Special Magistrate - Regular Meeting

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Your Honor, this is Mr. Roger Polk. He's going to be covering for Mr. Rangel today. Okay. The attorney's side.

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All right, Your Honor, it's 2 o'clock. Whenever you're ready, I can hit record.

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Okay. Great. Just two seconds. Okay, good afternoon, everyone. My name is Attorney Regine Monestine. I am the special magistrate for today's hearing. Welcome to North Bay Village's Code Enforcement Hearing. This hearing is conducted pursuant to Chapter 162 of the Florida Statute. Formal rules of evidence shall not apply, but fundamental due process shall be observed and shall govern the proceedings. I will hear testimony from the code inspector and alleged violator that I deem competent and relevant. All witnesses and parties offering testimony must be sworn in. The village will present its case first, including the presentation of photographs, reports and other documents. And the alleged violator will have an opportunity to examine all the documents presented at the hearing, as well as to cross-examine the religious witnesses. At the conclusion of the presentation, I will announce a decision and issue a written order thereafter. If you are found guilty of the violation, you'll be ordered to comply with the code within a certain time. If you do not do so, you may be fined up to $250 per day for the first violation and $500 for repeat violations. If you desire to appeal my order, you may do so by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of courts at Miami-Dade County. You will have 30 days within which to do so. At this time, Madam Clerk, please square everyone in who will be testifying, and then you may call your first case.

Afternoon. Everyone on this call who is giving a testimony, please turn on your cameras and raise your right hand. Everyone, please turn on your cameras.

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So you swear that your testimony will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

I do. I do.

I do. I do. Thank you. Case number 240508, property address 1666 Kennedy Causeway, Unit 206, owner Causeway Tower, LLC, and Juan Cordero, PA. Code section 110.06 of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, operating a business without a business tax receipt, BTR. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Good afternoon, Your Honor. For the record, Orlando Rodriguez, North Bay Village Code Enforcement Director. This case was before you last hearing, May 22nd, in which you ordered the property, obtained their business tax receipt as soon as they could, and for the property to begin accumulating daily fines of $250 per day. And they were also ordered to return back for this hearing for a status report. Since then, Mr. Cordero and the building manager are working on getting the paperwork for their business tax receipt. The only document missing is the fire inspection. So once they have that, we can submit to DERM and they can get the CU approval so we can move forward and issue the license. At this point, Your Honor, our recommendation is for them to comply with this violation as soon as they can. Fines of $250 per day have been running since May 22, 2025. Total 36 days for $9,000. We'd ask for the fines to continue and for the property to return for status report next hearing. Usually, Mr. Richmond is online for this case. I do not see him this afternoon.

Okay. Hearing the testimony from the village, I'm going to go ahead and accept the recommendation.

Thank you, Your Honor. Next case, please.

Case number 6337, property address 7505 Muni Avenue. Owner, Arturo Gonzalez and Lorena Bota. Code section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code were performed without the required permits. Entrance doors, side windows were replaced and new driveway. Inspector on this case, Maria Sovarne.

Good afternoon, Maria Tovar, Code Enforcement Officer. This is the new case. On December 6, 2024, around 4.45 p.m., I found this property doing work. They had several trucks with heavy equipment blocking the street, like they were ready to do a big demolition. I spoke to the contractor in charge. And he stated that they were only doing landscaping, putting some trees so they only can park. I explained to him that if he was doing a driveway, the apartment was required for that work. But he insisted it was only landscaping and he would be finished by five. On January 28th, 2025, I noticed the facade of the house had been changed, doors and side windows were replaced, and the driveway was enlarged. The property was cited for the work commenced without a required permit for the entrance door, side window replaced, the driveway enlarged. A $250 citation was given. The citation was paid on April 4. And I have been in communication with the owner, and ever since then, they have obtained two permits for the window and the door. For the record, permit number BLDR-000115-2025. and permit number BLDR-000105-2025. But they have not submitted any permit for the driveway. So we are recommending that they obtain the necessary permit to comply with the violations for the property to start accumulating $250 per day until they come into compliance and for the property to come back as needed at the next year.

Okay. Is anyone here for the property?

Yes. Mr. Gonzalez?

Sir? I can speak English, but not very well. I would prefer speaking in Spanish. Do you understand Spanish?

No, I don't speak Spanish. Do you have anyone that can translate for you?

I can translate.

Okay. So if you would state your name and your relationship to the property, and let me know if you object to the village's recommendation, okay?

My name is Daniela, and I'm the daughter. I live here as well.

Okay.

Okay. Okay.

Good afternoon. We have been in communication on several occasions with the INEANI, Pedro Martínez, the building and Inspector Maria Tobar. We have already obtained the other permits and the other letters, but we are waiting for the engineering letter.

We've been in communication with a few of the inspectors, Leilani, Pedro Martinez, and Maria Tobar, and we've obtained a few of the permits, and the only permit that we are missing, the engineering letter from the driveway. That's the one where it's been requested, and it's already in the process, but we're still waiting for it.

He wants to add another thing, that unfortunately, a general contractor, he was fraud. He told us he was going to help us, and then he didn't.

We paid him, and he said he was going to be in charge of all the permits, and he disappeared.

The guy that was going to help us with the contract, he disappeared?

We've been in constant communication with the city and we would like to request the judge.

I would like to request an extension without paying a fee. That way we can do all the permits the right way and comply with what the city is requiring.

Um, remind me, I'm sorry. Is this a, is this a first time case? Is this a new case?

Yes.

Miss Tovar? Yes, it is. This is the first time. And so when you came, when you came to the property, you said you saw people doing work. Was the owner there?

No, he was not there. It was the contractor. I spoke to him and he says, oh, yeah, yeah, we, you know, we got everything. We're not doing any work. We just, you know, cutting some trees and that. But according to the owner, he was telling me that he'd been trying to find a contractor. He disappeared. He paid him and he disappeared. So, and he didn't finish. When I told him that he needed to pull a permit, he couldn't find the guys to pull the permit before the work that was already done. and he already paid him.

Okay, I'm going to grant your request. So I'm going to give you 30 days to bring your property into compliance. And I'm not going to institute charges at this time, no fees at this time. But if you come back here in 30 days and tell me that you're not completed, then we may have to start fines, okay? Thank you. Thank you very much, Senorita. All right. Thank you. Good luck.

Thank you. Case number 08059, property address 7560 West Treasure Drive, owner Timothy Wilcox, post section 8.17J3MB of the Norway Village Code of Awarenesses. All windows shall be weathertight and maintained in good repair. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Good afternoon again, Your Honor. For the record, Orlando Rodriguez, North Bay Village Co-Director. We're happy to report this case was in compliance before the hearing. We could please dismiss.

Okay, great. Thank you. Case dismissed.

This is where we go to number five, please.

Case number 241104, property address 1881 Kennedy Causeway, owner of the Bridge Tower Condominium Association, Inc., call section 8.17J1 and 2 of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, building maintenance violation. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Good afternoon again. For the record, Orlando Rodriguez, North Bay Village Code Director. Your Honor, this case was also before you last hearing, May 22nd, where the property was ordered to go ahead and obtain those permits for the repairs necessary to the exterior of the building. The property was ordered to begin accruing fines of $250 per day at that point, and they were asked to return for a status report. As an update, Mr. Diaz, the property manager who's here again this afternoon, has been able to submit a permit application. For the record, it is pending a building review, but that number is BLDR-000290-2025. So they're making great progress. And this permit is for the exterior concrete restoration. I spoke with Mr. Diaz this week again, and he advised that he was on vacation last week. However, he'll be resubmitting those documents to the building department, which I'm sure he's done already, so they could go ahead and begin the review process so we could get that permit issued and the work started. Our recommendation at this point is for the property to continue to accrue daily fines. At this point, they're at a total of 36 days, $9,000, and we'd like the property to return for a status report. Mr. Diaz is back at this afternoon representing Bridgewater.

Okay. Mr. Diaz, please state your name, your relationship to the property for the record, and let me know if you have any objections that there's a ledger's recommendation.

Yes, Your Honor. My name is Omar Diaz. I'm the property manager for the association. And I have no objection to what the facts that the officer has given in this case. And we're just waiting on a few things from the engineer to keep things moving along. And hopefully we'll get this resolved very soon. We're looking to start work as soon as possible, Matt.

All right. Sounds great. Thank you so much for coming.

Thank you, ma'am.

Have a good day.

You too. Thank you, sir. All right. Number six, please.

Case number 5350, property address 7511 Coquina Drive, owner Mohamed Hossain and W. Jessen, co-section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code. Work performed without the required permits, new kitchen in the rear of the property, a screen porch, a roof, and an electrical. Inspector on this case, Maria Tova.

Good afternoon. Maria Tova, court enforcement officer.

This also a new case.

On December 24, while inspecting a pile of construction debris on the right-of-way in front of the property, we noticed some working on the property. We contacted the owner, and he allowed us to inspect the outside of the property. The first thing observed was the metal roof on the south side. The roof extended all the way to the property lines, and the rear of the home, they had a screen porch with a kitchen, with a full kitchen. They also had a door leading to a laundry room. The owner admitted that it was done without a permit. On December 16, 2024, a $250 citation was given for commencing the work without the required permit. for the new kitchen and the rear, the porch, the roof, the electric and plumbing. Citation was paid, but no permit application has been submitted for the rest of the work. So we are recommending for the property to obtain the necessary permit to comply with the violation and to start accumulating the fines of $250 per day starting today until they come to comply and to come back at the next hearing for a salary report if needed.

Okay. Is anyone here? Yes.

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Hi, this is .

Please state your name, your relationship to the property, and let me know whether you object to the village's recommendation.

My name is Mohammed Hussain and property address 75 11 Crook in the Drive. Me and my wife in the property owner. So my daughter is next to me. My English is, she can explain to you whatever. Okay.

Okay. My name is Taspia Hussain. I'm Muhammad's daughter. We received all the violations and we also sent in a letter from our architect and our building contractor. He's unfortunately not available. He was going to show up today, but he's not available. We agree with all the terms and we'll start getting everything in order.

Okay, thank you so much. I'm going to go ahead and accept the village's recommendation. Please keep in touch with Madam Tovar as you progress along, okay?

Could we please just get it one more time? So we'll be fine $250 starting today? You're going to be correct. Okay. And there's no way we can get an extension until our building contractor comes back? Because we sent his letter in.

Yeah, but you... the inspector had a conversation with your father. You know? Of course.

Okay. Thank you so much. Okay. Thank you.

That's a funny visit.

Yeah. Starting today. $250. Case number 08051.

Property address 7929 West Drive. Unit 402. Owner, Gila Renee Asabar. Code section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code. Work performed without the required permits. Remodel two bathrooms that require building, electrical, and plumbing permits. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Good afternoon again, Your Honor. Orlando Rodriguez, Northview Village Code. Your Honor, this is also a new case. On December 23, 2021, for the property manager for the observed property, Ms. Martha Santil, contacted our building clerk to verify that a permit that she had received from my property owner was actually in the system at the village. The building clerk was able to verify that we did not have that permit card in the system. So she contacted my department and we went to the property to investigate. Once I entered the apartment, I confirmed that two bathrooms were remodeled on the property. They were basically done. Just a few items were pending for the final touches. Case number for the record, the building department also filed a police report based that the permit card that was submitted to the property manager and to the village was actually forged. for the record that case number for the PD is 202400070129. At that point, I did issue a citation of $250 that was sent certified mail and also posted at the property. On May 2025, I did do a search of the records and saw that the property had not applied for any permits yet and that the violation remained outstanding. At that point, I did issue the notice to appear for today's hearing. Everything was sent to the property owners on file, certified mail posted at the property. This week, I did speak to the property owner, Ms. Jill, and she stated that her contractor is actually working on the plans now to submit to the city to go ahead and get those bathrooms legalized. It would be an after-the-fact permit. Her contractor, Mr. Denny, who was online today, She gave authority for him to speak on his behalf, and we have those records. He stated he would be at the village actually next week to submit for those permits. So our recommendation right now, Your Honor, is for the property to go ahead and comply with this violation as soon as they can, obtaining those permits. We'd ask that the property begin accruing fines of $250 per day beginning today until they have achieved compliance, and we'd like to see them back for a status report. Mr. Lopez is here.

representing the property. Mr. Lopez, good afternoon. Please state your name, your relationship to the property for the record, and also let me know if you have any objections to the villager's recommendation.

Hi, good afternoon. My name is Dennis Lopez. I work for Hilda Balby under the company of RetroService Plus. We're going to be the company who will be performing the process for the permits. And I also am a friend of the family, the owners of the property. Yes, actually, we're already working with the architect and the engineer in order to get the drawings for the electrical plumbing and building to submit the permit. I just want to say if there's any way to keep on hold the penalty for almost 15 days because we are pretty confident to get all the drawings and all the documentation to get the department submitted the next week.

Tell me about this fraud. What happened with that, Mr. Rodriguez? Well, I don't know exactly. Hold on. Hold on.

Yes, Your Honor. So the whole reason this case came about is because the property manager for the, you know, the property manager is very good there. So she makes sure that all her tenants send her a copy of their permit before they begin construction. She got a copy of the permit, but she went ahead and did her diligence and sent it to our building clerk to make sure that it was valid. Once our clerk analyzed the document she saw that there were various discrepancies for instance the permit was valid for eight months instead of six which is against building code the logo on the permit was old we had updated the permit with our new village logo little things like that we observed that and she and it wasn't in the system they actually the permit number on there was for an older permit um so she went ahead and alerted us um She filed the police report, asked for the building official's direction. And, you know, when I went to speak with the owner, she was kind of surprised that that was the case. It seems like maybe they presented it to her, you know, as a valid permit as well. So she let them proceed. Now, I don't know if Mr. Lopez has anything to do with that, was involved in that previous work, but it seems like he is the gentleman retained now to take care of it. But I'll let him speak on that.

Who actually submitted this permit?

No, no one submitted it.

Hold on, sir. Sir, I'm going to give you an opportunity to speak.

So it was given to our building clerk from the property manager.

From the property manager.

You gave it to the property manager? Yeah, I assume it was the owner because they gave her that permit to the owner. The owner shared it with the property manager.

Mm-hmm.

So, you know, on the police side, you know, they'll do their diligence to find out who that was, perhaps. I'm sure they're working on it. But, you know, on the code end, we're just doing our part for the permit.

Got it. Okay. So, okay, sir. Tell me what happened from your perspective.

Okay.

Wait, just so that I'm clear. Is the owner here?

No, no, the owner is not here. They work in medicine like a doctor. Everywhere, every day she's busy attending her patients. So that's one of the reasons why I'm here.

And I confirm that, Your Honor, with the owner. We spoke and we have it documented by email that she wanted Mr. Denny's to represent her today.

Okay, okay, okay.

Because I will, sorry.

Go ahead, go ahead.

Yeah, because I was taking care of it. Well, those people who performed that work used to work with us. Right now, they are not working with us. And sometimes with other jobs with permits, they work together with us. working in different places. Actually, I already work in different properties at the Norfolk Village and the Miami Shore as well. So when this problem came up, Gila called me and told me, hey, what's going on with that? And when I saw the permit, it wasn't true. It wasn't really a permit from the building. So I went to the city hall. I talked with Leilani, and she told me, hey, what's going on with that one? Because they present a false building permit, and there is a problem with that. So they were waiting for the phone from the city. I went to the city the second time, and she told me, I don't know what's going on with the case. It's on the review, and you have to wait. And I don't know, maybe two months, three months, I don't know, they received the violation from the work. And on that moment, I tell her, we need to do everything in order to get the permit, the right permit for the electrical plumbing and building.

Okay, I'm going to go ahead and accept the village's recommendation, okay? Okay. So please continue to work with the village to make sure that everything is done properly this time.

Yeah, because I already know the process, the complete process in order to get a permit. I worked a lot of times with that city. So that is really bad for us because we already know the city.

Okay. Thank you so much for coming.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right, break, please.

Case number 6341, property address 7700 Coquina Drive. Owner, Agustin Alejandro Aguera and Barbara Delgado. Code section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code. Work performed without the required permits repaving the driveway. Inspect on this case, Maria Tovar.

Yes, ma'am. Hello again, Maria Tovar, court officer. this is a new case on february 11 2025 this property was found doing um repaving the driveway um i spoke to the owner but she was um on the impression um that by doing a couple paths you don't you didn't need um to pull a permit but when uh when they ended up doing was that doing the whole, like, refurbishing the whole driveway. So I spoke to the building official, and he did determine that for that kind of work, they needed to get a permit. So a citation was given to them for $250 for commencing that work without the required permit. Citation was paid. The owner has been trying to get the permit. They got all the documentation to submit a permit. And finally, yesterday, they were able to submit the permit application. For the record, permit process number PLDR-000316-2025. So they have submitted, but now it's in the process of review. And we are recommending to obtain the necessary permit to comply with that violation for the property to start accumulating $250 fine starting today until they come into compliance and to return to the next hearing.

Okay. Is there anyone here for this property? Yes.

Hi. Yes.

Yes. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Please state your name, your relationship to the property, and let me know whether you object to the village's recommendation.

Yes, so my name is Barbara Delgado, and my husband, Agustin Agüera, we are the owners of the property. So, yes, we pretty much, the house was forgotten, and when we purchased the home, we noticed the driveway, you know, had like, we needed to do something to, yeah, to bring it up again to the maintenance correct. So I went to the city and I told them the idea that I wanted to do that, yeah, to maintain the driveway, but I wanted to keep it the same.

Okay.

Okay. Thank you so much. So I'm going to go ahead and accept the village's recommendation. Go ahead and continue to work on the permit and keep in touch with Ms. Tolga.

Okay? So pretty much... Oh, there they are.

We, I just, yeah. So the work that we did was that the maintainers to do just the same size, just repayment. And yeah, when we did it, then yeah, we didn't know that we needed like a full permit on this.

I understand.

So now we did the work, it's done pretty much, but it's the same. And I think that even less because what they did to me is not, you know, a good quality or even covers what I guess they had before because they had lines. So at the end we did the same. It's just like, I don't know. Yes, I think maintenance in all the space, in all the driveway, the existing driveway. We went to the city, I talked with the MISIS officer, Maria Tobar, and we did all the paperwork. I sent it. We have a building, the building number, the permit number. And now I received an email yesterday that I need to put everything on the web. And I would like to do it as soon as possible. I read everything. And I'm doing, yeah, I wanted to do it this weekend. So I'm going to do it as soon as possible. But please don't put me to $50 daily until I do it. Maybe put me some days. But I'm going to do it as soon as possible. I already have everything. And, yeah, I think we have everything as we speak, the things that I needed. So yes, that's the case, I guess, yes.

And this is a first case, correct? Yes. Okay, I'm not going to impose fines. Please have this resolved before the next meeting, okay?

Okay.

All right, thank you. Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Right, number nine.

Case number 6319, property address 7513 Bowney Avenue, owner, I'm sorry, owner Alexandro R. San Juan, co-section 96.04A of the Novia Village Code of Ownerships, co-section, what am I doing?

I'm sorry.

Construction noise on a Saturday installing tiles on the front porch. Inspector, on this case, Maria Silver.

Good afternoon. This property came to comply before the hearing. Please excuse me.

Okay. Case dismissed.

Hold on. Before you announce the... Your Honor, the next four cases have the same property representative. Mr. Leonardo, you're going to represent all four of the properties, correct? On behalf of the association? Okay. Yes. If it's all right with you, Your Honor, it's a master association, but it's four buildings, so he is the board president. If you don't mind, we'd read all four cases into the record because it's the same update for all four. They each receive the same exact citation. Okay. So, Mr. Clerk, if you don't mind reading 10 through... 13 to the record.

Case number 08065. Property address 1770 79th Street Causeway. Owner, North Bay White House Association, number 4, Inc. Code section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code. Work performed without the required permits. Install hydraulic power unit, new controller, and a mini split AC unit. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez. Case number 08063, property address 1790 79th Street Causeway, owner North Bay White House Association number two, Inc. Code section 105.1 of the Florida Vendor Code were performed without the required permits, a star hydraulic power unit, new controller, and a mini split AC unit. Inspect on this case, Maria Tovar. Case number 08066, Property address 1780, 79th Street Causeway. Owner, North Bay White House Association, number 3, Inc. Code section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code. Were performed without the required permits and style hydraulic power unit and new electrical controller for the elevator. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez. Case number 08062. Property address 1879th Street Causeway. Owner, North Bay White House Association, number one, Inc. Code section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code were performed without the required permits to install hydraulic power unit and a new electrical controller for the elevator. Inspector on this case, Maria Tovar.

All right. Thank you, Your Honor. This is also a new case for the record. Orlando Rodriguez, North Bay Village, co-director. While on the property addressing another matter, I observed that the building was doing some extensive work in the elevator room. At that point, I spoke to one of the crew members on site, and they confirmed that they did have Miami-Dade County elevator permits. However, the property did not obtain permits from the local municipality from North Bay Village to do the items on the elevator. Besides the controller and the hydraulic unit installed in all four buildings, also they had a mini split AC system installed to go ahead and keep those rooms cool. They did not have a permit for those. At that point, we moved forward with issuing a citation to each one of the folios because these four buildings, those were posted and mailed out, certified mail to each of the property representatives. Mr. Leonardo is on the board for the Master Association. We also made him aware of the violations. I communicated with Mr. Leonardo this week again, and he did indicate that American Elevator International was working on getting now these permits updated with the village. I did speak with Mr. Joel, who's online also today, and he did have one of his representatives actually come to the village and meet with our building clerk to make sure that he had all the proper documents so they could start moving forward with getting these permits. So it looks like they're moving along. Our recommendation at this point is for the property to comply with these violations as soon as they can. We'd ask for fines of $250 per day to commence on all the properties until they've achieved the compliance, and we'd like to see them back just for a status report next year. Mr. Leonardo's here representing the properties, and I see Mr. Joel here from American Elevator online as well.

Okay. Let's hear from the management. Tell me your name, your relationship to the property, and whether you object to the full addition recommendations.

If I know that to us, it's a technical matter. Our contractor is here and he's responsible for getting.

Yes.

I don't know who's speaking for the record. I'm sorry. My name is Leonardo Scafino. I'm on the board of the association.

Okay.

We want to be in compliance, whatever has to be done. Our contractor obviously got all the permits through Miami-Dade. If there are congruent permits that have to be gotten through North Bay Village, then we have to do it. So that's our position on it. Mr. Perez is here. I think he's going to move very, very quickly to get them. I don't know if he has anything to add, but... We prefer not to start the fines, but of course we have to move very fast to get these done.

Good morning. Rather good afternoon. Joel Perez, owner, American International Elevator. And we did go to the village and we met with Leilani and we started the process of applying the permits for the HVAC and the electrical work related to the elevator modernization.

But I'm sure you all are aware that you need to get permits from the village as well, in addition to the county, yes?

We were not aware.

We were not aware. I'm talking to the contractor.

No, we were not aware. Typically in other cities, the elevator permit will blanket the other work like the HVAC and the electrical work. So we were made aware of the inspection and the fines. That's when we started to get the ball rolling on applying for the permits to comply with the village. Even though we do have the county elevator permit and which both of the elevators already passed inspection, we were oblivious to the fact that we needed to also comply locally with the village because we do work with many other counties and in some cities or counties, the elevator permit blankets and covers the rest of the permits. So that's enough as a contractor, not on the building. And we will do right by them, and that's why we started today filling out the permits.

Okay. All right. I'm not going to impose fines. Work as quickly as you can, because next month may be a completely different situation. Okay?

Thank you. Appreciate it.

Thank you.

Thank you. All right. We're going to go back to the last case, number four.

Case number 6864, property address 1470 South Treasure Drive. Owner, Jonathan Javitt and Marcia Javitt. Code section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code. Were performed without the required permits, repairing second floor roof and balcony deck and four more paddling installed. Inspector on this case, Maria Tovar.

Good afternoon, Maria Tovar, Code Officer. Good afternoon. This property came before you last on April 17, 2025. 60 days was given to obtain the necessary permit to comply with the violation. The property has been accumulated fines of $250 per day since April 18, 2024, or 435 days for a total of $108,750. The only violation pending is the modeling file that the owner says that they had applied at Dade County, but we haven't been able to find any records of the permit that has been submitted in Miami-Dade County, and we haven't received any update from the owner. We are recommending for this property to attend the necessary permit to comply with the violations. The fines of $250 per day that has been accumulated since April 18, 2024 for 435 days for a total of 108,750 will be capped today. And once the property comes into compliance, we will reschedule a hearing for the mitigation of the fines.

OK. Let's see here from, are they represented by council today? No. They're not here at all. Okay. All right. Well, I'm going to go ahead and accept the village's recommendation. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Great. Thank you so much. Good to see everyone. thank you okay have a good one thank you mr rudge bye-bye recording stopped