HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrders_Code Enforcement_09/25/2018_E180050_Donald Blauvelt CODE COMPLIANCE ORDER
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
ORDER ASSESSING FINE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, Case No. E180050
Petitioner,
�s. FILED: Vill��e of Tequest�
Date: ��
DONALD BLAUVELT, Time: ��'3°`}""
Respondent.
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RE: Violation of Sections 302.7, 302.7.1, 302.7.2, 303.2, 305.1 and 302.8 of the IPMC per
Section 14121 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
Address: 83 Golfview Drive
Tequesta, Florida 33469
Legal Description: TEQUESTA LT 345
PCN: 60-42-40-26-01-000-3450
The Special Magistrate appointed by the Village Council to hear code compliance cases
for the Village of Tequesta, in accordance with Chapter 162, Florida Statutes, has heard
testimony at the Code Compliance Special Magistrate Hearing held on the 25�' day of September,
2018 and based on the evidence and testimony presented, enters an Order Assessing Fine. The
following Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order are hereby entered:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Respondent is the owner of the above-described property.
2. Respondent was present at the hearing; there was also a finding of proper notice.
3. By the "Order Finding Violation and Permitting Village Abatement" dated May
23, 2018, the Special Magistrate found the Respondent in violation of Sections
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302.7, 302.7.1, 302.7.2, 303.2, 305.1 and 302.8 of the IPMC per Section 14-121
of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta and permitted Village
abatement actions regarding the violations of Sections 302.7, 302.7.1, 302.7.2 and
305.1: The Special Magistrate ordered the Respondent to comply with Sections
3032, 305.1, and 302.8 of the IPMC per Section 14-121 of the Code of
Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta on or before June 25, 2018.
4. Based upon the evidence, pictures and testimony presented at the hearing on
September 25, 2018, the Special Magistrate found that the Village had abated the
nuisance conditions (secured the pool and obstructed access thereto, secured the
fence, and removed the accumulation of vegetation and debris beneath the
downed fence) and that the property was now in compliance with Sections 302.7,
302.7.1, 305.1, and 302.8 of the IPMC per Section 14-121 of the Code of
Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
5. Based upon the evidence, pictures and testimony presented at the hearing on
September 25, 2018, the Special Magistrate found that the property remained in
violation of Sections 302.7.2 and 303.2 of the IPMC per Section 14-121 of the
Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The above-stated facts allow a fine to be assessed against the property based upon the
violations of Sections 302.7, 302.7.1, 302.7.2 and 305.1. of the IPMC per Section 14121 of the
Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta and the Village's actions and costs to abate these
violations. The above-stated facts constitute a continuing violation of Sections 302.7.2 and 303.2
of the IPMC per Section 14-121 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
ORDER
It is the Order of the Special Magistrate that a fine in the amount of Eight Thousand Four
Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars and Fifty-Five Cents ($8,462.55) be assessed against the property
which includes the costs of abatement actions taken by the Village. It is further ordered that a
Fine of Two Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($2,275.00) is hereby assessed, at
Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) per day, for the violations of Sections 302.7.2 and 303.2 of the
IPMC per Section 14-121 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta which have
existed on the property beginning from June 26, 2018 through September 25, 2018, a period of
ninety-one (91) days; and continuing to accrue at Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) per day until
compliance is achieved.
The Respondent also is assessed $200.46 for administrative costs incurred by the Village
for the May 23, 2018 hearing and$190.46 for administrative costs incurred by the Village for the
September 25, 2018 hearing.
A certified copy of this Order may be recorded in the Public Records of Palm Beach
County, Florida, and, once recorded, shall constitute a lien against the property upon which the
violation exists and upon any other real or personal property owned by the Respondent, pursuant
to Chapter 162, Florida Statutes.
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Upon complying in any code compliance matter, it is always the responsibility of the
Respondent to contact the Code Compliance Division at (561) 768-0519 to request a
reinspection of the property.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS�o day of September, 2018.
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
CODE COMPLIANC CIAL MAG TRATE
BY: ' _
KEV W , PEC GISTRATE
Filed with Villa�e Clerk
Date:
By:
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