Special Magistrate - Regular Meeting

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That's true. That is true. When you look up, you're like, oh my God, it's already four o'clock and I haven't gotten anything done.

And no lunch.

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All right, your honor seems to be everybody.

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Yes, Your Honor, that's everyone.

Okay, wonderful. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to North Bay Village Code Enforcement Hearing. My name is Attorney Regine Monestine, and I am your Special Magistrate. This hearing is conducted pursuant to Chapter 162 of the Florida Statutes. Formal rules of evidence shall not apply, but fundamental due process shall be observed and shall govern these proceedings. I will hear testimony from the code inspector and the 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 examine documents presented at the hearing as well as 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, you will be ordered to comply with the code within a certain time. If you do not do so, you'll be fined up to $250 per day for the first violation and up to $500 per day 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 who will be testifying, and then you may call your first case.

Good afternoon. Everyone on this call who is going to give a testimony, please turn on your cameras and raise your right hand. Everyone, please turn on your cameras. Do you swear that your testimony will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? So I hope you got it.

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Thank you. Case number 08065. Property address 1770 79th Street Causeway. Owner, North Bay White House Association No. 4, Inc. In violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, work performed without the required permits installed hydraulic power unit, new controller, and the AC mini-split. Inspect on this case, Orlando Rodriguez. Case number 08063. Property address 1790 79th Street Causeway. Owner, North Bay White House, Association No. 2, Inc., in violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, were performed without the required permits, installed hydraulic power unit, new controller, and an AC mini-slip. Inspector on this case, Maria Tovar. In Case 08066, Property Address 1780, 79th Street, Causeway. Owner, North Bay White House, Association No. 3, Inc. In violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, work performed without the required permits installed hydraulic power unit and a new electrical controller for the elevator. 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, March 19, 2026, in which you ordered the property to comply with the violation as soon as they could. At that point, they have been attending our hearings for 211 days, running fines for $52,750. You actually ordered that the fines be temporarily stopped at that hearing as the HOA president, Mr. Leonardo, was advised to meet with the building official and our building department to clarify his questions on the elevator permits and those kinds of items, which he did. So that order was put through. As I mentioned, Leonardo did meet. He was here last year, and he did meet with our building official, as you advised him to. He sat down with Pedro Martinez, and also I was there at the tail end of the meeting, and also our assistant building official was there. Luckily, they were able to clear everything up. Leonardo received the direction he needed, which seemed to work very well because as we sit here today, he is on the cusp of getting all the permits he needs. Just as a recap, the 1770 building has two permits that will be issued today, in fact, that he was able to hopefully get paid. And as of today, he applied for the hydraulic vehicle unit as well the 1780 building has everything processed ready to go all they're pending is just the payment for that one and the 1790 building as of today submitted for the hydraulic permit as well and they also already completed the mini split so he's basically and the 1800 building is actually complied in full compliance we'll announce that mitigation later this hearing However, he is probably a day or two away from getting these permits, which is great. Our recommendation at this point is for the property to get these permits issued as soon as they can. As I mentioned, the fines were temporarily halted last hearing. They're still at the same total of $52,750. We would ask for those fines to continue to recommence today. However, we would not be opposed if you continue to stay since they are just a couple of days away from getting those permits. Mr. Leonardo is here this afternoon. We also have our building official and our permit clerk here as well.

Okay. So I would like to hear from Mr. Leonardo. Please state your name and your relationship to the property. And then let me know if you have any objection to the village's recommendation. I suspect that you do.

Thank you, Your Honor. My name is Leonardo Schiaffino. I'm on the board of the two of the associations, property owners since 1996. They mitigated the fines for building the one building at 5%. Code enforcement suggested that I mitigate with him, saying that you could impose $40,000. He's been doing this a long time and so forth. I know the building's history for a long time. I've been an owner since 1996. And the buildings, unfortunately, have been under a lot of abuse from a previous owner where he did a lot of damage to the buildings. And it didn't seem that much was ever done about it by code enforcement. However, when there was a new board, all of a sudden, we got all these citations and hearings that notices were being sent to the old owner's property address. All of a sudden, they rushed. So put it in context, there were holes open in the building. There was a trash chute open. It was there for almost a year. Nothing happened, code enforcement. There's a new board. All of a sudden, they came rushing. I had my own experience. with the old president where he was trying to extort from me $40,000 claiming damage was being done to my apartment. And he was wanting me to go into the unit below, open the bottom. And because he said this happened in other areas in the building, I do all the work. I do construction. I'm going to do the work. But I'm trying to help you. You need to go and open. I said, I cannot do that. And then he decided he pressured me for two weeks. This is an issue that had been going on for a year. I had no idea. The gentleman living in the first floor who died about six months after this from cancer of the throat, I went in his apartment. I couldn't believe what I saw. The mold. The lady on the second floor had cancer and she had a wet floor everywhere. When I was notified of this, I said, my God, I called in a plumber immediately. They checked my entire apartment. They opened the whole of my tub, everything. They said, listen, there's no way leak is coming from it. This was not good enough for the association. I got hired another company that I know very well from Fisher Island. I said, send me your best guy. If it's problems, might take care of it. They went and they did a water test. Nothing. The president insisted he had a 30 day shutdown order from the city that he posted that he said that the building was going to be condemned. He said it was issued by code enforcement and he posted this. I end up... You've moved past all of this. No, no, no. Bear with me one moment. Very important. So I call Orlando Rodriguez and I ask him, can you please be present? Because this president is going to open the underneath of the unit below. And he keeps trying to blame me, my plumber, all my records. I have the report. I've said that it's not for my unit. So I don't know if he's going to knock this. He's going to do something. Can you go? Yes, yes, I'll be there because I couldn't be there that day. So my tenant is keeping me informed because they're doing water tests. So what's happening? He calls me at the end. He said, yes, the plumber came up here. He told me it's absolutely not your unit. Everything is great. He was happy. I was happy. At 6.30, I get a phone call from Orlando Rodriguez on my cell phone. Mr. Schiaffino, I just want to update you on what occurred today. And I'm happy. I go, oh, great. Thank you. Yeah, I heard. I heard that it's not my unit, everything. No, no, actually, I was there as you had instructed and you told me they might open the slab, but I was ready to stop them. But they said, no, no, no, they're not going to open a slab. So I said, OK, they opened it up and actually turned out to be your overflow. But, you know, I have a little bit of plumbing experience. I was actually able to go up there with a screwdriver and fix your overflow and so forth. And I got so depressed. I thought this had been going on for like two months. The president was trying to put the residents below against me. He told them, go ahead and sue him. It's Leonardo Schiaffino's fault. It turned out to be a pipe, drain pipe on the second floor. We have all this evidence. He called me and he told me this lie. I believed him. That was on September 8th. I have record of the call. I'll never forget the day. That evening, I went to sleep. I was so depressed. I didn't speak to my wife. Wait, wait, wait. Sir, listen. Speak to the facts. These are the facts. These are the facts of peace.

Your Honor, one second, Leonardo. I'm not sure this case he's referencing, nor have I. I think he's thinking about something that happened years ago. I've never... done anything in his unit or had a screwdriver. This has nothing to do with this case we're talking about. He's talking about something that may have happened years ago. I don't recall. Right here today, we're talking about the elevator and the violations there and the many splits that was installed in common areas. He's talking about some other story. I just wanted to clarify that.

Okay. Thank you.

Your Honor, if I may, the point is, is that he's a corrupt individual. He should not.

Sir, sir, listen, listen. I will not allow disparaging remarks at all.

I am testifying to a third person. But Your Honor, with all due respect, I'm testifying and I have the right to be heard.

You have a right to be heard, but you have no right to make any disparaging comments.

Okay. He called. Okay. So let's say... I take back the comment of Christ. He called me to tell me something that was completely untrue. That was completely untrue. Okay.

We are discussing the matter before us right now. And that is... Let me hear from the building official. I want to hear from the building official with regard to this meeting. Were you at this meeting with the building official?

Yes.

Okay. Okay. So I'm concerned about what occurred at that meeting and how we move forward. I don't want to hear anything about any discussion preceding that.

Okay. I just don't think it's correct that this is the individual that has this power to negotiate these fines. He's telling me not to go to the magistrate. He's telling me you're going to get $40,000. It's not correct. He shouldn't have anything to do with our buildings. Give it to the other court enforcement because he's going to retaliate. And this is not correct. It's not correct. I don't know how you can hear a testimony of something like this so egregious. I'm not lying. My wife died the next day. She's a Miami-Dade school teacher. Listen, I can be heard for a few moments, okay? This is all the truth. You can see, you can look. We have all the evidence. Maybe there's another form for this, but I think it's correct, and it is relevant. There's a history of these buildings being abused. All these stories. I'm not the only owner. I'm not the only owner. And Mr. Martinez knows himself what this Pedro, sorry, what this Pinto was doing. He was charging for work as a contractor. He was finding damages in building and extorting from unit owners. And it's been too long that all these people, when we get something from the city code enforcement, we don't think, oh, we did something wrong. We think, oh, here's the corruption again. We think they're working with the developer. This is a reality of life. Your Honor, I'm sorry, but it is true. We're not people who are dumb. It's true. I know it's an ugly thing to look at, but it is the truth. I swear on my life, on my wife's memory, I swear, I swear this is all true. He called me to tell me this lie, made it up. I believed it like a fool. I was so depressed. I didn't even talk to my wife the last night that she was alive. I was just depressed. Two weeks later, I get a call from the tenant downstairs. I'm thinking, here it is. Here's the $40,000 thing. Let me answer it. Mr. Schiavino, you were completely right. The owner's son came here. He's an engineer. You opened the ward. The pipe is exactly, you were the only one standing up to the association. I could get testimony from hundreds of residents of the torment that happened with this president before for 10 years and how code enforcement did nothing. And I experienced this myself. I wouldn't believe it either. I would think it's crazy if it happened to me. This is, I wanted to get it on record. This is a direct testimony. It is the truth and I'm going to pursue it. He should not have anything to do with this building. Other than that, I'm fine. But remove it from the buildings. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Mr. Building official, can you please state or tell me what happened as a result of this meeting that took place?

As a result of the meeting, we agreed they understood what type of permits they needed to pull. We need to do inspections to make sure the work is done correctly. They understood the particular mechanical permit is required so you can keep record of the elevator permit to get with the elevator division of the county. So they understood the permits they need to pull and they understood the work. I mean.

When you say they understood, who was they that understood? The association. The association. But who represented the association that said they understood?

Mr. Scafino was present.

He said he understood at that time?

Yes. Orlando, they understood. We got into an agreement and they're in compliance now. That's why Orlando has recommended that he would disagree with you if you continue to stop the fines. I think this is what I understood from Orlando. He's recommending that because they are like a day away from compliance, not to restart the fines.

So, okay. So it's your testimony that they are a day or two away from full compliance?

Yes, I can be corroborated by Leilani, who's also present in this meeting. So, but there are a couple of days they need to pay. Now, if they never pay, maybe you want to set a limit on the time we wait. If we don't get the private issue, we can restart. I don't know.

To clarify, yeah. We always recommend fines to run for all properties. We stay consistent on that. And that's our recommendation today. However, what I just threw in at the end was that if you decided to keep the stay, we would not be opposed since they are so close to getting them.

Thank you. What I don't want to see happen is that we keep the stay and tomorrow or the next day turns into next week and turns into two weeks from now.

On the other hand, this is not related to the case, but because there's the Latino community, stated these things, I want to say for record that we work closely with all called compliance, Mr. Rodriguez and everybody else in called compliance getting rid of Mr. Pinto. And I believe that.

Here's what I'm going to do. I've heard enough. I've heard enough. Thank you. Here's what I'm going to do. I am going to stay the fine for seven days if They are not in compliance. On the eighth day, fines will commence, okay?

Your Honor, I respect that. And there is one thing, I don't understand this. So we met with Mr. Martinez and I asked him to put it in writing because I know how these things go. And he sent an email and the email was sent to Leilani March 31st. Good morning, Leilani. For elevators, White House needs, one, electrical permit to feed the new hydraulic and new mini-split, electrical final inspection. And two, mechanical permit for installation of mini-split. This is what he wrote. We then proceeded to do that. And then... The city required two new permits. They required then the mechanical for the installation of the mini split. I mean, not the mechanical for installation of the hydraulic pump. So there was a change after Mr. Martinez graciously, and I know that he's an honest man, 100%, very competent. It was an amazing meeting. He put my faith back into the code department. But this is what he recommended to us. And then the city changed it. And that's why we're late now, because now they changed. They said, no, you do need a hydraulic.

So as you sit here today, based on the emails and the meeting, are you clear as to what needs to happen in order to become to come into compliance?

Yeah, because we're OK. And we can you do that?

Can you do that within seven days?

Your Honor, we can do it if they change it again, which is what has been happening. And I know maybe this sounds crazy, but it's true. And Mr. Martinez wrote this email. Can you just answer the question, please? If they don't change it, of course.

I think we've already complied with it. This is my order. Thank you so much for coming. Hopefully, we will not have to do this again next month, okay? Thank you so much for coming.

Okay, and I want to file a complaint. Can you just tell me what the proper procedure is?

You have to talk to the city about that.

Anyone in particular in the city?

I don't know. You can file it with the city. Thank you for your time. Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

All right, Ms. Clerk, if we could go back to number one, the agenda, please.

Case number 08626, property address 7720 Miami View Drive. Owner, 7720 View Drive, LLC, in violation of Code Section 94.15B and 1 of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, recycle bin stored in the front yard for several weeks. Inspector on this case, Maria Tovar.

Good afternoon, Maria Tovar, Code Enforcement Officer. This is a new case. This property has been given severe and written warning about their garbage and recycled containers. Their containers are always left outside on the front yard after pickup. They have been advised that the container should be stored behind the property line. On January 16, 2026, a $200 citation was given for having the recycled containers stored in front of the yard for weeks. Notice was sent to the owner and also to the registered agent to the address listed on the county record. Notice was also posted on the property. Citation is still outstanding, no communication from the owner. So we are recommending for the property to maintain compliance with the violations and to pay the amount of $200 plus $75 administrative fee for a total of $275. The fine should be paid in 30 days or liens will be recorded on the property.

Okay. Is there anyone here for this property? No. All right. Hearing none, I'm going to go and accept the village's recommendation.

Thank you. Because you're 43, right?

Yeah. So the insurance under the registration.

Case number 241101, property address 1881 Kennedy Causeway,

owner of the Bushwater Tower Condominium Association, Inc., in violation of Code 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, Your Honor. Orlando Rodriguez for the record, Code Director. We're happy to report that Mr. Omar Diaz was finally able to comply with this case. He was able to get his permit for the concrete restoration, which is great. So we did reach a settlement for his outstanding fines in which he agrees to pay the village a one-time payment of $3,350, payable within 30 days of this hearing, just pending your approval. If not, it will be recorded as a lien on the property.

Okay. And is someone here?

No, Mr. Diaz does have another property. Okay.

All right. I'm going to go ahead and accept the village's settlement agreement.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

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

Good afternoon, Maria Tovar, Court Enforcement Officer. This property came before you last on March 19, 2026. 30 days were given to attend the necessary permit to comply with the violations. The property has been accumulated fines of $250 per day since June 26, 2025, 302 days for the total of $75,500. All permit applications to legalize the unpermitted works have been submitted to the billing department. but they had not been approved by the inspector due to missing information. On April 9th, 2026, the documentation requested by inspector was submitted to the building inspector, but it was also denied. So they're still in that process. As of today, no permit application has been, no permit have been obtained in the property stay on violations. Our recommendation is to attend the necessary permit to comply with the violations, to continue accumulating the fines of $250 per day that have been accumulated on the property since June 26, 2025 for 302 days for a total of $75,500, and then to come back to the next hearing for an update as needed.

Okay. Is there someone here?

Hi, I'm Brian Latham. I'm the architect and the general contractor on this project. I'm just here to give an update.

Before you do that, let me know whether you have any objections to the village's recommendation.

No, I don't object, but I do have a question.

Okay.

Go ahead. So in terms of the update, this is not an objection. It's a small clarification. The applications were not rejected due to lack of information. There were some additional details requested on a window, and there was an issue at this point with the signature on the electrical drawings. So we're extremely close to having these multiple permits. I think there are about eight permits in total. Okay. I expect we'll have the permits by the next meeting and then proceed with the work. I do have a bit of concern. Obviously, it's a stressor to a single family homeowner, you know, the occurring fines. My understanding has been that those are not mitigated, but I'm hearing in this meeting that there is a process for mitigation and that some fines are mitigated. I'm not asking at this point that they be mitigated. I don't think a few days here or there is worth the administrative hassle or the request, but is there a clear process to ask for mitigation? And what will be important will be, is there a clear process to ask for mitigation of the final fine? Because I'm aware from prior meetings that those have been mitigated. So I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OFFICIAL PROCESS IS ON THAT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAW IS APPLIED EQUALLY TO ALL THE CITIZENS.

UNDERSTOOD. YES, THERE IS A PROCESS. YOU WOULD CONTACT YOUR CODE INSPECTOR ABOUT THAT.

OKAY? OKAY. AND THE CODE INSPECTOR HAS SOME WRITTEN INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS TO APPLY FOR THE MITIGATION? I BELIEVE THERE'S AN APPLICATION OR SOMETHING. OKAY. SO THERE SHOULD BE YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

IF I'M WRONG, MS. TILFORD, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S A WRITTEN APPLICATION, CORRECT?

Once you're in compliance, you're going to call a department. They will be email requesting that, and we're going to tell you exactly what it is, and then what the percentage that we had, and then you agree to it on writing, and you send it on writing. It will be on writing.

Okay, so it takes place in the form of an email exchange with the building department.

Correct. With the code department.

Okay, with you, with the code department, or with the building department. But it's an email exchange about the mitigation of the fine once we have the final approvals for all of the permits that we're pulling.

Correct.

Okay, thank you for the information. I appreciate it.

Okay, have a good day. Thank you so much for coming.

Case number 08051, property address 7929 West Drive, Unit 402. Owner, Jilla Renee Azovall. violation of code section 105.1 of the florida building code were performed without the required permits remodel two bathrooms that require building electrical employment permits inspect on this case orlando rodriguez yeah soon again your honor orlando rodriguez for the record north bay village code director uh this case was also before you last hearing march 19th the property is ordered to obtain the building permits

to comply with the violation. Property at that point had been accruing fines of $250 per day since June 26, 2025, so over 67 days for a total of $66,750. Fines are ordered to continue at that hearing until compliance is achieved. As I stated last hearing, Ms. Gillo was here. She's here again this afternoon and her partner. They had informed us that they actually got rid of their old contractor, Mr. Denny's, due to his lack of progress on this case. And, you know, the amount of time they hired him to do this and essentially had done nothing that we saw. So, unfortunately, they had to go with that. But they did hire a company called Eric Construction, who has made some strides finally to get this done. I spoke with, had a little email exchange, text exchange with the owners. their contractor had actually applied for the permit, which is great. They did find a few things that just needed to be corrected and resubmitted, but they're confident that that's gonna be done actually by the 30th this month or sooner. So we're waiting for that. Our recommendation at this point is for the property to obtain those permits as soon as they can. Property has been accruing fines 302 days now for a total of $75,500. We'd ask for the fines to continue and for the owners to return again as needed. Ms. Gillis here again for this afternoon.

Okay, ma'am. Please state your name, your relationship to the property, and let me know whether you have any objection to the village's recommendations.

Oh, we can't hear you, Ms. Gillis. It does show that you're unmuted, but...

I apologize. Am I able to chime in on her behalf? I'm her partner, Daniel Akari's. Is she with you? She's in the car. She's at her job. I'm at my job, but we just both wanted to... She just gave a thumbs up. Okay, great.

All right. State your name, your relationship to the property, and let me know whether you object to the village's recommendation.

My name is Daniel Akaris. I am Gila Azarbal's significant other. Gila is the property owner. In terms of disagreeing with the officer, we, as last month, we request to pause the penalty accumulation. As the officer indicated, we have been making good faith efforts to improve this. We have done strides to try to comply as soon as possible. So we request the pausing of the penalties. But other than that, what he said is accurate. And I do have some additional comments I would like to add afterward.

Okay. So I am going to accept the village's recommendation. We will see you back here next meeting. Maybe, maybe not. And yeah, thank you so much for coming.

Sure. If I can just add some additional comments. Today, we did submit some additional documentation. So we were ahead of the April 30th deadline. Almost everything was submitted. We did have an additional question for the village related to the soundproofing of the floor. The apartment unit is above the building, above the parking area of the building. So we weren't sure if that needed to be submitted with it. given what was explained to us by the new contractor that may cause the whole package to get rejected but outside of that we believe we've provided everything else that's needed okay great thank you have a great day everyone thank you so much as well all right this is number five please

Case number 221201, property address 7904 West Drive, owner 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 building and components. Respect on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Good afternoon again, Your Honor. For the record, Orlando Rodriguez, North Bay Village Code Director. This case was also before you last hearing, March 19th. Properties ordered to obtain their certifications as soon as they could. Fines at that point had been running for 1,093 days, total of $273,250. Fines ordered to continue and for the property returned for status report. As I mentioned last hearing, this property continues to chip away at the work being done on the exterior of the building. They're making great progress in the mornings when I drive in and I see the progress there slowly moving towards the south of the building. So at this point, we're kind of just monitoring and waiting for them to finalize those repairs or recommendations for property to comply as soon as they can. Fines as of today have been running for 1,128 days. totaling $282,000. We just ask for the fines to continue and for the popular return for a status report. As usual, Ms. Mona Issa is here representing Bayshore to provide an update.

Hey, good afternoon, Your Honor. Good afternoon, Orlando.

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

My name is Mona. Last name is Isa, and I'm the president of Bayshore Yacht and Tennis Club. Since we've obtained our 60-year recertification permit, we have successfully completed the concrete restoration and the waterproofing for the balconies of Line 15, 16, 17, and the window area in between. And... Sorry, give me one second. I'm in the middle of a meeting. Sorry. And now we've moved the swing stages to the balconies of line 14, 12, 11 and 10. So that would be the next four lines. We've been successfully completing all of those and all the work is in the order that we are anticipating to proceed with it. Thank you, Mr. Orlando, to see the progress. I look at it as well as I'm driving through and I'm happy to see the changes happening in Bayshore.

Okay, great.

Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you.

All right, Ms. Clark, we could jump to number nine, please.

Case number 08062, property address 1879 Street Causeway, owner North Bay White House, Association No. 1, Inc. In violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, work performed without the required permits to install hydraulic power unit and a new electrical controller for the elevator. Inspecting this case, Maria Tova.

Good afternoon again, Your Honor. For the record, Orlando Rodriguez, Northview Village Code. We are happy to report this case also complied before the hearing. We were able to mitigate the outstanding fines in the property to a one-time payment of $2,500, payable within 30 days. If not, it will revert back to the original amount and be reported as a lien on the property, just pending your approval.

Okay. Someone here.

No, you aren't. This was referenced earlier by Mr. Shapino.

Okay.

All right. I'm going to go ahead and accept the religious agreement. Thank you.

Case number 3182, property address 1681 Kennedy Causeway, owner M.G. Prosper, N.V.V. LLC, in violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, Commence demo work inside the building, demolition of walls, floors, and the ceiling. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Yes, and again, Orlando Rodriguez for the record. This case was also before your last hearing, March 19th. Property is ordered to comply with the violations. Property was asked to return today for a status report, and they started to commence fines at $250 per day at that point. As we mentioned in the previous meeting, Mr. Peter Graves that represents the property indicated that they're looking at an alternate avenue for compliance in this building since the new ownership is probably thinking of demolishing the property. So they're currently in touch with the city for that process. There's also some changes in ownership happening internally that he brought to my attention. So we have no other further updates in this time. Recommendations for the property to obtain the permits or demolish the building as soon as they can. The property has been accruing fines now for 35 days, total of $8,750. We'd ask for the fines to continue and for the property to return. I don't see Mr. Graves online. 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, related to attaining recertification of building land components. Inspector on this case, Maria Tobar.

Good afternoon, Maria Tobar, Code Enforcement Officer. This property came before you last March 19, 2026. It was found to be in violation. It was ordered to obtain the necessary permit to obtain the recertification of the building components. 30 days were given with no running fines. They have been working on the repair of the building, but no report or permit has been submitted for the recertification of the building since August last year. So it is our recommendation for the property to obtain the necessary permit and to obtain the recertification and for the fine to commence today, $250 per day until they come into compliance and to come back the next evening.

Okay, anyone here?

No? Yes, yes.

You're muted. The property managers.

Hello, Your Honor. Good afternoon. This is Giovanna with Grandview Palace Condominium. Regarding what was stated right now, we do have the permit we have submitted to the city. actually it was six months ago so our permit is still in place and also we have provided as requested an update to code informants into the building department as well which um includes all the inspection logs but the engineer which was accepted by the city by the village so i don't understand why yeah your honor i'm jay defar i'm the president of the association

If you remember last month, I was surprised about some of the information that was reported because we always had a permit for this. We never operated any construction without a permit. And basically the issue that we have dealt with is the fact that the completion of the concrete repairs in the building has not been completed. And as of the understanding that we had, which you probably have recorded from the last meeting, the only issue that was required is for us to provide an update on the actual logs and provide reports that state what's the completion status and what is required to comply. We provided all of this information in great detail, and I believe that we don't have any issue or any pending requirements from the city.

Just so I'm clear, are you saying that you've You closed out the permits? Everything is closed?

No, no. The permit is for a long project of 40 years.

Okay, so that's fine. So I'm going to grant the village's recommendation. When you're finished, you're going to go through that process with the building department. And that will be that.

That's exactly what we agreed last month. There's no need to file any fines. because it is a normal extension of time for completion of the 40-year repairs.

Anytime there's an open case, you're going to have running fines. Okay, you have to close out the case for the fines to stop.

But ma'am, what we are talking about with all due respect is an extension of a normal permit because the job needs to be completed, not that we have defaulted in completion or application of any permits.

Or, if you have any questions, you can record them in the Q&A box. This is a particular subject, isn't it? So, if anyone else wants to end the day here, I'm going to leave.

As you heard in the previous case, as you're getting here with Mr. Frank Richmond, all these buildings, it takes time to do this work. And as you're working, unfortunately, you approve fines. So that is what happens when you're late with the certification. You end up getting a code case. Code case starts running fine. That's the reason why you're here, sir.

Yeah, but the understanding from certification from our engineer is that you're not required to finish a certification. It is a global process to have a certification submitted to the city as we have complied 100%. All of the work, all the complete work that was performed in the property.

Your engineer is incorrect, sir.

Okay. Sir, maybe it would be helpful if you scheduled a meeting with the building official so that you can understand the process. But your case is still open. Okay? So until it's completely closed, then the fines will stop.

So you are saying that we are going to be fined $250 a day for the next six months, which is the normal project time. That is correct.

That is correct.

That is correct. And just for the records, I checked this morning with the billing department and they had not submitted any application report for this recertification.

That is incorrect. I did submit all the laws and also reports. I can forward the information again.

Let me make it clear.

Is that for this one? Because remember, you have different projects.

Maybe you're talking about another project. It's for the balcony, for the 40-year recertification.

Yeah, all of the details, all the engineering logs, everything has been signed and submitted to the city already. The letter that was requested is stating the amount of time that was necessary, precisely in the words of the attorney last time when we had this meeting. You can go back to the actual original video to understand what I'm saying is correct. And basically the only thing that we were told last meeting was that we have to provide an update on the project With that update, we would have the six months extension to be able to finish the project.

You can have three years to finish the project. You can have as long as you want, but you have to understand that the longer it takes, the more the fines will run.

But if somebody says that a building requires projects and corrections, and that requires nine months, and you have a certificate for six months, the normal procedure is to have an extension of the permit. As long as you are complying with all the engineering and all the work, why do you have to be penalized $250? If we are $250 every day, you know, for something that- Because that's the law, because the state law-

allows for municipalities to fine for these types of things. The law allows it.

But ma'am, if I would like to, with all due respect, if you go back to the conversations that we had 30 days ago, this is not the language that you used. The language that you used is that we have to provide an update to the city to be able to provide the extension. You didn't say that we are going to be charged now for six months at $250 a day when we are fully complying with the city.

It's up to you. It's up to you. It takes as long as it takes. I don't know how long it's going to take. You have to determine how long it's going to take for you to finish. I have already provided that information written by the lawyer on a statement to your office. And so, not to my office, to the city. To the city, that's correct. And so, hear me very well. As long as there are open fines, the city has the right to fine you per day. That's the law. That's the law. You understand? Okay. What open fine are you talking about then?

Open violations.

Open violations, excuse me. Open violations. Currently, you have open violations. The case is not closed. After you close the case, you come into compliance completely and fully, you can have a conversation with the village about mitigating. Okay. But every time you come here, we will grant you more time. However, you have to understand with time comes fines. Okay. So I would do as work as quickly and as diligently as possible so that you can close out the violations.

Please feel free to coordinate with Yeltsin to have a meeting with me and the building official. So that way we could clarify all these things up for you.

Yes, please. Yes, Orlando, please.

Because, I mean, obviously... Orlando, we're talking about $250 a day times five months, which was projected by the engineer and the construction company and provided to the city, right? So we're talking about adding a burden of like $6,000 or more a month for something that we are totally working... to comply with the city since we started it.

I'll be happy to explain it to you, sir. This is the code enforcement process. We've got properties here that have been at growing fires for two years. That's just the way it goes. I'll be happy to explain it to you.

Orlando, I'm sorry. This is Ron Barnett, the vice president. I have just a question. As you know, when you start a project, you only can make what I consider to be an estimate of the project time. But as you get into the project itself, they become things that you were not aware of that is going to take longer. It's still that same project. If you go back to the city and say, here now are the things we are faced with. We need more time to comply with this project that we estimated in the beginning of the project. Why is that going to include fine? You're still working on the project and meeting the city requirements as you go along.

I'm going to answer this question and then we're going to move on because think of it this way. If the city isn't charging right for, for, for delays and open open violations, I'm sure you have the best of intentions. But if the city doesn't do that, what is your, what's going to incentivize you to complete this work?

We're working with them and we give them the law.

I'm sure you are, but not everyone does.

We are dragging our people.

I understand your frustration and I'm sure you have the best of intentions and I'm sure you're working as diligently as possible, but there's no way that the city can have these open violations without having some sort of leverage, frankly. Because people would just have violations open for years and years.

I understand that, but we should not be penalized for the fact that we're conforming to their requirements.

You're not being penalized for conforming. You're not being penalized for conforming. So don't look at it that way. It's because there are open violations. And so once there's an open violation, even though you are intending and even though you are working towards closing it, Until it's closed, there will be fine.

And I understand you have to move on. I understand you have to move on. But my point is this. We are still working on the project, meeting the requirements. All of the documentation they want to show that this project is ongoing and moving forward. No delays. But these are real things that we are faced with that cause the project to run longer. updating them on the reports, et cetera, based on what they want. And, you know, in that case, if you know a project is going to run about six months up front, you might as well ask for two years to make sure that you, within the period of time, they go and get to this kind of situation.

Yeah. They began this process in 2021, just so you have an idea of how long it's been. And luckily, there haven't been even accruing fines until now. Yeah. Hopefully. Well, sir, please make a meeting with me. We'll be happy to sit down, clarify everything. Giovanna knows I'm only a phone call away. We'll be happy to meet.

No, I'm not saying the city has been unreasonable.

Okay, so at this point, I'm going to end because we do have other people waiting. And I'm going to recall, I'm going to remember this. So next month, I will ask whether you met with the building official in the village. And if you said no, I'm also going to take that into consideration. So make sure that you are making yourself available to me, okay? Thank you so much. Next case, please. Thank you.

Thank you.

Case number 2-1-1-2-1-5, property address 1666 Kennedy Causeway, owner Causeway Tower, LLC, in violation of Code Section 151.20A of the North Bay Village Code of Awarenesses, failure to attain recertification of buildings and components. Respect on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Yes, and again, Your Honor, Orlando Rodriguez, for the record. This case is also before you. Last hearing, March 19th, 2026, properties ordered to obtain their certification as soon as they could. Fines at that point have been running for 1,370 days. The fine is ordered to continue and for Mr. Richmond to return for a status report. As an update, the property does continue to work on the repairs in the parking garage, which is an element of this case. I spoke with Mr. Richmond's contractor this week, Orestes, and he stated that he'll be submitting permits. He was actually supposed to submit them this morning, so I'll follow up and see if he did for the actual building concrete restoration itself. So they're moving forward. Our recommendation is for the fines to continue, for the property to comply as soon as they can. Fines have been running today, 1,370 days, 250 days. $342,500. We'd ask for the fines to continue for property return as needed. We have Mr. Richmond back this afternoon.

Hello?

Good afternoon. Please state your name.

your relationship to the property and let me know whether you object to the villagers recommendations my name is frank richmond i'm the property manager of causeway tower and there's no objection thank you so much as always for being here mr richmond we'll see you back here again absolutely have a nice afternoon thank you

Case number 250341, property address 150879 Street, Causeway. Owner has Realty LLC in violation of Code Section 8.17J and 1 of the Northgate Village Code of Ordinances, Builder Maintenance and Standards Regulation. Inspector on this case, Maria Tovar.

Good afternoon, Maria Tovar, Court Enforcement Officer. This case came before you last on March 19, 2026. It was ordered to obtain the necessary permit to comply with the violation. The property has been accumulated fines of $250 per day since October 23, 2025 for 182 days for a total of $45,500. On March 12, 2026, a permit application was submitted for the repair of the building. The application is still in the review process because the owner hasn't communicated and haven't answered to the comment that they submitted, that they requested. We are recommending for them to obtain the necessary permit to comply with the violation for the property to continue with accumulating the fines of $250 per day that they have been accumulating on the property for 182 days for the total of $45,500 and to come back at the next meeting for an update.

Okay. Is there anyone here for this property?

I don't even know them, but I don't see anybody.

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

Thank you.

Pace number 08068. Property address 7520 West Treasurer Drive. Owner 7520 West Treasurer LLC. In violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, work performed without the required permits installed two wine piles and two electrical jet ski lifts in the rear of the property. Respect on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Good afternoon again, Your Honor. Orlando Rodriguez for the record. Code Director. This case is also before the last hearing, March 19th. Property is ordered to comply with the violation. At that point, fines have been accruing for 183 days, $45,750. Fines are ordered to continue and to property to return today. The owners have not been present with these cases since it began. We have not received any permit applications nor have we received any communication from them. The gentleman's property owner's wife Didn't reach out here to the building department, asked a few questions about permits and didn't proceed with any other items. And physical inspection of the property shows that the lifts are still there. They have not been removed. Our recommendation at this point is for the property to comply as soon as they can. As of today, fines have been running for 218 days, a total of $54,500. We'd ask for the fines to continue and for the property to return as needed.

Okay. So I take it no one's here. No, you're going to go ahead and accept the religious 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, will it obtain re-certification of buildings and components? Inspector on this case, Maria Tovar.

Good afternoon, Maria Tovar, Code Enforcement Officer. This property came before you last on March 19, 2026. It was found to be in violation and was given 30 days to come into compliance. The property has been accumulated fines of $250 per day since February 19, 2026 for 63 days for the total of $15,750. They hired an electrical contractor that he is making progress in correcting all the electrical calls and safety violations found to be able to submit an electrical report to the building department. We are recommending for the property to continue working and to obtain the RIT certification permit to continue accumulating the fines of $250 per day that has been accumulated on the property.

and until they come into compliance and to come back at the next hearing offer an update as needed okay is anyone here yes okay please state your name your relationship to the property and let me know if you have any objections to the villagers recommendations

Yes, Your Honor. My name is Jackie Vengueshea. I am the treasurer for the association, a member of the board. I'd like to clarify that we have diligently pulled, completed the works and closed permits related to the elevators, related to the completion of all the repairs required by the inspection report on the seawall, completed for over a million dollars all the repairs, pulled the permit, completed the work, and closed the permit for all the structural and non-structural works. The last portion that we have completed is issues related with the electrical. There were 51 notations to be taken care of. We have completed 48 of those and we have three more to complete. We have the visit from the inspector, we submitted, we have a letter that we submitted to the inspector and the reason why we were not able to complete it was because we need to change two luminaires and the delivery for those luminaires are in between three to four weeks. So we are now waiting for those luminaires to be brought into the place so we can change them. I don't know how appropriate it is for me to say I'm in disagreement with Ms. Tovar, but I think it will be fair that the fines are lifted because we have not wasted a minute. We have been very diligent on getting permits, hiring engineers, hiring contractors, closing the permits, having the inspections done. So if you honor, may I ask a favor? I don't know if it's okay to ask for favors to the court, but I think we've been very diligent. We have not abandoned. If we can lift the fines, we will really appreciate that.

Yes. Thank you so much. Thank you for being here diligently. You have been here at every meeting and have updated us. At this time, however, I'm unable to lift the fines. But once you are complete, complete, not almost complete, but absolutely complete, then you will pursue mitigation if that's appropriate.

OK, thank you so much. By the way, I'd like to add a comment. Early in the process, we were helped tremendously by Mr. Martinez, Engineer Martinez, tremendously, and also by Mr. Orlando Rodriguez and throughout this process by Mr. Barr. We only have good things to say about the city of North Bay Village and Ingeniero Martinez and Ms. Tobar and Mr. Orlando, I apologize.

Thank you so much for sharing that. Okay, thank you so much and you have a wonderful day. Thank you so much. Okay, have a good day. Bye-bye.

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

Yes, and again, Your Honor, for the record, Orlando Rodriguez. Co-director, this case is also before you. March 19th, last hearing. Property is ordered to comply as soon as they can. Fines at that point have been running for 120 days, total of $30,000. Fines are ordered to continue for the property to return. The property has begun, as we referenced last hearing, the consent agreement process with DERM. The last update from Durham website portal is that they have requested a fine revision from them, and that's still under review. We have no further updates from the property owner at this time. Our recommendations for the property to comply, as of today, fines have been running for 155 days, total of $38,750. We'd ask for the fines to continue for the property to return as needed.

Okay. Is there?

I don't see anybody.

Okay. I'm going to go ahead and accept the religious recommendation.

Thank you.

Case number 08558, property address 7509 Adventure Avenue, owner Joshua C. Combs and Ryan Thomas Woodby, in violation of Code Section 105.2, Point one of the photo building code. Commence work without the required permits. Install a new roof with lights on the top of the home. Inspect on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Yeah, soon again, Your Honor, Orlando Rodriguez, for the record, co-director. This case was also before you last hearing. March 19th, the property was ordered to comply with the violation. Fines at that point had been running for 28 days, $7,000. Fines were ordered to continue for the property to return for status report. The property wasn't able to submit for a permit application since the last hearing, which is great. However, it was rejected due to some items missing in the submission. He spoke to the property owner, and he advised that his permit, or his architect or engineer would be calling me. I did receive a call this morning from the gentleman stating that he's continuing to work on it, that he's going to resubmit that revision as soon as he can. However, at this point, they don't have a permit just yet, so our recommendation for the property to obtain that permit as soon as they can. As of today, fines have been running for 63 days, a total of $13,750. We'd ask for the fines to continue and for the property to return as needed. We did have the owner here last time, Mr. Ryan. I don't see him this afternoon.

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

Thank you. Case number 250827, property address 1801 South Treasure Drive, owner North Bay Villas Condominium Association, Inc., in violation of post section 151.20A of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, failure to attain recertification of buildings and components. Inspector on this case, Maria Sobar.

Good afternoon, Maria Tovar, Court Enforcement Officer. This property came before you left on March 19, 2026. It was found to be in violation, and it was ordered to obtain the necessary permit to obtain the recertification of the building. The property has been accumulated fines of $250 per day since February 19, 2026, for 35 days, for the total of $8,750. I spoke to Mr. Esteban Dosa, president here today. He stated that they are gathering all the information and working with the engineer to start the process to obtain the recertifications. So we are recommending for them to continue working and to obtain the permit, the permit necessary for the recertifications for the fines of $250 to continue accumulating until they come into compliance and to come back at the next level for update.

Okay. Is there anyone here for this property?

Yes. Good afternoon. My name is Jairo Arts and I am the new board president. And in addition to that, Esteban is also on the call and so is our property manager.

Let me know if you have any objections to the religious recommendation.

I'm going to make this short and sweet. I have no objections and we will be having a relationship every month, giving you guys a progress report.

Wonderful. I love that. Thank you so much. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Have a good day.

You too. Bye-bye.

Case number 250825, property address 1865 Kennedy Causeway, owner Kennedy House Condominium, Inc., in violation of Code Section 151.20A of the Norway Village Code of Ordinances, related to attaining recertification of buildings and components. The suspect on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Yes, and again, Your Honor, Orlando Rodriguez. Rodriguez, co-director, North Bay Village. This case was also before you last hearing, March 19th. Property was ordered to comply with the recertification. The property began to approve fines at $250. At that hearing, the property was ordered to return today for status report. The property was able to submit the certification package. I spoke with the property manager. and she was very happy about being able to submit it. They did see a few items were pending on that entry to the building department. So we're waiting for them to resubmit that. She also advised me that they're having a meeting about some funding and they're getting their bank items in order. So it's good that they're moving forward with the ways to fund the project once they get that scope of work recommendation. It's for the property to comply as soon as they can. The property has been accruing fines today for 35 days for a total of $8,750. We'd ask for the fines to continue and for the property to return for status update. Ms. Schwartzfeld was here last hearing representing the property, and she's back.

Okay, man.

And they're swearing as well.

Okay, ma'am.

I think Mr. Rodriguez had the same update that I did.

Hold on. Your name, your relationship to the property, and do you have any objections to the religious recommendations, please?

Lauren Schwartzfeld, I'm the attorney on behalf of the association, and we have no objections. Thank you so much, ma'am.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Case number 250922, property address 1550 Kennedy Causeway. Owner, BMS North Bay Village LLC. Co-owner, Public Storage. In violation of Code Section 151.20A of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, failure to attain recertification of alternate components. Inspector on this case, Maria Tovar.

Good afternoon, Maria Tovar, Code Enforcement Officer. This property came also before you last on March 19, 2026. It was found to be in violations. And it was given 30 days to obtain the permit. The property has been accumulating fines of $250 per day since February 19, 2026 for a total of $8,750. We have not received any communication, any permit or anything from the property at this time. So we are recommending for them to attend the necessary permit to comply with the violations and for the property to continue to accumulate fines of $250 per day that has been accumulated on the property for a total of $8,750 and to come back over the next year for a non-payment.

Okay. Is there anyone here for the property?

Nope.

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

Thank you.

Cases number 08631 and 08632. Property address 1879 Street Causeway, Unit A301. Owner, Leonor E. Avornos-Linares. in violation of Code Section 13.3 A and B of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, operating and advertising a short-term vacation rental without a rental license, and Section 110.06 of the North Bay Village Code of Ordinances, operating a business without a business tax receipt. Inspect on this case, Maria Silva.

Good afternoon. This is a new case. On February 2026, we received a complaint that this place was operating as an Airbnb. We were able to verify that they were advertising as a short-term vacation renter. I visited the property, and at that time, the room that she's renting was occupied. It was rented. And the owner admitted that she had been renting for a while. Two citations was given. of the $250 each for operating as a short-term vacation or renting and for operating without a business that's received. Notice was then certified to the owner of the property and was also the owner of the property. This property On March 23rd, the owner sent an email requesting appeal the citation. The advertising is still advertising until today. It was only removed a couple hours before the hearing. So it is our recommendation for the property to maintain compliance with the violations. And she's ordered to pay $500 plus $75 administrative fee for a total of $575. And the fine should be paid in 30 days or the liens will be recorded on the property.

Okay. Is there someone here?

Yes.

Hi, how are you? Good afternoon. Please state your name, your relationship to the property.

My name is Leonor Albornoz Ayomna.

Yes. Do you have any objection to the village's recommendation?

No, but explain my son's situation. My son talking about with you, Mr. Tobar and Ms. Tobar and Mr. Rodriguez.

Correct.

Yeah, hello?

Yes. I was asking your mother. This is your mother?

Yes, this is my mother.

Did she have any objection to the village's recommendation? I know that she's been in touch with Ms. Tovar. Does she understand what's going on, right?

No, we didn't hear you guys. Okay.

That's okay, Ms. Tovar, if you could be so kind as to Repeat your presentation and recommendation.

Okay. On February 26th, we received a complaint that this place was operating as an AB&B. We were able to verify that they were advertising as a short-term vacation renter. I visited the property, and at that time, on my inspection, the room that she's renting was occupied. And she admitted that she had been renting for a while. Two citations was given for $250 each for operating as a short-term vacationer renter without a license and operating a business without the business as received. Notice was sent certified to the owner of the property to the address listed on the county record. Notice were also posted at the property. On March 23rd, 2026, the owner sent an email requesting to appeal the citation. The advertising was up until today, and it was only removed a couple hours before the hearing. So we are recommending to maintain the property in compliance, to pay $500 $75 administrative fee for a total of $575 and should be paid on 30 days or the liens will be recorded on the property.

We're basically asking your owners for the owner to pay the initial citations that were issued that have not been paid plus just a $75 fee for today's rent.

Okay, so.

I'm sorry, I'm disturbed. But the person not explain me, I think, but see in the TV and the.

Hold on, hold on, ma'am, hold on. Why don't you explain it to her in Spanish? That would be.

Yes, but I'll try explain me.

No, no, no, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay. They're going to explain it to you in Spanish. No, no, no.

¿Tú entiendes?

Sí, I understand the... Tú lo que tienes que hacer, ahora lo que te estamos pidiendo es que pague los dos tickets, que son $250 cada uno, son $500 más $75, son $575. Y necesitas ser pagado en 30 días, porque si no, se te pone un lien en la propiedad.

Pero si no tengo cómo rentar la propiedad, ¿cómo no me pusieron un warning? O sea, no me pusieron un warning. Yo no sabía que no podía rentar. Yo no sabía. Esto se puso legal, Airbnb legal, a nivel Estados Unidos, a nivel estatus.

Ok. Para tú poder operar como Airbnb, tú tienes que tener licencia, lo que tú no tienes. Por eso me aplicaron después, cuando me pusieron la multa.

El edificio de usted, en las leyes de la asociación, no te deja hacer Airbnb en esa propiedad.

Yo no sabía, señor. Perdón, señor Dorríguez. Yo no sabía. También le tenía que poner un warning.

Como yo te expliqué, cuando un warning, en este caso, no es porque ya está hecho. O sea, que es una cosa que está irreversible. Ya tú has estado...

Just so you know, Your Honor, her argument is that she's upset that she was issued fines instead of just being issued a verbal warning or something like that instead of receiving a fine.

Yes, she's also owner of the unit. She bought the unit, so she's not renting it. It's her unit.

But she's renting it. She put it on Airbnb to be rented? To be...

She is renting a room in there.

In her in her, her place. She bought the place. So who put it on Airbnb? She put it on Airbnb.

Okay, so if she put it on Airbnb, she has to go is that's the problem because she put on Airbnb. You understand?

Well, she didn't know, I feel like, because she bought the place. Like I said, she's not renting the place, so she thought that maybe, like, since it's her place, she can do whatever she likes, but she didn't know, you know?

So now she knows, and, you know, she just has to pay the despondent, okay?

Okay.

No, pero es que la forma en que lo hicieron, ¿por qué no me pusieron un guarner? What do you mean? Cierra la sesión. Okay. Hubiera cerrado la sesión. Explícale.

Yes, she just, I mean, just a lot of money, you know, like, she didn't, she didn't know about this. So, like, she's just confused.

What's the total fine? What's the total fine? 575. 575 dollars. I'm going to reduce it to $300 and the administrative fee, okay? So that'll be $375. $375. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much. All right. Have a good day.

Thank you. Bye-bye.

Case number 08557, property address 7441 Coquina Drive. Owner, Koike Real Estate Holdings, LLC. In violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, work commenced without the required permits. A new gate was installed in the front of the yard. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Your Honor, we're happy to report that this case is in compliance before the hearing, so we're just asking for it to be dismissed.

Okay. Case dismissed. Thank you.

The last two cases are just mitigations. We're going to announce here.

Okay. Case number 6593, property address 7904 West Drive, CU12. Owner, Bayshore Yacht and Tennis Club, in violation of Code Section 8-1 of the Miami-Dade County Code of Ordinances, performed construction without The required building permits and files were installed. Inspector, in this case, Maria Silva.

Your Honor, Your Honor has to report as well that this case is implied. We were able to mitigate the fines with the property owner. He's not here this afternoon, but we had our agreements through emails that he agrees to pay the village $5,000 to satisfy the outstanding fines. He did request 60 days to get that paid, just pending your approval. If not, the fines will revert back to the original amount and be reported as of late.

Okay. Approved.

Thank you. Last case, please.

Case number 6484, property address 7928 West Drive, Unit 510. owner Alejandro Corpus Posadas, Salvador Corpus Perez, and Camila May Navas, in violation of Code Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, commenced demo work without the required permits, plumbing, flooring, electrical, and structural work done. Inspector on this case, Orlando Rodriguez.

Once again, Your Honor, happy to report these property owners complied with this case, and we were able to reach an agreement on mitigation. They agree to pay the village a one-time payment of $5,812.50, payable within 30 days. If not, the fines will revert back to the original amount and be reported as a lien, depending on your approval.

Okay, so approved.

All right. That does it for today's agenda. Okay.

Recording stopped.

Wow. We had a rough crash today. I feel like we got beat up.

I know. I had not been called corrupt in about a couple of years since Jonathan Javits, so I guess I was due.

Jeez. All right. Well, it happens. Some days it's different than others.

It was about due.

It was about due.

Yeah, right.

About due, yeah. All right, guys. See you. All right. Well, hopefully we'll have a shorter agenda next time.

Yes. Okay. Have a great afternoon. Appreciate it.

Bye-bye. Bye-bye.