearing Elizabeth 14 so hearing tracking showing it was delivered 15 please find that the proper property of 210 Sydney Avenue par the Phoenix Springs forward of parcel number 223 November 1 19 1 9014 00321 is located within the missal area of Phoenix Springs of Walton County and is subject to the city of Def Springs code of ordinances please find the violations of the city of defix Springs code of ordinances chapter 14 section 14-3 on the property please find out the proper notice of the hearing was given to the respondant the respondents correct the violation Within 30 days the day of this order and that respondent further ordered to contact the city of Defense Springs C Enforcement office to arrange for a reinspection of the subject property to verify compliance with this order that the respondent fails to comply with the above actions or fails to bring the property into compliance with the capable codes ordinances and regulations according this order the special mat assess a fund of $50 a day until the property is brought into compliance that's my testimony thank you let me ask you a couple of questions was this ever in any your inspections was it ever during from July to now they've never done anything with the property do you know how the bank would the bank still o owning it I'm surprised it hasn't been brought up for auction do you know if it was a deed in L how how the bank obtained ownership no I'm not pause I we can do a quick well if you don't know it it really doesn't matter but I was just curious as to cuz normally they have a property manag manager who comes in and takes care of this and I'm surprised that wasn't done after the first notice on the mortgage did you uh send it to anyone else U other than since July other than um no ma' that was they were the ones that were owner at that time that was the only place I know that had a um um an owner okay um I I'm just curious because normally these things would go up for auction so I'm just uh it's a Rio property okay uh is there anyone here to I accept your testimony and your evidence into the record and um all of your exhibits are hereby listed as accepted evidence into the Court's record is there anyone here on behalf of Federal National Mortgage Association to testify on behalf of this property the Halls having previously been called and no one is present I'll render my ruling I find that this case has come for a public hearing before uh the magistrate of the city of defc Springs Walton County Florida on July uh Thursday January 16th 2025 after due notice to the respondent and I having heard testimony under oath receive evidence and heard argument hereby issues a finding of fact conclusion of Law and Order as follows the respondent Federal National Mortgage Association whose mailing address is 142 14221 callus C Parkway suet 1000 Dallas Texas 75254 is the owner of the real property described as and also known as 210 Sydney Avenue topc Springs Walton County Florida partial ID number 223 November 1 91914 003 0321 the real property listed above is located and existing within the city of defini ex Springs Walton County Florida responded as the owner of the real property is responsible for maintaining the same in accordance with the code of ordinances of the city of defunc Springs and all required notices have been made in accordance with chapters 162.5 of Florida statute and County Land Development code conditions presently exist on the subject property there are a violation of the city code section 14 chapter 14 section 14-3 V violations enumerated in such conditions constituting a nuisance and serious threat to Public Safety Health and Welfare within the meaning of 16206 sub chapter 4 uh Florida Statutes my conclusion is that this is a lawfully constituted code enforcement proceeding convened pursu to chapter 162 part one of Florida Statutes and chapter 18 city of defunc Springs land Dev development code I have jurisdiction over the subject matter and the respondant it is hereby ordered that the respondent is to correct the violation uh owner before 30 days from the date of today's hearing or a fine of $50 per day shall be imposed and that the respondent is further ordered to contact the city of Def experience Code Enforcement office to arrange for reinspection of the property to verify compliance with this order and to stop any fines from further acre I also Grant the code enforcement the authority to extend the compliance date on behalf of the special magistrate upon a showing of good faith and E good faith effort by the respondant so ordered [Applause] thank you make call the H for your next case the hold call and pres thank you finding a fact hearing case number 2024 00207 violation is chapter 14 section 14-2 newes in hazardous or unsanitary conditions General requirements um SE chapter 14 section 14-3 violations enumerated address is at 150 seminal Drive partial number is 343 november19 1 19030 00 Echo 0011 Property Owners Andrews and Binger LLC exibit one shows that the property is inside the city limits and subject to the D sprs code of ordinances exhibit two inspection 8829 of 2024 kind building is at those are mobile homes this is off of um the um South 19th Street the trail park there at the very end or mobile home park okay um this actually is on the backside of the mobile home park off of Apache there are three trailers that are showed back in the woods that are overgrown and have not been in know in the repair is this Luke Andrews of of Andrews and bager I believe so yes okay uh just let the record reflect I have uh interactions with Mr his father Mr Andrew but that doesn't affect my decisions in any way if the city accepts that without a conf waves that conflict of interest let the record reflect that the city manager has waved it go ahead exhibit three or excuse me still exhibit two exhibit three inspection on 109 of 2024 exhibit foure inspection on 1118 of 2024 five section1 two of 2020 should be five inspection inspection 116 of 2025 on August 29 2024 code codeforce received a complaint from um John Harrison um it's 70 Blue Blue Wave drivve Rosa Beach Florida regarding violations at the property on 150 simal Drive I reviewed the open case files to verify there was not ongoing case File and then check the Walton County property frasers office website which indicated the property is owned by Andrews and Binger LLC I drove to the property of 1507 old drive where the where inspection from the city def Springs right away was completed along with photographs the S the following was observed mobile homes that have Grime and mold metal deration in holes um overgrowth of grass and weeds and wild vegitation of a height of 12 inches or more from the ground simil the 4th 2024 par and sent a warning notice to the property owner October the 9th 2024 the property violation still observed October the 16th 20 2024 parent sent a not violation to the property owner November the 18th 2024 parent sent a notice of violation to the property owner October 22nd 2024 par sent a no violations to the property owner return receipt um was or the certifi mail was 7024 27202 2887 3335 and it was returned back to me January 2nd 2025 I expected the property violation still observed I respected the property um theair sent sent a notice of hearing certified mail with a return receipt to the property owner the notice of hearing was posted at City Hall that property was posted by code enforcement certify mail was 7021 27202 2887 3397 it's returned January 16 2025 the property on the date of the hearing the property shows no improvement no change condition let me go stop you just a second if you'll go back uh let me correct the record on the certified mail receipt from November 22nd you stated 7024 7021 so just to correct the record go ahead I'm sorry sorry um exhibit eight letter of violation exhibit nine another letter letter of violation exhibit 10 a letter of violation certified maale exhibit 11 letter of violation tracking sh was delivered back to us exibit 12 notice of hearing 13 notice of hearing tracking sh is being delivered back to us bit 14 please find that the property of one 157 Old drive to Phenix Springs forward to parcel number 34 November 343 November 1 191 90300 Echo 0011 is located within municipality area of Phoenix Springs of Walton County and is subject to the city of Phenix Springs code of ordinances please find out the violations of the city city of Def Phenix Springs code of ordinances chapter 14 section 14-2 in chapter 14 section 14-3 on the property please find that the proper Nur of the hearing was given to the respondant respondents to correct the violation with 120 days of the date of this order and this respondent is further ordered to contact the city of Jank Springs Code Enforcement office to arrange for a reinspection of the subject property to verify compliance with this order that the respond if the respondent fails to comply with the above actions or fails to bring the property into compliance with the capable codes ordinances and regulations according to this order the special magistrate assesses A F of $100 a day until the property is brought into compliance that'll be end of my testimony okay all right uh I accept your testimony into the record along with your PowerPoint presentation and uh your testimony in the U other the exhibits that you've uh presented to the court is there anyone here to speak on behalf of Andrews and Bolinger or anyone on this property hearing none I'll render an order can I ask question yes sir what's your name please my name is Steve U uh when you say the certified letter was returned is that that mean the proof of delivery was returned or the letter itself the whole so no one never claim so no one's been served well they didn't claim it but it has been posted here at City Hall just conf yeah and and the and for the record um the the letter was not sent to the property itself it was sent to where the LLC has its business listing which is Cabana Drive uh let me see where is it where did I see that at just one second let's get it in the record that it is um I know it says Cabana Drive Santa Rosa Beach but I cannot read the number what's the what was the address that you sent right there on the order itself page oh okay I'm sorry that's where I saw it 326 Cabana Trail Santa Rosa Beach Florida 32459 and that's going to be just for edification that's going to be the address that's listed with the state of Florida on sunbiz for that and it's a responsibility of the owners to keep that current also it's a responsibility of the owners to keep current their uh mailing address with the property appraiser and the tax collector's office as well which is where we get a lot of this information okay thank you for the question though very common to get to not get anyone to take them yeah probably more I 89% to come back to us without anyone accepting and that's exactly right and that's why we post we do public posting on the property and here at City Hall and that what that does is that meets the requirements of Florida statute for service of process and due process in these cases so when they refus to accept it then it's on them they did not um the fact that it was returned and they refused to accept says that they didn't receive it okay thank you I do find that this cause has come before me on a public hearing as of today's date here in defini Springs Walton County Florida January 16th 2024 after du notice to the respondent special magistrate having heard testimony under oath received evidence and heard argument hereby issues this finding a fact conclusion of Law and Orders as follows the respondent Andrews and Bolinger LLC whose mailing address is 326 Cabana Trail def excuse me Santa Rosa Beach Florida 32459 is the owner of the real property Al described as and also known as 150 seminol drive to FC Springs Walton County Florida partial ID number 343 November 1 1919 0300 Echo 0011 the real property listed above is located and existing within the city of defex spring wton County Florida the respondent as a property owner is responsible for maintaining the same in accordance with the code of ordinances of Def Springs um city of defc Springs all required notices have been made in accordance with chapter 16212 Florida statute and county code conditions presently exist on the property in violation of city code section chap 14-14 two nuisance and hazardous or unsanitary conditions General requirements in chapter 14 14-3 violations enumerated in such conditions constituting a nuisance and serious threat of public health safety and Welfare within the meaning of chapter 162.000 6 sub chapter 4 Florida Statutes the conclusion of law is that this is a lawfully constituted code enforcement proceeding convened to in uh pursuant to chapter 162 part one Florida Statutes and chapter 18 city of Def ex Springs Land Development code and I have jurisdiction over the subject matter and over the respondent I find that the respondant is to uh correct the violations on before 120 days or a fine of $100 per day shall uh be imposed and it's further ordered that the respondent is ordered to contact the city of Def experience Code Enforcement office to arrange for a reinspection of the subject property to verify compliance with this order in order to stop any FS from further recuring and I also uh Grant the code enforcement off office the authority to um extend the compliance date on behalf of of the magistrate upon a showing of good faith and good good faith effort by the respondent so order what did is going on with the rest of that trailer part I know that they have done some work on it but have they gotten rid of a lot of those trailers and put in when was bought out um approximately three years ago by another business four years ago they replace a lot of old trailers with newer trailers but still old trailers yes ma'am yeah um but they were they're livable not like the old ones where far as I know have not been into the ones that they have replaced with there was one there 4 five years ago I had to go to one of them and to talk with a lady and I'm at her door and I see a man go past her to the back of the trailer and I hear water turn on and all of a sudden out the the side of the trailer water's just gushing through he was taking a shower and water was just coming through out of the shower out of the side of the trailer I'm glad something's been done to do at least a slight Improvement on it well I do know um when I did the inspection on today's date between the 2nd and 16th one of the doors is now open so either someone going in there or transit or maybe the foreman who keeps up with the property someone's going into one of the trailers okay that's part of the record the Halls have been called and no one's present thank you you may begin your case um finding a fact hearing case number 2240000 z235 violations chapter 14 section 14-3 violations enumerated their address is um US Highway 9331 South um partial numbers is 112 November 1 1918 0000001 0020 property owner is the Speedway LLC see you have a a packet for me it's right there on your oh I'm sorry um can be blind as a b thank you go ahead I'm sorry exhibit one shows that the property is inside the city limit and subject to the code of ordinances is this the uh one across the street from McDonald's yes ma'am right next to Best Western Best Western okay um actually the owner of the best West is the complain okay exhibit two inspection on 924 2024 exhibit 3 inspection on 1025 of 2024 exhibit 4 inspection on 1122 of 2024 5 on 123 of 2024 zibit 6 inspection 12 2025 zibit 7 inspection 116 of 2025 so se24 2024 C enforcement received a complaint from harsh Patel of 2343 US Highway 331 South regarding the violations of the property on US Highway 331 South um I reviewed the open case files and verifi there was not ongoing case File I checked the Walton County property appraisers office website which indicated the property is owned by LL or Speedway LLC I drove to the property of US Highway 331 South where inspection from the city of city of Def Phoenix sprs right away was completed along with photographs um I guess Best Western was keeping it maintained and when Speedway LLC purchased it they quit maintaining it and they would like it still maintained because it's bringing down their side of the business is let me ask you something is um did Mr Patel sell it or the previous owners sold that prop I think the previous own previous owners okay but but when they sold it um Best Western was still maintaining it for for a period of time right okay um the following Reserve could you just one second what's the Zone Chris should be commercial that's my fault I could have done that m you good it is commercial that you're looking at there looks to be what C2 I would think so should have had the the zoning from actually is R2 looking at the zoning map off the website is it not pulling up on your map okay well I go the zoning ordinance zoning map section I have it I have actually the um the zoning map for Mr Wallace's that we use here we go so is actually Zon residential because actually scroll down scroll down on your Legend over there oh see2 oh oh you're right I'm sorry yeah that's C2 I was making sure I was makeing sure was they had to have grandfathered in Best Western if that was res okay just want make sure that on October 25th 2024 the property the vi still observed prepared and sent a notice of hearing or notice of violation to the property owner November 22nd 2024 expect to the property the violation was still observed appeared and sent a notice violation certified mail to with a turn receipt to the property owner certified mail was 7021 2720 00002 2887 3366 and it was delivered December the 3rd of 2024 the property and the violation was still observed on January 2nd 2025 expect the property and violation still observed I pair and sent a no hearing certified mail turn receipt to the property owner the notice hearing was posted at City Hall the property was posted by code enforcement certifi mail was 7021 2720 00002 2887 3403 and it was delivered January 16th of 2025 expect the property on the date on the date of the hearing the property shows no improvement and no change conditions exhibit 9's a letter of violation exhibit 10's a letter of violation exibit 11 is a letter of violation certified mail exhibit 12 is a letter of violation tracking showing was delivered exhibit 13 notice of hearing certified mail the 14 no of track notice hearing tracking showing is delivered exhibit 15 please find that the property of US Highway 98 US Highway 331 South of Phenix Springs Florida parcel number 112 November 1 191 180000 001 0021 is located within the municipality area to Phoenix Springs of Walton County and is subject to the city of city of Def Springs code of ordinances please find out the violations of the city of spring code of ordinances chapter 14 section 14-3 on the property please find out the proper notice the hearing was given to the respondent the respondent is to correct the violation within 30 days of the day of this order and the respondent is further ordered to contract the city of the Phoenix Springs Code Enforcement office to arrange for a reinspection of the subject property to verify compliance on this order that the respondent fails to apply with the with the above actions of or fails to bring the property into compliance with the capable codes ordinances and regulations according to this order the special magistrate asses A F of $50 a day until the property is brought into compliance that's the end of my testimony thank you um I just got a question question for you since this case has started have they cleared that prop cleared that land at all no ma'am even after the first notices they have not cleared it all have you had any contact from anyone from no one has contacted me thank you very much uh is there anyone here on behalf of Speedway LLC or the property located at on Highway 331 South Hearing none I'll render my order and Mr um do you have Mr Townson do you have anything to add on this particular case on the clean up but are we talking about the removal of also volunteer ponds that have popped up yes basically unless they can with it being how the how the code reads once the property's been been maintained they maintain now unless they are growing the trees are they're on purpose and I don't see that they're in rows it looks like they are volunteer volunteer growing up themselves um I mean that was something they would have to talk to the planning department allowing them to allow the trees to grow up we would have a problem with it I don't think but Mr W would have the final decision on that no I don't have a big issue I just take from an Ros standpoint they put side back down yeah we're not talking about the pant trees going down because those have those okay good just the the over the that what's that wheat like grass my husband would know what it is I never can remember okay very good yeah that is turning into an eyesore because they did keep it so well maintained all those years um and and I know that it's been maintained since um I came back in 2000 it's all it's been so it's it's been a long time okay thank you very much Shan I find that this cause has come before me in a public hearing on U City of defini expr Walton County Florida on Thursday January 20 January 16 2025 and after due notice to the respondant and the special ma having heard testimony under oath received evidence and heard argument hereby issued the following finding a fact conclusion of Law and Order as follows the respondent Speedway LLC whose mailing address is 539 South Main Street Finley Ohio 45840 is the owner of real property also known as US Highway 331 South if uni ex Springs Walton County Florida partial ID number 11 21918 -001 0021 the real property listed above is located and existing within the city of defini spr Walton County Florida and the respondant is the owner of real property is responsible for maintaining the same in accordance with the code of ordinances of the city of defc Springs all required notices have been made in accordance with chapter 162.5 florid of statutes and county code the conditions presently exist on the property that are violation of city code section four section chapter 14 section 14-3 violations enumerated such conditions constituting a nuisance and ser threat to public health safety and Welfare remaining within the meaning of one chap one chapter 162.000 6 sub chapter 4 of Florida Statutes in my conclusion of law it is this has been a lawfully constituted code enforcement proceeding convened pursuant to chapter 162 part one of Florida Statutes and chapter 18 of city of Def Springs Land Development code I have jurisdiction over the subject matter and the respondent I order that the respondent is to correct the violation onor before 30 days or a fine of $50 per day shall be imposed and the respondent is further ordered to contact the city of defini ex Spring's Code Enforcement office to arrange for reinspection of the subject property to verify compliance with this order and to stop any all sign from acing I also Grant the uh Code Enforcement office the authority to extend the compliance dat on behalf of the special magistrate upon a showing a good faith effort by the respondent so order make sure why I can't get these fages to go [Applause] so CLK you make call the halls for your next case Please Mr drink water present okay thank you very much you begin the case this be a compliance hearing case number 2024 00000010 violation was chapter 14 section 14-3 violations enumerated address was 389 College Avenue partial number is 36 3 November 1 N1 9050 0000 0460 property owner is Tristan G drinkwater exhibit one is the um showing that the property is inside the city limits and subject to the code of ordinances divit two case was presented at the 1017 2024 special magistrate hearing where the property was found in violation chapter 14 section 14-3 special magistrate required the property brought into compliance in 30 Days by 11:16 to 2024 or a daily F of $ be assessed until brought into compliance 11:15 to 2024 expected the property on the and the property is in compliance on 1 12 2025 prepar and S a new notice of hearing certified mail it's still out for delivery PA and posted not hearing on the property in city clerk posted no hearing at City Hall 116 2025 the property is still in compliance exhibit three is ask compliance zibit four notice of hearing certified mail zibit F five notice of hearing tracking showing still off for delivery six please find that this property is in compliance please find that the proper notice of the hearing was given to the respondent in the find of $ Z to secure between the corrective action date and the oberved on compliance state my testimony I accept your testimony and your uh presentation into the record as uh as evidence and uh is there anyone here to speak on behalf of Tristan uh drink water or the property uh property address of uh 389 College Avenue defex Florida hearing none and seeing none I'll issue my order this calls originally came to be heard before me on in the city of Def ex Walton County Florida commencing on Thursday October 17th 2024 after due notice to the parties at which time special magistrate heard testimony under oath received evidence in being otherwise fully advised ordering a certain corrective action on Thursday January 16 2025 and after due notice to the respondant and having heard testimony under oath received evidence and heard argument hereby issued to fining the finding of fact conclusion law and or an order as follows the respondent was required to take certain corrective action honorable for Saturday November 16th 2024 failing which a $50 per day F would begin to acrew as specified set forth within the facts uh findings of fact conclusion of Law and ordered issue on October 17 2024 the Affidavit of compliance has been filed by The Code Enforcement office and the affidavit certifies that on the that as of the Friday February November 15 2024 the required corrective action had been taken as ordered respondent has complied and after corrective action within the date of the F filings facts conclusion of Law and Order and had being heard on October 17th 2024 it's hereby order the respondant has complied on Friday November 15th 20124 and a fine of zero has accured between the final order date and the date of October 17th uh and the corrective date Friday November 15 2024 a certified copy of this order may be recorded and once recorded shall constitute a release of any lean against the up describ property and any other real and personal property owned by the respondent pursuant to Florida chap Florida statute chapter 162 done and ordered 16th day of January 2025 in FC spring squa good to have one uh comply you may bring your next case that is actually the end of the cases so we are any no more cases we're hereby adjourned at 311 thank you if you can turn off the uh feed or do they turn off hey Mike we're off right thank you sir