HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrders_Code Enforcement_01/12/2021_Branch Banking and TrustCODE COMPLIANCE ORDER
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
Petitioner,
vs.
ORDER FINDING VIOLATION
Case No. E200160
BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST
COMPANY,
Respondent.
RE: Violation of Chapter 2, Article IV, Section 2-154, Chapter 2, Article IV, Section 2-181,
Chapter 78, Article IX, Section 78-399, Chapter 78, Article IX, Section 78-400, Chapter
78, Article IX, Section 78-404, and Chapter 78, Article IX, Section 78-406 of the Code of
Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
Address: 101 N US Highway 1
Tequesta, Florida 33469
Legal Description: TEQUESTA AT WATERWAY LT 1
PCN: 60-43-40-30-62-000-0010
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, he, testimony at
the Code Compliance Special Magistrate Hearing held on the 12'h day of January, 2021, and
based on the evidence and testimony presented, enters an Order Finding Violation. 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. The Respondent was not present at the hearing; however, there was a finding
of proper notice.
3. Code Enforcement Officer Michael Filipkowski provided testimony and evidence
of the violation, as contained in the Village's evidentiary case file which was accepted into
evidence without objection.
4. The Village of Tequesta's Landscape Architect Steve Parker also provided
testimony and evidence of the violation.
5. As of the hearing on January 12, 2021, based on the testimony and evidence
presented by Code Enforcement Officer Michael Filipkowski and Landscape Architect Steve
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Parker, the property was not in compliance with Sections 2-154, 2-181, 78-399, 78-400, 78-404,
and 78-406 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The above -stated facts constitute a violation of Sections 2-154, 2-181, 78-399, 78-
400, 78-404, and 78-406 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
ORDER
The Respondent is hereby ordered to comply with Sections 2-154, 2-181, 78-399, 78-400,
78-404, and 78-406 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta on or before March 2,
2021. If the Respondent fails to achieve compliance on or before March 2, 2021, a daily Fine of
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per day may be imposed for each day the violation continues to exist.
The Respondent is further ordered to appear at the Status/Fine Assessment Hearing which
will be held on the 9" day of March, 2021 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 Respondent is also assessed Two Hundred Fourteen Dollars and Eighty Cents
($214.80) for administrative costs incurred by the Village for the January 12, 2021 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
Respondent to contact the Code Compliance Division at (561) 768-0519 to request a
reinspection of the property.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS _96— day of January, 2021.
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
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