come to the conclusion I probably lost control over it i really didn't make it do anything I wanted to write it's now 1:30 on March 18th 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 code and city code I've been appointed by the city commission of the city of Palatka to preside over today's proceedings this is not a formal court of law uh we are
not bound by the formal rules of evidence or the formal rules of civil procedure as you might find in the county courthouse we are however however by law required to follow the due the notions of due process and fairness and we're required to have all the evidence that's presented to be what is called
substantial and competent evidence and that is one of those legal terms you hear but it basically means that with type of evidence that would allow a rational person to reach a rational conclusion doesn't mean you might all reach the same conclusion but allows you to reach a reasonable conclusion based
on what you see and hear uh we're going to be making present hearing presentations today the city has an obligation if they want to make a finding of a violation to tell me what the violation is and to show me some evidence to demonstrate with the conventional competent evidence based on
their personal knowledge what the violations are all the respondents who are present today will have an opportunity to make any statements they may wish to make and to present any evidence they wish to present uh and to ask any questions they wish to ask after
the presentation of both sides I may have some questions myself uh I'll render an opinion whether there's a violation and what needs to be done about it i will say this in the case if you're here today on a case that's being heard for the first time there are no
fines that would occur today in the event of a finding of a violation there would be a time frame to bring the property into compliance however if you're here for a secondary hearing where they're seeking to uh impose a lean on the property fines have already been acrewing and or continuing to acrew
and we'll talk about that when those cases are called it is our custom to take uh all the cases in the order in which they appear in the agenda unless respondents are present i understand we have respondents present for all three cases on our agenda today so we'll be taking those in the order of your appearance today that is first come
first serve basically one of the requirements of substantial incompetent evidence is that all the testimony must be sworn i'm going to ask all those members of the code enforcement staff who will be testifying today if they would please stand take an oath let the record show
Mr cutright Miss Low have stood you saw me swear or affirm the testimony you should get today should be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and those swearings will take place for all three hearings as I call your case and you identify yourself I'll be swearing in the witness says that to
each individual case that being said we're going to proceed first case on my agenda is case number 20 2022 38 is that correct 606 North 11 Street uh this case is here for second
hearing looking forward to be Robert Jackson mr jackson yes you've been here before I believe please come forward come on up say it's like being on the price of right when I ask you to come on up or come on down but it's not and you for
the record your name is Robert Jackson yes it is and you're the sir yes sir and you four are you here for the first hearing on this case no sir I wasn't here for the first you speak in the mic no sir I wouldn't have for the first Yes sir can you speak into it very
closely can Yes okay can everybody here can you pick it up all right and so you were not here for the first one i'm not here for the first one okay did you get notice of the first hearing uh not really but I got it after I got
Did you know about it before no because I was I wasn't here at the first one you want to hear the the city in the first hearing indicated that they had posted your property in accordance with state law they put a Did you ever see that notice oh yeah i
got back i seen it all right um there is an address of record for you and that address appears to be let me look at the file here i'm looking the address is 606 North 11 Street Black Florida that's the mailing
address yes sir is that your correct mailing address correct all right the city sends a certified letter to that address did you remember getting a certified letter or get a notice from the post office about a certified letter no I wasn't I wasn't here at that time i was
saving the correct mailing address that's correct mailing address and just so you know they're required to send it to that address because that's what state law requires for the So did you post it the first time Miss L yes sir it was posted the first time that's a certified letter and posted did you get
a green card back on any of the uh not the first time the second time all right did you find a green card to give to the postal service when u got the letter for this hearing no I don't think so yes sir
did he sign up michael did that's That's okay somebody in your family signed somebody in your family i just want to make sure you know about Lisa's family i go we good and the good news is you're here today all right and that's the important thing but they sent that same notice for the first hearing
had you talked with anybody from the city before the first hearing which was in October is that correct october 18th 2020 yes sir okay yes I did do you remember talking to anybody before that hearing about this situation i've been talking to peoples ever since
I got out about it u trying to get help and everything else that I possibly could get and you've been away all right understand the situation that does that help explain why this has been three years between
hearings uh pretty much sir um and Mr monty he was the he's the property manager so he he did a lot of the fixing up after it was burnt all right all right i'm going to recap just a little bit where we are and I'm going to let Miss Low take it from there the original
violations on this property were of three parts of the city code one of section 30-169 which deals with building fronts and sides that is the parts of the building you can see from a public ride away or from the neighboring property and it had to do with some
rotten and weakened wood on the property the second one was u prohibited conditions uh in violation of section 30-32A mainly this is accumulation of trash and debris on the property i think it's all man-made items that were on the property it wasn't about vegetation and
the third violation had to do with again a section of section 30-32A of the code preemptive conditions and public nuisances due to the roof and being in disrepair and at the hearing the city presented its case this was in October of
2022 and I made a finding of a violation with a chance to fix it and then there was a deadline date after which a fine would start to acrue and what was the rate of the fine Miss uh it was was $100 and one of them was fixed
so then it was 75 $75 per per two violations for three $25 each yes four violations yes sir the $25 per violation per day correct all right how much do those fines come to as of today as of
today um $63,875 which is a substantial number i will tell you that um the state commission is the one that usually gets to be involved in reducing the number amount of fines
on these properties just so you know so what's happened is these fines have approved because of these violation i understand you've been away you may not be able to deal with this yourself have you been in touch with anybody in your family about this while you were away no well I couldn't get in touch with anybody they don't allow you to
to do too much of anything we're here again seeking foreclosure or abatement forclosure of the lean or abatement of the property is that correct yes sir has the lean already been recorded no sir so you're seeking to record the lean to record official lean yes sir all right so the fine as of
today is what it is and I'll leave it up to the city to indicate what they want to do about the acred fine at this point right now the city wants to proceed with the amount is that approved that's correct sir all right Miss Low please proceed yes sir christy Lowe um code
enforcement city of PLA the address in question is 606 North 11 Street PLA Florida 32177 we're in case number 2022 this is the second hearing um this case was transferred to myself from
Officer Green on February 19th 2025 no that's the affidavit of service posting of the property and that's part of the record also yes sir it's all part of the official record transfer of the case we're looking at a visual electronic
display of the documents that are part of the That's correct sir and if you can go to the first photo please ma'am so we're looking at photo one A is that correct yes sir this Let me let me inquire are did you personally take the photographs you're now showing us not
this one this one was one of Mr green so the next one is mine sir all right she show me the next Monday yes sir this is my photo taken on what date march 5th 2025 let me go back to the previous one if I may yes
sir and Mr can you see the flag go back to the previous one if I may were you working as code enforcement officer on the date this photo was taken yes sir did you Did you see the property yes sir does this photo represent the condition of the property when you saw
it in 2024 yes sir it does so now proceed to the next one that would be uh this is one B and you took this photograph yourself that's correct sorry all right so does this was have been any change in the properties
in your observation since 2024 it's actually gotten a little worse all right and what happened so with the burnt structure the rotten and weakened wood back situation so when you're looking at the front of the house that's the main part
of the burnt structure the roof is starting to fall down even more there's like a hole in the roof and the flooring and it's all starting to slam towards the rain so it falls out worse relation to section 30-169 of the code that's correct sir rotten
Weekendwood was taken from the rightway on North 11 yes sir and those conditions are worse than they were in 2024 and 2022 yes sir the property in 2022 uh no sir
it's much worse than it was in 2024 yes sir next 2A in reference to 30 days 32A1 which is what violation um this was trash and debris and we're looking at the man-made items that are in the yard
and visible on the porch that's correct sir now be okay on the porch if you had like a porch furniture or something there but Yes sir that's not what this is yes sir so curing that violation would require removal of all those items yes sir all
right going back to the previous one just so I'm clear on on 1B curing that violation would be repairing the walls and the roof of the property we have a roofing of the roofing would be the issue we have a roofing uh picture too but yes sir the the front of the house
which is burnt please proceed so on my update on my picture that I took uh on March 5th 2025 Mr jackson has done some cleanup but this is what's left of the manmade uh debris so there has been some progress yes sir he's he's
worked on it next photo please fine still approves for that violation yes sir until it's cleaned up yes sir this is one of Mr green's this is 3A uh roofing in disrepair
where the roof has collapsed this is a tin or steel roof yes sir and the roofing has collapsed down toward the uh eaves yes sir i guess it's over the eaves needs to be fixed yes is that going to require a permit the roofing will
require a permit yes sir there should be one more 3b 2 there it is so this is the photo that I took on March 5th 2025 from North 11th Street 3b i tried to show you where the roof is um coming down it's coming down
a little bit more since Mr.'s last photo where the arrows are pointing any where the eaves over the eaves of the house that's correct sir is the rest of the roof intact
the whole roof is is has issues but that's the main part where um the bottom part of the wood was burnt so the roof is now plumbing down yes my evidence sir right basically what we're looking at is the roofing needs to
be repaired as to the front part over the eaves and the man-made trash and debris in the yard and then the decayed and weakened wood under the roof and supporting the roof the front of the house yes sir and the front of the house yes sir and the roofing repair requires a permit
it does sir does the repair to the weakened or damaged would require a permit it will because it's the whole part of the structure the front part of the structure yes sir removing the debris does not require No sir seeking a lean we're seeking official
lean at this time all right Mr jackson where the city is is that this property has been pretty much in condition for three years that it's been on the record here and I understand you haven't been able to address it correctly because of
your absence but nonetheless um the roof needs to be repaired the wood on the front of the house as seen from 11th Street needs to be repaired and all that rest of that debris in the yard needs to be removed what city's asking for today is to record a lean on the property the
amount of fines have already come pretty substantial um generally once that lean's reported the the persons who can reduce that lean is the city commission there is a process you apply to city commission and those reduced and they've been known to do that but again that
depends on the case that that's presented to them um do you have any question about any of this in terms of what the condition of the house is or the nature of the violations or what needs to be done
i don't even know where it started true i really don't you own the property yourself personally yeah but I really don't know where it started at because sir uh I it's not in a trash in the yard is uh that knocked down by people that
coming up on the porch and bringing trash and stuff the ladies comes up there she cuss me out and do whatever she feel like she want to do and um I don't know you know it's just
what I all the only thing I can say I do all I can know how to do and that's is the rest is the rest is up to y'all i that's all I know to do i pick up all the trash i clean up and that what you what I'm looking at right
there was dead by another person well couple things just I hope you understand where it thinks the city is and I've run across these for a while and I've been doing this kind of thing now for most of 40 years so I've seen a lot of issues and one of the things that
happens a lot is people who are absentee owners and that would be your case uh things happen to their property in their absence and if no one's watching it it pres it can present some difficulties the unfortunate situation for you is under the law you're the property owner
and you've got the responsibility to maintain it and abide by the laws and the codes that that affect your property and again you're not the first one to have these types of circumstances um the question becomes then what do you you know what do you want to do about it because the responsibility for that
still falls on the property owner it's true it's I know doesn't bring these things in my experience same things true of counties and I've done this in a number of counties and cities is because they haven't been able to get compliance another way also
please understand these issues are generated by complaints people now have to sign up and say I'm going to be the complainant this one goes back far enough i'm not sure that was the law at the time but nonetheless um neighbors complain people
in the city who are citizens can complain brings it to the attention of code enforcement and they have to respond to it uh because they want to see their neighborhoods maintained it's a situation i understand your circumstances what you you may feel helpless in what you can do about it the
city situation is but we need to do something about it because I've got some elected officials i've got some people in the neighborhood who are all I understand I understand exactly what you're saying and nothing's happened i understand it it's been three years in the city system so the city's now at a position where they're saying we want to
proceed with the next step we want to get a lean on the property and then if that doesn't work the next step is going to be a hearing to authorize foreclosing a lean or I understand exactly where you're going all right anything you'd
like to add to the situation no sir i'm just going to leave it just like it is i'm not going to say anything i'm leave it just like it is some say not everyone comes to the hearings i want to say thank you for coming and and appreciate it trying to be responsible about the situation and telling us
honestly what the situation is hope you appreciate where they're coming from my job is just I understand I understand it and I don't I don't really have a dog in the fight except to say give a good decision as to what's going on i understand based on the evidence of
testimony presented is that with the the violations the three remaining violations on the property located at 606 North 11 Street uh and violation 30-169 due to the rotten and weakened wood on the front facade of the building
section 30-32A due prohibited conditions and public nuisance due to the accumulation it's man-made debris if not vegetation on the property with recognition that some of that's been solved But some of it still needs to be removed the prohibited conditions and public
nuisances the roofing and disrepair that needs to be done and keep in mind compliance for the roofing and the the wood repair is going to require a permit from the city well that's that's that's the only thing is is on the property that right there it's not real
nothing on the property nothing no vehicles no nothing no anything on my property but I don't know that's the only thing is right there is it your desire to try to repair this house i was trying to but don't look like to me i'm making
Well I'm becoming an idiot so with this guys um we're going to based on that the city's entitled to their leans but I'm going to order finding it that there's been no improvement and the city attorney made more than necessary lean
on the property and the property and again Mr lo just for the record the amount of fines as of today are $63,875 those fines will continue to recruit at the rate of $75 a day until
satisfaction of compliance so it doesn't stop there so there is a motivation to try to get something done okay you know you met Miss Low you make sure you know how to get in touch with her and talk with her about what what
kind of progress you're making make you let her know what's going on that and the fines is impossible you can come back to the city commission to see if they are willing once it comes into compliance there's always the lean reduction
so I if you don't mind um I've met with both you and um several times and again I will repeat what I said once which is if we move forward with demolishing the property because I don't
think it's eligible at that point um assuming all the debris is out of the yard it would be considered in compliance and you would be able I don't have anything in the yard there's nothing in my yard demolish the property if we demolish construction and not be
considered in compliance and then the comp reduction so this 63,000 could conceivably be brought down to a very very small amount the cost of a demolition and administrative cost so
you have options here okay the demolition also requires permit correct yes need to work with Miss Low if you want to go that direction okay i'm already working on the permit right if you don't want to lose it there's some things you can do is what they're telling okay i already got I'm already
start on for go back to do you pick it up all right Mr jackson thank you all right thank you very much for coming today all right next case is going to be a new case yes sir have a
2024 151 property located at 312 Fern Street in Palato auto record appears to be uh the heirs of OJ Buford and Sharon Louise Buford or Bowfort i'm sorry
buford if you're in uh how does that work if you're in North Carolina it's Bowfort but you're in South Carolina is your Bufort no kidding come on up yours with a T on the end but there are one time his name was
Boch but he got in front said my name is Vum and don't you forget it's a bit like you have to go with the local pronunciation all right this is the property 312 Fern Street in Palatka a new case uh it looks like the city is
um complaining about three violations one of section 94-193 of the city code parking or storage of unlicensed vehicles and commercial vehicles and residential zones specifically vehicles and toilets
uh the vehicle not registered tag not registered with debris in the front yard a second violation uh section 30-32A prohibited conditions in public nuisances crash and debris and 30-32A prohibited conditions in public
businesses of the room growth and crash is that correct that's correct sir let me make sure I've got the right person and you are again your name devin Buford deon devon deon and you are an heir of OJ Buford correct and how are you an heir i am his grandson
here who is Sharon Louise that is my aunt uh she was his daughter of course and she passed away about three years ago did this ever Could you raise your right hand for a moment you saw me swear affirm the testimony about to give today the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes sir i do um has this
case been probated um I'm currently in the middle of probate i'm also in the middle of litigation on said property um yes it's been a fun ride um I do not have uncle to the property as another party claims they have ownership and responsibility off the property um
through some paperwork and situations that have been discussed with my attorney i sent him a copy of both the notice of the code enforcement as well as the notice that I got for this hearing he um I had to change attorneys actually because he was not doing what
he was supposed to um I think you said the notice was sent out to the other party's attorney about the violations as well as this hearing all right where why we got here frequently we see
these cases where the official records that's held by the property appraiser and the tax collector show that the property is the heirs of which means they don't know if there's been an estate a probate estate opened they don't they may not know who the heirs are this case they found out about
Sharon is that was that how they called her sharon Louise yes but now I don't think they know she has passed and I mean there is an official death notice been posted against the property and everything um I have started the probate process i'm in the middle of it and that may be true but it hasn't shown up yet
on the official records of the property appraiser tax and miss this is um it looks like the letters were sent to the heirs of um Mr uh Buford and Sharon Hford at 131 Circle that's
correct that's what's on file is that a correct address yes sir i currently live at the property as I was living with her at the time of her passing and I have gotten the paperwork as far as the code enforcement the hearings i've gotten all of the paperwork for this situation
just clear you live at 131 Aelia correct but the property is 312 that's correct correct okay gotcha let me make sure we're in the right place so you got the official certified letter yes sir did you post the property also i did post the property and that's the other party that's residing
identify yourself for the record please henry Fox and you are related to the property house not related what okay raise your right hand for me you saw me swear from the testimony about to give today to be the truth the whole truth and nothing with the truth i
do why are you here what you're interested in the power of attorney signed over both properties to me okay before the passing are those persons who signed a power of attorney alive yes they're both alive who signed the power of attorney for you
my grandfather who was that jimmy Con okay i'm just trying to figure out whether you're partying to be here with an owner we're We're in the battle together okay on the same side no okay you're fighting each other
all right it's not my job to sort that out um special magistrates have a very narrow range of jurisdiction i've said this many times before i get to figure out whether or not the city can present a case to show there's a violation of
city code with relation to this property then what needs to be done about it and if appropriate uh what kind of steps to take to ensure compliance whether that means fines and the way the statute works so that's what I'm here to sort out today uh one of the things I am
concerned about always is whether or not we've got notice to the people and the state law that governs this states that we send notice to the owner of record at the official address of record which I understand has been done it looks like the certified letter was sent to the
Bufords and heirs at the official address you mailed it to the Aelia Circle 131 Aelia Circle yes sir right so they got there and it looks like it got there and the city's also posted the property how did you know to be here sir i finally got notification of this last
uh Thursday before last how did you get notification it was on the door okay do you in possession of the property yep and before that I've never heard anything about this well reason you probably haven't is that your name just doesn't show up anywhere in
the official records but you're here so what's going to happen now is that this low is going to present her case regarding whether or not there's a violation of these three and let me if I may I'm satisfied with
due process we sent the certified letter we closed the property we've got two people here who claim to have an interest in it yes sir one of them is actually named Buford and is related to the two other people are listed i'm not going to get in anything else with regard to that i'm just simply saying
that's that's what it is i think that satisfies the due process requirements all right we have provisions uh looks like 30-32 regarding prohibited conditions and public nuisances talks about excessive and unintended growth of grass weed
bridge branches other uh injectable unsightly accumulation of trash junk or debris excessive growth of grass and weak distance of other objectionable or unsightly unsanitary materials and debris in the yard and then the one
that's interesting is the parking of uh unlicensed vehicles and commercial vehicles in residential zones in violation of 94-19 all right yes sir photographs yes sir did you take these photographs i did sir and do the photographs actively represent the
condition of the day I took them yes sir yes sir christy Lo for the record city of PLA code enforcement this is going to be case number 2024-151 the Kston property address at 312 Fern Street Palato Florida 32177 this one's going to be first taken
was 1A it was taken on 911 2024 shows over grass and growth on the property so okay go back to violation so it's just grown too high it at this point it was it's grown too high what's too high so it's over 18 inches if you look at
the next picture sir that I just took recently took okay 1b yes sir this is going to be 1B taken on March 125 if you look at my yard stick on the first arrow that's the 18 inches which is over and this one goes all the way to
36 in so what's the second arrow on the bottom it's the 18 inches so it shows where it's over 18 inches goes all the way to 36 it should be reduced to what height 18 inches under 18 inches okay is that a code provision or Yes sir very
good so basically you got to mow the grass all right go to 2A please this was taken on 911 it just shows the debris and trash um there's tires behind the trailer um there's debris on the trailer
that's street so basically the trailer and what's in it yes sir need to go anything other than the trailer and what's in it uh he showed that the trailer is registered so we're good with that do you leave the trailer the trailer just as long as a breeze off of
it um yes sir and it's registered he can have it up front very an empty trailer would be fine empty trailer very good next and if you go to 2B this taken on March 12th 2025 it just shows I try to get more of a picture where you can see the tires and the
debris in the trailer so this the manmade items under and to the left of the arrows correct and if you go to 3A please this shows um parking and storage of the unlicensed vehicle um it just
shows a white truck with no tag um he currently says he did place the tag back on it so as soon as I can get down I'll clear that so that's the 3 941 193 violation that's That's correct sir the LEDs are the registration and tag yes sir so on 3B was my updated photo on
March 12th 2025 it just shows um closer picture of the truck without the uh trailer dural times at the property have you seen that truck moved at any time no sir manmade debris so when we're looking
about grass to 18 in register the truck get the man-made debris off the property that's correct sir those are those are the violations that's it sir come up first you're you're the one named in this thing uh the city has taken a position you've got some quite
honestly relatively minor things to deal with in terms of these violations get the truck registered does that truck move do you know i do not know sir as that truck is not my property i have not had access to the property okay so you don't claim any
interest in the property the property yes sir that's why I'm going to the pro the truck isn't on my property and you understand about the the man-made debris on the property and the need to mow the grass as long as I have access to the property I will i have not
been given access during the source okay again I'm not going to get into that i'm simply asking sir could you help me with um Is that your truck yes it's my truck can you come up the mic yes this is my truck all right
and but what about the vegetation and the the man-made items on the property taken care of it's already taken care of yep anybody contact Miss Low before today's hearing and let her know about this nope i was just showed on the paperwork to show up all right all right
if it's been taken care of I don't You say it's been taken care of i don't know i haven't did an update today no sir i didn't go by today when was that taken care of this weekend when's the last time you were out there uh Friday friday well the good news is based on what I'm hearing today I can find a violation but
you need to let her know that it's solved then it's basically not going to be any harm to it because there won't be any fine that occurs for those violations yeah she she'll go by and check it well it's fine um again here's here just everybody understand situ whatever happens happens to the property
right now you guys got to sort out who owns it that's your fight the only fight the city has right now is get is getting this property brought into compliance with the code my job is to see where there's a violation and see based on that violation what it's going to take to bring the property into compliance
and that's money right now the good news for y'all and I you got anything else you'd like to add to this situation the truck will not I'm sorry the truck will not move because I received a DUI and the reason the tag was off of it is because I have to turn my tag into the
probation officer and put it on hold until Is it operable no so is the vehicle operable not at this time no it isn't so it can't move no okay just getting a tag
on it doesn't necessarily satisfy the city's problem because if it's inoperable means it not I'm in the process of rebuilding the engine in it okay but I still can't drive it because I received a DUI i don't have a license well here's what going to happen to you
uh based on the evidence and testimony I think it's appropriate to find that there are three violations one is that the white vehicle truck on the property which is a GMC it looks like um isn't operable in that it's not licensed and registered and apparently is not
mechanically able to be operated that needs to be taken care of in other words you need to have it so it can it can be operated and it needs to be licensed as to the grass that's just mowing the grass to 18 in we're not talking about any other vegetation on the property is that correct Miss yes
sir that's correct thirdly the rest of the man-made items that are strewned about the property need to be removed right if you're going How much time are you giving them 30 days sir um April 17th i'm going to go with that you've got until the end of
business on April 17th solve those problems each of those problems each fine each uh violation has a $25 day fine if you are correct and no reason to believe you wouldn't be uh and the um truck can be made operable in
that period of time doesn't sound like it's operable right now but if the truck can be made operable within that time frame the grass can be mowed the debris can be removed there will be no fines this case will be over however if the fines start to acrue
on April 18th because of non-compliance those fines will go against the property and have to be paid the city does have the option to come back at a later date within I think it's have to wait at least 90 days um and seek a lean which goes against the
property so just letting you know what's what's out there again uh you sat through a previous hearing and you understand that uh the city generally doesn't start these complaints people complain and they want their neighborhoods to look nice and they want to comply with the the ordinances
um that's what it's about so it's not this problem isn't going to go away uh and since that is pretty visible you can see it from the street progress is going to be pretty noticeable to everybody else in the community so what you really don't want and see doesn't want your money just so you know um they and
that's all that that they're here for today all right there's going to be an order sent um you've got the official address of record it's up to them they want to send you some notice for her they need to make sure she's got your name i can send it to Front Street sir one question could the truck be towed um
in order to meet compliance gets it off the property the onlyation is that it's sitting in this residential property is that if you get it off the property don't create another violation but that's up to you but if you get it off this property
it'll solve that violation what you got to April 17th any questions not for me sir all right i wish you the best of luck in resolving what you've been resolved at least you're here today thank you for coming at least you've been most mostly
amicable about it all so far so we'll see how that goes all right thank you guys thank you sir anything uh no sir you don't have to sign anything thank you Deon one more yes sir we're going to call case number
um 2027 WA U VO Christine Nolles and Hoy B nolles property is 1606 Green Street Palatka uh this is a case seeking lean is that correct yes sir an official lean and sir are you responding
are are you here for that case we have no one showed for this case no one has showed for this case no sir so we don't have anyone here so let me make an official call is VTO Christine Nolles or Ho B nolles or anyone representing them
present today hearing no one let me do some dupl this a second second hearing yes sir um did we send a certified letter to the official address right of record correct yes sir and did it come back uh that came back the first time but not the
second time yet we haven't heard from the postal service you get a receipt from the post office that it was mailed the first time and the second time yes that it was mailed and no that um no green card back yet okay but you got a receipt the post office got it and mailed it yes sir and those are part of
the record yes sir they are uh and then you notice the property according to the state statute yes sir and you have your affidavit of service included in the record yes sir looks like posting was on March 5th that's correct and uh at both the property and here at city hall
inside posting and also in the newspaper contact with any regarding this property uh no sir I haven't this is a transfer case for Mr green and it didn't show where he had any contact either was uh any owners present at the first hearing of the case uh no sir they were
not this was in um June September of 19th of 2023 correct uh it shows the first case was June 13 2023 was the first hearing okay oh I see it that's the one you took
out this is June 13th yes sir it's been coming on a couple years was there been an issue with getting it back here um I just took this case over on January 29th right original violations had to do
with one section of the city code that was 30-169 regarding building fronts and sides of budding streets or public areas and due to a lot of weakened wood on the front is that correct it's um actually on the front left side but yes sir out
to the front all right and you have some demonstrative evidence for us i do sir did you take the photographs you're about to show us i took the second set of photographs yes sir and visibly seen the property okay did you have you viewed the property yes sir back in 2023 uh I was here in 2023 yes okay then All
right so show me what one be first and then these all relate to 30-169 lot and we can do it yes sir that's correct uh for the official record Christy uh Low City of Placa code enforcement case number 202278 the address in question is 1606
Green Street Placa Florida looking at 1B of Mr greens uh he took this on March 6 excuse me this one is mine i took this one so is that photograph an official part
of the record of the original hearing um made in 28 no this is this is the current photograph correct this is the current photograph yes sir i'm sorry i'm sorry i only had one um I apologize i have one photo from Mr green so I I
wanted to show this one okay um this is a 1B it shows the full of weekend wood from Green Street this photo was taken in March 5th of this year and also Yes sir all right and this is from Green
Street green Street facing Green Street and so the violation is what here it's the rotten and weakened wood it starts at the bottom panel and goes all the way up and I believe it's a total of 18 panels and it's just starting to on the bottom and it's caving down and spiny is
sagging yes sir it is so what's the remedy for that um to replace the rotten and weakened wood on the left side that require a permit uh it will because it's it's on half the side of the left side of the home right
and that was the same side it was part of the finding a violation at the original next so the next one is 2B um this is a transfer from Mr green and it just goes a little bit
fun and I'm told the arrows had it coming down so that was also taken in 25 no yes okay i apologize so you took that one this was the one that Mr green took
it is that it says three or one 37 this is the January yes this is the one Mr green took in January so you're referencing now one three yes sir so you took that one so that's a part of the official record of It is um it was his official record taken in January 13th
okay and in your observation these photographs and visiting the property has there been any effort to try to remediate the problem no sir i went back from the beginning of the case and it it's actually deteriorated worse um he was getting ready in January to take it to
the second hearing in January very good dallas 2C yes that's another picture of Mr green's um so is this the same elevation yes sir it's It's his but then I went and I took the picture of the
whole side so you could see everything and that was my first picture this picture you took with two this picture here is one of Mr greens i apologize he took it in January 13 2025 right and you've observed the property
yes sir take that yes sir and I took the other day you took this photo yes sir all right and has condition of the property changed in any way when I took my photo the other day of the whole side it's actually deteriorated worse again is that the front elevation of the
house so you're looking at Yes the very front left side so you're looking at the front uh if you're looking at the front house it's the whole left side that's caving down right so that's all the photographs that we're looking at is that elevation it's same elevation same reserve from Green Street from Green
Street correct all right next and that's it that's the only So the remedy for this is replacing all that siding and that does require permit it does yes sir and we entered an order on June 13 2023 correct that's
correct sir and sent copies of that order to the owner of record at the address of record yes sir we did never have heard anything back from anyone no sir have you ever observed anyone on this property no sir um I spoke to the neighbors and uh they said it looks like it's just used for storage
okay i have not found anybody on the property any other evidence uh no sir that's all I have right so looking for in position of a lean official lean yes sir what's the total number as of right now uh
$13,550 and it continues to acrew at the rate of $25 a day that's correct sir right all right based on the evidence of testimony presented we're going to find it appropriate to enter an order allowing the city to impose an a lean on the
property for the total amount of fines acrewed today plus any additional fines that will acrew subsequent to today did continued violation section 30-169 of city code related to a rotten and weakened wood on the left side elevation of the property located at 1606 Green
Street property needs to be remediated by it requires a permit obtaining a permit and and repairing the property to replace the rotted and weakened wood on that side of the house that's correct sir any further cases no sir that's all all
right we're going to adjourn the proceedings before the special magistrate at 220