CEB Minutes 10/23/2020October 23, 2020
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TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE
COLLIER COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Naples, Florida, October 23, 2020
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
Ron Doino
Kathleen Elrod
Chloe Bowman (Absent)
Herminio Ortega (Absent)
Barbara Ann Davis (Absent)
Danny Blanco (Absent)
ALSO PRESENT:
Elena Gonzalez, Code Enforcement Specialist
Helen Buchillon, Code Enforcement
Jeff Letourneau, Manager of Investigations
Patrick White, 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
October 23, 2020
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
Barbara Ann Davis, Alternate
Danny Blanco, Alternate
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: CEPM20190008606
OWNER: Arthur S Nichols and Stella M Nichols
OFFICER: Virginie Giguere
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 22,
Article VI, Section 22-231(15) and Collier County Land
Development Code 04-41, as amended, Section
10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Unmaintained pool.
FOLIO NO: 26830520006
PROPERTY 3112 Gordon St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
2. CASE NO: CEA20200001414
OWNER: Dean Parave and Irene Momi Parave
OFFICER: Virginie Giguere
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 2.03.2(A)(1)(d). Pig being kept in residentially zoned
home.
FOLIO NO: 22435002949
PROPERTY 1234 Kendari Terr, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
B. STIPULATIONS (NON-CONTESTED CASES AND PRESENT AT THE HEARING)
C. EMERGENCY CASES
D. HEARINGS
1. CASE NO: CELU20190013849
OWNER: NOAH’S ARK CHURCH INC
OFFICER: Delicia Pulse
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 1.04.01(A). Noah’s Ark Church operating a food
bank/pantry distribution program, patrons are occupying more
parking spaces then what is allocated to the church per the
approved Administrative Parking Reduction approval letter.
FOLIO NO: 35931080009
PROPERTY 11853 Collier Blvd, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
2. CASE NO: CEPM20200006043
OWNER: Nelly Wadman
OFFICER: Stephen Athey
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 22,
Article VI, Sections 22-231(12)(c) and 22-231(12)(p). Interior
wall and ceiling damage and stains, possible roof damage.
FOLIO NO: 32482800003
PROPERTY 954 Bluebird St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
3. CASE NO: CEPM20200000363
OWNER: OZLYN GARDEN VILLAS A CONDOMINIUM
OFFICER: John Johnson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 22,
Article VI, Section 22-228(1). Multiple docks in a state of
disrepair.
FOLIO NO: 81780360005
PROPERTY 2862 Arbutus St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
4. CASE NO: CEPE20200007905
OWNER: Kimberly Dempsey
OFFICER: Jonathan Musse
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 130,
Article II, Section 130-66(1)(c). Vehicle(s) parked on the apron
section of the driveway on the right of way, blocking the
sidewalk.
FOLIO NO: 62250740006
PROPERTY 5344 Floridan Ave, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
5. CASE NO: CEPM20190014027
OWNER: John D DiMarco III
OFFICER: John Johnson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 22,
Article VI, Sections 22-231(12)(b), 22-231(12)(c) and 22-
231(12)(i). Roof covered with a blue tarp. Also, witnessed T-
111 siding on this multilevel structure that is rotting in many
locations and facia boards partially covered by the metal drip
edge that are rotted.
FOLIO NO: 29831080005
PROPERTY 2978 Poplar St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
6. CASE NO: CESD20190010331
OWNER: THOMAS P RYAN TRUST
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)(i). A dock
installed without required permits, inspections and certificate of
completion.
FOLIO NO: 65471400009
PROPERTY 372 Sharwood Dr, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
7. CASE NO: CEPM20200006626
OWNER: Johnson Pharisien
OFFICER: John Johnson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 22,
Article VI, Section 22-236. Collier County Building
Department has declared that the structures on this parcel are
dangerous.
FOLIO NO: 50890640002
PROPERTY 2617 Holly Ave, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
8. CASE NO: CENA20200007211
OWNER: Johnson Pharisien
OFFICER: John Johnson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 54,
Article VI, Section 54-185(a). Witnessed the growth of grass
and weeds in excess of 18’ on this parcel.
FOLIO NO: 50890640002
PROPERTY 2617 Holly Ave, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
9. CASE NO: CEVR20200002676
OWNER: Timothy Susalla
OFFICER: Daniel Hamilton
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 3.05.01(B). Vegetation clearing of an unimproved lot
without a vegetation removal permit.
FOLIO NO: 1214920506
PROPERTY 3 Plantation Dr, Everglades City, FL
ADDRESS:
10. CASE NO: CESD20200004952
OWNER: ALL BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE LLC
OFFICER: Ryan Cathey
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). Renovations/alterations including, but not
limited to, drywall, kitchen cabinets and windows.
FOLIO NO: 67030560003
PROPERTY 302 Pinehurst Cir, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
11. CASE NO: CESD20170006435
OWNER: MIDLAND IRA INC SCOTT TOTH IRA
OFFICER: Sherry Patterson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, a s amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a), 10.02.06(B)(1)(e) and
10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i). Remodeling improvements to include
electrical and plumbing made to the kitchen and bathrooms
without Collier County Building Permits.
FOLIO NO: 51493480008
PROPERTY 2224 Regal Way, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
12. CASE NO: CESD20180015246
OWNER: Leonard I Heller
OFFICER: Bradley Holmes
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and 10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i).
Unpermitted structures, accessory structures and/or
improvements: a shed structure, an electrical panel in the
garage, a remodeled kitchen, a converted porch and wooden
structures in the rear of the property (one shelter type structure
and one decorative type structure on the outside of the rear
fence gate)
FOLIO NO: 36663240006
PROPERTY 4411 3rd Ave NW, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
13. CASE NO: CESD20200002597
OWNER: James Kelley
OFFICER: John Johnson
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Modifications to the primary
structure were made including the installation of 2 sets of
sliding glass doors and the construction of a rear deck/patio with
any permits.
FOLIO NO: 388200001
PROPERTY 327 Pier A, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
14. CASE NO: CEAU20200001629
OWNER: John R McCann Jr and Ashley Law McCann
OFFICER: Junior Torres
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 5.03.02(F)(3). Observed wooden fence needing repairs
and/or replacement.
FOLIO NO: 68096280009
PROPERTY 3520 Balboa Cir E, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
15. CASE NO: CESD20200000501
OWNER: George Saintil and Claricia Saintil
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 on the property and expired permit for addition to home
PRBD20190627609.
FOLIO NO: 25967801343
PROPERTY 14599 Chickee Dr, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
16. CASE NO: CEPM20190009401
OWNER: SUNSHINE GASOLINE DISTRIBUTORS
OFFICER: Daniel Hamilton
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 22,
Article VI, Sections 22-240(1)(b), 22-240(1)(i), 22-
240(1)(n)(1), 22-240(2)(i) and 22-240(2)(1). Vacant gas station
store with roof damage, damaged light fixtures on the exterior
and a damaged canopy for the gas pumps.
FOLIO NO: 766400009
PROPERTY 17100 Tamiami Trl E, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
17. CASE NO: CESD20200002953
OWNER: SWFL PROPERTY HUB LLC
OFFICER: Ryan Cathey
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). Renovations/improvements including, but
not limited to, a new kitchen (moved it from the corner by the
side door to the middle of the living area); new outlets for the
appliances and new plumbing; new sink in the guest bathroom;
toilet was moved in master bathroom. There was a wall in the
middle of the living space with arches that was taken out.
FOLIO NO: 81629640006
PROPERTY 291 Matecumbe Ln, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
18. CASE NO: CESD20200001366
OWNER: Nicole Vincent
OFFICER: Daniel Hamilton
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a), 1.02.06(B)(1)(e) and
10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i). Rear addition/alteration built without
permit.
FOLIO NO: 25967801767
PROPERTY 14523 Abiaka Way, 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: CEAU20170016724
OWNER: Tam Thanh Nguyen and Tammy Nguyen
OFFICER: Delicia Pulse
VIOLATIONS: Florida Building Code, 6th Edition (2017), Section 105.1 and
Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 5.03.02(F)(3). Chain link and wood fence on property
and no Collier County Building permit, fencing is dilapidated
and not maintained.
FOLIO NO: 38396160008
PROPERTY 5175 Green Blvd, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
2. CASE NO: CELU20180013990
OWNER: Vladimir Portal and Caridad Paz
OFFICER: Bradley Holmes
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Unpermitted
improvements/structures: a converted garage, an aluminum
porch, an entry addition, a large warehouse, a swimming pool
and ground level addition to the permitted pigeon coop.
FOLIO NO: 36914160000
PROPERTY 2035 Golden Gate Blvd W, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
3. CASE NO: CESD20180002267
OWNER: Joseph Costa Jr and Charles Beauregard
OFFICER: Virginie Giguere
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and 10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i). Exterior
renovations to include, removal of siding, installing windows,
and addition to the side of the dwelling.
FOLIO NO: 77212000009
PROPERTY 138 3rd St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
4. CASE NO: CESD20170002774
OWNER: N-A PROPERTIES LLC
OFFICER: Delicia Pulse
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a)(e) and (i). In ground swimming pool
on property with no barrier and no permits obtained.
FOLIO NO: 38169440007
PROPERTY 5630 Copper Leaf Ln, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
5. 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:
6. CASE NO: CEOCC20190008179
OWNER: Crispin Trujillo
OFFICER: Delicia pulse
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances, Chapter 126,
Article IV, Section 126-11(b) and Collier County Land
Development Code 04-41, as amended, Sections 5.02.03,
5.02.03(C), 5.02.03(E) and 5.02.03(J). Prohibited business
activity observed, employees coming to and leaving property. No
Business Tax receipt for business operation.
FOLIO NO: 38398960002
PROPERTY 4825 Green Blvd, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
7. CASE NO: CESD20160015133
OWNER: Esmerido Castro
OFFICER: Santo Nicita
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(10(a). New exterior door, a wall-mounted
air conditioning unit, partitioned walls and plumbing fixtures
installed/added to the existing attached garage on improved
occupied residential property without obtaining a permit.
FOLIO NO: 36378000007
PROPERTY 5260 21st Pl SW, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
8. CASE NO: CESD20180014394
OWNER: Daniel R Blake and Sally Sue Blake
OFFICER: Ryan Cathey
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Occupying the mobile home without
first completing all inspections and receiving the certificate of
completion/occupancy.
FOLIO NO: 81626360004
PROPERTY 271 Sugar Loaf Ln, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
9. CASE NO: CESD20180002262
OWNER: CTPML LLC
OFFICER: Latoya Thompson
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:
10. CASE NO: CESD20190011745
OWNER: Diane Moore
OFFICER: Daniel Hamilton
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Interior building/alteration without
permit.
FOLIO NO: 81623040000
PROPERTY 140 Lime Key Ln, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
11. CASE NO: CELU20160010501
OWNER: Anthony V Piccirilli Est
OFFICER: Tony Asaro
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Sections 1.04.01(A), 2.02.03, 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and
10.02.06(B)(1)(e)(i). Unpermitted alterations to the carport
structure resulting in residential use of industrially zoned
property.
FOLIO NO: 249120000
PROPERTY 1891 Elsa St, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
12. CASE NO: CESD20180015605
OWNER: Michael J Riccio and Regina A Riccio
OFFICER: William Marchand
VIOLATIONS: Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as amended,
Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a). Staircase leading to a second floor
with a room and loft was observed without required Collier
County Permit.
FOLIO NO: 53057000000
PROPERTY 2116 Buckingham Ln, Naples, FL
ADDRESS:
13. CASE NO: CESD20180015180
OWNER: James Clay
OFFICER: Thomas Pitura
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
remodeling without obtaining the necessary permits.
FOLIO NO: 52392400007
PROPERTY 184 Pago Pago Dr W, 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
IX. REPORTS
X. COMMENTS
XI. ADJOURN
XII. NUISANCE ABATEMENT BOARD
A. HEARINGS
XIII. NEXT MEETING DATE-FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2020
XIV.ADJOURN
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good morning, everybody. I'd
like to call Code Enforcement Board to order.
Notice: That 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 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 the Board will need the 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.
So that brings us to, if everybody will rise for the Pledge of
Allegiance.
(The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Now, Helen, why don't we start
with the roll call.
MS. BUCHILLON: Good morning. For the record, Helen
Buchillon, Code Enforcement.
Mr. Robert Kaufman?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Present.
MS. BUCHILLON: Gerald Lefebvre?
MR. LEFEBVRE: Here.
MS. BUCHILLON: Ms. Kathleen Elrod?
MS. ELROD: Here.
MS. BUCHILLON: Mr. Ronald Doino?
MR. DOINO: Here.
MS. BUCHILLON: Ms. Sue Curley?
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MS. CURLEY: Here.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Everybody else is excused.
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Any comments from the
Board on the minutes?
MS. BUCHILLON: No, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Could we get a motion to approve
the minutes.
MS. ELROD: Motion to approve the minutes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And 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.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
And now my favorite part, the agenda.
MS. BUCHILLON: Did Sue forget to bring a pen?
MS. CURLEY: Yep. There's usually a drawer here, and it's
missing.
MS. BUCHILLON: Okay. Start with the changes. We have
six stipulations. First stipulation under public hearings, No. 5,
CEPM20190014027, John DiMarco.
Number 3, CEPM20200000363, Ozlyn Garden Villas
Condominium.
Next item, No. 6, CESD20190010331, Thomas P. Ryan Trust.
Next item, No. 12, CESD20180015246, Leonard I. Heller.
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Number 14, CEAU20200001629, John R. McCann, Jr., and
Ashley L. McCann.
And the last one, No. 1, CELU20190013849, Noah's Ark
Church, Inc.
Those are all the stipulations. Now we have withdrawals.
Under public hearings for hearings, No. 8, CENA20200007211,
has been withdrawn. It has been abated.
Number 9, CEVR20200002676, Timothy Susalla, has been
withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
Number 10, CESD20200004952, All Building and Maintenance,
LLC, has been withdrawn. It will be rescheduled for next hearing.
Number 11, CESD20170006435, Midland IRA, Inc., Scott Toth
IRA, has been withdrawn. Permit has been activated.
Number 13, CESD20200002597, James Kelley, has been
withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
Number 16, CEPM20190009401, Sunshine Gasoline
Distributors, has been withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
Number 17, CESD20200002953, Southwest Florida Property
Hub, LLC, has been withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
Number 18, CESD20200001366, Nicole Vincent, has been
withdrawn. It has been abated.
Under motion for imposition of fines, No. 1,
CEAU20170016724, Mr. Tam Thanh Nguyen and Tammy Nguyen,
has been withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
Number 2, CELU20180013990, Vladimir Portal and Caridad
Paz, has been withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
Number 7, CESD20160015133, Esmerido Castro, has been
withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
Number 9, CESD20180002262, CTPML, LLC, has been
withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
Number 10, CESD20190011745, Diane Moore, has been
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withdrawn. Respondent's out of the state.
Number 11, CELU20160010501, Anthony V. Piccirilli Estate,
has been withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
Number 13, CESD20180015180, James Clay, has been
withdrawn due to compliance efforts.
Those are all the withdrawals.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I have a question. Maybe I'll
direct it to Jeff. These names were heard, they were found in
violation, all of these that we just withdrew.
MR. LETOURNEAU: We're talking about the imposition.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Why is the imposition being done
before the Board hears it?
MR. LETOURNEAU: For the record, Jeff Letourneau, Collier
County Code Enforcement.
Every month I get a list of all the cases that are going to go to
imposition or up for imposition, and I make a decision whether or not
we're going to bring them there based on the evidence if the
respondents are making any efforts to come into compliance.
Code feels that we would rather keep it in this venue if
there's -- if they're legitimately trying to come into compliance rather
than having you guys vote to impose it, and then it's out of your
hands and it goes to the Commissioners at that point.
So, a lot of times I'll put these on a list, and we'll find out that
they are making legitimate efforts recently to come into compliance,
so we pull the cases at that time to bring them back at a later time.
The fines are still running. They're still being -- you know, the
whole -- you know, their punishment is still going on. It's just that
we're not bringing them to you until we feel they come into
compliance or they're at least making an effort to come into
compliance.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, these are not done?
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MR. LETOURNEAU: The ones that we just pulled are closer
to compliance than when we scheduled them for this agenda.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: But the actual completion of these
cases is decided by the Board; is that correct?
MR. LETOURNEAU: They're decided by the Board when we
bring them before you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And that's how they got here to
this part of the agenda.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Right. We put them on the agenda, but
we still have the right to withdraw them before the Board hears them.
MS. CURLEY: So, if one says that they're withdrawn because
of compliance, that means they've satisfied the county's --
MR. LETOURNEAU: Right. The ones that are in
compliance, we always bring and they're going to go. The ones that
are, like, still struggling to come into compliance, we generally don 't
put them on the imposition if they're making legitimate efforts. I get
that list, and I see that there hasn't -- you know, a lot of times I won't
read the entire story of the code case detail report, and it looks to me
like they're not coming into compliance. Well, then the supervisor
or investigator will come say, well, yeah, I didn't put this particular
verbiage in there and, in reality, they are coming into compliance.
We'll pull it at that time, and then Helen will say, withdrawn due to
compliance efforts.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, let me --
MR. LETOURNEAU: We'd rather keep it in this venue rather
than moving it on to the commissioners if at all possible.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: If a case is pulled, withdrawn
like --
MR. LETOURNEAU: Right.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: -- several of these were, and they
don't come into compliance, the case comes back to the Board.
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MR. LETOURNEAU: It does. It will always eventually come
back to the Board no matter what.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. I was just curious.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Okay.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Motion to approve.
MS. CURLEY: Second.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Helen, are we done with the
changes?
MS. BUCHILLON: No, no. I have an order that we need to
rescind from last month. It is CESD20190001005, Ezequiel
Camargo. He actually -- we have a new deed, and it came in after all
this started, which he added his wife to the deed, so we have to serve
a new NOV.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. BUCHILLON: And we need to rescind what you said last
month.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So, you need to make a
motion to rescind that order?
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes, sir.
MS. CURLEY: Just because they added a spouse?
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Anybody want to make a motion to
rescind that order?
MR. DOINO: Motion to rescind.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you have any questions?
MR. LEFEBVRE: Well, we had a motion to approve the
agenda. So that was pulled?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, it's all part of the agenda.
MS. BUCHILLON: Yeah. We're adding it to the rescin d,
yeah.
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MR. LEFEBVRE: Then I make a motion to approve the
agenda which then approves this.
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a second?
MR. DOINO: Second.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Which brings us to Case 5.
MS. BUCHILLON: We're doing the motion for extension of
time?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You want to do that first?
MR. LEFEBVRE: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. BUCHILLON: Number 1, CEPM20190008606, Arthur S.
Nichols and Stella M. Nichols.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MS. GIGUERE: I do.
Good morning. For the record, Vicki Giguere, Collier County
Code Enforcement.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Joe, are you going to testify?
MR. MUCHA: I may say something.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. I didn't think you were up
there because you were good looking.
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(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. MUCHA: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So this is an
unnamed -- unmaintained pool? Is it now maintained?
MS. GIGUERE: At this point, technically, no. The owner
has -- has it in his mind that he wants to turn this into an actual
operating pond, and it has fish and other life inside of it thus far.
And he's working with the Building Department to figure out how
they can possibly change the structure of the pool permit into a pond,
an operating pond. He's been told he'd have to remove the stairs, et
cetera. In the meantime, they have put up a permitted fence around
the entire property, so it's not a health and safety issue at this time.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, when did this case -- when
were they first noticed?
MS. CURLEY: Well, September 22nd, 2020, the owner sent
an email to Joe stating that he wants to turn it into a pond.
MS. GIGUERE: Yeah. This case has been going on since
2019. The original notice of violation was sent out to them in
September of 2019.
MS. CURLEY: Is it just, like, exotic frogs and things in there
and the pool's dead, or does this guy legitimately have, like, koi fish
in there?
MS. GIGUERE: There's fish in there and thriving life and, I
mean, they have a little, what do you want to call it, little system kind
of filtering through the water.
MR. MUCHA: An aerator, yeah.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Is there any smell -- well, this
thing was reported?
MS. GIGUERE: There's no smell. You can actually see all
the way to the bottom of the pool. It's not clear, but you can see to
the bottom of the pool, and you can see all of the fish swimming and
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thriving and eating.
MR. MUCHA: I mean, it's definitely unconventional. I
haven't seen anything like it in my 15 years here, but I guess there is
a process for him to do it. They're working with the Building
Department. They got the fence permit, which was part of the
process. They have to remove the ladder, which is part of the
process. So, they're making the steps to do it. I mean, I guess, we
gave them that option, and he's trying to do it. He just needs more
time, I guess.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: How much time are they asking
for?
MR. MUCHA: They didn't really give us a time frame. I
would say maybe -- when's your guys' next hearing; in January?
MS. BUCHILLON: November.
MR. MUCHA: I'm saying -- but, yeah, I would say -- I would
think by then we should have some more clarity on this. It should
be, hopefully, done by then.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, they're asking for a, if you will,
a 60- or 90-day extension of time?
MR. MUCHA: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: Just for the record, I would like to quote my
favorite movie, Caddy Shack. A pool or a pond? And a pond will
be good for you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Pond what?
MS. CURLEY: Pond will be good for you. It's the famous
quote from Caddy Shack. Give him a pond.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Was that in a motion?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I don't know. Do we have any
motions on this to grant an extension of either 60 or 90 days?
MS. CURLEY: I'll make a motion to grant an extension until
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2021, the first meeting of 2021.
MR. DOINO: 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.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MS. CURLEY: Bring us pictures next time.
MR. MUCHA: Yeah, I will, actually. It would be good for
you guys to see it. Like I said, I've never seen anything like it in 15
years, but there's always a first time for everything, right?
MS. CURLEY: It sounds pretty neat.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item, No. 2, CEA20200001414,
Dean Parave and Irene Momi Parave.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. MUCHA: I do.
MS. GIGUERE: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Somebody has a pig in a place
where you shouldn't have a pig?
MR. MUCHA: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And this was originally cited
when?
MR. MUCHA: It was cited earlier this year. It was supposed
to go to hearing way back when, and then we kind of -- our hearings
got put on hold, so it didn't really get back to -- was it September, I
believe, or August.
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MS. GIGUERE: Yeah. The original notice of violation was
back in March, and then we were going to bring them to a hearing
after their 30 days of compliance were up, but the hearings got put on
hold due to the pandemic. So, this -- the first opportunity for them
to come was back in August, and they entered into a stipulation
agreement, and before the time was up on the stipulation, they put in
this request for a motion of extension of time.
MS. CURLEY: Where is this neighborhood?
MS. GIGUERE: Artesia, down 41 back off of Barefoot.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Single-family or condo?
MR. MUCHA: Single-family homes, right?
MR. LEFEBVRE: A mix of --
MS. GIGUERE: Yeah, it's a mix of the two. This one, I
believe they're technically single-family. I think they only share,
like, a common wall on the outside like a -- not like a fence but, like,
a brick wall is what they share but not the actual structure.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: What is the code on the farm
animals, if you will?
MR. MUCHA: You can't have them in a residential area.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So, this is kind of cut and
dry, isn't it?
MR. MUCHA: It is. I mean, they asked for the time. I mean,
I was going to say that we've had some opposition. I've had one guy
call me and say he's opposed to them getting any kind of extension
and also, we had a lady email us yesterday. So, I mean, they're
trying to sell their home so they can move somewhere where they can
have a pig but, obviously, with things being the way they are, they
haven't had too much success.
MS. CURLEY: Well, I mean, come on and look at our house
and don't mind the pig.
MR. MUCHA: I mean, we've personally never seen the pig.
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The only reason we know the pig exists is because of the people that
told us it exists, and they -- the owners admitting to having a pig, but
we've never actually seen -- it's not kept outside or anything. It's
kept in the home, but I guess they do walk it at times. And it's a big
pig. It's not like your little potbelly pig. It's a full-size pig.
MS. CURLEY: Oh, come on. It's in his house. I make a
motion to grant the extension. How long to sell this house? I mean,
they've got to move the pig every time somebody wants to see it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Anybody second that motion?
MS. ELROD: Second.
MR. LEFEBVRE: What time frame?
MS. CURLEY: I'll give them six months. I mean, give me a
break. It's a pig. It's in his own house. It's a private property.
And just because the neighbor doesn't like him, give me a break.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well -- and it's not that the
neighbor doesn't like it; it's against the code.
MS. CURLEY: No one's seen it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Obviously somebody has seen it.
They filed a case.
MS. CURLEY: It's hearsay right now. I give the guy six
months to get his act together.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. You have a motion and
you had a second.
MS. ELROD: Yep.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Any discussion on the motion?
MR. LEFEBVRE: I think six months --
MS. CURLEY: The only question is, is it listed for sale?
MS. GIGUERE: It is. And there is a lockbox on the front
door, so they are having it showed.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
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MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Please. It's a pet.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It passes.
MR. MUCHA: Thank you.
MS. BUCHILLON: Okay. So, let me clarify; continuance or
extension of time?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I would say it's a continuance
unless you change it. If you make it the other way, there's no fines
accruing.
MS. CURLEY: Yeah. They asked for an extension before
their September 30th expiration date, so I think it should be fineless
for six months. His original stipulation was September 20th, 2020,
and he -- the people contacted them before that expiration.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So, your motion you want
to say that it is not a continuance.
MS. CURLEY: An extension so we don't have to see him back
here. If he takes care of his issue and moves in six months, then free
and clear and he doesn't have to spend another $48 to come and see
us.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So, you're saying an
extension of time. Does the second agree?
MS. ELROD: Absolutely.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. That's the motion then.
All those in favor?
MR. LEFEBVRE: We already voted on it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, not with that.
MR. LEFEBVRE: We voted on it as an extension.
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MS. CURLEY: Clarification. Settled.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Still --
MR. MUCHA: Would that be the same first case then, an
extension? The gentleman contacted us again before his compliance
date, too. Would that be the same circumstance? Extend to the
next hearing in January?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Yeah, because we haven't heard
the case.
MS. BUCHILLON: Okay.
MS. GIGUERE: Thank you.
MS. CURLEY: Just for pure efficiency of the administration.
MR. WHITE: Mr. Chairman, just for a point of clarification,
can we go back to No. 1. I'm not clear on whether it was a grant of
continuance or -- which an order would deny the motion to extend
but grant a continuance. I'm not clear on how to write the order,
whether it's similar to No. 2 or it's straight out a grant of the
extension, or denial and continuance.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: What did we do on the first case?
Who made the motion on the first case?
MS. CURLEY: I think I did.
MR. DOINO: Sue did.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: I don't remember. I mean, I didn't choose one
or the other, to be honest.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. WHITE: I understood the form of the motion to be
effectively a denial of the extension request, but a grant of a
continuance for, I believe it was --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Ninety plus days; till the first
meeting in --
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MR. WHITE: Right, until the meeting in January, so that the
fines would continue to accrue.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. WHITE: Thank you for the clarification.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: That's a little different. A pond and the pig.
MS. BUCHILLON: Okay. We're going to go ahead and start
with the stipulations.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. First stipulation.
MS. BUCHILLON: First stipulation, No. 5,
CEPM20190014027, John D. DiMarco, III.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We'll let the record show that the
respondent is not present.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. JOHNSON: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay, John. You want to read the
stipulation into the record.
MR. JOHNSON: Yes. And, Mr. Chair, if you need to see
pictures, there are pictures available for this one if you want it.
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 this hearing;
Number 2, abate all violations by obtaining all required Collier
County building permits or demolition permit, inspections, and
certificates of completion/occupancy for the repair or removal of the
structure within 180 days of this hearing, or a fine of $250 per day
will be imposed until the violation is abated.
Number 3, the respondent must notify Code Enforcement within
24 hours of abatement of the violation and request the investigator
perform a site inspection to confirm compliance; and,
Number 4, that if the respondent fails to abate the violation, the
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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. Anybody want to make a
motion on this?
MS. ELROD: Motion to accept.
MR. DOINO: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a second to
accept the stipulation. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Thank you, John.
MR. JOHNSON: Thank you.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next stipulation, No. 3,
CEPM20200000363, Ozlyn Garden Villas A Condominium.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Don't go too far, John.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. JOHNSON: I do.
I guess I didn't do the "for the record" statement, so I will do it
now. For the record, John Johnson, Collier County Code
Enforcement.
Therefore, it is agreed between the parties that the respondent
shall:
One, pay operational costs in the amount of $59.21 incurred in
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the prosecution of this case within 30 days of this hearing;
Number 2, must obtain all required Collier County building
permits or demolition permit, inspections, and certificate of
completion/occupancy for the removal and/or replacement of the boat
docks within 180 days of this hearing, or a fine of $250 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; and,
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: Is this in the -- off Immokalee
Road? Is that this area? We had a bunch of those.
MR. JOHNSON: No. This is actually off of -- it's at the end
of Becca. Becca is off Bayshore. I have photos if you want to see
it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I got it. No, I understand.
MR. JOHNSON: It's at the end on a canal off of Haldeman
Creek.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: The only reason I ask is as far as
the amount of time and the fine, I just wanted to be consistent with
our orders. Okay.
Anybody want to make a motion?
MS. ELROD: Motion to accept.
MS. CURLEY: Well --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you have a comment you want
to make?
MS. CURLEY: I did have a comment. So, it's -- the original
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violation was noted May 7th, I think, right?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Uh-huh.
MS. CURLEY: And so now it's five months later, and we're
giving him another six months.
MR. JOHNSON: Correct.
MS. CURLEY: To take some rotten docks away that are
dangerous, obviously? I mean, they're not -- they're dilapidated.
MR. JOHNSON: And, again, if you want to see them, you can
see them.
MS. CURLEY: Just --
MR. JOHNSON: The issue, I'm sorry --
MS. CURLEY: Just one other question. So, who complained
about this? Was it a neighbor? Is it in the way of a navigable
waterway? I mean, what's --
MR. JOHNSON: It's a canal off of Haldeman Creek. The
canal ends at Mangrove. Again, I'd -- I could show you on the map
if you'd like. It is a navigable waterway.
What happened here is all the condos -- it's a condo association.
They've all been assessed the assessment, if you will, to do these
dock repairs. They've all paid it. The contractor that they hired is
struggling with his Site Development -- insignificant Site
Development Plan change, and it's gotten kind of bogged down. Of
course, COVID didn't help. So, they brought in a consultant, a
marine consultant firm that feels like he has it under wraps.
So, again, I can't describe what you can't see. It's not impeding
the navigation of the canal, but the docks themselves are in need of
repair, and they're all paid for. Plans have been submitted.
Everything's been submitted.
MS. CURLEY: Well, that information's helpful. I thought
they were just wanting extra time just --
MR. JOHNSON: Right. No, no.
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MS. CURLEY: It sounds like they've done a lot of
groundwork. So, I'm fine with it if you want to make a motion.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So, we're up to the we
have a motion. Do we have a second?
MR. DOINO: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a second. All those in
favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MR. JOHNSON: Thank you.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next stipulation, No. 6,
CESD20190010331, Thomas P. Ryan Trust.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MS. PATTERSON: I do.
Good morning.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good morning.
MS. PATTERSON: For the record, Sherry Patterson, senior
investigator, Collier County Code Enforcement.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, we're back to the area where
we had probably 10 cases at our last meeting.
MS. PATTERSON: This one is actually -- yes, this is about --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Sharwood right off of --
MS. PATTERSON: Exactly. So --
MR. WHITE: Sharwood.
MS. PATTERSON: Therefore, it is agreed between the parties
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that the respondent shall:
Number 1, pay all 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:
Number 3, obtaining all required Collier County building
permits and demolition permits, inspections, and certificate of
completion/occupancy for a dock installed without required permi ts,
inspections, and certificate of completion within 90 days of this
hearing, or a fine of $100 per day will be imposed until the violation
is abated;
Number 4, the respondent must notify Code Enforcement Board
within 24 hours of abatement of the violation and request the
investigator perform a site inspection to confirm the compliance;
Number 5, if the respondent fails to abate the violation, the
county may abate the violation by using the 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. I believe it's in line with
the fines and amount of time that was granted at our last meeting to
the other respondents.
MS. PATTERSON: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: Just one question. David Ryan signed it, but
it says the property's owned by Thomas P. Ryan.
MS. PATTERSON: Right. David Ryan is the son, and he's
also the trustee of the trust of the Thomas P. Ryan Trust.
So -- Mr. Ryan is deceased, and his wife is deceased as well. So he's
the successor.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Next page.
MS. ELROD: Motion to accept.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And a second to accept the
stipulation. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Thanks, Sherry.
MS. PATTERSON: Thank you.
MS. CURLEY: I'm sorry.
MS. PATTERSON: That's okay.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next stipulation, No. 12,
CESD20180015246, Leonard I. Heller.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Helen, I don't have this one.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Would you like it?
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. HOLMES: I do.
Good morning.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good morning.
MR. HOLMES: Therefore, it is agreed --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: For the record.
MR. HOLMES: Oh, yeah, that's right. For the record, Bradley
Holmes, Collier County Code Enforcement.
Therefore, it is agreed between the parties 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;
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Two, abate all violations by: Obtaining all required Collier
County building permits or demolition permits including all required
inspections and a certificate of completion/occupancy for the
remodeled kitchen and open porch conversion 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;
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 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. For the record, the
respondent is not present.
Anybody want to make a motion on this?
MS. ELROD: Make a motion to accept.
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.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
The whisperer.
MS. CURLEY: There just might be a typo in the original
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notice. I don't know if you want to -- the original notice, July 2019.
Order to correct. Number 2 it says, must obtain inspections and
certificate of occupancy or certification of completion as required by
2007 Florida Building Code. Isn't there a newer one than that?
Page 5.D.12.A. Number 2. I mean, that's --
MR. LETOURNEAU: Did you say the notice of violation?
MS. CURLEY: Yeah. Notice of violation, July 11, 2019.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Yeah. That's a scrivener's error. It
should have been 2017.
MS. CURLEY: Can we just correct that in case you need to
have this later?
MR. LETOURNEAU: Pardon?
MS. CURLEY: Is that okay if we just say it's a scrivener's
error?
MR. LETOURNEAU: Yes. I believe so.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next stipulation, No. 14,
CESU20200001629, John R. McCann, Jr., and Ashley M. McCann.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. TORRES: I do.
For the record, Junior Torres, Collier County Code
Enforcement.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Junior, you want to read
the stipulation into the record.
MR. TORRES: All right. Therefore, it is agreed between the
parties that the respondent shall:
One, pay operational costs in the amount of 59.21 incurred in
this prosecution of this case within 30 days of this hearing;
Two, abate all violations by repairing or replacing the wooden
fence and obtain all Collier County permits, inspection, and
certificate of completion within 60 days of this hearing, or a fine of
$100 per day will be imposed until the violation -- until the violations
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are abated;
Three, respondent must modify Code Enforcement within 24
hours of abatement of the violation and request 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 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. Let the record show that
the respondent is not present. Any comments or --
MS. CURLEY: I'll make a motion to accept the stipulation as
written.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion.
MS. ELROD: 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.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Helen, on the stipulations that you handed us, not all of them are
in the package; is that correct?
MS. BUCHILLON: No. There's two of them that are not in
the package; this last one and the next one that's coming up.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. They must be secret.
MS. BUCHILLON: No. We just got them here.
Next stipulation, No. 1, CELU20190013849, Noah's Ark
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Church, Inc.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MS. PULSE: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hello, Dee.
MS. PULSE: Good morning. For the record, Dee Pulse,
Collier County Code Enforcement.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you want to read the stip into
the record for us?
MS. PULSE: Yes, sir.
Therefore, it is agreed between the parties that the respondent
shall:
Number 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 -- or violations by: Discontinue
the unauthorized food bank activity not approved within the issued
administrative parking reduction or seek alternative Collier County
zoning approvals for such use if applicable within 90 days of this
hearing, or a fine of $150 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, 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 Coll ier
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.
MS. CURLEY: I don't think -- this is way too long. So, we're
giving him a year and one month to stop doing this; stop distributing
food from this location or manage the parking? So, are they still
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doing it, like, right now?
MS. PULSE: Yes, ma'am.
MS. CURLEY: Yeah, I don't like this. It's not very courteous
of them.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, if you want, you can make a
motion denying the acceptance of the stipulation, and that way it goes
back for consideration.
MS. CURLEY: Well, how hard is it to stop back in November
of 2019?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you want to give us a little
more background on this?
MS. PULSE: Well, the parking reduction application that they
do in force is for Sunday use, Sunday morning, and any other time to
use when other businesses are closed in the area, which is why it was
causing a problem interfering with parking with other businesses.
Now they are conducting the food pantry after 5:00 p.m. which
doesn't affect other businesses.
MS. CURLEY: So, are they trying to modify their parking
permit?
MS. PULSE: Yes. They are going to try to get approvals to
have this activity take place.
MS. CURLEY: Did they -- have they submitted anything to the
county for --
MS. PULSE: They have some paperwork filled out. They are
in communication with the Zoning. They very much want to
continue doing it, because it is a service to the community, and they
are working on it.
MS. CURLEY: So, currently, they're not doing it where they're
bothering the other neighboring places during the business hours?
MS. PULSE: Correct. When we first started observing or
investigating this actual case, they were doing the activity at
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2:00 p.m., which caused a big problem. So now they're doing it at
5:00 p.m. and later.
MS. CURLEY: It's probably busier now than ever.
MS. PULSE: Right.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, this is a church on Collier
Boulevard, and there are adjacent businesses to the church, and
when --
Excuse me?
MS. CURLEY: Like a strip plaza where they're just renting?
MS. PULSE: Yeah. If you're familiar with Popeye's Chicken
on Collier now, it's right in that. Right beside there.
MS. CURLEY: Well, isn't the landlord doing anything about
the issue, or did they --
MS. PULSE: The pastor owns the building that it's taking place
in; Noah's Ark.
MS. CURLEY: Doesn't seem very --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: My question is what happens after
90 days?
MS. PULSE: If they don't have all the approvals that they are
required, then they will have to stop.
MS. CURLEY: Can they just do it on Sundays?
MS. PULSE: Actually, they're doing it on Tuesday and Friday.
MS. CURLEY: Well, they can --
MS. ELROD: I'll make a motion to accept.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion to
accept.
MR. DOINO: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And we have a second. Any
discussion on the motion?
MS. CURLEY: Yeah. I think 90 days is just too long.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
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MS. PULSE: They do need to work with the zoning
department and supply their paperwork --
MS. CURLEY: They need to stop breaking the rules and do it
on Sunday, and then when they get authority to do it, they co uld start
back up again and follow the rules like, you know, a good faith-based
organization should.
MR. LEFEBVRE: They modified the hours, right.
MS. PULSE: Yes.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Okay. So, they did modify the hours.
MS. PULSE: Yes.
MR. LEFEBVRE: So other businesses are minimally affected.
Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Did you discuss this with the
person who reported it?
MS. PULSE: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Are they sufficiently --
MS. PULSE: As long -- as long as it takes effect -- or the
activity's after 5:00, they do not have their business open at that time.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So, the person who
reported it doesn't have a problem with what's going on now?
MS. PULSE: Oh, I have not talked to them about the
stipulation or --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, the stipulation doesn't
change the hours or anything else.
MS. PULSE: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It only gives them more time to do
whatever. But right now the person who reported the problem, after
5:00 has no problem with them doing what they're doing whatever
day of the week it is?
MS. PULSE: Yes. I have not heard from them recently at all
with any complaints.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Well, we have a motion
and a second. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay, 4-1.
MS. PULSE: Thank you.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item on the agenda under public
hearings, hearings, No. 2, CEPM20200006043, Nelly Wadman.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. ATHEY: I do.
MR. WADMAN: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Oh, hi, Steve. I haven't seen you
in a long time.
MR. ATHEY: Good morning, sir. How are you?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So why don't you present
the case, and we'll go to the respondent, and we'll go from there.
MR. ATHEY: For the record, Stephen Athey, Collier County
Code Enforcement.
I just want to make the comment that the respondent is not
present. This gentleman, Mr. Juan Wadman, is her son, who is not
legally defined to represent her, but with the Board's approval, would
like to offer some testimony on her behalf.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Do you have permission?
Not in writing. Do you have permission?
MR. WADMAN: Verbal permission from my mother, yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Yeah.
MR. WADMAN: Yes, I do.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. I have no problem if the
rest of the Board has no problem.
MR. DOINO: No problem.
MS. ELROD: No problem.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So, we'll continue, and you
can testify as -- in behalf of your mother.
MR. WADMAN: Okay. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: If you don't answer correctly, your
mother will have your backside.
MR. WADMAN: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay, Steve.
MR. ATHEY: This is in reference to Case No.
CEPM20200006043. It's dealing with the violations of interior wall
and ceiling damage with water stains and possible roof damage
located at 954 Bluebird Street, Naples, Florida, 34104.
Service was given on October 6th, 2020.
And I'd like now to present case evidence in the following
exhibits: 16 photos taken by myself on June 8th, 2020, and one
aerial of the property.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Have you seen these
photos?
MR. WADMAN: I have.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you have any problem with
that?
MR. WADMAN: No. With the photos?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you have any problem with
him showing that to the Board?
MR. WADMAN: You can go ahead and show them if you
want.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Get a motion from the
Board to accept the photos.
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MR. LEFEBVRE: Make a motion to --
MS. ELROD: Motion to accept.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Okay, Steve.
MR. ATHEY: Okay. So, on June 8th, 2020, I made a site visit
to the property responding to a verified complaint by the then tenant.
While there, I observed and photographed damage and stained ceiling
and walls most severely in the kitchen area where the ceiling had
failed and a hole remained.
That same day, on June 8th, I made phone contact with the
property owner advising her of the condition of the dwelling. She
stated she was then quarantined in Colombia and did not know when
she could return to the U.S.
I then received a return call from a gentleman who identified
himself as the property owner's fiancé. He stated that he was also
quarantined in Colombia but was able to obtain a humanitarian flight
back to the U.S. on June 16th, 2020, and when he arrives he will meet
me on site to discuss the issue.
That was the last time I heard from either the property owner or
the fiancé. And with no communication from either, I continued to
call the property owner's number. Never an answer, and the
voicemail was always full.
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On July 15th, 2020, I received a phone call from Mr. Raul
Gomez stating he was the son-in-law of the property owner, and he's
local, and he was attempting to contact roofing companies for
estimates to repair the roof and has plans to repair the existing
damage.
On August 4th, 2020, I received another call from Mr. Gomez
stating his mother-in-law, the property owner, was entertaining two
bids for roof replacement.
On August 21st, 2020, I received yet another call from
Mr. Gomez stating that his mother-in-law should be in the country
the following week. They're working with Lowe's to replace the
roof, and once she arrives in the U.S., she will make contact with me.
That's the final communication I had with any of the aforementioned
individuals, and to date the violations remain.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: When was the last communication
you had with them?
MR. ATHEY: Mr. Raul Gomez on October -- or August 21st,
2020. Having said that, this past Wednesday, the property owner,
Ms. Wadman, made contact with Helen stating she was in Colorado
until January of '21 and was requesting a rescheduling of this hearing.
I attempted to call her back. Again, no answer. Voicemail full.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Is this a health and safety?
MR. ATHEY: I would consider it, yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. That put it in a different
category.
Okay. Now, why don't you give us a rundown on what's going
on.
MR. WADMAN: Well, the roof needs fixing currently because
of the whole financial situation hasn't been able to be done. We've
tried doing loans but weren't approved as of recently. So my mom's
currently trying to sell another property to get the roof replaced at this
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property in Michigan. She has an apartment. And she's waiting on
that to sell to -- says she will, most likely, by January start to be able
to get it fixed.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Let me give you a little bit
rundown of what we're going to do.
MR. WADMAN: Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have to determine whether a
violation exists. Once we determine that, I'm going to ask
Mr. Athey what his recommendation is, okay?
MR. WADMAN: Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So that's where we go from here,
okay?
MR. WADMAN: Oh, and currently there's nobody living in
the house. It's empty.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: The house is empty.
MR. WADMAN: It's empty. Nobody's been living in it for
quite a while now.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Okay. Make a motion a violation exists.
MS. CURLEY: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a second
that a violation exists. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Okay. We know that a violation exists. Mr. Athey said it's a
safety and health.
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Do you have a recommendation for us?
MR. ATHEY: I do, sir. The Code Enforcement Board orders
the respondent to pay all operational costs in the amount of blank.
MS. BUCHILLON: 59.28.
MR. ATHEY: 59.28 incurred in the prosecution of this case
within 30 days and abate all violations by:
Obtain all required Collier County building permits or demo
permit, inspections, and certificate of completion for all repairs
requiring permitting, and make all other repairs needed as outlined in
the notice of violation within blank days of this hearing or a fine of
blank per day will be imposed until the violation is abated;
Number 2, the respondent must notify the Code Enforcement
Board 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, 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. Now, you said that
your -- your mother will be back in this area to get a roofer to fix it
sometime in January?
MR. WADMAN: Yes, because she's trying to sell the other
property to get that roof fixed.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Well --
MS. CURLEY: So, I have a question. So, the tenants that
were in there, did they move out ahead of their lease, or were they
forced to move out because of the conditions of that?
MR. WADMAN: They were -- well, there was a whole, like,
breach of contract. I'm not sure how -- the word.
MS. CURLEY: I just want to know if it afforded the
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tenants -- was it a hardship for them because of the lack of the --
MR. WADMAN: They -- I mean, they finished out their whole
leasing period and then moved out.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, they didn't move out because
of the damage to the roof?
MR. WADMAN: No. We gave them the option, like, to leave
if they weren't happy, but they decided they wanted to finish out the
lease, and --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Any other questions from
the Board?
MR. ATHEY: If I may, it's my understanding that the tenants
moved out because of this issue.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. ATHEY: Obviously --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Difference of opinion. Okay,
fine.
MS. CURLEY: And well, I just -- never mind.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Sue, you have anything else?
MS. CURLEY: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Gerald?
MR. LEFEBVRE: The operational costs of -- make a motion
the operational costs in the amount of 59.28 be paid within 30 days, a
fine of $250 a day will be imposed 30 days from today's hearing.
MS. CURLEY: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion and a
second. Any discussion on the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hearing none, all those in favor?
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
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MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. One opposed, 4-1.
They're going to have to get cracking on that roof. If they start
repairing it, you have the ability to come back or discuss with Steve
that the work has started and maybe more time could be granted by
the Board. But as it stands right now, 30 days. Now, our next
meeting January 13th?
MS. BUCHILLON: We have one in November.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Oh, November, okay. So it would
behoove your mom to get somebody signed up to do this, and if you
come back and ask for more time, I suggest that you have a contract
with a contractor or whatever to show that there is progress going on
on this.
MS. CURLEY: Permit.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: A permit would probably be
provided by the contractor. Okay?
MR. WADMAN: Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Thank you.
MR. WADMAN: Thank you.
MR. ATHEY: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Thanks, Steve.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item on the agenda, No. 4,
CEPE20200007905, Kimberly Dempsey.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. MUSSE: I do.
MS. DEMPSEY: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good morning, Jonathan.
MR. MUSSE: Good morning. Give me a chance real quick.
Okay.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: For the record.
MR. MUSSE: For the record, Investigator Jonathan Musse,
Collier County Code Enforcement.
This is in reference to Case No. CEPE20200007905 in dealing
with the violations of Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances,
Chapter 130, Article II, Section 130-66, Subsection (1)(c), vehicles
parked on the apron section of the driveway on the right-of-way
blocking the sidewalk located at 5344 Floridan Avenue, Naples,
Florida, 34113; Folio No. 62250740006.
Service was given on August 6th, 2020.
At this time I'd like to present the case evidence in the following
exhibits: Five photos I took from -- on July 24th and 31st,
September 1st and 22nd, and October 5th, 2020.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Has the respondent seen the
photos?
MR. MUSSE: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you have any problem with
him presenting them?
MS. DEMPSEY: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Get a motion from the
Board to accept the photos.
MR. DOINO: Motion to accept.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And second. All those in favor?
MR. MUSSE: An initial inspection was conducted on
July 24th, 2020, where I observed the vehicle parked on the sidewalk.
Spoke to Mr. Dempsey and informed him of the violation; that if he
continued to park the vehicle on the sidewalk, a citation would be
issued. Research shows that the owner had four prior
parking-on-the-sidewalk cases this year.
One of the cases, a citation was issued.
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Spoke to the complainant on August 4th where he [sic]
explained not only was he concerned that they were
parking -- parking the vehicles on the sidewalk but also parking -- the
vehicles parked on the driveway blocking the access to the sidewalk.
Conducted a site inspection and observed the vehicle parked on
the apron of the driveway blocking the sidewalk. At that time I
prepared a notice of violation to be issued.
Made several inspections where I observed the vehicles were
parked on the sidewalk. At that time I prepared the case for hearing.
Conducted an inspection yesterday. No violation at the time.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I have a question.
MR. MUSSE: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Generally parking -- illegal
parking would be summoned by the Collier County Sheriff. When
does it fall off the Sheriff and onto Code? Probably Jeff can answer.
MR. LETOURNEAU: This particular ordinance can be cited
by both of us, so it just depends on who gets called, I believe, at the
time. Obviously, we got a complaint, or more than one complaint
about this particular violation.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Could you just review again when
they were cited in the past.
MR. MUSSE: I have the case numbers here. They're all this
year. I can look for the actual dates if that's what you need.
MS. CURLEY: Can you scroll back to the second picture?
MR. LETOURNEAU: That one?
MS. CURLEY: Yeah. So, this gray car looks like it's up off
the ground. Is there, like, body -- is there, like, car stuff happening
there? Is that why there's -- are these people living here, or are these
like -- are they doing, like, car repairs and things?
MR. MUSSE: They're probably repairing the car, but nothing
to do with the --
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Why don't we save those questions
for the respondent.
MS. CURLEY: Because none of the cars are the same.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, I'd like to know how many
cars live at that house, et cetera, et cetera, because that probably
would have something to do with why that's happening, et cetera.
So...
MR. MUSSE: It is unfortunate. If you notice, they do have a
smaller driveway than normal because when the sidewalk was
added -- you notice most driveways in Naples Manor you can fit
comfortably four vehicles in there. If you notice, one vehicle -- if
you added a third vehicle, it's already blocking the sidewalk. So it is
unfortunate that it's happening, but it is a violation.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Do you have any
additional case information for us?
MR. MUSSE: I do not.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Over to you.
MS. DEMPSEY: Hello.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hi.
MS. DEMPSEY: Hi. Two of those cars are ours. One has
gone to the backyard now. But the picture with the gold car that he
has, someone had abandoned it there, so we had to also move that to
our backyard because we can't afford to get it towed. We have no
keys for it or anything. We kind of just had to drag it back there. I
don't know if you want to show them the gold car.
I even have messages to the owner of the gold car that he needed
to move it and he got stuck in -- that car (indicating).
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Is that gold car registered?
MS. DEMPSEY: Uh-huh.
MS. CURLEY: Why are you taking someone's car?
MS. DEMPSEY: He abandoned it there. Like, he was a friend
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of ours, and then he took off to Orlando or somewhere North Florida.
Took his keys and says he has no way to get back.
MR. LEFEBVRE: If you can scroll back to that car.
MR. LETOURNEAU: That one right here?
MR. LEFEBVRE: No, no, back to the gold car she was talking
about, convertible that had the back window, it seemed like it was
crushed in.
MS. DEMPSEY: It is. It's missing.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Okay. That picture shows it near the
mailbox. The next pictures shows it on the other side of the
driveway.
MS. DEMPSEY: Uh-uh. He had moved it, but since he
moved it there, he took off and has left it.
MS. CURLEY: And now you have these vehicles in your
backyard?
MS. DEMPSEY: Uh-huh, as to try to comply with, you
know --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: That's probably a violation in
itself.
MS. DEMPSEY: Yeah, I know.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, you've got a problem. You've
got to get rid of some cars. How many cars live at that house?
MS. DEMPSEY: Two.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Two.
MS. DEMPSEY: Well, three, actually. We've got --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Three. Do you have room for
three cars at that house?
MS. DEMPSEY: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, you need to either get another
house or get rid of a car. I mean --
MS. CURLEY: What's in the -- is that a two-car garage?
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MS. DEMPSEY: It's a short garage, like -- because we have
one car, which would barely fit in there, and then our two bigger
vehicles that would not fit in there at all.
MS. CURLEY: Like, it's been modified? Part of the garage
has been taken away?
MS. DEMPSEY: No. They just didn't build it properly.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Before we go on any
further, let's find out whether a violation exists.
MR. DOINO: Violation exists.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a second
that a violation exists. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Okay. Now, what to do. Jonathan, you have a suggestion for
us?
MR. MUSSE: The county recommends -- oop, let me open it
up. The county recommends 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: Removing any vehicles parked on the county
right-of-way blocking the sidewalk or bike path and parked vehicles
on designated parking spot within X amount of days of this hearing,
or a fine of X amount of dollars per day will be imposed until the
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 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. We're a reasonable board.
Do you have any plans to solve the situation?
MS. DEMPSEY: I have tried calling a tow car to, like, now get
it out of my backyard. Because I moved it from the sidewalk to
comply, as to not have that issue. I know it's an issue with it in my
backyard now, but they want us to pay to have it towed because it's
such an old and broken car, which I can't afford. So we're trying to
find out what we can do with it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I believe there are places that will
tow the car and do a mechanic's lien on it and wind up owning it.
Jeff, do you have any connections in that regard?
MR. LETOURNEAU: Well, we do. If the county declares it
abandoned and after a certain period of time, then a tow truck
company can come up and take it; however, this is a different
situation. That's only if something's parked on, like, a county
property or the county right-of-way. You know, we're not going
to -- we're going to cite her for parking the car in the backyard
if -- you know, we went that route.
At this point, Jonathan's testimony has said that they're in
compliance right now as of yesterday as far as that.
MR. MUSSE: Yes.
MR. LETOURNEAU: The car in the backyard is a totally
different situation. That would take a whole new NOV, a new case,
and we'd have to bring it back here. That's way down the road if that
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ever happens. Right now she's in compliance, so that's where we're
at.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: When you have several violations
that have been -- that have happened, generally it becomes a
nuisance.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Well, yeah. In code lingo, before it
gets to a hearing, it's a recurrin g violation, and it's been recurring five
times as far as his testimony goes.
At this point I wouldn't really classify it as a nuisance. I would
just say, if you guys -- whatever happens after this, you've already
found a violation. So, at this point it's a repeat violation. And then
if we had to bring it back again, we would ask for a civil penalty. I
don't really think it's a nuisance violation at this point. It's just more
like a repeat violation.
MS. CURLEY: Jeff, is there any suggestion that she could, you
know, go to the county and see if she can widen her driveway?
MR. LETOURNEAU: Yeah. She could definitely -- I mean,
I'm not really -- don't know the dimension. It does look kind of
small. And it's a corner lot?
MS. DEMPSEY: Uh-huh.
MR. LEFEBVRE: I do think that they probably could fit in
another space there on the right side of that driveway, though, John?
MR. MUSSE: Possibly if, you know, maybe they take up some
of the -- if you're facing the house on the right side, they have a nice
little piece of land on the side.
MR. LETOURNEAU: And if they didn't, like, do anything in
the county right-of-way and just did it on their own property, they
wouldn't need a permit. So, they could throw some gravel maybe or,
you know, put more concrete in that little area there. At least that
would give them one more spot.
MS. DEMPSEY: My house was originally supposed to face on
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Trammel Street. So, I'm telling you, when they built the house, they,
like, really messed it up. They, like, turned it on to the different
street, made it shorter, like, everything was really messed up with the
house.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: What's the parking rules on that
street, overnight parking?
MR. MUSSE: It's got to be parked in the driveway. There are
no --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. I'm just asking.
MS. DEMPSEY: And I do have messages from the person
owning the gold car, that he needs to come get it, and he says he's
stranded. So, I mean --
MS. CURLEY: Next time just push it out to the middle of the
road.
MS. DEMPSEY: Well, that's what I told my husband. I was
like, okay, what if we move it to the other side, and the county can
deal with it, but...
MS. ELROD: There are companies that will haul it for the car
itself.
MS. DEMPSEY: I just -- I have to -- like, we don't have a key
for it. It's not in my name. He doesn't have the title. I guess it's,
like, at the DMV or wherever the titles are kept. So, we have
nothing with this car.
MS. CURLEY: I'd call the Sheriff and say somebody left a car
in my front yard.
MS. DEMPSEY: Well, it's not in my front yard anymore
because I had to comply.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Someone left a car in my
backyard.
MR. LETOURNEAU: It's going to be difficult at this point
when we already know that -- if it was dumped on the other part of
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the sidewalk. I'd have to talk to the County Attorneys, but I think
that it might come back to haunt her at that point.
MS. CURLEY: Well, my big concern is that the sidewalk's
blocked. And you have a lot of sidewalk because you're on a corner
and --
MS. DEMPSEY: There's a sidewalk on both sides of the road.
So, it's not like we're blocking one sidewalk that goes.
MS. CURLEY: It doesn't matter. Little kids don't know, and
they just run out around it. And it's just unsafe. And I would hate
to see the worst-case scenario happen to you. I know that would be
very unhappy.
MS. DEMPSEY: No, I know. Like, I even told my husband, I
was like, can we just take it to the gas station? It's literally right
down the road. Like, I don't know what to do with the car.
MS. CURLEY: La, la, la, la, la.
MS. DEMPSEY: I haven't done that. It's in my yard. I've
taken responsibility for it. It's I just -- I don't know what to do with
it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So right now the car sits in the
backyard. You know something's going to come down the pike on
that one. So, the car's got to go. Now, once that car goes, do you
have room to park your other cars? Is there one car up there that's
being repaired?
MS. DEMPSEY: It's my husband's project car, yeah. It's not
broken or anything. He just, like, takes things off, fixes them, paints
them. That's his project car. It's registered and everything. There's
nothing wrong with it.
But, I mean, my mom's house is on the other side. I don't know
if you've seen my green car. I'm sometimes parking it at my mom's
driveway so we can fit the cars.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We're trying our best to come up
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with some solutions for you.
MS. DEMPSEY: I'm using my mom's driveway that's right
next to us.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you think that you'll resolve
this in some period of time, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days?
MR. LETOURNEAU: I'd like to remind the Board that it is
resolved right now.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: No, I understand that, but it could
be unresolved tomorrow.
MS. DEMPSEY: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And that's the history that's gone
on. It was resolved and unresolved, and -- okay. If you've been
cited five times, that's probably what happened.
MS. DEMPSEY: Well, I mean, one of them was -- because he
did originally say that we could park on the apron, but then that
became a violation, too. So that was one of them where we moved it
to the apron and off the sidewalk. So, I mean, we have been trying
to comply, but with that it became another violation that he
discovered.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Would someone like to
take a shot at filling in the blanks on this?
MR. LEFEBVRE: I'm not sure if it should be in a certain
amount of days and a certain dollar amount. I think it might if
there's another violation there's a -- and it's seen by Code
Enforcement, there's a specific dollar amount imposed.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Or we could go the route where we
normally do when the violation is abated before the hearing is that the
Board finds that there was a violation at the time the notice of
violation was issued, and then we don't have to put anything in there
at that point. It's just that now we have a -- we have a finding. Next
time it's a repeat case, and next time the county's going to ask fo r a
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civil penalty on top of everything else.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Could we issue a civil penalty now and say,
going forward, if there's a violation found, it is X amount, each
violation?
MR. LETOURNEAU: I don't know. I'd have to ask your
attorney on that one. I mean, the county wouldn't recommend giving
a civil penalty at this point since it's just the first time we brought it to
a hearing. I don't know about any future stuff, though.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, you're looking for a record?
(Simultaneous crosstalk.)
MR. LETOURNEAU: Right now -- you know, normally when
we -- I don't think Jonathan had the time to rewrite the
recommendation to match the car -- the violation being in compliance
at this point. Normally, we'd just ask on Line 1 that the Board finds
that there was a violation at the time a notice of violation was issued,
and that will be done. We've got a hearing. We've got a finding of
fact. We've got a repeat case next time it comes up.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So, the motion that you're
looking for is the 59.28 to be paid.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Right. And that the Board finds that
there was a violation at the time the notice of violation was issued.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And that there is no
violation currently?
MR. LETOURNEAU: There's no violation currently.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. LEFEBVRE: And to my question, could there be a civil
penalty issued now if there's a repeat violation found? Attorney
White.
MR. WHITE: My concern would be about the procedural due
process not being afforded to the violator. I think you just have to
let the wheels turn.
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MR. LEFEBVRE: Okay.
MR. WHITE: Bad pun intended.
MS. CURLEY: I just have a comment also. You know, it's
your house car. It's your family that's living there. So if you have
visitors, maybe, you know, some people put up little stakes that, you
know, will remind your friends coming not to park in the grass and
just sort of do that to be proactive, and maybe you guys can get used
to just a little bit different behavior so we don't see you, because the
civil penalties are high, and you could probably build an entire
circular driveway around your house for the civil penalties that he's
talking about.
MS. DEMPSEY: Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Jonathan, the parking on the street,
if you're not parked overnight, is that legal?
MR. MUSSE: Parking on the street? Well, that's obstructing
traffic, so that's where the Sheriff's Office would get involved.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: But right now, if somebody comes
to visit them and they can't fit in the driveway, could they park in
front of the house?
MR. MUSSE: On the right-of-way? Technically, no.
MS. CURLEY: There's no --
MR. MUSSE: There's no parking.
(Simultaneous crosstalk.)
MS. DEMPSEY: There's no room for visitors or anything.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: There's no -- the road's not wide
enough that a car can be parked on the side and other cars could pass?
MS. DEMPSEY: I mean, it is wide enough. They would just
go into, like, the other lane and go around.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Right.
MS. DEMPSEY: It's not like it's a one-way.
MS. CURLEY: It's not a divided street, though. There's not a
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line down the middle of the road. Like Palm River has -- they only
have, like, a road and a half.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Continue.
MR. LEFEBVRE: I'll try this. Make a motion that Code
Enforcement did, in fact, find a violation, and that the operational
costs in the amount of 59.28 be paid within 30 days, and if there is a
future violation, you could be brought back in front of the Board.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Just that the Board finds that there was
a violation at the time the notice of violation was issued.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Okay, perfect. Patrick, that --
MR. WHITE: That would work from our end. I'm not sure
about the future compliance efforts. I'd probably leave that out of
the motion.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We'll take that up in the future,
should it need to be taken up.
MR. LEFEBVRE: We'll leave it out of the motion.
MR. WHITE: Yes, sir.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So, we have a motion.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And we have a second.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: 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.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Good luck. You can find someone that will take that car. I've
been the manager of an area where that happened. They just come,
take it, and it disappearance.
MS. DEMPSEY: I'm hoping to find that because I know -- my
kids are tired of seeing it in the backyard when they play. I'm trying
to get it out of there.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You could plant flowers in it.
Call it flower pot.
MS. CURLEY: Turn it into a pond.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: As long as you don't have a pig in
it, you're okay.
MS. DEMPSEY: I think the pig got more than me in time.
Have a good day.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You, too.
MS. CURLEY: You, too.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay, Helen.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item on the agenda, No. 15,
CESD20200000501, George Saintil and Claricia Saintil.
MS. CURLEY: What's the name of this street?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Chickee Street.
MS. CURLEY: I want to live on Chickee Street.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. CATHEY: I do.
MR. SAINTIL: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Good morning.
MR. SAINTIL: Good morning.
MR. CATHEY: Good morning.
For the record, Investigator Ryan Cathey, Collier County Code
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Enforcement.
This is in reference to Case No. CESD20200000501 dealing
with a violation of Collier County Land Development Code 04-41, as
amended, Sections 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) and (B)(1)(e) located at 14599
Chickee Drive, Naples, Florida, 34114; Folio 25967801343.
Service was given on January 28th, 2020.
I would now like to present case evidence in the following
exhibits: Aerials of the property from 2012 and 2020; determination
from the Collier County building official; two photographs from
January 14th, 2020; four from September 23rd, 2020; and two from
October 22nd, 2020, all taken by me.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Has the respondent seen
the photos?
MR. CATHEY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you have any problems with
those photos?
MR. SAINTIL: No.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. You may want to move
that microphone either closer to you or you closer to it. Okay.
Get a motion from the Board to accept the photos.
MS. ELROD: Motion to accept.
MR. DOINO: Second.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously. Okay.
MR. CATHEY: On January 14th, 2020, while conducting a
community patrol, I observed the shed and addition. I foun d an
expired permit, PRBD20190627609, for the addition, but no permit
for the shed.
Determination by the building official confirmed permits were
required for both the shed and the addition.
Notice of violation was then served on January 28. I spoke
with the owner on February 20 regarding the permit and advised him
to speak with Renald Paul with the Building Department for
assistance.
Returned on September 23rd and observed the violation
remained, and the permit for the addition was rejected.
I spoke with the owner. Advised the case would be prepared
for hearing. As of today, the violation remains.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Sir?
THE COURT REPORTER: Could you state your name.
MR. SAINTIL: George Saintil. My wife give me permission
to speak -- to be --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Can you speak into the mic? I
can't hear you.
MR. SAINTIL: Yes. Just like I said, my name George Saintil.
Claricia, she's given me permission to talk on her behalf.
So, the reason I'm here today, I mean, I returned the permit to
have an addition but from last year.
I spoke to John, I think, six months ago before, and I tell him, I
have -- I am a little bit behind, so the coronavirus come, little bit of
issues. I have money now to keep the process.
But when he called me, he said he going to give me a period of
time to finish. So, I said okay. But I think he going to give me
permission to start. It's like a permit. It's like I start some and keep
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going like this.
He said no, they give me four months to finish everything.
That's why I'm here, because I -- I don't have no time to finish in four
months.
So, if they give me more time -- I already got the tile, I already
got drywall, most of the material, but I don't have no money, the full
amount, to -- for the concrete to start the process. See, if you guys
give me more time, I mean, I'm going to connect everything.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Let me ask a question or two.
MR. SAINTIL: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: The violation is there's a shed
there.
MR. SAINTIL: Yeah, shed, yeah.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: That there's no permit on; is that
correct?
MR. SAINTIL: That's true.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Is there reason -- is there
any reason why the shed is there?
MR. SAINTIL: Well, the time I built the shed to put some -- to
put some tools. And when they come with the process to clear
everything in the back, I tell -- I already turn the permit, the plan, in
the county. So, they said, okay. If the -- I get a permit going on, I
mean, they going to give me more time.
I said, okay. I already get some drywall inside, some plywood,
everything inside. Let me take some time.
Unfortunately, I cannot start. That's why they said, okay, they
have to terminate from the case.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Did you -- is there a reason but
there's a shed there and you never got a permit to build it?
MR. SAINTIL: No reason, no.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And the second question is
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the addition. You have a permit that you pulled for the addition; is
that correct?
MR. SAINTIL: No I, just -- well, no.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: The reason I ask is the county is
saying that you did have a permit but it expired.
MR. SAINTIL: No. This -- that one, the addition, is going to
tore down, because this one, I just tried to put my tools in it. And
when I ready to build my addition, I said, okay, let me -- let me do
the -- draw the plan and turn in that to the county. I don't have -- I
start -- buy all the material, all the tile because he saw all this, and I
don't have the money to take it out -- take this out to build my
addition. So, this one, anyways -- you going to take out anyways for
one another.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, you are going to --
MR. SAINTIL: To build my addition.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You're going to build an addition,
and what's going to happen to the shed?
MR. SAINTIL: I'm going to tore it out.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I don't understand.
MR. SAINTIL: I'm going to take it out.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You're going to remove the shed?
MR. SAINTIL: I'm going to remove it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So that would take care of
that portion, that the shed's going to be removed.
MR. SAINTIL: Yeah, all this going to be removed, but after
the -- after I build -- I build my addition.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. So -- but in order to build
the addition, the county is saying there was a permit --
MR. SAINTIL: Yeah.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: -- so you must have had plans that
were approved by the Building Department at some time.
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MR. SAINTIL: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And when was that permit pulled
originally?
MR. SAINTIL: Last year.
MR. CATHEY: It was sometime in 2019. I don't have the
exact date.
MS. CURLEY: Who --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. SAINTIL: And after that, I go -- excuse me. I'm sorry.
MS. CURLEY: Was it a builder, or was it an owner/builder or
how --
MR. SAINTIL: Owner/builder.
MR. CATHEY: I believe it was owner/builder, yes.
MS. CURLEY: Was it approved?
MR. CATHEY: I'd have to look back at the permit for exact,
but there's correction -- a corrections letter was sent. I think the last
one was July of '19, if I'm not mistaken, and it had several corrections
on it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, if it's an expired permit, it
must have been issued.
MS. CURLEY: Well, I'd like to know if it was actually issued
or --
MR. CATHEY: I'd have to look back to confirm. Currently
it's rejected based on a number of corrections that are needed right
now.
MR. SAINTIL: Question is what about a window? I should
give them the code for the window, and what about? So, I don't give
them other thing. I have to show it to them about a code. And for
some reason I don't connect everything. I already pay for the chores
[sic]. I already pay for most of the thing, but I don't start yet. So , I
have to go to the building supply to get the code for the water bubble
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[sic] and the windows and to show to them what kind of window I'm
going to put on the house.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Have you spoken with Renald
Paul?
MR. SAINTIL: Yeah, I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And what is his suggestion to you?
MR. SAINTIL: Well, he said, okay, I have to do all the caution
[sic] -- to do everything they asked me to cut and after that, keep
going, keep moving.
MS. CURLEY: Okay. So, when you want to put a window in,
you get the documentation and you submit it with your permit, and
then you get approval to go and buy that window. You're doing it
the opposite. You said you put the window in, and now you have to
go back to Naples Lumber or wherever you said --
MR. SAINTIL: No, I don't put it in yet. Nothing start yet.
MS. CURLEY: What window is this that I'm looking at?
MR. SAINTIL: No, that's -- those in the house. That's been
there for 16 years.
MS. CURLEY: This new window?
MR. SAINTIL: No. That's --
MR. CATHEY: If you look at the aerial photos from 2012 to
2020, you can see what was added.
MS. CURLEY: So is this picture that we're looking at, this
smaller window in this --
MR. CATHEY: The smaller window there if -- that's on the
original house. What's behind that window is part of what was
added.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Do you want to put the aerial up
again?
MR. LETOURNEAU: I do, yeah.
MS. CURLEY: You can see where the concrete's chiseled
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away from it.
MR. SAINTIL: That one --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. LETOURNEAU: All right. There's 2012 right there.
And there's --
MR. SAINTIL: That's the house. I going to build the other
house.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Right here, Ryan?
MR. CATHEY: The shed's further -- right there, yeah, where
you're circling.
MR. LETOURNEAU: And then the addition's right here.
MR. CATHEY: Correct.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Well, I don't want to get
into details of building and whatever. What -- the violation is there's
no permit.
MR. LETOURNEAU: The permit never was issued, by the
way.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. The permit was never
issued. So, you're building something without a permit. That's a
violation. Did we find a violation exists?
MS. CURLEY: I make a motion a violation exists.
MR. DOINO: I'll second that.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. I have a motion and a
second a violation exists. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
So, a violation exists. The way you get out of the violation is
you pull a permit or you remove all the stuff that you're doing, which
I don't think you want to do. You want to finish the addition. So,
the first thing you have to do is get the permit.
MS. CURLEY: I mean, we just need to be realistic here. The
wood is already wrecked from the damage from the elements. It's
not dried in. I mean, this needs to be demoed probably.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, that's not the purvey [sic] of
the Board. All we are answering is there's a construction that is
going on without a permit. That's what needs to happen.
MS. CURLEY: Well, the roof has been offended, so there's a
lot happening there outside of this illegal addition.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Everything that's being done there
is illegal because there's no permit.
MS. CURLEY: Well -- and he just testified that Renald told
him to keep going. That's not really --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Well, that's hearsay.
MR. SAINTIL: Excuse me.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Yes.
MR. SAINTIL: When I say -- what I said, this one, when I put
the shed to put my tools -- okay, when I'm ready -- because I got a lot
of kids in the house. I said, okay, let me do the addition. I go to
the -- somebody draw the plan, and I return it to the county.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. SAINTIL: And they said, I got something missing.
Some code missing.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. SAINTIL: They said, okay, I have to find a code. I said,
okay.
For some reason I don't have the money to return all this,
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because only the window going to cost me -- the window and door
going to cost me 6-, $7,000. So, it's going to take me a lot of money.
I said, let me have a little bit of time.
The coronavirus come. It put me down a little bit. And I said
to Brian [sic], I said, give me some time. So, when he said, you
know, going to give me four months, four months, I think, to tore
everything down -- of course, the four months. Okay. It's good for
four months. But I have no -- I don't have no time to build the
addition.
MS. CURLEY: So, wait a minute. When you got the record
that said the permit -- you needed -- that they needed more
information before you got a permit, you needed time, but you didn't
have money, but you had enough money to go ahead and add an
addition without permission. So, I --
(Simultaneous crosstalk.)
MR. SAINTIL: No, no, no. That one been there a long time.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Yeah, we're just going on and on.
MS. CURLEY: Let's go. Moving on.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, what we have is an addition
without a permit. I'm trying to keep it simple. Okay. Do you have
a suggestion for us?
MR. CATHEY: Yes, I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. CATHEY: Recommendation is that the Code
Enforcement Board orders the respondent to pay all operational costs
in the amount of $59.21 incurred in the prosecution of this case
within 30 days and abate all violations by:
One, obtaining all required Collier County building permits or
demolition permit, inspections, and certificate of
completion/occupancy for the shed and addition within blank days of
this hearing, or a fine of blank dollars per day will be imposed until
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the violation is abated; and,
Two, 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. Let me see if I have this
down. The violation is no permit. So, I would be looking for an
amount of time for the respondent to get a permit. I don't think we
need to ask at this time to follow it all the way through to a CO.
That's a different story, okay.
MS. CURLEY: We have two things. We have a shed, and we
have a permit.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I understand that. What we have
is no permit is -- that's the violation --
MR. CATHEY: Two unpermitted structures, addition and
shed.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: That's correct. So that's what has
to happen.
MR. CATHEY: Part of the order is, in addition, he's got to
obtain the permit all the way through his inspections and certificate
of completion like every other unpermitted structure.
MS. CURLEY: I have a question for the county, please.
MR. CATHEY: Yes.
MS. CURLEY: Is that addition being occupied, and is there
electricity in it?
MR. CATHEY: I'm -- I don't believe it's been occupied. I've
not seen anybody in it, so...
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MS. CURLEY: Is the house poked through? Have they cut
that exterior wall?
MR. CATHEY: I haven't seen the inside of the addition, so...
MS. CURLEY: Has that exterior wall that used to be there
been removed so you can see through into that un -- illegal addition?
MR. SAINTIL: No, what -- no.
MR. LETOURNEAU: There's a door into it.
MR. SAINTIL: Door to it, yeah.
MS. CURLEY: So, it's going to be a separate entrance?
MR. SAINTIL: This one going to tore down anyways.
MS. CURLEY: Okay. So, I'll fill in the blanks. So, No. 1,
within 60 days or a fine of $250. I can't see if the operational costs
are in there or not.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: 59.21.
MS. CURLEY: And I want to make sure that it says the shed,
certificate of --
MR. LETOURNEAU: It does. It said shed and addition.
MS. CURLEY: And does it say remove or demo, demolition?
MR. LETOURNEAU: Yes. It's the standard one we put up
there.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Sir?
MR. SAINTIL: So, for all the material I got that you see, the
tile --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hang on one second.
MS. CURLEY: Did somebody second the motion?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: That's what I'm coming back to.
MR. DOINO: I'll second it.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion and
second. Before we vote on it, go ahead, sir.
MR. SAINTIL: Yeah. Because you see all the material I got
for the addition. To clear everything, it's going to cost me a lot
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because I'm -- even I clear, it have to return when I'm ready. So,
what you expect me to do with them?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: That's part of the --
MR. SAINTIL: -- the tile for the building?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: That's part of the plan on building
something. You have to have enough money to do the job, not to do
half of the job. So that falls on you to resolve that problem.
MR. SAINTIL: What I -- what I tried to say, that permit
is -- look like I don't explain that much to you guys to understand me.
What I said, this one, this addition you guys see, it's not the addition.
With the addition, I already returned the permit, the blueprint, it's not
a start yet.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Is not what?
MR. SAINTIL: It's not a start.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Now, this current addition -- this current
addition's going to be torn down and you're going to start new.
MR. SAINTIL: Yeah.
MS. CURLEY: That's not what we're talking about. We're
talking about an expired permit, and we're talking about a shed. So,
we don't really care about what your future plans are or if you have
blueprints or where you're going to store your items. Having all
those items stored in your backyard is also illegal. You can't have
all this construction material peppered throughout your yard, and it's
not really what we're here to hear.
MR. SAINTIL: I understand.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have -- any other discussion on
the motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Hearing none, all those in
favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
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MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
I suggest that you go back to Renald Paul and tell him what the
Board has done and let him advise you on where you go from here.
I doubt seriously that 60 days will be enough time for you to get
everything done, so you need to explain that to Renald Paul and listen
to his advice. He's a very bright person that can help you with that,
okay?
MR. SAINTIL: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. CATHEY: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
We're going to take a 10-minute break for Ms. Fingers.
(A brief recess was had from 10:37 a.m. to 10:47 a.m.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I'd like to call the Code
Enforcement back to order.
Hail, hail, the gang's all here.
Okay. Helen, what are we up to?
MS. BUCHILLON: Okay. Next, we're going to go to old
business, C, motion for imposition of fines, No. 4,
CESD20170002774, N-A Properties, LLC.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Did we skip 3 for any particular
reason?
MR. LEFEBVRE: The respondent's not here.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. That's probably the reason.
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes, sir.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MS. PULSE: I do.
MS. SEPANSKI: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Since you're here, why
don't you let us know what the story is.
MS. SEPANSKI: My name is Lisa Sepanski, and I'm owner of
N-A Properties.
We purchased this home in 2009, and due to the renter, there
was a complaint made, I'm not exactly sure, but something on the
property, and in that process they -- someone came up with there was
no permit for the pool. This is almost, I think, like, 20 years later.
And, again, we had no idea. So, we had to take on that
responsibility to get it permitted, and the process was supposed to be
to get it up to code for that time period, which I believe was in the
'90s. Forgive me, I left my book over there, so...
Dee, I think in the early '90s, right?
MS. PULSE: Approximately 1995.
MS. SEPANSKI: Ninety-five.
And so, we went and got the required permits. It was supposed
to be updated to that time period. Then it moved on to now we have
to have it up to current code, which, okay, not a problem. But every
time I would either hire someone or I was told to do -- you know, get
a contractor, then it was get an electrician, and pretty much
everything I did it was brought up to something else. I needed this.
I need this. And it was almost like it was being handled like a
personal vendetta rather than, you know, in a professional level on
the Building Department.
I can tell you I dealt with Renald. Absolutely no help. I mean,
I had to write letters. I wrote letters to, actually, every one of you, to
the commissioner, Burt Saunders, you know, Code Enforcement, and,
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finally, I'm not sure who helped me, but someone made a phone call,
and within a day it was CO'ed, and I didn't have to do anything
further.
And just to give you an example, I was like -- they wanted me to
put the water in the pool, take the water out. It was just ridiculous.
I mean, I did everything I was supposed to do and more, and it's cost
me, I mean, just a lot of money.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Let me ask you a couple questions.
MS. SEPANSKI: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: What I'm showing on my
paperwork is in-ground swimming pool on property, no barrier --
MS. SEPANSKI: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: -- and no permits.
MS. SEPANSKI: Correct.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I understand what you just said
about -- is there a barrier around the pool?
MS. SEPANSKI: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: A fence?
MS. SEPANSKI: Yes, we have a fence there also. I believe
that was -- that was another violation, right, Dee? It's two violations.
The fence, which would be the barrier, and then the actual pool. I
took care of the fence quite some time ago.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Is this property in compliance
now?
MS. PULSE: Yes, sir. And the fence was part of the order.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I see that.
MS. PULSE: So, they did get their -- everything done with that
right away.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Originally this was cited when?
MR. LEFEBVRE: 2017.
MS. PULSE: Yes, 2017.
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MR. LEFEBVRE: Case heard in December 2017, if I'm not
mistaken, with stipulated agreement.
MS. CURLEY: Do you live there?
MS. SEPANSKI: No, it's a rental property, which I'm actually
in the process of trying to sell at the moment.
MS. CURLEY: Well, it sounds like a nightmare. I'll make a --
MS. SEPANSKI: Yes, it is.
MS. CURLEY: I'll make a motion to deny the county's fines in
addition to the operational costs denial.
MS. ELROD: Second.
MS. CURLEY: Total of 91,251.91.
MS. ELROD: Second the motion.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and we have a
second. Let me get to the right page.
MS. CURLEY: And the next time you buy real estate, you
make sure that all your stuff is permitted.
MS. SEPANSKI: I've got to tell you this.
MS. CURLEY: The realtor should have done this.
MS. SEPANSKI: We had an attorney when we purchased the
property. I don't understand what happened. So, I mean,
unfortunately, I should have done my own research. I mean, I know
the whole system now on research and that stuff. But, yeah, we
went and, like I said, we had a title company, a lawyer, and
somewhere along the line, they didn't --
MS. CURLEY: Take your owner's title insurance policy; read
it when you get home.
MS. SEPANSKI: Okay. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Even better, before you buy a
property, you should do a little research on the property. Code
Enforcement can do an audit, et cetera.
MS. SEPANSKI: Yes.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion and a
second. The total on this was $91,259.91. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MS. PULSE: I have a question. Does that include the
operational costs for today's hearing?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Yes.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Yes.
MS. PULSE: And those were abated, okay.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Yes.
MS. CURLEY: Yeah, the 59.91 I included.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So, you're going to take the whole
board out for lunch.
MS. SEPANSKI: Right. I can't thank you enough. I
appreciate it. Very much.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Stay out of trouble.
MS. CURLEY: Don't feel like you're the only one. This has
happened to people before. We've seen these cases, and it is very
hard to fix once you realize that's happened.
MS. SEPANSKI: Thank you, again. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item, No. 8, CESD20180014394,
Daniel R. Blake and Sally Sue Blake.
(The speakers were duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. CATHEY: I do.
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MR. BLAKE: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Why don't you begin. I
know what -- they're going to read the order into the record, but
you're here probably to request something.
MR. BLAKE: John Blake. I thought I was done. I didn't
know anything about this till I received this letter on October 7th.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It says here the past order on
February 28th, 2019, was found in violation. Are you familiar with
that?
MR. BLAKE: Yeah. I got all the little signatures done.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And it says, according to
the paperwork here, that the violation has not been abated as of
October 23rd.
MR. BLAKE: I understand what that says. I don't --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You don't agree?
MR. BLAKE: I don't know.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. BLAKE: I know now I don't have a certificate of
occupancy. I thought I did.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. BLAKE: I thought everything was done.
MR. CATHEY: The permit's just been pending the elevation
certificate. I talked to Mr. Blake today. He mentioned he talked to
Renald Paul and has a small correction to get that elevation certificate
completed. That's the only thing that's been pending.
MS. CURLEY: Do you live here?
MR. BLAKE: Yes. I take care of my parents.
MS. CURLEY: So, you accept mail here? I mean, so you're
getting the notices.
MR. BLAKE: I got this notice on October 7th or this new
coming.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Jeff, you want to pull this till the
next meeting?
MS. CURLEY: Well, he said he got all the little signatures.
What about the big signatures?
MR. CATHEY: Like I said --
MR. LETOURNEAU: Well, I mean, the operational cost hasn't
been paid. I would -- the county would rather have --
MR. CATHEY: The previous cost was paid.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Oh, my bad.
MR. LEFEBVRE: It says --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It says that the --
MR. LETOURNEAU: Have not been paid, it says on there.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It says has been paid on mine.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Okay. All right. Then I've got an old
one here. I'd rather -- I mean, I'd rather we had this gentleman ask
for an extension or, you know, that -- rather than pull it at this point.
MR. BLAKE: Can I ask -- well, no. I guess I've got to ask
somebody else. But it's five inches. I have to raise -- an A/C unit
that was on the ground that is now here, I have to pay $800 to raise it
five more inches.
MS. CURLEY: You're talking to the wrong people.
MR. BLAKE: Yeah, I understand that.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Put yeast in it.
MS. CURLEY: So, you -- so you knew that there was
something pending on this, then?
MR. BLAKE: On October 7th, I got this letter.
October 9th -- 8th, 9th, and 12th I tried to get ahold of Helen, because
that's the only phone number on this letter.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Was this an owner/builder, a permit, or
a contractor? Right here.
MR. BLAKE: I --
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MR. LETOURNEAU: Did you have somebody pull the permit
for you?
MR. BLAKE: Yes, I had somebody pull the permit for --
MR. LETOURNEAU: Okay. Then that would probably be
your contractor's --
MR. BLAKE: That was the first issue I found out going
through the whole issue of why I couldn't get any inspections was I
made the mistake of not getting a general contractor.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Let me just -- let me iron all this
out.
MR. LETOURNEAU: The county would not object for any
kind of an extension at this point.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. LETOURNEAU: Or whatever -- the one where the fine
keeps running.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Where we are now is we can't
waive the fines on a violation that has not been abated.
MR. WHITE: Correct.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: So what the county has said and
what a good thing for you to do would be to request that this -- you
have a continuance on this to our next meeting, and at that time, you
can get all your elevations and all the rest of that done. And when
you come back to the Board, that line that says the violation has not
been abated will say it has been abated, and I'm sure the Board would
look favorably at that. So, you want to try asking for that?
MR. LETOURNEAU: We wouldn't be adverse to the January
hearing at this point. I think it might take a little bit more time than
a month.
MR. BLAKE: It will take me about a month; it's the $800 that
upsets me for five inches.
MS. CURLEY: Well, maybe it was installed wrong.
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MR. BLAKE: If someone can explain that for me.
MR. LETOURNEAU: I would say it probably has something
to do with the FEMA flood issues.
MR. CATHEY: I believe so.
MR. BLAKE: It doesn't -- right, I'm sorry.
MS. CURLEY: So, whoever did it, have them come back and
do it right.
MR. BLAKE: I'll pay the $800 and take care of all the money.
I'll pay somebody else. Okay. I need the abatement, whatever.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You're asking for this to be
continued until our January meeting?
MR. BLAKE: I need -- I'm asking for this to be continued until
the January meeting.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Did you just pull it?
MR. LETOURNEAU: No, I did not pull it.
MR. LEFEBVRE: I'm sorry.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. ELROD: And then you can come back and ask for the
fines to be waived.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And then you can come back --
MS. CURLEY: Come back with the big signatures.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Yeah, which is not much to ask to
abate a fine, at that time, probably 25,000 --
MR. BLAKE: Yeah, you're right.
MR. LEFEBVRE: I make a motion to continue this until our
January meeting.
MS. CURLEY: 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.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Okay. January, come back here, and this paper should say it's
been abated, and then we can do the right thing.
MR. CATHEY: Thank you.
MR. LEFEBVRE: You're welcome.
MS. CURLEY: You're welcome.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item, we are going back to motions,
under hearings, No. 7, CEPM20200006626, Johnson Pharisien.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: This is under hearings, No. 7?
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes, sir.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. JOHNSON: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Let me get myself in the right
place. Hearings under 7, I have Castro.
MR. LEFEBVRE: No.
MS. CURLEY: V.D.7 on your screen.
MS. BUCHILLON: Under hearings.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Not imposition. Actual cases to be heard.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Number 8 is the same respondent, but he
abated that, it appears, so it was withdrawn.
MS. BUCHILLON: Yes.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: This is Johnson, okay. Holly
Avenue.
MR. WHITE: Yes, sir.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Let the record show that the
respondent is not present.
MS. BUCHILLON: Respondent was notified certified mail and
regular mail on October 5th and was also posted at the property and
courthouse October 1st.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. John, you want to present
your case?
MR. JOHNSON: Yes, thank you. For the record, John
Johnson, Collier County Code Enforcement.
This is in reference to Case No. CEPM20200006626 dealing
with a violation of Collier County's Code of Laws and Ordinances,
Chapter 22, Article VI, Section 22-236 dealing with property
maintenance standards for repair or demolition of hazardous
buildings by the county. Specifically, the remaining structure on this
property was found to be dangerous and unsuitable for the safe
occupancy of its intended use.
The property is located at 2617 Holly Avenue, Naples, Florida,
34112. Folio No. 50890640002.
Service was given on July 23rd, 2020.
I would now like to present case evidence in the following
exhibits: Property information from -- you have to -- am I allowed
to do this?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We don't have to ask anybody.
They're not here. You just tell us what you have, then we make a
motion to accept it.
MR. JOHNSON: Okay. I've got property information from
the Collier County Property Appraiser. I have aerial images from
the Collier County Property Appraiser, two photos taken by me, and I
have a copy of the declaration of dangerous building determination
from Chief Building Official Jonathan Walsh issued on July 16,
2020.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Could we get a motion
from the Board to accept this documentation?
MS. ELROD: Motion to accept the photos.
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.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MR. JOHNSON: Okay. Again, I mentioned this is Holly
Avenue. I think we're all familiar in that. This board actually heard
a case on this property a few months back.
It's a -- it was a mobile home on the property that was
repossessed. That is now gone. There are the photos. And then
the last piece of evidence that we'll reference in my testimony is the
dangerous building determination.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: What's wrong with the building?
MR. JOHNSON: It is -- it's --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Never mind. I was being funny.
MS. CURLEY: Is there two structures on this property?
MR. JOHNSON: That's a great question. There's a piece of an
old mobile home, a piece of what might have been a garage or a
lanai, and behind that is an old metal rotting shed.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Is that the mailbox out
front, too?
MR. JOHNSON: The mailbox was down. It's actually now
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back -- well, it was knocked down. Now it's back up, but that's the
building.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: The building is unoccupied?
MS. CURLEY: It doesn't look it. It looks like somebody's
having coffee right there.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: That was John.
MR. JOHNSON: It is supposed to be unoccupied.
Occasionally there is a bicycle there. The owner of record
occasionally shows up there. Occasionally the Sheriff's Office is
called in there.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Have you had a discussion with the
owner of the property?
MR. JOHNSON: I have not spoken to him in -- regarding this
dangerous structure. No, I've not spoken to him. I've spoken to him
in the past.
MS. CURLEY: Can you just scroll through the pictures one
more time.
MR. LEFEBVRE: And when was this first observed?
MR. JOHNSON: I'd have to look at the case. The service
given on July 23rd of 2020.
MR. LETOURNEAU: So, John, in this aerial right here, what
building are we looking at that's in your picture that has this right
here as far as the aerial goes?
MR. JOHNSON: That's a very good question.
This is a mobile home that was repossessed, taken away. So
what Jeff is asking is right in here, and then there's a little metal thing
here, but it's this -- hello. It's this building -- or this thing that you
saw is right here.
MS. CURLEY: Was that a real building, or was that also a
mobile home?
MR. JOHNSON: It was part of a mobile.
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MS. CURLEY: Like an addition?
MR. JOHNSON: I think it was kind of lopped off when the
new one came in, but I don't know.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Well, anybody want to
make a motion whether a violation exists?
MR. LEFEBVRE: Make a motion a violation exists.
MS. ELROD: 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.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Do you have a suggestion for us?
MR. JOHNSON: I do.
That the Code Enforcement Board orders the respondent to pay
all operational costs in the amount of $59.21 incurred in the
prosecution of this case within 30 days and abate all violations by:
No. 1, obtaining all required Collier County building or
demolition permits, inspections, and certificate of
completion/occupancy for the identified dangerous structures within
blank number of days of this hearing, or a fine of blank dollars per
day will be imposed until the violation is abated;
Number 2, the respondent must notify the code enforcement
investigator when the violation has been abate d 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
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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 want to try
filling in the blanks?
MR. LEFEBVRE: My motion states that 59.21 in operational
costs will be paid within 30 days; abate the issue within 30 days, or a
fine of $350 a day.
MS. CURLEY: 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.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Thank you, John.
MR. JOHNSON: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We're running out of people,
Helen.
MS. BUCHILLON: We're going back to old business, motion
for imposition of fines, No. 3. CESD20180002267, Joseph Costa,
Jr., and Charles Beauregard. There's a letter in there also requesting
the fines to be waived.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
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MR. MUCHA: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay, Joe. Why don't you tell us
a little bit.
MR. MUCHA: For the record, Joe Mucha, Collier County
Code Enforcement.
You want me to read this, or do you just want to know about the
case?
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Why don't you just give us a
quickie off-the-top-of-your-head summary.
MR. MUCHA: Yeah. I mean, the gentleman, Mr. Beauregard,
he's been working with us. I mean, it just took a little bit of extra
time. He was busy. He does -- during season he's, like, a golf pro
at one of the country clubs here. And I just know it took a little bit
of extra time, but he finally got everything done. But he was always
in touch with me.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. He wrote quite a letter.
MS. CURLEY: He did include everything. I remember him
once we got to the -- I remember the golfing aspect of it. Seasonal.
MR. MUCHA: Yep.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: I make a motion to deny the county's fines of
$64,800 including the operational costs for today's hearing of 59.84,
for a total of 64,859.84.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. We have a motion.
MS. ELROD: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And we have a second. All those
in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
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MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Thank you, Joe.
MR. MUCHA: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Mr. Beauregard thanks you, too.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next on the agenda, No. 5,
CESD20180010414, Thomas A. Gray and Carla Fingar.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. MUCHA: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: You get back quickly. Okay.
MR. MUCHA: For the record, Joe Mucha, Collier County
Code Enforcement. This is one that we were waiting on -- it was
done a while back, but it needed an elevation certificate, kind of like
the gentleman that was just up there, and he finally was able to get
that resolved, so -- but it was -- it had been done for quite a while. It
was just getting that portion of it resolved, so...
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Any discussion from the
Board? Any motions?
MS. ELROD: I'll make a motion to deny the county the
imposition of fines, 17,459.35.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
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.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
MR. MUCHA: Thank you.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item, No. 6, CEOCC20190008179,
Crispin Trujullio.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MS. PULSE: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I see that the violation has not been
abated and the previous assessed operational costs have not been
paid; is that correct?
MS. PULSE: As of yesterday, when I checked, they had not
been paid.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. This was prohibited
business activity. What kind of business was this?
MS. PULSE: For the record, Dee Pulse, Collier County Code
Enforcement investigator.
At one time he had several businesses. It appeared a painting
business, renovation business, lawn care business. So, there was -- I
believe he was just using his property for people to store their
vehicles there and come in the morning and leave, go to work, and
then they came back and left their vehicles.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Is he living at Green Boulevard
there?
MS. PULSE: Yes, he is.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay.
MS. CURLEY: Is it a big piece of land? Is it, like, in the
Estates?
MS. PULSE: Uh-huh.
MS. CURLEY: So, he's still doing that?
MS. PULSE: He managed to stop the painting businesses.
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The renovation business I have not seen. Basically, I've just seen
lawn care now. So, it's diminished quite a lot, but it still is
occurring.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Anybody like to make a
motion on this?
MR. LEFEBVRE: Does she have to read this in or no?
MS. CURLEY: It's not been -- so it says -- am I on the right
one?
MR. LEFEBVRE: Yeah.
MS. CURLEY: Has not been abated?
MS. PULSE: It is not abated.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Has not been abated, and the
operational costs have not been paid. So, read it in, and we can go
from there.
MS. PULSE: A portion of it did get abated. He did obtain his
business tax receipt for a lawn care business, but there's still people
coming to the property and leaving with lawn care commercial
vehicles.
MS. CURLEY: I'll make a motion to --
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Hold on.
MR. LETOURNEAU: We'd like to read it into the record.
(Simultaneous crosstalk.)
MS. PULSE: Yes. Okay.
Violation of Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances,
Chapter 126, Article IV, Section 126-11(b) and Collier County Land
Development Code 04-41, as amended, Sections 5.03.02, 5.02.03(C),
5.02.03(E) -- is that an E? Oh -- and 5.02.03(J).
Location is 4825 Green Boulevard, Naples, Florida; Folio
38398960002.
Description of the violation was prohibited business activity:
Observed employees coming to and leaving property. No business
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tax receipt for business operation.
Past order, on July 23rd, 2020, 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 violations. See the attached order of the
Board, OR5830, Page 2397, for more information.
The violation has not been abated as of October 23rd, 2020.
Fines and costs to date are as follows: Number 3 on the
stipulation, cease and desist. Fines have occurred -- accrued at a rate
of $150 per day for the period from August 23rd, 2020, to
October 23rd, 2020, 62 days, for a total fine amount of $9,300.
Fines continue to accrue.
Previously assessed operational costs of $59.28 have not been
paid. Operational costs for today's hearing, $59.35. The total
amount of $9,418.63.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Anyone want to make a
motion on this?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: I'll make a motion we impose the
fine.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion and a second to
impose the fine. All those in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
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MS. PULSE: Thank you.
MS. BUCHILLON: Next item, No. 12, CESD20180015605,
Michael J. Riccio and Regina A. Riccio.
(The speaker was duly sworn and indicated in the affirmative.)
MR. MUCHA: I do.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. This is a staircase leading
to the second floor. It has been abated.
MR. MUCHA: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Anything else we should know
about this?
MR. MUCHA: No, no. I think everything's pretty
straightforward, as they put in the letter, so -- I mean, they stayed in
touch with us, and...
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. Has -- I was looking in the
letter to see if I find anything asking that it be abated.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Waived.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Pardon?
MR. LEFEBVRE: It says we'd like to have the daily fine
waived.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. I guess he means the entire
amount.
Anybody want to make a motion on this?
MS. ELROD: I'll make a motion to deny the county imposition
of fines.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: We have a motion.
MR. DOINO: Second.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: And we have a second. All those
in favor?
MS. ELROD: Aye.
MS. CURLEY: Aye.
MR. DOINO: Aye.
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CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Aye.
MR. LEFEBVRE: Aye.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: It carries unanimously.
Thanks, Joe.
MR. MUCHA: Thank you.
MS. BUCHILLON: The last order is to rescind that order that I
added to the agenda.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Okay. And we already took care
of that. Okay. It looks like we are done. The next meeting is?
MS. BUCHILLON: November 20th.
CHAIRMAN KAUFMAN: Close to Thanksgiving, okay. We
are adjourned.
*****
October 23, 2020
There being no further business for the good of the County, the
meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 11 :20 a.m.
CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
RI~fwRT KAUFI A 6 AIRMAN
These minutes approved by the Board on q-_ a4 as
presented ?( or as corrected
TRANSCRIPT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF FORT MYERS
COURT REPORTING BY TERRI LEWIS, FPR, COURT
REPORTER AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
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