It's 2 p.m. and the code board for the City of Tarpon Springs is now in session. Bobby, can we call the roll, please? Mr.
Dubose's here. Here, Mr. Ogle. Here. Mr. Steffen here. Mr. Paul here, miss Kern here, miss
Merricks, here, Mrs. Lambert. Lambert here. Sorry. Roll call. Thank you. Would you all please
rise for the invocation? Dear Heavenly Father, please grant us both the wisdom and the empathy which we will need in order to make the best
decisions today for those that come before us and for the city of Tarpon Springs. Amen. And now for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance
to the flag, to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Be seated. I'd
like to go over the hearing procedures that we'll be using today. It is the intention of this board to promote, protect and improve the health, safety
and welfare of the citizens of Tarpon Springs by providing an equitable, effective, and inexpensive method of enforcing various codes within the city of Tarpon Springs. Any
aggrieved party may appeal a final administrative order of this board to the Circuit Court. Such appeal shall be filed within 30 days of the execution
of the order to be appealed. Florida Statute 286. .0105 requires any party appealing a decision of this board to have
a record of the proceedings to support such an appeal. The procedure. The procedure of this board is as follows. First, the city presents its witnesses
and exhibits, after which the alleged violator is able to ask the city's witnesses any specific questions regarding their testimony. Secondly, the alleged violator is allowed to
make a presentation and present his or her witnesses and exhibits. Then the city can question the alleged violator. The alleged violators,
witnesses, I should say. After both rounds of testimony, both on the part of the city and on the part of the alleged violator, each party is asked to give a closing argument,
first by the city and then by the alleged violator. After those three steps are taken, this board will close the public hearing portion of the
case to discuss it and take proper and appropriate action. Before we begin the public hearing, we will have all potential witnesses stand and
be sworn in by the Secretary of the board. Bobby, if you would, please, if you're going to testify today, you need to stand up and take the oath. Do
you swear the testimony you're about to give the whole truth and nothing but the truth? I do, thank you. Be seated. Okay. And, folks, please turn off all cell
phones or placed them on the silence. As a good reminder. And now I'll turn to the
inspector. Sir, if you'd introduce yourself and present the first case on the agenda. My name is Anthony Boone. I'm
the supervisor of code enforcement for the city of Tarpon Springs. I am filling in for officer Mike Ralston, who is my employee who is on a
vacation trip. And each one of these cases I have had dealings with one shape or form of another. So I know each and every one of these cases. All
right. That being said, the first case before you is case 2680000744. Paul Alvarez 720
Crimson King Terrace here in Tarpon Springs, Florida. We opened this case on January 21st, 2026, and it was 848, 41,
852 and 4.00, which are the code violations listed on the board up here? Behind you. The duty of maintenance, nuisance conditions, prohibition and the
parking and storage of abandoned vehicles. When we first got to the home after a call for service, this is what we saw. This inspection would
have been on January 21st, 2026. This is the second photo of that same property. Third photo
of that property. Showing the tag. Once again, I told you the inspection was 12126. This tag
is showing 625 and this is the one that's in the driveway. Showing the backside of the second car showing that tag,
which is the same one that was in the driveway. Six of 2018. This car was also in the yard,
but I believe the tag was valid. But it had a flat tire, but it's still in the yard and I believe the tags was violated at that time. Looking again
through the yard, this is the front yard. I'm assuming this blurriness is because of the bushes and overgrowth. This is
the side portion of the yard. What we were seeing. You can see the vegetation. You can see some of the nuisance condition as a big fan and fencing and
things over here in the front yard of all of this, this AC, I believe goes to part of the house. The fencing I was just
showing you. You see, it's in front of the car that was in the yard. Another side picture of that yard. A little more up
against the fence. Storm doors. Carts. Now we're in the backyard looking over the fence. We started noticing more and
more scrap and vegetation. This is more and more of the backyard chain link fence, more
scrap material. If you notice a couple of things here. One, this is looking back. So you got the vegetation where the cars were were in another
person's yard. You can see this shed in the back that's sort of dilapidated on the top. More
items as you get closer towards the shed showing the backyard. And there's the dilapidation of
the shed in the back. We did a nother inspection. Two 2026. Which would have been one of our dates for inspection before.
We're where we are today. As you can see, the grass has been cut. Went back, did another inspection. Now, during these
two inspections, we've been talking with the property owner, told him what he needed to do, and he was giving us his reasons why it was taking so long. But we did another
inspection for 30, 20, 26. And in the backyard, this is what we see. So we did notice. Remember I told you the front
yard was cut. There was some things moved, but the backyard still had some issues. The cars
were still in the same spot showing the same tags. So today's inspection 611. I went to the home approximately 1030
this morning. The two cars and the Mustang are still there. They still have the expired tags as I'm showing in the
photo, I will say I spoke with the property owner 1520 minutes ago, and if I'm not mistaken, the van is gone. He will
testify that the van left shortly after I finished my inspection. So we'll say the van is gone. I've not seen it. The Subaru is still there and
the Mustang has valid tags. This is the rest of my inspection today. If you look right here, there's a guy on the roof. So he's fixing the
roof today. I won't say he started today. I've been riding by weekly, so this has been going on for about two and a half weeks because I know the property owner knew this was
coming before you guys, the backyard. They had to take the fence and move it and open it. But a lot of stuff has been either taken to the scrap yard or possibly put inside the
storage, which is out of sight. Here's another picture. So my point being is it's not perfect at this point. It's not ready
to be in the compliance. I did. I my motion is if we can keep this going for approximately another 30 days, I think Mr. Alvarez will come into
compliance. And he is here today to share with y'all what is going on and answer any questions you guys may have of him. And I'll answer any
questions you guys have of me. Does anybody have any questions for the inspector at this point?
Ready to hear from Mr. Alvarez? Come on up. Good afternoon. Could you give us your full
name and the spelling of your last name? Julie. Paul. Last name's Alvarez, A LVAREZ. Thank you. Go ahead. Sir, you'll have
to forgive me. This is all new to me, so I don't know what I'm supposed to say. Take your time. I do apologize, things got out of hand. I understand that now.
I'm single. I don't have wife, no kids. So I'm my own. Show everything that needs to be done I have to do. I work down in Dunedin Hospital in the emergency room. That's my
priority. This again, sitting here looking at these pictures. Yes, it's ridiculous and I do apologize. It was never my intention. I've been going at
it as quickly and as efficiently as I can. The green Mustang is actually running. It's always been titled and insured. The truck has always
been titled and insured. The Subaru has also been titled insured, but I never bothered putting the sticker on it because it wasn't going anywhere. The minivan was actually purchased from what
was a paramedic friend of mine in the hospital who needed money for school. So I bought the thing and I had no use for it, so unfortunately it just sat there. That's why I never
bothered titling tagging it. It was moved this afternoon, or rather this morning after his drive by, unfortunately, and it's at a repair shop to get
that one up and running. That's pretty much it. As soon as the guys are done with the shed, I'm going to go back in and clear everything up as best as
I can. Again, I apologize, I just want to be in everybody's good graces. Any of the board members have any questions for Mr. Alvarez? Mr. Alvarez, how
long have you owned this property? That's a good question. It's been maybe ten years. I'm sorry. Maybe ten
years. I bought it back. When? Could be 2008, when the housing market was collapsing. Nobody was buying property in 2008, and I bought it as an
investment. I mean, I'm single. I don't need a house that big, you know, and it's appreciated in value. And my thing was, hopefully I'm going to be
retiring soon. And this was going to be my project in my retirement years. It gives me something to do, so to speak.
Any other questions I want? How much time do you think you need to finish it up? It's all dependent on how long the guys I give them time I again, the
thing is, I work at the hospital five days a week. I have two days to do everything. That means I have to do the cooking, the cleaning, the shopping, everything else just to run my life and then get
there and do that. Plus, I have to keep mowing the lawn and everything else. As much time as permissible is appreciated, but I'm following the rules you
people set forth. I you know, the other thing is I'd like to put a stockade fence up and close it in. But now, as this gentleman said, I have to go talk to the boarding or the
permitting, rather I. Because I was told by fencing companies, if it's below a certain length you don't need a permit, I don't know. Again, this is all new to me. Understand? This was
actually the first property I ever bought. Okay, well, one thing I might suggest to you that when it comes to permits and anything else that might involve the city, you've got
somebody right there that you can speak to. Who apparently you you fellas have spoken to each other on different issues. So let me ask the inspector
what would be a reasonable amount of time, in your opinion, that it would take to to clear up this property? I believe a month, 30 days, July 8th for
final inspection. I see he's working well. Okay. But I think if we go too much longer than that, we might end up with more stuff in the yard than we want.
So I think if we can keep it at a good 30 days, get the property inspected again, I think I think Mr. Alvarez will come into compliance. Yeah. Mr.
Alvarez, not only does this board have to consider your situation, but we have to consider the situation of your neighbors that have to live next to this. And it has an
effect on on their property values. I'm sure you would agree. So our inspector here has just indicated 30 days. You've indicated you only have
two days a week that you can do anything about. But eventually you may end up in a situation where you might be fined and that that's going to cost you more than maybe going to work.
So try to bear that in mind. And if any of the board members care to make a motion as far as granting question, Mr. Chair, just a follow up for Mr.
Alvarez. I'm sorry. That's okay. Do you collect scrap or what is all the things that are in there? And, and the reason where I'm going is, is that something that you're going to continuously do? And is that going to be an issue? Because
there's a lot of things in there. I'm just not sure what you what, what all that stuff was. Well, okay. At the hospital, you want to know why your medical bills are so
expensive? They throw out everything. And what I do is if there's something worth scrapping, I'll throw it in the back of my pickup truck and take it up to Anclote. If I get
20 bucks, that's gas money for the week for me. You know, if I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore. So you just have collected that over time. And that's what the conditions that
were observed were because of your it's all gone now because it's all gone now. No, but I'm saying that's what caused that to because you weren't getting down to the scrap yard in time or something, or just let it
let it sit. Well, it doesn't make sense to take one piece there. No, I collect a bunch of stuff, fill up the truck, run it down. I was just curious as to why the collection of all of
those materials were on your property as generally, you know, people either scrap or they again. So that's what was going on. It wasn't my focus to do that. Like, I don't know if you
can see in the lower right hand picture, there's a hand truck and the red and white box is actually the roofing material that's going on the shed, right? They threw out that hand truck
and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. You threw out the hand truck, the hospital. Oh, I see, I got you. So it's a perfectly functional hand truck.
And to me, it seems a sin, you know, just to throw because all this stuff winds up in a landfill. At least it landed up in your property. On your property. What happened? So that's kind of like a landfill
is what happened. So so that's something to consider here in the future about if you're going to have those things and nobody says you can't do it. I'm just making you aware. And I just want to know what the
back to backdrop of that is and why all of that is on there. Again, the other thing with taking this stuff to the scrap yard, you have to separate certain metals, understand how
they recycle. Again, it was never my intention to just keep heaping stuff. It's just I'll get to it tomorrow. I'll get to it tomorrow. I'll get to it. Tomorrow in Spanish is manana
por la manana por la manana. And tomorrow never comes. Understood, I appreciate it. Thanks for the explanation, sir. Thank you. Anyone else? Yes, sir. For the inspector. Were
you able to determine the actual ownership of the vehicles via the license plates? No, sir. I'm not. I just took his word how he got the vehicles. I wasn't able to run
them. No, sir. I'm not seeing this anymore. Anyone else? Any other questions? I also have
the file to issue of the property. Let me ask you,
Inspector. Theoretically, if Mr. Alvarez fails to bring this property into compliance in 30 days, what might the suggested
fine be per day? I would start at 25, because if he it's going to build up on him so fast that if we do 50 or up to 250, which
he needs to understand, you could you could do. That's going to build up on him awful fast at 250 and 175 and 150 a day. So my recommendation at
this point, sir, would be 25 a day. If he does not come into compliance on your suggested day, that's what the board could legitimately and
reasonably make it a much higher than. Yes, sir. You have that right? Yes, sir. Okay. Thank. Mr. Alvarez, you might want to bear that in mind as far as a motivation and
determining where your focus might want to be. Okay. Does anybody care to make a motion in this case? I'll make the motion. Yes, sir. I move in
case number 26-80000744 to find the respondent, Paul Alvarez. Alvarez, in violation of the City of Tarpon Springs Code of
ordinance 8-40 and 8-40 and 8-52. And 8-418-52 and 40.00 for the property located at 720
Crimson King Terrace, and to assess a fine of $25 per day beginning on the deadline date July 8th, 2026. Until compliance is achieved and to
order the respondent to contact the Code Enforcement Division to arrange for Reinspection of the property to verify compliance with the board's order. I'll second that and the
motion has been made and seconded. I'll take a voice vote. All those in favor say yay, yay! And all those opposed say nay, and there are no votes
in opposition. The motion passes. All right, Mr. Alvarez, I would strongly suggest that you stay in touch with the
inspector or his officer so that we we don't end up seeing you here again. Thank you very much for your time. You're good to go. Can I get a business
card? Yes, sir. You'll have a seat. My my clerk will come see you. Okay. And, Inspector, your next case. I don't see a name
there, so. Yes, sir. The name. The property owner is 1845 Pinellas LLC. All right, I see. No. Okay. So once again, I'm Anthony Boone. I'm the supervisor. Code enforcement
here in the city of Tarpon Springs. I was completely involved in this case with officer Mike Ralston. So this
is case number (268) 000-0790. At the property of 1845 South Pinellas Avenue, Tarpon Springs, Florida. The code violation is
212 a building permit. We ended up getting a call to go out and inspect the property. And when I get to the property, this is one of the inspections that I
saw or one of the issues that I saw, and this would have been on May 11th, 2026. So on May 11th, 2026, we get there. And
this is one of the things that I see. So this is a cast iron pipe and it's got a hole in it. There is a pipe here that's running from the kitchen sink
into this main cast cast iron pipe. Well, all this other piping is not been hooked up. There is. And I do have the building inspector here as well
for further questions. But from the sink on around to this door, inside of this door, there is a
hole where a toilet was okay. And inside the home has a toilet, a sink, and then the faucet where the kitchen is all
that ran through one pipe and two a spot where a toilet was sitting. So they took the toilet up. And you know how you have the big round base? They
ran piping to it, put foam, sealed it up, and that was their plumbing. The blue that you see on the ground is what the lady put down on the ground
to stop wetness or to see wetness. So that was showing us there was a leak there. The reason we got the building official involved in this case
was one, I'm not a plumber and I'm not an inspector. Their response to me was, this guy has to have a legit permit and
have proper plumbing. So he is here. He's the deputy building official. Mike Roush if you guys have any questions for him. This picture here shows the day
that we did the notice of violation posting at 1845 South Pinellas, and then the notice of hearing we did posted that
as well. We did talk to the property owner. He called my office and our conversation was, you need to reach out to the building department to learn
how to get a building permit. When I did this posting on April 7th, 2026, he called our office again. Or I might even
had my secretary. But we called him. We made another communication and said, you need to go to the building department to get you a building permit. Needless to say, we're standing here before
you I checked, we don't have a building permit. There is a queue that I can't look in. The deputy official is here to say that there's no permit in the
starts as of right. As of 1030 this morning. That would be our case for the city of Tarpon Springs. There's no one here that I know is representing
that case, so I'll submit the paperwork. And officials here if you guys have any questions
for him. Any questions for the inspector? I have a question. Is this a rental property or do the owners live there. Okay. It
is rental. So at this property this is one unit. So this is unit four. So if there's unit four I remember if I'm just
going by off of memory there's one two, three four different little units at this property. So and then like right beside
it turns into Pinellas County. This is our property. So this is one one bedroom, one living room, one bathroom and one little kitchen. So this is one
individual that lived in this house. So it is just a single unit. But there's five I think on the whole property. Is it presently occupied this particular unit? I think she
finally moved out the day that I did this posting, which would have been April. I think she was in the process of moving out. She didn't want to stay there anymore. And she really
wanted us to say, you have to go, but that's not my job. So if she needed to leave, we told her that was on her. So you spoke with the owner or the the
the renter? No, we spoke with the owner of the property. Well, he identified himself as the owner of the property. He called in to our office. So we
told him what to do because every time we did a posting, somebody there would call him. Right. I have I have a question,
Anthony, with the photos you were showing the the black iron pipe with a hole in it and then what you described as the toilet, the old toilet inside,
is there actually open sewage lines in this property? There is where that cast iron pipe. But I believe that's old. So I have the building official that's here. And he really
couldn't make a determination. Is that old? There wasn't like water pouring out of there, and we couldn't go into the home at that time and cut water on. Right. And then even the lady
that lived there, who was the person who made the complaint, told us that all the water went to that area where you saw the blue, the blue stuff on the
ground. So she put this spray foam around it to stop it from leaking. And that was leaking. That was sewage leaking? Yes, sir. You it had a foul smell.
When I was on scene, I would imagine. Thank you, Mr. Boone. Just for context. So you're looking what are you looking through here? Because there's
open pipes. I see the PVC pipes, whatever. That's a that's a pump right there, sir. That's a pump right there. I see that. Yeah. On the bottom. So this is a shed. It's attached. I got
you all right. She used to say or she said that other toilet used to work. I see, but it quit working. So they just used it as a pipe to drain into,
which is not a proper way of running a sewer line. And what does that pump on the bottom? Is that like a pool pump or something? What is that thing? You know, what does that it
doesn't look like it's connected to anything, but it's probably like a well well pump. Yeah. Whatever. There's no pool. Well pump. Okay. Trying to see what you're looking at the she
said they were working right. But they haven't been back. There's been nothing. And on top of that there's been no permits pulled to do any of
this. Other questions? I have a question. The wetness there. Is that possibly sewage. Yes, sir. Okay. By the smell I would say
yes. Would that not constitute a serious potential health problem? Well it could, and that's one of the reasons we didn't do a courtesy letter. We started with a notice of violation that original day.
You know, our building officials aren't in my back pocket, so I couldn't get them till later on. And it wasn't in the home. She could smell it in
the home, but this just didn't happen overnight. So since it didn't happen overnight, I mean, I was a little hesitant. I don't have the authority for
her to say get out because it smells bad. That's just not my I don't she could leave if she wanted to, but I, I don't have that authority. And then when we did get the building
officials there, they saw the same thing. But it still it was outside. It wasn't inside. I have another question. Having the building inspector here can can we determine what it would
take to get this into compliance? And sir, if you introduce yourself for the record, my name is Mike Roush, ROUSH, deputy building official
for City of Tarpon Springs. Can you hear me? Is that better? Hi. Mike Roush, ROUSH. Deputy building official for city, Tarpon Springs. What they would have to do when we were on site was probably just cut open the
slabs and repipe the system. When they removed the one toilet, they just ran the shower pan and the hand sink and the toilet into another toilet outside. And like you said, she was putting cat
litter and charcoal down to absorb some of the smell and in the liquids. So it was pretty nasty. And I either you
gentlemen have an estimate, if in fact the owner were to try to come into compliance, how long that might take.
Permitting with the permitting process and the actual scope of work, depend on exactly. If they can even tie back into this cost factor, I would not know, but it could probably take weeks to weeks, depending
on the process and where that is damaged at. So. I have a question. Ask the inspector any estimate that you care to give
as to what the fine would be if, in fact, the board decides that there's a problem. Carl. Again, sir, I did pick July 8th. That
puts it out 30 days. One of my big things that I would like to see is to get a building permit. Right. Let's start with the basics. Come down, get your building permit that shows
who's going to do the work. A licensed plumber, I listen at that point, I'd give additional 30 days. As long as no one's in that home. You know what I mean?
Let's. But I put down or I, I'm thinking, you know, July 8th, the 30, 30 days. And once again, I don't want to kill a business owner or a landlord or anyone,
but we got to get message across. So $25 a day from there on, if it doesn't come into compliance, at least starts the basic $25 a day for the first
30 days. Yes, sir. Okay. And then, well, no, it's it's once you go to your assigned date, it would be $25 from there
forward a day until he comes into compliance. I have a question for you, sir. Is there someone or some department within the city that would make
a determination that because of public health issues, this place is uninhabitable and should be shut down? Or I would
I would go back to my deputy building official. So if they come and get a permit, they're going to have to do an inspection as well before
they're going to say it's all signed off. So. As far as deeming the building condemned or anything like that, we would have to get with Keith Mead on
that one. As far as that terminology was, I apologize. I've only been here since December, so I don't want to make those decisions for Keith, but it is possible that it could happen, but it would be a situation where we would
condemn the place until it's fixed and no one would be able to live in there. It is an option. And let me ask one more question, Inspector. They're
not. No one's here today representing the the alleged perpetrator. Correct. And you indicated that you spoke to
this person and told them they needed to get a building permit, but none has been applied for? No, sir. All right. I have
another question. All this external piping, are any of the other units connected? No. Okay. So it's all it's just strictly
this one is independent. Just this one? Yes, sir. As a suggestion, would it be possible for us to have a two part motion for, say, and give
the owner two weeks to apply for a permit and then 30 days to to have in place everything
get fixed? I believe that would be fine through the board. That may be a. Would that be more reasonable? My concern is we go 30 days. He's not going to put in a permit. It's whatever the
board decides. We have seen motions like that where there's a time period to get a permit, and then after that, a time period to fix everything so
that that's not unusual. And if I understand it right, it's just a matter of going online and putting in the application that that's all you need to do
to start the process. I believe. So, yeah. Because this is just would be considered a repipe. So he can pull those permits online to rerun the sewer and stuff like that. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Yes, I have a
question. How do you know how long this has been going on? When she first she first complained, the tenant you said
was it. So we got the call on May 11th. Okay. So that was been the day that I went out. I believe it's been going on. And I think the smell started
getting worse. One of the reasons maybe why she called, I don't know, her reason for calling. She did ask, could we tell her not to pay rent? And
that's not our decisions. It has been going on for two months or three months. This case has been going on since May 11th with us, not with us. But did she say how long I the
evidence on site had been like that for months, months, months, months? Yeah. Nothing looks new, right? What's the remainder of the property look like? So there's three other units.
There's four total. There's 4 or 5 other units, right? I mean, does it look like you could see partially, you know, kind of hadn't been painted? It looks like it's been obviously
ignored. It is. It's similar, but it's people are living in there and there's no complaints. I didn't see. I'll tell you as an inspector, we look left, right, up and down. That's
where I was going. And I didn't see anything that popped out that made me say, okay, unit two is just as bad as unit four. I didn't see that. That's where I was going with that. Okay,
okay. Appreciate it. Thank you. Any other questions? Well, before I ask if there's any motions, I'd like to at least suggest that, at least in my
opinion, and the board certainly can vote on it, that I think that granting two weeks to get the permit is fine. But
I also think that that if that isn't complied with, instead of starting with $25, I'd go to 50 because we're going to have to
apparently light a fire, possibly under the perpetrator alleged perpetrator, to get something moving here. And as
possibly we've indicated, based on the hearsay testimony about the the lady that was living there who turned it in herself, it's been going on for a while,
and we need to we need to rectify this. And, and I'm kind of disappointed that the that the alleged perpetrator isn't here so that we could hear their side of the story. So
that that's my own opinion. And I don't want to influence the board, but I do want to suggest that we don't necessarily have to go along with $25. We can
set whatever we want as the as the dollar amount. Okay. Does anybody care to make a motion in this? I just have a follow up to that, sir. So is it reasonable to say that even if
they had a permit within two weeks and you give them another 30, that with all the process that obviously needs to be done to correct this or fix it, is that enough time to to get this
done? I will say this, sir. If they can pull a permit and start, I'd come back before you and ask for extra time if they're working. Yeah. Because I think that's probably where it's going to go. I don't see
and it could. Right. And I will come back to you and I would say, I'm sorry, we're we're past whatever your deadline is, but they are continuously working and ask for your forgiveness to give them a
longer time. I'd rather be able to bring that back to you. And certainly, and we've done it before. Understood. Certainly depends on if he's going to be compliant or not, if he's even going to do it. Correct. Or,
you know, go down the road here. So that's what my concern. I'm not sure if that can be done. Yes. Come back before you and ask for a longer time. And I would say that this guy or the
property owner is working. And, you know, I can give you a deadline because we follow up inspections along with the building department, at least some good faith that he's working, he's got a permit and he's moving forward. So if
there needs to be more time, I wouldn't have an objection to that. I don't think anybody does. It's just a matter of getting to move on it. So we want compliance sir. Does anybody care to make a motion
in this case I, I would I'll give it a try. Go ahead sir. Stop me if you want to make some changes. I move in case.
Case number 26-80000790. To find the respondent. 1845 Pinellas LLC. In violation of the City of Tarpon Springs Code
of Ordinance 2112.00 for the property located at 1845 South Pinellas Avenue, and to assess
a fine of $45 per day beginning. Two weeks, 20 weeks, 25th is two weeks. The 25th beginning
June 25th. If a building permit has not been applied for. And then that would. If the
building permit has been complied or applied for, then on July 8th, if the. The. If the property is still not in
compliance by July 8th, then it would continue. The fines would continue on at $25 a day until compliance is achieved, and to order the respondent to contact
the Code Enforcement Division to arrange for Reinspection of the property to verify compliance with the board's order. Anybody care to second
that motion? I'll second it. My only question is, when the second, did you say 25 or 45, 45, 45, $45 for both. No, for
the for the permit. If he doesn't have the permit in its 45 days or $45 until the permit is in after the permit, then
it's $25. That's fine after July 8th. Yes, sir. Okay. And the motion was made and seconded. Just to be clear, the second part of the motion is
that he has to achieve compliance by July 8th. Correct. And compliance is he has to fix the parts that the building permit is supposed to apply for.
Okay. I just want to be clear on our. Are we all in agreement as far as what the motion means? And would that we'll take a
vote? All those in favor of the motion say, I, I anyone opposed, say nay, and there are no
opposing votes. The motion passes. I will go on to the third case on the agenda, an inspector, if you're ready.
Okay. This is the police. She's here, so I'll start. So which person is. Is the young lady right here raising her hand? Because there were a couple
that that came in a little late. She was sworn in. Pardon? She was sworn in. The other couple was not sworn in. But that's correct. That's I'm just trying to determine who they are before the couple back there
waiting to meet with me in reference to another case has they're not going to testify. That's fine. Yes. All right then, Miss Poulos, if you'd like to come up to the podium.
Okay. I'm Anthony Boone, the code enforcement supervisor. I've been involved in this case. Mike Ralston, my code officer, was the one who started and
opened this case. Case number 3268000827. Miss Polis, 1436 Red Oak Drive. Here in the city of Tarpon Springs. The
violation is the swift mud. Florida phase three water restriction 20-42, 20-43, 20-44.
And after the. The violation, we posted $150 fine to the home. Things that we did in the city.
This is to the left is off of our city web page. The water restriction. This all started on March 24th, 2026, where it
talks about the FSFWMD has declared the phase three extreme water shortage and then the restriction. So that's when it started. On the 24th. The
restrictions went into effect on April 3rd, 2026, and is still currently going as we speak today, we as a code
enforcement did not start going out and forcing until the 17th of April. So from the third to like the 17th or the 20th, we
were given warnings. But then there was a point we needed to start issuing citations and notices of violation and notice
of hearings. So over here on your right is a piece of paper that was on our social media. It's been on the website, it's been on the local news.
Pinellas County has a water restriction, and it just talks about the numbers, the the zero one, that's your ending house number Z two three. That's your
ending house number. So an example mine ends in an eight. I would be able to water on a Friday. You're allowed to water
on that Friday for 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. And then it picks back up at midnight, oh 1 to 4 a.m. So basically it's evening
time and early morning watering on your day. I have Holly, who is here, part of our city's water restriction. So if you have any questions, feel free
to ask her because we did ask her a lot of questions. This would have been the day of an inspection, would have been May
11th by Mike Ralston at 1436. This would have been the morning time. And as you can see, I made them take pictures
of what was being watered. So this is during the day of May 11th. And then we go back and then we post the house. So at
that point we do a notice of violation, a notice of hearing, and then that fine sheet, the ones we've done in the past, they, the people would come in
and you could pay the clerk's office, the $150 fine. We've had one before you as well that you guys handled. And they ended up coming into compliance
as well. This young lady is here to give her side. And what's happened, I know she's talked with our secretary and we told her to make sure she comes and addresses you as a
board. Okay. If you have any questions for the city on the water side, she's here as well. Holly. Okay. Well, before we go any further, that's our questions for the inspector.
And we're going to present the exact same thing with all the exhibits in it. Okay. Thank you. Does anyone have any questions for the representative from the
Water Commission? Okay. Apparently not. Then thank you, Miss Pulis. If you're ready
with your. Presentation, you may begin. You can tell what happened. What happened? I, a
lot of us are old, and so you need to speak up nice and loud. Okay? I make a mistake for the
days. Is there Tuesday I read the the water on Monday the 11 like she says. So I make a big
mistake for the first time. So this is it. And the next day I find out the notice. I never
have any notice before. It's going to be so and so and so. And now I have only Thursdays.
And the other piece of paper, they say Tuesday. Still, I don't know, but the only Thursday I am my number now
it's for Thursdays. So that's all I have to say. I make a big mistake. Have you been in compliance since she has been
in compliance? So I did speak with her. If you don't mind. I'll. I'll try to help her out some. We did the notice of hearing okay. With the notice of violation that shows it.
This is the notice of violation that we issued. And on the back is the water restrictions, times, dates. And when you can do them. And then there was the
fine sheet. So I don't see that they presented this piece of paper. And I don't know where this came from. The water. They said it was in our package, but
I, it doesn't look familiar to me in our package. Mike was the one who posted it. But this is something that we came to the
mail, but she said it was. So her thing is showing this says six seven is on Thursday. And then what were you showing them?
That there was something? Not really, I don't know. What piece of paper. They were trying to say. There was a two.
No, there was there was some Just grew up. I used to be Tuesday and Saturday because her address ends in a six. Yeah. Okay. And please, where's the
other one? Here. They don't they don't know. 6 or 7. If it ends in a six it's a Thursday. And this document here says
that. Two it's a Tuesday. So this is showing this is what they're trying to show us. This document here says six seven
Thursday. And the notice of violation your watering day would be Tuesday. So I'll go back to my sheet here which
they bring up a good point. Let me go back. Where did that sheet come from? Is that is that the city's that even says six seven. For so many years I
had a Tuesday and Saturdays. Okay. So. Mr. Boone, that that sheet, the blue one, is that the city sheet, is that something that was put out? And
how long ago was that put out? On? Yeah. I don't know why they want Tuesday. Good afternoon. I'm Holly Langston, the
sustainability program manager for the city of Tarpon Springs. So this is a flier that the sustainability division included in a utility billing.
And this is the correct date. So 6 or 7 Thursday. This comes directly from the Southwest Florida water management districts requirements. So it echoes what you see up here
that has been put on social media. If you go to the Southwest Florida Water Management District, you're going to see the same date. So I don't I can speak to this as well actually. Okay, so this is
correct. This is correct. I think what they're reading is about car washing, which technically right now under this phase three restrictions, you can only wash your car on
the same day that you can water on one day a week. However, our notice does say residential car washing, you can do even or odd certain days, but that would not apply to watering. That
does not apply to lawn watering. So I think they're just reading from an incorrect section. So it's consistent with what that correct. The messaging is consistent across the board for your watering. And I would also
like to point out that we've actually had only one day a week watering restrictions in the city of Tarpon Springs. Even prior to this water shortage order. So we've actually had those for many
years, just one day a week. But we are required by law to enforce that now. So my I'm glad she's here because one, I don't have my glasses, but that
was what they're calling. That's the car washing. Okay. So they're not wrong, but it says car washing right there. But that's why she's here to show y'all. And I'll pass this
around. This is what she received. This is correct to see it also. Correct. Thank you. I think that may have been I think this may be part of it.
That may have been also been. Thank you. Oh, okay. Yeah. Thank you. Certainly. Go ahead. A couple of questions. Yeah. Yeah. Could I ask a question.
Are you using potable water city water or are you on a well. You have a well. Okay. So are you using well water? Okay. Yeah. Another question, Colonel,
who was imposing the fine of $150. It's one that was every jurisdiction in municipality and county brought a fine
before their city manager. So a lot of jurisdictions are doing 196, some are doing 200. We chose 150 as a as a number here
for the city of Tarpon Springs, because we if we write a citation, it goes down to 49th Street at 169 plus court costs.
We're handling all this within our jurisdiction. So we came up with a lesser fine for compliance. So the fine that
the city is imposing for this violation is $150. Yes, sir. No court costs or anything of that nature. So my question now is to the chairman. What is this
motion about? That motion is I saw that motion that that motion would be incorrect. I'm sorry. That motion is incorrect. You would either find one. You can you would either find her
$150. You'd find her less than $150 or you'd not find her at all. Right. Those are your three choices. Doesn't apply as what we saw. Could I ask a
question, Miss Poulos, please? So are you were aware of the restrictions, though. But you just watered on the wrong day. That you believe or. No, I make a mistake. I make a big mistake.
I told you from the beginning. I thought it was Tuesday because I used to be Tuesdays and Saturdays. Right? Okay. For
37 years. So the first time I make a mistake with a day's. So now, from now on, I know only it's going to be Thursdays, right? But were you aware of
what they're showing now? Really? After after the, the I find out that my garage you weren't aware before what the particular. It was a day before.
What was the day before they put that thing on. Right. But you weren't aware of this before that. They put it on you. They posted as far as the restrictions. Yeah, they put them in my garage. So they
called my son because I can read the very, very good English. Right? So the day after. So I knew it. I make a mistake. No, I understand, I'm talking about before you got
that, did you know about the restrictions? No, that's my question. Okay. You were not aware. You just thought you had to. All of a sudden I found this one and say, what's that for? Okay. So I'm sorry. Thank
you. Have any further questions? Does anybody care to make a motion? And I'd like to point out to my fellow board members that that the fine if, in fact
you determine that there's a violation, does not necessarily have to be $150, it's within it's within the board's prerogative to either lower it
or completely do away with it. So does anybody care to make a motion in this case? Yes, sir. I'll make the motion. I move in
case number 26-80000827. To find the respondent, Dia Pulis, in violation of the City of Tarpon Springs Code of
Ordinances. 20-422043244 for the property located at 134614361436 Red Oak Drive and
to assess a fine and a total amount of $20. Second. Motion has been made and second, any discussion or we'll take a vote.
Let's take a vote then. All those in favor say yay, yay yay. All those opposed say nay and there's no opposition. The
motion passes. So the fine is what again? $20 to $20. Thank you so much. Thank you. You came in, you gave us a presentation, and you saved
yourself $130. First time in my life, I never knew the courthouse. Whatever. Okay. Thank you. Hey, Holly, will you at least talk to him and tell
him where to put something? And now you can afford to take your partner there out for lunch? Yep. Maybe Greek Isles or. Are
you sure you got a receipt? Can I have one cousin here? Well, this breakthrough to counties.
Okay, our next case again. I'm Anthony Boone, the supervisor of code enforcement. I've been involved in this case since I came back, and I was involved in this case when it originally
started and I was with the police department. So this case number is 248000355. So this
case was opened back in of of 2024 at 199 Grand Boulevard. The city of Tarpon Springs,
Katie A properties LLC for NFPA101 life safety code. So there's already been a board order on this and they've been
getting fined because they did not come into compliance, but they are now in compliance and have been in compliance since
May 22nd, 2026. Okay. So your previous board made an order on May 22nd that they hooked up to a sprinkler system. Okay. And
it passed through the fire marshal and everything. There are estimated fines that are due, which are estimated that you see here. Okay. That's all
done through the clerk's office, not my department, but the fines stopped on the 22nd of May. But since they're in compliance, I have a sheet that I'd like to present to the
boards to put them into compliance for that day. Okay. The fines are still outstanding, though. Yes, sir. There are fines due. What normally we do
is if you accept the affidavit of compliance at that point, they will have the opportunity to come back before you for a fine reduction. But we don't allow them to come back before
you until they've served. They've come in compliance and you've accepted the affidavit of compliance. All right. Fine. Thank you for the explanation,
counselor. Any other board members have any questions for the inspector? No. I'm sorry. That's okay. That was my fault.
Placed behind the house. Does anybody care to make a motion in this case? Okay. Yeah. Yeah,
I can do that. Can I get a volunteer? I got it, I got it, I'm coming up with it. It's.
All we really need is a motion to accept the affidavit of compliance and to, in the case of number 2480000355KDA
properties LLC. I move that we accept the affidavit of compliance and in addition, reduce the estimated fine to
$100 as opposed to 118,250. We're not here for a fine reduction. We're only here for affidavit of compliance. The property owner has to come
before you for a fine reduction. Then I move that the second portion of my motion be removed, and that we accept the affidavit of compliance and the
above mentioned case. Correct. Does anybody care to second that? I second. All right. Motion has been made and seconded. Any discussion? Apparently. Thank you for the
clarification. Yes, sir. You don't want to. Question city 188,000 bucks. Okay. Does. Okay.
We've made it. We've we have one more case. Yes. We have to vote on this. We're going to vote right now. Yes, sir. Okay. All those in favor of the motion that's been made, say
aye. All those opposed? Nay. Yay yay. And any nays? No. And the motion passes. All right. We'll go on to the next one. I think it's the last thing on
the agenda. Yes, sir. This is our last one on the agenda for today. Again, I'm Anthony Boone, the supervisor of code enforcement, was not involved originally with this case,
which is 2018 case. But I have been involved since I've been back with the city since
October of 2025. This case is 1880000373. James Bauer 722 Merlins Court, Tarpon Springs, Florida. The code violation was
accept ability to maintain trees and all the property within the city, and the exemption of. 13303 so this is
also a property that we've been working with. There's a new owner and he bought it knowing there was a code case on it.
There are fines due $274,753.50 on May 1st. The gentleman that bought it completely nuked the property. Okay. And he was so
nice. He had his neighbors go out and help him nuke the property. So not only is he happy, the neighbors are happy, and the house is in compliance. You can see it. So we were
happy to get him into compliance. And he understands that he will have to come before a board and ask for any type of reduction in the meantime. So I do submit the
affidavit of compliance and wish you guys would accept that. I move that in case 1880000373 James Bauer 272722 Maryland
court that we accept the affidavit of compliance as posted by the Code enforcement Board Inspector I'll second it. Okay. Motion has been made and
seconded. Any discussion? If there's no discussion, we'll take a vote. All those in favor, say aye. All those opposed? Nay. Yay yay. And anybody say nay?
There's no there are no nays. So the motion passes and I believe you have approvals for last month's minutes. All right.
Anybody care to make a motion? As far as approving the minutes from the meeting of May 14th motion that we approve the minutes of the aforementioned date. I'll second that motion
has been made and seconded. We'll vote. All those in favor, say aye. All those opposed, say nay. Yay, yay! And apparently there are no nays, so the motion passes. Okay, open to
the public. Is there anybody from the public that would like to make a comment on the record? Apparently not. Board and staff comments. Anybody, either on
the board or on the staff of the city. Care to make a comment for the record? Apparently not. I feel sorry for the ladies on the extreme
end. When I first went on the board many, many years ago, the first term, I was waiting to see if I'd actually get on the TV and I was in a seat at the
end. All right. And the only thing that I got on the on the TV, I told my wife, let's watch it on the public TV. You could see my hand was the only thing
that was the only thing in the angle. So I've worked very, very hard and over the years have managed. So I just want to encourage you, okay, that eventually you will be able to
move right in where they'll be able to spot you all the time. So just have faith. Anyway, as a matter of fact, I'd like to say that I started out at that
end, and as you progress through it, you get closer to this door and they just kind of move you right out. I always thought I got closer to being the center of the of the
situation. Anyway, if there's nothing else, I wish that everybody have have a good month and we'll see you next month. Thank you very much for your attendance and for your
insight today. Thank you. Thank you, chair and. Okay. We're.