This hearing to order. I have a statement to read first. Welcome to the July 2025 meeting of the Alachua County Code Enforcement Special Magistrate hearing. The purpose of this hearing is to hear alleged code violations filed by various departments of Alachua County, Florida. The Code Enforcement Special Magistrate was established by Florida Statutes Chapter 162 and Alachua County ordinances to obtain compliance with various county ordinances and regulations. I have no authority to change the ordinances or any of the regulations we will be addressing today. That can only be done by the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners. The Code Enforcement Magistrate can determine if a violation has occurred, set a date for full compliance, and levy a fine for non-compliance. My decisions can only be appealed to the courts and not to the Board of County Commissioners. The procedure will follow today is the Secretary will call the case, county staff will present its case, the respondent will have an opportunity to present its defense to the case. I will make a decision at a future date and the respondent will be notified of the mail of that decision. We have a full agenda today. All persons testifying today will do so under oath by swearing or affirming that they will tell the truth. Any evidence in the form of documents or photographs must be submitted to the Secretary Clerk for inclusion in the record. If you please silence your phones or turn them off so you don't interrupt the proceedings. And everybody who expects to testify today, would you please stand and raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give in these cases today will be the truth and the whole truth? Thank you. You can be seated. Thank you. All right. I think we are going to start off with old business. We have a little revision to the agenda. We're going to start off with the Lime Rock Mine case first. Do you want to call that, please? Case number 25-002726, Alachua County versus Lime Rock Mines LLC and HS Lime Rock LLC and SP Lime Rock LLC. Okay. And I know we have the attorney here, but do we have the owner online to Zoom? Okay. Can he hear us? Can we hear him? Yes, I can hear you. Okay, good. Since you're on Zoom, I'm going to go ahead and have are you expecting to have to testify today? Okay, so otherwise we would have him swear on Zoom because, okay, that's fine. All right, so I'll let the county proceed with the case at this point. Okay. And you're, counselor, you're welcome to be over there at that podium. It's a separate one if you'd like that. I'll let you. Good morning. Michael Williams Code, Code Enforcement Officer, Alachua County. In Code Enforcement Case 25-002726, the county received this complaint 318-2025. The property located at 22204 Northwest 198 Terrace in High Springs, Florida. And identified as parcel 02935000-000. The owner of the property is Lime Rock Mines LLC and HS Lime Rock LLC and SP Lime Rock LLC. This case was continued from 5125, a special magistrate hearing, county attorney, Allison Franklin, did subsequently receive an email from attorney, Jeff Dollinger, who is representing the respondent. The email was received on June 27th, 2025. Contents of the email included pictures of new signs that were installed along the roadway, leading into the mining location. The sign, the signs were installed after the special magistrate hearing on 5125. As a result of concerns raised by local residences, the following signs were installed speed limit 15, no engine idling and do not block driveways. To date, I have not received any complaints and or concerns from local residences regarding activity associated with the mining operations. Okay. Councilor, do you have anything that you would like to add? I believe that, just one thing, Jeff Dollinger for Limestone. My belief is that the matter's been resolved and the signs have been posted in a good faith effort to resolve these matters. And so we think this matter is now ready to be closed. Okay, great. Does the county agree with that? Yes, we do. Okay, great. I appreciate you resolving. I remember the case from last time and thanks for working on that and getting it resolved. Thank you very much. Appreciate you for being here. Thank you. So the case will be closed. Thank you. Did Mr. Parson show up? Okay, so let's go ahead and start off with the beginning agenda. I believe this case number two, case number one is being removed, is that correct? So you want to put that in the record? Case number 25-001341 has been removed. Okay. By Alachua County. Okay, and please call the next case. Case number 25-002520, Alachua County versus Simon Grove Bethel Baptist. Code Officer Kelly Poyer. Good morning, Officer Poyer. How are you? Good. All right. Well, let me ask. Is someone here representing Simon Grove Bethel Baptist Church? Anybody here representing the church? Okay, please proceed. Thank you. Case 25-002520. Properties located at 17800 Northeast 77th Lane in Hawthorne, Alachua County. Identified by parcel number 18556-0000. County sent a courtesy letter giving the respondent 10 days to respond, after which a notice violation request for hearing was sent, giving the respondent an additional 30 days. To date, there has been no response from the respondent. Owner of the property is Simon Grove Bethelite Baptist. Code Administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code. 75.304C Recycling Program from the Solid Waste Violations section. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. Notice of violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains in violation as said Alachua County Code section. My last inspection of the property was on July 2nd. I have good service of notices and statements of violation to the respondent sent by certified mail, receipt, or postings. Copies have been provided to the magistrate and are requested that they be entered into evidence. I have had no contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and asked that they be admitted into evidence. County recommendation is the respondent be found in violation of said sections of the code. Order the respondent come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation. If not in compliance and pay a fine in the amount of $25 for each day, violation continues past the date set for compliance. County has incurred $280 in cost in bringing the action to hearing. Okay. Anybody here representing the church? Seeing none, go on to the next case, please. Case number 25-003353, Alachua County versus Joanna Mercer. Is Joanna Mercer here? You're welcome to have a seat over there by the podium. Code Officer Kelly Poyer. Go ahead and proceed, Officer. Case 25-003353. Property is located at 18925 Northwest County Road 239, Alachua, in Alachua County, identified by parcel number 029-8300-0000. Owner of the property is Joanne Mercer. Code Administration initiated enforcement proceedings. And found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code. 402.140b, improvement to property prior to issuance of a building permit, which is for the unpermitted dwelling unit on the property, referring to Building B. Please note, in 2023, a violation for this property was issued for violations of unpermitted dwelling units, Building B. C., a two-story workshop addition to work done in the main house without permits. All violations were corrected without being heard by the magistrate. Full compliance has not been completed. The case is being brought before the magistrate today, only referring to Building B. The permit would need to be applied, received, and have a final inspection conducted and passed by the Building Department before full compliance. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. Notice of violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains in violation as said Alachua County Code section. My last inspection of the property was on July 2nd. I have good service of notices and statements of violations to the respondent sent by certified mail, receipt, or postings. Copies have been provided to the magistrate, and I request to be entered into evidence. I have had no contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and asked to be admitted into evidence. Please note, photographs being presented indicate the violations in Building B in 2023. Our office was not granted access after that occasion. County recommendation does the respondent be found in violation of the said section of the code. Order the respondent come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation. If not in compliance, then pay a fine amount of $100 for each day. The violation continues past the date set for compliance. The county has incurred $280 in cost in bringing the action hearing. Okay, thank you. It's your opportunity to speak. Go ahead and state your name. Joanna Mercer. Okay, and you're the owner of the property? Yeah. I'm the owner. Go ahead and tell me which. Yes, it's a very large project and we have closed out most of the permits with this one being the only one missing, I guess. It is like an in-law suite and on a five acre you're allowed to have it if it's homestead. And we fix that issue, we homestead that property, and now we just have to get, I already got with Scott, the code officer, and I think Molly is also in our case. And we just need to now get the engineer in there, electrician, and so forth, just to approve the structure. So it's in the works. Okay. So do you think, they've asked for 30 days compliance. Can you get your engineer and electrician in there and done in 30 days? I doubt it. Just the engineer alone can take two months to get in there. So tell me what you think is a reasonable time to get your permit applied for. If you could give us three months, I think I can get someone there and get the letter in. It took us a long time, last time, to get the engineer for the other buildings. It's just very hard to find one. I understand. Yeah. Small project. Does the county have an objection to 90 days? Well, I do want to note before I answer that, Your Honor. The pre-approval application was incomplete back in January. And they also mentioned it again back in May. So there's been no work since that time. They have not let the zoning department know of any changes in the homestead. So they're not living on the property as yet. And these violations were back from 2023. So Homestead did not apply. I already spoke with Scott. Sorry, you may not know, but we met. Yes, I'm aware that you spoke to him. Yeah. So have you applied for Homestead? Yeah, we did. Okay. It's going to be available for the public, I think, in August. Okay. It only shows in August. Okay. If you could supply that paperwork to the zoning department and also to code administration, we could put it in the case. I tried. And I actually contacted the property appraiser's office. But they said there's nothing they can give out. That July, I should get something. Which is, now we're in July. So hopefully July, August. All right. So what I would recommend is as soon as you have it available, that you let Scott and all supporters know about it and stay in touch and not stay out of contact. Let them know progress because if you're having issues with the engineer and stuff like that, don't let it just run and run, run, and then all of a sudden not be able to comply. Yes, sir. Yes, Your Honor. We have been in touch. We have multiple emails. Does the county have anything else at this point? We'd like to request that she apply for the accessory dwelling unit within 30 days. Is this the building B? Yes, Your Honor. Okay. I just want to make sure we're on the record. We're talking about the same thing. And that was, what was that again? Accessory dwelling unit for 30 days. Anything else? So just so I understood, apply for the permit, is that what you mean? Yes. Okay. Yeah, sure. Hi, I'm Holly Banner, zoning administrator. I've been working with the Mercers for the last couple of years. What I'm suggesting or requesting is that you apply for the zoning permit for the accessory dwelling unit. You can't have the building permit until you apply for the zoning permit as an accessory dwelling unit. And that's where we're going to need to see documentation from the property appraiser that you've obtained approval for homestead exemption. And as long as we can get verification from them that that's been approved, then we could approve the zoning permit and then you could have more time if the magistrate agrees to it for the building permit itself for the after the fact permitting with the engineering and the plans. The accessory dwelling unit permit would be just the zoning authorization. So I'd like to see that applied for and to show some steps forward. Okay, and it sounds like you can do that if you get something from the appraiser's office. Is that correct? Or we can communicate with them because I would want to know that that's been approved, not just that it's been applied for. I mean, I hope you know that we're trying our best. It's a huge project and it doesn't depend on us. We have been communicative, doing everything we can. Yeah. So it sounds to me like you can get with the appraiser's office and you'll probably have a faster track to them than they would. Right. We can verify that. And so if you would go ahead and apply for the zoning permit, that's what I'm asking for to show some steps forward in good faith. Is that with the appraiser's office? The homestead? No, ma'am. That's with our office. Sure. Yeah. The reason being that an accessory dwelling is only authorized if you have homestead on the property. Right. So if that's not granted, then we would need to determine what options they have to keep the work that they've done. It might not be able to be a living unit, but it could potentially be something else. But until we have that determined, we can't move forward with the building permit. Understood. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Let's go on with the next case, please. Case number 25-002592, Alachua County versus Lake Area State Bank. Code Officer Kelly Poyer. Is somebody here representing Lake Area State Bank? Somebody representing Lake Area State Bank. Okay. Not seeing none. Please proceed. 2-5-0-0-2-5-9-2. Property is located at 25501 Northeast State Road 26, Melrose, Alachua County. Identified by parcel number 1-8-7-1-5-0-0-1-0-0-1. The county sent a courtesy letter giving the respondent 10 days to respond, after which a notice violation request for hearing was sent, given the respondent an additional 30 days. To date, there has been no response from the respondent. The owner of the property is Lake Area State Bank. Code Administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code 75.304C, Recycling Program, from the Solid Waste Violations section. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations and notice a violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains in violation of said Alachua County Code sections. My last inspection of the property was on July 2nd. I have good service of notices and statements of violation to the respondent, sent by certified mail, receipt, or postings. Copies have been provided to the magistrate and are requested to be entered into evidence. I have had no contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and ask that they be admitted into evidence. The county recommendation is the respondent to be found in violation of said sections of the code. The Board of the respondent come in compliance with 30 days by complying with corrective actions listed in the notice of violation, and if not in compliance then pay a fine. The amount of $25 for each day the violation continues past the date set for compliance. The county has incurred $280 in costs and bringing the action to hearing. Okay. Thank you. Again, is anybody here representing the bank? Seeing none. I see we're at case number five, but it's not here. So why do you want to skip over that? Right now we'll go to case number six there. Case number 25-000754, Alachua County versus Plumber Richard A. and Arlene E., Code Officer Kelly Poyer. Is someone here representing the plumbers? Is somebody here representing the plumbers? Okay, if you want to go over by the podium there. Case 25-000754. County received a complaint on January 24th regarding unsightly yard junk and trash accumulation. Properties located 18021 Northeast 135th Avenue, Waldo, in Alachua County. Identified by parcel number 18378-002024. Owner of the property is Richard and Arlene Plummer. Code administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code. 74.20A, accumulation of junk. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. Notice of violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains a violation of said Alachua County Code section. My last inspection of the property was on July 2nd. I have good service of notices and statements of violation to the respondent sent by certified mail, receipt, or postings. Copies have provided to the magistrate and a request to be entered into evidence. I have had no contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and actively reflect the violations and asked to be admitted into evidence. County recommendation is the respondent be found in violation of said section of the code. Order the respondent come into compliance within 10 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation. If not in compliance then pay a fine in the amount of $200 for each day the violation continues past the date separate compliance. Please note this violation is reoccurring at this location from 2007 to the present and the prosecution cost has remained unpaid from a case from 2014. County requests 10 days for compliance without additional time granted and a fine amount be of $200 per day. County has incurred $280. Prosecution cost? Yes, sir. Would you please state for the record your names and your relationship to the property? My name is Richard Plummer and me and my wife own the property and my daughter lives there. You said your daughter here today? This is my daughter. Yes. And in the past few days we have taken out seven, eight loads of garbage out with a pickup truck and a big trailer. I have, they've been over there busting their backsides getting this cleaned up. It's a nightmare and I realize it's a problem. We have pictures for, we have achieved quite a bit of the cleanup. If there's anything else needing to be done, we will make sure it gets done immediately. Okay. And just try not to make sure this never happens again. All right. Do you think you can get it done within 10 days, the rest of it? Yes. I go so long. Yeah, we brought pictures. Okay. That I took last night. Yeah. It took a little bit to get it cleaned up. Okay. A few days. So you're comfortable with 10 days? Because if you can get it done within 10 days, then there are no fines, there are no, I mean... Well, I was going to say, if you're having a contact, if she has your contact information, please stay in touch with her. As soon as you get it done, let her know. Don't let it run past the date because then the fines would start to accumulate at that point. And so, Kelly, do you have their contact information? I have contact information for the daughter. Yes. For the daughter. So is that good enough? Yeah. Okay. All right. And so you have hers as well? I have her email. Okay. That's fine. I mean, just stay in touch with her. If you have pictures, send her pictures of your progress and stuff. Okay? We'll keep those, if that's okay with you, put those into the record. Okay. All right. And I do want to just state for the record of the prosecution class has been unpaid since 2014. You can check with our office. Just call the... Yes. Yes, ma'am. ...with the secretary or one of the officers and they can help you with that. Anything else from the county? No, Your Honor. Thank you for being here. And thank you for taking the steps to get it taken care of. And you've got information now. So appreciate it. Thank you. All right. Thank you very much. Case number seven. This is... Go ahead. Number 25-000170, Alachua County versus Perkins and Perkins. Is somebody representing the Perkins here? Perkins and Perkins? Seeing none. County, please proceed. Case 25-000170. County received a complaint on January 7th regarding apartment without electric generator in use. Property is located at 15312 Northwest 31st Terrace, Gainesville, Alachua County. Identified by parcel number 157-97017000. The owner of the property is Lorraine Perkins and Leanne Barber Perkins. Code Administration initiated enforcement proceedings. Found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code. 402.140b. Improvement to property prior to issuance of a building permit, which is regarding to the shed apartment, A-frame apartment, and the swimming pool installed without permits. PMC 305.3. Interior surfaces, which is regarding to the drywall and insulation in the laundry room. PMC 604.3. Electrical system hazards, which is regarding to the main service including to the service for both apartments and the swimming filter electrical. 334.03 protection, which is a swimming pool, and PMC 506.1 general. Sanitary drainage system, which is regarding to the septic systems in both apartments. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. Notice of violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains in violation instead of Alachua County Code sections. My last inspection of the property was on July 2nd. I have good service of notices and statements of violation to the respondent. Sent by certified mail, receipt, or postings. Copies have provided to the magistrate, and I request to be entered into evidence. I have had contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Last conversation was on February 20th. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and building official Dan Gargis, which actively reflect the violations and ask that they be admitted to evidence. County recommendations respondent be found in violation of the said section of the code, or the respondent come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation. If not in compliance, then pay a fine amount of $125 for each day the violation continues past the date set for compliance. County has incurred $350 in costs. Is somebody living in the space? Yes, Your Honor. She is the main owner, and she has tenants. Okay. So the owner of the property is on the property as well as tenants. Yes. So are there tenants in the apartments? Yes. Okay. Again, is somebody representing the Perkins here? Seeing none? Okay. Move on to the next case, please. Number 8, I believe. Case number 25-004033, Alachua County versus H.I. Springs RV Resort, LLC. Someone here representing the resort? I assume it's either H.I. or H.I. Springs RV Resort, LLC. All right. Please proceed. Case 25-004033, property is located at 24000 Old Bellamy Road, High Springs, Alachua County, identified by parcel number 00025-005001. County sent a courtesy letter, giving the respondent 10 days to respond, after which a notice of violation and request for hearing was sent, given the respondent an additional 30 days. To date, there has been no response from the respondent. Owner of the property is High Springs RV Resort, LLC. Code Administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code. 75.304C, Recycling Program, from the Solid Waste Violations section. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations and notice of violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains in violation of the Alachua County Code. Last inspection was July 2nd. I have good service of notices and statements of violation to the respondent sent by certified mail, receipt, or postings. Copies have provided to the magistrate and a request to be entered into evidence. I have had no contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and ask they be admitted into evidence. County recommendation is responding to be found in violation of the said section of the code. Order responded to come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed and notice of violation. If not in compliance, then pay a fine. Amount of $25 for each day the violation continues past the date set for compliance. County has incurred $280 in costs. Okay. And somebody here representing High Springs Campground. Seen them? Okay. Let's go on to case number nine. I believe this is a Zoom case. Is that correct? Case number 25-004232, Alachua County versus Clevenger, Vicki A. Okay. Is Ms. Clevenger on the Zoom call? Yes. Hello? Yeah. We can hear you. Can you hear us? Okay. I'm so sorry. I'm having trouble. This was not what I was expecting. Bear with me here. Yes, I'm here though. Okay. So that's fine. I'm going to let the county proceed with this case and then I'll let you speak to the case. Thank you. Okay. So go ahead, Kelly. Case 250-004232, County received a complaint on April 25th regarding someone burned hazardous material and old trailer. Property is located at 12424 Northeast 7th Avenue, Gainesville, Alachua County. Identified by parcel number 17811017000. Owner of the property is Vicki Clevenger. Code Administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code 402.140b. Improvement to property prior to issuance of the building permit, which is referring to the demolition permit needed for the mobile home. Please note, demolition permit has been applied and issued for this case, but the case will remain in violation until a final inspection has been conducted and passed by the building department. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. Notice of violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains in violation, said Alachua County Code sections. My last inspection of the property was on July 2nd. I had good service of notices and statements of violation to the respondent, sent by certified mail, receipt, or postings. Copies I provided to the magistrate and I requested to be entered in evidence. I have had no contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and asked to be admitted in evidence. The county recommendation is a respondent be found in violation of said sections of code in order to respond to come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in those violation. If not in compliance and pay a fine amount of $100 for each day, the violation continues past the date set for compliance. The county hasn't incurred $280 in cost. Okay. For the record, what corrective actions would she need to take it? From what I understand, she's applied for the permit and it's been issued. Is that correct? Yes. She has applied and received her permit. Mm-hmm. On the notice of violation, it states that you need to apply, receive, and obtain final inspection. Okay. And that means her calling the county for a final inspection. Okay. And once she has that and we have notification that a final has passed, we can close the case. Okay. Go ahead. Are you there with us, Ms. Clevenger? Clevenger? Yes. Yes, sir. Let me get you sworn in because you weren't here in the audience, so. Yes, I swear. Do you swear to affirm that the testimony you are about to give in this case is the truth and the whole truth? Yes, I do. Thank you. Okay. Please proceed. Thank you. Okay. I just want to let you know that, yes, I did try to reach out on the 21st. I did leave a message to the number that was given to me for Ms. Kelly Poirier. Mm-hmm. And I'm sorry if I mispronounced that name, but so I did reach out. As soon as I received a letter from, goodness, I believe his name was Chad. Anyway, we were in contact throughout the whole time. He stated that he would go ahead and ask because I was questioning. I am not in Alachua County. I was in another state. I tried over and over with multiple people trying to figure out how to attend this hearing. So through the beginning, I have been trying to get a hold of people. And it's been without any, without a lot of issues, but due to Tom Sherry's over at the office, he has helped me through a lot of, throughout this whole time. So I've been trying to comply with everything that had been stated to me, just to let you know. But other than that, I'm not sure what is needed. I am here and I, all of this was done without my knowledge, without my consent. So I'm just trying to get this correctified and trying to get, if there has been any damage to my property, I want to have the ability to get compensated and go to the right people that needs to correct this. So I'm not sure what is, at this point, what really has been going on. So what right now the county needs from you is to call and ask for an inspection. Since you've asked, you've gotten the permit, you need to call for inspection and get them to verify that you have complied with the permit. And if, once you get that, then the case will be closed and you would be in compliance. And so it's nothing that you have to physically do yourself in Gainesville, but you need to contact the county, is it the building department and where you got your permit from and ask them for, come in for and do an inspection for compliance with the permit, final inspection. Once you have that. Yeah, you will want. I'm sorry. I'm trying to write this down. So building, and this is at the same building where I actually got the permit you stated. Yes, it would be the same department you got the permit from. You would contact them and ask them for a final inspection. Final inspection. Okay. And then once you have that, you need to let Kelly know that, that you have that in hand. And then at that point you would be in compliance. Okay. And it should be easy. It would be easy to do within 30 days. I mean, but if you run into problems, you need to stay in touch. So that if for some reason the county building department can't get out there in a timely fashion, even though you've requested it, you need to let them know that. Okay. So I will contact them as soon as I get off the phone with you. I will reach out to Tom Sherry again and let him help me walk through any of the paperwork that needs to be done for that final inspection. And then I will stay on top of whoever's supposed to be doing the inspection. Okay. That's great. All right. That sounds good then. All right. Well, thank you for being on the call. Well, thank you for having me. You have a lovely day. You too. All right. Bye. Okay. Okay. So let's move on to case number 10. Case number 25-000280, Alachua County versus Carr-Bendoran H. Sunrock Capital. Number 10? Or has it changed the order? Oh, you took it out. Okay. Sorry. So go ahead. Mona L. And that would be Elante Webb as code officer. Okay. So this is somebody here representing the cars. Somebody here representing cars. Ben Dorian or Mona. Okay. Please. Good morning. Please proceed. Good morning. My name is Elante Webb, code officer for Alachua County. In code enforcement case 25-000280, the county received a complaint on January 9th, 2025, regarding the property located at address 1931 Southeast 43rd Terrace, Gainesville in Alachua County, Florida, and identified by parcel number 16187-027-000. The owner of the property is Ben Dorian H. Carr and Mona L. Carr. Code administration initiated an enforcement proceeding and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County code of ordinances. 74.20A accumulation of junk. 74.20B unserviceable vehicles. 74.29 prohibited dangerous structure. 74.30 standards for repair, vacation, demo, and boarding. The respondent was provided with a reasonable time to correct the violations. A notice of violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined that the respondent remains in violation of the said Alachua County code sections. My last inspection of the property was on July 2nd, 2025. I have good service of notices and statements of violations to respondent sent by certified mail receipt or posting. Copies have been provided to the magistrate and I request they be entered into evidence. There has been contact with the respondent regarding the violations on July 2nd, 2025. The photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and ask they be admitted into evidence. The county recommends the respondent be found in violation of the said sections of the code or the respondent to come into compliance within 60 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation. And if not complied, then pay a fine in amount of $125 for each day, the violations continue past the date set for compliance. The county has incurred $490 cost in bringing this action to hearing. Thank you. Anybody here representing the cars? Nope. Okay. Go ahead and let's move on to case, I believe, at number two. 11. 11. Case number 25-001633. Alachua County versus Arano and Arano. Kelly Poy, your code officer. Is someone here representing the Aranos? Great. You can stay seated if you'd like or stand whichever your choice. Okay. Please. Case 25-001633. The county received a complaint on February 17th regarding built three structures with ten roofs, using two as a shop and a third as a sawmill, plus a camper he is living in. Property is located at 4910 Northeast 255th Drive in Melrose in Alachua County. Identified by Parson number 18877-00100. Owner of the property is Frederick Arano and Antoni Arano. Code Administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a violation of the following sections of the code. 402.140b. Improvement to property prior to issuance of a building permit, which is regarding to the two buildings and sawmill located on the property. Septic has been installed prior to authorization of any building permits. Copies of the septic permit and copy of a final inspection for the septic will need to be provided to the county. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. Notice of violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains in violation of the set Alachua County Code section. My last inspection of the property was on July 1st. I have good service of notices and statements of violation to the respondent, sent by certified mail, receipt, or postings. Copies have been provided to the magistrate. And I request to be entered into evidence. I have had contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Last conversation was on June 26th. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and actively reflect the violations and asked to be admitted into evidence. The county recommendation is that the respondent be found in violation of the said section of the code. Or to respond to incumbent compliance within 60 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation. If not in compliance, then pay a fine in the amount of $100. For each day the violation continues past the date that for compliance the respondent will need to apply, receive, and have a final inspections passed by the building department before full compliance. Please note county recommendation is 60 days to be granted for the compliance without additional time granted due to the no action being taken on the case since March 2025. County has incurred $280 in cost. It's your opportunity to speak. Would you identify yourself? I'm attempting to clean this property. Could you put your name on the record? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Frederick Arano. Okay. And you're owner of the property? Excuse me? You own the property? Yes. Okay. Combined with my father. Okay. We are co-owners. Okay. My father is elderly. He has used the property in the entirety of his life. I am just getting into trying to improve the property for myself. You know, I have done the work on the property without the permits. I did not realize that I needed the permits as they're pole barns. Okay. I thought that if it was dirt floor underneath that you did not need county permits. But that aside, I'm doing what I can to get the permitting that I need, which I've been informed that I need to claim homestead exemption in order to have the sawmill on the property. So, I got a septic permit, which has been approved. I've given proof of that to Holly at the zoning department. Okay. Uh, and I was told I needed an RV permit. Uh, I do not, I don't have any plans of staying in an RV on the property. Mm-hmm. My father is there in an RV that he set up years and years ago. I mean, probably prior to 70. Okay. Okay. Before there was permits for things like this. Mm-hmm. Uh, if he needs to get a permit or if I need to do that for him, I don't have a problem doing that, but I want to build a home. Mm-hmm. Uh, and I'm in the process of doing that. Now, let me ask you, on the RV, is it the, his father's RV or is it his, what's, because if he's, the father's RV has been there since 1970. That was. Right. I mean, the complaint came in that someone was living in an RV, so they didn't distinguish whether it was. Okay. So, you didn't have, yeah. Okay. So, in terms of the county's perspective, are you talking about the grandfather, the father, or are you talking about the son's RV? Because it sounds like there's two. Are there two there? No. It's just me and my father. Oh, you're in the same RV? No. I do not live on the property. Oh, you don't live on the, okay. Not currently. That's not clear from the record. Okay. I just mean, you're not living on the property. Your father's. So, we'll have to look to see if today's code would reflect back from 1970, you know, since it was placed there. I kind of doubted, but yeah. Right. Yeah, so. But I mean, nowadays, you would need to hook it up with septic and. Yeah, but if it was a new RV. Right. That stuff. Okay. Yeah. So, that would allow him to have the sawmill. That would take that out of the equation if he gets homestead for it. You're saying is that correct? Correct. Okay. I was told that the septic was for a house, so. It is for a house. Right. Eventually to be built there? Okay. Yes. So, what does he need to do right now if he's gotten the septic approved? Well, he had, he had put in for the pre-approval permit, but that was incomplete. So, he needed to reapply and he hasn't done that since March. Okay. So, I was told that I needed to get homestead exemption. First? First. First. Okay. Before I could get the permits for, you know, the, after the fact permitting. And I'm attempting to do that. Okay. Anything else from the county? No, Your Honor. Mr. Arley, anything from you? I appreciate you being here as you see people. Okay. Okay. I appreciate you being here as you see people. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. So, I would say stay in touch, please. Yes. And let them know because, you know, getting permits and stuff, sometimes it's not in your control. Sometimes it's, you know. Yeah. It took, took four months for me to get the septic permit. Right. Through. Right. So, some of that was the person I hired to do the job, I think. Understood. But then the, the county was a little bit slow on it too. So. Okay. All right. All right. Call the next case, please. Case number 25-005178, Alachua County versus Lewis Jason G. Code Officer Kelly Poyer. Someone here representing. Okay. Let's see if we have someone here. Okay. Kelly, please proceed. Case 25-005178. County received a complaint on May 20th regarding unserviceable vehicles. Property is located at 4406 Northeast 81st Avenue, Gainesville in Alachua County, which is indicated to be a vacant lot. identified by parcel number 07836-008004, owner of the property is Jason Lewis. Code Administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code. Okay. All right. All right. All right. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. Notice of violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains in violation of the said Alachua County Code section. My last inspection on the property was on July 1st. I have good service of notices and statements of violation to the respondent, sent by certified mail, receipt, or postings. Copies have provided to the magistrate and are requested to be entered into evidence. I have had no contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and asked to be admitted to evidence. County recommendations respond to be found in violation of said section of the code or to respond to come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in notice of violation. If not in compliance then pay a fine. Amount of $50 for each day the violation continues past the date set for compliance. County has incurred $350 in cost. Okay. You're obtained. Yeah. My name is Jason Lewis. I see a copy of the complaint. That's well within my rights. Correct? Oh yeah. You should have gotten one in the mail with the notice. No. No. He received a notice of violation in the mail. He would like to request information on who complained. Oh. And so you can do that with a request information. You just call our office and they'll tell you how to do that. I don't have that information on me. Okay. I'm not given that information. Okay. Yeah. So they don't. The officers don't know. All they know is there was a complaint filed. So, but you can get a copy of that. The statute does allow you to get access. Okay. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Okay. The truth be told, none of the stuff on my property is mine. It's my brother's and he is currently not available to move the property. He's out of town working. Um, we'll have to figure out some way of either getting them tagged or licensed or because they're all workable vehicles. Okay. We just can't drive 10 vehicles. There's, there's no way that, uh, my brother has a habit of collecting vehicles like the red truck that they showed. Right. His, uh, deceased wife bought him that truck. He'll never get rid of that, you know, but you can't have a big foot truck riding on the highway right now because of the price of gas. It's just not feasible, but he'll have that truck till he dies, you know? So, um, I don't, I don't exactly understand. Well, it's, it's zoned agriculture. Why? I mean, we're, nobody's living on the property. Why can't we park our excess vehicles upon our property? Well, the county's code requires that the vehicles be in serviceable shape. And, and that means, I mean, they all crank up the big truck that's out there. It cranks up. It runs. It's got AC, the red truck. I mean, it's allowed, you don't want it on the highway, but it, you know, it's a. But, but, but, but by definition, the county and Kelly, I'll let you speak to this. What does it require for, to be a serviceable vehicle? Well, all vehicles need to have proper registration and tags. Okay. Um, but his particular property is actually indicated to be a vacant lot. So it's supposed to be totally bare, nothing on there. So he's not able to store the vehicles like he, he wants to. That is. So the other way you could do it is you could, if you had a, if you have a structure, you can, if you have a structure, you can actually house it uncircumplically in a structure, for example. Um, but there's nothing there. So, um. I mean, he did request to have, um, a recreational vehicle on his property. He's going through the process to have the electrical installed on that. So they just, um, extended his permit until August. So once he has that on his property and then he has a septic, he can actually live in the recreational vehicle and then go from there since it's agricultural, he might be allowed to have another, a barn or a garage where he can store vehicles. But right now it's just a vacant lot. Yeah. So they would have to be tagged or taken from the property somewhere where you could store them, uh, where somewhere that we could store them. Then explain to me. It would have to be in a structure. It could be in a structure somewhere. Somebody has a pole barn or something like that. Um, you could store them or, um, I'm trying to think that's, it would have to be in a structure if they don't have a tag and a registration. Okay. So then if I went and bought the portable canopies put over them, would that qualify? Portable structures don't qualify as a pole barn or a garage. Okay. I mean, I realize that you want to keep your items and, but it's just the on that particular lot. It's supposed to be a vacant lot. That's not vacant. That, that people have a dwelling on, which is, that's the next. And that's the next case. Right. Which I'd like to state right now that my mother just went through quadruple bypass surgery, still has the stitches in her chest. There's no reason for her to have to be up here dealing with all this. I mean, there, there are a few vehicles parked on some property and the original complaint was there was someone living in a shed that was out here. And when y'all come out there, y'all upon investigation realize that nobody was living in the shed. And then all of this other has just spewed out upon the, but there was no original contact was null and void. There was nobody living in those sheds when y'all come out. That's why I want to see the proof of where somebody complained about my property on my parcel, because that would have been months after the original contact. You're allowed to go in. They can provide you who the complaint was from. Yep. She's three weeks out of the hospital right now, quadruple bypass. She should not have to be up here dealing with this. Understood. So that's the next case coming up. So are, are you finished with your case right now? I'm, I'm, I'm fine. Okay. We're going to call the next case and that's, I assume your mom. I'm your mom. So go ahead. Case number two, four dash is zero, zero, four, zero, eight, one. Alachua County versus Lewis, Jenny, code officer and Kelly Foyer. All right. She can stay seated until we, I'm not going to make you stand. Okay. Kelly. Case two, four, zero, zero, four, zero, eight, one. County received a complaint on May 2nd, 2024 regarding non-permitting living structures. The property is located at 4414 Northeast 81st Avenue, Gainesville in Alachua County. Identified by parcel number 07836008002. Owner of the property is Jeanne Lewis. Code administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code. 403.23 travel, recreational vehicle, park, and campgrounds regarding to the recreational vehicle being used as a secondary living structure. 74.20 A, accumulation junk, and 74.20 B, unserviceable vehicles. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. Notice of violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted date have determined the respondent remains in violation of the said Alachua County Code section. My last inspection of the property was on July 1st. I have good service of notices and statements of violation to the respondent sent by certified mail, receipt, or postings. Copies have been provided to the magistrate and I have requested they be entered into evidence. I have had contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Last conversation was on May 16th. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and asked to be admitted into evidence. County recommendations that the respondent be found in violation of the said sections of the code. Order responded come into compliance within 90 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in those violations. Not in compliance and pay a fine. Amount of $100 for each day the violation continues past the date set for compliance. County has incurred $350 in cost. Okay. And I just wanted to state for the record, Your Honor, this case was opened in 2024. So, my pictures presented on the screen from 2024 to the present. So, the last picture that I took was from July 1st. Okay. You have the July 1st picture that you can put up there. And that just shows from the back of the property, Your Honor. Okay. So, that's the July 1st photo? Yes, sir. All right. So, it's your opportunity to speak? Um... No, I'm her. Right. Well, he was sworn in earlier because they were accumulating. Okay. Yeah, so... It's really not. It's really not my mom's. Wait, wait, wait. You haven't been sworn in. You came in late, so... My name is Jared Lewis. No, let her... Raise your right hand. Raise your right hand, please. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give in this case is the truth and the whole truth? Okay. Go ahead and state your name for the record. And you're the son. Okay. It's not her stuff, her problem, her issues. She really shouldn't be dealing with it. It's mostly my stuff and my middle brother. Um, we've cleaned up a lot. We've moved a lot of stuff. Nothing that we have on our property is garbage or trash. Everything is either, uh, uh, tractor equipment or, uh, tree cutting equipment. We have scrap metal that we... I haul scrap metal as a side job. I know that it's supposed to be contained in a, in a building. But who can afford to build a building to, to do their side job scrap? We live on, uh, seven and a half acres. And it is surrounded by nothing but our family members on all four sides. So, there's no one complaining about anything that's there. Um, they come out about... Somebody made this false complaint about somebody living in a shed. They come out there that wasn't there. They just, just constantly, just everything that we have done. This, my grandfather passed this property down to my mom. She's gonna pass it down to us. This property's been the same, just like this, for 30 years. I don't... I mean, I'm not saying that, um, there's not some organization that needs to be done. But, um, we're just basically being harassed at this point. We, we've never caused any problem to anyone. We've always paid our taxes on time. We've never been delinquent on anything. I built that shop. I pulled a permit. I did everything I was supposed to do. Um, there's nobody living in a shed. I don't know what, where all this other stuff came from. Like, we moved the, the camper that, um, my brother's girlfriend was staying in. She's no longer living in it. No one's staying there. We moved the camper to Jason's property. We just haven't got the, uh, the conduit in the ground and stuff to, to finish that permit so that she can move back on, on the place and have that. The other camper that's there is vacant. And as far as I understand, you're allowed to have a vacant camper that's on your lot that you live on. And the other one's storage. And then we moved the vehicles from my property. You want to get up there so you can get on the market from there. Go sit down. We're talking about moving these vehicles 20 feet to get them within legal because there's a dwelling on the other property. It's not vacant. So you're asking us just to move everything 20 feet on the other side of a property fence. And this part, this property was all one parcel at one time. We come in here and applied for a variance to get, uh, to where I could have an anchor deeded to me because I was the oldest and get, and I had a double wide on it, was living on it, was homesteaded. And, um, since then everything's changed. So we're just talking about 20 feet. I'll let Kelly go. And then the vehicles will be in some type of at least, and then, and then, then you want us to, to put some kind of covering over them? Um, well, the vehicles either, if you have registration and tag on them, they don't have to be covered. Okay. Well, I know that these vehicles have been registered and tagged at one time. I'm not saying that they're all in legal standing where they go down the highway, but they're all turnkey. Well, as long as it's registration and, and tag is what they're going to look for. Okay. What about antique? Well, you can get, you can get antique vehicles to get a tag still. I mean, antique vehicles, you know, there's an antique tag. Yeah. A tag and registration. For you to have it. Right. Yeah. Well, to have it stored there. I mean, you could, you can have it on a trailer, for example, if you're towing it around or something like that, obviously fixing things. But, but basically. We have a bunch of trailers, so we can put. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We'll put them all on trailers. We have a trailer for every vehicle. I don't know that that'll fly. I guess it's the trailers. But. We'll continue to jump through. Well, I suggest these. Kelly's recommended 90 days. Okay. Are you comfortable with that? That's three months. A list of what is it? Well, if you can stay in touch with Kelly, she can meet you out there and we can, they can walk you through exactly what it would take to bring you into compliance. Okay. Okay. For the record, I've had multiple inspections with Ms. Lewis and we've talked about the different issues on the property. There was three recreational vehicles. Like they had stated, they moved one to Mr. Lewis's property. So now there's two left. One, Ms. Lewis said she would like to keep for storage. And since they are in agricultural zone, they have their main house and they are allowed to have one recreational vehicle. So they cannot have two. So remaining on the property, there's two. So they can only keep one. So they have to figure out. Ms. Lewis stated that she was going to sell the other one. As far as what is located on the property, I explained to Ms. Lewis, of course, you can have these items that you need for the property, the mowers and this type of thing. You just have to get rid of the, what would be considered junk and debris. So you have old tires, properly dispose of those. Old air conditioning units, you need to properly dispose of those. Of course, they'd like to work on things as everyone does and they can do that. They just need to organize it a little better. I suggested putting some of those items on the side of his really big pool barn near where his pool was. Just organize a little bit better so it can't be seen from the road. And so those were the items that was discussed with Ms. Lewis. But since, you know, speaking to Ms. Lewis, she's been given three extensions. It's just that as far as the progression of the case, I needed to come before you. And so that's why we're here today. So it sounds like you all need to work with Kelly because your mom's obviously had health issues and stuff. Right. And so, and I understand that has caused delays and stuff. So it sounds like you all are going to be once doing the work. So if you stay in touch with Kelly, Kelly, are you comfortable going out and meeting with them? Yes. So she can show you exactly what needs to be done so there's no issues about that? We'll make an effort at getting it done. But don't stay out of touch. Stay in touch. As you make progress, just let her know. I'm sure she'll be back. Okay. She'll be in touch. Okay. Yes. All right. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Ms. Lewis, thank you for coming. I'm sorry you had to be here. You too. Thank you for coming. I hope you feel much better. All right. Next case, please. Case number 25-001320, Alachua County versus West Shore Legacy, LLC. Code Officer Michael Williams. Okay. Somebody here representing West Shore Legacy. Somebody here representing West Shore Legacy. Seeing none, please proceed. Michael Williams, Code Enforcement Officer, Alachua County. In Code Enforcement Case 25-001320, the county received a complaint on 27-2025 regarding the property located at 1505 Fort Clark Boulevard, unit number 6305. It's identified as parcel number 06064-001-000. The owner of the property is West Shore Legacy, LLC. Code administration initiated an enforcement proceeding and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code of Ordinances. PMC 304.7, roofs and drainage. PMC 305.3, interior surfaces. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. A notice of violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. My last inspection of the property was on 6-17-2025, which the property was found in compliance. However, on 6-9-2025, I received an email with pictures depicting compliance had been achieved by the respondent, more specifically the property manager. The respondent was advised via email that I would need to get access to the unit in order to take photos for my own compliance. I have good service of notices and statements of violations to the respondent was sent by certified mail. Copies have been provided to the magistrate and I request they be entered into evidence. I have had contact with the respondent regarding the violations, again, more specifically the local property manager. The photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and I ask that they be admitted into evidence. In addition to my photos, there were some photos, which is indicated on those photos, they were sent to me from the tenant of the unit. The county's recommendation, the county's asking for a finding of violation and imposition of a one-time fine of $2,500 in view of the fact that compliance was achieved approximately 103 days after the corrective action date. The county also incurred the county also incurred $210 in cost in bringing this action to the hearing and so those totals combined would be $2,710. With regard to this particular violation, the reason that I'm asking for a one-time fine of $2,500 is we've had some prior cases from the same development. This is a big apartment complex. One owner. Yes. Yes. And so we've had multiple complaints with regard to leaking roofs, leaking windows. It seems to be a reoccurring theme. As of the last two months, at least I know, they have gotten new management on board and it looks like they are moving in the right direction. They are communicative. Also, they are receptive in terms of communicating, you know, what the game plan is in terms of bringing units into compliance. That's all fine and well, but the 103 days out of compliance is unacceptable, especially in view of the fact that someone's physically. There is an actual tenant in this space under these conditions. Right. Yes, exactly. So I know that the property manager, the old property manager, Mrs. Matchett, sent me an email and in that email she indicated that she had offered the tenant another unit to move out of that unit and go into another unit because she didn't know how soon corporate would give her the okay to start the corrections inside of the unit. Well, the tenant actually refused to move out in view of the fact that she moved into that unit from another unit that had some of the same issues, leaking roofs and so forth. So she refused to move out, which again, in my view, that's somewhat of a civil issue, but the tenant remained in the unit. But short of a long story is, is they did correct all of the violations. I understand from your testimony, you haven't actually been able to get in and to confirm. Well, I, on my last inspection was on 617. Okay. But, um, they sent me some photos on 6-9 indicating that, you know, they had made. Okay. I got to understand the mistake. So you've actually been in and confirmed that it's been done. Yes. Exactly. Are they in compliance now? They are in compliance. They're in compliance as of 6-17-25. But again, it took them in excess of, of a hundred days in order to bring the unit into compliance. Okay. All right. Again, anybody here representing West Shore Legacy? All right. Thank you. Go ahead and call the next case. Case number 25-004987, Alachua County versus NGASRP of Citrus Springs, LLC. Code Officer Andrew Coniglio. Good morning. My name is Andrew Coniglio. I'm co-Senior Forester with Alachua County Growth Management. I thought this was removed. The Citrus? All right. Go ahead. Sorry. Andrew Coniglio, Senior Forester, Alachua County Growth Management. On May 21st, the following violation was discovered by Alachua County Environmental Protection Staff Unauthorized Tree Removal located at 17607 Southwest 75th Avenue, Archer, Florida. Identified by parcel number 04526-008-002. Let me stop you for just a second. Is somebody here representing NGSRP of Citrus LLC? Somebody here representing the response? Okay. I'm sorry. So the violation was issued on May 28th, 2025, sent through certified mail and the reasonable time was given for corrective action. The corrective action was to apply for an after the factory permit and have it issued. They have applied for the permit. It has not been issued. They applied after the compliance date of 6-18-2025. They applied on 6-29-2025. So we have now received it, but it has not been issued. And so the county is requesting that they be found either guilty or come into compliance. Okay. How many days of compliance? They had 15 days. So have they come into compliance? They have recently got their permit applied for. So they've applied for it. So what does compliance require? They would have to have the permit issued and then comply with the requirements on the permit, which would be replanting or paying a fee in lieu. Okay. So the violation, so they've applied, but they haven't completed all the rest of it. Okay. No. And how many days or 15 days is what you're requesting? Yes. That's correct. And if they don't come into compliance within 15 days, are there fines being proposed? $100 a day. Okay. And have you incurred prosecution costs? Yes, sir. It is $140. And you've had contact with them? We have had contact with them recently. Yes, sir. And what do you know when that contact was? It was on the 18th. 618. June 18th. June 18th. Okay. All right. Again, is anybody here representing the respondent? See none. Thank you. Case number 25-002647, Senior Forrester, Andrew, Alachua County versus Challahonee, Senior Forrester, Alachua County. Good morning. My name is Andrew Caniglio, Senior Forrester, Alachua County Growth Management. And in the case number 25-002647, county received a violation or a complaint for a violation on May 13th, 25th. I went to the property and inspected and observed that a large tract of land was completely or nearly completely cleared of trees without a permit. I sent a notice of violation on May 28th and gave a reasonable time for compliance. That was to apply for and receive an after-the-fact tree permit from Alachua County. They have come into compliance by applying on 629 after the date required, and they are awaiting to have it issued. They will, just like in the previous case, need to fulfill the requirements of the permit, which would be replanting and or paying a fee in lieu. All right. So how many days do they have to come into compliance? Are you requesting that? They have 50 days for the application. So they've already done that, though, right? They have done that. So they're in compliance with that. They're in compliance with that. Then they will have the permitted time, which is a year. Okay. So one year. If they don't come into compliance, what fines are you seeking? $100 a day. And how much prosecution costs? $140. Again, someone here representing the respondent. I believe that includes all the new business. Is that correct? Okay. So let me read a statement. We're going to move now into the penalty phase. This is non-compliance hearings are strictly to evaluate if an order that has been created by the special magistrate has been followed or not been followed. I will not rehear the case. The special magistrate has no authority to revisit its previous decision or actions. The policy is for conducting non-compliance is determine if the respondent is in compliance or not in compliance. Give the county and the respondent an opportunity to speak on that compliance or non-compliance. And I'll make a decision regarding compliance or non-compliance. So if we could call the first of the penalty cases. Case number 24-011076, Alachua County wishes to remove. That is Daryl Emory Smith? Yes. Okay. So that's been removed. All right. Next case. Case number 24-005836, Alachua County v. White, Gene. Code Officer Kelly Poyer. So case 24-005836, Gene White. The address is 27514 Northwest 182nd Avenue in High Springs. The total fine is $13,600. That's as of July 3rd, which includes prosecution cost of $420. And the daily fine is $100. And let me go ahead and have you speak. Were you here to be sworn in? Yes. Yes. Okay. Go ahead and identify yourselves for the record, please. My name is Amy White. I am Gene White's daughter. Okay. And what can you tell me about? I was just curious because I wasn't, I haven't been to the last hearing. What is needed to be in compliance because a lot of that stuff has been removed. Okay. Well, Kelly, do you want to speak to that, please? Last time you had junk and debris on the property. You also had a storage container. So everything that's listed in your notice of violation is what needs to be corrected. From one last time I was there, which was the second, from my viewpoint, which is from the road, there's still junk and debris that needs to be picked up. So, I mean, you do have some other buildings. You stated in our last magistrate meeting that you have other buildings that need to be torn down. Those are in the back of the property. No, ma'am. There is just the container that's left. Okay. So you tore those buildings down? They've been torn down since January. Okay. Yeah. But we just need to verify those things. So we're going to need to get on the property. Well, you can see it actually from the highway that they're gone. Okay. Well, you have. Everything. Yes, ma'am. The whole acre that is involved in that is able to be seen from the highway. Okay. So everything, all the brush is gone? The brush. So, I mean, I can see it from the road. In other words. I'm not sure. The brush. What are you? You're saying I can see the property from the road? Yes, ma'am. Okay. The only thing that's on there now, well, the travel trailer, which you said was able because I'm out of the city limits and the container needs to be moved. So I just need to verify that all the junk and debris is gone. And like I said, I need to get on the property. What I'm seeing from the road is not gone. It was, when were you there, Kelly? July? The second. July 2nd. Yesterday. Do you have any pictures or? No, I don't have pictures with me, no. Sorry. So what I would suggest, if you're amenable to it, is have Kelly come out like you've heard earlier and work with you and identify exactly what needs to be done so that. Okay. Okay. This is my realtor that's handling the property because I'm trying to get it sold for my mom. Sure, I understand. She actually had one of the code enforcements come out and talk to them about it. Were you here for the swearing in? Yes, I was. Go ahead. Identify yourself for the record, please. I'm Sheila Sparks. I'm her realtor. Okay. We do have this under contract right now. We actually have a buyer that is thrilled to take it on the challenge of cleaning up the trash. He's a little leery of the fines that have accrued, you know, hoping there'll be leniency towards that. As far as the shipping container is still there. So is the RV and I don't know, or the camper, whatever it is. And I do believe there are accruing fines $100 a day. That's right. And until compliance is achieved, they will continue to accrue. The way our county rules are set up, once you're in compliance, you have an opportunity to come back before me to seek a reduction in those fines for a good cause. Yeah. But it's their burden to convince me why they should have the fines reduced. But until they come into compliance, we can't go into that step. I understand. So that's why I suggest to get Kelly out there to identify things that need to be done so you can stop that $100 a day. And once you're in compliance, then you can come back in and request, and or the buyer can come back in and request that now. Right now, I mean, obviously, she hasn't had the means to do it. Right. To get those things removed. My buyer is actually willing to possibly pay for it outside of closing on the contract. We were actually supposed to close the June the 14th. We've come across title issues. All three parcels that were going to be purchased have title issues. Okay. Trying to find the nearest of kin. It's been 50 years since those titles were supposedly transferred. Right. Never signed off on. They had contract for deeds for all three parcels. Those deeds were never recorded. Okay. We've been trying to find nearest of kin to get those taken care of. Come to a lot of dead ends. Right. Title company is asking right now for an additional month for us to do that. So, you know, every month that goes by, we're accruing another $3,000. Right. The buyer's, you know, freaking out. You're either going to have to lower down the price or we are going to have to take care of those things outside of, you know, having the purchase completed. Well, at this point, right here, what we're here for is the penalty phase side of it. And right now, it's clearly not in compliance completely. Right. So, they will continue to run until you can get that done. And hopefully, you can work something out with the buyer where maybe they can advance the monies and get it locked in and where it's in compliance. Because then you'll have a finite number and you can work with that process. Yeah. All right. Okay. Anything else from the county? Well, I just wanted to state for the record, Your Honor, that myself, the director, and our legal secretary, we were actually the ones that met with the potential buyer and the real estate agent. Okay. So, I just wanted to state that for the buyer. So, you're working with the buyer and they're aware of this? Yes. We're aware of the buyer, yes. Okay. All right. Good. Well, hopefully, you can work out something with your buyer where you can step in and get it locked down. And like I said, then at that point, there's an opportunity to come back and seek a reduction of the fines. Yep. Decided to take it on. Okay. Thank you for being here. Next case, please. Case number 24-011, 018, Alachua County versus Rodas, Steven M, and Sheila M. The Rodas here? Anybody from the family? The Rodas? Okay. Zoom. It doesn't say anything about Zoom right here. Are they on Zoom? No man Zoom. Okay. All right. Please proceed. So, case 24-011, 018, Steven and Sheila Rodas. Address is 21227 Northeast 51st Avenue in Arlington. The total fines is $10,200 as of July 3rd, which includes prosecution cost of $560, and the daily fine is $75. My last inspection was on July 2nd. And still not in compliance? Correct. They were in compliance with the unsurvisable vehicles, so you probably have an affidavit of compliance. It's just the junk and debris remaining. Again, somebody here representing the Rodas. All right. Next case, please. Case number 24-015087, Alachua County versus Holly Heights. Request to remove. Okay. That being removed. Go ahead. Next case, please. Case number 24-015082, Alachua County versus Laura Auerbach, John Auerbach, and Margaret Auerbach. Okay. Is someone here representing the Auerbach? Is somebody here representing the Auerbach? Seeing none. Go ahead and please. Good morning. I'm Officer Alante Webb. I work for Alachua County. So this case is in compliance. The owners just owed a $350 prosecution cost. Okay. Thank you. Sure. Anybody here representing the Auerbach? Seeing none. Okay. Let me make a few notes here. Okay. Next case. 222-01562, Alachua County versus Petrov-Vladislov. Code Officer Scott Krajewski. Yes. Go ahead. You're welcome to stand there if you'd like. Yeah. This is going to be quick. It's going to be quick. Okay. Go ahead. Scott Krajewski, Director of Alachua Code. We're doing all case files throughout the office and we came across this case file. This case was put into compliance June 16, 2023. There's multiple emails between him and the previous legal assistant. Right. He requested a reduction hearing August 1, 2024 and did not show up. Right. We were willing to discuss it at that time. Right now, we do have a lien actually signed by you back in September 18, 2023. Right. We didn't feel that was, with all the correspondence going back and forth, we didn't feel it was fair to just file a lien. Henceforth, we're bringing him here today so he can have a discussion with you. Okay. He is in compliance right now. The total fees owed are $2,400. Okay. And so, do you want to treat this as a request for a reduction? I'm willing to treat it as a reduction hearing. I don't want to leave the man's right here. If the county is willing to do that, I'm willing to hear it even though, sure. So, let me read a statement for you so we're official. Okay. So, we're going to treat this as a reduction request. Yeah. Okay. So, I will now hear your request for reduction of fines and rescisional liens. The decision to grant your request is solely within my discretion pertaining to state statute and county code. And your obligation is to tell me why and what causes and reasons I should be able to grant you a reduction of your fine. Yeah. Okay. And we won't discuss the original case. So, go ahead and… Yeah. Your Honor, I wasn't in compliance in my project which I started building on my property 2020, 2023. And the procedure was initiated or not compliant. Mm-hmm. And we had a hearing here on April 6, 2023. Mm-hmm. And on this hearing, in the end, I… Of course, it was a wooden structure raised on the concrete slab. And you told me that I had to demolish… Right. …this thing. And I agree. But in the end, I asked, what about the concrete slab? Right. It's over there. I do remember this, yeah. Yeah. Uh… I didn't have concrete answer what I'm supposed to do with the concrete slab. Understood. Okay. And… Okay. And in a few weeks, I… Right after the hearing, I removed the… I demolished the structure. The wooden structure. Yes. And in a few weeks, a court enforcement agent came again. And she said, oh, but the concrete slab is still there. And I said, yes. And she said, I think you have to remove it. And in a few days, I remove it. And then, it was it. And then, I had a confirmation of compliance in… On 6, actually, May 26, I had the issue compliance. Mm-hmm. And it is the whole story, actually. Okay. So, what's the county's position on this? Uh… According to our records, it was 6-16-2023. Right. But, I mean, I… It could have been… That's why we're… We're… We're tidying these up. I understand. Okay. All right. Does the county have any opposition to a reduction in funding? Not at all. Okay. So, do you have a position about what percentage reduction? Okay. He's done everything. He's been very receptive. I think a lot of this was… He was… He's been in and out of the country. I think… I understand. Minimal. Very minimal. I'd be fine with. Okay. All right. So, I'm going to tell you, Mr… Mr. Petrov. Total fines are… What? 200? Now, typically, we require him to pay prosecution costs to be in front of us for… He already paid that. You said he paid that? Right. Okay. So, that's fine. All right. So, I'm going to reduce the fine to $24. Oh. Thank you. Thank you, Ronald. Okay. Appreciate it. Appreciate you. That's a deal. I appreciate you being here. I appreciate you doing the work and taking the structure down. You saw a lot of people don't bother to even show up. So, we appreciate you taking the effort and stuff. Thank you. Thank you for coming. I'm sorry you had to wait so long for that last… All right. Any other cases before us today? Yes. We need to hear the Parsons case. Okay. Is Mr. Parsons here? No. Okay. So, let's go ahead and call that case, please, for the record. Case number 21-009862, Alachua County versus Parsons, Gregory W., Code Officer Michael Williams. Is somebody here representing Mr. Parsons? Seeing none, please proceed. Sure. We're here April 3rd. Mm-hmm. There was a request for a continuance due to a probate action bill. Right. That probate action was filed on June 25th, but we, as Your Honor is already allowing, we are asking that this proceeds since Mr. Parsons was given notice actually by Growth Management in November of 2020 of what he needed to do. This hearing was initially on November 3rd of 2022, continued to January 5th of 2023, was held until the appeal. And at the last hearing on April 3rd, Mr. Ireland asked for it to be continued so that the probate action could be filed. We don't see him here. The notice was filed to the same address, and Mr. Parsons' son does reside at this address that is listed. Okay. So, do we have proper notice to the parties in there? Where? It was listed to Gregory Parsons, but it went to the address where I believe his name is Mark Parsons. I'll let the officer testify to that. Okay. Thank you, Doc. So, proceed. Okay. So, in view of that, the county is asking that they be found in violation of County Code 44.66. The county incurred $350 in cost, and the county is asking for a $100 per day fine be imposed. Do you have a compliance date, a time period to come into compliance? 60 days. 60 days? Okay. Gives them plenty of time to decide what they want to do. All right. So, prosecutions cost $350, $100 per day if they don't come into compliance within the 60 days and 60 days? Correct. Correct. All right. Again, Ms. Somebody representing Mr. Parsons here. Seeing none. All right. Any other cases to call? No. All right. Thank you all. The case closes hearing at 1045.