HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrders_Code Enforcement_11/6/2023_E230089_Greogry Nelson and Michelle DeSilva CODE COMPLIANCE ORDER
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
ORDER FINDING VIOLATION
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, Case No. E230089
Petitioner,
VS. FILED, Village of TequesM
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GREGORY C NELSON &
MICHELLE L DeSILVA,
Respondents.
RE: Violation of Chapter 30, Article II, Section 30-33 of the Code of Ordinances of the
Village of Tequesta.
Address: 454 Dover Road
Tequesta, Florida 33469
Legal Description: JUPITER IN THE PINES SEC B LT 17 BLK 15
PCN: 60-42-40-25-06-015-0170
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 Special Magistrate Hearing held on the 611 day of November
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 not 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
November 61h, 2023, the property was not in compliance with Chapter 30, Article
11, Section 30-33 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The above-stated facts constitute a continuing violation of Chapter 30, Article 11, Section
30-33 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
ORDER
The Respondents are hereby ordered to comply with Chapter 30, Article II, Section 30-33
of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta by November 20th, 2023. If the
respondents fail to achieve compliance by November 20", 2023, a daily fine of twenty-
five dollars ($25.00) per day shall be accessed against the property for each day the
violation continues to exist.
Administrative costs incurred by the Village for the November 611, 2023, hearing are
hereby awarded in the amount of two-hundred eight dollars and twenty cents ($208.20).
The Respondents are further ordered to appear at the Fine Assessment Hearing/Status
Hearing which will be held on the 10" day of January, 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) 768-0458 to request a
reinspection of the property.
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DONE AND ORDERED THIS 611 day of November, 2023.
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
CODE CONJ . -1A E SPECIAL MAGISTRATE
BY:
KE 1N WAGNER, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE
Filed with Village Clerk
Date:
By:
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