CEB Minutes 11/22/2019November 22, 2019
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TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE
COLLIER COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Naples, Florida, November 22, 2019
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Collier County Code
Enforcement Board, in and for the County of Collier, having
conducted business herein, met on this date at 9:00 a.m., in
REGULAR SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex,
East Naples, Florida, with the following members present:
CHAIRMAN: Robert Kaufman
Gerald J. Lefebvre
Sue Curley
Kathleen Elrod
Ron Doino
Herminio Ortega
Chloe Bowman (excused)
ALSO PRESENT:
Elena Gonzalez, Code Enforcement Specialist
Helen Buchillon, Code Enforcement
Jeff Letourneau, Manager of Investigations
Jed R. Schneck, Attorney to the Board
Code Enforcement Board
Nuisance Abatement Board
AGENDA
Board of County Commission Chambers
Collier County Government Center
3299 Tamiami Trail East, 3rd Floor
Naples, FL 34112
November 22, 2019
9:00 AM
Robert Kaufman, Chair
Gerald Lefebvre, Vice-Chair
Kathleen Elrod, Member
Ronald Doino, Member
Chloe Bowman, Member
Sue Curley, Member
Herminio Ortega, Member
Notice: Respondents may be limited to twenty (20) minutes for case presentation unless
additional time is granted by the Board. Persons wishing to speak on any agenda item will
receive up to five (5) minutes unless the time is adjusted by the Chairman.
All parties participating in the public hearing are asked to observe Roberts Rules of Order and
speak one at a time so that the court reporter can record all statements being made.
Any person who decides to appeal a decision of this Board will need a record of the proceedings
pertaining thereto, and therefore 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 to be based.
Neither Collier County nor the Code Enforcement Board shall be responsible for providing this
record.
I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
II. ROLL CALL
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
V. PUBLIC HEARINGS/MOTIONS
A. MOTIONS
MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE
MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
1. CASE NO: CESD20180008044
OWNER: Paul A Burcky and Cathleen T Burcky
OFFICER: Latoya Thompson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a), 10.02.06(B)(1)(e) and
10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i). Allowed numerous permits to expire and
installed irrigation system, new windows, and a cupola on the
roof without obtaining required Collier County permits.
FOLIO NO: 26480720007
PROPERTY 4425 North Rd, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
2. CASE NO: CEPM20180013070
OWNER: Kathleen Valenta ET AL
OFFICER: Thomas Pitura
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Sections 22-
228(1), 22-231(12)(b), 22-231(12)(c), 22-231(12)(i) and 22-
231(15) and Florida Building Code, Sixth Edition (2017),
Chapter 4, Section 454.2.17. Mobile home in disrepair with
vehicle damage to include, but not limited to, exterior walls,
roof and windows. Swimming pool water not being maintained
and pool covering in place has deteriorated. Pool will also need
a permanent barrier, temporary fence in place at this time.
FOLIO NO: 49582200004
PROPERTY 5 Derhenson Dr, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
B. STIPULATIONS (NON-CONTESTED CASES AND PRESENT AT THE HEARING)
C. EMERGENCY CASES
D. HEARINGS
1. CASE NO: CESD20180011094
OWNER: 11724 QUAIL VILLAGE WAY TRUST
OFFICER: Delicia Pulse
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a), 10.02.06(B)(1)(e) and
10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i). Alterations to interior including but not
limited to: structural, drywall, cabinetry, electrical and plumbing
and no Collier County Building permit obtained.
FOLIO NO: 00184680003
PROPERTY 11724 Quail Village Way, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
2. CASE NO: CESD20190007841
OWNER: Fidencio Mireles and Yadira Mireles
OFFICER: Daniel Hamilton
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Alterations/additions to the home
without permits.
FOLIO NO: 25967802326
PROPERTY 14744 Apalachee St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
3. CASE NO: CELU20190009461
OWNER: CONECO REALTY LLC
OFFICER: Sherry Patterson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.03. Outdoor seating at the Broken Watch, tables,
chairs, umbrellas not permitted under current site development
plan.
FOLIO NO: 152480002
PROPERTY 13510 Tamiami Trl N, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
4. CASE NO: CESD20190001689
OWNER: 1652 AVONDALE STREET LLC
OFFICER: Eric Short
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 1.04.01(A), 10.02.03 and 10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Parking
vehicles in undesignated parking areas and displaying more than
the three vehicles for sale as specified by Site Improvement Plan
2000-001.
FOLIO NO: 22720960000
PROPERTY 1652 Avondale St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
5. CASE NO: CESD20190006958
OWNER: Tara Crete
OFFICER: Michele Mcgonagle
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections10.02.06(B)(1)(a), 10.02.06(B)(1)(e) and
10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i). Altered lower level by adding cabinets
and kitchen sink and converted laundry room to bathroom.
FOLIO NO: 69600080005
PROPERTY 2531 Estey Avenue, Unit A2, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
6. CASE NO: CESD20190009611
OWNER: Tammy L Desormeau
OFFICER: Daniel Hamilton
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a), 10.02.06(B)(1)(e) and
10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i). Screen enclosure addition and shed built
without permits.
FOLIO NO: 25967800784
PROPERTY 14657 Apalachee ST, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
7. CASE NO: CENA20190006324
OWNER: Yaisel Mendieta
OFFICER: Paula Guy
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 54,
Article VI, Section 54-179. Observed large man-made piles of
vegetation.
FOLIO NO: 41105240009
PROPERTY 1261 Desoto Blvd South, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
8. CASE NO: CEPM20180015946
OWNER: Monsur Ahmad
OFFICER: John Johnson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 22,
Article VI, Section 22-228(1). A mobile home in need of
required property maintenance, specifically resetting and
securing the mobile home structure on its support pilings.
FOLIO NO: 53351840005
PROPERTY 4016 Harvest Ct, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
9. CASE NO: CESD20190007370
OWNER: Edward A Cruey Jr and Juanita S Cruey
OFFICER: Daniel Hamilton
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Shed with overhang on property
without permit.
FOLIO NO: 26081040005
PROPERTY 177 N Lopez Ln, Chokoloskee, FL
ADDRESS:
10. CASE NO: CENA20190009868
OWNER: Rose Manie Numa
OFFICER: Paula Guy
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 54,
Article VI, Section 54-179 and Collier County Land
Development Code 04-41, as amended, Section 2.02.03.
Outside storage of household items to include but not limited to,
interior furniture, plumbing fixtures, household junk trash and
debris.
FOLIO NO: 41283720001
PROPERTY 2792 24th Ave SE, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
11. CASE NO: CEV20190010125
OWNER: Rose Manie Numa
OFFICER: Paula Guy
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 130,
Article III, Section 130-95. Multiple unlicensed/inoperable
vehicles on estates zoned improved parcel.
FOLIO NO: 41283720001
PROPERTY 2792 24th Ave SE, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
12. CASE NO: CESD20190009075
OWNER: JACK N BAEN TRUST
OFFICER: Junior Torres
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and 10.02.06(B)(1)(e). Observed the
rear of porch/lanai enclosed with windows and or sliding
window, doors without the required Collier County permits and
inspections.
FOLIO NO: 61131160007
PROPERTY 1730 Bald eagle Dr Unit 511-B, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
13. CASE NO: CESD20180006864
OWNER: Zoelle Cattanio and Scott Cattanio as Guardian
OFFICER: Michele Mcgonagle
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and Collier County Code of Laws and
Ordinances, Chapter 22, Article VI, Section 22-231(12)(f).
Outside stairs and dock do not meet current Building Code as
determined by Collier County Building Official.
FOLIO NO: 82641000005
PROPERTY 2579 Andrew Dr, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
14. CASE NO: CESD20190009049
OWNER: Jose S Olivares-Gonzalez and Ana J Trejo De Olivares
OFFICER: Daniel Hamilton
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a), 10.02.06(B)(1)(e) and
10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i). Addition/alteration/porch overhang and
shed on property without permits.
FOLIO NO: 25967802724
PROPERTY 14701 Apalachee St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
15. CASE NO: CESD20190010947
OWNER: Moise Smith and Erlange Edouard
OFFICER: Ryan Cathey
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and 10.02.06(b)(1)(e). Unpermitted
shed in rear yard.
FOLIO NO: 48600002143
PROPERTY 12200 Fuller Ln, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
16. CASE NO: CESD20190007550
OWNER: Julian Pereira and Maria E Lopez
OFFICER: Daniel Hamilton
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Two sheds built and/or placed on
property without permits.
FOLIO NO: 25967802481
PROPERTY 14708 Apalachee St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
17. CASE NO: CESD20190003400
OWNER: Carlos Arreaga and Veronica Arreaga
OFFICER: Michele Mcgonagle
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a), 10.02.06(B)(1)(e) and
10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i). Added guest house, lean-to storage
building, and plumbing for washing machine located under
covered porch without obtaining required Collier County
permits and permit 960016270 is in void status and needs to be
closed.
FOLIO NO: 73280360005
PROPERTY 2515 Bayside St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
18. CASE NO: CESD20190006659
OWNER: DCS NAPLES INVESTMENTS LLC
OFFICER: John Johnson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Per Building Department
Determination, the accessory structure (SHED) requires a
building permit.
FOLIO NO: 392600008
PROPERTY 3200 Barrett Ave, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
19. CASE NO: CESD20190004631
OWNER: Luis Rios Centeno
OFFICER: Michele Mcgonagle
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a), 10.02.06(B)(1)(e) and
10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i). Additions/Alteration to mobile home and
added shed without obtaining required Collier County permits.
FOLIO NO: 293400006
PROPERTY 301 Fillmore St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
20. CASE NO: CESD20190009248
OWNER: Judy Pappalardo
OFFICER: Junior Torres
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and 10.02.06(B)(1)(e) Observed the
rear porch/lanai enclosed with windows and or sliding window
doors without the required Collier County permits and
inspections.
FOLIO NO: 61131480004
PROPERTY 1754 Bald Eagle Dr. Unit C, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
VI. OLD BUSINESS
A. MOTION FOR REDUCTION/ABATEMENT OF FINES/LIENS
B. MOTION FOR RE-HEARING
C. MOTION FOR IMPOSITION OF FINES/LIENS
1. CASE NO: CESD20180005375
OWNER: SA EQUITY GROUP LLC
OFFICER: Steven Lopez-Silvero
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Newly installed metal building with
electric, on improved occupied commercial property.
FOLIO NO: 63864280003
PROPERTY 114 New Market Rd E, Immokalee, FL
ADDRESS:
2. CASE NO: CEVR20180004929
OWNER: Grettel Gonzalez and Oscar Garcia
OFFICER: Michael Odom
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended
Sections 3.05.01(B), 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and 10.02.06(B)(1)(e).
Removal of native vegetation where the total area cleared
exceeds the one acre allowed to be cleared by the Building
Permit issued for construction of single-family home. Alteration
of land through placement of fill that removed or otherwise
destroyed vegetation without obtaining approval from the
County.
FOLIO NO: 39963680004
PROPERTY 3765 37th Ave NE, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
3. CASE NO: CEV20190000468
OWNER: PRIME HOMES AT PORTOFINO FALLS
OFFICER: John Fuentes
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 4.05.03(C). Vehicles not parked in designated parking
areas.
FOLIO NO: 00203840009
PROPERTY 7047 Castello Way, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
4. CASE NO: CESD20180006671
OWNER: Anthony High and Veronica Andis-High
OFFICER: Sherry Patterson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and 10.02.06(B)(1)(e) and Florida
Building Code, Chapter 1, Section 105.1. Alterations/additions
commenced prior to obtaining required Collier County building
permits.
FOLIO NO: 80221880003
PROPERTY 9512 Chelford Ct, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
5. CASE NO: CEPM20180000456
OWNER: John Albarracin
OFFICER: William Marchand
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 22,
Article VI, Section 22-231(12)(n). Damaged screen enclosure
and pool not being maintained.
FOLIO NO: 53901560007
PROPERTY 4480 Beechwood Lake Dr, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
6. CASE NO: CEROW20150023031
OWNER: Veronica Tressler, Barbara Dethloff and Elizabeth Lucky
OFFICER: Sherry Patterson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 110,
Article II, Section 110-31(a). A culvert drainage pipe in need of
repair or replacement.
FOLIO NO: 161080008
PROPERTY 231 Willoughby Dr, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
7. CASE NO: CESD20160015129
OWNER: Luis Flores Salceiro
OFFICER: Paula Guy
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section(s) 3.05.01(B), 10.02.06(B)(1)(E), 10.02.06(B)(1)(C)
and Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 22,
Article IV, Section 22-108. a) Site work, Improvement of
property, grading and/or removal of protected vegetation using
heavy machinery without a permit which would allow same. b)
Alteration of land through placement of fill that removed or
otherwise destroyed vegetation without first obtaining approval
from the County. c) Damaging native vegetation by the use of
heavy machinery to remove Exotic and non-native vegetation.
d) Work done in the right-of-way, including a temporary
driveway access from Everglades Boulevard without first
obtaining valid Collier County Permits.
FOLIO NO: 41287600004
PROPERTY 2298 Everglades Blvd S, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
8. CASE NO: CESD20170014131
OWNER: Carlos A Rojas PA
OFFICER: Jonathan Musse
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Inspections and certificates of
completion need to be obtained for Permit PRBD20170728476
for the interior remodel and Permit PRBD20180534894 for the
re-roof.
FOLIO NO: 55100800003
PROPERTY 255 Pine Valley Cir, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
9. CASE NO: CEAU20180009226
OWNER: Janice Masey
OFFICER: Joseph Mucha
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 5.03.02(F)(5)(b). Chain link fence barbed wire for
residentially zoned property.
FOLIO NO: 01134080005
PROPERTY 15985 Janes Scenic Dr, Copeland, FL
ADDRESS:
10. CASE NO: CESD20180010414
OWNER: Thomas A Gray and Carla Fingar
OFFICER: Ryan Cathey
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and 10.02.06(B)(1)(e). Repairs to
the carport/lanai area and the shed including, but not limited to,
roofing, walls and support beams without a Collier County
permit.
FOLIO NO: 81627800000
PROPERTY 231 Pine Key Ln, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
11. CASE NO: CESD20180003607
OWNER: Luis Patino and Papadorelly LLC
OFFICER: Bradley Holmes
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 3.05.01(B) and 10.02.06(B)(1)(e). Site work,
Improvement of property, grading and/or removal of protected
native vegetation ground cover and mid story plants by heavy
machinery without a permit that would allow same.
FOLIO NO: 37591520004
PROPERTY 741 18th Ave NW, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
12. CASE NO: CESD20180002262
OWNER: CTPML LLC
OFFICER: Michele Mcgonagle
VIOLATIONS: Collier county Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and 10.02.06(B)(1)(e). Interior
alterations commenced prior to obtaining proper Collier County
permits.
FOLIO NO: 00384600003
PROPERTY 213 and 261 Airport Rd S, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
D. MOTION TO RESCIND PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ORDER
E. MOTION TO AMEND PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ORDER
VII. NEW BUSINESS
VIII. CONSENT AGENDA
A. REQUEST TO FORWARD CASES TO COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
1.
IX. REPORTS
X. COMMENTS
XI. ADJOURN
XII. NUISANCE ABATEMENT BOARD
A. HEARINGS
XIII. NEXT MEETING DATE-FRIDAY JANUARY 24, 2020 AT 9:00AM
XIV.ADJOURN
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good morning, everybody. I'd
like to call the Code Enforcement Board to order.
The respondents may be limited to 20 minutes for case
presentation unless additional time is granted by the Board.
Persons wishing to speak on any agenda item will receive up to
five minutes unless the time is adjusted by the Chairman.
All parties participating in the public hearing are asked to
observe Robert's Rules of Order -- and I'm sure all of you know
what they are -- and speak one at a time so the court reporter can
record all statements being made.
Any person who decides to appeal a decision of this board
will need a record of the proceedings pertaining thereto and,
therefore, 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 to be based. Neither Collier
County nor the Code Enforcement Board shall be responsible for
providing this record.
At this time I'd like everybody to stand; Pledge of
Allegiance.
(The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I'm sure everybody has read the
minutes. Get a motion to approve the minutes?
MS. ELROD: Motion to approve.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion.
MR. DOINO: Second.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And a second.
All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: (Absent.)
MR. DOINO: Aye.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Which brings us to the agenda. Do we have any changes?
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Oh, first do the roll call.
MS. BUCHILLON: Attendance.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. BUCHILLON: Good morning. For the record, Helen
Buchillon, Code Enforcement.
Mr. Robert Kaufman?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Here.
MS. BUCHILLON: Mr. Gerald Lefebvre?
MR. LEFEBVRE: Here.
MS. BUCHILLON: Kathleen Elrod?
MS. ELROD: Here.
MS. BUCHILLON: Mr. Ronald Doino?
MR. DOINO: Here.
MS. BUCHILLON: Ms. Sue Curley?
MS. CURLEY: Here.
MS. BUCHILLON: And, Mr. Herminio Ortega?
MR. ORTEGA: Here.
MS. BUCHILLON: Ms. Chloe Bowman has an excused
absence.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Which brings us to the
agenda.
MS. BUCHILLON: Okay. And we have stipulations. First
stipulation, it's No. 5 under hearings, CESD20190006958, Tara
Crete.
Second stipulation under hearings, No. 6,
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CESD20190009611, Tammy L. Dorsormeau.
Next stipulation, No. 8 under hearings CEPM20180015946,
Monsur Ahmad.
Next stipulation, No. 9, CESD20190007370, Edward A.
Cruey Junior and Juanita S. Cruey.
Number 14, CESD20190009049, Jose S. Olivares-Gonzalez
and Ana J. Trejo Olivares.
Number 16, CESD20190007550, Julian Pereira and Maria
A. Lopez.
And last stipulation, No. 19, CESD20190004631, Luis Rois
Centeno.
Those are the last stipulations -- I mean, all the stipulations.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. BUCHILLON: And now we're going with the
withdrawals. Under public hearings, motion for extension of
time, No. 2, CEPM20180013070, Kathleen Valenta, has been
withdrawn due to voluntary compliance.
Under public hearings -- hearings, No. 2,
CESD20190007841, Fidencio Mireles and Yadira Mireles, has
been withdrawn.
Number 4 under hearings, CESD20190001689,
1652 Avondale Street LLC, has been withdrawn due to
compliance efforts.
Number 7 under hearings, CENA20190006324, Yaisel
Mendieta, has been withdrawn due to it's been abated.
Number 12 under hearings, CESD20190009075, Jack N.
Baen Trust, has been withdrawn due to attorney request for a
continuance.
Number 12 (sic) under hearings, CESD20180006864, Zoelle
Cattanio and Scott Cattanio as guardian.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: That's Case 13, right?
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MS. BUCHILLON: Yes, sir -- has been withdrawn due to
compliance efforts.
Number 15 under hearings, CESD20190010947, Moise
Smith and Erlange Edouard, has been withdrawn due to
compliance efforts.
Number 17, CESD20190003400, Carlos Arreaga and
Veronica Arreaga, has been withdrawn due to medical reasons.
Number 18, CESD20190006859, DCS Naples Investments
LLC, has been withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
Number 20, CESD20190009248, Judy Pappalardo, has been
withdrawn; continue with our investigation.
Under imposition of fines, No. 3, CEV20190000468, Prime
Homes at Portofino Falls, has been withdrawn due to they paid
their past due ops cost.
Number 4, CESD20180006871, Anthony High and
Veronica Andis-High, has been withdrawn due to compliance
efforts.
Number 6, CEROW20150023031, Veronica Tressler,
Barbara Dethloff, and Elizabeth Lucky, has been withdrawn due
to compliance efforts.
Number 10, CESD20180010414, Thomas A. Gray and Carla
Fingar, has been withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
And those are all the changes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Can I get a motion from
the Board to accept the modified agenda.
MR. DOINO: Motion to accept.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion, and we have
a second.
All those in favor?
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MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Okay. Why don't we begin the festivities.
MS. BUCHILLON: Mr. Chairman, we have two more
stipulations under hearings.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. BUCHILLON: Number 10, CENA20190009868, Rose
Manie Numa, and No. 11, CEV20190010125, Rose Manie
Numa.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Can we get a motion to
accept the now newly modified agenda.
MR. DOINO: Motion to accept.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion --
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: -- and a second.
All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Which brings us to?
MS. BUCHILLON: Motion of extension.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I figured we were going to get
to adjourn. Okay. Motions for extension.
MS. BUCHILLON: Okay. Under public hearings, motion
for extension of time, No. 1, CESD20180008044, Paul A. Burcky
and Cathleen T. Burcky.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a letter in our
package from Mr. Burcky for the Board's perusal.
Good morning.
MS. THOMPSON: Good morning.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Since you're asking for
the extension of time, why don't you -- we have your letter right
here, okay.
Let me just ask, you would like this to be extended for an
additional six months. Was an extension granted prior to this?
MR. BURCKY: Yes, there was.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: For how long?
MR. BURCKY: Six months.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And during that six-month
period, can you explain to the Board what was done.
MR. BURCKY: We got a few of the permits taken care of,
finalized, and we have one more -- or two more that's in the
workings right now with documents that the Building Department
has requested, which we sent to them. And the roof permit is tied
to an addition that is going on the building, so we need more time
for that permit there because it's tied directly to the extension on
the building.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
THE COURT REPORTER: Can I get your name, sir.
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MR. BURCKY: Paul Burcky.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do we have any questions of
the respondent from the Board? Okay.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. County?
MS. THOMPSON: Good morning. My name is Latoya
Thompson. I'm with Collier County Code Enforcement. And we
have no objections. We leave it to your discretion.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Any discussion on this
case?
MR. LEFEBVRE: I guess the question I have is you said
that there is an addition being put on the structure now?
MR. BURCKY: Yes.
MR. LEFEBVRE: And how far along are you on that?
MR. BURCKY: Just beginning.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Just beginning.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Was this construction started
prior to the six-month original case?
MR. BURCKY: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And you applied for this permit
for this building addition, is it?
MR. BURCKY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: When?
MR. BURCKY: Approximately eight months ago, and we
went through quite a few comments and changes that we had to
make and what have you. But we did not receive the permit until
after the first six-month extension.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So you applied for it about
eight months ago?
MR. BURCKY: Yeah.
MS. CURLEY: It says here that numerous permits --
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allowed numerous permits to expire. So was that your first
permit eight months ago and then they expired in two months?
MR. BURCKY: No. These were the similar permits on the
activities that we were doing on the residence that expired
because of the length of time that it took to get the projects done.
And we renewed them several times.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Well, we're not going to
hear the case now unless your request is denied. I have a
problem with extending six months. We did that once. We're
back here with a request for another six months. There's
probably some more work that needs to be done prior to us
approving another long extension, which six months is.
MS. CURLEY: I guess I have a question for the county.
Can you just give us, like, a quick timeline of when like -- when
the first extension -- when the first permit -- what year the first
permit was issued in? Because it looks like the stipulation that's
expiring was just issued this year, so I'm confused. This case
starts in 2018, just based on the case number.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
MR. SHORT: For the record, Supervisor Eric Short with
Collier County Code Enforcement.
It's an ongoing project. These permits were, you know,
prior to 2018. We got wind of it after the hurricane, I believe.
Mr. Burcky's been in contact with us. He's had some reviews to
do. We're almost to that finish line. And then an addition is
being put on the home.
I can't fault the guy for wanting to improve the home.
There's no point in finishing the roof permit when you're adding
on square feet to the home.
So the county at this point has no objection to extending
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this. No life-safety issue. So the county has no problem with six
months.
MR. ORTEGA: I have one question. How far are you on
the construction?
MR. BURCKY: Of the --
MR. ORTEGA: Into construction of the addition.
MR. BURCKY: Of the addition, we just barely began on.
MR. ORTEGA: And the addition is 20-by -20?
MR. BURCKY: It's 8 -- 1,500 square feet. It consists of a
garage and workshop in the back.
MR. ORTEGA: And you feel six months is going to be
enough?
MR. BURCKY: Six months to complete the roof in
addition to the addition.
MR. ORTEGA: Right.
MR. BURCKY: The actual --
MR. ORTEGA: The roof is tied to the structure, obviously.
MR. BURCKY: Right. The actual permit on the addition, it
will be longer than that, but that's -- it's under a separate permit.
MR. ORTEGA: Okay. Thank you.
MR. LEFEBVRE: What permits have been closed out so
far?
MS. THOMPSON: The irrigation and the fence.
MS. CURLEY: I'll make a motion to give the six-month
extension. Do we do it under the same terms as the first
stipulation with the same language?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It will be a continuance rather
than an extension.
MS. CURLEY: Okay. A continuance then.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: A continuance means that the
fines would continue to accrue after the original date. An
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extension, you would be beginning from the beginning. So
continuance. So we have a motion. Do we have a second?
MR. ORTEGA: I'll second that motion.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a second. Any
discussion on the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hearing none, all those in
favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
You have six months.
MR. BURCKY: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Prior to the six months, if
you're not done, it would be a good idea to come back to the
Board ahead of time. So, okay?
MR. BURCKY: Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Thank you.
MR. BURCKY: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We're up to Case 1?
MR. LEFEBVRE: Stipulations.
MR. DOINO: Or we're going to do the stipulations first.
MS. BUCHILLON: Stipulations.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. BUCHILLON: Under public hearing --
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Excuse me one second. We're
going to do the stipulations for the people that are here or all the
stipulations? I think there's about nine of them?
MR. LETOURNEAU: We'll do the stipulations for people
that are here, and then we'll move into the cases with the people
that are here.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. First stipulation is No. 5.
MS. BUCHILLON: Number 5, CESD20190006958, Tara
Crete.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Michele, you want to read the
stipulation into the record.
MS. McGONAGLE: Good morning. For the record,
Investigator Michele McGonagle, Code Enforcement.
Therefore, it is agreed between the parties that the
respondent shall:
Number 1, pay operational costs in the amount of $59.42
incurred in the prosecution of this case within 30 days of this
hearing;
Number 2, abate all violations by obtaining all required
Collier County building permits, inspections, and certificate of
completion/occupancy for altering the lower level by adding
cabinets and kitchen sink and converting laundry room to the
bathroom, or return the property to a permitted state within 90
days of this hearing, or a fine of $200 per day will be imposed
until the violation is abated;
Number 3, respondent must notify Code Enforcement within
24 hours of abatement of the violation and request the
investigator perform a site inspection to confirm compliance;
Number 4, that if the respondent fails to abate the violation,
the county may abate the violation using any method to bring the
violation into compliance and may use the assistance of the
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Collier County Sheriff's Office to enforce the provisions of this
agreement, and all costs of abatement shall be assessed to the
property owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Tara, did you give us
your name on the microphone?
MS. CRETE: No, I didn't. My name's Tara Crete.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And you live at?
MS. CRETE: No, that's a condominium that I own.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CRETE: I do not live there.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. You heard the
stipulation, which you agreed to.
MS. CRETE: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you have any problem
meeting the dates?
MS. CRETE: I can't say. This is -- if it were up to me, this
would be done by now. I'm at the mercy of the Permitting
Department and my contractor, which I'm told there's a lot of
hoops to jump through. I would love this to be done right now if
it were up to me.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Well, I think if it's not
done in a timely fashion, you can always come back and request
additional time.
MS. CRETE: I'm assuming it will be done. But, okay, I
agree to that.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Anybody like to make a motion
from the Board or discussion on this?
MS. ELROD: I'll make a motion to accept the stipulation.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion to accept the
stipulation as written.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And we have a second. You
have something to say, Sue?
MS. CURLEY: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MS. CRETE: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good luck.
MS. CRETE: Thank you.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next stipulation, No. 16,
CESD20190007550, Julian Pereira and Maria E. Lopez.
MR. LETOURNEAU: The respondents aren't here on that
one, so we're going to move to a different one.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Put them at the end of
the --
MS. BUCHILLON: I don't have any other.
MR. LETOURNEAU: No more stips with respondents
here, so we're going to move on to the cases with respondents.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Case No. 1, that is,
under hearings?
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes, sir.
Case No. 1 under hearings, CESD20180011094. It is 11724
Quail Village Way Trust, and we also have a speaker; Mr. John
Brugger.
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MR. BRUGGER: Brugger.
MS. BUCHILLON: Brugger, sorry.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So what we'll probably
do on this, we will hear from the respondent -- from the county,
discuss the case, then from the respondent, and then from the
public speaker.
MR. LETOURNEAU: He is the public speaker.
MR. LEFEBVRE: He's an attorney. I don't think you
needed to fill this out.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You're all part of the same --
MR. BRUGGER: Party.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You're joined at the hip. Okay.
Michele (sic), you're on.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: This is one of the cases that --
MR. LETOURNEAU: Yes. The only one.
(Mr. Ortega left the boardroom.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So let the record show that we
have somebody who has past dealings or dealings with this
respondent, so he has recused himself.
Okay. Michele (sic)?
MS. PULSE: Good morning. For the record, Dee Pulse,
Collier County Code Enforcement.
This is in reference to Case No. CESD20180011094 dealing
with violation of the Collier County Land Development Code
04-41, as amended, Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a),
10.02.06(B)(1)(e), and 10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i).
It's for alterations to interior including, but not limited to,
structural, drywall, cabinetry, electrical, and plumbing, and no
Collier County building permit was obtained.
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Located at 11724 Quail Village Way, Naples, Florida,
34119; Folio 00184680003.
Service was given on September 10th, 2019. I would now
like to present case evidence in the following exhibits, which the
respondent has not seen.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Why don't you show the
exhibits to the respondent for their approval.
MR. LETOURNEAU: I'm a little bit behind here.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We'll slow down for Jeff.
Terri, you've sworn everybody in?
THE COURT REPORTER: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Could you just, before we
begin, state your name on the mic for us.
MR. BRUGGER: Good morning. My name is John
Brugger. I'm an attorney licensed to practice law here in Florida.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. DEPAOLA: I'm Mike Depaola, one of the owners of
the --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You're the respondent?
MR. DEPAOLA: Correct.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay, great. Okay.
Michele, you have some pictures or --
MS. PULSE: Dee.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Dee, I'm sorry.
MS. PULSE: That's okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So --
MR. LETOURNEAU: Do they have any objections?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you have any objections to
what --
MR. BRUGGER: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Can we get a motion
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from the Board to accept the documents?
MS. ELROD: Motion to accept.
MR. DOINO: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Motion and a second. All those
in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously. Okay.
MS. PULSE: Okay. The photos to present in as evidence
are 10 photos taken by Contractor Licensing Investigator Jack
Gumph on September 10th, 2018 (sic).
There's also a screen shot of the property that's listed -- that
was listed for sale at the time, Movoto -- on Movoto's website on
September 10th, 2019, showing that the renovations were
completed.
Our division received a complaint advising of an interior
demo and no permits obtained. The information wasn't provided
to Contractor Licensing Division to inspect for unlicensed
workers. Investigator Jack Gumph made a site visit, observed
interior demo. Investigator Gump obtained entry permission and
obtained the photos as presented in evidence.
Investigator Gumph posted a Stop Work Order stating a
permit is required. A search was done on the Internet after a sign
was posted on the property for sale and the unit was now
completed.
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A notice of violation was issued by our division and, as of
November 21st, 2019, the violation remains.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: This was in a condo.
MR. DEPAOLA: Villa.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Villa, okay. Okay.
MR. BRUGGER: Yes, sir. The principal's here,
Mr. Depaola -- owns Premier Property Management. They
handle about 750 to 800 homes at any time. Doing renovation
repair, he asked his staff to get people in, hire contractors to do
certain work without supervision himself.
In this case he retained a licensed contractor to go in and do
the job without -- when you hire a contractor, you think it's going
to get done right.
Once the work order -- the Stop Work Order was issued, to
the best of his knowledge, he contacted me. I suggested he get
another builder in to get things straightened out, because we
found out there were no permits.
Since that time -- we've got Mr. Stuart Wallace here, a CGC,
who's gone through the county plans and specs -- and I've got two
letters here from him -- in which they determined that the county
has no copies of the plans for this original building when it was
constructed. Despite extensive search, they can't be located.
At this time they got approval from Myron Jacobs in the
Code Enforcement Division to re-enter the building, remove
some drywall, and take photos because they've got to bring an
architect and engineer in and re-engineer and re-permit the whole
home. They're in the process of that, because there are no plans
which could be followed.
MR. DEPAOLA: We can't find them anywhere. Not even
the association. They had our property titled and lied to the --
what's it called -- community clubhouse across the street. That's
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what they had in their records.
So supposedly that was one of the reasons why the
contractor there was some -- like, if you look, there was a permit
pulled originally, and that's where our -- I have three other
partners. We all thought, out of sight, out of the mind. Then
when she contacted me -- I don't know how she got my number
because I'm not even the trustee. But because of something, she
called me, I called him, who called him, and I've been working
on it ever since.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Is it they can't find the permits
for your particular property or for any of the buildings there?
MR. DEPAOLA: They can't find any type of plans
whatsoever that shows that that original structure was ever built
to.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Again, that structure or all the
structures in that --
MR. DEPAOLA: My home.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Just that one?
MR. DEPAOLA: They had it to the community clubhouse
which, obviously, is not accurate.
MR. BRUGGER: The address shown on the permit -- or
I'm sorry. The permit shown on the -- for this address is a
community clubhouse, which is across the street.
MR. DEPAOLA: Clubhouse.
MR. BRUGGER: So they searched other portions.
Mr. Stuart here has searched other records. They can't locate any
permit or any records for this original construction.
MR. DEPAOLA: Nor can the county.
MR. BRUGGER: The county can't either, yeah.
So we're in the process of reconstructing plans and specs and
engineering. They're partially along. Stuart says it might take
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four months. I think they probably need a six-month extension
because we don't know what they're going to reject at the county
through the review process in order to get the original building
certified and then any improvements corrected.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. This, obviously, came
from Contractor's Licensing because they looked and saw there
was no permit issued on the property, irrespective of whether
they could find the original one or not. And our job is to find out
if this is a violation or not.
MR. BRUGGER: The owner retained a general contractor,
licensed general contractor.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: No, I understand that. And,
ultimately, it all falls back on the owner of the property.
MR. DEPAOLA: That's why I'm here. And as soon as
she -- you could ask her. As soon as she got in touch with me,
I -- this is a passive investment for me that became a more --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Well, it will all get
washed out in whatever the resolution is by the Board.
Yes.
MS. CURLEY: I just have a question.
So it's pretty unusual that the Stop Work Order was ignored,
so do you know how that happened? I mean, somebody had
access to the unit.
MR. DEPAOLA: I had no clue --
MS. CURLEY: That's a lot of work that was done
between --
MR. DEPAOLA: I don't know when she took those
pictures. I don't know when they were taken. I don't know when
she went in there. Until she called me, I was pretty much in the
dark.
MS. CURLEY: So for a passive investment, I mean, that's a
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lot of money to have invested in specs and details on a specific
renovation. So I just feel like you just showed up there one day,
and the place was completely finished, and you didn't know they
had violated the Stop Work Order?
MR. DEPAOLA: I put -- I place my money in many real
estate assets like that.
MS. CURLEY: All right. Well, I'll make a motion a
violation exists.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion that a
violation exists. Do we have a second?
MS. ELROD: Second.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a second.
Any discussion on the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hearing none, all those in
favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: (Absent.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Dee?
MS. PULSE: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you have a suggestion for
us?
MS. PULSE: I do.
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I recommend that the Code Enforcement Board orders the
respondent to pay all operational costs in the amount of $59.28
incurred in the prosecution of this case within 30 days and abate
all violations by:
Number 1, obtaining all required Collier County building
permits or demolition permit, inspections, and certificate of
completion/occupancy for all interior alterations/improvements
within blank days of this hearing, or a fine of blank per day will
be imposed until the violation is abated;
Number 2, that the respondent must notify the code
enforcement investigator when the violation has been abated in
order to conduct a final inspection to confirm abatement. If the
respondent fails to abate the violation, the county may abate the
violation using any method to bring the violation into compliance
and may use the assistance of the Collier County Sheriff's Office
to enforce the provisions of this order, and all costs of abatement
shall be assessed to the property owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. At this point, I'd like
to -- you probably want to bring your contractor in. We'd like to
understand how long it will take to get this thing done. Yes, sir.
MR. DEPAOLA: I'd like to -- so, basically, what I'm trying
to articulate is, we have to start as if this property was never built.
There's no engineer work. There's no architect. There's no --
they literally can't give him anything he needs to show the
county -- the county can't give him any plans they have registered
for this. So I have to pay -- I have to get an architect and an
engineer to draw it as if I was building that today.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Can you get -- can you get an
affidavit from an architect --
MR. DEPAOLA: Sure.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: -- that -- so that you wouldn't
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have to redo everything? You just have to get everything
inspected.
MR. DEPAOLA: They turned that down.
MS. CURLEY: Excuse me. This is not unique. I mean, in
the community where I live, a neighbor had to do this.
MR. DEPAOLA: Really?
MS. CURLEY: Yes.
MR. BRUGGER: Stuart, I thought you said that they denied
approval of an after-the-fact --
MS. PULSE: Oh, permit by affidavit.
MR. DEPAOLA: They denied that.
MR. BRUGGER: They denied the permit by affidavit.
MS. CURLEY: So the point is, without getting too involved
with the minutiae that's going on with you and your investment
now, is that this all could have been investigated differently at the
point that the error -- or that the problem was discovered, which
was when you had your first contractor trying to apply for
permits. When that permit didn't come back approved, that's
where the problem should have halted, and then you could have
been --
MR. DEPAOLA: I agree.
MS. CURLEY: Yeah. So I think that's just really what we
should probably stay focused is on that --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Gerald, you have a
comment?
MR. LEFEBVRE: The comment I want to make is --
Ms. Curley touched upon it, but this isn't a one-off building.
These villas --
MR. DEPAOLA: I'm with you.
MR. LEFEBVRE: There's multiple villas.
MR. DEPAOLA: I've spent hours --
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MR. LEFEBVRE: Hold on. I'm still talking. So what I
don't understand is how come another building that is similar
cannot be used at least to be started and so forth.
MR. DEPAOLA: We agree.
MR. LEFEBVRE: So I'm a little bit --
MR. DEPAOLA: It's government. It's county.
MR. BRUGGER: Stuart, do you want to explain the
process.
MR. LEFEBVRE: You need to come up to the mic.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Have you been sworn?
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And your name, for the record?
MR. WALLACE: Stuart Wallace, and I'm a Florida
certified general contractor.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. WALLACE: And we did research at the Building
Department's record room looking for this building and similar
buildings. We did not find a similar building. This building is
unique in the community.
And we have entered the premises with the permission of
Myron Jacobs, and we have opened up the walls, and we have
pictures that are at a structural engineer's now that -- for a
redesign. But we are, in fact, starting over with plans, which are
in progress right now.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, the other buildings there,
did you find their records?
MR. WALLACE: There were several that were missing. I
did find some that were similar but not of the exact same design.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Did you check the microfiche?
MR. WALLACE: We went through all the microfilm.
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MS. CURLEY: This is in the '80s, so not everything was
scanned and collected and reserved. So, I mean, it's not
uncommon in this -- to happen in this state.
MR. DEPAOLA: It's the first time it's ever happened.
MS. CURLEY: Well, again, but the problem would have
been avoided had the original -- when you first -- after you
purchased it, when you -- if you had managed this a little bit
differently in the beginning. So we get that.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So let me see if I can
summarize things going forward.
How much time do you think it will take to get this all
ironed out, inspected, et cetera?
MR. WALLACE: I'm not sure, but we're pretty far along in
the permitting application process waiting an engineer's design,
which we'll submit. I assume that we should have a permit
within a month or so, and it could take several months to get the
inspections approved.
Since the work has been completed, we're at the mercy of
the inspectors to open up areas that are concealed to satisfy them.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. But as a wild guess?
MR. WALLACE: I guess it would be reasonable to ask for
six months at that point.
MS. CURLEY: Is anyone living there?
MR. WALLACE: No.
MS. CURLEY: Mr. Brugger, are they still going to market
to sell this while this is all occurring?
MR. DEPAOLA: That's something, again, we took on right
away the moment she called. She can attest to that. It was
something with respect to you have to take it off the market
because if you sold it and it changed title, then it would be the -- I
guess the next person who bought its problem. I said, no. I said
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I'd pull it off the market.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So this is an unfortunate
situation for you, obviously.
MR. DEPAOLA: Very much so.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So it's our task to decide how
much time and what the fine would be, after that time, to impose.
Anybody want to take a stab at filling in the blanks on this?
MS. CURLEY: I will. Four months, 250.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. LEFEBVRE: And operational costs.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Operational costs of 59.28 to be
paid within 30 days.
MR. BRUGGER: I would request, if possible, to get the six
months, because we don't know what the inspectors are going to
have to open in the walls.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second that motion.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. I'll discuss that with you in a second. Any discussion on
this motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Let me just say that in three
months and 28 days if you see it's not enough time to get
everything done before the fines start to accrue, that you come
back to Code Enforcement and ask for additional time. Showing
the people what's been done, I'm sure that at that time that would
go on friendly ears, and you would be granted whatever time you
need to finish the job. So the four months is not -- is not
outrageous at all.
Okay. So we have a motion and a second. Any other
discussion on the motion?
(No response.)
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hearing none, all those in
favor?
MS. ELROD: (No verbal response.)
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: (Absent.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously. Okay.
MR. DEPAOLA: Do I pay the 200 now?
MR. BRUGGER: No. The fine doesn't start until --
MR. DEPAOLA: Oh, okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Excuse me. The 250 is after
the four months if you are not done.
MR. BRUGGER: Two fifty a day.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: But the operational --
MR. DEPAOLA: I was like --
MS. CURLEY: We just want to see you again.
MR. DEPAOLA: I'd love to see you-all again, too.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: The operational costs need to
be paid. Dee, why don't you explain that situation, and we'll go
from there.
MR. DEPAOLA: Thank you, again, for your time.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We had one "no."
THE COURT REPORTER: Who was that?
MS. ELROD: (Raises hand.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We missed you. Which brings
us to?
MS. BUCHILLON: We're going to start with three
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stipulations that the respondents are here.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Number 19,
CESD20190004631, Luis Rios Centeno.
(The interpreter was duly sworn to translate from English to
Spanish and Spanish to English to the best of his ability and
indicated in the affirmative.)
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Could you state your
name on the microphone for us. You may move it closer to you.
Move the microphone closer. Like this.
THE INTERPRETER: My name is Francisco Rivera,
R-i-v-e-r-a.
MR. CENTENO: Luis Rios Centeno.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Now, let me ask the
question. Who's going to be doing the interpretation?
THE INTERPRETER: (Raises hand.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Gotcha, okay.
Now, I won't call you Dee, Michele.
MS. McGONAGLE: Good morning. For the record,
Investigator Michele McGonagle, Collier County Code
Enforcement.
Therefore, it is agreed between the parties that the
respondent shall:
Number 1, pay operational costs in the amount of $59.28
incurred in the prosecution of this case within 30 days of this
hearing.
Number 2, abate all violations by obtaining all retired
Collier County building permits, inspections, and certificate of
completion/occupancy for the additions/alterations to the mobile
home and the shed added to the property, or return the property to
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a permitted state within 120 days of this hearing, or a fine of
$200 per day will be imposed until the violation is abated;
Number 3, respondent must notify Code Enforcement within
24 hours of abatement of the violation and request the inspector
perform a site inspection to confirm compliance;
Number 4, that if the respondent fails to abate the violation,
the county may abate the violation using any method to bring the
violation into compliance and may use the assistance of the
Collier County Sheriff's Office to enforce the provisions of this
agreement, and all costs of abatement shall be assessed to the
property owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Did you translate that to
the respondent?
THE INTERPRETER: I will be glad to do it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do it right now.
THE INTERPRETER: Okay.
MR. CENTENO: Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So my first question is,
do you think 120 days is enough time to get everything done?
MR. CENTENO: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And you understand that
you have to pay $59.28 within the next 30 days?
MR. CENTENO: Yes, today.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And if it's not done in
the 120 days, there'll be a fine of $200 a day.
MR. CENTENO: Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: No problem?
MR. CENTENO: No problem.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We get a motion from
the Board to accept the stipulation as written?
MR. DOINO: Motion to accept.
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MR. ORTEGA: Second.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. Any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, all those
in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously. Thank
you very much.
THE INTERPRETER: Thank you so much.
MR. CENTENO: Thank you.
MR. LEFEBVRE: One quick question. On the notice of
violation, it says "owner," and then it says "parcel owner." This
is a mobile home, I take it?
MS. McGONAGLE: Yes. He's the mobile home owner.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: This was the mobile home and
two sheds.
Yes, Jeff.
MR. LETOURNEAU: I'm going to make a change to the
agenda. Ten and 11 that were previously going to be stipulations
are going to be -- we're going to hear those cases at this time.
Not at this time, but when they come up. The people are here,
so...
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Somebody like to make
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a motion to amend the agenda?
MS. ELROD: Motion to amend the agenda.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion. Do
we have -- and we have a second.
MR. DOINO: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
I'll cross them off of the stipulation group.
Do we have another respondent present for another
stipulation?
MS. BUCHILLON: Not to my knowledge.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Then we are going to
continue with the hearings.
MS. BUCHILLON: Okay. Under public hearings --
hearings, No. 3, CELU20190009461, Conneco Realty LLC.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Could you state your
name on the microphone for us.
MR. BRECKER: My name is Tyler Brecker. I'm the owner
of the Broken Watch Restaurant and Bar.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You may want to pull the
microphone up. You're taller than I am. Actually, you're taller
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than everybody here.
Okay. Eric?
MR. SHORT: For the record, Supervisor Eric Short with
Collier County Code Enforcement.
I just want to establish the relationship. He is the tenant, not
the property owner, and the violations are against the property
owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And the property owner
is not present?
MR. SHORT: He's not present, I did speak to him earlier
this week, and he's okay with whatever you decide to do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. SHORT: All right. This is in reference to Case No.
CELU20190009461 regarding violations of the Collier County
Land Development Code 04-41, as amended, Section 10.02.03:
Unauthorized outdoor seating that is not permitted under the
current Site Development Plan.
Located at 13510 Tamiami Trail North; Folio 152480002.
Service of the notice of violation was given on August 13th,
2019, by Investigator Patterson posting the property and Collier
County Courthouse.
I'd like to present case evidence in the following exhibits: A
copy of the most recent approved Site Development Plan, a
highlighted copy of the most current site plan, two photos taken
by myself on August 5th, 2019, and three photos taken by myself
on November 21st, 2019.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Has the respondent seen the
photos?
MR. SHORT: He has seen the photos.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you have any objection to
those being entered?
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MR. BRECKER: No, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Could we get a motion
from the Board to accept the documentation.
MR. ORTEGA: Motion to accept.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimous. Do we
have an aye? No. It's approved.
MR. SHORT: This is a simple violation. Within the
highlighted area of the site plan that you see there, there is no
outdoor seating that's permitted. If you look at other portions of
the site plan, you can see over in this area there's some outdoor
seating. That would be indicated on the site plan. This has
been --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Where is this?
MR. SHORT: This is at Wiggins Pass and U.S. 41.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Okay.
MR. SHORT: Original contact -- you know, the complaint
was open on August 5th, 2019. We made contact with Richard
Lincoln. He's the new owner of the plaza. He expressed a
willingness for us to comply.
Currently the tenant has an engineer retained, and they're
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looking to include this outdoor area on their site plan. To date,
the violation remains as the tables and chairs are still out there.
MS. CURLEY: Have we seen this case before?
MR. SHORT: Under a previous owner, we had multiple
violations. The site plan was corrected in 2000 -- we probably
have a date on the site plan.
MS. CURLEY: So the owner of the entire complex has
transferred to this new person now?
MR. SHORT: It has.
MS. CURLEY: And the tenant has remained through the
transfer?
MR. BRUGGER: No, ma'am. I started my business this
summer.
MS. CURLEY: I see. Okay.
MR. BRECKER: When I took over, everything had been
given to me saying everything -- all the site plans and everything
was in accordance with the county. So then now I'm getting
letters and notices saying that it's not.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Are you done, Eric?
MR. SHORT: I just want to highlight one more thing; that
the tenant came in with the previous owner, did not make these
changes but was presented with a lease that included this outdoor
seating. Unfortunately, that -- the site plan doesn't allow it, and
it's not approved.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Unfortunately, you can't go
backwards. Okay.
MR. BRECKER: We have recently been in contact with
Blair A. Foley. He's a civil engineer and development consultant.
He said that it would take up to three months to get this taken
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care of. So we ask for a three-month extension on the situation.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Well, we have to find
out whether this is a violation or not first.
MR. BRECKER: Of course.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So you bought the place.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Lease.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You leased it. Everything was
there. Obviously, the disclosure wasn't proper.
MR. BRECKER: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I'll be nice. And, unfortunately,
this is what happens; when you buy property, you inherit
anything bad in regard to the property.
MR. BRECKER: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So questions from the
Board, or any motion whether a violation exists?
MR. DOINO: Make a motion a violation exists.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a second
that a violation exists.
Any comments on that?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hearing none, all those in
favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: (No verbal response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
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(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Okay. You have a suggestion for us, Eric?
MR. SHORT: Yes, sir. The county requests that the Code
Enforcement Board orders the respondent to pay all operational
costs in the amount of $59.35 incurred in the prosecution of this
case within 30 days and abate all violations by:
One, removing all unauthorized outdoor seating from the
property within blank days of this hearing, or a fine of blank
dollars per day will be imposed until the violation is abated;
Two, the respondent must notify the code enforcement
investigator when the violation has been abated in order to
conduct a final inspection to confirm abatement.
If the respondent fails to abate the violation, the county may
abate the violation using any method to bring the violation into
compliance and may use the assistance of the Collier County
Sheriff's Office to enforce the provisions of this order, and all
costs of abatement shall be assessed to the property owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So if the respondent
says it's going to take 30 days, for instance, for this to -- three
months to get this --
MR. SHORT: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: -- all resolved, if we grant more
than three months, everything remains the same. He gets it all
done. If he doesn't, then the fines start to accrue. Am I correct?
MR. SHORT: Correct.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Having said that,
anybody like to make a motion?
MR. LEFEBVRE: I have a couple questions.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Sure.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Okay. Go ahead.
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MS. CURLEY: No, please.
MR. LEFEBVRE: What's the hours of operation for this
business?
MR. BRECKER: Two to 10 p.m.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Two to 10 p.m. And the complaint, how
did it come in?
MR. BRECKER: It was the previous -- previous owner of
the restaurant and the previous landlord did not get along well.
So when they -- the previous landlord ended up buying him out
of his lease and ended up selling (sic) it to me to fill the property
in order to sell the whole plaza. The previous owner of the
restaurant starting making complaints to the county of things that
he -- to his knowledge of many different violations with the
whole plaza itself.
MR. DOINO: Wow.
MR. BRECKER: Including outside seating, signage of
multiple -- not just my own, but other companies in the plaza.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Was there any noise problem?
MR. SHORT: Currently, no.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Was there a noise complaint from this
establishment about three, four years ago maybe?
MR. SHORT: There was.
MR. LEFEBVRE: There was, okay.
MR. SHORT: Not the current business in operation.
MR. LEFEBVRE: No, no. Right, not the current business
owner and not the current owner of the property.
MR. SHORT: Correct.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: I'll try and fill in the blanks, unless
somebody else wants to.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Be my guest.
MS. CURLEY: I'll do 90 days and $100.
MR. DOINO: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. Any discussion on the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hearing none, all those in
favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
So if you get it done in the time frame that you mentioned,
no foul.
MS. CURLEY: You can keep the chairs out there for 90
days.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Yes.
MR. BRECKER: Thank you. I appreciate that.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Good luck on getting
everything -- all the paperwork done. If you can't, come back
ahead of time so that -- if more time needs to be adjusted or
whatever.
MR. BRECKER: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Let us know your progress.
MR. BRECKER: Yes, sir. Appreciate it.
MS. CURLEY: Good luck.
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MS. BUCHILLON: Next item on the agenda under
hearings, No. 10, CENA20190009868, Rose Manie Numa.
MR. DOINO: There's two on them.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: This is 10 that was originally a
stip --
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: -- along with 11, which was
originally a stip?
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Are these two cases similar in
their -- I should ask. Are they similar?
MS. GUY: Yes, they are. One's for nuisance accumulation,
and the other one is for vehicles.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We'll hear them and
then vote on them separately. Okay.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Could you state your name on
the microphone for us.
MS. NUMA: Rose Manie Numa.
MR. NUMA: Pierre (phonetic) Numa.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. GUY: I do have photographs that the respondent needs
to review.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. GUY: If I could give that to them at this time.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. That will be fine.
MS. GUY: Okay, great, thank you.
Good morning. For the record, Paula Guy, Collier County
Code Enforcement.
This is in reference to Case No. CENA20190009868. It's
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dealing with a violation of litter to be declared a public nuisance,
Collier County Code of Laws, Chapter 54, Article VI,
Section 54-179; Collier County Land Development Code
2004-41, as amended, Section 2.02.03 of prohibited uses:
Outside storage of household items to include, but not limited to,
interior furniture, plumbing fixtures, household junk, trash, and
debris.
The location is 2792 24th Avenue Southeast, Naples,
Florida; Folio 41283720001.
Service was given on August 20th, 2019.
I would now like to present case evidence in the following
exhibits: Photos that were taken by myself on August 19th,
2019; September 17th, 2019; November 6th, 2019; and
November 21st, 2019.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Did you object to the --
do you object to those pictures?
MR. NUMA: Yes, I did.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You object to them?
MR. NUMA: No, I accept.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Get a motion from the
Board to accept the photos.
MR. DOINO: Motion to accept.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Motion and a second. All those
in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: (No verbal response.)
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Yeah. As you can see, we have one,
two, three, four, five -- seven photos from August, three from
September, and two from November. I'll go with the August
ones first, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. GUY: This is a photo from the front driveway.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: What do I -- what am I -- go
back there a second. What is that on the left-hand side next to
the --
MS. GUY: That's actual -- an actual container with a valid
tag.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. GUY: The container itself is not a violation.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. GUY: This is on the right side of the front yard.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. GUY: And more of the different types of accumulation
that goes throughout the yard. That's the entry to the front door
area, and there's the front door.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: That previous picture, is that a
truck that --
MS. GUY: That one there, that's the backside of the
container.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. GUY: The interior was full. There's also items that
were underneath it as well for storage.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: Is that being filled or unfilled?
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MS. GUY: It's being filled.
MR. ORTEGA: Is this a business?
MS. GUY: No. They're collecting items to send to Haiti.
This picture was in the -- yesterday, or on September 21st.
You can see the container's been removed. I would say probably
50 percent of the debris has been removed, but the violation still
remains.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I think at our last meeting we
had a similar case. Okay.
MS. GUY: I have had communication with the owner prior
to the hearing being scheduled. They were working on it. Until
yesterday's date, I had no communication but did see that more
than 50 percent of the removal had took place.
Can I go with the recommendation?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: No, no, no. We have to hear --
okay. Are those all the pictures that you have?
MS. GUY: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And then your
discussion with the respondent?
MS. GUY: They're working on cleaning it up. Like I said,
one container's been removed. And they conveyed to me this
morning that they have a second container arriving this Monday
and would need a little bit more time to get it completed.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: My question is, so that this
doesn't continue down the road, is this something that's going to
happen, then they send the stuff to Haiti, and then they
accumulate additional stuff, and they get another trailer to do
that? Is that what the situation is, or is this the first case that's
come up?
MS. GUY: There's been no previous cases of this violation
on this parcel, but that is a common practice to happen. But for
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this property owner, this is her -- the first offense.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: So this isn't a non-for-profit or a charitable
company that she's operating?
MS. GUY: I don't have that information.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Well, we'll let the
respondent respond. Okay.
MR. NUMA: Yeah. She's my sister; I'm her brother. And
we are collecting to send to Haiti for people also.
We make organize with the family. We have a church, a
member -- church of member to stuff of (sic) Haiti. Sometimes
we collect things to send to them so -- by our expense. So she's
there only. I'm the one who operate this thing, but in 45 days,
like they give me, I'm going to remove everything from the
property.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. This was originally
going to be a stipulation that changed.
MS. GUY: Correct. There was an error on the stipulation
paperwork that kept us from being able to present the stipulation.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And 45 days was the --
MS. GUY: That was the agreement that we came upon, yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. I understand. Any
questions of the respondent by the Board?
MS. CURLEY: Are you going to do this -- continue to do
this?
MR. NUMA: No, no, I'm not. This thing is very tough in
Haiti now because they have so many trouble over there; that's
the reason the container stay longer. They have some -- they
want to overthrow the government. They block everything.
Even the school never opens since August. They still closed. So
I want to stop everything now after I finish with all this debris.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. NUMA: Yeah.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So I think it's -- we have
to vote on whether a violation exists.
MS. CURLEY: I'll make a motion a violation exists.
MR. DOINO: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a second
a violation exists. Any discussion on the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hearing none, all those in
favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously. Now,
do you have a suggestion?
MS. GUY: I do.
The recommendation is that the Code Enforcement Board
orders the respondent to pay all operational costs in the amount
of 59.28, which was incurred in the prosecution of this case,
within 30 days and abate all violations by removal of all
unauthorized accumulation of litter and all other items not
permitted for outside storage to a site designated for such use, or
store desired items in a completely enclosed structure within
blank days of this hearing, or a fine of blank per day will be
imposed until violation is abated.
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The respondent must notify the code enforcement
investigator when the violation has been abated in order to
conduct a final inspection to confirm abatement. If the
respondent fails to abate the violation, the county may abate the
violation by using any method to bring the violation into
compliance and may use the assistance of the Collier County
Sheriff's Office to enforce the provisions of this order, and all
costs of abatement shall be assessed to the property owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Anybody like to take a
shot at filling in the -- we've got a -- kind of got a hint of how
many days it was going to take to get everything cleaned up.
MS. CURLEY: I will.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Go ahead.
MS. CURLEY: Geez. I'm the only one -- yeah. Let's give
55 days or $100 per day.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: Just in case the container can't get removed
or something like that and just a little bit easier logistics, and then
maybe -- yeah, that's it.
MR. LEFEBVRE: I would suggest just making it 60 days,
because 55 is a little bit --
MS. CURLEY: I'll definitely amend my motion to 60 days,
and $100 a day after that.
MR. LEFEBVRE: I'll second that motion, and then the
operational costs of 59.38 within --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Twenty-eight.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Twenty-eight; sorry 28 -- within 30
days.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. LEFEBVRE: I'll second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion and a
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second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
So you have 60 days to get that, but don't go away because
we have one more case for you.
Sue, do you have to take a call at 10:00?
MS. CURLEY: No. I changed it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. A little sidebar.
Okay. Did we vote on this yet? All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
(The speakers were previously duly sworn and indicated in
the affirmative.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Now, the next case, we
have the second case with the vehicles. So do you have any
different photos on this?
MS. GUY: The photos that are designated in this case are
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just more geared toward -- the vehicles are placed, which they
were observed in the previous case's photos.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We saw them, and those
vehicles were not registered; is that what you're saying?
MS. GUY: Yes, that's correct.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So do you want to
present this case -- do you want to read this one into the record,
Helen?
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes, sir. Number 11,
CEV20190010125, Rose Manie Numa.
MS. GUY: For the record, Paula Guy, Collier County Code
Enforcement.
This is in reference to Case No. CEV20190010125 dealing
with a violation of storage and use of vehicle control ordinance,
code of laws and ordinances, Chapter 130, Article III,
Section 130-95; multiple unlicensed inoperable vehicles on an
Estates-zoned improved parcel.
The location is 2792 24th Avenue Southeast, Naples,
Florida; Folio 4128372001.
Service was given on August 20th, 2019.
I would now like to present case evidence in the following
exhibits: Photos taken by myself August 19th, September 17th,
November 6th, November 21st, 2019.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Respondent has seen the
photos?
MS. GUY: Yes, that's correct.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you have any objection to
those photos?
MR. NUMA: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: No. Get a motion from the
Board to accept the exhibits.
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MR. DOINO: Motion to accept.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And a seconded. All those in
favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
The green car there, is that one of them?
MS. GUY: That's one of them. The black one, and I believe
there might be another one that's behind the contractor bags. You
can see there's no tags.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. GUY: Another one with no tags. That tag is expired
on that vehicle.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. GUY: On my last inspection, November 21st -- or that
was actually from November 6th, the vehicles were moved to the
backyard, some of them placed in a different area.
Yeah, that's September 21st -- November 21st, sorry. Go
back to the November.
MR. LETOURNEAU: That one?
MS. GUY: No, sir.
MR. LETOURNEAU: That one?
MS. GUY: Yes. Upon my last inspection on
November 21st, there was only one vehicle that remained, which
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is this one in the driveway, and it had been moved from the side
of the yard. So it looks like it's in the process of getting prepared
to be removed.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Is that it?
MS. GUY: That's it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Sir?
MR. NUMA: Yes, sir. That vehicle is for my cousin.
There is a mechanic working on it. They're going to put
everything in order to have a license plate for that vehicle, yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And when do you think that
will happen?
MR. NUMA: The technician coming on Monday to do the
job and to remove the vehicle.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. NUMA: Yep.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So for the Board now,
do we find that a violation exists?
MR. ORTEGA: I'll make a motion that a violation does
exist.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
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And you think that will be gone or registered within the next
30 days?
MR. NUMA: Yes, that will be. Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Do you have a
suggestion for us on this one?
MS. GUY: Recommendation is that the Code Enforcement
Board orders the respondent to pay all operational costs in the
amount of $59.28 incurred in the prosecution of this case within
30 days and abate all violations by obtaining and affixing a
current valid license plate to each vehicle not stored within the
confines of a completely enclosed structure or store said vehicles
within a completely enclosed structure and/or repair defect so
vehicle is immediately operable or removal of offending vehicles
from residentially zoned area within blank days of this hearing,
or a fine of blank per day will be imposed until the violation is
abated.
The respondent must notify the code enforcement
investigator when the violation has been abated in order to
conduct a final inspection to confirm abatement. If the
respondent fails to abate the violation, the county may abate the
violation using any method to bring the violation into compliance
and may use the assistance of the Collier County Sheriff's Office
to enforce the provisions of this order, and all costs of abatement
shall be assessed to the property owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Anybody like to take a
shot at filling in the --
MR. ORTEGA: I'll take a shot at it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. ORTEGA: That the respondent pay the amount of
59.28 within 30 days of this case, and within 30 days at $100 a
day.
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MS. CURLEY: I'll second that.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Okay. So you have a month to put the plates on the vehicle.
MR. NUMA: Yes, please. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. NUMA: All right.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Remember the $59.28 on each
one, okay.
MR. NUMA: Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Thank you very much.
MR. NUMA: Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you.
MS. NUMA: Thank you.
MS. GUY: Okay. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Terri, how are your fingers?
THE COURT REPORTER: 10:30.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: 10:30, okay.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item on the agenda under old
business, motion for imposition of fines, No. 2,
CEVR20180004929, Grettel Gonzalez and Oscar Garcia.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good morning.
MR. ODOM: Good morning. For the record, Michael
Odom, Collier County Code Enforcement.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And could you
gentlemen state your name on the record for us.
MR. GARCIA: Oscar Garcia.
MR. BATISTA: Hector Batista.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Would you like to read this into
the record, Michael?
MR. ODOM: Yes, Mr. Chairman.
This is an imposition of fines. Past orders, on July 26th,
2018, the Code Enforcement Board issued a findings of fact,
conclusion of law and order. The respondent was found in
violation of the referenced ordinances and ordered to correct the
violation. See the attached order of the Board, OR5540,
Page 2958, for more information.
The violation has been abated as of November 1st, 2019.
Fines and costs to date as follows: Fines have accrued at the
rate of $250 per day for the period from October 25th, 2018, to
November 1st, 2019, 373 days -- correction -- 373 days, for a
total fine amount of $93,250.
Previously assessed operational costs of $59.84 have been
paid.
Operational costs for today's hearing: $59.56.
Total amount: $93,309.56.
The gravity of this initial violation was low. The respondent
did obtain a vegetation removal permit and implemented the
approved mitigation plan as directed. No previous overclearing
violations have occurred. And communication throughout this
process has been constant and good.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Comments from the
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Board?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I was going to ask why did it
take so long?
MR. BATISTA: Well, the problem is, we had to go in, we
had to do engineering, I had to hire an engineer, and I had to take
it back to the county. It gets put back. Engineer goes back again,
writes it and draws it. It goes back. On the permit alone it went
back about probably six months going back and forth.
Finally we got approved on what the county wanted and the
type of trees and all that. So then I hired a nursery that just
carries the right trees that they wanted. So they brought me all
the right trees that they wanted, and it was like 700 trees.
So then I had to come back and call the county. Finally -- it
was Tabatha. She gave me an appointment. She went out there
and told me where they wanted all the plants. We put all the
plants.
Then we also had a problem with the lean-to shed on the
back that -- everything's close. It was, I don't know, too close to
the fence. We had to remove it. So I had to go back again to the
drawing of the trees. So it was the same amount of trees, but they
just wanted to see another line. So that's why it's been taking --
Mr. Mike could tell you, every time they asked me for something,
I go to the county, I take them the paperwork, and I sit and wait
till finally I got everything closed. I got everybody from the
county to go out there and make sure that everything that they
wanted is there, and I guess it is. Everything is closed and
finalized, and nothing else has been moved, and...
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So you're here today to ask the
Board to do away with the fine?
MR. BATISTA: If you can do that, yes, because only on
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this part of the deal has cost me quite a few -- it cost him quite a
few dollars to get all this done in between engineering trees.
Trees alone we got, like, $6,000 for weed.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Well, yes, we can do it
if someone makes a motion to that effect.
MS. ELROD: I'll make a motion to deny the county the
imposition of fines.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously. The
fines are gone.
MR. BATISTA: Thank you.
MR. GARCIA: Thank you.
MS. CURLEY: Good luck.
MR. BATISTA: You-all have a very nice day, a nice
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You too.
MR. GARCIA: Thank you.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item on the agenda under
imposition of fines, No. 5, CEPM20180000456, John Albarracin.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Can you state your name on the
microphone for us, please.
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MR. ALBARRACIN: John Albarracin.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And, Joe.
MR. MUCHA: Joe Mucha, supervisor, Collier County
Code Enforcement.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. You're on.
MR. MUCHA: Actually, I think Mr. John has a request he'd
like to make.
MR. ALBARRACIN: Yes. I would like to make a request
of waive of fines.
The hurricane knocked down my pool cage, and I hire a
company, and I paid the deposit, and they did some plans and
present it to the Collier County, and they denied the plans
because they were wrong. They had to do a lot of changes. They
never did the changes. But on the other hand, they were telling
me that a lot of houses got damaged because of the hurricane, and
the county, it was working real slow to approve changes on these
plans. So he said -- he used to tell me just wait and wait until
those plans are approved. But he never amended those plans.
And I got contacted by the Collier County that -- what was
going on with my project. So what I decided to do at that point,
since this company never did anything to satisfy the county --
well, I hire a different company, and this company start working
real well. They got the plans approved, and they finally complete
the plans and the project, but the other company wasted a lot of
time.
I was here before. They gave me an extension of time so I
could complete my project, which I did, and -- but now they are
telling me that I have to pay some fines. And I would like to ask
you a favor if you could waive the fines because that wasn't -- I
was trying to comply to the Board right from the beginning, but
this other company wasted a lot of time.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Before we address your
request, do you want to read this into the record, Joe?
MR. MUCHA: If you would like me to, yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. I think it's required, isn't
it?
MR. LETOURNEAU: I'm not sure if it's required, but it's
pretty much policy that we've been doing it for many years.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. MUCHA: Sure, I can read it.
The violation was of the Collier County Code of Laws and
Ordinances, Chapter 22, Article VI, Section 22-231(12)(n).
Violation location was 4480 Beechwood Lake Drive,
Naples; Folio No. 53901560007.
The description of the violation was a damaged screen
enclosure and pool that was not being maintained.
Past orders: On March 28th, 2019, the Code Enforcement
Board issued a finding of fact, conclusion of law and order. The
respondent was found in violation of the referenced ordinances
and ordered to correct the violation.
See the attached order of the Board, OR5618, Page 1815, for
more information.
On June 27th, 2019, the Code Enforcement Board granted a
continuance. See the attached order of the Board for more
information.
Violation has been abated as of September 20th, 2019.
Fines and costs to date are as follows: Fines have accrued at
a rate of $250 per day for the period from April 30th, 2019, to
September 20th, 2019, 144 days, for a total fine amount of
$36,000.
Previously assessed operational costs of $59.56 and $59.35
have been paid. Operational costs for today's hearing is $59.42.
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For a total fine amount of 36,059.42.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Now we have to
consider your request. Anybody like to make a motion from the
Board?
MR. LEFEBVRE: I make a motion to deny the county's
request to impose fines.
MS. CURLEY: I second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Fines are gone.
MR. ALBARRACIN: Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: Good luck.
MR. ALBARRACIN: And have a nice Thanksgiving.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Thank you. You, too.
We're going to take a 12-minute break now for the court
reporter.
(A brief recess was had from 10:27 a.m. to 10:42 a.m.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I'd like to call the Code
Enforcement Boards back to order.
MS. BUCHILLON: Mr. Chairman, we have another change
to the agenda.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: No, it's too late for changes.
Okay. Do you have another stipulation?
MS. BUCHILLON: No, we have a withdrawn.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. That's even better.
Okay.
MS. BUCHILLON: Under imposition of fines, No. 8,
CESD20170014131, Carlos A. Rojas PA, has been withdrawn
due to recent change of ownership.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And our next case is?
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item on the agenda, under
imposition of fines, No. 7, CESD20160015129, Luis Flores
Salciero.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Can you state your name on the
microphone for us.
MR. SALCIERO: Luis Flores Salciero.
MS. FLORES: Sheila Flores. I'm his daughter.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. GUY: Good morning.
MR. SALCIERO: Good morning.
MS. GUY: For CEB Case No. CESD20160015129, Collier
County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended, Section
4.05.01(B), 10.02.06(B)(1)(e), 10.02.06(B)(1)(c), and Collier
County code of laws and ordinances, Chapter 22, Article IV,
Section 22-108.
The location is 2298 Everglades Boulevard South, Naples,
Florida; Folio 41287600004.
The description is the site work, improvement of property,
grading, or removal of protected vegetation using heavy
machinery without a permit which would allow same; alteration
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of land through placement of fill that removed or otherwise
destroyed vegetation without first obtaining approval from the
county. See damaging native vegetation by the use of heavy
machinery to remove exotic and nonnative vegetation; D, worked
on the right-of-way, including a temporary driveway access from
Everglades Boulevard without first obtaining valid Collier
County permits.
Past order: On June 22nd, 2017, the Code Enforcement
Board issued a findings of fact, conclusion of law and order. The
respondent was found in violation of the referenced ordinances
and ordered to correct the violation. Please see the attached
order, OR5410, Page 3377, for more information.
On January 26th, 2018, the Code Enforcement Board
granted a continuance. The attached order OR5477, 2466.
This violation has not been abated as of November 22nd,
2019.
The fines and costs to date are as follows: The fines have
accrued at a rate of $100 per day for the period from
September 21st, 2017, to November 22nd, 2019, 793 days, for a
total fine amount of $79,300. Fines continue to accrue.
Previously assessed operational costs of 67.69, 59.84, and
59.70, have been paid. Today's operational costs are 59.49.
Total amount is $79,359.49.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Good morning.
MS. FLORES: Good morning.
MR. SALCIERO: Good morning.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So?
MS. FLORES: So we would like to ask for an extension
because he did not understand the process, and we thought that
by getting the building permit everything was going to be okay,
but apparently we have to ask for an after-the-fact vegetation
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removal or something like that, and he didn't know that.
So we would like to ask for, like, a three-month extension so
that we can get everything done.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, this has been going on
since 2017.
MS. FLORES: Yeah, we know that, but, like, he didn't
know that, but you guys can see that we have been doing other
things, and we have been getting other permits. So the reason
why he haven't done the permit is because he didn't know that he
had to do it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Questions from the
Board?
MS. CURLEY: Is there a house being built here?
MS. GUY: Yes, that's correct. The permit he applied for
was in 2017, his building permit. It took a long time. There was
many rejections. It actually -- the issuance dates for that building
permit is June 2019. So I believe with the communication
barrier, he was under the understanding if his building permit was
approved, that it would take care of the portion of the vegetation
removal, but Environmental has reviewed it with Collier County
and has determined it does not. He needs an additional
after-the-fact vegetation removal permit.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Is it because the amount of
vegetation that was removed is more than one acre?
MS. GUY: That would be correct.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: How much was removed?
MS. GUY: Just over that amount.
MR. ORTEGA: Am I to understand the mitigation process
has or has not commenced? Replanting of trees, in other words.
MS. GUY: Well, I can refer to the notes from the
environmentalist. It was -- this is a very old case. And she -- I
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just requested her to review it, and she responded in September.
And she stated that the CEB order for the ERP exemption letter
from DEP is satisfied. Since the DEP concluded there were no
wetlands on site, there is no need to mitigate for any impacts to
the wetlands. Paragraph C of the CEB order is no longer
applicable.
So the impacts to the wetlands were found by DEP.
Now, the 2019 aerial depicts 44,870 square feet of clearing,
which is slightly more than one acre. She directs the owner to
obtain an after-the-fact vegetation removal permit for the clearing
of the fence line, which would bring him into compliance with
the LDC of one-acre clearing restrictions, assuming the house
passes all the COs.
MR. ORTEGA: Okay. What state is the house in right
now?
MS. FLORES: Well, we had everything done. We're
working on the roof right now.
MS. GUY: Yeah. There was an inspection that just passed
on November the 4th for the -- I think it was for the flashing or
the dry-in yeah.
MR. ORTEGA: I mean, replanting of vegetation can be
done at any time, but the reality is that when you're under
construction, that's one of the things they leave for the last;
landscape.
MR. LETOURNEAU: I think, though, the thing is that the
building permit mitigates the one acre, and then whatever's above
and beyond that, the vegetation removal permit will cover.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Let me just try to do my
Bob summary. You're allowed with the building permit to do
43,560 square feet.
MR. ORTEGA: Up to.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: What was done was 44,000. So
it was a little bit more of clearance.
MS. GUY: That's correct.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: An extra tree or bush or
whatever it was. And because of that being over the 43,560 is
what's causing this not to be approved?
MS. GUY: That would be correct.
MS. CURLEY: How do you measure that? You measured
it by aerial?
MS. GUY: This case was previously assigned to me by
another officer, but I do know the initial inspections, the
environmentalist, Michaelle Crowley, Investigator Virginie
Giguere, and another code investigator did measurings on site as
well. So they -- all three were involved in the initial investigation
where the violation was issued and went to hearing.
MR. LETOURNEAU: They use a measuring wheel in a lot
of these.
MS. CURLEY: So putting the house on it doesn't exempt
that the footing -- the area of the house doesn't take it out? So if
you measured now, it would be less than an acre?
MR. LETOURNEAU: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: No. It's the total -- it's the total
area, I understand. And I also understand that measuring with the
wheel and measuring by a surveyor certainly would be
considered different. Have you had this measured by a surveyor?
MS. FLORES: Yeah, we have.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And what did the surveyor say
as far as the total amount that was cleared?
MS. ELROD: Removed.
MS. FLORES: He said that it says that it was -- like, what
was removed, it was less than an acre. We have all the
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paperwork here but, like --
MR. ORTEGA: Was that something that your dad
requested? Because this is not something that a surveyor general
does, but it is the most accurate way of probably doing it.
MS. FLORES: No.
MR. ORTEGA: Because -- maybe the confusion here is that
he had a surveyor do a survey.
MS. FLORES: Yeah.
MR. ORTEGA: Maybe a spot survey. But to have the
surveyor go out and outline the amount of vegetation that exists
or has been removed, it's done, but it's not something that's
normal. But to go back on how they evaluate or establish the
amount of vegetation that's removed, it's approximate. It's not
accurate.
MR. LETOURNEAU: I will say this, though, that once the
house gets the CO, we'll reevaluate at that point, and then any
evidence that he has from a survey we would definitely take
under consideration.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So if we were to continue this
for, for instance, four months, at that time the respondent would
return, hopefully be into compliance, we'd be in a better -- we'd
have more information to make a better decision as far as fines
are concerned. Having said that --
MR. LEFEBVRE: I guess, when do you expect to have the
house completed?
MS. FLORES: Like, we don't have any contractor doing the
house. We're doing everything by owner, so it would take a little
bit longer than normal, but he said that approximately, like, a
year.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Is this a 1.14-acre parcel?
MS. FLORES: Yeah.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So my concern on something
like that is, 1.14 is 660 feet deep by 75 feet wide. So when you
put a house on that, you only have seven-and-a-half feet on each
side for setbacks. That's got to be pretty accurate so that you're
not encroaching on the setbacks.
So I don't know how you measure it. Somebody would have
to measure -- correct me if I'm wrong, Herminio.
MR. ORTEGA: I think I lost you somewhere. Your train of
thought --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: A 1.14-acre, that's what you
have?
MS. FLORES: (Nods head.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: 1.14-acre lot is 75 by 660.
MR. ORTEGA: Correct.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: When you put a house in the
middle of it, you have no problem with the 660, but your side has
to be in --
MR. ORTEGA: Right. You have to meet compliance with
the side yard setbacks.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Setback, which is
seven-and-a-half feet on each side.
MR. ORTEGA: If the house is designed to the full width.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Right. And most of the ones
that they're putting on 1.14 acres are. So -- but you have to be
pretty accurate at that point. You're not talking about a lot of
distance.
MR. ORTEGA: That's correct. The old ways -- the way
they used to do it is that the builder went and did it, did the
survey, the layout, the building layout. When you're in a
situation like that, you don't want to take a risk. So, basically, the
surveyor will go out there and conduct or perform the building
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layout so that way you don't run the risk of encroachment.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Cristine, have you been
sworn?
MS. PEREZ: No, I have not.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
MS. PEREZ: For the record, Code Enforcement Supervisor,
Cristina Perez.
The property itself is a 1.64-acre parcel, so it is a little bit
bigger than the, you know, legal nonconforming lot.
The county's position is that on the previous order that was
issued by the Board, the mitigation itself, is not part of the order.
So based on what was cleared and the building permit for the
house, the building permit for the fence, the only outstanding
issue is for them to apply for that vegetation removal permit,
which is what was explained to him.
His understanding was, I have my permits. I should be good
because it, you know, coincides with the clearing. But,
unfortunately, he still has to go through that after-the-fact
permitting process. So that's all that we have pending.
We don't have to hold up this case until the home itself is
completed as long as he applies for, you know, that vegetation
removal permit.
So I think the recommendation that they're making of three
months is -- you know, should be reasonable. It is, unfortunately,
going to cost him four times the amount of the original permit so,
you know, we -- the county has no objection in the three-month
time frame.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: That's helpful.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Would someone like to make a
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motion?
MR. LEFEBVRE: I make a motion to continue this case for
90 days.
MS. CURLEY: I'll second that.
MR. ORTEGA: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion and a
second to continue for 90 days; three months. Any discussion on
the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hearing none, all those in
favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Be sure that what they're asking for you get done, and we'll
tackle the fines at a later date.
MS. FLORES: Thank you.
MS. GUY: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. SALCIERO: Thank you.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item on the agenda under
imposition of fines, No. 9, CEAU20180009226, Janice Masey.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Could you state your name on
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the microphone for us.
MS. HICKOK: Tina Marie Hickok. Janice Masey is my
mother.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay, Joe.
MR. MUCHA: Okay. For the record, Joe Mucha,
supervisor, Collier County Code Enforcement. I'll read this into
the record.
It was a violation of Collier County Land Development
Code as amended, Section 5.03.02(F)(5)(b).
Location was 15985 Janes Scenic Drive, Copeland; Folio
01134080005.
Description of the violation was a chain-link fence with
barbed wire for residentially zoned property.
Past orders: On February 28th, 2019, the Code Enforcement
Board issued a finding of fact, conclusion of law and order.
Respondent was found in violation of the referenced ordinances
and ordered to correct the violation. See the attached order of the
Board, OR5607, Page 529, for more information.
On June 27th, 2019, the Code Enforcement Board granted a
continuance. See the attached order of the Board under
documents and images for more information.
Violation has been abated as of August 27th, 2019.
Fines and costs to date are as follows: Fines have accrued at
a rate of $100 per day for the period from June 29th, 2019, to
August 27th, 2019, for 60 days, for a total fine amount of $6,000.
Previously assessed operational costs of $59.56 and $59.28
have been paid. Operational costs for today's hearing is $59.49.
For a total final amount of $6,059.49.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. HICKOK: I'm here today just requesting that you-all
would please waive these fines. It did take me a while, but this
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year I've had quite a few different obstacles that I had to face. I
did get it took care of. I'm just asking that the fines be waived,
please.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. The Board, anybody like
to make a motion?
MR. ORTEGA: I'll make a motion to deny the county's
fines against the respondent.
MR. DOINO: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Thank you, Joe.
Thank you.
MS. HICKOK: Thank you all very much.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Joe, one quick question while
you're here --
MR. MUCHA: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: -- and for the viewers that
watch this, there is no barbed wire permitted on any residential
property; is that correct?
MR. MUCHA: Correct.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Is there barbed wire permitted
on any other property in Collier?
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MR. MUCHA: For, like, commercial properties it would
be.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. MUCHA: Certain districts, and agricultural, yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So the people who sell
barbed wire should be aware of those rules.
MS. HICKOK: It was up there since 1996 when my mom
bought the property, yeah.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It should have rusted away by
then.
MS. CURLEY: Maybe it was a farm before.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item on the agenda, under
imposition of fines, No. 12, CESD20180002262, CTPML, LLC.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good morning.
MR. CURRY: Good morning.
MR. FOGELSONG: Good morning.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Could you state your name on
the microphone for us.
MR. CURRY: Yeah, Richard Curry.
MR. FOGELSONG: Michael Fogelsong.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And, Michele, would
you like to read this into the record for us.
MS. McGONAGLE: I believe that the respondents would
like to talk to you first.
MR. CURRY: Yeah. My name's Richard Curry. I'm the
property manager for CTPML.
Here in 2017 the company I work for purchased a
commercial property with some offices; retail, and some
industrial flex. A couple of those units, when we took
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possession, had experienced -- appeared to be maybe some
flooding, a little bit of drywall damage, what have you.
We took it upon ourselves -- we just repaired those.
Unbeknownst to us we needed a permit to do that, and then
subsequently they got inspected. Obviously, that's why we're
here, because it needed a permit.
So then we have since hired an architect to come look at
those two units, hired a contractor to help us resolve any and all
of those issues, and we're here today to just request additional
time to get all of those things completed, inspected, and get
everything closed out, so...
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And how much time do you
think that will take?
MR. FOGELSONG: I would say probably -- I mean, with
the holidays, it's a lot slower right now, so it makes things a lot
easier. I would say best-case scenario would be the end of
January, but just -- because we all know in the industry, just an
extra maybe buffer month we can get. By the end of February,
we should be able to get everything rectified, inspected, taken
care of 100 percent.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So what you're asking for is a
continuance on this case till --
MR. CURRY: That's fine.
MR. FOGELSONG: Yes, please.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Comments? Questions
from the Board?
MR. ORTEGA: Is the permit already applied for?
MR. FOGELSONG: Yes.
MR. ORTEGA: But you don't have the permit in hand yet?
MR. FOGELSONG: Not in hand yet, no, sir.
MR. ORTEGA: Okay. And the extent of the work?
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MR. FOGELSONG: It is -- I think the two units that are
still in here is -- there was one unit that was demoed prior to the
purchase. It's going to be a permit by affidavit. We're going to
have to kind of probably tear open the walls, have them look at
the fire walls that were worked on, and the other one, there was
some work where the water damage was.
It was -- again, part of it was on a firewall so we're going to
have to have that inspected. I think right now they're not
accepting a permit by affidavit, so we're going -- we have a fire
contractor -- a firewall contractor already involved.
There was -- I mean, just some minor -- some minor things,
some minor framing as well, but it's just -- unfortunately, the
permit process -- it just takes some time, and since the work's
already done, getting some subcontractors, I mean, they're taking
ownership of this as well, so they have to go there, inspect it, take
a look at it, and it's just -- yeah. Sorry.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Don't be sorry.
MR. ORTEGA: And the amount of time you're requesting?
MR. FOGELSONG: Just --
MR. CURRY: Ninety days.
MR. FOGELSONG: Ninety days, essentially, yeah.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You want to make a motion for
a continuance?
MR. ORTEGA: I'll make a motion for a continuance for 90
days.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. Discussion on the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hearing none, all those in
favor?
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MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Thank you.
MR. FOGELSONG: Thank you so much. Have a good
one.
MR. CURRY: Appreciate it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So we're expecting to see you
back here in February unless it snows.
MS. BUCHILLON: Unless it snows.
Next item on the agenda under imposition of fines, No. 11,
CESD20180003607, Luis Patino and Papadorelly, LLC.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
Would you state your name on the microphone for us.
MR. PATINO: Luis Patino.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Cristine?
MS. PEREZ: Good morning. For the record, Cristina
Perez, Collier County Code Enforcement.
This is in regards to Case No. CESD20180003607.
Violations: Collier County Land Development Code, as
amended, Section 3.05.01(B) and 10.02.06(B)(1)(e).
Location: 741 18th Ave. Northwest, Naples, Florida; Folio
No. 37591520004.
Description: Site work improvement on property, grading,
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and/or removal of protective native vegetation, ground cover, and
mid-story plants by heavy machinery without a permit that would
allow same.
Past orders: On July 26th, 2018, the Code Enforcement
Board issued a findings of fact, conclusion of law and order. The
respondent was found in violation of the referenced ordinances
and ordered to correct the violation. See the attached order of the
Board, OR5540, Page 2971, for more information.
On June 27th, 2019, the Code Enforcement Board granted
a -- I'm sorry.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Continuance.
MS. PEREZ: -- continuance. See the attached order of the
Board under documents and images for more information.
The violation has been abated as of November 5th, 2019.
Fines have accrued at the rate of $250 per day for the period
from April 22nd, 2018, to November 5th, 2019, 198 days, for a
total fine amount of $49,500. Previously assessed operational
costs of $59.70 have been paid.
Previously assessed operational costs of $59.35 have been
paid.
Operational costs for today's hearing are $59.56.
With a total amount of $49,559.56.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. PATINO: Hi.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hi.
MR. PATINO: I'm here to plead to waive the fees.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Was this a piece of
property that you were going to build a house on?
MR. PATINO: Yes, and then I fell into some turmoil
with -- like a domino effect: Family, business, the whole, you
know, life crisis, midlife, yeah.
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MR. LEFEBVRE: And your partner --
MS. CURLEY: And your partner hosed you?
MR. PATINO: And -- yeah, and the partner that screwed
me, and the whole, you know -- of course.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Technical term.
MR. PATINO: I was the only one holding the bag at the
end.
So I'm just here to -- I got everything in compliance. It's
taken me a lot of work. I was able to get the architect to draft up
the plan, thanks to Cristina and her contacts, because none of the
people that we kind of talked to -- and we talked to a lot of
people -- were giving us the time of day.
Finally, we got it done. Everything was, like, almost, like,
at the last freakin' minute just to be here on this board meeting
here because, otherwise, I would lose a property in Port
Charlotte. So that I can get some -- use this property as collateral
to get these liens off. It's a mess.
MS. CURLEY: Well, I was glad to see that you're here. So
I know it was a long -- this has been a long process for you.
I'll make a motion to deny the county's request for the fines.
MR. PATINO: Thank you.
MS. ELROD: Second.
MR. PATINO: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MR. PATINO: Happy Thanksgiving.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item on the agenda under
imposition of fines, No. 1, CESD20180005375, SA Equity Group
LLC.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good morning. Could you
state your name on the microphone for us.
MR. OKAB: My name is Waleed Okab.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. You can pull the
microphone up. There you go.
Okay, Chris.
MR. AMBACH: All set? For the record, Chris Ambach,
Collier County Code Enforcement.
Violations: Collier County Land Development Code 0 -- as
amended, Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a).
Location: 114 New Market Road East, Immokalee, Florida;
Folio No. 63864280003.
Description: Newly installed metal building with electric on
improved occupied commercial property.
Past orders: On October 26th, 2018, the Code Enforcement
Board issued a finding of fact, conclusion of law and order. The
respondent was found in violation of the referenced ordinances
and ordered to correct the violation. See the attached order of the
Board, OR5567, Page 3024, for more information.
On July 25th, 2019, the Code Enforcement Board granted a
continuance. See the attached order of the Board under
documents and images for more information.
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The violation has been abated as of September 27th, 2019.
Fines and costs to date are as follows: Fines have accrued at
a rate of $250 per day for the period from February 24th, 2019, to
September 27th, 2019, 215 days, for a total fine amount of
$53,750.
Previously assessed operational costs of $59.77 and $59.28
have been paid. Operational costs for today's hearing: $59.42.
Total amount due: $53,809.42.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Good morning.
MR. OKAB: Good morning. I'm here today to ask if you
guys can please waive those fines.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Questions of the
respondent from the Board?
MR. ORTEGA: Do you own this building, or you're a
tenant?
MR. OKAB: No, I represent the owner. I work for the
owner of the market.
MS. CURLEY: I remember you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Is this the last case?
MR. OKAB: There's one more, I think.
MS. CURLEY: I thought he was just coming to watch the
go (sic) today.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: He came to visit you, Sue.
MS. CURLEY: No; us.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay; us.
MS. CURLEY: I know this has been a long -- this was a
building that you didn't build?
MR. OKAB: Yeah. We had a tenant that, one weekend
when I was away, he decided to -- he hired the company, and I
came in Monday, and this thing was in.
And then we had a request from the county to remove it, and
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I couldn't legally remove it myself because then he'd sue me.
And then there was a hearing that I didn't know I had to come in.
They came in, and you guys gave him four months to remove it.
And after those four months have passed, they didn't do anything.
And then I got with Steve, and I told him, this guy is not --
they're not doing anything. Can I -- legally, can I do it myself?
Because I don't want to be paying those fines. And he said, no,
you can't do it. Just -- I recommend that you work with him.
And, finally, this guy decides to come in on the weekend,
and he just took it down without getting a demolition permit
when I -- both Steve and I told him that you cannot just do that.
You have to get a demolition permit.
So he went ahead and did it without a demolition permit.
And then he left me with the task of getting that permit. And I
went with the county, and they told me they needed plumbing
and electric. We got a plumber, and then I also hired the electric
contractor.
And after we filed the paperwork, they told me that his
license has expired. And I reached out to him. I told him, you
have to go to Collier County, pay to reinstate your license, and
that took probably, like, three -- from anywheres from two weeks
to three weeks to get that approved.
And then, finally, we got a final date. I was working with
Alamar from Immokalee. And they came in, and they did the
inspection, and we passed it.
So I know it's been -- I know it's been, like, a -- I don't
know, like six, eight months. I'm not sure how long it's been.
And right now we're working with the county on getting a Site
Development Plan for the market to bring it up to code because,
as you probably know, it's not up to code right now. And we just
hired the surveying company. They came, and they did the
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measurements.
So we're working very close with Chris and Steve and all the
guys there to bring it up to code. And I know I have an
engineer -- City (sic) Engineering Company. He's working with
the county to -- I know they're going to sit down and see how
much it's going to cost and what work has to be done.
And, as you know, that's going to cost a lot of money for us
to do that, and we really appreciate if you guys can help us with
those fines so we can have the funds to bring the market up to
code.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. That was a quick
explanation.
MR. OKAB: It's very hard. I'm not good at speaking in
public.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You did a very good job.
MR. AMBACH: Very good job; very good.
MS. ELROD: I'll make a motion to deny the county the
imposition of fines.
MR. ORTEGA: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MR. OKAB: Thank you so much. Hopefully you won't see
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my face again.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, that's too bad. We like
seeing.
MR. OKAB: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Are we at the end of our rope?
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes. Would you like to do the
stipulations now, the ones that were not present?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Yeah.
MS. BUCHILLON: Okay. Under hearings, No. 6,
CESD20190009611, Tammy L. Desormeau.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good morning.
MR. HAMILTON: Good morning.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
MR. HAMILTON: For the record, Daniel Hampton, Collier
County Code Enforcement.
The stipulation: Therefore, it is agreed between the parties
that the respondent shall:
Pay operational costs in the amount of 59.28 incurred in the
prosecution of this case within 30 days of the hearing;
Abate all violations by obtaining all required Collier County
building permits or demolition permit, inspections, and certificate
of completion/occupancy for the screen enclosure addition and
shed within 120 days of this hearing, or a fine of $200 per day
will be imposed until the violation is abated.
Three, the respondent must notify Code Enforcement within
24 hours of abatement of the violation and request that the
investigator perform a site inspection to confirm compliance;
Four, that if the respondent fails to abate the violation, the
county may abate the violation using any method to bring the
violation into compliance and may use the assistance of the
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Collier County Sheriff's Office to enforce the provision of this
agreement, and all costs of abatement shall be assessed to the
property owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Respondent -- was the
respondent here at all today or no?
MR. HAMILTON: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Let the record show the
respondent's not present.
Anybody want to make a motion?
MS. CURLEY: Is there -- so we don't hear the case then?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Nobody -- he reads the case.
They agreed to it. They signed it.
MR. HAMILTON: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We accept it or we don't.
MR. DOINO: Make a motion to accept the stip as written.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion. Do we have
a second?
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item on the agenda, No. 8,
imposition of fines (sic), CEPM20180015946, Monsur Ahmad.
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Respondent's not present. They were notified certified mail
October 31st, and the property was posted --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. BUCHILLON: -- October 25th.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
MR. JOHNSON: Good morning.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good morning, John.
MR. JOHNSON: For the record, John Johnson, Collier
County Code Enforcement.
Therefore, it is agreed between the parties that the
respondent shall:
One, pay operational --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hold on one second. Before
you leave, we have the blue screen.
MR. MILLER: I just rebooted it. It will take a couple
seconds. It will be just a couple seconds.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: They always say that.
MR. MILLER: I'll stay here to make sure.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We trust you.
Okay, John. I'm sorry.
MR. JOHNSON: Okay. It is agreed between the parties
that the respondent shall:
One, pay operational costs in the amount of $59.28 incurred
in the prosecution of this case within 30 days of this hearing;
Number 2, abate all violations by obtaining all required
Collier County building permits or demolition permits and
request all inspections through certificate of
completion/occupancy to reset and secure the mobile home on its
support structures or remove the mobile home from this parcel
within 180 days of this hearing, or a fine of $100 per day will be
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imposed until the violation is abated;
Number 3, respondent must notify Code Enforcement within
24 hours of abatement of the violation and request the
investigator perform a site inspection to confirm compliance;
Number 4, that if the respondent fails to abate the violation,
the county may abate the violation using any method to bring the
violation into compliance and may use the assistance of the
Collier County Sheriff's Office to enforce the provisions of this
agreement, and all costs of abatement shall be assessed to the
property owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Just a quick brief
description of this.
MR. JOHNSON: Briefly, this is a mobile home. It's in the
Bayshore area. It was knocked off its pilings by Irma.
There were other property maintenance issues that the owner
has abated. The last thing is to reset this and to make it habitable.
It's unoccupied. It is secure. There's no one in it.
But he is having a lot of difficulty finding somebody that
wants to reset an existing mobile home that was in place. And I
don't know what's involved in that, but I believe he is working.
So I told him we just couldn't leave it there. It would almost
become a land-use issue. You can't store a mobile home that's
being unused on this land.
MR. ORTEGA: Does it have power to it?
MR. JOHNSON: No. He's -- it's been disconnected. In
fact, the services have been disconnected. So, you know, under
property maintenance, he has to maintain it in the way it was
originally permitted, so we had to bring it to the hearing.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: How many days do we have on
this?
MR. JOHNSON: We're giving him 180 days.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. He's got six months.
MR. JOHNSON: Again, there's no one in it. It's safe. It's
not occupied. He's maintaining the lawns. The fence he has to
take down from Irma. There were other issues. He did
everything he's been able to do so far.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay? Anybody want to make
a motion from the Board?
MR. DOINO: Make a motion.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Go ahead.
MR. DOINO: Stipulation as written, accept it.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion and a
second to accept a stipulation as written. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Thank you, John.
MR. JOHNSON: Thank you.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next stipulation, No. 9,
CESD20190007370, Edward A. Cruey, Junior, and Juanita S.
Cruey.
MR. HAMILTON: Good morning.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
MR. HAMILTON: For the record, Daniel Hamilton, Collier
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County Code Enforcement.
Therefore, it is agreed between the parties that the
respondent shall:
One, pay operational costs in the amount of $59.28 incurred
in the prosecution of this case within 30 days of the hearing;
Abate all -- No. 2, abate all violations by obtaining all
Collier -- correction -- yeah, all required Collier County building
permits or demolition permit, inspections, and certificate of
completion/occupancy for a shed with an overhang within 180
days of this hearing, or a fine of $100 per day will be imposed
until the violation is abated;
Three, respondent must notify Code Enforcement within 24
hours of abatement of the violation and request the investigator
perform a site inspection to confirm compliance;
Number 4, that if the respondent fails to abate the violation,
the county may abate the violation using any method the bring
the violation into compliance and may use the assistance of the
Collier County Sheriff's Office to enforce the provisions of this
agreement, and all costs of abatement shall be assessed to the
property owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Is there any reason why
180 days, or --
MR. HAMILTON: Yeah, they're going to -- they live --
they're out on Chokoloskee, and they have kind of a strange
nonconforming lot with some easements that are private that
aren't technically properly documented, and they're working on a
site improvement and some other things to go on, so it might take
a little while.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Anybody like to take a
shot at this one?
MR. ORTEGA: Nobody's living there, right?
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MR. HAMILTON: Yes, they're living there. It's fairly new
construction what they do have there.
MR. ORTEGA: When you described -- well, the shed --
description is shed with an overhang. What is that exactly?
MR. HAMILTON: Well, it's a shed that's put down on a
slab, you know, like a -- you know, it's a fairly nice shed, but they
kind of added a vinyl overhang, almost like a trellis --
MR. ORTEGA: Okay.
MR. HAMILTON: -- that they put some furniture under.
They don't use it for a car or anything like that, so it's kind of like
a porch they're using it for, if that makes any sense.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. ORTEGA: One hundred and eighty days seems a little
bit excessive.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Unfortunately, at this point in
time, without the respondent here, there's nothing -- we can either
accept it or hear the case.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Well, from the testimony, it sounds like
there's just not -- it's not as simple as just going, pulling a permit,
or moving it. It sounds like there may be some easements that
have to be signed off on.
MR. HAMILTON: Correct. So when they originally built
the house, they had to have some -- it went back and forth with
the county, because it's an odd lot. And the setbacks weren't
proper, so they had to get variances, and this might be that, too.
So they're talking about buying the lot next door and
incorporating that and building, you know, where this would -- it
would kind of take this permit out. So if they end up doing a
different site improvement, that would all be kind of jumbled into
that.
MR. ORTEGA: Is this a large shed?
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MR. HAMILTON: Maybe a, I don't know, 8-by-8 probably.
MR. ORTEGA: Oh. So they're going a buy a whole lot for
an 8-by-8 shed?
MR. HAMILTON: Well, they want to do some other
things. He's thinking about putting, like, a three-car garage, all
that good stuff.
MS. CURLEY: I've got to give it to the guy for building
way out there in Chokoloskee. It's a long way to come, you
know, just to look at us, so...
MR. HAMILTON: I mean, I have no doubt they'll end up
taking care of it. It's just --
MS. CURLEY: Yeah, I'll make a motion to accept the
stipulation as agreed.
MR. DOINO: Second.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Moving right along.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next imposition of fines (sic), No. 14,
CESD20190009049, Jose S. Olivares-Gonzalez and Ana J. Trejo
de Olivares.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the
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affirmative.)
MR. HAMILTON: Again, Daniel Hamilton, Collier County
Code Enforcement.
Therefore, it is agreed between the parties that the
respondent shall:
Number 1, pay operational costs in the amount of $59.28
incurred in the prosecution of this case within 30 days of the
hearing;
Number 2, abate all violations by obtaining all required
Collier County building permits or demolition permit,
inspections, and certificate of completion/occupancy for the
addition or alteration, incorporated a porch overhang and shed
within 120 days of this hearing, or a fine of $200 per day will be
imposed until the violation is abated;
Number 3, respondent must notify Code Enforcement within
24 hours of abatement of the violation and request the
investigator perform a site inspection to confirm compliance;
Number 4, that if the respondent fails to abate the violation,
the county may abate the violation using any method to bring the
violation into compliance and may use the assistance of the
Collier County Sheriff's Office to enforce the provision of this
agreement, and all costs of abatements -- correction -- all costs of
abatement shall be assessed to the property owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Anybody want to take a
shot at this one?
MR. ORTEGA: I'll make a motion to accept the stipulation
as is.
MR. DOINO: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
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MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MS. BUCHILLON: And last stipulation, No. 16,
CESD20190007550, Julian Pereira and Maria E. Lopez.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the
affirmative.)
MR. HAMILTON: For the record, Daniel Hamilton, Collier
County Code Enforcement.
Therefore, it is agreed between the parties that the
respondent shall:
Number 1, pay operational costs in the amount of $59.28
incurred in the prosecution of this case within 30 days of this
hearing;
Number 2, abate all violations by obtaining all required
Collier County building permits or demolition permit,
inspections, and certificate of completion/occupancy for a shed
located to the rear of the property within 60 days of this hearing,
or a fine of $100 per day will be imposed until the violation is
abated;
Number 3, respondent must notify Code Enforcement within
24 hours of abatement of the violation and request the
investigator perform a site inspection to confirm compliance;
Number 4, that if the respondent fails to abate the violation,
the county may abate the violation using any method to bring the
violation into compliance and may use the assistance of the
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Collier County Sheriff's Office to enforce the provisions of this
agreement, and all costs of amendment shall be assessed to the
property owner.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Are there any setback
concerns on this?
MR. HAMILTON: There is, and that was part of the issue.
And from my understanding, he was down there yesterday to
give them an updated drawing of what he's going to do. But he
knows that if he can't bring it within the setbacks, he's going to
have to remove it. So he'll have to obtain a demolition permit.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Quick question. All these cases are
similar, all sheds built without permits. The first one, I think,
was six months, $200 -- no $100 a day I think it was; the second
one was 120 days, $200; and this one's 60 days, $100. Why
the --
MR. HAMILTON: Well, the -- a couple of the other cases
incorporated an -- had an addition in it, something that was
attached to the house --
MR. LEFEBVRE: Okay.
MR. HAMILTON: -- like a screen enclosure or an actual
overhang that's attached to the main dwelling itself and then
maybe had a shed off to the side. So it was a little more
complicated than just having one shed located on the property
somewhere.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Okay.
MR. HAMILTON: Like this case.
MR. LEFEBVRE: All right.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: I'll make a motion to accept the stipulation
as written.
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MR. DOINO: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MR. ORTEGA: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MS. CURLEY: They shouldn't sell sheds without
instructions.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So --
MR. DOINO: Of what?
MS. CURLEY: Install without a permit.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: This is our last meeting this
year.
MS. CURLEY: It says on the web page our next meeting is
December 1st. That's not true.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I think December 1st is
probably the magistrate.
MS. BUCHILLON: December 6th.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: December 6th.
MS. CURLEY: On our site it said we do -- it does say
December 1.
MS. BUCHILLON: Really?
MS. CURLEY: Yeah.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you want us to come back?
MS. CURLEY: I knew it wasn't, but I just was trying to
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remind Ron last night, then I noticed it said December 1 .
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, if we have no new
business, everybody have a great holiday, a safe holiday. We'll
see you all next year.
MS. BUCHILLON: Same to you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We are adjourned.
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There being no further business for the good of the County, the
meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 11 :34 a.m.
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