HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrders_Code Enforcement_1/10/2024_E230089_Gregory Nelson and Michelle DeSilva CODE COMPLIANCE ORDER
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
ORDER ASSESSING FINE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, Case No. E230089
Petitioner,
vs.
GREGORY C NELSON &
MICHELLE L DeSILVA,
Respondents.
RE: Violation of Chapter 30, Article 11, 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 101h day of January
2024, and based on the evidence and testimony presented, enters this Order Assessing Fine. The
following Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order are hereby entered:
FINDINGS OF FACT
l. 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.
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.
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4. By the "Order Finding Violation" dated November 6`h, 2023, the Special
Magistrate ordered the Respondents to comply with Violation of Chapter 30,
Article II, Section 30-33 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta by
November 201h, 2023.
4. Based upon the evidence, pictures, and testimony presented at the hearing on
January 101, 2023, the property obtained compliance with Violation of Chapter
30, Article 11, Section 30-33 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta
as of January 10t4, 2024.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The property is now in compliance with Violation of Chapter 30, Article II, 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 twelve hundred seventy-five dollars
($1275.00) be assessed against the property, at twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day, for
the violations that existed on the property beginning from November 2011, 2023, through the
compliance date of January 1 Oth, 2024, a period of fifty-one (51) days.
The Respondents have hereby assessed one hundred ninety-seven dollars and ten cents
($197.10) for administrative costs incurred by the Village for the January 1011, 2024, magistrate
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 with 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 1011 day of January 2024.
VILLAGE OF TE
CODE COM A E SP 1 GISTRATE
B
KE IN W NER, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE
Filed with Village Clerk
Date: i 2-
By.
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