HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrders_Code Enforcement_12/12/2013_Alice Stark CODE COMPLIANCE ORDER
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
ORDER FINDING REPEAT VIOLATION AND ASSESSING FINE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
Petitioner,
Case No. 2013-00085
VS.
ALICE STARK,
Respondent.
RE: Violation of Chapter 78 Article IX Section 789 -644 of the Code of Ordinances of the
Village of Tequesta.
Address: 116 Golfview Drive
Tequesta, Florida 33469
Legal Description: TEQUESTA LOT 318
PCN: 60- 42- 40- 26 -01- 000 -3180
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 12 day of December, 2013, and based on
the evidence and testimony presented, entered an Order Finding Repeat Violation and Assessing
Fine. The following Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order are hereby entered:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Respondent is the owner of the above- described property.
2. The Respondent was not present at the hearing, but was represented by Terry
Stark. There was a finding of proper notice.
3. Code Enforcement Officer Joe Petrick testified to the existence of the repeat
violation which lasted for three (3) days, and previous violations of the same code section which
occurred within the past five (5) years, and presented photographs of the violation as contained in
the evidentiary case file. Terry Stark testified and acknowledged the violation.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
Based on the above- stated facts, Respondent is in repeat violation of Chapter 78 Article IX
Section 789 -644 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
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ORDER
It is the Order of the Special Magistrate that a Fine of One Hundred Fifty Dollars
($150.00) is hereby assessed ($50.00 for each of the three days that the violation remained on the
subject property). Respondent also is assessed the Village's administrative costs in the amount of
$192.11.
Should you violate the same Section of the Code again, you may be subject to additional
fines 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.
Should a dispute arise concerning compliance, either party may request a hearing before
the Code Enforcement Special Magistrate on the issue of compliance only.
Upon complying in any code compliance matter, it is always the responsibility of the
Respondent to contact the Code Compliance Division at (561) 768 -0506 to request a re-
inspection of the property.
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 Respondent, pursuant to
Chapter 162, Florida Statutes.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 2 � day of December, 2013.
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
CODE CO C EC MAGISTRATE
BY:
-V�AG R, S CIAL MAGISTRATE
Filed with Villa e Clerk
Date: / / 3
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