HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrders_Code Enforcement_01/28/2016_MGA Tequesta LLC CODE COMPLIANCE ORDER
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
ORDER GRANTING FINE REDUCTION
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
Petitioner,
Case No. 2015 -00118
VS.
MGA TEQUESTA LLC,
Respondent.
RE: Violation of Chapter 30, Article II, Section 30 -33, Chapter 78 Article IX Section 79-
397 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
Address: 3774 County Line Road
Tequesta, Florida 33469
Legal Description: 30 -40 -43 W 50 FT OF E 150 FT OF S 280 FT OF N 330
FT OF NW 1 /40F NW 1 /4
PCN: 60- 43- 40- 30 -00- 000 -3050
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 January 29, 2016, and based on the
evidence and testimony presented, enters an Order Granting Fine Reduction. The following
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order are hereby entered:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. Based upon the December 2, 2015 hearing and "Order Assessing Fine" for above -
referenced case number, the Special Magistrate assessed a fine in the amount of three
thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600.00). The fine continued to run until it reached an
amount of $4,200.00.
2. The Respondent requested a hearing seeking mitigation of the lien amount assessed. The
Respondent was represented at the hearing by James Garland. Chris Haine was also
present at the hearing.
3. As of the December 9, 2015, the property was no longer in violation of sections 30 -33,
79 -397, and 303.2 (IPMC) of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Tequesta.
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CONCLUSION OF LAW AND ORDER
It is the Order of the Village of Tequesta Special Magistrate that the penalty amount
previously imposed be reduced from $4,200.00 to $420.00 The Respondent is hereby ordered to
pay this mitigated fine amount by February 27, 2016 (thirty days from the date of the hearing),
or the original penalty amount of $4,200.00 will automatically be reinstated as a penalty. The
Village's administrative costs were previously paid in full by the Respondent.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 2&' day of January, 2016.
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
CODE COMPLIANCE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE
BY: 1 1 -
KEVIN WAGNER, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE
Filed with Village Clerk
Date: t—
By: (LL M&i0i
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