We only have one We're live. Recording is what I'm more concerned about. Right. It being 1:30 on July 15, 2025, we're going to commence the proceedings before the special magistrate for code enforcement for the city of Palatka. By
way of introduction, my name is Ron Brown. I'm an attorney licensed in the state of Florida and pursuant to state statute and city code, I've been appointed by the city commission of the city of Palica to preside over today's proceedings. This is not a formal court of law. We're not bound by the formal
rules of civil procedure or the formal rules of evidence that you might find downtown at the courthouse. We are bound by law, however, to follow the basic protocols of due process and fairness and to make sure that all the evidence that we take in today is what is called substantial and competent evidence. That
is evidence that would allow a reasonable person to reach a reasonable conclusion on the matter at hand. What will happen today is that we will take testimony and evidence from the city's code enforcement officers who have allegations regarding violation of one or more city codes and they'll present
some evidence and testimony to support those violations. Any respondents who are present will have an opportunity to make any statements they wish to make, present any evidence they wish to make, ask any questions they wish to ask regarding any of the allegations. At the conclusion of the hearing, I'll end uh
decision regarding whether I think that a violation has occurred, what is necessary to bring the property into compliance, and if any fines are due. One of the things that the code enforcement statutes allow is the imposition of fines in the event of non-compliance. that is the violation
hasn't been cured within the specified time. So the basic rule today on new cases, there will be no fines that start today, but they could start in the future if there's no compliance. So it's very important that we have a good understanding of what the problem is and and what solutions are available for
people. One of the requirements, as I mentioned, is that all of the evidence must be what it's called substantially competent. And that means that also must be sworn. So, I'm going to ask the code enforcement officers who will be testifying today if they would stand and take an oath. Any
respondents who are present, I will ask that they identify themselves and take an oath at the time. Let the record show that Mr. Bertelli, Miss Dryer, Miss Low are all standing. Raise your right hand. Do you saw me swear or affirm the testimonies to give today should be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Let the record show that all
have answered in the affirmative, and their uh attestations will apply to all hearings on today's docket. We take the cases in the order and we say appear unless there's someone in the audience who is has an interest in it and I understand we do have that on uh our
first case. So we're going to move to case 2024 146 property located at 2011 Country Club Terrace of the owner of record according to my file appears to be Kathleen Suzanne Lahi. Is that correct
Mr. Drier? All right. And this is your case. Please proceed. I'm Melissa Drier with City of Palacic Code Enforcement. I do have um uh my violations are the untagged and inoperable vehicles.
All right, let me begin a couple things. This is 30-32. My 30-32 subsection B of the code. Yes. Prohibited conditions and nuisances. And what does that say in essence? It's
a description of the untagged and and initable vehicles. So, is there um residential or zoning issues? It's in residential. It's in the residential area of Palka. All right. And that's what the ordinance provides? Yes, sir.
So, in a residential area, you can't have untagged inoperable vehicles on the propert. All right. They need to be Is that the only violation the city is alleging at this time? Yes, sir. All right. Now, let me do a little due process. We don't I don't believe we
have a responded here. Is Suzanne or Kathleen Suzanne Ley here or anyone representing Kathleen Suzanne Ley? Seeing and hearing no one. Um one of the requirements of law is that we make sure we've given notice to the potential or
the respondent property owner. Um one of the requirements is that the city send a certified letter to the official address of record. Uh it's a maintained by the property appraiser and tax collector. The city did that and sent the letter to is that 2011 country club Terrace Palco
32177. Correct. And that's the official address of on the property appraiser and tax collector's role. Yes, sir. Did you get a response to that letter? On the first one? Yes. On the uh notice abolition? Yes. On the hearing? No. Okay. What kind of response? Did she sign the green card? The green card for
the record is the receipt that the postal service has the person who receives a certified letter signed at the point of receipt to indicate that the letter was received. So you did get that on the first on the first that I had when I this was a case transferred to me from David.
Okay. David Green. David Green. Yes, sir. And I did a followup and it had been some time so I did let them get another opportunity. All right. And this is what I But as to this hearing and this notice, you did receive return green card. I did receive a
Did you also post the property? I did. Yes, sir. And when did you post the property? July 1st. July 1st. And did you sign an affidavit and include that in the record? I did. Yes, sir. All right. And for the record again, that is an affidavit of service required
by state statute, which requires that the uh city in the event that the certified letter is not received to certify that the property was posted with the notice of hearing in violation and that the posting also occurs here at the city hall. And that was posting done at both places.
Yes, sir. And your affidavit is included in the record? Yes. Had any contact with um Miss Ley? Not Miss Ley herself. her um daughter spoke with me this morning in reference to trying to come into compliance with it, but I told her we was going to go
ahead and move forward with this. Do you know who's living on the property? No, sir, I do not. She the daughter did not tell me, but the daughter has not lived there. She lives out of state. She just happened to be inbound, but she did not tell me exactly who's living in the home. Right. Is someone living on the property? Do
you know there is? But it's neither the owner or the owner's daughter. The owner is out of the country at the time. Right. All right. You have untagged inoperable vehicles. How many? There's four of them. Four of them. All right. And you have
some photographs you're going to show us? I do. Did you take these photographs? I followed up on Mr. Green's. All right. Yes, I did take some. Did you take any of them? Yes. Yes, sir. As to the photographs you took, did the photographs actually represent the condition of the property and date in which you took them?
Yes, sir. All right. When you show me Mr. Green's photographs. I'm going to make an inquiry as to whether that photograph represents what you have seen on the property yourself. Yes, sir. All right. All right. Show me which photograph first. And we're looking for
inoperable vehicles. Can you define an operable vehicle for us, just for the record? The flat tires. That one has two flat tires. It has not been moved. Well, let me ask you this. The uh the statute, the ordinance, what does it talk about? Untagged and not rolled. I was getting
to the untagged. The tag is expired on 22. Okay. So, the t does the tag alone make it inoperable. The lack of a current registration, the lack of the current registration,
the um ways positioned. It's the wheels have cannot move because the wheels are flat. Okay. So, I just I'm just talking about the ordinance. The ordinance says not having a tag is makes it inoperable. Yes, sir. And if it has flat tires, it can make it inoperable.
Yes, sir. And anything else makes it inoperable other than those two right now? No, sir. All right. So, show me what you have and identify the photo for me. That is the first car that he has that Mr. Green has taken with the Which photo is this?
This is um Mr. Green's. And thank you. Sorry. This is one A. Yes, sir. All right. This is Mr. Green's photo. This This one is Mr. Green's photo. All right. This was taken in August of last year. Yes. When's the last When's the last time you
visited the property? The 2nd of January. January. Have you seen it since then? July. My apologies. July. That's when you went on the problem in July. Did you see this vehicle on the property? Yes, sir. Was it in this location? Yes, sir.
And where is this location? On the driveway on uh So, it's not on a public road. It's on the driveway of the property. It's on the driveway of the property. And how do you know it's inoperable? Again, the uh registration of the the tag is um expired from 19 2022.
Right. Is it Can you tell if it's in the same place now as it was in July of what is it 24 when Mr. Green took this photo? Yes, sir. It's in the same place. Okay.
All right. Next, this is number 2A. 2A. And this is a yellow coupe. And And I know there's certain obvious things about the photograph, but for the record, could you explain to us what about this photograph makes this vehicle
inoperable? The It's for one, it's up on a jack, so he's he's not going nowhere. Um, in Mr. Green's photo on this one, you will not see a tag. So on that one, that aspect, I'm going with the
Well, in your visit to the property in July of this year, is this vehicle in the same location? Yes, sir. Is it still on JS? It is not on JS, I don't believe. No, sir. But it's in the same location next to the same location. And can you tell if it's been moved at all?
It has not. Okay. And for a little clarity, our code does define inoperable vehicle to mean any wrecked or partially dismantled vehicle that is parked or stored without having all the wheels mounted or is in a condition of substantial disrepair or
which is parked or stored without having tires inflated or cannot be operated legally upon the roadways of Florida. Thank you. And based on that, what about this photo tells you it's unoperable? the wheels, the front end. It also has
been sitting there a lot longer than um Are there parts missing from it? You can No, there's wheels there. They're black. You can barely see them in his photo. Are the headlights missing? Well, I was getting to that part. Yes, the headlights are missing. All right. But it's still where it was
for over a year as far as Okay. Yes, sir. And no tag. You can see. No. So, there's no tag on that. All right. And this u was two way next. We can get 3A again. This one is this the same vehicle as the previous the two photos ago?
No, sir. This is the third vehicle. This is the third vehicle. All right. And it too is an expired tag by the 19. The first vehicle is in the driveway. The second vehicle was also in the driveway. And this third vehicle also in the driveway.
It's also in the driveway. All right. So, anything other than the tag expiring? Looks like the tag expired in 19 correct? Yes, sir. All right. And that vehicle is in the same location as it was when Mr. Green took this photograph. Yes, sir. Right.
Now at 4A. Which vehicle is this? This one is also just the same. It's one that we just looked at the one prior. Same as in 3A. Yes, sir. It had the expired tag. Yes, sir. One with the Virginia tag. Yes, sir. And these two showing what? Flat tires.
Flat tires were They're not being moved. I did not point to the front end. I can't get around to it other than what we can see here. So, we don't know. Well, the tires still flat. Yes, the tires are still Okay. Next.
This is uh 1B. Looks like you took this photo. Is that correct? Yes, sir. All right. On July 10th. And that's these are all four cars. That's all four cars. And this is a long driveway.
Yes, it really is. All right. So So these are the same cars in the same order as they were in Mr. Green's photos. Yes. Right. And you went out and and determined that each of those vehicles is inoperable for the reasons you've stated. Yes, sir.
Okay. Anything else? It's just showing the expired tags again. Looking at 2B. to me. That's the um expired 2022 tag, the operable one.
And this is which car? That's the second one in. Okay. That is the very last car again showing the expired tire. That's also the one with the flat tire. Anything different about that photo other than what you've already
testified? No, sir. Just the expire. That's the one with the flat tires and the expired tire. Right. All right. So, the city's position is we have four cars. Each of them inoperable uh either
because of expired licenses or missing parts or flat tires. Yes, sir. But none of them had a current license. None of them have a current license. Two of them had um problems with the car that show they're inoperable. One with flat tires. One of the silver cars with
a flat tire. And the yellow car was on blocks for a while but has missing parts and hasn't been moved. Yes, sir. All right. Taylor, do you want to say anything? Are you Is there some reason you're here other than an interested neighbor? Basically, that's
all right. Just wanted to know some We're not It's not a public comment period. If somebody has actual testimony they're willing to swear to regarding the situation, that's fine. I can I say this one? All right. If you want to say something, come on up. But you got to got to identify yourself and raise your right
hand for me. What's your name, please? Taylor Matthews 20. And where do you live? 2021 Country Club Terrace Black. And you're a neighbor to this property. Correct. All right. Could you raise your right hand for me? He saw me swear or affirm the testimony today should be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. That I do. All right. Please, please proceed. This has been going on longer than this. It goes back five, six, ever since they've been there. And you see the property daily? Yes, sir. Believe it or not, I get up and go to work every day. So,
okay. And so, these cars have been in the locations as depicted by the city that they have. There are other ones in the backyard, but you can't see them. So, they don't affect the codes what is my understanding. Right. Um, all right. Anything else? So,
you say it's been there four or five years at least like at least. And these cars haven't moved according to your They moved some of them different ones at different times. At times there have been a half a dozen instead of four. As you say, it's a long driveway. They're small cars, but at times there have been
more than four. All right. Well, thank you very much. Thank you. All right. City, have anything else? Yes, sir. All right. Last call for Kathleen Suzanne Ley or anyone representing Kathleen Suan Suzanne Ley. hearing and seeing no one and find out that due process has been satisfied by
the uh both the sending of certified letters to the official address of record and the posting of the property in accordance with state statute and finding that substantial incompetent evidence exists to find a violation of section 30-32B of the city palactica code regarding prohibited conditions and public
nuisances specifically uh inoperable vehicles on the subject property and finding that there are four such inoperable vehicles uh two of which are uh all of which have no current license and registration. Two of which are inoperable by means of physical defects,
specifically uh flat tires on one silver vehicle and missing parts uh on the yellow vehicle located on the property. Based on that testimony, we'll find it appropriate to enter an order finding the violation. will assess a fine of $25
per day for that violation uh if the property is not brought into compliance no later than the end of business on was it August 14th or 15th? August 14th 14th on August the 30th day is the 14th. Okay. Um in
the event of non-compliance of that fine of $25 per day shall commence on August 15, 2025. All right. And for those who here, what that means is the owners got basically 30 days to bring the cars into compliance, which would be get them
tagged and then make them operable if they're inop is not movable. Basically, fix the tires, fix the vehicle so that they can be used on the street or get them out of sight. Okay. Anything else? No, sir. All right, Taylor.
All right. You succeeded. Were did you complain about this? All right. Well, hope hopefully they'll bring it into compliance. And let let Miss Dryer Dryer know if they don't. Thank you. She'll be wanting to know that. Thank you for coming.
All right. Next case will be case number 24166. Property located at 116 Cleveland Avenue. uh owner of record appears to be the uh it's Aldic Sad Sadettin Life estate. I
hope I pronounced that correctly. Sadetting Aldic Sadetting Life estate. Is anyone here who is a representative of the Aldic Sadettin life estate and seeing and hearing no
one? All right. Uh Mr. Dryer, your case. Melissa Dryer with the city of Palaka code enforcement case 2024 166. My violations are from section 3032A prohibited conditions and public
nuisance. I have two under that very same uh section. One being for the trash and debris and the other being the untagged and operable. Okay. And let me do some due process to make sure we have proper notice.
Uh, did you send a certified letter to the official address of record? Yes, sir, I did. And what was the response? I did get a um green card back on him. You did get one. Was it signed? Yes, I did get one signed back from him. Who signed it? I'm trying to look for it in the record here.
No, my apologies. I did not get one back from him. I just see his copy. No, sir. I apologize. I did not get assigned one back. Very good. All right. For the record though, he did come in. All right. And meet with Mer.
The address of the official address for the property at the 116 Cleveland Avenue, Florida address. Is that the official address of record on the property? Appraiser and tax collector's roles. Yes, sir. All right. Uh once you received the unsigned green card, did you post the
property? I did. Yes, sir. And you posted both uh at the property and here at city hall? Yes, sir. Is your affidavit of service included in the record? Yes, sir. It is. All right. Have you had any contact with anyone who is um beneficiary or
have other interest in the life estate? Yes, sir. I spoke to Mr. Aldick himself. He came in uh last Monday and talked to me. He was unable to make it today and that's what he wanted to know. Um so he got notice, he talked to you. Did he indicate he was going to bring the property into compliance?
He did say he was going to work on bringing it into compliance. Yes, sir. Right. So, this has been going on since November of 24, the alleged violations. Yes, sir. This also is another uh case transferred to me from David Green. Okay.
Has there been any reason that the Mr. Aldic uh indicated is Aldic his last name? No, sir. That's his first name. First name. Okay. Mr. Adetti. I will try that again. Uh, as to why the property hasn't been brought in compliance
before. Now, he did not say uh specifically why it has not. He said he's just been working on it. Does he live there? Yes, sir. He does. He does live there. All right. So, you have two alleged violations. One of both
of section 30-32A. One both prohibited conditions and public nuisances. One is some kind of trash and debris. Is that correct? Yes, sir. Just man-made items. A lot of man-made items. Okay. Is there any vegetation issues? He took care of the vegetation. All right. So, today it's man-made.
Manmade. And then untagged and inoperable vehicles. Yes, sir. All right. So, what's the code say about trash and debris on property? 30-32A. What are we looking at? Uh, excessive excessive trash. Uh, piles
of it. Um, not neatly taken care of. Looks like and I'm almost cite pertinent section of the code 30-32A um talks about accumulation of trash, junk or debris, living and non-living plant material, growth of grass, weeds,
brush, branches, other overgrown and other overgrown interesting uh other objectionable unsightly unsanitated matter, materials, conditions on improved property. Um and then also you have untagged and operable vehicles. Yes, sir.
And what makes a vehicle untagged and inoperable? Untagged, I get. What makes it inoperable? One is Yes. Untagged. It's been untagged for quite some time. It does look disabled. The other one is clearly uh there's grass growing
around it. It has not been moved. It's uh rusted and its tag is there, but it is expired. So, you indicated Mr. Green had this case. Do you have some photographs for us today? Yes, sir. Did you take some of these? Yes, I did.
Did Mr. Green take some of them? Yes, sir. All right. As to the photographs you took, do the photographs accurately represent the condition of the property on date in which you took them? Yes, sir. As to the photographs Mr. Green took, have you been able to compare uh your observation of the property with those
photographs? And can you say that the photographs accurately represent the condition of the property? Yes, sir. Today? Yes, sir. All right. All right. Please show me your first one. This one is the one that was taken by Mr. green. Um, this is 3A 3. Yeah, make sure you reference for the
record. I'm sorry, I can't see that much. That's okay. I forgot my glasses. You have to have words sometimes to go along with these. Just the record doesn't always put it all together for us unless we make it. So, 3A 3A. Um, this was taken in 2024 by Mr. Green.
Yes, sir. And it's showing that it does not have a tag at all. That's the only evidence that he has of this car. So, this is a Honda Odyssey van. Where is this located on the property? This is located in his driveway. All right. Is that van there today? Yes, sir.
When's the last time you looked at the property? I was out there the 1st or 2nd of July. Okay. And it's still there. And it's still there. And this photo was taken back up in last November. Yes, sir. All right. Is this the same place that
this photograph shows? Yes, sir. All right. Next. And this is photograph 3B. 3B. This is delightful. Uh what is this? This is his other vehicle that is
inoperable. Um it's I I myself as a as an officer would say that due to the condition that it's in, it's not going anywhere. The grass has also been grown up around it. So it has not been moved in a while.
I do have a question. Is this on his property? It's on the right ofway, but we've not on his property, right? So, just it's it's a fine line here.
Yes, sir. But trying to look at the entirety of the statute. It It generally talks about the property of the owner, although it doesn't say that in the code. So the city have any ordinances on removing
property from rightways? So it's underneath the 3032. It's the failure of owner of land to keep any sidewalk abuing therein and all parkways to the curb line free and clear of any undergrowth, rubbish, debris, trash
because that's 30- 32A. That's correct, sir. Okay. So he got notice of that whole ordinance when he got notice of the rightway. Yes, sir. And I also spoke to him on the rideway. That ordinance brings it in and allows you allows him because he to maintain it
this vehicle. So it's a looks like you've got a cherry picker on a a Ford chassis vehicle of certain size. This photograph, Mr. Green, was on 11924. Is that truck still where it is? Is it still there today?
Yes, sir. Can you tell if it's been moved from the location shown in this photo? It has not been moved, but I can. All right. Is it licensed or tagged? It hasn't expired tagged. Can you Is there anything else about it that that makes it inoperable that you can see other than the tag?
I'm missing some parts on the front. Okay. Around his bumper. It's missing some parts. Is it missing headlight? The headlight is barely there, but it is there. All right. But it's not it's untagged. But it is untagged. Yes. All right. Very good. Next.
And this is um now we're looking at the other section of 30-32 A1 regarding the accumulation of trash and debris on the property. Yes. So we're looking at 1 C by David Green. And this is again a photograph by Mr.
Green taken last November 19th. Have you been in your visit on the property in first part of July? Does the property resemble this photograph? Yes, sir. Is there anything different about it that you've observed? A little bit, but with with his it's the
same. What did What did you see in July that is there? That's in this photograph. I don't believe that um trailer is on the side. And there's different parts or different trash that's been added. Does that trailer require a license?
It does, but it's backwards, so I cannot verify that it has has a tag on it. So is it is the city considering that a violation? Not the not the trailer. Yes, sir. So we're looking at the accumulation of debris of the man-made debris. Yes, sir. Now I presume a trash can is okay.
I would say trash can because he's got to be other than the trash can. What in that photo? Is there anything else in that photo that is not a violation? Is it anything that's not a violation? No. All that looks All that is man-made. It
looks like just some wood, some piles up of I'm looking at it looks like a table accumulation of some of it defies description I think in terms of his usefulness but basically except for the trash can the items that are the man-made items here are not
allowed to be stored outside uh where they can be seen. Correct. All right. Go ahead. Is there more than one trash can? All right. You're now looking to 4A. Looking at 4A. This is
You took this photo? Yes, sir. On July 9th. July 9th. So, you were back out there on July 9th. On July 9th. I was out there on July 2nd, but I did not take pictures. I just was out there. Um I updated my pictures. But this is the same car, same position
uh in the driveway. It's the Odyssey and still does not have a tag on it. Okay. Same location, unmoved. Yes, the same location. It has not been moved. Okay. And the truck is still out on the right of way in 4B. Yes. Is that correct?
That is correct. Has not been moved at all. All right. Next. Then again, a photograph you took on July 9th. Yes, sir. Of the This is of the trash and debris. Is the RV trailer gone?
It's gone in this picture. That's what I was saying in the other one that I don't believe it was in my picture. So, in this picture, other than the It's like two garbage cans now, right? Anything other than those two garbage cans that's allowable on the property?
No, sir. Not invisible. I mean, if he wants to leave it up there, he has to put it behind the fence. So, I'm looking at the blue tarp. I'm looking at I don't know what's under the blue tarp. I'm sorry. I don't recall what's under the blue tarp. Well, that's in that photo there. It's in the photo. I was trying to mainly get
Oh, okay. But that's again not allowable in and of itself. Right. Yes. You kids can't cover these items with a tarp and call but they cannot need to be cleaned up, removed. Right. So all these man-made items with the exception of the garbage cans are in
violation of 30-32A1. Yes, sir. All right. Next. All right. Anything else? All right. Last call for Aldic Sadettin life estate or anyone who
represents that life estate. Seeing here no one in finding the due process been satisfied by the uh submission of the appropriate certified letter and the subsequent posting of the property um and finding that substantial and competent evidence exist to find
violations of 30-32A prohibited conditions and public nuisances related to untagged and operable vehicles. specifically a Honda Odyssey van which is untagged and unlicensed and a Ford chassis cherrypicker vehicle located on the
right of way adjacent to the property again which is unlicensed and untagged. Neither vehicle has been moved in since at least last November of the year 2024. Also, there's substantially confident evidence to find a violation of section
30-32A1 regarding man-made trash and debris on the property. Photographs show that from November to today that there are still substantial amounts of man-made items other than the two green garbage cans on the property which are there in
violation of the code. will find will enter an order finding the violations and allow and assess a fine of $25 per day per violation if the property is not brought into compliance within 90 days. 90 days is very generous on the part of
the city. Do you think he can do it within that time? All right. And the the fine will begin so he has until the end of business on October 14th. Yes. And that's not a Friday, Saturday,
I mean a Saturday, Sunday or holiday. Okay. Also like to check that. Okay, it's good. So these guys end of business on October 14th. In the event of non-compliance, a fine of $25 per day
per violation will begin to acrue on October 15, 2025. Right. Very good. Okay. Case number 2024,184. Property located at 709 North 12th
Street. Owner of record appears to be uh Vontel uh Wa. Is that correct? Mills. And it looks like the city is alleging
six different violations uh regarding the property. Let me inquire. Is uh Vontel Wtha Mills present or anyone representing Vontel Wa Wtha Mills?
All right. Seeing and hearing no one Mr. Bertelli. Good afternoon. Harold Bartelli, city pl code compliance reference case 2024184 709 North 12 Street. Um I have six different violations. Three for 30-169
building fronts and side of brunch streets and public areas and three reference 30-32 prohibited conditions and public nuisances. Okay, let me do some d process inquiry.
Um, the city sent a certified letter to the owner of record at the address of PO Box 646, Boon Beach. Yes, sir. Florida 33425. Is that correct?
That's correct. And you received um no response back. I received actually the letter return uh returned the green card. I mean the return envelope. Yes, sir. Okay. And you have that in the record?
Yes, I do. And it was unclaimed. Is that correct? Yes, sir. It wasn't necessarily bad address. It just wasn't claimed at that address. Great. And that's the official address of record on the property appraiser and tax collector's roles for the owner. Yes, sir. Right. Any contact with the owner? No, sir.
All right. Is anyone living in this property? No, sir. Okay. All right. You have and you did post the property at city hall and on the property itself. Yes, sir. And you have your affidavit of service included in the record. Yes, sir.
You've been busy. You have six separate violations. All right. Do your best to try to segregate all these to make sure we can got the evidence for each. Did you take the photographs you're about to show us? I have taken half of them. And this is a transfer case from Mr. David Green who after half of the pictures were his when
he did and compare them to what I have. As do the photographs you took. Do the photographs accurately represent the condition of the property on date in which you took them? Yes, sir. Right. And as to the photographs Mr. Green took? Yes, sir. And you're going to you'll be able to testify that the photograph that you've seen the condition of property today
that uh is represent as represented in those photographs. Yes, sir. All right. Looks like you have Which one is this? This property. Oh, that's Yes, sir.
And thank you for showing the posting on the property. I've seen some I've seen some evidence where they just had a big picture of the the notice and didn't have any idea where it was. It makes for interesting. All right.
All right. That's just the posting and that's the notice of the hearing and the violation. Very good. Which is still there in that place as of today. And this is North 12th Street. Yes, sir. All right. Very good. All right. Um, you've got a multiple number of violations. And just for the record, let
me go over those quickly. 30-169 of the code deals with rotten and weakened wood. Yes, sir. Is this on sighting, decorative pieces, wood on the side of the building? It's okay. Is that what the code provides? All right. And then a 30-169 deteriorating paint.
Yes, sir. As you'll see on the building also, moldy mildew 13-169 and an empty electrical conduit. Is that something the code specifically talks about or is it in another? It's in there. It's actually in the code 169, sir. Um
169 uh Charlie existing miscellaneous nonfunctional elements of the building front such as empty electrical conduits, unused signs, brackets, be removed from building service. So, it specifically references electrical equipment. Very good. And then, um, 30-32 overgrown grass and
30-32 roofing and disrepair. All right. Show me what you have. Somehow your pictures ended up on your screen. They should be festive. paper. Yes, sir. Yes, ma'am.
Well, just want to make sure we can com you know. I don't mind. Is that the property? Yes, sir. That's it. There. All right. I've got a oneb. You have a paper copy in front of you. So the two of you can reference.
So that's what we're going to do for the purposes of the record. All right. So let's and we'll reference them by number. Uh one officer stated by Mr. David Green on November 20th and 24
predicts occurring in a building with violations of the mold mildew 30-169. So is there the ordinance talk about how much mold and mildew? this are more than 10% on the building and it says and what makes you believe this is more than 10%.
Uh this is just the front of the building at least 10%. Um and on the side it's um basically on the whole the left side as you'll see later on the building. All right. Um one broad sir.
So you're looking at there these red lines on this photo. Is are those meaningful? The the mold building. I'm sorry. It's pointing to the mold. Okay. Oh, there are arrows on the end of those. They're very good. See them? And that's it's what 10% of the
building. Uh there's more. It's all that's just the front. It's all on the wrong side. I have Is that what the ordinance says? You can add them all up. Okay. One bravo. There's a picture of myself.
I have taken on June 23rd at 25. Uh basically the mold guild still on the front of the building. All right. No changes on two alpha taken by Mr. David Green on December 9th. I have a two alpha.
Is there sir? I have a two alpha next. Yeah. Two alpha. Okay. I thought you said Bravo. Go ahead. Two alpha. Uh picture taken by Mr. David Green on December 9th 24th. That's referenced to statute 30-32, the roof and disrepair as you can see um where
the arrows pointing the holes in the roof, one on the back side and one on the side there. Um two bravos picture taken by myself on June 23rd, 25 roof holes in the roof, same area, same
place. and just put some words to describe exactly what the disrepair is so that the record shows that um the holes in the roof basically um allotting access into the building from outside where it shouldn't be normally right there look like there two
locations one on the eve of the looks like the porch is this a front elevation this is a side element side elevation is that an eve over a porch overhang all right and so on the corner back side on the In the center of the photo, it looks like the roof has failed and you
can see that the support for the sopet. Yes, sir. Right. Does that open into the inside of the house? I would like to say yes without being inside the building. You can see the rafters on the one. So, I mean, I can't say yes. Looks as if you could see inside to at least the rafter.
How did you get up this high to take this photograph? Do you know David did that? No, I did this. I zoomed in. Did you like Interesting. You can get up that house. You get backed away. Yes, sir. All right. From the sidewalk. Single story house. All right. And the
the hole on the left, can you tell if that hole goes through into the house itself? It looks as back off the eaves area. You can see the rafters on the inside. Um, but without being inside. What about the one on the left? The one towards the back. Yeah.
Um, I can see the rafters as far as going inside without being that it does go through. Going through. All right. 2B. That was 2B. Okay. Three alpha 15 30 169 the empty conduit or the empty
uh electric receptacle. It's on the front left side. So is it that it's empty or that it's not covered? That's it. That's what it is. Empty and not covered. So, you can't have an empty electrical receptacle in this town
as far as what the violations are with the uni codes stating. Um, it's one thing to have it malfunctioning or broken or as far as the code referencing nonfunctional elements on the building front such as the electrical conduit,
unused sign brackets, etc. shall be removed from the building surface or rebuilt as required to match adjacent surfaces and well, I'm just playing it a little bit in terms of somebody building a house, right? Well, I'll say it's building is probably
under construction. you haven't had a CO for it. But let's say you've already had a house with a CO for it and they electricity disconnected for whatever reason and the power company comes and takes the meter. Does that create a violation to the homeowner? If you're asking
because I'm sure that happens more often than not. I cannot remember if I have a different picture if there's electrical running to this. But my point would be with it being open, if there is power running to this line right here and being open like that, to me that would be a big safety
issue. You know, somebody going in doing some mischievous stuff, sticking their fingers or something in there. Okay. Hang on. Let me find the the code. And you're referencing 30-169.
Yes, ma'am. 169 I believe was Charlie. Existing miscellaneous non-functional elements on the building front such as empty electrical conduits, unused sign brackets should be removed and building surface repair or rebuilt
to required to match. So, first of all, is this on the building front? Um, as you'll see in three bravo, it's the front left corner. So, I'm not sure would be the front of the building, side of the building, how the interpretation of that verbiage.
Is this just about visibility or safety? I would say a little bit of both. unknowing if there is electrical value to it actually. But the ordinance says as far as it not being there not to get off into the weeds of
statutory construction and all, but it it looks like this one deals primarily with aesthetic visibility items in terms of what's there. And that's fine if that's what it is. Uh and you say it's on the front of the building. Um if you on three bravo it's
front left corner. Can you see it from the street? Yes. Can you see that it's empty from the street? Yes sir. Well it says empty electrical conduits. Whatever gloss you want to put on that. But you see what I'm getting at in terms of what this ordinance is about and what we're
trying to accomplish. So the solution is what does he have to put a meter in there? Can he just put a cover on it? I would say for safety reason at least a cover on it. But that but it's a visibility issue, right? Say you see on three bravo. It's
a little frontage what you call frontage or the front corner. All right. Show them what else you have. Three bravo. What next violation? of overgrown grass
on the right side 30-32. Uh picture for alpha was taken on December 9th of 24 by Mr. Green. Overgrown grass and on for Bravo on June 5th at 25
you see the overgrown grass. I've taken a picture of it's just more of grass. Nothing has been done. We're looking at overgrown grass. So, what needs to be done to bring this into compliance? Um, cut
to what level? Um, 18 below 18 in. I'm sorry. Below 18 in. Is that in the code? Our code is anything over 18 inches. Okay. So, as long as they cut the vegetation below 18 in,
is it higher than that now? Yes, sir. How do you know? I did not measure it. I'm sorry. I did not measure. And what makes you think that 18 inches? Based on your experience, do you have a good idea of what 18 inches looks like?
Uh, yes. It's up to my knee. So, right. It helps to bring a ruler. Yes, sir. Okay. What next? Alpha is a picture taken by Mr. David
Green on December 9th of 24. Uh uh deteriorating wood and rotten rotten weing paint which is on that side of the building on the bottom side there. That's all I didn't There's so much mildew running on
I have it on the front side and this on the side just more so the paint is deteriorating more on the sides but there is also mold on the bottom there. Okay. On my last picture there, sir.
More than 10%. All right. Last picture. Okay. The car paint rotten weaken wood on there is also more mold and mildew. Uh the bottom arrows the mold and mildew. The two center arrows carrying paint and
the top two arrows along the ridge line of the roof into the rotten leak and wood. Oh mildew solution is what? Uh pressure washer resolve all issues at one time. Pressure
washing and then painting issues. the 5A and B issues, paint issues, deteriorating paint. It's just just a coat of paint after you pressure wash it. Yes, sir. Okay. And then the roof sets need to be
replaced or anything else. And other than that, that's All right, last call for Vontel Wtha Mills or anyone representing Vontel Wtha Mills. Seeing and hearing no one, um
we're going to find there's substantial incompetent evidence to find six violations and and one of those has a has a very close call, which we'll explain. Um as to 30-169, rotten and weakened wood. This
had to do with the sopets on the uh left elevation of the building as seen from North 12th Street. Rott and weakened wood needs to be repaired or replaced and painted accordingly. Yes. As to 30-169 deteriorating paint. Again,
that is an issue with the left elevation as seen from uh North 12th Street. That paint needs to be painted in a consistent color match the rest of the house. As to mold and mildew, um
there's more than 10% of the uh elevations as seen from the public rideway 12th Street. That mold and mildo needs to be pressure washed. That's to 30-69. The empty electrical conduit. It says what it says and it's a
visibility issue. Uh and you can see it from the rightway. So, it's very close to the front of the house, but uh you might want to give some thought to that. And and instead it's empty. Again, I don't know if you have to fill it with a
meter and put power on it or not. You could just cover it for the safety reasons if that what you're concerned about. And I'm going to go with that. Uh as to 30-32 overgrown grass, that needs to be maintained at at the 18inch level. It's required by code. And finally, as
to the roofing in disrepair, uh looks like there are two holes in the roof of this house. One on the um part of the roof over the porch. Looks like a gable area uh and the trusses for the sophet can be seen, but there is a hole in the middle of the house. And you can see the
roof trusses from the street indicating it goes completely through the roof into the attic. I don't think this is a house, your honor. I think it's a it was a business. I'm sorry. This I don't believe this to be a house. I believe it was a business whatever it's doesn't matter in terms of the code
in terms of whether it's residential commercial whatever but nonetheless those things need to be uh done the building or leave with the building I understand your point all right city is graciously allowing 90 days uh
for uh compliance on each of the violations in the event of not that will be This one says October 13th. The last one said October 15th. I'm sorry.
Oh, maybe it was October 14th last. All right. So, the last one should be 13th. October 13th. Okay. So, and the propertyy's not brought into compliance by the end of the business on October 13th as to each violation,
a fine of $25 per violation shall commence on a October 14th, 2025. Okay. Anything else? Okay. Next. Case number 2024130.
Property located at 508 North Fourth Street. Owner of record appears to be Colleen Finny. Is Colleen Finny or anyone representing Colleen Finny present today? Seeing and hearing to one. Uh, Miss Low.
Yes, sir. For the record, Christy Lowe, code for code enforcement coordinator. In reference to this case, it's going to be 2024-130508 North Fourth Street, Palaka, Florida 32177. Sir, this case was first observed 0824,
2024. The notice for this hearing was sent July 3rd, 2025. I have received no green card and have no contact with this property owner as of today. It was also posted on July 3rd, 2025. site posting
was also July 3rd, 2025 and it was also posted in the Placa Daily News. Okay. And again, no contact with Miss Benny? No, sir. Or anyone other on anyone else on the property? Um, they have completed two of the tasks
that I did close out. Um, but the neighbors said they never seen anybody over there. So, you were in contact with them in some way? No, I was leaving notes on the door and sent letters. What's contact? So, some things were done, but they've never um I've never caught anybody
physically at the house. So, you leave official looking notes and they Well, I send certified letters and sometimes uh we do not get the green card back and if we don't get the letter back, then the post office says they don't have to sign for them to give the letter. I understand.
I'm all I was trying to establish that they knew about this and that you've been trying to work with them and contact them before you had this hearing. Yes, sir. And that apparently there have been some level of response. So, I pulled it from the last hearing because they did do the pressure washing and remove some of the mold and mildew
and they did pressure wash. Okay. Um but they didn't finish the rest. Okay. So, there was a previous hearing. No, sorry, I pulled it from the previous hearing. Okay, I got you. I understand. Yes, sir. Very good. So, you have two alleged
violations. One of section 30-32A, prohibited conditions in public nuisances, which are paint issues as visible from the public light of way. That is North Fourth Street. Is that correct? That's correct, sir. And then uh 30-169 building and front
sides of budding streets or public areas rotten and weakened wood. That correct? That's correct. Is this in a historic district? Uh yes, sir. And you have some photographs for us? I do, sir. And did you take the photographs? I did, sir. And do the photographs accurately represent the condition of the property and date in which you took them?
Yes, sir. All right. Looking at 1A. So, yes, sir. This photo was actually taken on December 18th, 2024. That is my typo. Um, this is section 30-169, building fronts and sides of budding streets and public area. The description
here is rotten and weakened wood. It's right in the front of the house above the doorway. So this was in December. Okay. Go back. So it's just that architectural feature. That's correct, sir. Okay. And what part of it's rotten? I said this front of it and the top of it
both rotten. Yes, sir. It's coming apart. All right. So this isn't the siding on the house. It's the architectural feature on the front. Right on the front. Yes, sir. So 1B that I took July 14th yesterday. It's the same area, but just a closer
shot to show you where the the wood has come apart. Okay. Also on 2A, this photo was taken December 18th, 2024. The description of this is going to be the rotten and weakened wood. And I apologize, I don't have arrows here, but it's going to be
the window sill. And on the bottom, but you can see it better since they You're talking about the window sash and sill. Yes, sir. And on the bottom, it's kind of hard to see here, but I got a closer picture. It's on the very bottom on the third and fourth uh wood piling
the the wood slots on the bottom. Yeah. The slats. Yes, sir. So, third and fourth. Yes, sir. On the bottom. Yes, sir. And the window sill and on the very bottom of the house on the bottom. This is all on the front of the house. Yes, sir. Okay. So on 2B, which was taken July
14th, 2025 yesterday, what I did is just wanted to show you a closer angle of where the rotten weekend wood the boards are, they're coming apart on the slats. So these are the slats in front of the house. Yes, sir. Right on the front. So it's basically the front of the house, the
three to four boards up, and then on top of the doorway that need to be fixed with the rotten and weakened wood. Okay. Now it looks like here it's also uh inside going toward is that on the porch? It's on the concrete side of the porch.
So you have the concrete and it's right off the concrete where it's coming apart. Right. And so on both sides the rotten wood is above the bottom course of plank right above the the second step. All right. So is it just the siding of the house there? So it's the wood siding on both sides,
the left and the the the left and the right. Right. Very good. Three to four boards up that just needs to be replaced and just need to be replaced. Yes, sir. And the next issue we have, it was taken on December 18th, 2024. Um I went with
30-169. Um because it's only going to be on the right side of the structure once they uh had a lot of see it from Northport. You can see it from uh Northport Street. And it's only going to be on the right side after they pressure washed and removed all the uh vegetation off. The
paint has been now left. It's uh exposed wood. So they need to bring it into a consistent color. Yes, sir. And 85% of the It's 85% on that side right now of exposed wood. So they just need to run a fresh elevation. Yes, sir. On the elevation on the right side only. Fairly more than 10%.
It is 85%. Okay. And on July 14th, I did an updated picture. And this is going to be 3B with the arrows are showing where it's every slat on the right side needs to be a fresh
coat of paint. And that's all the evidence I have for this case, sir. All right. So, we're looking at wood deterioration on the front of the house. Correct. window sash, uh the bottom
three or four planks of the sighting. Yes. And then toward the porch as you turn in toward the porch, uh some of the siding there. That's correct. That as shown in the photographs needs to be uh repaired and or replaced. Yes, sir.
And then as to the right elevation, as seen from North Fourth Street, you're looking basically painting it a consistent color. That's correct, sir. All right. And that'll do you. That'll fix it. All right. Last call for Colleen Benny
or anyone representing Colleen Benny. Seeing hearing of one finding the due process been satisfied by the submission of certified letter at the known address of the property owner at the address listed by the property appraiser and tax collector and not having a response to
that letter, having posted the property in accordance with state statute with an affidavit of service included in the record. uh will find substantial incompetent evidence exists to find a violation of section 30-32A prohibited conditions and public nuisances uh specifically u repainting
the right elevation of the structure after it was pressure washed to bring it into a consistent color with the rest of the house and a violation of 30-169 of the code regarding building fronts and sides rotten and weakened wood on
the bottom uh four planks of the uh front elevation to the right of the porch and then some siding uh on the porch immediately uh around the corner from the rotten planks on the right front. Um we'll enter an order finding the
violations and allowing the property owner 90 days to have the property brought into compliance. That is by the end of business on October 13, 2025. Is the city looking for $25 per fine? Per per fine, sir. Um, per violation.
Per violation. And we we have the two violations, but So, it'll be $25 per violation per day. Uh, commencing on October 14th, 2025, the event of nines. That's correct, sir.
All right. Final case today. Yes, sir. Case number 2024088. Property located at 607 North 18th Street in Palatka. Owner of record Mary Ward and Calvin Stling, excuse me, are
either Mary Ward or Calvin Stling or anyone representing either of them present today. All right. Being a hearing no one, Miss Le. Yes, sir. Um, just for your information, this is going to be a second hearing. We've already had the first hearing and uh the property has just continued to
deteriorate. Um, this is going to be for the record, I apologize, Christy Lo, uh, code enforcement coordinator. This case is going to be 2024-00008607 North 18th Street, Paka, Florida. And again, this is going to be a second hearing on this property.
Yes, sir. This uh, case was first observed April 24th, 2024. Again, um this property was cited, uh site posting was July 3rd, 2025 for this case. It was also complex posting here
at city hall on July 3rd, 2025 with an affidavit. There's been no green card that has been returned on this property. And we also placed it in the plaque of Daily News and it has a total of fines to date as 11,800. Okay.
uh doing some due process due diligence. You indicated again the sent the certified letter to the official address of record and that was the 607 North 18th Street. Is that correct? That's correct, sir. And you did not receive a You got the unsigned green card or did I get it
back? We I didn't get the letter back and I didn't get the green card back. Right. And you posted the property in accordance with state statute both at the property and here at city hall. That's correct, sir. And you have your affidavit of service included in the record? Yes, sir. And no contact with the owners? No sir.
Is anyone living on the property? No sir. Appear nobody appears to be living on the property. Um since the last court date we had um there is a no trespassing sign and there's now a lock on the gate. Right. We originally had four
violations. Uh one of 30-32A prohibited conditions and public nuisances accumulation of trash, junker debris, non-living material. This was mostly man-made items. Is that correct? Uh there some yes man-made right and then 30-32A prohibited conditions excessive growth of grass
growth weeds brush and branches I presume over 18 in yes sir okay and then 30-32A prohibited conditions and public nuisances favor the owner to keep any sidewalk of budding and all parkways to the curb line free and clear of weeds
undergrowth rubbish debris and trash and then 30 days 169 building fronts and sides mold the mildew on 45% of the structure. That's correct, sir. Has any of that been abaded? So, no, sir. None nothing has changed. All right. And do you have some photographs for us? I do, sir.
And did did you take the photographs? I took them. Yes, sir. And do the photographs accurately represent the condition of the property and date in which you took them? Yes, sir. They do. All right. Show me what you got. So, the first photograph, this is going to be taken on February
13, 2025. This is 1B. This is from our first hearing. Um 45% of mold and mildew on the front of the house which can be seen from North 18th Street. Has has the percentage of mildew increased?
So it has sir and I can show you where it has a little bit on 1C. Has it decreased? It definitely hasn't decreased. Okay. 1 C is where we're at. Yes, ma'am. So this show show it to me in order and we'll
take a look at it when it comes up. Okay. So this sir is taken from the same angle. This was taken uh 1 C. Yes sir. For the second hearing. This was taken July 14th, 2025. I just wanted to show you where all the mold and mildew where it's gotten worse on
the top. It's just more blacker um more mold on the chimney. So I just wanted just to show that. I'm still estimating it between 45% on the front of the house, but the mold has gotten darker. This photograph here was taken February
13, 2025 before the first hearing. This is going to be 2B from our first hearing. You can see the man-made material. There's a couch um there. This is 2B. This is going to be 2B. Yes, sir. And this a washing machine. Yes, sir. Washing machine and a couch.
Is that on the right? Um, talking about the cat. There's a couch. Oh, is that a vehicle? No, it's a couch. A couch. Very good. Yeah, it's like a couch, but there's a cat there that wasn't in my It wasn't there in my next picture.
So, in 2C, this is pretty much the same angle. Um, taken July 14th, 2025. It's still showing the washing machine and the couch, but it's more overgrown, so it's not as visible. And this is a residential property. It's residential. Yes, sir. A house on the property.
And there is a house on the property. Very good. So, this picture here was taken on February 13, 2025. There is a ruler showing my 36 inches at the very top. The where the black line is, that is my 18 inches and it is well over that on
February 13th. Okay. And if you go to the next, you can definitely see bought a yard stick. I did. Yes, sir. I'm sorry. I I I I do bring my yard stick. Um this was taken uh July 14th and you can see the same
thing um where my 36th in is and it has well grown um well over a foot since the last court hearing. So there's no way that's festive fence decoration. No, it's not. So last C last hearing um February 13,
2025 on this one, it was the the neighbor had cleaned it up some because the the weather had been raining and with the bus stop being right there. So the neighbor did clean up a little bit of that area. Um but there was still some of it that needed to be undergrowth and rubbish and there was a little bit
of debris left. That was on February 13th. I seem to recall the previous hearing. That's correct, sir. And that was a a traffic site problem on that. So what was happening is during the rain and then when the bus stop would get off
they were having a food drive on one side. So the kids are basically walking into the trees. Gotcha. So what's happening now is if this photograph was taken July 14th 2025 of owner of land to keep any sidewalk abuing thereof and all parkways to the
curb line free. And you can see it's well overgrown again. And does that create a sight line problem? It does. You can't It's It's hard to see. I mean, you It's visible from North 18th Street, but that you can't even see the house when you're coming. Um
I was more concerned about when you come out of a driveway, sometimes you can't see. The kids are having to actually walk into the road. All right. Got was part of the complaint. And that's all the evidence I have for the second. Actually might have been reduced, but now it's come back. It's come back. Yes, sir. So all all the
violations all four violations remain they all remain in their worst condition. All right. So at this time the city um would like to seek an official lean and at this time the fines are $1,1800. 11,800. Yes, sir.
Right. And that's at $25 per violation per day. Yes, sir. That's correct. All right. Last call for Mary Ward or Calvin Stling or anyone representing either of them. Seeing and hearing no one in finding the due process has been satisfied by the appropriate uh
submission of a certified letter to the owner of record at the address of record and finding that um property has been posted in accordance with state law and an affidavit of service of that posting has been included in the record and finding that uh substantial incompetent
evidence exists to find continued unabated violations of section 30-32A of the city code uh prohibited conditions in public nuisances regarding the accumulation of man-made uh trash and items on the property. Uh looks like
there was a couch and one other item. The what was the other item? It was a wash machine. Sorry. Thank you. And then finding um continued violation of section 30-32A, prohibited conditions and public nuisances, excessive growth of grass at least 36 in high as measured by the code
enforcement officer on the property. a violation of section 30-32A prohibited conditions and public nuisances and that the sidewalk has um now overgrown uh to the curb line and has weeds, undergrowth, rubbish and trash on the
property on the sidewalk, excuse me. And a violation of 30-169 building fronts and sides mold and mildew covering 45% of the structure uh is at least at that at that level today. Yes, sir. Correct. Uh based on the evidence and testimony, we find it appropriate to enter order to
uh allow the city to place an official lean on the property uh and to foreclose that lean in accordance with to place the lean on the property, not to foreclose at this point. Located at 607 North 18th Street as of today's date. Total fines total $1,800.
Fine shall continue to acrew at the rate of $25 per day per violation until compliance are satisfied. There being no more no further items on the agenda, we shall conclude the business before the special magistrate at 2:43.
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