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VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
ORDER FINDING REPEAT VIOLATION AND ASSESSING FINE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
Petitioner,
VS.
Case No. E200082
MILLER ROBERT M
MILLER ROBERT M TR
ROBERT MILLER TR TITL HLDR,
Respondents.
RE: Violation of Chapter 30, Article 11, Section 30-33 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of
Tequesta.
Address: 80 Willow Road
Tequesta, FL 33469
Legal Description: RIDGEWOOD HOMES SEC 2, LOT 76
PCN: 60-43-40-30-06-000-0760
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 the 14" day of July, 2020, and based on the evidence and testimony
presented, enters an Order Finding Repeat Violation and Assessing Fine. The following Findings of Fact,
Conclusions of Law and Order are hereby entered:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Respondents are the owners of the above -described property.
2. The Respondents were represented by Robert Miller at the hearing; there was also a
finding of proper notice.
3. Code Compliance Officer Michael Filipkowski provided testimony and evidence of the
violation, as contained in the Village's evidentiary case file which was accepted into evidence.
4. Based upon evidence and testimony presented at the hearing on July 14, 2020, the Special
Magistrate finds that the property was in violation of Section 30-33 of the Code of Ordinances of the
Village of Tequesta from June 5, 2020 through July 1, 2020, for a period of twenty-six (26) days.
5. This is a repeat violation of the same Village Code section from an "Order Finding
Violation" dated August 21, 2017 (Case No. 2017-00190).
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
Based on the above -stated facts, Respondents are in repeat violation of Chapter 30, Article 11,
Section 30-33 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
ORDER
It is the Order of the Special Magistrate that a Fine of Three Hundred Ninety Dollars ($390.00) is
hereby assessed at a daily amount of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per day for the repeat violation which
existed on the property from June 5, 2020 through July 1, 2020, a period of twenty-six (26) days.
Respondents are also assessed the Village's administrative costs in the amount of $192.80.
Should you violate the same Village Code section 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.
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 Respondents, pursuant to Chapter 162, Florida
Statutes.
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 July, 2020.
Filed with Village Clerk
Date: - Le -
By: t2 -
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
CODE COMPL PECIAL GISTRATE
AGNER, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE
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