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VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
ORDER ASSESSING FINE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
Petitioner,
Case No. 2013 -00035
VS.
KAY- LYNETTE ROCA,
Respondent.
RE: Violation of Chapter 30 Article IV Section 30 -113 of the Code of Ordinances of the
Village of Tequesta.
Address: 285 Golfview Drive
Tequesta, Florida 33469
Legal Description: TEQUESTA LT 384
PCN: 6042- 40- 26 -01- 000 -3840
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 27 day of June, 2013
and based on the evidence and testimony presented, entered an Order Assessing Fine. The
following Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order are hereby entered:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Respondent, Kay- Lynette Roca, was not present at the hearing; however,
there was a finding of proper notice.
2. By "Order Finding Violation and Permitting Village Abatement" dated May,
2013, the Special Magistrate found health, safety and welfare violations of
Section 30 -113 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta. The
Special Magistrate ordered the Respondent to comply with Section 30 -113 on or
before June 7, 2013, or be subject to a fine. If Respondent failed to achieve
compliance within that time frame, the Special Magistrate ordered that the Village
could abate these violations. The Order also provided that the Village could
request that the costs of any abatement action be assessed against the property at a
later date.
3. Based upon the evidence and testimony presented at the hearing on June 27, 2013,
the Special Magistrate found that the Village had abated the violations so that the
property now is in compliance with Section 30 -113.
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CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The above - stated facts constitute a violation of Section 30 -113 of the Code of Ordinances
of the Village of Tequesta.
ORDER
It is the Order of the Special Magistrate that a Fine of $600.00 is hereby assessed at One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per day, for the violations which existed on the property from June 8,
2013 through June 14, 2013, a period of six (6) days. It further is the Order of the Special
Magistrate that Respondent shall be assessed $200.00 in abatement costs and $189.84 in
administrative costs for the June 27, 2013 hearing. The Special Magistrate also reaffirms that
Respondent shall be assessed $200.68 in administrative costs for the May 23, 2013 hearing.
Respondent's total fine is $1,190.52.
A certified copy of this Order may be recorded in the Public Records of Palm Beach
County, Florida, and, once recorded, shall constitute a lien against the property upon which the
violation exits and upon any other real or personal property owned by the Respondents, pursuant
to Chapter 162, Florida Statutes.
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 12 day of July, 2013.
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
CODE COMPLI4110E IAL MA STRATE
BY:
KEVIN WAG R, SPECIAL ISTRATE
Filed with Village Clerk
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