Okay. All right. Everybody ready? All right. Make sure your mics are on. We good? All right. All right. Call to order the July 17th, 2025 regular meeting of the Akoi Code
Enforcement Board. Uh please stand for the invocation uh by uh member Lewis and uh pledge of allegiance by member Fernandez. Could I have a moment of silence? Thank you.
Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. Be seated. Okay, Mr. Cruz. Uh, can we have a roll call to verify quorum, please? Chair Bander, present. Vice Chair Lewis, present. Member Schultz, present. Member Smolden, present. Member Fernandez,
present. Member Brigham, present. Quorum is met. All right, we can proceed. Mr. Cruz, can we have swearing into the officers? any any of those uh that plan to speak this evening. Those you wish to speak um please stand
up and raise your right hand. Do you and each of you sw solemnly swear and affirm that the testimony you're about to present shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? You may sit down. Excellent. All right. Uh consent agenda.
Uh Sergeant Coleman. Yes, sir. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Okay. And then we have two cases that came into compliance. 2025
0 1 4 01. Okay. And then we have 2029. Okay. And then we have two cases that are going to be continued through the August 21st and
those are 2025 018 and 01 978. Can you repeat those numbers again? Sure. The first one was 2025 01 838.
Okay. 38. And then the next one was 019. I believe it's 78 88. Is it 88? 88.
Okay. Um, chair, I'd like to make a motion. Yes, member Lewis. Mr. Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion that we accept the consent agenda as presented by the city. We have a second on that. Second.
We have a motion on the floor by member Lewis and seconded by member Fernandez that we accept the consent agenda as presented by the uh Akoi um city police department.
Let's go ahead and take a vote. All those in favor press yes. All those opposed select no. Motion carries unanimous. Okay, moving on to our public comments
section. This is uh where any any of the residents of the city of Akoi if they have any any items they'd like to bring up. Any of these items are really not board related issues, but anything about the
the city of Akoi. It doesn't look like we have anybody. So, we're going to close that now. So, our first case of the evening is case number 2024-01882. Officer Laughler. one of these.
Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. There we go. Um, case number 01882. The observation date for this case is May
um May 23rd of 2025. However, I had an open complaint regarding people living inside of a shed in the backyard for a few weeks prior to that date, which I was never able to see anything.
On that date, May 23rd, the uh property owners brought in a large trailer that was too big for the property. And upon investigating that complaint is when I was able to enter the backyard
and see some of the portions of this case. I have some exhibits. This picture is a a shed in the backyard. It has one door and one window.
This was a shed that was a one overhead door garage type shed that you could put a vehicle in. So, the garage door was removed and a wall was put in with a regular window.
And there's uh two children's beds and a bassinet in there. That's the trailer that showed up on the day. That is the shed in question. You can see where the garage door was. And that work was done without a permit.
I'll get to that here in a minute. The shed is powered by an extension cord, actually two, that run from the house to the shed, and that's powering a ceiling fan, television set, and a window air
conditioner. This is a different shed that was on the property kind of full of stainless steel junk and debris. The property was pretty littered with junk and debris as well. That's the trailer that did not go into
the property. That's the uh extension cord leading to the shed. That's a side view of the shed and the personnel door that is used. And you can see the extension cord and the window air conditioner which was running while I was there.
So that was May 23rd. And on that day, I did get to see the backyard. And that's where the observations of the exhibits you just saw were made. And the obser observations were an accessory building, the large shed
occupied by humans, children, multiple child bedrooms, beds inside. It does not meet safe housing standards. It does not meet minimum housing standards. and that's involving square footage, ventilation,
sanitary facilities inside, egress. Uh I observe vehicles parked on the front yard grass, not on the driveway. It they're parked on a non-surfaced area. several the large uh accessory shed that was
occupied was altered without required permits and that that was the removal of the overhead door and putting the wall in it and with the window. The backyard was littered with junk, trash, scrap debris and materials. Scrap debris and materials
supplies. The shed was erected without a permit. Two of them back there. smaller ones. Old carpet as an outdoor surface that we saw in one of the exhibits there. A gazebo that was in the backyard full
of junk and small a small wood shed full of old stainless steel items that was in the photos and basic trash and litter scattered about. And of course, the multiple temporary use extension cords that were exiting the home and traveling upon the ground
under the ground covering carpet and powering the accessory shed with interior lighting, ceiling fan, and window air conditioner. On the same day, a violation notice was handd delivered and sent out certified mail
for the violation of 10835 for public nuisance. 168-6 parking on private and public property regarding parking upon the non-surfaced portion of the ground,
the grass and the dirt. And that is uh 168-61 B1 168-6 B1 5113 for unpermitted alteration to the shed and a couple small sheds in the
backyard built without permits and 115-3 uh decoration of nuisance and menace. And that was for the junk and debris and other things scattered about.
and 10822 for the extension cords powering things. They need to be unplugged and not powering things. And that violation is 10822. The violation notice gave the property owners until June 19th to correct the
violation. I have not had any further contact with them regarding a reinspection. prior to the expiration of the violation notice, they had brought in another trailer and a lot of the neighbors
called. So, we went out there and they had an industrialsiz crane lift the trailer into the backyard over houses and everything. So, I asked the I asked the property owner while we're there because the trailer is within the correct sizes and
it's in the correct location. It just can't be driven back there. So, they did insert the trailer in the backyard. I have some complaintants that are saying it might be occupied. I don't know that. I might find out when
I do a reinspection for this case. That's not part of this case. As of this day, uh this remains non-compliant. a viol a notice of hearing on July 7th was posted at the
location and in a city hall lobby and mailed out certified service as of this day it's in non-compliance and the owner is here with his son and the city's recommendation the city's recommendation is $50
uh per violation if not in compliance in 15 days 50 per day 50 per day per violation per violation and there's so that's 250 250 per day for the five
so non-compliance is completely based on not being called there for a reinspection as the burden of proof is on them to contact us for reinspection most of what I just described you cannot see from the
street view. And the trailer that they moved was the one that you showed us earlier. That was just the one that arrived on scene and I was able to prevent them because it was too long for the property to even be anywhere.
Does anybody have any questions for the officer speaking in a minute? First, any questions for the officer at the at this time? No. And we have somebody here to speak on on behalf.
Yes. Please uh come up to the podium, the uh microphone up there. Turn it on and u speak Yeah. Speak your speak your names
clearly for the record so that we uh my name is Christian Mahia. Christian. Uh here's my dad, Francisco Mahia. All right. For that we already pick up everything
in the bag. We called the what's it called? We call the dumpster. We took everything out and the porch. We took everything out, disconnected everything. So, there's nothing there right now. And the
back is clean, too. So, if that's We had a call from the the one that signed the papers that we got, but they didn't answer. They were calling it on Monday. P so we couldn't come in here. We was calling it, but no one answered.
So that's why we here today. So I think if they've corrected everything, I think 15 days as the city recommended is plenty of time for me to go there and do a reinspection. Sure. Um Christian, did you you you
understand the violations, the five violations that that were presented? Not really. Not really. No. Uh, okay. But everything's been corrected. Yeah, everything's been corrected. The
things that were in the small shed, we took that out cuz we put the the tools that were in there and the other So, there's nothing like trash, anything in there. Because when we moved there, there was trash from the previous owners. So, we
had to take that when we called the dumpster and stuff. So, that's why. So, like I said, 15-day compliance time. That's plenty of time to do a reinspection. Okay. All right. Well, just to reiterate, uh
you know, there was uh install the large shed without uh required permits, parking vehicles in the front yard on the grass and dirt, occupants living in the shed. Yeah, nobody living there right now. Multiple extension cords exiting the
home to the shed and junk and debris littering over the backyard. And it sounds like you've taken care of that part of it. Unfortunately, whatever was there when you purchased the property, you inherited. So, yes. Okay. So, back to the shed. Since the garage door part was altered,
you're going to have to go to the building department in the next 15 days and apply for a permit. Oh, I got a question. Where's that at? Oh, that's right here. It's in here. Yeah. All right. Right across from here. Yeah. We didn't know. So, and that'll fix everything. All right. All right. Okay. And you did receive
this notice, right? Yeah. So, all all the violations are listed on there. So if you check them off then then in the you know have them done within the next 15 days you'd be good right? Yeah. All right. I got a question.
So, we got a permit to put a fence in the the backyard and stuff. How tall does it have to be? You have to check with the zoning zoning department and they will they will give you that information. All right. Especially if you apply for a permit.
It looked like it had been approved. Yeah. And it's six foot. So, the safe piece Okay. All right. All right. Um was a question. I have I had a question for the officer. Um,
does anybody have any other questions um for Christian or Francisco? Yes. Okay. Um, oh, I know. Uh, Officer Laughler, you mentioned something that that the uh burden of reinspection falls upon them. Do they need to call you?
Yes. Or will you be making a If they give me a time right now, I can do it tomorrow. Okay. So, so it's, you know, within this time for starting, you know, today moving forward in the next 15, you need to reach out to officer Laughler and and
have him come out so he can inspect card or something right away. Right. If he's not going to come out on his own, you got to call them. Yeah. Okay. Okay. When we came, we came to the city hall, then they sent us to the police station. Uhhuh. And then over there, they told us that we had to call the person that signed
the papers and stuff. So, we were calling them, but nobody answered. Sometimes it's like that. Yeah. All right. But but he's the man that you need to get a hold of. So if you need his contact information, make sure you get it. Okay. All right. All right.
So that's it. Hold on. We still have to rule on this. Um is any other questions for Francisco or All right. And then I'll entertain a motion. Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion. Yes, member Lewis. Um Mr. Chair, I move that in case number
2024-01882 that the respondent be found in violation of the code as cited as of May 23rd, 2025 and be given until August 1st, 2025 to come into compliance will be fined $50
per day for violation until found in compliance. I I'll second that. But I I think in officer Laughler's report it was 2025-01882. So I just want to make sure we're have the right
because here on the agenda it's 2024 but on his report it said 2025. I just want to make sure we have the same you that's a good observation because I also have it on here and I see it there too as well. So I just want to make sure we're 2025. Correct. Okay. All right. 2025.
So with that correction I'll I'll second. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Case number 2025-01882. Okay. We got that. All right. We have a motion on the floor by member Lewis and seconded by member Fernandez that in
case number 2025-01882 that the respondent be found in violation of the codes as cited and be given until August 1st, 2025 to come into compliance or be fined $50
a day per violation until you come into compliance. All right. Any discussion on the motion? No. Let's take a vote. All those in favor press yes. All those
opposed press no. Passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you. I got a card. All right. The next uh case before us is case number 2025-01851. Officer Diaz,
thank you. Oh, she's quick. Case number 2025-1851, Officer Diaz, address one9 Little Spring Hill Drive in Okoi. On June 3rd, 2025, I was running a complaint and observed the
abovementioned property with an inoperable vehicle on the side of the house up on blocks with an expired tag. And it's the vehicle that you see on the pictures up on blocks. On June 3rd, 2025, a notice of code violation was
mailed to Jeffrey Lawson and Erica Lawson at 1212 Little Spring Hill Drive, AoE, Florida 34761 as identified by Orange County Property Appraisal for the VO for the violation of ordinance number 168-4
and its parking of vehicles shall be prohibited on grass or landscape portions. 165-3. No person shall keep any abandoned or junk vehicles on the p on the property. They were given until June 17th, 2025 to bring the property
into compliance. On June 18th, 2025, I reinspected the property. Where am I? Bring the property finding the pro finding it not in compliance with the city. On July 3rd, 2025, a notice of hearing to this code board
meeting was handd delivered to a lady who answered the door. On July 7th, 2025, a notice of hearing to this code board meeting was mailed. The mail came back as um uh that we didn't have service. It just
came back. So, I don't know if the owners live on at the property, but I did um notify the property the person that owns the vehicle. So, as of today, the property is still in violation and city is recommending 50 day 15 days
to come into compliance or a fine of $50 a day per day per violation. And we have two violations, no contact from them. No, she I was when I was out there and I went out and I like to talk to I told her about the vehicle and I said, you know, I'll need to send you a letter. She goes, well,
send me the letter. So, they're aware people that live on the house, they're aware of it. Any other questions for the officer board? No. All right, Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion. Yes, member Lewis. Mr. Mr. Chair, I'd
like to make a motion that I move in case number 2025-01851 that the respondent be found in violation of the code as cited as of June 3rd, 2025 and be given until August
1st, 2025 to come into compliance or be fined $50 per day for violation until found in compliance. Do I have a second? I second. Second. Okay. We have a motion on the floor made
by member Lewis, seconded by member Bickram, that in case number 2025-01851, that the respondent be found in violation of the code as cited, both codes are cited, and be fined $50 a day per violation and given until August
1st, 2025 to come into compliance. um if not be fined the $50 per day per uh violation uh until they come into compliance. Any discussion on that? No. All right, let's take a vote. All those
in favor, press yes. All those opposed, press no. Vote passes unanimously. Thank you. Excellent. All right. Our last case here is case number 2025-01979. Officer Laughler.
Case number 01979. The address is 16 1603 Dorine Avenue. This is a vacant property. And out front we have uh trash cans stored in the wrong location
overflowing with a large pile of junk and debris. And I have exhibit A and B here. On uh June 10th, 2025, this officer did observe this condition as can be seen in the exhibit.
And a violation notice was posted at the location on the same date for the large pile of remodeled junk and debris and the waste cans overflowing in a prohibited location. The codes in the notice were 115-3 and that's for the large pile of
remodeled junk and debris and 143-27 regarding the location and time for placing of garbage carts. They were given until June 25th, 2025 to make the garbage can not overflowing
and relocate it to a location that's approved and as described within the code and on the side of the house and to remove the large pile of remodel junk and debris. The property was reinspected and found non-compliant with the codes as cited. A
statement of hearing and notice of hearing to this meeting was sent out certified service posted on the house. You can see it in the photograph there's violation notice and the other posting. As of this date, the property remains non-compliant with the codes as cited.
The city's recommending a fine amount of $50 per day per violation and 15 days to comply. All right. I have a question. Yes. Um, since we we know it's empty and you
don't have contact with anyone, if in 15 days it's still there, that's what the postings are for. No, ma'am. No contact. Right. So, if somebody's been coming and going. Oh, someone has been. Yeah, I can tell. Okay. Any any other questions for the officer?
No. Okay. I'll entertain a motion. Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion. Yes, member Lewis. Mr. Sh. I'd like to make a motion that in case number 2025-01979, the respondent be found in violation of
the code as cited as of June 10th, 2025 and be given until August 1st, 2025 to come into compliance will be fined $50 per day for violation until found in compliance. Do you have a second? I second. Second.
Okay. Excellent. So, member Lewis, uh, we have a motion on the floor by member Lewis and seconded by member Sultz that in case number 2025-01979 that the respondent be found in violation and give it until August 1st,
2025 to come into compliance or be fined $50 per day per violation uh, for as long as the violation remains in non-compliance. Any discussion? No. All right, let's take a vote. Yeah. All those in favor press yes. All those
opposed press no. Motion carries unanimously. All right. Excellent. Thank you. All right. Good job. All right. On to our next item for the evening. Uh it's time to
uh for the chair and vice chair elections. And uh I I'm not exactly sure. I've never had to do this one before, but uh does anybody um want to put their hat in the ring to be chair or vice chair?
Nominate member bander. Oh, okay. Is that for for chair? Yeah. All right. All right. And do we have a nomination for Should we do that one first? Yeah. Okay. Um, do we have a second? Second.
Okay. We have a motion on the floor by member Lewis, seconded by member Schultz that uh uh Joe Vander remain as uh chairman for the code AOE code enforcement board. Any discussion? No. Uh let's go ahead and take a vote.
All those in favor press yes. All those opposed. Motion carries unanimously. Okay. Uh let's move on to vice chair. I nominate member Lewis. We uh and do we have a second?
I'll second. Excellent. Okay. We have a motion on the floor by member Vickrim and seconded by member Smalden that uh Mr. Lewis remain as vice chair for the COE and code uh
code enforcement board. Any discussion? All those in favor press yes. All those opposed. Huh? It passes unanimously. All right. Thank you everybody. Appreciate that. All
right. Now we're on to board comments and I guess we're going to start with member Schultz. Nothing tonight. Thank you all for coming. Nothing tonight. All right. Member Fernandez. No comments. Thank you. All right. Uh, a councelor Skip Fowler, any comments this evening?
No, sir. Other than congratulations, it was a decision well made. All right. Excellent. Uh, Vice Chair Lewis. Um, thank you all. And just one comment. Um, is it possible that we have these sheets for everyone for next time?
Okay. And u other than that, thank you for your nomination support. Yeah. No. No other comment. Member Bickram. No comment. No comment. Okay. Member Small. Nope. No comments. No comments. All right. How about our officers out there? Officer Diaz.
Congratulations. Oh, well, thank you very much. No comments this evening. No, other than that. All right. Officer Laughler way back there. I'm going to make you come back up to the mic again at least one more time. All right, Sergeant Coleman. No, sir.
No comments again. All right. Thank you. Any anybody sitting out in the audience want to make any comments? Oh, I want to embarrass you. Okay. All right. A big smile. Yeah, he does have a big smile, doesn't he? Okay. All right. Uh, well, then it
comes to me. Uh, by the way, Chip, very snazzy jacket. Very Attakus Finchus Finch. Very much so. Very much so. Um, I had the uh I had the privilege to go to one of our commission meetings uh this week
and uh there was something that I did want to bring uh out to everybody. Um the uh there's been a lot of effort uh put forth putting in um AEDs in all our parks. Um and uh and there's a lot of
thanks to go to all those people. So I'm I'm kind of just letting the board know that that those are uh available. um you know, you could save a life. Um apparently from what I was told, they're very very easy to use and and uh they'll walk you through it. I'm not sure if
it's an automated walkthrough or if you actually go through a 911 call. I'm not really sure, but apparently uh very very easy to use. So, uh keep those in mind. Um you know, don't be nervous. Jump in, save a life, you be a hero to somebody.
All right, so I thought I'd let you guys know that. Um, I do want to uh personally say I appreciate I I enjoy being your chairman. Uh, I I you know uh I appreciate all of you. You guys are an excellent board. I've I've been on this
board for a long time as a member and vice chair and now chair and I have to say this is one of the strongest board members and I understand we're going to be expanding by one more. Mr. Cruz mentioned that but I don't know who that is and and we'll find that out at our
next meeting. Okay. So, um, so that's awesome. Um, so again, thank you for, uh, your confidence in in keeping me here in the position. I appreciate that. So, um, anyways, uh, I don't have any other comments for the evening. So, um,
we're going to adjourn this meeting. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome.