Welcome to Pinellas County Code Enforcement Special Magistrate Hearings there. The special magistrate is charged with conducting hearings to determine whether an alleged violation of the county code has occurred. In order to meet that obligation, all parties or their representatives will be allowed an opportunity to be heard on matters relevant to the alleged violation of violations. All witnesses offering testimony or presenting evidence will be required to swear or affirm that the testimony they provide is the truth. The order of presentation will begin with the county presenting their evidence of the alleged violation and then the respondent shall present his or her case. Both parties shall have an opportunity to cross-examine all witnesses. The special magistrate may question any witness. The clerk will announce the names of the case from the agenda. When you hear your case called, please respond by coming to the podium. With your representative and or any witnesses to be sworn in. When addressing the special magistrate, please speak clearly into the microphone. Any person who decides to appeal the decision of the code enforcement special magistrate with respect to any matter considered at this hearing will need a record of the proceedings and for such purposes may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based. Such record is not provided by Pinellas County.
Item 2, Department Code Enforcement, Matter, Minimum Housing Code Violation, Zoning Code Violation. Case Number, CCM-25-00049. Officer, B. Hughes, Owner, Frankia Frank. Notice Address, Frankia Frank, 3079 Woodsong Lane, Clearwater, Florida, 33761-2024. Violation Address, 6451, Olmerton Road, Largo, Florida, 33771. Please follow.
Who is here on, is Frank, uh, Frenchia? Yes. I do, Mr. Frenchia. Okay. Mr. Frenchia, can you just state your name for the record? Frank, Frankia. Officer Hughes?
Officer Hughes.
Okay. Could you both raise your right hand, please? Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you'll give today will be the truth, nothing but the truth? I do. I do. I understand you've reached an agreement here? Yes, sir. Okay. We have the, um, four different violations, okay? We're going to, compliance date will be November 16th, and, uh, did you agree to this, Mr. Frenchia? Yes, sir. Are you satisfied with it? Yes, sir. Officer?
Yes, sir.
Okay. Uh, I'll accept the agreement and enter an order. Do you want me to sign that now, or do you want to do them all at once?
Um, yeah, we'll do it all at once. You can sign it.
Yes. Okay.
Well, you can sign it, and then just pass it along, and we'll do it.
All right. Uh, you can, you can go up here, and she'll give you the order, copy the order. Mr. Frankia. One, three. Thank you, sir.
The answer is you can either wait for the neighbor, or we'll go ahead and send it to you. Yeah. Um, and then if the court costs that you agreed with, you could either pay it today with a check, or you have to send a cashier's check or money order, um, if it's after the hearings, or another day. We could do it within 30 days. Can I pay now with a great plan? Unfortunately, we were antiquated with our credit cards. Sorry. I'll take care. Okay. So, that has to be cashier's check or, um, money order. Okay. So, you're all set, and we'll send you the, the, yeah, you can go. Thank you. That was easy, huh? Bye. He didn't need the coffee. Thank you. No, he doesn't need the coffee. So, the next case is item nine. Item nine, department code enforcement matter minimum housing code violations, inoperable vehicle code violation, case number CCM-25-00057, officer D. Duvall, owner Tobin Barbara J. Estate, notice address Tobin Barbara J. Estate, 11309-115th Street, Largo, Florida, 33778, and Jennifer Pietrzak, Jennifer Spears, Charles Tobin, 11309-115th Street, Largo, Florida, 33778, and Toby Neal Tobin, 11076, 70th Avenue, Seminole, Florida, 33772, and Toby Neal Tobin, 11309-115th Street, Largo, Florida, 33778, and Paul Eugene Tobin, Paul E. Tobin, 11309-115th Street, Largo, Florida, 33778, violation address, 11309-115th Street, Largo, Florida, 33778.
Officer, if you could state your name for the record, please.
Officer Duvall.
Toby Tobin.
Thank you, Mr. Tobin. Both of you, you could just raise your right hand, please. Do you swear, affirm, that any testimony we get today be the truth and nothing but the truth?
I do.
Mr. Tobin, what's your relationship to the estate?
My mother.
It was your mom? Yeah. Okay. My understanding is we have an agreement here regarding two violations. Am I getting that right?
That is correct.
And we've got a compliance date of October 14th, 25th? You have her phone number and everything? I have all the unpertinent information. Yes, I do. All right. I'm going to accept it and enter an order. Yes.
All right. Thank you, Magistrate.
Thank you both. Have a great day. Thank you. You too.
Mr. Tobin, if you'd like, we can give you a copy of the order or you can get it via mail. Like you received a notice. Okay. And then if you'd like, you can pay the court cost today.
I wasn't expecting that astronomical amount. So, you can pay in 30 days.
Is that something that will send me in the mail? No. You have 30 days. Today, it would be all in the order. And the order is going to explain to you. It has to be cashier's check or money order. Okay. Have a good day. Next case. Item three. Item three. Department code enforcement. Matter minimum housing code violation. Trash and debris code violation. Zoning code violation. Case number. CCM-25-00055. Officer D. DeVall, owner, Schoesler, Kenneth Robert, Schoesler, Keith Edward. Notice address, Schoesler, Kenneth Robert, Schoesler, Keith Edward. 9197, 108th Street, Seminole, Florida, 33778. Violation address, 11626, 108th Place, Largo, Florida, 33778.
Officer, if you could state your name for the record.
Officer DeVall.
In your name, sir?
Kenneth Schoesler.
In your name, sir?
Keith Schoesler.
If three of you could raise your right hand, please, do you swear or affirm that any testimony you give today would be the truth and nothing but the truth?
I do. I do. I do.
My understanding, Mr. Schoesler, and Mr. Schoesler, that there was three violations and there will be a compliance date of October 14th, 2025? That's correct. Did you agree to that? Good with that, officer? Okay. I'm going to accept the agreement and enter an order right now. Thank you. All right.
Thank you, magistrate. I appreciate it. All right, gentlemen. Thank you. You've got my contact information to stay in touch.
Would you just send it to you? Okay. And then you already heard about the court. All right. Thank you. You're welcome. Have a great weekend. Bye. Next case is item seven.
Just give me one second here.
Oh, yeah. Sure. Sorry.
Thank you very much. Oh, is that right? Yeah. Go ahead. I'm good. Okay.
Item seven, department code enforcement, matter right-of-way code violation, zoning code violation. Case number, CCM-25-00056, Officer D. DeVall, Owner, Jelaj Driton. Notice address, Jelaj Driton, 10516, Giuliano Drive, Riverview, Florida, 33569-8712. Violation address, 1774, Albemarle Road, Clearwater, Florida, 33764.
Officer, could you state your name to the record, please?
Officer DeVall.
Your name is it? Right-hand, Gilage. Okay. If you could both raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony, any testimony you give today, be the truth nothing but the truth?
I do. I do.
It's my understanding. We have two violations here. There's been an agreement. Or is it three?
It's two. It should be a zoning violation and a right-of-way utilization violation.
Per se. Give me a second, please.
Sir, should have had. Oh, this is one. Gilage. And this goes with the other order.
Oh, okay. Oh, okay. There it is. All right.
Is it? Let's make sure it's 56. This is the joint stipulation. Yep. There you go.
It's two violations and with a compliance date of October 29th, 2025. Do you agree to that? Yes. Okay. I'm going to accept the agreement. We'll get an order prepared for it. All right. Just want to make sure I have the right one. Thank you, Magistrate.
Thank you both. So you guys just keep in touch. I'll pay for dollars.
All right.
Perfect. Thank you so much.
All right.
We'll just mail it in order to it. Okay. Pardon me. And you heard me already about the court. All right. All right, Dave. Bye-bye.
100. 100.
Registry, we have completed the joint stipulations.
Okay. 4, right?
Number 4. Item 4, Department Code Enforcement, Matter, Minimum Housing Code Violation, Trash and Debris Code Violation, Zoning Code Violation. Case number, CCM-25-00048. Officer B. Officer B. Hughes, Owner, Technology Development Consultants, LLC. Trustee, Strategic Trust Holding, 74th Street North, Land Trust. Notice address, Technology Development Consultants, LLC. Trustee, Strategic Trust Holding, 74th Street North, Land Trust. P.O. Box 752, Dunedin, Florida, 34697-0752. And Technology Development Consultants, LLC. Trustee, Strategic Trust Holding, 74th Street North, Land Trust, 18167, U.S. Highway 19 North, Suite 250, Clearwater, Florida, 33764. And International Technology Logistics, LLC, Technology Development Consultants, LLC. Trustee, Strategic Trust Holding, 74th Street North, Land Trust, 18167, U.S. Highway 19 North, Suite 250, Clearwater, Florida, 33764. Violation address, 5100, 74th Street North, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33709.
Officer, I'll state your name for the record, please.
Officer Hughes.
Counselor?
Yes, Christopher Hickson, H-I-X-S-O-N of Hickson Law Group, registered agent, and now attorney officially for the respondent.
Thank you, Mr. Hickson. Thank you. Does, uh, I presume that the clerk has all your information? Yes. Do you have a request?
Yes, I do have a request for a continuous judge. This is a first request, first time this has been called up. Um, I was literally just retained on Wednesday. I am the registered agent, but all of the prior issues that are in this case have been going straight to the P.O. box, um, the Certificate of Service of the Notice of Hearing was August 1st. I have the, uh, the actual envelope with me. It went out on the 5th in my records for my office, which I keep because I handle the mail myself. I'm a solo practitioner. Came in on the 11th. I was in a trial with Judge Covert on Tuesday all day, so I first really saw this. On Wednesday, my client got it apparently the same day, called me, asked to hire me officially, not just as registered agent on this. Um, so I did that. I immediately reached out to your offices asking for a continuance, but because we're in the seven days period, they informed me I need to come and show up. Um, I've spoken with the officer here today. Um, plus my client's not here. He's already up in New York moving his daughter into college, into her dorm, and he's not going to be back until Tuesday. So I haven't really been able to investigate everything. But I did have a very good conversation with, um, Madam Officer here, and, uh, I fully understand the case and the issues in it. Um, and I, we did come up to a pseudo-agreement. She can't agree, but she's not going to oppose the continuance judge until 9-5 if my client and it's put in an order, um, hits the major parts that need to be done by securing the property and cleaning overgrowth, which seems to be the biggest issues. Um, so we would ask for a continuance based on that stipulation to have that done within two weeks, and I would assert that's a good cause, Your Honor.
Understood. Excuse me. Understood, Counselor. Um, so, uh, it's my understanding here that the, the building had a condemnation, a condemnation notice was posted, right?
Yes, sir. Um, it was condemned a year ago. Um, go ahead. And I'm sorry. So, Mr. Hickson was not aware of it, apparently. We did go over and detail the violations. I did explain the one reason that I was hesitant to the continuance initially and that I was going to argue against it initially was because the, uh, building is not secure. The back door is open. One of the apartments is open. There's a broken window that people can climb in and out of. Uh, when he did agree to ensure that all the, um, entryways that, and I know from the neighbors also that, um, people have been going in and they don't have to break in. And they're just walking in and using the facility, they can see, um, uh, people lighting things up in the evening. No, I got it.
I saw the pictures. Yeah.
So, basically, long story short with that is, um, uh, that we would come back and re-hear it in September as long as they secure the building within no longer than two weeks sooner would be better and, um, cut the overgrowth that's red, that's there. And then, um, I guess three weeks would be the next hearing, uh, September 5th. Go ahead. Or September 8th?
September 8th, yes.
It would be September 19th. September 19th. Okay. Correct. Um, which is still fine. As long as it's secure and people aren't getting in there, the overgrowth is cut so that it doesn't, um, continue to be a nuisance, I'm okay with the continuance.
Well, where do you stand on the condemnation?
No one's living in there. Well, no one should be living in there and no one has since it was condemned.
And I see it's kind of old, you know what I mean? And, uh, I'm not, I'm going to grant you to continue it here in a second. Thank you. You know, I understand.
I still want to hear everything that your honor is thinking.
Yeah, I guess, let's just flush this out. You gotta, he's giving you a word he's going to do it. He's, you know, he can't force his client to do anything. Right. You know, and if it doesn't happen, I'm thinking, you know, it's, it's six weeks. I see there was a sinkhole report in here, right?
Uh, the way the building inspector put it as possible sinkhole, you can definitely see that the, um, basically what originally happened with the, when the code enforcement area officer first went in, that there was a tenant there and the floor and the wall had basically separated. Um, part of the ceiling had caved in. Um, so that's when they had the building inspector take a look. They did condemn it. And, um, it's my understanding, except for people that have broken in or walked in because it's not secure, uh, no one actually has been living there. They haven't been renting it. So part of the violations are going to be the minimum housing violations with the condition that it's in. And there is soffit, um, the root that's falling down the, um, the whole inside of it. It's been partially gutted. There's basically mud on the floor on the inside. So, um, minimum housing will be part of the violations. Uh, the overgrowth is part of the violations and the fence and disrepair will be part of the violations.
And obviously I'm going to advise my client with the, the status of the squatters or interveners. He's in much more, uh, personal liability on it, on the corporation is.
Just, just the only reason I may ask these questions, the initial minimum housing standards was, uh, the notice was sent out in August of 24.
Understood, Judge.
And then in March of this year was the trash and debris. Right. Uh, and then March of this year was the, uh, the fence and everything.
Right, yeah, and I understand.
Okay, just, just so you know, because it'll be a little tougher to get more in the future.
Right, the officer explained to me, since it wasn't the legal notice, right, that's why I didn't get it, or.
That's okay, I got it.
To be fair, this probably would have been addressed a lot longer ago.
All right, I'm fine with the September.
19th.
19th date.
That's fine, I'm going to address it.
Okay, all right.
Thank you, I appreciate it, Your Honor. Thank you so much, I'll be in contact. Okay, thank you.
Mr. Hickson, you'll receive the order, um, via email. Do we have your email? Sure. Yeah. I will send it to you via email and mail.
Okay.
Chris, H-I-S, not the full, but it's just three letters longer.
Perfect. Thank you, so have a great weekend. You're welcome, everybody. And item 10 is the next case. Item 10, Department Code Enforcement, Matter, Minimum Housing Code Violation, Trash and Debris Code Violation, Zoning Code Violation. Case number, CCM-25-00050. Officer B. Hughes, owner, St. Jungle, LLC. Notice address, St. Jungle, LLC, 7901, 4th Street North, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33702-4399. And Registered Agents Incorporated, Registered Agent 4, St. Jungle, LLC, 7901, 4th Street North, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33702-4399. And Hittac, LLC, Manager for St. Jungle, LLC, 7901, 4th Street North, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33702-4399. And Northwest, Registered Agent, LLC, Registered Agent 4, Registered Agents Incorporated, 7901, 4th Street North, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33702-4399. Violation address, 3126, 57th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33714.
Morning.
Good morning, Your Honor. Officer, just for the record, state your name.
Officer Hughes.
And your name, sir? Attorney Charles Pinson here on behalf of the Respondent, St. Jungle, LLC. Charles Pinson. And I have one of their authorized agents here as well.
When you say someone, authorized agent for the LLC? Correct. Okay, is he going to be a witness of yours?
He could be if it requires that, Your Honor. I think main contention here are the fees, the cost. The cost, correct. The Respondent, he purchased this back in November, and this was the time where the violation was posted. So when they got it, it was a hot mess, if you will. And that initial posting, they didn't have the, I guess, cognizance during the transition of taking over the property. And so they missed that initial hearing, I believe it was back in January. And since then, they got notice of the property again, but they've done substantial improvements of the property. And I have a picture here that you can compare to. And so they're just asking that the $600, I think 603, 604, be waived, and they have a little more time to fully have everything in compliance. I think as of now, they have three things in compliance. I have the picture here, if I can.
Well, I'm going to, I would, I don't need to see that. Okay. Let me ask you this. Leaving the cost aside, you think you could reach an agreement regarding the three violations, I guess?
Yes, Your Honor.
Absolutely. Did you discuss a time frame to get them done?
We didn't discuss a time frame. I think my client is, you know, confident that they could have everything remedied by October. However, if that pleases the code enforcement, you could comment. Okay.
So there's a lot with this case. If there have been improvements, I haven't seen them yet. So before the pictures get submitted, I would like to actually look at them. They were, stop work order was placed on the property because they don't have permits from unlicensed contracting board or investigator. Therefore, depending on what work they're doing, whether it requires a permit, I'm not sure they should be doing it anyway until they get permits. So I would like to actually present my case and have you decide.
Yeah.
May I respond, Your Honor?
You may. Yeah, but this is just preliminary. I just want anybody in.
Yeah, they are in the process, if they haven't already contracted with a GC, the property prior to them purchasing it, like literally during that time, contemporaneously, there was a trailer home in front. And that trailer home, I guess, blocked the back part of the house and all of the debris. I mean, if you could imagine, you know, maybe you've seen it or whoever was out there. It was like a stockpile of trash. So I think the motivation with the client at that time was just to actually get everything out. I mean, I have, you know, it's just, it's been massive improvement. And they are aware that they have to get a GC to get to pull the permits to continue renovating the home. But, I mean, from the time that they got it, I mean, it was a real eyesore and it was a hazard. So I think their motivation was to hurry up and try to get that stuff out. But now they have contracted with a GC.
Well, Mr. Dick, Mr. Pinson, they're not willing to waive the cost, okay? So then I'm going to put the, my only alternative is to, and generally they don't, okay? It's taxpayer dollars. Put the case on and I'll decide whether there was a violation at a certain point in time. And if so, you know, most likely, depending on what the testimony is, you can put that all on. You know, I'm going to, if you, if there's found to be a violation, I'm going to incur the cost. But I won't know that until I hear the case. And you want an opportunity to chat with her about it. I doubt if she's going to change the cost just because I know she probably doesn't have the authority. I don't. And as far as the other violations, you know, if you want a few minutes, you think you're the last case here. So you want a few minutes to chat with her because I suspect she's probably willing to give you a certain amount of time to do everything else. Okay. And maybe she could work on that. That's up to you. Otherwise, I have to, I have to hear the case to decide the cost.
Okay. And so I'm, I'm just asking you, you want a few minutes to talk with her?
It's not a problem. You're the last case here.
Okay. Yeah. Yeah. That's not a problem. I'm, I'm pretty sure we would come to an agreement, but with regards to the cost, I know, uh, the court was saying it's 30 days to pay the fee. So when we come back before that 30 days, um, or are you saying that that fee can't be waived at all?
She's not going to waive those costs. They've already been incurred by the citizens of, uh, Dallas County. Okay. Yeah.
I'll speak with her.
Why don't you speak with her and let, let the clerk know when you're done. Let's take your time. All right. Thank you.
I'll get the phone.
Stop the recording. Yeah. You can stop recording. Communications. Go off the record. Go off the record. Please stop recording.
Live, right?
Yes.
Um, it's my understanding. We have an agreement here. Is that correct? Officer? That's correct. Master. Mr. Pinson? That's correct. Master. Okay. It's three violations over the compliance date of October 16th. Okay. Um, I'll accept the agreement. We have a lawyer here. So, and, uh, give you the order now or she can mail it to you or whatever you want.
Okay. You can, um, I can send it through email as well. Email is probably best. Perfect. All right. Awesome.
Okay.
Thank you all so much. Thank you both. Happy Friday.
Bye-bye. Thank you.
Thank you.
Shake your head. You might shake your head.
We can just do the next case if you want. It's totally up to you.
Item one. Just give me one second. Oh, yeah.
Thank you.
Item one. Department code enforcement, matter minimum housing code violation, inoperable vehicle code violation, trash and debris code violation, zoning code violation. Case number. CCM-25-00052, officer D. DeVall, owner, key Sandra Estate, notice address, key Sandra Estate, 11693-127th Avenue, Largo, Florida, 33778-1557, and Sandra Smith Cooper, 11693-127th Avenue, Largo, Florida, 33778, and Darian Key, Christopher Samuel, Carl Smith, 11693-127th Avenue, Largo, Florida, 33778, and Jasmine Cooper, Nicole Cooper, 30741, Lanesboro Circle, Wesley Chapel, Florida, 33543-3921, and Nicole Denise Cooper, 11693-127th Avenue, Largo, Florida, 33778, and Darren William Key, Darian W. Key, 3741-38th Way South, Apartment B, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33771, and Darren Key, 5138, Fox Bridge Circle, North, Apartment 74, Clearwater, Florida, 33760, violation address, 11693-127th Avenue, Largo, Florida, 33778-1557.
Good morning, officer. State your name for the record.
Officer Duvall.
Could you raise your right hand, please? Do you swear or affirm that any testimony you give this morning will be the truth and nothing but the truth?
I do.
May proceed.
Good morning, magistrate. With the owner not present for this particular property, I would like to enter into evidence exhibits A and B. This violation has been in occurrence since May 19th of 2025 with the most recent re-inspection reflected here on exhibit B. My photos was done on August 13th. There has been communication with the adult son who lives at the property. The property owner has been deceased for several years, Sandra Key. I have had communication with the son. I was going to try to meet him this week, and that never did end up happening. He never did show up at the property. We have had communication this morning that Caroline can give you further information on from the adult daughter that lives out in Wesley Chapel.
Thank you. I did speak with Julia Gibbs, who had actually left a voicemail for Officer Duvall. Officer Duvall transferred it over to our office, and I spoke with her. She stated she lives in Wesley Chapel. She is an owner of a daycare, so she could not be present today. Her brother, Darren William Key, lives on the property, so he's the one taking care of the property, and he's currently in the hospital. She said that she can submit evidence that he's in the hospital and that she's not able to come. So she did request to see if we could have a Zoom hearing. I told her it's not possible. We have to have days in advance. Check with communications. We could not. So she's asking for either a continuance. I told her, I said, I don't know if that is possible, that we would let the magistrate know, and then I also told her that I would email her the results, whatever it is, if it's a continuance or if it's just that the case may go through. I explained to her what happens when a case just goes through.
Officer, what's your feeling about that? What's your position?
My position is the violations all still exist. The property is not in extreme violation. Mr. Key has been working on getting things cleaned up. He is well aware of what needs to be taken care of. I told him that we would give him at least 30 days to continue to work through any other issues that need to be taken care of. The biggest issue is an inoperable vehicle that's not tagged, that sits in the front of the property. It's not tagged now. I only have A. I don't have the Ranger overlooks tag. Yes, B still has, yeah, still has, yes, there is no tag. So I think he has some issues with trying to get that vehicle properly tagged. But other than that, the, what needs to be taken care of is not extreme. I do believe that 30 days would be plenty of time. It's not like I haven't spoken with him. Next date, next available date. So are you going to push it then to have him be able to come for
the next hearing? Yes, I'm going to, when you say push it. Meaning giving him continuance? I'm going to grant the continuance. So pretty much in light of the fact that someone else has called that it's an estate and the first notice of this was about four months ago, right? It's not like it's from last
year. Well, it actually was, it has been going on for quite a while. The zone officer in an effort to, for ease of presentation, and he did redo all of his notices of violation to have the same date go out, which is fine. My question to you, magistrate, is we don't have any formal executor showing for this estate. So if Mr. Key shows up, since he is an heir, I mean, he is the son of Sandra. We did do an air search and it did come up as such. Uh, is he then allowed to then present and or, you know,
represent? I've done that in the past. I'm not sure it was the full it was, but we've done that plenty of times in the past. Okay. So he doesn't need anything. Without probate proceedings. Um, I'd prefer that they do, do you understand? Maybe if it's a son or a daughter, uh, you know, I, I, I would let them put a
fence up. Okay. We've been, um, we've certainly encouraged them that probate should be filed. Absolutely. Yes. Yeah. This, this, uh, this lady, Ms. Sandra here has been deceased for many years now and they've never, um, Oh, I didn't realize that. Yeah. She's been, she's been deceased for a while. I can go and check, uh, the obituary real quick if we need a date, but, um, she's been at least,
at least four years. So, so there's been no problems with the property till now, right?
Well, there has been ongoing just keeping it cleaned up. And now finally the zone officer was like, we've waited long enough. Let's see what we can do to get it. What was the date of death? Do you have any idea? Uh, I do not have date of death. Not the exact date, but she died recently. It was not recently. It was Sandra 2017, 2017. She passed away. Yeah. Um, I'm going
to grant the new date. What would be the date? The date would be September 19th, 2025. Okay. And tell them, you know, ask them if there is an estate or whatever. And that's a firm date. Okay. Very good. Yeah. Of course, you know, if we go further and it's not, I don't ever want someone to come, you know what I mean? Okay. Giving them appropriate notice is probably in the long run is going to be the best thing here if they don't get into compliance. All right.
Very good. Thank you, officer. Thank you, officer. Next piece is item five. Item five, department code enforcement, matter, minimum housing code violation, trash and debris code violation, zoning code violation. Case number CCM-25-00054. Officer D. DeVall, owner, TerraVest Equity Group, LLC. Notice address, TerraVest Equity Group, LLC. 30th North Gold Street, Suite R, Sheridan, Wyoming, 82801. And TerraQuest Equity Group, LLC, 2850, 34th Street North, Unit number 346, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33713. And Registered Agents Incorporated, Registered Agent for TerraVest Equity Group, LLC. 7901, 4th Street North, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33702. And Farrell Dale, manager, managing member, and authorized person for TerraVest Equity Group, LLC. 1320, Kit Reg Court, Northeast Atlanta, Georgia, 30329. And Litka, Gavin, managing member, and authorized person for TerraVest Equity Group, LLC. 2253, Central Avenue, Unit 206, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33713. And Northwest Registered Agent, LLC. Registered Agent 4, Registered Agents Incorporated. 7901, 4th Street North, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33702. Violation address, 3714. 57th Avenue, North, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33714. Let the record reflect that there's no one else in the
gallery and no one has answered the call for the defendant. Officer, you state your name for the record. Officer Duvall. Raise your right hand, please. Do you swear, affirm, that the testimony we get today be the truth and nothing but the truth? I do. You may proceed. Magistrate,
the violations at this property have been in occurrence since honor before May 23rd of 2025. The property was re-inspected on 8-5, August 5th, last week, and the violations continue. I'd like to enter the notice of hearing, composite exhibit A, and composite exhibit B into evidence.
You may proceed. That's B. I have A. Yes. Let the record reflect that I have A and B, and we'll accept A and B into evidence. So, Magistrate, this is a vacant property. It is
a problematic property. We have had the Sheriff's Department contact us several times trying to find out what's going on. It's been broken into in the back. There's been a window that's been compromised, and people have been coming and going. So, we have some minimum housing that exists. This, again, just a front picture of the front of the property. This is an overhang that has had wood replaced and no protective coating put on it. The entire parcel is extremely overgrown. Again, a front shot. We have a very large debris pile in the front right by the road, and these are properties. This is a picture of the side of the property. This is probably as tall as I am out there. This other side is probably about knee-deep to me, and this is just an up-closed picture of some of the debris that's been gathered up by the road. And the fence violation, although not extreme, we do have some broken fencing that is chain-linked. We've got some bent rails. Some of it may even be from the overgrowth that's pushing it out. This long runs, as you can see, right along this sidewalk here. So, Magistrate, the county requests you find the property in violation of Code Sections 22-299 for minimum housing, Code Section 58-304 for the trash and debris, and Code Section 138-3703 for the fence violation, the zoning violation. An issue in order to have the property brought into compliance within 30 days for a sign of fine of $250 per day per violation. Magistrate, I am going for a higher fine simply because property is vacant, and the property owners have been non-responsive, and there has been a lot of issues involving the Sheriff's Department going on and transient activity in
and out of the property. I see that they haven't even owned it a year, right? November 24, I think, right? Yes, so not quite a year. Not quite a year. Yeah. Is it vacant? It is vacant. It has been ever
since the ownership took place. Anything else? That is it. I'm going to consider the public portion
of the hearing closed. I'm going to find that violations do exist with regard to the minimum housing violation, 22-299. I'm going to institute a fine of $250 a day. That fine can be abated if there's compliance within 30 days, which would be September 14, 2025, by 4 p.m. Similarly, with regard to the trash and debris, Section 58-304, an institute a fine of $250 a day. That fine can be abated if there's compliance within 30 days, which would be September 14, 2025, by 5 p.m. Similarly, with regard to the zoning violation, 138-3703. I'm going to find the defendant to be in violation, institute a fine of $250 a day. That fine can be abated if there's compliance within 30 days, which would be September 14, 2025, by 5 p.m. The county is awarded the costs. Thank you, Badger Street. Next piece is item 6. Item 6,
Department Code Enforcement, Matter of Minimum Housing Code Violation, Trash and Debris Code Violation, Zoning Code Violation. Case Number CCM-25-00047, Officer B. Hughes, Owner 8356-JA Land Trust, Notice Address 8356-JA Land Trust, 8356-Jacaranda Avenue, Largo, Florida, 33777-3616, Violation Address 8356-Jacaranda Avenue,
Seminole, Florida, 33773. Let the record reflect that there's no one in the gallery and no one has answered the call for 8356-Jacaranda Avenue in Seminole. And Officer, your name for the record? Officer Hughes. Officer Hughes, if you could raise your right hand, please. Do you swear firm that the testimony we give today be the truth and nothing but the truth? I do. You may proceed. Okay. So the
violations for this property have been on occurrence since on or before November 14th of 2024 and I would like to enter the notice of hearing composite Exhibit A into evidence. You may proceed. Okay. So as you have Exhibit A, pretty much it shows the minimum housing 22299. It's basically there's a lot of dirt, um, some staining and some boards without, uh, protective coating and some damaged wood along the fascia. They do have actually a posting you'll see on the window, um, that shows, uh, who to call if there's code violations. Really? And I attempted calling and, um, emailing and there's been no response. And I believe the, on your foreclosure list, um, uh, it expired. And so I don't have any new contact information. On the foreclosure list? Or not foreclosure. What do you call it?
It's the foreclosure. Registry. Oh, I know what you're talking. Okay. Yeah. So they were. Oh, okay.
Thank you. So I tried that company and what's on the, the window and I have received zero response back. I'm glad you put that onto the record. Thank you. Um, of course, also you've got the, uh, trash and debris violation. There's, it's significantly overgrown and there's some trash and debris over on the side plus some fence debris on the side. And again, the fence is pretty much falling apart and there's missing and broken pickets. And so that's when I did my initial inspection on January 17th. Um, so magistrate, the property was re-inspected on August 5th of 2025 and the violations continue. Photos were taken on that date and I would like to enter them as a composite exhibit B.
I'm going to accept, uh, composite exhibit A, the photographs and the, and the other documents. We have those, right? I have copies of those. I'm accepting them as evidence. You don't need her to hand them until you do. No. Okay. You can proceed with exhibit B. Okay.
Definitely. Thank you. Okay. So I went back to the property on the 5th of August and it's pretty much in the same condition. It's still a lot of dirt, um, staining the fascia pieces are still rotted and there's areas with no protective, um, coat of paint. The trash and debris was still present along with the overgrowth, which is quite significant. Same notice in the window too, right? Yeah. And of course the fence is still in disrepair. So basically there's been absolutely no communication. I have attempted, um, as I said, with a preservation company and of course with who's legally being noticed, um, you know, through property appraiser and tax collector and have received no communication whatsoever. So magistrate, the county requests that you find the property in violation and, um, issue an order to bring it into compliance. I'm requesting for the allowance of 30 days to comply and if still in violation to sign a daily fine amount of 100 per day for code sections 22, 299, 58-304 and 138-3703. Anything else officer? Uh, no, sir.
I'm going to consider the public portion of the hearing closed. I'm going to find that the defendant is in violation of 22-299 minimum housing. I propose a fine of $100 per day. That fine can be abated if there's compliance within 30 days, which is September 14th, 2025 by 5 PM. Similarly, with regard to the trash and debris 58-304, I'm going to find that the defendant to be in violation and institute a fine of $100 a day. That fine can be abated if there's compliance within 30 days, which is, um, September 14th, 2025. And lastly, the same for the zoning violation. We've got on the fence, 138-3703. We've got an institute a fine of $100 a day. That fine can be abated if there's compliance within 30 days, that being September 14th, 2025 by 5 PM.
Thank you. Thank you. And then our final case is item 8. Okay, we're going from Chacaranda to Choctaw. Go ahead. Chacaranda. I know it was very hard in Choctaw. Mississippi, right? It's number 8. Make sure I say it right. Item 8, Department Code Enforcement, Matter Minimum Housing Code Violations, Trash and Debris Code Violation, Zoning Code Violation. Case Number CCM-25-00051. Officer B. Hughes, Owner Armor Stephen E. Notice Address Armor Stephen E. PO Box 6421, Choctaw, Mississippi 39350-6421. Violation Address, 11033, 102nd Terrace, Seminole, Florida 33778.
Let the record reflect that there's no one in the gallery and no one has responded for the defendant regarding the Seminole, Florida property. Officer, if you could state your name for the record. Officer Hughes. Officer, if you could raise your right hand. Do you swear for him that any testimony we give today be the truth and nothing but the truth? I do. You may proceed. Okay. So the violations
for this property have been an occurrence since on or before May 7th of 2025 and I would like to enter the Notice of Hearing and composite Exhibit A into evidence. You may proceed. Okay. So again with this property, I have received zero communication. Of course, all the notices have been sent to the Address of Record and Property Appraiser and Tax Collector. The minimum housing violations, basically one of the windows is boarded. There's chipped and peeling paint around the garage door where the garage door windows are broken. Additionally, they're getting cracks in the stucco that you can see on both the bottom left and top left. Again, just the broken window and the cracking in the stucco around the garage door. There isn't a lot of debris, honestly. There's some tree debris, a little bit of miscellaneous trash, and some kind of discarded piece of equipment. I can't tell if that's an air conditioner. The fence is in disrepair. You've got the whole side of it leaning and of course the missing and broken pickets on the other side of the fence. So that was for the inspection that I did on July 2nd of 2025. So Magistrate, I went, re-inspected the property on August 5th of 2025 and the violations continue. Photos were taken on that date and I would like to submit them as composite
exhibit B. For the record, I'm accepting composite A with all the documents into evidence and yes,
you may proceed with composite B. Thank you. So again, the property was posted as we're required and the property is getting cut. So I'm sorry, cut? The grass is getting cut. Is being cut. So someone is going to the property. We've sent all the notices. We've posted the property. But all the violations continue. There's really been no change. We still have the cracks in the stucco. The windows still boarded. What I failed to show in the pictures from exhibit A is there is also an awning that's in disrepair that's on the side of the house. The windows on the garage still haven't been repaired. There's still the chip peeling paint and the cracked stucco around the garage door. The same, it's kind of funny because they are cutting the grass but they're leaving the same limbs on the property. Again, it's not, it's very minimal debris. You've got the piece of equipment that's left and some tree debris and some tree debris on the, um, on the roof. But they are cutting the grass. Um, and again, the, the fence is pretty much in the same condition. There's broken pickets, fallen sections, and a leaning section. I understand a bit odd, but I appreciate that in detail. Thank you. Um, so Magistrate, um, the county requests that you find the property in violation and issue in order to have the property bred into compliance. I'm asking for the allowance of 30 days to comply and if still in violation, a hundred dollars per day per violation for code sections 22 299 58-304 and 138-3703. I'm accepting composite exhibit B into evidence. Um, consider
the, anything else officer? We're good. No sir. Thank you for asking. Um, consider the public portion of the hearing closed. Find that violations do exist with regard to, um, the minimum housing 22-299. I'm going to institute a fine of $100 per day. That fine can be abated if there's compliance within 30 days. That being September 14th, 2025 by 5 PM. Similarly, with regard to the trash and degree, I find that there is a violation. I'm instituting a fine of $100 a day. That fine can be abated if there's compliance within 30 days. That being September 14th, 2025. Lastly, the same for the zoning violation of the fence. 138, section 138, there's 3703. Find the defendant $100 a day. That fine can be abated within by September 14th, 2025 by 5 PM in county's awarded costs. Thank you. Thank you,
Magistrate. Magistrate Matthew, we don't have any other cases on the docket for today. Okay, then we can, uh, adjourn. Communications, please stop recording.