HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrders_Code Enforcement_11/12/2019_E190098_Thomas and Deanna HansenCODE COMPLIANCE ORDER
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
ORDER GRANTING CONTINUANCE AND SETTING FINE ASSESSMENT HEARING
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
Petitioner,
VS.
Case No. E190098
THOMAS HANSEN AND DEANNA HANSEN,
Respondents.
RE: Violation of Chapter 46, Article III, Section 46-73 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village
of Tequesta.
Address: 538 N. Dover Road
Tequesta, Florida 33469
Legal Description: JUPITER IN THE PINES SEC B IT 17 BLK 16
PCN: 60-42-40-25-06-016-0170
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 Hearing held on November 12, 2019, and based on the evidence and testimony
presented, enters an Order Granting Continuance and Setting Fine Assessment Hearing. The following
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order are hereby entered:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Respondents are owners of the above -described property.
2. The Respondents were not present at the hearing; however, there was also a finding that
proper notice was given to the property owners of the violation and of the hearing.
3. By the "Order Finding Repeat Violation and Assessing Costs" dated October 9, 2019, the
Special Magistrate ordered the Respondents to comply with Section 46-73 on or before
October 11, 2019.
4. Based upon the evidence and testimony presented at the hearing on November 12, 2019,
the Special Magistrate finds that the property was in violation of Section 46-73 of the
Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
Based on the above -stated facts, Respondents are in violation of Chapter 46, Article 111,
Section 46-73 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
ORDER
It is the Order of the Special Magistrate that this matter be continued. The Respondents are
hereby ordered to comply with Section 46-73 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta on
or before November 19, 2019. If the Respondents fail to achieve compliance on or before November
19, 2019, a daily fine of Twenty -Five Dollars ($25.00) per day may be imposed for each day the
violation continues to exist.
Please take notice that you must appear at the Fine Assessment Hearing which will be held on
the 14" day of January, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Village Hall, Council Chambers, 345 Tequesta Drive,
Tequesta, Florida 33469, unless the Code Enforcement Officer certifies that you have timely brought
your property into compliance.
The Special Magistrate also reaffirms that Respondents shall be assessed $193.80 in
administrative costs for the October 8, 2019 hearing.
Should you violate the same Section of the Code again, you may be subject to a fine of up to
five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day for such repeat violation. Additionally, the Code Inspector is
not required to give a reasonable time to correct the repeat violation and the case may be presented to
the Special Magistrate even if the repeat violation has been corrected prior to the Special Magistrate
hearing.
Upon complying in any code compliance matter, it is always the responsibility of the
Respondents to contact the Code Compliance Division at (561) 768-0519 to request a re -
inspection of the property.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS day of November, 2019.
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
CODE COMPLIANCE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE
BY:
KE AG IAL MAGISTRATE
Filed with Village Clerk
Date: 'I /
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