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for our team member to take his seat or take his place i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all thank you gina is coming she'll be a little bit late she texting traffic so the April 9th 2025 meeting of the municipal Oh mic make sure you guys mics are on yeah mine's on
the uh April 9th 2025 meeting of the municipal code enforcement board is now called to order ladies and gentlemen the municipal code board is charged with conducting hearings to determine whether an alleged violation of the city code has occurred decisions made by this qualified judicial board will be based
on the evidence and facts presented this evening our meetings are conducted in accordance with Robert's rules of order and each case will begin with the city presenting its evidence of the alleged violation the respondent will then present his or her case both parties will have an opportunity to
cross-examine all witnesses the board members may question any witness comments by both parties must be relevant to the case persons wishing to speak will be given opportunity to do so by the chair and must address the board from the podium after giving their name and address upon request copies of
materials submitted by staff are available for review board members are reminded to obtain permission to speak that doesn't mean just put your hand up it means wait till I recognize you from the chair and questions of the city should be directed to the attorney for the city at this time I'll ask all
persons who expect to give testimony tonight to stand and be sworn in by the clerk if you're going to speak from the podium please stand up and and be sworn in do you swear or affirm that the testimony you you will provide this evening will be the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth thank you board as we normally do we'll be taking cases out of order our first case will be case number 250070 our next case is under unfinished business
that's case number 2454597 244597 case number three would be 24 also under unfinished business 242353 case number four is our first case on your list 244582 case number five is case
25636 case six will be 250086 and then we'll uh go back to the beginning and complete the ones we we didn't get to okay okay exparte communications at this time I'd like to ask the board members if they've had any exparte communications regarding any matters
coming before the code enforcement board this evening if you've had verbal communications please disclose the sum and substance of the communications when and where the communications occurred and with whom it occurred if you've had written communications please disclose the nature of the communications and
provide a copy to the city clerk to be filed in the record two I've had none i've had none i've had none i've had none i've had none i've had none thank you okay thank you Gina uh minutes everybody's had a copy to
review of the March 12th 2025 minutes if there's no additions corrections or revisions I'll entertain a motion to approve motion to approve we have a motion second motion and a second all those in favor opposed no nays motion carries
okay first case please david I I think we have also the February 12th that need to be uh approved also i believe changes were made to them is that what happened oh that's Yeah it's here yeah i'm sorry okay um has everybody had a chance to look at the February 12th revised
minutes i did does anybody have any additional changes or revisions to the revised minutes of February 12th if not I'll entertain a motion to approve the February 12th minutes move to approve we have a motion second motion and second
all those in favor i opposed no nays february 12th minutes are also approved thank you Ernie okay case number 250070 [Applause] case number 2500070 City versus Yanellis Pavon
Medina and Ro Pedro Diaz for the property located at 518 Coach Lane this case is before the board on an alleged violation of section 8-28A section one permit required the case will be prosecuted this evening by
code enforcement officer Tom Baron co-mp compliance office director Tom Baron the city has ev evidence that the notice of violation and notice of hearing were properly served thank you good evening tom Baron CO compliance this case this evening originated from a neighbor complaint that we received on January
6th 2025 when the neighbor stated that they were remodeling the structure without the required permits and the late night construction noise that same day I checked with permitting and was advised that no permits were issued for that location on January 7 2025 the
property was issued a stop work order by building inspector Matthew Cook on January 16 2025 I checked with permitting on the status of the after the-act permits for the new shed mechanical interior renovations plumbing and electrical and no application was
submitted at that time i prepared a notice of violation on that same day with a compliance date of January 31st 2025 i posted the notice letter at the front door of the violation and requested copies to be sent out certified in first class mail i also
requested a copy to be posted on electronic board at city hall for the 10-day requirement on February 2nd 2025 code staff received a phone call from the property owner Pedro inquiring about the permits i did receive an email on
March 13 2025 from permitting clerk Candace Willoughby stating that the plumbing application was not submitted and the three other permits electrical mechanical and air conditioning have been denied by the city planner Malik
Hall at this time I'd like to submit photographic evidence exhibit number one shows the front door posting of the notice letter on January 16 2025 exhibit number two shows the three sheds in the rear yard that were not permitted exhibit number three shows the new
construction material and the toilet bowls in the rear yard exhibit number four shows the new AC units on the rear wall of the new doorway entrances at this time I'd like to submit we'll accept those thank you yes rules do we not get the little
packet anymore the photos didn't come across [Music] they had the they had the photos okay [Music] so there we go
thank you Ernie as of today's date and I checked with the city planner Malik uh Hall he said all the permits have been submitted but they're all in plan check so as of today they're still out of the permits are still out of
compliance uh the family is here today um the father only speaks Spanish and I believe there's a translator i think the daughter is going to be the translator okay so excited to move just state your name and your address
okay hey so before we get started though um don't we have to have her sworn in as a translator yes she was sworn in so whoever who's the translator yep okay raise your hand face the clerk she was sworn in yeah but she wasn't sworn in as her as a true translation
david do you swear affirm that the translation you will provide from English to Spanish have the chance to ask is true and accurate oh yeah yeah yeah yeah okay floor is yours all right so first of all we want to thank you guys for
giving us the opportunity what's your name my name is Maria Amaro i am um Janelli's sister all right um so we did receive the code we were unaware that we had to ask for permits for everything since like they are um new home buyers and
they were in the process of having a baby while they were doing all that but um as soon as we received the first um the first notice uh we came to the CD to make sure we did everything right ever after that um we did stop the
work um as he said prior uh we are just waiting on whether it's denied or approved um when the talking about the sheds we did remove them which u they came last week to submit the plan saying
that they removed them and only left one of them and left them in the position that it was required cuz uh they said that it was too close to the fence so like too close to the street so we moved them more in and yeah uh we're just
waiting to see if we're approved or not um ever since we found out that we committed the violation we've been attempting to do everything correctly we submitted the um apps and yeah right now we're just waiting okay thank you any
questions for the code officer or responded uh I wasn't clear on the sheds uh was it close to the fence they they require a permit for these sheds the size and there's a setback requirement of five feet from the property line and
there was no setback they took the sheds and put them right up against the fence so you have to have a 5ft setback and I understand whatever they submitted for was denied that's one of the reasons that they didn't move the sheds away from the fence and also it also requires
a permit for that shed okay all right but there's two reasons why it wasn't approved thank you though any other questions yeah i just Go ahead but you said that there they've submitted new new permit requests and that those have are all in process of being they're all
check plan check okay okay okay and Tom what's the average turnaround for that um I'm I'm hoping we've seen families come here in front of somebody's somebody's mic we've seen families come here in front of the board for four
months waiting for a permit on sheds so I I'd hate to commit to say within 30 days they should get it but it could take longer than that it could take longer mr chair if we can just make sure u I'm not sure i know you you probably don't
speak English but are you understanding English i mean we've they've said a lot i don't know if the property owners themselves so if you would just tell tell them if they does it does he understand English no okay so just explain to him that we're trying to
understand the details of what what what occurred in the violation [Music] okay thank you i have two questions also uh one for her you live at the property right i do not you do not okay uh and how long can you ask them how long would
it take them i mean I know it's it's a process with the city and the turnaround uh but they did you hear anything from the city nothing so far when you s resubmitted we have not we resubmitted from the
sheds we resubmitted um last week so we haven't received anything from that but from the other violations we did receive like denials as he said and then we What's the plumbing includes that's the the toilet tanks that were stored in the back that kind of tells us
that the toilet tanks were replaced somebody's mic is not his mic um the indication was the two toilet tanks in the back in the rear yard indicate that the plumber needs to be changed out those toilets is that what you're inquiring about the plumbing yeah i'm
not sure what's the plumbing it's changing a toilet is requires a permit yes that's that's correct okay yeah any other questions okay you can you can all have a seat thank you all right
thank you no [Music] if there's no other questions I'll entertain a motion try this one okay so we understand just the the permit uh requirements the violation is the not having a permit so the cure is
to get a permit which is in the process of review okay and when you read the whatever motion you're going to read remember that it needs to be translated are you they're going to be reading a motion you'll need to translate it so kind of do it sentence by sentence so
she sentence by Okay all right in case number 250070 [Music] okay go what was that oh that's how that's that's the cadence that's that's how slow you're going to have to go okay okay
in case number 250070 i move that the city has proven by a greater weight of evidence the following violation of the city of Temple Terrace city code exist on the
property located at 518 Coach Lane with the applicable code violation section 8-28 subsection A subsection 1 permit required This motion is based on the sworn
testimony this board has received from the code director Tom Baron along with any other evidence including photos affidavits and the notice of violation
all of which received and entered as part of the record of this hearing i further move that SID violation be corrected on or before May
14th 2025 if the respondent does not comply with this order on or before that day they are ordered to pay a fine for
each and every day the violation continue past the date sit for compliance upon upon considering the following factors the gravity of the
violation any actions taken by the violator to correct the violation and any previous violations committed by the violator i move that the fine be $25 per day we have a motion
do we have a second a second a second were you able to explain was that Did we go slow enough for you they understand okay very good thank you okay we have a motion and a second any further discussion seeing none all those in
favor opposed no so come on up all three of you so they have been found in violation you let them know that they have until May 14th to get the permits
if they don't have the permits by May 14th um they'll they can come back here and ask for a extension there is no guarantee that we'll get one but they're welcome to come back and ask
for one if they don't come back they won't get one okay and there'll be a fine of $25 per day until they do okay but hopefully you'll have a permit by then okay can you get a get them to tell you
they understood good question so if we do get a response and like they deny the permits um do we have to like move everything back to how it was before that date before the set date well you have a
couple of options if let's let's just let's assume everything goes okay then then it's over you don't have to do anything but get the the right people to do the right work if it's denied again and you need more time to get it right you can come back in front of us and
tell us it was denied and what and why it was denied and then this board will determine whether or not to give you an extension if you don't have an extension if you don't if you don't get an extension and you'll be you know keep in keep in contact with with Tom um because if you don't get an extension then the
fine starts that night uh but if you do get an extension then you'll have more time to to uh put things back so just talk to Tom and and u and he'll help guide you as to what the best course of action is but hopefully it won't get denied you'll Okay
any other questions i know the question she's asking if they don't get approved for these permits what action will the city take if they don't get approved because they did some remodeling that may not be acceptable to the city so for the work
that they did so I think that's the question the lady of the war well if if again if it doesn't get approved they'll have to put it back to the way it was that's correct i But I'm just letting you know that's what I think the question so so if if ultimately it's not
it won't get approved and there's even with an extension there's no way to get it approved it will have to be put back to the asis condition the way it was before or they could speak with the inspector to discuss what it takes to get it approved or they can go for a variance i mean there's other avenues
they can go yeah there's Yeah but essentially they'll have to do some work on their I agree i agree i know time is gone for questioning but for Tom again any of their work you know like plumbing whatever other does it require engineers
no but they enclosed the garage uh the the garage they enclosed it to make it almost like living space and I think that's going to be one of the red flags so that's the I think the concern this evening that's the most concern yes yeah
it's not the the toilet or the that's No I don't think it's the issue of the toilets so the only one that needs engineering is the enclosure of the garage that would be correct okay and how did they close it how did they close it did they Doesn't matter yeah okay
yeah i don't know some people leave the garage door doesn't matter close it no it has to be approved it has to be like Yeah so bottom line is if it if it possible Yes uh one of them kind of does okay and are they around during the day
uh after like 3 okay okay if they need some assistance call me after 3:00 okay and um I can I can speak to them she was just wondering cuz uh if there was like an easier way to contact you cuz sometimes like they would call you and
like you won't respond just asking i usually I respond to everybody okay all right thank you you're welcome okay any other questions no thank you thank you okay next case next case is on the unfinished business
it's case 244597 city versus Matthew and Kelly Good God Good Godwin uh for the property located 88 Beverly Drive the deadline for compliance is midnight tonight good evening uh this is just a reminder
this was a case that was presented by me uh for three violations for outdoor storage uh sanit sanitation to keep premise clean accessory structures uh they were the family was here last month grant they
were looking for an extension the board gave us a 30-day extension I went and the next day after the last meeting I went the next day uh had a conversation with the brother here uh we walked through the property I told him what I was looking for uh I gave him 30 days i
went out there today and um I'm still not satisfied with what um the cleanliness of the property and I have two photos just to show you where we're at with this property so I'm here tonight to say I'm not in favor of a any
30-day extension so we'll accept the photos thank you yeah I I it's done i just now got it finished Tom it's all everything's finished everything you told me to do is is completed all the trash out front hold hold hold that thought thank you okay so
I I believe he took a lot of the equipment from the rear yard and he just threw it into the carport as you'll see the uh left-hand side of the uh structure this is the carport and it's just cluted with uh you'll you'll see
from the photos so so the family's here tonight and they'd like to speak to the board okay okay first I'll go um name and address please my name is Wayne Southernther 868 Beverly Drive couple terrace um the all
the stuff that structures is out front and trash out front has been moved um the barbecue grills and stuff that you asked me to clean up on the corner it's all clean and the backyard you asked me to clean the two walls and move the glass and everything all that's done i just now got it completed just now i had
four of my friends come over and we knocked it out and finish it so I you can drive by there and check it out if you want but I just got finished doing it just now and it is completed i did pile a bunch of stuff up behind the
fence in my carport because like I said I had three sheds y'all had me tear down and I have thousands of dollars worth of tools i'm not going to just throw my stuff away i do have it cluttered up in that one corner of outside my door it's pretty cluttered but like I said I had to put it somewhere you know and it's
not to where when you drive by you're looking up there and seeing at it you have to walk up there to see it but I had to put it somewhere i mean sir can I make a comment yes yeah absolutely i'll listen the board granted you 30 days and
it took you today to clean up the area yeah I'm Yeah i just don't What What did you do for the last 29 days i've been working and I've been working in the backyard like you asked me to okay so hang all I can say is you got to come look at it so Tom just for everybody's
education it's to if if you go there after the meeting tonight and it's cleaned up to your satisfaction there's it's it's within the time frame right yes okay so if it's not then the fines will continue will start at midnight
tonight understood and and continue until it's brought back into compliance understood i could always post do the inspection tomorrow morning and make posted for you today okay although it works but based on that amount of debris in that carport
I don't think I'm going to be Well the debris in the carport though was not part of the deal part of this because what you did sir you took all this stuff from the rear yard and you put it into the Okay you guys need to talk about that later that's um right now it's I I
have a question for you okay go ahead um so you're saying what we're seeing in these pictures is different than what you Yes sir yes sir i am all that trash that you're seen out in front in the front yard it's not there anymore the backyard
where he asked me to clean up against the two walls and move a couple things that I still had out i had like 40 pieces of glass is all gone and moved and the the carport is I'm not is cluttered yes it is but that was never part of what I was supposed to clean up
i was supposed to tear down three sheds in my backyard that mind you I've been paying taxes on for 10 years 15 years and I tore them down like like y'all as I'm trying to comply as best I can but I mean I have to put my stuff somewhere i have to have some time to do something
with some of my stuff i have a lot of tools i do construction all phases of construction and I have a lot of tools yes it's cluttered in my car for it and I will admit yes it is the question is we already I think it's not only the 30 days i think we extended we yesterday
he's tonight is the end of the 30 of the end of the deal right you know because I think we already extended it a couple of times if I'm not mistaken just when twice february 12th was the first code hearing name and address please yeah the
first time Matthew Godwin from one of the owners of the property okay february 12th is the first code enforcement hearing and then he was unable to comply then so therefore you gave us a 30-day extension january no no February to March oh February to March okay march
9th and and then and here we are in April or excuse me March 12th and here we are in April and um and as of this morning it wasn't completed okay so there was only one 30-day extension correct extension but you know we gave him 30 days before that before the extension correct yes that's what I'm
trying to tell him that you had you know I I I feel with you Tom and and you know you wait for 60 days and not and and and also just just to add I mean Tom was there before i had you wouldn't believe the stuff that I had in my backyard i
have worked at it I mean day and night a lot and I've I've gotten rid of Appreciate that sir but a lot of stuff unfortunately the only way for this to go away is for it to be completed right well I completed what I was told to complete my carport is You need to
figure discuss that yeah I'll talk so the only thing that this board has to make a decision on is whether or not to um make a motion for another extension if you're not going to do that then there's nothing for this board to do nothing well is there anybody Does anybody want
to make a motion for another extension can we do an extension for you know 5 days he said that he's cleaned it up he said he finished it right before he got here he got here a little late if Tom's willing to go down can they can they make an extension for 5 days instead of 30 can we say like five just I don't
know what Tom's schedule looks like so yeah give him a time i agree with you if if you did there would be no way to come back in front of you to ask for another extension but it sounds like what if you did give an extension today it would be
the very last regardless right um I think administratively are you able to handle uh an extension of five days with the deadline being would that be the Wednesday of next year 14th or a week if we want a week from today seven days
from today all right i mean you can yes you you're able to extend the deadline as much as you want but they need you need to realize there'll be no way to come back for another extension before the new deadline date i see where Brian is sorry so my comment
is I think Tom already said he would go by the property tonight or tomorrow morning and verify that the situation was under was in compliance or not and uh I don't see where giving him another
week is really my thought is okay maybe there was a misunderstanding and I I would hope not but a week it's not a lot but it's it's you know it's something you know if cuz if he goes by later tonight what do you have until tomorrow then he's going to
work all through the night people aren't going to do that like you know few days a week all I can tell you is if you if that's the motion you want to Make make the motion and we'll see where it goes all right uh so a week from today which would be I'm sorry you have a calendar
in front of you no I don't actually 16th um All right i'll do I'll make a motion to go to April the 16 calendar okay thank you seconds on that so that also includes the That's what I was just fixing to ask
the motion say the motion again please i make a motion to extend this till April 16th 2025 and then everything needs to be completed by then there was a motion is there just for the purposes of the record this means the deadline date this
Yes correct april motion on the floor is there is there anyone willing to give it a second second we have a second is there any further discussion oh go ahead i don't um I think there's been ample time for reme remediation of
like misunderstandings miscommunications i I think if we give the extension it it's just going to be one miscommunication after another and director Baron's time isn't free i think I think that's I mean at the end of the day we're looking at tying up city resources for what could end up being a
kind of a a whack-a-ole game that No and I I I totally agree however I mean we've given extensions on other things okay there's no photo go ahead Gina um I
mean clearly he's I I think that if he were to meet with Tom tomorrow to make to see what's underneath that carport and you can give him direction as to yes this is okay no you need to get rid of these things that would give
him ample time weekend whatever to take care of those things that's That's how I feel he's already said he can't get rid of this equipment it's equipment that's he's got in the in the carport that he's not going to that he has to do something with i understand that but but anyway what he's also
saying is those photos that we saw is not what it looks like now right and I he has already gotten rid of a lot of that stuff but he can't get rid of his tools so is pretty pretty packed up i
mean I'm going to admit it it is you're done more or less oh um where are your tools cuz they're not in that picture they're not i I had my I took I had three sheds completely packed full y'all asked me to take them down cuz I was too close to the property line too
close to that which you know I've had for years and years and years so I took all that stuff down like y'all asked me to so I took all my all the buildings down and I took some PVC pipe 20 foot pieces and I made a dome and put a tarp on it and I got a lot of stuff under there until I can figure out what the
city's going to let me do about putting something there to keep my tools and all the rest of the stuff I have piled in my carport so that's including like the ashtray and the like it's pretty it's pretty packed i mean I have a lot of stuff i do I do all phases of work con
concrete tile i build custom homes i mean I have a lot of stuff so Gina I I think those these pictures are are fairly accurate as of today if he hasn't emptied out the carport part but maybe maybe this is clean the carport part is definitely accurate picture y'all have but everything else I cleaned up i was
asked to clean up do you want to ask a question yes yes uh I I agree with Brian a week is is good because what he he seems to allude to that he doesn't know what's going on on his cardboard that's first thing and I wanted also this is
going to help you Tom give you a little bit amble time i don't want you to go tonight or even early morning and you have so many things to do that will give you that one week i agree on the mo you know the motion that Brian did just further discussion yes seeing none all
those in favor i we're going to do roll call starting with you i next I nay nay nay I so that's one two three motion to carry we have a majority okay
so now you've got until next Wednesday yes sir please meet with Tom i will i figure out what what needs to be done okay no problem now just understand that because it's only a week if you don't get this fixed by next Wednesday fines
will begin to acrue okay and I don't remember what they were but that whatever they we said they were two months ago 50 according to the paper okay can I just ask one thing um the carport was not part of the deal the carport was not part of the deal outback
was so if it's not sir ask Tom tomorrow okay all right all right thank you we can't help you with the cardboard okay thank you for coming next case please okay um this is on unfinished
business case number 242353 city versus James Allen Joyce Evans for the property located at 11305 East Queensway Drive the deadline for compliance is midnight tonight uh good evening tom Baron code director
for the city of Temple Terrace this was a case that I presented back on December 11th 2024 this was for a fire structure that was damaged uh for I cited them for a public nuisance uh for the the property has
been sitting idle for 90 days or more uh it's been uh Mr evans has been here each month updating the board on the status of the property uh a permit has been obtained by uh Mr evans for a demolition
of the structure and also he did notify utilities to have all the utilities disconnected at the curb line uh for when they uh demo the structure so uh as far as the uh extension other than
that no trailers were on the property that he stated were going to be there there's no trailers uh and there's no other progress on the property so I'm really not in favor of extending this additional 30 days because it only
takes 15 minutes to pull a permit and to go to utilities and tell them to disconnect the utilities that's another 30 minutes so what progress has been done in 30 days i really don't know so but Mr evans is here sir I I have a question you have a question for Hang on
Tom respond so if I remember last time there was one of the concerns was the progress on getting uh stuff out of the house right yeah and you're saying basically that didn't happen or has he was going to get trailers or something right that apparently he was concerned
about code enforcement enforcing the trailer ordinance against him right but there's no trailers at the property and nothing's been removed that I know of maybe I'm not there supervising the property 247 but I don't see anything removed from that property and as far as
the demolition piece is concerned uh I assume he would want his stuff out of there before the the demolition started is is there what's the process of the demolition and when does that actually start what is the That's up to That's up to him when he company how good's the
how how long is the permit good for six months six months right okay yeah yeah but you said he did remove the electricity so demolition could proceed if Right is that Oh yeah it's part of the process okay got you it doesn't take long to take a structure
like that down probably I would say two or three days i've seen five in the city at Temple Terrace where they remove the structure completely day or two okay tom um can you state for me exactly what you
need to see on this property just stated exactly what you need the nuisance building the structure to go away the nuisance of the structure it's the fire damage and it's a nuisance and he understands that oh yeah okay oh yeah
thanks I I hope so I mean at this point he's been in front of the board 3 months and asking for an extension but he had it right yes sir Mr evans you're welcome jim Evans 11305 East Queensway Drive
Temple Terrace 33617 um as a refresher we talked about this last week i told you I was getting a permit i did i needed an inspection by the inspector and he did uh things are disconnected uh I'm still getting a bill i I had everything disconnected a year
ago and I'm here i have to go back county is still billing me for they started billing me three months ago after this last meeting for a garbage pickup and I keep bringing in a bill and giving it to them there's no garbage pickup there's no garbage cans uh Mr bron is wrong the trailers are in the
backyard i didn't put them out front because I didn't want to be accused of not having a trailer on the or having a trailer on the property and let them come site me again for that um the property has been an insurance fraud fight all this time they're frauding me
not me them and um since our last meeting and I told you then that I would be happy to come back today to give you an update on where we were as far as letting the bids out because I was going to go ahead and at least start the destruction or even though I didn't have approval from the insurance company so
I'm putting my part of my my money on the line by tearing down the thing without the insurance company's permission um and I agreed to do that so I pulled the permit and I put the property out for bid i've gotten four bids from basically 50,000 to 80,000 to
tear the house down the in companies all all of them got prices from are like three to four month three months two or not three to more six to eight weeks out couple of months as there's so much work still from the hurricane to be torn down uh right now I've let the bid and it's
scheduled for May end of May but it may be able to go sooner i got a call yesterday asking if I had a problem with them moving it up until the end of April or the 1st of May and I said "Absolutely not i don't care if I
don't have my stuff out there i just want to get the damn thing torn down." So like I said I volunteered to come back this wasn't a it's not in my mind this is not an extension request is just giving you all an update of what's going on it's an insurance claim it's a fire i'm still living in a I'm now in an
apartment um they still haven't paid me for the apartment i'm paying for that out of my pocket i did get a letter from the county though that they approved my request or cut the taxes because the property was not livable and uh they agreed to reduce the taxes and give me a refund for last year just to summarize
you you have trailers on site you are yeah my I got two trailers in the backyard and I'm mostly Let me finish because I'm trying to cooperate but I mean No I get it i just want to I don't want to make sure that I summarize what you just told us all right everybody understands so you have trailers on site
you are in the process of getting your personal items out whatever you need to get out now I'm going through the house you have let a bid for the demolition that demolition could start as early as May 1st yeah it's going to be right at 5 the demolition starts then it's it's once it's complete then the violation
will be cured so if we gave you another 30 days which would be May 14th we should you should at least be right now the demolition is scheduled for the end of May yeah chance they can move it up it starts in the 1st you'll be everything will be done by the 14th
yeah if they get there if they get started hang on okay so does that fairly sum up what you what you've been trying pretty much yeah i'm going through the house every couple every I go there like two or three times a week by myself and I dig through
debris and fill up trash cans and go dump them in the trailer question do you have any emails or any bids that you're talking about for demo the contractor does i don't i just got a verbal from him okay i had the contract if you recall I had the contract in here for
the construction of the new home and the demolition there was a budget in there of like 25,000 i think we talked about that whoever he hired it was he had four bids and he I told him it was I we we agreed on the the $52,000 one i think the only reason I
ask is that's evidence of progress right that's and I know we talked about that last time that's why I bought the I brought the contract in from the builder and I went ahead and got the permit i mean I have a demolition permit that's progress and that's something that's been done to move forward on the house the original complaint was to secure the
home and it was secure i did that immediately and just like this fellow with the carport the carport wasn't on the original complaint i've been here for every one of his complaints and it was all his backyard and it started with a fire in his fire pit and the pit got out of control and it set something else on fire he cleaned up the backyard there
was never a mention whatsoever of that poor man's carport that's not in the in the deal so that's the same thing with this i'm trying to get the house demolished there's a time frame that I've got to work within and it's the nature of the beast you've had two
hurricanes a fire all kind of problems and I'm the one that's getting beat up and I'm getting frustrated i'm trying to comply i'm trying to do everything I can to move this along but there's you know I've got to deal with State Farm and I've got to deal with the with the market
and I'm doing what I can do okay so um your job here is again to determine whether or not um you want to make a motion for another 30-day extension and quickly for Tom excuse me I got a question for Tom go ahead um you brought
it to the board in December sorry you brought it to the board in December is that right or when was the original citation um well I had to the I had to wait for 90 days to expire uh so I allowed like six months the house sat there for 6 months prior to me taking
any kind of action so call was a chimney case it it it it started to progress soon as the fire happened but then we have to wait so I waited 6 months and then I issued a warning a door hanger and then the notice of violation probably sometime in November
okay so this has been going quite a while um for Tom again uh Tom do you do you think if we extended it 30 days that would be you know and that would be similar to what we did on the previous
case just for the convenient and as he mentioned it's a uh most of his deals were with insurance issues i know uh you know and now he's like he submitted the bids and they're giving him time you
know you can't just submit today and get two three weeks at least but as he's mentioning at the end of this month that would be probably satisfactory and it takes how long does it take to demolish they're estimating 3 to 4 days like he said it's a big
house and there's a lot of bricks and it's got to be broken down into because of the fire we talked about this last time and you were talking about having me come back in June and I said "I have no problem coming back next month." There's no insurance now so in my So we still don't have the insurance
compliance but I'm willing to go ahead i got enough money i I'll still fight them if I have to what do you mean by insurance compliance i don't They still haven't approved the interior that's been the big hang up but you said you got a check last time you said you got I got a partial check i
paid a partial yeah okay and I did get it you know uh they still have it you know he has a demolition contractor i went ahead contractor says he may be able to start by May 1st i I would just like to see proof of that that's that's
my thing i I honestly I can actually probably pull out my phone like I mean if that like cuz I I just want to see that yeah okay you got it on paper boom we can start like I'm I'm okay with extensions with that i just want to see
evidence of it you know whatever i can ask him to fax me over something or email me i called them today and left a message for them if they asking if they'd gotten an answer on that into April i said "I'm going to a meeting tonight and I'd sure like something if you could send me a text or anything if
they've gotten an answer on that April and my guess is they didn't get an answer as far as that end of April." So he didn't send me anything unless I've got a text i don't know doesn't mean I don't want to do No I understand full week thing well like I said I've done
exactly tonight what you asked me to do last week or last meeting i've complied with every single thing you've asked me to do and I brought in any chance of the trailers in the backyard do I have photos of them not with me you want me to run over there tonight y'all are going to be here
for a couple hours mr evans is correct the trailer is in the back but it's a utility trailer yeah and the trailer was on the side of the house and we was citing him for the trailer because it's got to be screened in from view so they put it he put took
that utility trailer and he put it in the back of the house as far as transportation his personal items it's hard for me to say but I don't Okay yeah i mean the stuff I'm getting out of the house is not major i mean I'm I'm still I'm digging for my grandmother's
china i'm digging for silver i'm What's the trailer for trailer's still load up what they're still like I've still got jacks i don't think they're destroyed i want to haul them out of there before they bulldoze a place floor jacks big commercial floor jacks i was I owned a
garage years ago you know so I've got floor jacks i got a huge tool box that's looks terrible but I might be able to save it and if I can't get it out of there by the time the demolition people show up I'm just going to let it go my big stuff that I'm after is
stuff that was left to me by my mother what's stopping you from filling up those trailers with whatever you want to take out of the house my health pray smoothly okay i'm try to get my kids over there and they're like "No Dad just let it go i'm sorry." But
um I've got a a young lady that's actually she's an insurance adjuster and she's been buried with all the flood stuff but she helped me during the process and then she got busy and I've been trying to you know I seen she'll come back over and help me because I trust her i've known her for years and
if you're digging through looking for a coin collection I'd rather have somebody I know doing that than somebody I don't i think we got it okay is there anyone willing to make a motion for an extension i'll make a motion for an extension 30 days well make it official oh I'm sorry
um I move to give an extension until May 14th of 2025 what case number oh sorry for uh case number 24 2353 um okay think we have a motion do we have a second second that motion to
second any further discussion seeing none all those in favor i I any naysay one nay motion carries okay so you have two nays two naysay motion still carries all right so you you have you have until
uh 14th or whatever the next Wednesday is 14th may 14th to bring the property into compliance which means um a tear down uh I think you know that um if again if that doesn't happen um and you want to try to get another extension you
need to come back and see us well I'll have the you know at the very minimum I have paperwork i'll even bring that back up and give it to somebody hope hopefully they'll be able to I can show it to Dallas he's a building inspector he's a building official so thank you sir all right thank you all have a good evening next case please the next case
is case number 24-4582 city versus Barney 66 for the property located at 12910 Terrace Spring Drive this case is before the board case in an alleged violation of section 8-102C roofs case will be prosecuted
this evening by code compliance officer Lorie Smith the city has evidence that the notice of violation and notice of hearing were properly served good evening Mr chairman board members lorie Smith Code Compliance this case originated proactively on October the 4th
2024 my inspection revealed a blue tarp on the roof indicating that the shingles were maybe damaged and the roof may be leaking which might admit rain into the structure at this time I left a door hanger with a compliance date of the 9th of December
2024 my inspection on January the 6 2025 noted there noted no change therefore a notice of violation was prepared with a compliance date of the 22nd of January 2025 no one was at home so I posted the notice letter at the front door and
requested copies be sent certified first class mail to the owner of record i also requested a copy be posted at city hall on the electronic board for the 10-day requirement mr chairman the contractor for the homeowner contacted me on January the 21st 2025 he stated there is
definitely a massive leak on the roof and he asked for more time to resolve this as this is an insurance claim a 30-day extension was granted until the 25th of of February 2025 at this time I'd like to submit photographic evidence
taken by me on January the 7th 2025 showing the violation accept those thank you thank you exhibit number one shows the notice letter posted at the front door exhibit number two and number three shows the blue tarp on the roof which may admit
rain into the structure um indicating that there is definitely some kind of something going on with the shingles on on the top of the roof as of today's date the site is not in compliance and I am seeking a ruling okay thank you any questions for the
code officer are they responded to yes sir they are and they would like to come up and and address uh the board sorry please mr 6 okay name and address please you don't need to come up unless you want to jeffrey
612910 Terrace Springs Drive thank you okay um so yeah we've received all the letters and all that i would like to just read an overview of the process we've been through with our insurance company and uh we hired a public
adjuster and our our roofer also so this is just a quick overview of all the back and forth that's been going on so last um May we we sustained wind damage to our roof which we did not know about until later in the summer and we this is
May of 24th yeah May 24th sorry um and so we didn't know about that till the summer and then when it started leaking in our garage we called a roofer Skyrark Roofing they came out and did an inspection found that it was leaking uh we filed a claim with our insurance
company on August 17th Heritage Insurance um and then on September 10th we received a statement from the insurance company that our claim was denied at that point we hired uh a public adjuster to take over because
they thought we had a good case and uh the public adjuster has been doing a lot of work at 9:26 region adjusting public adjuster inspected the roof and submitted a report to Heritage Insurance in December um and there was a delay in there
because of the hurricanes in December uh the adjuster sent an email stating that an engineer had determined that wind damage does exist contrary to the insurance company's opinion they secured a forensic weather report and submitted that to insurance they also stated that
repairs would fail to address the widespread damage and that a full roof replacement was necessary december 17th Heritage Insurance emailed that they did not agree to the full roof replacement but instead would would repair the shingles and then between December and
March they went back and forth talking about can we do a full No we don't want to do a full repair this is why I mean so there was a lot of and we have lots of documentation um on February 13th Heritage Insurance
requested a repairability assessment score on February 26th Skymark Roofing sent a letter with photos to Heritage stating that the roof was not repairable march 5th Region Adjusting had another engineer inspect the roof who agreed that a full replacement was
warranted um March 10th Region Adjusting was still going back and forth with Heritage regarding our claim and then just the 28th of last month uh Skyark was required to take more photos of the roof to submit to insurance so we've been going back and forth with insurance
where do they stand today today um the regional adjuster and the public adjuster and uh Skyark and the insurance companies still do not see eye to eye um so my understanding and I talked to Heritage today um they are waiting for
um they are waiting for a repair estimate from the roofer the problem is our roofer does not agree that it's repairable so there there's kind of an impass there is there any kind of mediation clause or there is mediation
possibility um we've been trying to avoid doing that um which is why we hired the public adjuster to begin with begin with so um going forward for me I need to uh talk again to the public adjuster find out what the issue is
exactly it can they can they do this and if they can't then we need to make it I mean we need to fix our roof we understand that understood yeah I understand any other questions go ahead and vote is there a possibility that you could select a
different roofing company to assess the the damage i mean it sounds like it's it you've had what two at least two engineers out there right yeah yeah so we've had our roofer um and then the public adjuster and they
both say that it's not repairable and then they've hired engineers to come out and look at the roof and say it's not repairable what's a just educate me what's a public adjuster what is that what so my understanding is they're a
state certified roofing uh or Yeah I think primarily roofing um and so they're they serve as an intermediary between customer and insurance companies okay yeah brian probably knows all this i do
i'm I'm familiar with Is that good uh I don't so the insurance company has adjusters on their side and then a public adjuster is someone who operates for the public's side and they are claims adjusters however it's a very different license and they look at
things differently because they take a percentage of whatever it is that you get paid out y So and the public adjuster hired an engineer and then that your your general contractor hired a different engineer and they both came to the same conclusion correct my
understanding yes okay yeah so again this board's decision is whether or not to give this gentleman a a 30-day extension actually this Oh I'm sorry case is not We got We got to find out
got to find if he's in violation i'm sorry my mistake wake up David yes wake look up i'll go ahead and do this one here it's a violation here what let's Hold on any other questions before we begin okay please right in case number
24-4582 I move that the city has proven by greater weight of the evidence of the following violations of the city of Temple Terrace code exist on the property located at 12910 Terrace Springs Drive
violation section 1-102 subsection 13 subsection C and let me stop you right there it's 8-102 oh get my glasses um so start over
let's from the beginning um that would probably be the best what was that again that would probably be best okay in case number 24-4582 I move that the city has proven by a greater weight of the evidence of
the following violations of the city of Temple Terrace City Code exist on the property located at 12910 Terrace Springs Drive section 8-10 subsection 13 subsection C
this motion is based on the sworn testimony this board has received from the code enforcement officer who was that lori lorie Smith lorie Smith along with any other evidence including photos affidavit and the notice violation all
of which is received and entered as part of the record of this hearing i further moved that said violation be corrected on or before May 14th 2025 if the respondent does not comply
with this order on or before that day they are ordered to pay a fine for each and every day for the violation continue past the date set for compliance upon considering the following factors the gravity of the violation any action
taken by the violator to correct the violation and any previous vi violations committed by the violator i move that the fine to be $25 per day we have a motion do we have a second second motion to second all those in favor i opposed
no nays motion carries so your property has been be found in violation you have until May 14th to get the roof fixed essentially um if that doesn't happen you need to come back in front of us and um at that point you can request an extension um I can tell everybody
there's no guarantee you will get an extension but you're welcome to ask if you don't show up you don't get one right okay um good luck with the insurance company and um good luck with your roof thank you all thank you sorry you had to go through it next case is
case number 25-06 versus Metro Plaza LLC for the property at 10602 North 56 Street the case is brought to the board based on alleged violation of 28 subsection A subsection one
permits required case will be pro prosecuted this evening by code compliance officer Doug Allen the city has evidence that the notice of violation and notice of hearing were properly served good evening Mr chairman and board members doug Allen code compliance officer this case was
referred to community by community development on February 7th 2025 for non-payment of an electrical permit for a newly installed sign for the tenant storefront i generated a notice of violation on February 10th 2025 with a
reinspection date of February 13 2025 i hand delivered the notice to the property representative Mr mubarak and a copy was posted at city hall on the electronic board for the 10-day requirement and copies were mailed both certified in regular mail to the address of the owner of record my reinspection
on March 27th showed no change so I prepared a notice of hearing on that date and the case was scheduled for the April municipal code board meeting this time I'd like to submit uh evidence from February 7th and that's it february 7th
very good we'll accept that thank you one is a copy of the affidavit of service and exhibit number two is a copy of the stopwork order from the city's computer system with the amount due the site is not in compliance and I am seeking a ruling good any questions for
the code officer yeah oh go ahead uh it's it's a uh it's a storefront uh sign above the building correct and why is it isn't it the business that's supposed to get the permit
there was two permits required one for the installation of the sign and another one for the wiring so the sign company apparently did acquire the permit and pay for the permit to have the sign installed and an permit was issued for the electrician to wire the sign but he
never paid the permit fees okay so it's the issue of this paying the payment correct okay then now I understand okay well you had a question uh that that was the same question question okay and and now also the tenants moved out of the
site so Oh okay oh any other questions and the sign is up been paid pardon me has it been paid no that's why it's here that's just confirming not in compliance and the respondents are here yes they
are would they like to approach you're welcome name and address please um Salam 1740 North 56th Street Temple Terrace 33617 uh my name is Habibar and my address is
10426 Cypress Trail Dr orlando Florida mr chair if we can just also get their relationship to the uh to Metrop Plaza LLC going to get to that are you are you the tenant property manager yeah I am a leading manager for the company so I'm
just Are you the property manager yes no I'm not i'm just a leading manager he's not here at the moment you're the what a leading manager leading manager what is that so basically anything with leasing and all this leasing managers i thought you said leading manager leasing manager you're the leasing manager you're the
property manager i'm a leasing manager too oh you're both leasing manager yeah the property manager couldn't be here so we here on his behalf but you're not the tenant no no we're not the tenants all right thank you so we're just here to let you know like we tried to contact the tenant many times ever since Doug came in you know um she just kept coming
with excuses you know and then after that like after a month she provided us with proof of her paying the company right so we tried to submit that to Doug and he was like that's not just the one permit there's another permit so we tried to request that from her um she's
just blowing off completely so we tried to actually reach out to the company itself you know the tenant is blowing us off so we'll reach out to the company itself uh the company's denying of them doing any electrical work which we're really confused about like we don't know understand how are you denying that work
um you know you did it you know your name your number everything is on there we got the same information from Doug as well we confirmed it he's denying any of the work so we're just here to know what to do next you know somebody's got to
pay for the permit yeah that's that's that's violation of not having a permit the reason you don't have a permit is because it hadn't been paid for um I assume that the the work's been inspected and it's it's the electrical work is up to code and all that good
stuff or or don't we know just want to make sure there's not nothing bigger going on here no fire risks sorry dallas house building official if the permit hasn't been paid for we can't do any inspection can't inspect it so you don't know if it's done right or not yeah we haven't
been able to look at it the sign installation may have been already approved but the electrical work hasn't okay does it light up okay but that doesn't mean it's done right so yeah so so explain that explain to the
board let's assume worst case scenario that they somebody pays for the permit and you go out there and find out that it's not installed properly that's a new violation yes okay thank you just curious how much is the permit for electrical permit depending upon that
the base fee is about $90 okay i thought this permit was $400 and something i'm not sure i I didn't look at it before I came in so $444.50 $444 what that means is it was done prior so there's a stop world court
openings is a $350 fine placed on it and the permit itself the regular fee of the permit will be doubled plus the taxes and everything else thank you i I have a question go ahead uh for the code enforcement if they go ahead and remove the
sign what what would be the outcome still if they remove the sign like as if nothing happened before well the electrical work is still done sign electrical are done no the electrical work I think is just connecting the sign to electrical that's the what they call electrical and it's required maybe the
sign wasn't there before somebody had to run power to it oh oh okay i think he's asking what what what would it take to be to be in compliance what what's going to happen permit fee pay the permit fee no they can't just remove the the sign and and disconnect the electric the only way
to secure the violation is to pay the fee and uh you you say the tenant you you just you manage the plaza i'm familiar with that plaza but I'm not aware where you're talking about which which store is it but uh you so they they had a business mhm they submitted
all this and they they just left with 400 and so much money to pay for a permit mhm um so they're they don't exist anymore they don't Well we still have like her name her phone number you know we still have her stuff she's in default of her
lease it's terminated all that we're trying like to reach out she's literally she's not answering right um she had no deposits and nothing you know to kind of like we're we're trying you know we're literally trying to reach out to her the last thing I know is I think we got it but just so you understand that the
violation is not paying the fee for the permit which was $400 and some odd dollars 400 yeah and that's the only cure so if there's no other questions I'll entertain a motion is I actually have a couple of questions if Go right ahead ernest Mueller on behalf of the city are
you employees of Metro Plaza LLC LLC yes all right and you understand that if they enter an order and and a fine and no one pays uh the the electrical permit and a daily code enforcement board fine begins to
run that will be a lean against Metro Plaza's property yes okay yeah um we know all this it's just like this issue with this specific tenant that was it that's all that's happening so is there a way that we can like request this in the tenants's name or you know it has to
be on Okay okay and how we could pay the fees like which ways do you guys like going to bill us or what what is the ways to pay you can bring a check down to down down to candy the hall and candy hand it to
the permitting people and um they will no who they who do they give it to give it to you that's way too easy inspection the only person that can pull the permit is the contract electrical contractor
himself or his authorized agent oh so they they can't they can't fix this then it's going back so I'll look into it tomorrow i'll call the electrical contractor he'll have a choice A choice B come pay for your permit or B we send
a violation to the state okay we can So now I'm confused so we have we have filed a a violation against the property owner for not paying for a permit but you're telling me that even if they brought money down you can't
take it no because because the permit has to be issued in the license holder's name which is the contractor but did the contractor apply for the permit that's the electric that I haven't looked deep into this let me look into it and find out i'll get you my card call me tomorrow no problem let you know what's
going on well I think I think the Ernie sounds to me like we need to continue this that's what I'm thinking yes i would continue this case for 30 yeah till next month um and hopefully Dallas will have looked into this but I want to be clear if if
the contractors applied and all that's we're waiting for is someone to give us some money we don't necessarily have to have the electrical contractor pay us the property owner could pay us correct but the permit has to That means the permit's being issued
i have to issue the permit in the contractor's who's already applied yeah but he has to be the one that picks it up or his authorized representative they can be paid for without being picked up once once it's paid for it's issued yeah
but you is there a distinction between issued and picked up yes no so they can pay for it and it's just not it's issued but it's not picked up until they till the electrical contractor comes down and picks it up but no but paying for it is pick is all right we're going to
continue this and you guys are going to figure it out you're going to bring it back next month okay yeah that's why I had I had Okay so I need a motion to continue please no more questions yeah i'm no questions no no more questions we need I I need a motion to continue uh I
I I have a motion uh for case number 25-0636 uh city versus Metrop Plaza to continue for the next meeting dated uh to continue this case on May 14th 2025 till they straighten out this case
we have a motion do we have a second second second may 7th it's May 7th no it's No that's wrong may 14th that's the wrong May 14th is the right date the calendar is wrong second Wednesday yeah so okay yep oh yeah yeah it's always the second
Wednesday yeah yeah 100% and I'll second that because I know we have a motion we have a second any further discussion rehear this case again have to present it seeing none all those in favor opposed no nays okay so here's what's happened we have continued your case which means no action has been taken
until May 14th you guys have until May 14th to get with with the building department code to figure out how we can make this go away okay all right all right either and the quite frankly the best way would be to get the contractor
to come down with you whoever's whoever's paying for it okay come down together and that way somebody can pay for it somebody can take the thing if they're not going to pay for it and you're going to pay for it but ultimately if the fines begin to acrue they're going to acrue against you and
your company and your property yes okay all right and I don't think you want that thank you all right thank you the next case is case number 25-000086 City versus Michael Morris for the property located at 13105 North 52nd
Street the case is before the board based on an alleged violation of section 8-2A subsection A subsection 1 permit required the case will be prosecuted this evening by code and compliance officer Lorie Smith the city has evidence that the notice of violation
and notice of hearing were properly served good evening again Mr mr chairman board members lorie Smith code compliance this case was originated by Director Baron on January the 7th 2025 for concrete work without a permit my inspection revealed the garage floor had
been built up and the front steps had been widing widened walking up to the front door at this time I left a door hanger with a compliance date of the 17th of January 2025 my inspection on January the 20th 2025 revealed no change therefore notice of violation was
prepared with a compliance date of February the 12th 2025 no one was at home posted the notice letter at the front door and request the copies be sent certified first class mail to the owner of record i also request that a copy be posted at city hall on the electronic board for
the 10-day requirement at this time I'd like to submit photographic evidence of the violation taken by myself on February the 4th 2025 and a screenshot of the stop work order in Central Square good thank you
[Music] exhibit number one shows a notice letter posted at the front door exhibit number two shows there's some some concrete concrete work that was done in the garage without the required permit the floor is lifted uh exhibit number three
uh is concrete work front of the structure exhibit number four is also concrete work front of the structure the structure mr chairman on February the 11th 2025 Abraham the prospective tenant contacted me and stated he is working with engineers on a diagram that they
will be submitting to the city for approval to resolve the violation as of today's date the site remains out of compliance and I am seeking a ruling very good thank you uh Lori can can you pop those pictures back up Tom yeah one
in the front of the house with the steps the next one yeah I think I get the right case just do me yes sir oh next one after that okay it's a slideshow i I got it okay there we go can you stop it i can't stop it can't stop it
okay so that picture there that one is this new construction uh no sir there was some uh the steps were already there initially um no I'm more concerned about the lack of of grass and everything that's Oh no and about the lack of grass okay so so in addition to the steps
there was some excavation going on yes sir there was some ex some excavation going on um out out in front and there was also some work that was being done um in the uh in the garage okay any explanation of what's going on in the garage i've not seen that before
i I I have not either that was kind of a a surprise um so I'm not I'm not sure that's probably more of a a building building department question than a than a code department but as of right now it's not in
compliance no sir it's not and is he responded here yes sir he is and he would like Please sir for uh can we can we ask Lori before she goes away go ahead yes Lori i'm sorry one more question one more question uh Lori the garage it looks like also
there is a new slab there yeah they built it up all right that's That's what it looks like it's like a new slab to make a room or closed but it's not it's not all the way it's it's only a partial slab that's a No it's full of slab
see that bucket that bucket's below that new slab oh oh I see maybe that's going to be close down and address the board please i am Michael Morris i live at 1365 Morris Bridge Road in Ottawa Sasa i am the
owner of this property i will tell you what I know and I'm probably going to just have to ask you for where we go from here um I I bought this property long story short at foreclosure i have a per had a person lined up who
wanted to buy it and we entered in a contract of sale in late August he is in the process of getting a divorce and so he wanted to postpone this sale until after his divorce was final which he thought would be in March
so I had my lawyer draw up a a lease saying he would leave a substantial non-refundable deposit and we were under contract for sale and he has been I' I've never lived in this property i've never I've never done any work in this
property so he has been there he has been had access to this property since the end of August he has done this work and any notices were served at that property i the first thing I got was two
weeks ago hanging from my door in theatasa um I did not get a first class mail i did not get a certified mail um so I went down to the building department and I said what do I do and they said he he's already hired a
general contractor an engineer an architect is supposed to get a survey apparently he's working on it i'd asked him to be here he told me he'd be here by quarter after 7 he's stuck in traffic he lives in Yolago and I was told "Get the general contractor and shake him and tell him
get these permits in." I assumed that that was figurative not literal but I have been talking to him every day including today and on Sunday I met with him so that we could notoriize the statement i have to notoriize this as the owner he told me he's still waiting
as of yesterday he was still waiting for the electrician to sign off on something and I know he's working on it i don't know what I can do okay help me a couple questions so when you bought this house in foreclosure Yeah none of that work
was done correct so does who owns the house currently i own it but I've never lived in it okay I understand did And I've never How was he able to do that work without your permission he leases that property and he's has access to
that so he's paying he Oh he pays a monthly rent okay but you own it yeah no I can show you the Did you have any idea that he was doing all that did you know he was doing that work he told me he was going to do work but I didn't know he was going to do this extension this man work and all
that i mean I I assumed he was going to you know the carpet was a mess i thought he was flooring and painting and that sort of thing and I didn't know he's going to clean it up can Can you solve the mystery of why he put raised half the
floor in the garage um I don't know i I wish he was here so he could I I Man what timing all right hold on before you say Hold on stand up okay you're going to have to raise your right hand pace her
do you affirm that the testimony you will provide the board this evening is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes ma'am okay um hang on have a seat we'll call you up yeah yeah i'm I'm still on board here anyway he he he's better to answer
that than me okay so you own it he leases it right he's he's currently he's the one dealing with all the permits and the engineer and etc etc and he's going to give you a lot more information will you begin telling us stuff state your name and address please uh my name is
Abraham Ben Simon and I live in uh 1119 Breeze Drive Largo Florida uh 33770 so you don't live at the house that it's under uh not yet because of the situation that happened we actually get
uh uh the line went down from the hurricane so that's how everything started the remodeling the line went down tree fell on the line and at that time we decided to take the opportunity and move the line in ground so we called
Tiko and asked if we can do it uh somebody spoke to us on the phone and they said "Let me stop you there what does the electrical line falling down have to do with you pouring concrete in the front steps yeah they're just asking question we asked somebody and they told
us that we can do 100 square ft uh without a permit so a ledger line has nothing to do with the work out front no but that's that's why I cannot live in the house basically because it has no electric and since the house is on a pump if there no electric
there's no water why did you raise half the floor in the garage why did I raise the floor because I wanted to build a room in there oh okay and also when I when after the hurricane the whole garage was flooded
that's how we decided to lift the floor uh the door of the garage was all rotted and the AC air handler was in the garage and it was all flooded so we took the air handler out threw it in the garbage the garage door went down so that's how we
came up with the idea okay we're not going to wait for another flood we need to raise the floor and maybe we can build a bedroom in there but we raised the floor that's what we did okay so tell me where you are as far as getting permits uh the contractor just finished
because he went to the building department he asked them what needs to be done first they told him "Oh you need to take a survey." Then they came back and said "You don't need a survey." We checked it and just yesterday he pulled went and submitted all the permits which
was mechanical uh plumbing electric and general so everything was submitted yesterday already can we did we Hang on a second did do we have record that we received them no
i pulled looked at the applications prior to coming in here this evening and the new permit applications have not been received at this time according to our system who did he give them to not sure okay Dallas I have a question hang on
hang on hang on sir can you come back up so nobody in the city has a record of of your application being submitted just so you know okay i I think it's in the building the building department that's the message I got from the general building department is
standing behind you and they have no record of receiving it i can I can ask and I can get an answer right now for you're going to get an answer tomorrow but you you had a question yeah is a notice of commencement required for this type of work everything was done i'm
asking Dallas i'm sorry if the value of the project's over over $5,000 yes the notice of commencement is required and that notice of commencement has to be signed by the owner the owner of the property yeah i had it notorized on Sunday oh you had that completed i met with the general contract on Sunday and we did it got
you all right so he's got all the paperwork to submit we just the He told me he was he needed to get a sign off on the electrician that was the last thing we heard yes a and okay it's neither here or there okay thank you sir any other
questions if there's no other questions I'll entertain a motion i'll do that we are on U8 yes yes in case number 25-000086 I move that the city has proven by the greater weight of evidence the following violation of the city of
Timble terrace city code exist on the property located at 13105 North 52nd Street with applicable code violation section 8-28 subsection A subsection 1 per permit applications
this motion is based on the sworn testimony this board has received from the code enforcement officer along with any other evidence including photos affidavit and the notice of violation of all which received and entered as part of the record of this hearing i further
move that the SID violation be corrected on or before May 14th 2025 if the respondent does not comply with the order on or before that day they are ordered to pay a fine for each
and every day the the violation continue past the date set for compliance upon considering the following factors the gravity of the violation any actions taken by the violator to correct the violation any previous violations committed by the violator i move that
the fine be $25 per day we have a motion do we have a second second motion in a second any further discussion seeing none we got the second okay thank you um seeing none all those in favor i opposed no nays motion carries so the property
has been found to be in violation you have until May 14th to get a permit or any permits that you need uh and that brings the property into compliance for that violation the permit gives the city the ability to inspect the work and that
may generate a new violation since you've already done work without a permit so just be aware of that okay any questions okay i got a question for the city real quick um if the violation goes and
starts to acrue would that affect the sale of the house like would they have to since it's getting levied against the house would you have to get a new like enter into a new contract with this violation now added to the home like you would normally do yeah if if we record
the order then it will become a lean against the property itself and then of course that would you know have to be addressed at the time of if the property sold yes once it's recorded what's that if if it becomes a violation
and once it's recorded once if if once the order is recorded it will become a lean but it won't get recorded until after the deadline date but if I mean so just out of curiosity where were you where were you a doctor at oh I'm a veterinarian you oh you're a
vet okay well thanks I have many animals okay any questions questions for the Oh me yes sir what's up um have you uh requested for um a license and insurance
of the contractor that's doing the work i have not um I mean I it's on the paperwork that he filled out yeah it's Elite Builder so I and I I know the place i'm sure they're licensed and you know have insurance
recommended i've gotten I've gotten bids from them before they're they're pretty decent all right so anyway you have until May 14th to get the permit all right if if for some reason you can't get a permit by May 14th I will come back you need to come back and see us
okay yeah i I'm kind of in a We understand not perfect position we understand the I have just one comment but you might I don't think it's time for a comment no no it's not a comment it's unfortunately both of them don't live in the city they they Oh he owns
the property but no he doesn't live here doesn't matter you still have to okay dr morris sure can you get your tenant to sign up for spelling of his name oh Abby um on the way out yeah a little humor for you David so you can loosen up all right next case please next case is case
number case number 25-0087 City versus Phillip Lightfoot for the property located at 504 Lon Circle this case is before the board based on alleged violation of section 8-10213H windows and exterior doors the
case will be prosecuted this evening by code compliance director Tom Baron the city has evidence that the notice of violation and notice of hearing were properly served good evening Tom Baron code compliance this case originated on January 7th 2025 when I noted the garage
door had fallen off the tracks and was in disrepair that same day I issued a door hanger with a reinspection date of February 1st 2025 on my reinspection on March 12th noted no change therefore I prepared a notice of violation on the
same day with a compliance date of March 24th 2025 since no one was home I posted the notice letter at the front door and requested copies be sent out certified in first class mail i also requested a copy be posted on electronic board at
city hall for 10 days requirement on my compliance inspection I noted no change to the garage door at this time I'd like to present photographic evidence that was taken by me uh number one exhibit number one reveals the posting of the notice letter at the front door exhibit
number two notes the damage to the garage door i'd like to submit at this time we'll accept that thank you as of my inspection today noted u the garage door still remains out of compliance mr lifewood is here this evening to speak on his behalf okay uh
any questions for code so there's a tarp on the Yeah the blue tarp blue tarp yes but is there a door behind the tarp or um I've never seen I thought in the beginning I thought I saw the a panel or
three panels collapsed inside the garage and the one panel on the bottom but I'm not 100% sure but still I know it's off the tracks okay um and I don't know what caused it to be honest doesn't matter thanks
sure you have to stand up oh it's okay she's going to sway you in so you could you could raise your right hand hey stand up you need to stand up he has to stand up i can't hear her very well you have to stand up
can he Can he raise his right hand can you raise your right hand sir do you swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give is the truth and the whole truth and nothing but the truth i do thank you do you want to present do you want to say anything to the board
i don't really have a case okay can I help him out a little bit sure sure okay um I'm here representing Hang on we need to get you sworn in yeah you got to get sworn in there do you swear or affirm that the
testimony you will provide the board this evening is the truth and the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes ma'am okay name and address name and address uh go ahead lenor Nance 50 step up to the podium lenor Nance 504 Lantern Circle what's your relationship to the
respondent um that's my uncle my uncle my uncle okay okay um he Okay we're really just ple throwing oursel at your mercy to tell you the truth honestly um he is on a fixed income now and um he has had he's
been in the house for 30 years we just paid it off um had some damage from the storms they did not cover much we had a tree that was on the h on top of the back of the house we couldn't even access the house we had to take care of all of that getting the tree removed
getting it taken down the ceiling even inside the house we had to have repaired because some of that was coming in so um the garage door was previously had previously been slightly damaged but when the storm came it turned it in like that in trying to fix it to get it back
so that we could go move it up and down um it came off the tracks so it looked better to me in my opinion to completely remove it off of the tracks as opposed to having it half hanging there so I did that and got a tarp to put it on
however it's going to be a minimum of $2,500 for him to fix this his income is 21,100 per month so we have been looking around and trying to see if we can find maybe a
used door or something to get it put um to get it put up but please he just paid his house off um we need a little bit more time with this or something because of all the other repairs that he's had to do and
he's by himself he's been by himself you know till I came we have done well with our yard now we didn't get one citation for that this year but um it's just it's a lot of stuff i'm coming in i'm trying to help him get the house back up to par and stuff and get it updated and
everything like he he needs probably eventually he's going to sell and downsize that's my suggestion to him because of the actual maintenance of a home is a lot and it's a lot for him and I'm finding out that it's a lot for just me because I don't have the knowledge to
do the things to upkeep a home myself you know understand what I'm saying like if I had a husband it would be a little better and you know he's a little older but I mean I don't know how much time you guys can give him with this but I mean and I'm sorry Tom that I didn't
reach out to you but I I don't have my other you me in my phones and I lost your number and I did mean to reach out and I'm sorry about the communication because I know if I would have communicated better we probably wouldn't have been here today so I apologize for that but we question for the respondent
yeah I just go ahead so I guess it's not the way you describe the door it's not possible to rehang the door that even if you did it wouldn't I don't know if that would be in compliance anyway yeah we just take the tarp down yeah you have to have a garage door you
have to have a door um am I right on that i just want to make sure they're required i mean I have been cleaning it up so garage floor oh god so why don't why don't you do that okay
so I will but Okay can you just give me a couple days just so I can finish like tidying it up a little bit the board I believe will grant you we have Okay let me explain what has to happen first we have to find you in violation or not in violation okay if you're found to be in violation you will have 30 days to get
to bring the the property into compliance yes sir so that'll give you time to do whatever you got to do if for some reason you're found in compliant found not in compliance and you need more than 30 days you have to come back to us in 30 days tell us why you need 30 days and you can ask for an extension
there is no guarantee you will get an extension but you can ask if you don't show up and your 30 days is up you will not get an extension and the and the fines will continue to acrue but first steps first we have to find whether or not you're in violation okay okay but it
sounds like that if they just take the tarp down then they'll be in compliance i just want to clarify that is Yeah i based on what the building official just told me yes if you have a garage door it has to be a good working order and apparently this was not a good working
order garage door so if they remove the garage door itself then they'll be in compliance okay okay any other questions for the respondent and I think remove the tarp also yes yes while you're at it okay uh seeing none
I'll entertain a motion i can do this one thank you all right in case number 25-000087 I move that the city has proven by a greater weight of the evidence the following violation of the city of Temple Terrace City Code exists
on the property located at 504 Lantern Circle 8-102 subsection 13 subsection H this motion is based on the sworn testimony this board has received from code enforcement director Tom Baron along
with any other evidence including photos affidavit and a notice of violation all of which is received and entered as part of the record of this hearing i further move that said violations be corrected on or before May 14 2025 if the respondent does not comply with this order on or before that day they're
ordered to pay a fine for each and every day the violation continues past the date set for compliance upon considering the following factors the gravity of the violation any actions taken by the violator to correct the violation and any previous violations committed by the violator I move the fine be $25 per day
we have a motion do we have a second second second second wow ryan made the second good job okay um any further discussion seeing none all those in favor i opposed no nays motion carries so the property has
been found to be in violation you have until May 14th to bring the property into compliance if you have any questions about what that means no sir uh well if you do you can talk to Tom about that okay if for some reason you cannot bring the property into compliance by May 14th you need to come
back here and uh ask for a an extension there's no guarantee you will get one but you you can ask for one okay any other questions no sir all right thank you have a good evening thank you my God is good next case please the next case is case number
25-0445 city versus Tricon SFR 2024 for Borrower LLC for the property located at 9851 Morris Glenn Way this case is before the board based on an alleged violation of section 8-28 subsection A subsection 1 permits
required thisa the case will be prosecuted this evening by code compliance officer Doug Allen the city has evidence that the notice of violation and notice of hearing were properly served thank you good evening Mr chairman and board members doug Allen code compliance officer this case was
originated by me on January 27th 2025 for a partially removed and framed up concrete driveway without a permit i went directly to a notice of violation on January 28th with a reinspection date of February 3rd 2025 i posted the notice at the front door
and a copy was posted at city hall for the 10-day requirement on the electronic board and copies were mailed both certified and regular mail to the owner of record my reinspection on March 27th showed no change so I prepared a notice of hearing on that date and the case was
scheduled for the April municipal code board meeting this time I would like to submit photographic evidence taken by myself on January 28th and March 27th we'll take that thank you ready to go ma'am exhibit number one shows the notice of
violation posting exhibit number two shows the removed and framed up portion of the driveway and exhibit number three shows the stop work order in the city's computer system this time the site is in compliance and I'd like to submit an affidavit of compliance and then seeking a finding we'll certainly accept that
thank you any questions for the code officer seeing none I'll entertain a motion i'll do it thank you okay in case number 2550445 I move that the city has proven by greater weight of the evidence the
following violations of the city of Temple Terrace City Code did exist on the property located at 9851 Morris Glenway section 8-28 subsection A subsection 1 this motion is based on the sworn testimony this board has received
from code enforcement officer Doug Allen along with any other evidence including photos affidavit and the notice of violation all of which is received and entered as part of the record of this hearing i further move that there be no further fine no fine imposed because the violations were brought into compliance
prior to the date of this hearing we have a motion do we have a second second motion and a second any further discussion seeing none all those in favor i bill thank you yeah I didn't sorry motion carries next case please
give me two seconds take your time should be 0624 the next case is case number 25624 City versus Radiant Oil Company of Tampa for the property located at 5601 East Fowler Avenue the case is before the board based on an alleged violation
of section 12-1047 landscape maintenance section 12-1049 landscape perimeter and section 12-1043 plant material and design the case will be prosecuted this evening by code compliance officer Lorie Smith the
city has evidence that the notice of violation and notice of hearing properly served good evening again Mr chairman board members lorie Smith code compliance this case originated proactively on February the 5th 2025 my inspection revealed dead missing plants no functional irrigation and there was
little to no mulch on the site also the required 3-foot solid screen landscape buffer was not in compliance notice of violation was prepared that same day with the compliance date of the 24th of February 2025 affidavit of service was obtained by
hand delivery to store associate Mano Rasai at this time I would like to submit photographic evidence of the violation taken by me on the 5th of February 2025 we'll accept that thank you exhibit number one shows the lack of the
three-foot solid screen buffer front uh bed along North 56th Street exhibit number two shows dead missing landscape material exhibit number three shows a broken irrigation tubing geo tube exhibit number four shows the site with little or no mulch as today's date the
site is not in complant not in compliance and I am seeking a ruling thank you any questions for the code officer go ahead yes sir so the three violations you can you know I'm just confused so because it seems all related to landscaping yes sir it is and um so
none of them has been corrected and you did not hear anything from the owner or sir property manager or whatever no sir and uh so we are we considered here like I know there is different codes but it
looks like it's all uh there's three separate codes 12 three three separate codes but it's all deals with landscaping yes sir that is correct landscaping yes that's that's what I might make sure it's clear on that any
other questions seeing none or I entertain a motion i'll do it in case number 25-0624 I move that the city has proven by the greater weight of evidence the
following violations of the city of Tumble Terrace City Code exist on the property located at 5601 East Fowler Avenue with the applicable code violations section
12-1047 section 1210 uh section 12-1049 and section 12-1043 this motion is based on the sworn testimony this board has received from the code enforcement officer Lorie Smith along with any other evidence
including photos affidavits and the notice of violation of which received and entered as part of the record of this hearing i further move that the SID violation be corrected on or before May 14th 2025 if the respondent does not comply with
this order on or before that day they are ordered to pay a fine for each and every day the violations continue past the date of set for compliance upon considering the following factors the gravity of the violations any actions
taken by the violator to correct the violation any previous violations committed by the violator i move that the fine be $75 per day how many 75 $75 per day we have a motion do we have a second second any further
discussion seeing none all those I'm sorry sorry sorry i almost got I'm assume it's 75 because you see the three different um Yes uh and it's also um it's it's not it's not a residential where they can you know get away with
this stuff this is right in you know in the heart of the city temple terrace and it's it's very important it's a highly visible location highly visible 56th in Fowler it's right there this is the artery of our town so you know I'm you know I just wanted and they did not show
up to even defend themselves so I I remember one of my first times here I got I got yelled at for trying to make a motion against a commercial site because it was commercial uh that a higher value and that's that's what you just said you wanted to do 25 violation yeah i I I did
oh it's Oh because 25 hours per violation not because it's commercial and that's why I asked Lori about it seems to me it's looks like it's one but it's three violations well that's that's what I'm confused about is it's I mean on paper it's one clarified it was all
landscaping i would have made it one you know if the separate codes three separate violations and if the respondent was here to even tell us something I might have worked with him maybe 25 or 50 I don't know something like that but we did not hear from any
uh the the violator and we don't know what's going on it's three violations they did not get responded to okay has nothing to do with the type of property the number of violations but he did mention he said that though that's
that's all I mean I get statement yeah i That's why we don't let him talk what are you talking about he reads every motion no that that's why we're clarifying that's why we have a discussion to say it's per violation there are three separate violations i mean I I I don't necessarily agree that
it would be the three separate violations but I do agree that given the the visibility of the location even if it was residential it would be Yeah yeah that's you know it's it's kind of a corn it's the corner of Temple Terrace for all the purposes i mean okay any further discussion seeing none all those in favor i oppose
no motion carries that finishes our new business on to unfinish okay next case is case number 24-2440 city versus Michael and Christy Zimmerman for the property located 8201 Broward Place an affidavit of compliance
was was received on February 12th 2025 case number 24-2968 City versus Spectrum Medical Park LLC for the property located at 311 Bullet Parkway A with a compliance deadline of March 12th 2025 an affidavit
of compliance was received for section 8-10213 C and section 8-10213b an affidavit of non-compliance was received March 13th for section 12-1047 landscape maintenance a fine of
$25 per day begins on March 13 2025 case number 24-3231 city versus Alex Joseph Marcel for the property located at 5202 Blaine Drive with a compliance deadline of March 12 2020 2025 an affidavit of
non-compliance was received on February 13 2025 a fine of $25 per day began on February 13 2025 case number 24-3477 3477 the city versus Hilano Nava for the property located at 203 Redwood
Avenue with a compliance date of March 12 2025 an affidavit of compliance was received on February 14th 2025 case number 24-4917 City versus 12260 Group Incorporated for the property located at
12260 Morris Bridge Road the dead deadline for compliance is midnight tonight um a fine of $25 a day begins on tomorrow case number 244945 City versus Terrorist Terrace Ridge Incorporated for the property
located at 5515 East Fowler Avenue an affidavit of compliance was received on March 14th 2025 case number 25-000068 City versus Crystal Herrera for the property located at 5401 East 98th Avenue the deadline for compliance
is midnight tonight and tomorrow starts a fine of $25 a day um items not on the agenda we have case number 221989 city versus the state of Index Antonio for the property located at 512 Caroline Street an affidavit of
compliance was submitted by director Tom Baron for sections 8-10213D and 8-10213 C and section 10-34 dated March 3rd 2025 very good thank you any other board
action anything to report on leans any new business seeing none I will accept a motion for adjournment motion to adjurnn we have two people that made a motion to adjurnn and do we have a second second motion second all those in favor i
opposed motion carries we are adjourned thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]