Special Magistrate - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon, everyone.

Good afternoon. How are you?

Great. How are you?

All right. Could be fairly short today. We have a lot of compliance and mitigations. Ready to begin, wherever you are.

Okay, everyone is in.

Perfect. Yeah, perfect. Sorry.

Okay.

All right, let me hit record.

Recording in progress.

Not everyone in.

Okay, good afternoon, everyone. Hello. Good afternoon. Welcome. My name is Attorney Regine Monestine. I am the Special Magistrate for this afternoon's hearing before North Bay Village Code Enforcement. This hearing is conducted pursuant to Chapter 162 of the Florida Statutes. Formal rules of evidence shall not apply, but fundamental due process will be governed and observed. I shall 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 and the alleged violator will have an opportunity to cross-examine the village as well as present its own evidence. At the conclusion of the presentation, I will announce a decision. and issue an 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 in Miami-Dade County. You have 30 days within which to file an appeal. At this time, Madam Clerk, please swear everyone in and you may call your first case. Good afternoon.

Anyone given testimony, please turn on your cameras and raise your right hand. Everyone, please turn on your cameras. So you swear that your testimony will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so I hope you got it?

I do.

Thank you. Case number 08638, property address 7904 West Drive, Unit 910. In violation of Code Section 105.4-5 of the Florida Building Code, building permits become null, void, and expired after six months are in violation. Inspector, on this case, Maria Tovar.

Good afternoon, Maria Tovar, court officer. This is a new case. On December 15, 2025, a civil infraction notice warning was sent to this property for failure to renew fire permit. Those permits for the records are BLDR-000471-2024, and PLMR-000472-2024, a four-barrel reward. The notice was sent to the owner of the property as listed on the tax record. On March 2026, the property was still in violation. and a $250 citation was issued for failure to renew those permits. And so today the violation is still outstanding and no communication with the owner. So we are recommending all the property to renew those building permits to comply with the violations and the property shall begin accumulator fines, so $250 per day until it's come into compliance. And in order to retain As needed. Okay.

And is there anyone here. On this property. Or. Can you please unmute. I hear someone. Mr. Rick.

He's trying to unmute y'all. Can you hear me? There it is. Yeah. Okay.

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

Yes. Hello. My name is Rick Nielsen. I am the owner of the property, and I do have an objection.

Okay.

Yeah. So I had two permits, a master permit and a plumber's permit. And the contractor did the work. There was an initial inspection. And then when everything was done, the person that came in to do the inspection did an inspection. And then they were supposed to have another person to come in. But apparently, I just called my contractor. That person was fired by the city of North Bay Village for use of drugs. You can go back and see who came in and looked at the property, but there was an inspection. There was a video of the inspection with the walls open and everything. But the person who did the initial inspection was fired by your city. And I never had a follow-up inspection to close the case. So this is an investment property for me. I've owned it for many years. I don't have a mailbox there and I don't check the post office. And that's why the initial email or the letter that was left there in December or January, I did not get. I did get the notice mailed to me and I got a notice on the board and I called in and I've spoken to my contractor. I've gotten two copies of... Let me ask you something.

Are you aware of what needs to happen now?

Well, I spoke to a gentleman by the name of Rodolfo, I think, at permitting, which he explained to me that I needed to... get my contractor or I needed to fill out a document to get those permits open back up. And then once they're open back up, the contractor then needs to have somebody to come in and inspect the property to close the case.

And I said, how much time do you think that would take?

Well, I have the documents and I've started to fill them out. And the gentleman also said that the contractor is no longer, um, a license to sit in North Bay Village. So he would have to, which I got that form for him to get renewed his license to be able to then- For your contractor, correct? My contractor who did the job in 2024.

So how long?

If I had 60 days, Your Honor, this would be done over. Everything's done.

All right. So I'm going to give you 60. Remind me, is this a new case?

Yes, it is. Yes. Okay.

I'm going to give you 60 days. Okay.

Okay. I appreciate that.

And get this done. Wait, the work has been done?

The work was done in 2020.

Why do you need 60 days? Why not 30 days?

I just don't want to upset the city. You know, the way I have to get this contract to get him licensed again and so forth. I'm going to pay all of the things this contractor should have told me this had happened. But the person who did the initial inspection, I guess, no longer works for the city.

When I spoke to him today... That's either here or there. That's irrelevant. Okay. So... I'm sorry. Madam Tovar, were you going to say something?

So the contract, what he needs to do is come and register because it's not registered with the village. So he needs to bring his driver's license and just do a registration. That's what he needs to do. in order to be able to do the permit, yes.

Right, okay. All right, I'm gonna do 30 days because I don't want- Could I ask for 45 days?

I just don't wanna have it end because this contractor, He didn't tell me that this happened. I only talked to him like two days ago, and I'm pretty upset with him. I'm willing to pay all the fees, but I just, you know, I've been living in Market Village for 30 years.

Okay, we're going to do 30 days, and I'm confident that we can get this done in 30 days. If not, you can come back and let me know what's happening, okay? I understand. All right.

Just so you know, Mr. Gibson, the next hearing is not until June 25th, so you'll have maybe 30 and some change, about 35 days to get it knocked out.

Okay.

All right. Thank you so much.

Thank you. And I appreciate your time and apologize for this.

Have a good day.

Bye-bye.

Case number 08591, property address 1441 South Treasure Drive, owner Jonathan Offerman, in violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code. Work performed without the required permits installed a new half-moon canopy roof on the north side of the home. I expect on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Good afternoon, Your Honor. For the record, Orlando Rodriguez, Code Enforcement Director here for North Bay Village. This is also a new case. On December 29th, 2025, during a routine patrol, we observed that a half-moon style canopy was installed in the front yard of the observed property. I called our building department clerk at that time and I asked her if that property had any permits for a roof. She did indicate that a representative from that property had visited her a couple of times with permitting questions about the roof. However, they never submitted a formal permit for it. So I advised her at that time that it was installed already. So we proceeded to issue a citation for $250. We posted it at the property and sent it out certified mail. Approximately two weeks later, January 14th, the owner, Mr. Offerman, who's here this afternoon, did pay that citation, was paid in full January 14th. However, that permit was still outstanding. When the owner of the property, Jonathan, began to apply for the permits for this canopy roof, it was discovered that the roof was actually built in a setback. It was too close to the neighboring property as far as zoning codes. So Mr. Opperman was told at that time, unfortunately, he has two options. He could either demolish the roof, uninstall the entire thing, or he can apply for a variance at the village, which would he have to go before the Planning and Zoning Board and then ultimately our commissioners for approval for the extra three feet that he needs where those poles were installed in the setback. So Mr. Offerman did begin the variance process. He's been in communication with me, with our zoning official, Craig, various city folks here, and he's actually on track to be heard at the zoning hearing this coming July because the June hearing was canceled. So he's making some good progress. So he will need to come in July. He'll get the recommendation from there and then ultimately come before commission, hopefully that same month or perhaps in August. So he's got a few months to go on this. Our recommendation at this point is for the property to obtain a permit for this and comply with the violations as soon as they can. We'd ask for fines of 250 per day to commence today until compliance is achieved. And we'd like to have a property back for a status report update. And the owner, Mr. Jonathan, is here. This is his first time here.

Okay. Okay. Sir, please state your name, your relationship to the property, and let me know whether you have any objection to the privilege's recommendation.

We need to unmute, sir.

My name is Jonathan Offerman. I'm the owner of 1441 South Treasure. And I'm not sure I understand, because I've never been in a proceeding like this, what you mean about objection. But what I would appreciate, because as per the gentleman's comments, I've been trying to get this done as quickly as possible. It's been a lot of paperwork, and I finally... got the information over to, you know, I had to, you know, hire, you know, get a plan done and all sorts of stuff done. And I'm trying to do it as quickly as possible. And I was hoping since this is the first time sort of appearance, I can get an extension with no fines until I can get in front of the board, which everything's pretty much done on my behalf. I just have to wait until they can meet with me. So I was hoping that we could get an extension.

Okay. So it looks like you're going to need, we're in May, June, July, probably until August, because they meet in July, correct?

Yes, Your Honor.

And what's the exact nature of the work, remind me?

It's a cover from the car. It's a cover for the driveway. A cover for the driveway. It's like a canopy over the cars.

I can pull up a picture if you'd like to see it go.

No, I know what it looks like.

We don't have a hearing in July. So after next hearing in June, our next hearing after next hearing won't be till August.

Okay. So do we anticipate that this can be done after his variance hearing?

I'd have to, a lot of times we, The city clerk schedules the zoning board MEETING RIGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION MEETING. SO ANY ITEMS THAT GO BEFORE ZONING CAN JUST BE TRANSFERRED ON TO THAT SAME MONTH TO THE COMMISSION. I ASSUME THAT MONTH WILL BE THE SAME. SO HOPEFULLY HE CAN GET IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION THAT SAME JULY, AND THEN ONCE THEY DECIDE, HE COULD START THE PERMITTING AND HE'LL HAVE ESSENTIALLY UNTIL AUGUST 20TH OF THAT HEARING IF THAT'S WHAT. NEW SPEAKER.

SO ONCE IT'S APPROVED.

NEW SPEAKER. The fact that if it's approved, yeah, they may deny it.

If they deny it, then what would have to happen?

Sadly, it would have to be removed.

It would have to be removed, okay.

Or modified to where the legs are installed within his not approaching on the setback. which then I think would make the roof useless because I don't think you'd fit your vehicle in there. Am I right, Jonathan, based on the way it is?

Yes, sadly. Sadly, that would be definitely the case. It would be because my house is one of the two or three houses in North Bay Village where my driveway is in a weird spot. So, yeah, you are correct. And Your Honor, I mean, I don't know, it might be irrelevant, but I, you know, I have went and, you know, given the town the deposits and the fees and everything I need to do in order to get this move forward, which was a lot more than... and putting up the driveway cover. And of course, I'd like to get this done and get the town satisfied as soon as possible.

Okay. I'm going to grant you this extension until, I guess, 60 days. So we're back in August. And I will remember, I'm going to sear this in my mind, that if it's not done, fines will commence.

Okay. Okay.

Whether that means approval. If it's not approved, then you've got to take it down.

Yes, Your Honor. If they don't give me the variance, it's going to go in the garbage.

Okay. That's it. Thank you so much.

Okay. Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Bye.

Case number 5350, property address 7511 Coquina Drive, owner Muhammad Hussain and W. Jessman, in violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, were performed without required permits, new kitchen at the rear property, and a screen porch was installed, a roof, and electrical work done. Inspector on this case, Maria Tawak.

Good afternoon again, Maria Toward, Court Enforcement Officer. This property came before you last on April 23rd, 2026. It was given 30 days to come to compliance. The property has been accumulated fines of $250 per day since June 26th, 2025 for 330 days for a total of $82,500. On May 1st, 2026, all the permit applications have been reviewed and approved. But due to a change of contractors, the permit application needs to be updated before the permit can be issued. So we are recommending for them to obtain the permit, for the fine to continue accumulating until they come into compliance and to come back as needed.

Okay. Is anyone here?

I don't see the contractors. He's usually here, but I don't see him today. Okay.

All right. I'm going to go ahead and grab the recommendation.

Thank you.

Case number 08051, property address 7929 West Drive, unit 402. Owner, Jilla Renee Azabal. violation of code section 105.1 of the florida building code work performed without the required permits remodeled two bathrooms that require building electrical and plumbing permits respect on this case orlando rodriguez good afternoon your honor for the record orlando rodriguez we're happy to report uh this case was in compliance before the hearing and uh

The owner has agreed to pay the outstanding fines of $250 payable within 30 days. If not, it will revert back to the original amount and be recorded as a lien on the property, just pending your approval.

Okay.

So approved. Thank you. Thank you. I'm just here to say thank you. Thank you, Your Honor. And thank you, Mr. Rodriguez. We are so incredibly grateful. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Okay.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Thank you. Bye.

Case number 221201, property address 7904 West Drive, owner of Bayshore Yacht and Tennis Club Condo, in violation of Code Section 151.20A of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, failure to attain recertification of buildings and components. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Cassidy, and again, Your Honor, Orlando, from the record, South Bay Village Co-Director. This case is also before you, last hearing, March 19th, pardon me, April 23rd. The property is ordered to obtain their building certification. At that point, fines have been running on the property 1,128 days, total of $282,000. Fines are ordered to continue for the property to return for status report. The property continues to work on the exterior of the building and concrete restorations with the balcony restorations. They still got the swing stages in place, and we're basically just monitoring their progress for now. Our recommendation is for the property to comply as soon as they can, finish the work. Fines, as of today, have been running for 1,156 days. Total of $289,000. This applies to the chief and for the property to return at a later date. I did speak with the property board member who's usually on these hearings, Ms. Mona Issa. She did mention to me she had a conflict this afternoon and wouldn't be able to make it.

Okay, I'm going to go ahead and accept the village's recommendation.

Thank you. Mr. Clerk, if we could read 6, 7, and 8.

Case number 08065, property after 1770, 79th Street Causeway, owner North Bay White House Association, number 4, Inc., In violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, where performed without the required premise, installed hydraulic power unit, new controller, and an AC mini-split unit. Inspect on this case, Orlando Rodriguez. Case number 08063, property address 179079 Street Causeway, owner North Bay White House Association No. 2, Inc., In violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, work performed without the required premise. Installed a hydraulic power unit, new controller, and an AC mini-split. Inspector on this case was Maria Tover. Case number 08066, property address 178079 Street Causeway. Owner, North Bay White House Association No. 3, Inc. In violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, we're performed without the required permits installed hydraulic power unit and a new electrical controller for the elevator. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

All right, Your Honor. We're also happy to report that all three of these buildings complied. They all got their permits and we were able to reach a settlement for their fines. Each building agrees to pay the village. a one-time fee of $2,500 to mitigate their fines, payable within 60 days from today. And if not paid, the fines will revert back to the original amount and be reported as a lien just pending their approval.

Okay. Glad to hear it. So approved.

Thank you.

Case number 250341. Property address 150A 79th Street Causeway. Owner has Realty LLC. In violation of Code Section 8.17J and 1 of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, Building Maintenance and Standards Violation. Inspector on this case, Maria Tovar.

Good afternoon, Maria Tovar, Code Enforcement Officer. This property also came before you last on April 23rd, 2026. It was given 30 days to come to compliance. This property has been accumulated fines of $250 per day since October 23rd, 2025 for 210 days for a total of $52,500. On March 12th, 2026, a permit application was submitted for the repair of the building. The application was reviewed and approve on May 11, 2026. But to obtain the permit and notice the commencement is required and the notice had to be recorded from Miami-Dade County. And after the notice is recorded, need to be submitted back to the building department in order to get the permit. And that's what they waiting now. I have been in communication with the representative, but as of now, That's the only thing that is that they waiting to get the permit. So we are recommending for them to obtain this permit. And I'm finished with them with the recertification. I'm sorry, with the fees in the building, and for the fine to continue accumulator on to the common to compliance. And

Anyone here?

Yes.

Yes. Hi, Your Honor. Good afternoon. My name is Sebastian and I'm with ArtBuild Construction, the contractor who's repairing this. And yeah, as Maria said, that's correct. We requested the notice of commencement to be recorded on Monday, I believe. And they said that it's an estimate of about five business days. Once that notice of commencement is received, we'll be submitting it to the city, paying the permit fees. And once we have the permit, we'll be completing the work as soon as possible.

Okay, wonderful. Glad to hear it. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Thank you.

Case number 3182, property address 1681 Kennedy Causeway, owner M.G. Prosper, M.B.V. LLC, post section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, commenced demo work inside of the building, demolition of walls, floors, and the ceilings, Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Good afternoon again, Your Honor. Orlando, for the record, North Bay Village. This case was also before your last hearing, April 23rd. Properties were ordered to comply as soon as they could with the permits. At that point, fines have been running for 35 days, a total of $8,750. Fines were ordered to continue for the property return. As mentioned in the previous hearing, The representative, Mr. Peter Graves, I've been working with for the property, indicated that they were going to look into demolishing the building as a way of complying. Currently, the property is going through change in ownership. So we're kind of just pending to see what happens with that. Once they settle that, we have no further updates. So our recommendations for the property to comply as soon as they can. As of today, fines have been running for 63 days, total of $15,750. We'd ask for the fines to continue until compliance is achieved for the property to return for status report. Okay. Okay.

I'm going to go ahead and accept the village's recommendation. Thank you. Thank you.

Case number 250831, property address 7601 East Treasure Drive, owner of the Grandview Palace Condominium Association, Inc. In violation of Code Section 151.20A of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, failure to attain recertification of buildings and components. Inspect on this case, Maria Tovar.

Good afternoon, Maria Tovar, Code Enforcement Officers. THIS CASE ALSO CAME BEFORE YOU LAST ON APRIL 23, 2026, FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATIONS WITH ORDER TO ATTEND THE NECESSARY PERMIT TO ATTEND THE CERTIFICATION OF THE BUILDINGS AND COMPONENTS. AT THE LAST HEARING, YOU SUGGESTED MEETING WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. WE MET WITH MR. PEDRO MARTINEZ, BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR NORBAY VILLAGE AND LEILANI CALZADILLA, BUILDING DIRECTOR. At that meeting, they went over all the permits that they had. They explained everything, every one of them, and what was needed to complete it. They are continuing doing the repair of the building for the recertification, but they still don't have all the permits and all the work to finish to get the recertification. We are recommending for them to continue working to get their certifications and for the fine that has been accumulated on the property to continue accumulating until they come to compliance. They've been accumulating fines since April 23rd, 2026 for 28 days for a total of $7,000. And we would like to see them back at the next meeting.

Okay. Is anyone here who's property?

Yes.

Just as a side note, Your Honor, last hearing you recommended the property meet with us and with the building official and the system building officials that we did just that. It was very productive. And I think they got a better understanding and path towards compliance.

Okay. Wonderful. I like to hear that. So go ahead and state your name, your relationship to the property, and let me know whether you have any objection to the village's recommendation.

Go ahead. Just go ahead. Good afternoon. This is Giovanna, Assistant Property Manager. Yes, we did have a very productive meeting and obviously we're advancing as fast as we can with the work that we need to complete in order to obtain 40-year recertification. So we'll just continue and we'll keep the village updated as much as we can, either code compliance and the building department as well.

Okay, great.

Thank you so much.

Your Honor, I would like to add something else as well, to be able to make sure that we have a thorough update. Over the last 30 days, we've completed already another four lines in the building around the swimming pool area. That means four times to enter two apartments for each one of those towers. And there's only five lines left to complete it. And we are on time to complete according to the original estimation of time that we provided to the city, which is around five, six months.

Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. Have a good day.

Bye-bye. Okay. Case number 211215, property address 1666 Kennedy Causeway, owner Causeway Tower LLC, in violation of Code Section 151.20A of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, failure to attain recertification of buildings and components. Inspect on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Good afternoon again. Your Honor Orlando Rodriguez for the record. This case is also before your last hearing, April 23rd. The property is ordered to obtain their certification as soon as they can. Fines at that point have been running for 1,370 days, total $342,500. Fines are ordered to continue for the property to return. The property continues with the parking garage repairs. either they're estimated to finish maybe in june july and after that they'll have the exterior concrete restoration though to finish here on the actual building i did speak with mr richmond through text earlier he says he does have a conflict this afternoon he wasn't going to be able to be here for the meeting i told him that was okay i give the update on his behalf so our recommendations for property to comply as soon as they can finds out that today I've been running for 1,433 days total, $358,250. We'd ask for those to continue for Mr. Richmond to be back next time for an update.

Okay. Sounds good. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Case number 08640, property address 7520 West Treasure Drive, owner 7520 West Treasure, LLC. In violation of Code Section 105.4-5 of the Florida Building Code, building permits become null and void and expired after six months and are in violation. Inspector on this case, Maria Tovar.

Good afternoon.

This is also a new case.

On December 30th, 2025, a civil infraction notice warning was sent to this property for failure to renew SPIRE permit. For the record, the permit number BLDR-000189-2024 for the second and the third floor of balcony and stair railing. The notice was sent to the owner and to the registry agents to the address listed on the tax record. On March 2026, the property was still in violation and a $250 citation was issued for failure to renew those permits. As of today, violations still outstanding. We haven't had any communication with the owner. We are recommending for the property to renew the permit for the fines of $250 starting today until they come into compliance and to come back at the next meeting.

Okay. Is there anyone here? No? Uh-huh. Okay, hearing none, I'm going to go ahead and accept the religious recommendation.

Case number 08068, property address 7520 West Treasure Drive, owner 7520 West Treasure LLC, in violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, work without the required premise, install two modern piling and two electrical jet seat lifts in the rear of the property. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Yeah, I've seen it again. Your Honor, Orlando, for the record, Code Director. This case is also before you, April 23rd, last hearing. Property was ordered to comply, removing the lifts or obtaining permits. At that point, they're collecting fines, $250 per day for 218 days, total $54,500. Property was ordered to return today and for the fines to continue. We have not received any permit applications for this property. We did get a call from the owner's wife, Ms. Naive. She called our office about two weeks ago asking questions about the violation and her different options for compliance. And I gave her all the information she needed, which is basically the same I had provided to her husband, Silvio, a few months back. She mentioned that she would speak to him and see what path that we're going to take. So as of now, we have nothing further. Our recommendations for the property to comply as soon as they can. As of today, fines have been running for 246 days, total $61,500. We'd ask for the fines to continue and the property to return as needed.

Okay. And no one is here, correct? No, you're on. No. All right. I'm going to go ahead and accept the village's recommendation. Thank you. Thank you.

Case number 250823, property address 7545 East Treasure Drive, owner Caribbean Towers Condominium Association, Inc., in violation of Code Section 151.20A of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, filled to attain recertification of buildings and components. Inspect on this case, Maria Tova.

Good afternoon, Maria Tova, Court Officers. This property also came before you last on April 23rd, 2026. It was found to be in violations. The property has been accumulated fines of $250 per day since February 19th, 2026 for 91 days for a total of $22,750. They are working, continuing working to obtain their certification on May 18th, 2026. They submitted an electrical permit application to repair or replace all the electrical equipment needed to obtain their recertification. For the record permit process number, ELER-000365-2026, the application is still under review process. So we are recommending for them to continue working to obtain the permit to obtain the recertification for the fine to continue to accumulate until they come into compliance and then to come back at the next hearing.

Anyone here for this property. Yes. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Please state your name and your relationship to the property.

Good afternoon, Your Honor, and all the present. My name is Jackie Benguechea. I'm part of the Caribbean Tower Board, and I'm the treasurer. I've been coming religiously to all these meetings month after month after month. The final 10 feet of the long marathon We are at the doorstep. We have, as the Mrs. Inspector reported to you, the last items. We have a process number. We pay for the permit on Friday, and we're waiting to get that beautiful number so we can complete the few items that are missing of the entire $1.5 million works. So thank you. What am I going to say? We just need that number so we can grab it. I have the contract for coming back to complete $18,000 or so of $1.5 million. We are there. Okay.

Thank you so much for continuing to come. We really do appreciate your your cooperation and your stick to witness. So we will see you. Absolutely. It's good when folks continue to show up. So we'll see you at the next meeting. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Case number 08074, property address 1819 through 1855 Kennedy Causeway. Owner, 1819 MBV owner, LLC, and the continuum comp LLC. In violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, a new canopy roof was installed over the rear deck of the restaurant without required permits. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Yes, and again, Your Honor, Orlando, for the record, plus the Village Code Director. This case is also before you, April 23rd. At that point, they have been accruing fines for 155 days, 250 per day for a total of $38,750. Property is ordered to return and for the fines to continue. The property has begun the process as we mentioned last hearing with Durham. We have no other updates. It seems like they're still in the Durham process. Our recommendation at this point is for the property to comply as soon as they can. As of today, fines have been running for 183 days. Total $45,750. We'd ask for the fines to continue and for the property to return as needed.

Okay. Anyone here for this property?

No. All right.

I'm going to go ahead and accept the village's recommendation. Thank you. Thank you.

Case number 08558, property address 7509 Adventure Avenue. Owner Joshua C. Combs and Brian Thomas Whitby, in violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, commenced work without the required permits and installed a new roof with lights on the rooftop of the home. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Counseling again, Orlando, for the record. The owner of this case is also before your last hearing, April 23, 2026. The property is ordered to comply with the permits. At that point, fines have been running $250 per day for 63 days. Total $15,750. Fines are ordered to continue. The property is pending some electrical engineering documents that have been requested by the village during their permit process review. I did get a call from the contractor for the property owner, and he did confirm that they're waiting to present those documents to the city. Once they have those in, they should be able to get the permit. Our recommendation as of today is for the property to comply with that permit as soon as they can. As of today, fines have been running for 91 days, $22,750. We'd ask the fines to continue for the property return as needed.

Okay. Anyone here for this property?

I don't see Mr. Whidbey here.

No. Okay. I'm going to go ahead and accept the villager's recommendation. Thank you.

Thank you.

Case number 250827, property address 1801 South Treasure Drive, owner North Bay Villas Condominium Association, Inc., in violation of Code Section 151.20A of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, valid to obtain recertification of buildings and components. Inspect on this case, Maria Tovar.

Good afternoon, Maria. This property also came before you on April 23rd, 2026. The property has been accumulated fines of $250 per day since February 19, 2026 for 63 days for a total of $15,750. They've been trying to speak to Mr. Esteban Dosa. He's representing the condominium. He stated that they are still waiting for a report from the engineer that they hired, but it looks like the process has been super slow. So they are and reaching out to another engineer company to see if they can complete it faster so they can get the report and submit it to the building department. We are recommending for them to obtain the necessary permit to obtain the recertification on the buildings and components and for the fine to continue accumulating until they come into compliance and then come back for an update of the next year.

Okay. And is anyone here?

I don't see, I don't see anybody that used to be here, two or three of them, but I don't see it.

Okay, I'm going to go ahead and accept that recommendation. Thank you. Thank you.

Case number 250825, property address 1865 Kennedy Causeway, owner of Kennedy House Condominium Association, Inc., violation of Code Section 151.20A of the North Bay Village Code of code of ordinances failing to attain recertification of dividends and components. I expect on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Yeah, soon again, Your Honor, Orlando, for the record, this case was also before you last hearing, April 23rd. Properties ordered to comply as soon as they could. They have been accruing fines of $250 per day at that point for 20, pardon me, 35 days for a total of $8,750. Fines ordered to continue within the return for status report. um very shortly after the last hearing the property was able to resubmit their recertification report for the record they did that on april 27th however after the building department reviewed it they did come back with some comments both on the structural and on the electrical side of those plans so we're pending for the property to fix those corrections and resubmit uh to the building department On a side note, I did get a call on the 15th of this month from the property manager, Ms. Panetti, requesting information from the building official. She wanted to request a meeting with him to get some clarification on some electrical items that they want to do. So it seems like they're actively working on it. Our recommendation is for the property to comply as soon as they can. properties been approved with fines of $250 per day at this point for 63 days, total of $15,750. We'd ask for the funds to continue for the property to return. For status report. Okay. Representative is here. Ms. Lauren.

Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Please state your name and your relationship to the property and let me know if you have any objection to the village's recommendation.

Lauren Schwartzfeld. I'm the attorney for the association. Excuse me. We have no objections. The update that Mr. Rodriguez gave is accurate. We're also in the final stages of getting the financing to do the work necessary. We're going to continue working diligently and get the project finalized.

Okay, perfect. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you.

Case number 250922, property address 1550 Kennedy Causeway, owner BMS North Bay Village LLC in public storage. In violation of Code Section 151.20A of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, fairly to attain recertification of buildings and components. Inspector on this case, Maria Tawar.

Good afternoon, Maria Tawar, Court Officer. This property also came before you last on April 23, 2026. It was found to be in violation. in order to obtain the necessary permit to obtain the recertification of the buildings and components. The property has been accumulated fines of $250 per day since April 19, 2026 for 63 days for the total of $15,750. I have been communicating With the facility money handling the building certificate. But as of now, no application has been submitted. So they're still on violation. So we are recommending for them to obtain the necessary permit to comply with the violations, for the fines to continue to accumulate until they come into compliance, and to come back the next year if needed.

Okay. Is anyone here for this property?

It was. I. No.

Sir, Mr. G. A. D. Are you here? Or 1550? Yes, well, no.

Yeah. Okay. I'm going to go ahead and accept the abilities recommendation. Thank you.

All right. Let's work. If you could please read the last cases in all at the same time and since you're all in compliance.

Case number 08592 property address 1621 South treasure drive owner 1621 South treasure drive LLC. In violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Flooded Building Code, were performed without the required permits installed a new main drain and stucco on the exterior of the home. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez. Case number 08637. Property address 7920 East Drive, number 5. Owner, Ametheus Holdings LLC. In violation of Code Section 105.1 4-5 of the Florida Building Code.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. In violation of Code Section 105.4-5 of the Florida Building Code, Building permits become null and void and expired after six months are in violation. Inspector on this case, Maria Tovar. Case number 08639, property address 7601 East Treasure Drive, unit 2401. Owner, Saifullah Babmari, Nazrin Sa... I'm so sorry, I can't pronounce this. In violation of code section... 105.4-5 of the Florida Building Code. Building permits become null and void and expired after six months are in violation. Inspector on this case, Maria Silver.

Your Honor, I'm happy to report those three cases read by the clerk were all in compliance before the hearing. We're just asking for those to be dismissed.

Okay. Case dismissed. Thank you.

Perfect. And that does it for our agenda. Statement of

Okay, wonderful. Thank you, guys.

Thank you. Take care, Jude. Nice to see you. Recording stopped.