All right. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the town of Lux Hatche Groves Special Magistrate hearing. >> That me? >> That's this one. Oh, thank God it's not Chris's >> squealy things.
>> All right. Before I was squealled at, I was going to say it's 9:01 according to Verizon. So, we can get started. My name's Doug Mcde. I'm the special magistrate. Will everyone who's going to testify, please raise your right hand and say, "I do." And we're done. Does everyone swear or affirm the
testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Say, I do. I do. >> Excellent. Everyone does. >> All right. Um, it appears that all of our hearings today are violation hearings. Has anyone
signed in? >> Yeah, Karen should be on. >> Okay. I'm just sort of curious. Do we have anyone live here today? We have someone in the back of the audience or are they >> We are We are anticipating that um on
case number four uh their attorney um Katie Edwards Waffle will um be appearing. She gave us a note that she anticipates being here about 9:15. So >> Okay. >> We won't >> we won't take her without her. Got it.
All right. We may have to wait a minute. So, Susan Taylor on the Zoom. >> Well, there is an there is an addition to the um to the agenda. Um and if we want to do that case uh if Miss Taylor is on.
>> Sure. Do I need to swear in Miss Taylor though? >> I don't think so. We're presenting a stipulation and Susan represents um the owners of the property. Um, do you want to get that case on the record? Um,
your honor, John Suarez, code compliance officer for the town of Lockachi Grows, presenting case 1551 Okobee Boulevard, case number 2606137.
Um, the attorney, Susan Taylor, will step to service. Um we have come in a mutual agreement with a stipulation agreement at this time and the town has prepared us present a signed stipulation. >> All right. And everyone has signed this
thing. >> Yes. Cool. Okay. I never step in the way of agreements. So this is all good. If you want me to sign it though, someone's going to have to lend me a pen. I first world problem. I'll grab a a
golf pencil, but I don't think you want me signing the stipulations with it. >> We'll also uh sign you the order. I believe that's what you did last time. >> Yeah, you made me midi though. >> Believe me, I love Midi. I have her as a
second Wednesday of the month date in Royal Palm for the last decade probably where we only do 50 to 75 cases at a time. Yeah. All right. Anything to say, Miss Taylor? >> Well, good morning. Um, the peries
agree. >> Okay. You've done your job. >> All right. I have signed the stipulated agreement. Have a good morning. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you.
>> This is Zoom World. >> Mhm. >> Hate Zoom World. Yeah. I went to the courthouse. not too long ago to do something. I think, "Oh, I needed to go find a a clerk and talk to them about a case I had filed that >> they didn't assign a judge to for two
months." And I'm wandering around the poor old courthouse and the coffee shop is closed. >> They don't have any people there anymore. There used to be hundreds of attorneys that would show up at court every morning and you would see each other
perform and you would tell who was good and who was bad and people settled things in the hallway all the time because they had to hang out and wait to be called and you didn't want to be embarrassed in front of the judge in person. I guess it's easier in in Zoom.
So yeah, the practice of law has changed dramatically for the worse. I think with this stuff it's far more convenient. Believe me, I've sat at my kitchen table with a pair of shorts and a suit top on. >> But yeah, just not the same vibe.
>> No, >> I don't. Whatever. All right, so we've taken care of our agenda. You want to do one while we're waiting for our council to show up? >> Yeah. Are you ready to move forward on >> Yeah. the Selvin case? >> Yeah. Uh, good morning, your honor. For the record, code compliance officer
Chris Johnson presenting case CE26-06-134 in reference to the property located at 3056 Dro property owners Selvi and Sen Selvin. The notice of violation and notice of hearing was posted on June
4th, 2026 at the property. A copy of the notice of violation and notice of hearing was mailed via certified mail to the property owner of record as listed by the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser on June 5th, 2026. A copy of the order was also posted at town hall
on the same date, June 5th, 2026. We've been in constant contact with the property owner, Sen Sullivan, who is currently working with the town, and we have mutually agreed for a continuence to August 11th, 2026. Granted, simple enough.
I like the way people work. My my whole philosophy of this stuff is compliance. You can get things fixed and it's the best thing in the world. If you can get people to pay attention, you give them breaks. So, they don't bother to show up, whatever. All right. Next one, please.
While we're waiting. >> Okay. Your honor, for the record, code compliance officer Chris Johnson, presenting case CE-26-06-158 in reference to the property located at 13658 24th Court North, property owner Feyenor
Joseph. The notice of violation notice of hearing was posted on June 25th, 2026 at the property. A copy of the notice of violation and notice of hearing was mailed via certified mail to the property owner of record as listed by the Palm Beach County property appraiser
on June 25th, 2026. A copy of the order was also posted at town hall on the same date, June 25th, 2026. For the record, I have a notorized affidavit of service dated June 25th, 2026. Um, we've been in constant con constant
contact with Mr. Joseph who's working with the town and we have mutually agreed for a continuence to August 26, 2026 that it too is granted. I like it when people work. All right, we're going to get through everything and wait for our
council in here. Who's next? >> We got case five that one. >> Case five is that been complied with? >> Yes, that's compliant. Okay. So, that's just a pass basically. >> Yep. >> And now we get to wait.
Oh, we got five minutes. Would you like some coffee? >> No, I've already had three cups. I'm more than awake. >> Hey, read an article. Two to five cups of coffee in the morning is good for you. >> It's a good caffeine that helps
stimulate you and make your brain work. I'm like, thank you for sanctioning my coffee. person. >> No, I I tried energy drinks and I'm not those people. >> A fair amount of of
>> you justify the thousand milligrams of caffeine, but it's got vitamins, too. >> That much was B or B12. >> Yeah. B6 the same
caffeine. Yeah. 200. So it's like six cups. Just a little there. >> Would you like to sign it in? >> Sure. I'd love to. Might as well be productive.
You know, it is a skill signing your name, too. I learned >> We all learned how. >> No, no, it's like I have two major clients that do 50 to 100 cases a day. And if you have to sit down and sign
your name 50 to 100 times, you know, it takes a little bit of skill to do that without just blobbing out the middle of it. >> Yeah. Did you use the stamp? >> No, you got to sign these things. They record them, especially the pine assessment orders. So,
>> people like to see that someone cared enough. >> I have like one or two actually readable letters in my signature. >> Yeah. >> As opposed to the people who do the double loops and the squiggle cracks and all that stuff. sit here.
But Mr. Kurts was not here when I returned from my glorious vacation last time. My older daughter took me on a trip to uh to Europe. my 24th or my my birthday. It was Morocco, Spain, and
Portugal. I had people to root for in the World Cup. And my favorite was Morocco because I love the food. >> Yeah. >> And they made it around or two, but it was good. Oh, we have someone down.
>> Come on down. >> Katie, you are the show. Good morning. Whenever you're ready, we'll proceed with the case. >> Good morning. Good morning. For the record, I'm Katie
Edwards Walpole for the respondent. >> Okay. Tell me about the case. Whoever has this case, you want to read the >> Sure. Um, the property owner is SF EF LA
Okchobee Boulevard. Case number CE263. The address 13771 Okachobee Boulevard. PCN 4141431701 513 0010.
the violation FBC section 1051 work without permit and the uldc section 20-010GI outdoor storage section 20-017 prohibited use the code compliance
officer is John Suarez >> morning your honor for the record code compliance officer John Suarez presenting case 263 Three, the property is located at 13771 Okachobee Boulevard. The property is owned by SFFLA Okobee
LLC. The property first came to the town's attention through a review of the aerial imagery provided by the property appraiser. The aerial photographs depicted extensive outdoor storage and it is confirmed that there was commercial activity appear to be well it
it was occurring on the property with equipment coming in and out regularly. The case was created on January 9th, 2026. You want to pull up? Can we pull up? >> Yes. >> Shame.
Um, do you first want So, ptometry is fine at first. >> Okay. >> Let's see if we could center it. Just move it over. Case was created on January 9th, 2026 and a notice of violations was mailed to the property owner and posted on the
property. We made contact with um the owner of the of the company ESI Equestrian Services International or are Brett and Tracy Raflowitz and we scheduled a site meeting on March 3rd 2026 to discuss the
violations and path towards compliance. So during the inspection, we observed numerous items stored on the property, including, >> if I may, your honor, I just want to be clear,
the corner here has an act classification by the paddic and the pole barn, but everything outside that area, and there are some items stored in the pullbar that are just a storage for their business. So, you're going to see in the top area
which I'm through my site inspection, I have pictures of everything. Can you focus in a little bit? We have water uh water truck. We have um drainage pipes, pavers,
um horsemats, um piles of material. It's the amount of magnitude of everything on site is more than a class patient right there in the corner. This was just has turned into a contractor's storage job for their business.
Um during my inspections over the months, I have witnessed a truck an ESI truck with a trailer coming into the property come out with it. So I'm going to the entrance. They picked up material and then I followed
the truck and they went off to B-roll to drop off the material. Um, go to my pictures. >> Okay. So, that's a picture is okay. Let's picture the pull bar
to the floor. >> Here you see the bulberts and the drainage and the pipes and PVC pipes. It's just again the amount far exceeds whatever the use is. And uh your honor as far we witness only about two to
three horses on the property and this is not for the floor mats and such is just way too much for the horses that have outside one paddic and about three active uh stalls for the horses. You see the
shipping containers material that appears to be I think that's papers more those are the mats and storage bins. The piles will fill the materials used for their arena design. And
there's the water tanker in between two shipping containers. More equipment. You can see the size and span of their equipment. And these pictures are just me walking through the property getting every angle. Go down
the other way. >> This way. >> Yeah. just to show the field hangs on site. Well, >> is it a picture I haven't shown yet? >> Yeah, you can keep on going. You notice your honor, shipping
containers, everything has to do with a contractor storage arc. Again, this is all from March 3rd and we did another site inspection on June 16th and it shows the same material. Everything's dated. Do you have pictures
in there of your June 16th visit? >> Yes. >> Can you identify those? >> These are all from March 3rd, but pictures from June 16th. If you go back to the beginning, >> yeah,
>> these are from June 16th. Go to the other one. And these are the June 16th. They're almost identical. As far as the material coming in and out, you know, but they're almost identical.
>> Per their website, ESI builds equestrian arenas, arena design, drainage, irrigation, and engineering. So that's why we say the property is a contractor storage yard. Following the inspection, a revised notice of violation included prohibited use in outdoor storage and
the shipping containers without a permit. So, the uh updated NOV was issued on March 25th, 2026, and we established a compliance deadline. The town began working with attorney uh Katie Walpole. The case was continued
from May 20th to June 9th and uh again continue to allow for additional site inspection. So on June 16th is uh town staff conducted a joint site inspection with town attorney Jeff Curts, attorney Katy Waphoser, Brent Tracy Raflowitz, and CEO Johnson. During
that meeting, the parties discussed the outstanding violations and the methods to achieve compliance. Again, the town was gracious and from July 14th, we did another continuence to today, July 22nd. Um,
they did submit an affidavit of proposed non-residential farm structures to the town for the shipping containers, but that is still in review. It has not been issued yet. So, the town is requesting 30 days for
compliance to remove all material, cease the prohibited use, have the permit issued, or fine of $250 a day thereafter. Would you like uh to
have the file entered into evidence? >> Yes. >> Would you share it with Miss Walpole? >> Yes. I see people scan like I do. >> Yes. >> A little off this way. A little off.
>> All right. Any objection to the documents and the testimony? Sorry. Just still going through it. >> He handed her the wrong >> Oh, we can do two cases. It's all good. might admitted without objection.
Leaf through it here. And I believe there's been stipulation as to service in this matter. Is that correct, Miss Wall? >> For the respondent. Yes. >> Okay. And John, the respondent in this case,
the owner of the property is who again? >> SFFLA Okachobee LLC. >> And you mentioned the business that is um operating on the site. What's your understanding of the relationship between those parties?
As far as I understand it, um, Brett and Tracy Rafflowitz are not the owners representing that LLC. It appears they're lease. They lease the property and are attempting to purchase the property. >> Are you specifically aware of a lease?
>> I do not. >> Um, but you do understand that they um operate out of that facility? >> Yes, it's my understanding. Seems like you ate a lot of toner on this case. Office Depot or Staples should be very
happy with you. >> Case has been going on about seven months. So, yes. You see seem to have more than enough equipment to drag a ring. How tall was the horse mat
pile? >> That pile like in approximately my height. >> What is your height? >> I'm about 5'7, 5'8. >> Okay, that's impressive for you. the semi-tractor trailer with a lowboy
on it on the back. >> Correct, your honor. You could see it through the pictometry. Looks like they were stored there for a while. Um, I failed to mention there were trailers connected to those semis, just not for
the equestrian use on the property. I'm getting there. People getting there. Okay. Life in horse land. Both my daughters rode for years. My younger daughter right now is working at some barn in
Wellington as a groom, which is kind of amusing because she shows up in her Corvette. He's detoxing from college. All right. So, I've uh looked at all the documentation. Do you have any questions of the witness?
>> Your honor, may we introduce as well? I provided uh the town with a copy. He should already be in the record. Although I wanted to make sure that for the magistrates as well.
>> I can see the Yeah. My philosophy is you admit everything because I watch cases being tossed when they kept things out onto very good all of everything that are coming with evidence. I did. I attached it. Thank you.
I don't have any objections. Um I just noted there are duplicates in there and I don't want you to >> overweight them because of the size of paper. >> All right, admitted without objection hopefully.
All right, I have reviewed the documentation. There does seem to be a bit of duplication from some of the emails and other things, but I get the general gist of it all. All right. So, any questions of the code
enforcement officer? >> Thank you, your honor. In speaking with the town attorney, we had been working towards resolution of this matter for the last several months. And as you've heard on the record, we did have multiple site visits. We had um worked
through some recital and findings of fact. We believe we can have entered into the record and have compliance 60 days from the date of entry of the order. So Mr. Curts, if you want to look at this again or we can present this to
the magistrate, the recital and the uh the bindings of fact that we had previously worked through together If you want a little recess to work out your paperwork, save me strain on my brain. So that's fine.
Although I am quite capable of horse land stuff. My daughter's rode for years. I have been somewhat familiar with horse farm operations because we have risen at barns on D- road and B- road and off of
Edinburgh all around here. Plus, my daughters have both worked at similar times for Wellington show Barn type people. But if you all work it out, I don't care. Works much better for me.
>> We'll get it worked out. our challenges come up with some of these newer state statutes and trying to be very clear on what is outdoor storage, what is farm, you know, it's trying to keep up with changes in codes and in Tallahassee. So,
we are >> don't worry taxes and if they do, we won't be able to afford code enforcement officers or magistrates. So, life will go on. Now, did I see you on my uh mailing
ballot? >> Depends on where you lived. >> Royal Palm. >> Okay. No, that's probably thinking of Katherine Waldron. >> Okay. Different one. Common name at least in Palm Beach County. >> No, but I was in Broward. Uh
remember Thomas Waldrish County developer for a while. Think we need the Spongebob graphic update that says several minutes later. I see old person typing over here using two fingers and his thumbs for the space
bar. >> You get my daughters out here, they using three or four fingers or their thumbs would be flying. You couldn't keep up with it. >> I do the exact same thing. >> Maybe two fingers per hand. >> Yeah.
and then slap it with your thumb on the space bar if you're like >> Don't worry, it's all going to go dictation. >> I was I have an exit dictation. >> Um I was in Spain with a Moroccan cab
driver. He was using a translation program from Moroccan to English that was fabulous. and we were talking about his electric car. And so we were using all kinds of technical terms and it was just so accurate it was scary.
It said, "Why did you take four years of high school Spanish to me?" >> Because all you need is the right translation program and you're golden now. But yeah, we were in a Chinese electric car, a BYD, which they will not allow in
the United States because they cost half as much as a Tesla. And if you can find a rapid charger, this car will charge fully in 20 minutes. So you could be driving from here to Tallahassee, pull over in one of the
turnpike stations, plug your car in, go to the bathroom, go to Duncan, wait in line, and it'll be charged by the time you get out. I apologize. Printer res. that we will get to watch lawyers quibble over words. It's one of the things we do best
for punctuation. Maze versus shall test. >> Yeah, this is full charge. should have someone. >> Yes.
>> For Halloween, >> 28. Yeah, >> the 28th. The second one. >> Second one. Even closer to Halloween. states >> since he's going to change the
>> Not a problem. Take your time. I mean, paid by the hour. >> I was going to say I felt I we went to Spain a year or two ago and Uber driver off the airport, one of the airports. He's like, "Yeah, I got a suit." Like, "Yeah, big suitcase." He's
like, "Yeah, I got a suit in this truck." And then he's like, "Oh man, these are big American suitcases. Even the suitcases are small." Oh, God. Yes. And they got to wait for a van. I remember going on my honeymoon to
Europe and we had some big luggage and we were lucky to get them to fit in any of the cars. the trunks would not close. I'm traveling with a wife who likes options for her clothing on her two week European honeymoon and this stuff was
and then we're in a a train in France coming back from the airport getting off at our stop and these trains they were just like the door would open close. So these French people were helping us throw our luggage out of the train onto the platform because it's all going so
fast. Nice people, you know, people talking about the French. They were very helpful for us. But yeah, and nowadays people are traveling with a backpack, >> a compact, you know, overhead storage thing and a smaller luggage.
>> Yeah, right about that travel backpack a lot. So, so yeah, it's like what do I really need in case everything else gets lost and then everyone's luggage looks the same. So, you got to put stickers and stuff all over it to differentiate you
from everyone else. >> I got it. >> Well, unless you're one of those people who gets the one with the flamingos or the cartoon characters or whatever. >> Well, I've adapted to my wife. She uh minimal two outfits a day.
So two that's why over over Spain's lovely I'd go back and all that. I think my favorite city in Spain. around Barcelona beautiful
I think some the older cities. >> Yes. And the Lucia my daughter went skiing in February in France and then went to the French Riviera in Barcelona. Then she took me to our trip to Morocco,
Spain and Portugal where she did Sevilla. She said she liked Sevilla better than Barcelona. >> Yeah, it's quite nice. Yeah, it's funny that they don't eat breakfast in the morning. It's just coffee if any coffee bread. >> Coffee and a croissant. Coffee and a
>> cookie something. Yeah. >> I had eggs benedict a couple times >> in the bigger cities. Yeah. Yeah. Smaller. But then you go for the European portions. An eggs benedict is one. One egg on one piece of English muffin.
But you get salad with it. So you know, you get some greens. Glad to make a point because I'm a coffee drinker like you are. I want big coffee. You're my second code case or code client this week. Yesterday was Cluston.
It's like an hour and seven minutes to drive there. You're seven minutes here in my house. So the contrast, >> you have to go through the sugarcane fields to get to that one bouncy road.
>> It's not that bad out there. Yeah, I kind of like Clen. It's kind of like Royal Palm Beach in the in the the Glades almost. He's like, "Yeah, we don't want to be here at beach." So, that
I'm too used to the convenience of Royal Palm. I mean, >> yeah. Well, no. We're we're three miles from a Costco and three miles from a BJ's and we have an Aldi super center or
no, we have a Target super center a mile away. We have a Publix and a Windixie in the neighborhood. There's an Aldi and an Aldi distribution center bomb. It's all just too convenient. So, >> and we don't get the traffic of Westb at
least most of that. finding some facts. He's got to have that anyways. >> She wanted her findings in fact actions of hearings
as part of Israel. You want to take that made the change? >> You guys are doing great. We're not going to completely eliminate you from having dos. I love what party's work is about.
That way they can't blame thee. >> Yeah. Yeah, I've got Palm Beach Shores tomorrow. So, I've gone from the Glades to central Palm Beach County and then I'll go to the beach. >> We got range.
What the people call insurance places? A lot of vacation rental cases and a lot of construction things because, you know, you'll see these old Florida homes being built on lots and people are drooling over the lots because they're
on the water or near the beach. You know, it's like my mother's neighborhood in South Miami. They're taking these two and threebedroom normal old style Florida houses and putting baby mansions on them because the land value is just
nuts. So yeah, that's most of the shores of that. Matter of fact, I think I have both of those cases tomorrow. It's become interesting with anything new in the blood. Anything that gets built new is so much higher than the
old. I mean it starts having a trickle down effect. But now the old forgot who the Indian trail director was that said this but it was he with the most Phil wins. >> Yeah. >> Bondi maybe
Samson maybe. I think his name was Bondi. It's years ago. John Bondi. I'm trying to >> John Bondi. Indian trails. >> Indian Trail and then over at Bington. >> Okay. Yeah. Same guy. He's like, you know, this is the law of the acreage.
The he with the most fill wins. >> Okay. >> Approach. >> Sure. >> We have we have we have agreed to language of an order. >> We have agreed. Yes. >> You're going to have a number of attachments. >> It was it was in the form. It was originally in form of settlement
agreement. Um because our clients aren't aren't here. uh we want to put it into an order and there are some recycles that are not necessary um um so beginning with the findings of
fact um corrective actions and um the notice of hearings. um we would like you to incorporate that into
an order rather than having authorities sign on it. Um and the important dates on this is uh September 21st for compliance
um and October 28th for the um >> hearing on the fine assessments. If compliance has not been achieved, we both anticipate compliance that >> or or at least close enough
that all right. So the bottom line is do I sign this now or you got I do it then I'm going to sign it later. >> You're going to incor if you want us to prepare new order incorporate things. I >> I love incorporation by Russia. So everything is good. >> Good.
>> It's fine. Thank you. All right. So, we'll submit that to you later today. >> Sounds like plan. >> All right. So, I announced the parties have reached the stipulation. They will prepare it and send it to me later today so I can sign it. Does that resolve this
matter? >> Yes, your honor. >> All right. Do we have anything else pending before the code enforcement board of the count of locks have to give? >> Nothing further, your honor. >> The longest meeting yet. 10:01 we're returned.
>> Thank you.