HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrders_Code Enforcement_3/14/2023_E220246_Boomhower Gregory & JillCODE COMPLIANCE ORDER
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
ORDER FINDING VIOLATION
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, Case No. E220246
Petitioner,
vs.
BOOMHOWER GREGORY & BOOMHOWER JILL,
Respondents.
RE: Violation of Chapter 14, Article II, Section 14-31, Chapter 14, Article I, Section 14-6, of
the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta and Section 105.1 of the Florida
Building Code (Seventh Edition).
Address: 1 Pine Hill Trail W
Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273
Legal Description: TEQUESTA PINES LT 86 (LESS NELY TRUE PAR IN
OR7868P892
PCN: 60-42-40-25-25-000-0861
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 14" day of March
2023, 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 Respondents are the owners of the above -described property.
2. The Respondents were present at the hearing; there was a finding
of proper notice.
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3. Code Officer Latoya Thompson provided testimony and evidence of the violation,
as contained in the Village's evidentiary case file which was accepted into
evidence without objection.
4. Based upon the evidence, pictures, and testimony presented at the hearing on
March 141, 2023, the property was not in compliance with sections 14-31, 14-6,
and 105.1 of the Tequesta Code of Ordinances and Florida Building Code.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The above -stated facts constitute a continuing violation of Sections 14-31, 14-6, and
105.1 of the Village of Tequesta code of ordinances and the Florida Building Code (Seventh
Edition).
ORDER
The Respondents are hereby ordered to comply with sections 14-31, 14-6, and 105.1 of
the Tequesta Code of Ordinance and the Florida Building Code by May 9", 2023. If the
respondents fail to achieve compliance by the May 9", 2023, hearing date, a daily fine of twenty-
five dollars ($25.00) per day shall be assessed against the property for each day the violation
continues to exist.
Administrative costs incurred by the Village for the March 14111, 2022 hearing are hereby
reserved.
The Respondents are further ordered to appear at the Fine Assessment Hearing/Status
Hearing which will be held on the 9`° day of May, 2023 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.
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
reinspection of the property.
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DONE AND ORDERED THIS 14", day of March, 2023.
Filed with Villa e Clerk
Date: 17 "a -
By:
SEAL
INCORPORATED
VILLAGE OF TE UES
CODE COSPECIA AGISTRATE
V IN WAPNER. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE
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