and I hereby call this meeting to order This is the Town of Highland Beach special magistrate hearing for code enforcement The cases will be called in the order in which they appear on the agenda The town will present its uh testimony and evidence first You'll have an opportunity to review any of the uh
evidence presenting by the town and ask questions of any of the town's witnesses after which time you can present your own testimony and evidence This is a quasi judicial hearing which means the formal rules of evidence do not apply here However all testimony is taken under oath under penalty of perjury So if you're going to testify today or you
think you might testify there's a possibility that you might testify I'd ask that you rise and raise your right hand so the deputy clerk can swear you in By the authority vested in me as a notary of the state of Florida do you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give is the truth the
whole truth and nothing but the truth thank you You may be seated All right First order on the agenda is the approval of the minutes of February 11th 2025 They are hereby approved on this 8th day of April
2025 Okay All right first item on the agenda is case number CC24533 My name is Adam Try that again Good afternoon My name is Adam Oowski town of Highland Beach code compliance officer and I've been
previously sworn in The property address is 3420 South Ocean Boulevard 3Q I inspected the property on December 26 2024 The violation cited on today's agenda is
30-122A Building permits required The permit was submitted on February 5th 2025 The notice of violation was served by posting on January 14th 2025 After certified mail was sent on December 26
2024 the respondant was given 30 days to come into compliance The notice of hearing was served by certified mail sent on March 1st 2025 and handd delivered on March 5th 2025 Prior to today's hearing I reinspected
the building records on February 11th 2025 and the violation has been corrected The permit was issued on February 7th 2025 I have submitted the following evidence which includes proof of service supporting documents and photographs The
town recommends that the respondent be found in violation of the town code as alleged in the notice of violation The town is asking to assess prosecution costs in the amount of $250 payable within 14 days Is there anyone here on behalf of
the respondent Dennis and Tatiana Petra please come up Your honor thank you for the opportunity to speak today My name is Dennis Petro I'm a new home owner of the condominium at 34 3420 South Ocean Boulevard
apartment 3Q in Highland Beach I'm here today in regard to a citation issued on December 26 2024 concerning construction activity for which at the time the proper permit has not been issued I want to begin by assuring the
court that it was never my intention to disregard or violate any local building codes or permitting procedures I hired a licensed contractor uh Gentile Construction to manage the renovation project professionally and in full compliance with the law The permit
application was filed by my contractor on January 14th 2025 Unfortunately we later learned that the town requires the drawings to be submitted electronically with a certified digital signature January 14th
is within 30 days that was um uh from the uh time the citation was issued The initial drawings unfortunately were done by hand and by the time we adopted the submission to meet this digital requirements additional delays occurred due to
reported malfunction in town's electronic review system The issues were outside of my control and we did every possibility to move the process along Ultimately the permit was approved and issued on February 7th
2025 I would like to bring to the court's attention that the original citation was issued just after Christmas during the holiday season and at a particular sensitive time for my family My wife was pregnant and we were preparing for the birth of our daughter
who arrived excuse me arrived on uh February 26 of this year As you can imagine this was a great personal stress and responsibility Well congratulations Thank you We have a new resident of Island Beach Her name is Anna
And we were doing the best to manage everything responsibly including ensuring the renovation followed all appropriate steps In light of circumstances the holidays the pregnancy this miscommunication regarding permit requirements and the delay with the town electronic system I respectfully ask the
court to understand in leniency We have acted in good faith work with licensed professionals and ultimately ensure that everything was properly permitted and brought into compliance Thank you again for your attention And I do have a supporting letter from my uh from not attorney from
a contractor confirming Mr Mr Mr Petro um I I do appreciate the statement The the city has not asked me to find you here What they what they have asked me to do is um to find that you were in violation um and to assess the court cost for the
proceeding Um and and that's you know you know that's not nothing That's $250 but it's not a fine They're not seeking to punish you for this Thank you With all that said I do think it's important to point out the the major consequence of me making that finding is not that I'm going to find you today is that if a
violation occurs in the future you could be subject to more significant fines that happen much quicker And so um um so all I'm going to do today is find that there was a violation and you've come into compliance and assess the court costs Um but um but it is important in the future because I
mean it has no real meaning right now but in the future if this same violation occurs it could be much much more severe So you should definitely make sure that it doesn't happen again Absolutely That's loud and clear sir Thank you All right All in casec 24533 I make the following findings of fact and life phoneus notice is sufficient on the
property having been in violation has since come into compliance after the required compliance date I issue no fine today but assess course cost the amount of $250 payable within 14 days Thank you for coming in April 22nd April 22nd Sorry I would Yeah Got to remember that
date certain here Date certain here All right You'll always remind me I'm sure All right Uh next case is CC24539 My name is Adam Osowski and I've been previously sworn in The respondent is Michelle Oris The property address is
3300 South Ocean Boulevard unit 923C I inspected the property on December 30th 2024 The violation that remains as cited on today's agenda is 30-122A interior remodel without
permits The permit was submitted on February 7th 2025 It is currently waiting on the customer to obtain an additional sub permit add to existing plumbing permit
The notice of violation was served by posting on January 7th 2025 after a certified mail was sent on December 30th 2024 The respondent was given 21 days to come into compliance The notice of hearing was
served by posting and certified mail sent on March 1st 2025 The certified letter was returned unclaimed on April 1st 2025 Prior to today's hearing I reinspected the building records on
April 2nd 2025 and the violations continue to exist I've submitted the following evidence which includes proof of service supporting documents and photographs The town recommends that the respondent be found in violation of the town code as
alleged in the notice of violation The town asks for 30 days to achieve compliance or a $250 a day thereafter The town is asking to assess prosecution costs in the amount of
$250 payable by the date set for compliance 30 days is May 8th Yes Is anyone here on behalf of the respondent uh Michelle Oris coming up sir Can you tell me your name please yes sir My name is Armano
Rodriguez I'm representing Michelle Oris Uh in behalf of the company New Homes Innovation Group uh the general contractors that will be uh you're the general contractor hired by Miss Orus Uh yes So the uh this the town says that uh
that you're missing a um a permit and they want to give you 30 days to get it That accurate yes that is accurate Um yeah we've been back and forth with the city on multiple different stuff Finally we we got everything approved Um the last thing
that they that now they want is uh for the plumbing We're not changing any plumbing Um and then I went and spoke with somebody They said all I had to do was on page A3 at the scope of work submit that should be fine I submitted that and they're like "No they want us to do a sub permit on that." Um so I
talked with a couple plumbers to get some quotes for her so that they can submit that That should be done this week So So 30 days is a sufficient amount of time Yes Yes your honor That's that should that should work So anything else you want me to know uh no Right All
right I'm going to give you the 30 days Do keep in mind that there's a potential fine of $250 per day if you don't comply Yes sir So do make sure that once you're come into compliance that you reach out to the code officer and let them know that you're in compliance I will do sir All right Thank you In case CC24539 to make the following findings of fact and
lifeline notice is sufficient on the property in violation of the listed code section or failure to obtain a permit for work Respondent is given 30 days to come into compliance or a fine of up to $250 per day may issue The date certain there is May 8th 2025
Um I assess $250 in court costs payable by the May 8th deadline Thank you sir Our next case is CC2519 My name is Adam Osowski and I've been previously sworn in The property address
is 3912 South Ocean Boulevard unit 702 I inspected the building records on January 8th 2025 The violations that remain as cited on today's agenda are 30-122B permit
BR21-0156 bathroom kitchen and closet remodel has expired The permit was originally issued on November 3rd 2021 It is currently expired due to missing inspections and unpaid fees The notice
of violation was served by certified mail sent on January 8th 2025 The respondent was given 14 days to come into compliance The notice of hearing was served by posting on February 24th 2025 after certified mail
was sent on February 19th 2025 Prior to today's hearing I reinspected the building records on April 2nd 2025 and the violations continue to exist I have submitted the following evidence which includes proof of service
supporting documents and photographs The town recommends that the respondent be found in violation of the town code as alleged in the notice of violation The town is asking for 30 days to achieve compliance or be fined $250 per day
thereafter The town is asking to assess prosecution costs in amount of $250 payable by the date set for compliance I did speak to the respondent this morning Uh he's unable to attend today's hearing for medical reasons Um
but he does agree he's asking for 30 to 60 days to come into compliance any reason to believe that this couldn't be done in 30 days no sir What's your uh what's your thought on his request for 30 to 60 days
i I believe 30 days is more than enough time to get everything done Okay Anything further no Well for the record is anyone here on behalf of the respondent all right In case C2519 I make the following findings
It's a fact on life I notice is sufficient I found the property in violation of 33-122B I give the respondent failing failure to obtain the appropriate bu I'm sorry expired building permits I give the respondent 30 days or until May 8th 2025
um to come into compliance or a fine of $250 per day may issue I hereby assess cost the amount of $250 payable on May 8th All right CC2541 My name is Adam Osowski and I've been previously sworn in The respondent
is Town Houses of Highland Beach The property address is 2575 South Ocean Boulevard I inspected the property on January 14th 2025 The violation that remains as cited on
today's agenda are 6-27 administrative amendments to the Florida Building Code and 110.9 parenthesy 5 town of Highland Beach Administrative Code Chapter 1 for the 7th edition 2020 of the Florida
Building Code The association has failed to comply with the requirements regarding the reertification of the building by failing to submit the required concrete restoration permit The notice of violation was served by certified mail
sent on January 14th 2025 The respondent was given 21 days to come into compliance The notice of hearing was served by certified mail sent on February 5th 2025 Prior to today's hearing I
reinspected the records on April 2nd 2025 and the violations continue to exist I have submitted the following evidence which includes proof of service supporting documents and photographs The town recommends that the respondent be found in violation of the
town code as alleged in the notice of violation The town is asking for 30 days to achieve compliance or be fined $250 per day thereafter The town is is waving prosecution costs in this
case and I have been in contact with the building manager throughout the process and she's present to explain their status Is that you come on up Good afternoon My name is Mark Breer
I'm the president of the uh board of directors of town houses With me is Daniellea Erik who is our manager I'm sorry Can you say your last name again one more time uh Breer B R E C H E R And while I am a licensed attorney I'm not appearing today in that capacity I am
appearing as president of the board That is an important distinction Very important And while I haven't appeared in front of a court in over a year uh I appreciate the opportunity The uh condominium board has been very vigilant in in trying to
achieve uh what the statute requires We were I think early in submitting the milestone report Unfortunately uh after that was submitted that we had some res restoration issues to the building that really required a lot of time We had
leaks in our uh many units in our building We actually had a care construction company that that did that and that consumed a lot of time money and effort by the board Uh we worked late in uh in getting bids for the uh
milestone repairs but we hired an engineering company Swaysland uh uh engineering company to uh submit to get bids Uh we did get bids in in March The engineering company uh was evaluating those bids and while it took a little
bit of time uh they have approved what the bid should be The bids have been accepted by Care Construction We expect them to submit uh permits next week if not sooner So we are uh in compliance We appreciate the town's waving prosecution
costs and uh we 30 days is more than sufficient for us to uh come into compliance and we appreciate the town's indulgence in this matter Well since you're both in agreement I really don't need to hear anything further unless you want to put something on the record
No I think Yeah Okay So you're both in agreement that 30 days is sufficient amount of time All right All right In CC2541 I make the following findings of fact and lify notice is sufficient on the property in violation elicit code sections hereby give the respondent uh 30 days or until May 8th
2025 to come into compliance or a fine of up to $250 per day may issue by way of prosecution costs Thank you And we're back Go ahead All right This is case number CC25-49 My name is Adam Osowski and I've
been previously sworn in The respondent is Town Houses of Highland Beach Condo Association The property address is 2565 South Ocean Boulevard I inspected the property on January 16th
2025 The violations that remain as cited on today's agenda are 110.9 pary 5 and 6-27 The association has failed to comply with the requirements by not obtaining a concrete restoration permit
This is a second building The notice of violation was served by certified mail sent on January 16th 2025 The green card was returned signed on January 23rd 2025 The respondent was given 20 days to
come into compliance The notice of hearing was served by certified mail sent on March 4th 2025 Prior to today's hearing I reinspected the building records on April 7th 2025 and the violations continue to exist
I've submitted the following evidence which includes proof of service supporting documents and photographs The town recommends the respondent be found in violation of the town code as alleged in the notice of violation Again the town is asking for
30 days to achieve compliance or be fined 30 $250 per day thereafter The town's waving prosecution costs in this case And again I've been in touch with the building manager and the status of their two
buildings Mr Pritchard you want to say anything no your honor I will I'll affirm what I just uh said earlier Just so I'm clear the reason this is two separate cases is because this is two buildings on the two separate buildings that require their own permits on the same property Is that
is that accurate correct There are two separate buildings and they two separate PCN's Fair enough All right Case CC2549 I make the following findings a fact in life I notice sufficient I found the property in violation of the listed code section 627 and Florida building code
110.95 I give the respondent 30 days to come into compliance or a fine of up to $250 per day may issue right here by wave prosecution class Well unless I'm misreading the agenda I believe that's it for us right right Seeing no further business before
us this meeting is hereby adjourned