HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrders_Code Enforcement_01/30/2013_Vincente Ortiz CODE COMPLIANCE ORDER
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
ORDER FINDING VIOLATION AND PERMITTING
CONTINUING VILLAGE ABATEMENT
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
Petitioner,
Case No. 2013 - 000014
VS.
VICENTE ORTIZ,
Respondent.
RE: Violation of Chapter 30 Article It Section 30 -33 and Chapter 78 Article IX Section 78-
585 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta; Violation of International
Property Maintenance Code Sections 302, 302.1, 302.7, 302.7.2, 302.9, 303, 303.1,
303.2, 303.13, 303.15, 305, and 305.1.
Address: 590 N. Dover Road
Tequesta, Florida 33469
Legal Description: JUPITER IN THE PINES SEC B E 20 FT OF LT 30 ALL
LT 31 BLK 16
PCN: 60- 42- 40- 25 -06- 016 -0300
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 30 day of January, 2013, and based on
the evidence and testimony presented, entered an . Order Finding Violation and Permitting
Continuing Village Abatement. The following Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order
are hereby entered:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Respondent, Vicente Ortiz, 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 Joe Petrick provided testimony and evidence of the
violation, as contained in the Village's evidentiary case file which was accepted into evidence.
4. As of the hearing on January 30, 2013, and based on the testimony and other
evidence presented by the Code Enforcement Officer, the Special Magistrate finds that the
property is in violation of Section 30 -33 and Section 78 -585 of tl}e Code of Ordinances of the
Village of Tequesta, and that the property is in violation of International Property Maintenance
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Code Sections 302, 302.1, 302.7, 302.7.2, 302.9, 303, 303.1, 303.2, 303.13, 303.15, 305, and
305.1. Such violations represent a serious threat to the health, safety and welfare of the Village
residents due to the presence of conditions such as improper sanitation, broken windows and
doors, garbage, rubbish and debris and the lack of pool maintenance and security.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The above - stated facts constitute a violation of Section 30 -33 and Section 78 -585 of the
Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta; and International Property Maintenance Code
Sections 302, 302.1, 302.7, 302.7.2, 302.9, 303, 303.1, 303.2, 303.13, 303.15, 305, and 305.1.
ORDER
It is hereby ordered by the Special Magistrate that the Village may abate the violations of
Section 30 -33 and Section 78 -585 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta; and the
violations of International Property Maintenance Code Sections 302, 302.1, 302.7, 302.7.2,
302.9, 303, 303.1, 303.2, 303.13, 303.15, 305, and 305.1., by taking reasonable actions to
alleviate the dangerous conditions on the property pursuant to the legislative authority granted to
the Village by Section 162.09, Florida Statutes. Such abatement action by the Village shall in no
way create a continuing obligation or any present or future liability for any damage to the
property that may result from such good faith attempts to abate the violations. Additionally, the
Village may continue to abate the nuisance in the future whenever the conditions on the property
again violate the Village Code as documented in the code enforcement files for the property.
Please take notice that you must appear at the Fine Assessment Hearing for the Village's
Abatement Costs, which will be held on the 28 day of February, 2013 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.
Upon complying in any code compliance matter, it is always the responsibility of the
Respondents to contact the Code Compliance Division at (561) 768 -0506 to request a
reinspection of the property.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS day of January, 2
VILLAGE OF
CODE CONIFLIANCE SPE AL AG RATE
BYE
KEVIN WAGNER," °SPECIA
Filed with Villa Re Clerk
Date: J IYD 2013
By:
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