Code Enforcement Board - Regular Meeting

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Thank you. Roll call.

Moshi Malka.

Present.

Ulysses Adias. Mr. Juan Galan.

Present.

Mr. Javier Rodriguez.

Present.

Mr. Keon Williams.

Present.

We have a quorum.

Good evening. Everybody here tonight is either here for a mitigation, an extension of time, or you're here for the first time. We'll call mitigations first, then extensions of time, and then those who are here for the first time. If When your case is called, please come to the podium and state your name and the address of your property. If you're here for mitigation, the clerk has given you a handout. Study that handout because that is all the board is entitled to mitigate to. So they're stuck with that chart. Study it and let the board know why they should mitigate the fine. And a vote will determine by majority vote or unanimous vote, depending on what they're mitigating to, what the amount should be. Once your case is complete, wait for me over here, and I'll bring the signed order with the total amount, if there is an amount, to be paid, and I'll give you a handout that tells you how to pay it. If you're here for an extension of time, you've been here before, go ahead and come up and state your name and address, tell the board what you've done so far. The city will make a recommendation as to how many days, if they're in agreement with the amount of days, or they think you need more or less, and the board will have final say and decide whether You get more days, less days, or the days you requested. If you're here for the first time, after you state your name and the address you're here for, you're going to plead the property guilty or not guilty. If you plead the property guilty, the city will summarize the nature of the violation. The board will determine the amount of days necessary to comply, and if you don't comply by that date, they will assess a per diem violation. If it is a residential violation, and it's a first-time violator, it's up to $250 per diem, and if it's a commercial non-residential property, it's up to $1,000 per diem. If you're a repeat violator, if it's a residential property, it's up to $500 per diem. If it's a non-residential commercial property, it's up to $5,000 per diem. When your case is complete, there's a handout that's at the podium that tells you how to request an extension of time. So long as you request an extension of time before the time to comply has expired, the fines don't start running. But if you miss that date, that's when the fines start running. So make sure you take that piece of paper and you request a time before the time to comply has expired. So they give you 30 days, request the extension of time on the 20th day, if you're not going to comply by the 30th, so you don't have any fines to worry about. If you plead not guilty, the city will put on its case. You can put on your defense, and the board will determine by majority vote whether you're guilty or not guilty. If they find the property guilty, then they will assess a number of days to comply with a violation and a per diem fine. All orders of the board are available to the 11th District Circuit Court of Florida within 30 days.

Thank you. We have a board member that has an excused absence. I have a motion.

So move for excused absence for your leases. Second. All those in favor? Aye.

And so what I want to do is we got two mitigations. Can I call those up first and get those out the way? And then I think we have one special appearance. Okay. Okay. You think it's going to be long on a special appearance? I would just get those out the way quickly if we can. Not particularly.

I don't know the nature of the special appearance.

I did speak with her about it.

So if it's going to be quick, then yeah.

Pretty standard in a lot of ways.

All right. Let's do the two mitigations.

Okay. First case, page number 103. 103. Case number 00023069, property address 744 Northwest 44th Street, page 103.

This property is a T3 property. It does not have homestead exemption. The lien ran to $146,250. The minimum is $10,000, or by a unanimous determination, you can go as low as zero. Good evening. Yes, good evening.

Could you state your name and address for the record?

Andra Bailey.

Andra Bailey. And one second with you real quick here. In our book, it does say that it has homestead exception. Is that incorrect? It does not now when I looked it up. Okay.

I'll double check for you.

Please do. It's still circling. Can you state to us why you are looking for mitigation?

Yes, because number one, I inherited this house from my grandparents. So this is my first time coming into home ownership. And it's like I have the problem. The problems came upon me. Why everything wasn't done, but I did bring it up to code because I came into financial situations. And I also have a child with autism. So we're dealing with that, and then the death of her dad and everything like that with her with the tantrums, it slipped my mind about the extension and everything. So that slipped my mind, but it has been hard for me. So now this is like my first time coming to home ownership. I'm learning a lot.

She has it now. She does have the homestead now.

Are you living in the property as well? I'm sorry.

Are you living in the property as well? No.

I stay in the home.

Yeah. I stay in the home. That's what I was asking. Okay, that's what I was asking.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Gotcha. Can I get a motion? Anybody got any questions?

No, no, just to confirm, you said you live in the property, correct?

Yes, I stay in the property.

Can I get a motion? I would move to reduce it to zero. Second. All those in favor?

Aye. Thank you. Just wait for your order.

Next case, page number 105. Case number 00058626, property address 1268 Northwest 3rd Street, page 105.

The property is a commercial property. The lien ran to $124,750. The minimum is. $15,000 for a commercial property. Understood.

Good evening.

Good evening.

You state your name and address for the record.

Alain Rodriguez, 1268 Northwest 3rd Street. Gotcha. We know you're here for mitigation. Can you give us your reasons why? I'm the accountant for the thing. They gave me a power of attorney to have it if you want to see it. We submitted the application. We paid the fine. An inspection happened. We thought everything was okay. We didn't hear anything, and then a year and a half goes by, and then we get this letter, and that's why we're here. How much did you pay for the fine? I'm sorry?

The fine. How much did you pay? We haven't paid anything for the fine. We're trying to get it abated.

They had to pay the past due for their licenses, the past due that was owed, right? Then to do their application for their CU and their BTR.

Okay.

So that's, those are minimal. This was, total was $124,750. And it is a commercial property, so $15,000 is the minimum. An apartment.

All right, so you understand the lowest we can go is $15,000. So that would be a discount of, you know, $100,000. You cool with that? Yeah. Can I get a motion, please? Yeah, move to reduce it to $15,000.

Second.

All those in favor? Aye. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Let's wait for your order.

We're going to call the special appearance.

Next case is a special appearance, page 112, case number 00006535, property address 332. 337 Southwest 9th Terrace, page 112.

Okay, for this property, I did speak with counsel prior to the hearing. There are two other cases that she's requesting. They are both related to this property from 2022 that have running liens. The other cases are 0015921 And 00015878, she is requesting that you also consider those at the same time for a partial release. Those are all related to the four different units located on this property.

Good evening. State your name and address for the record.

Suzette Reyes, and I'm counsel for the property at 3337 Southwest 9th Terrace.

Thank you. Could you give us your position?

Yeah, so this is just so you, obviously there are the violators. Half the violators was the parent who's now deceased. So the city can't support it because of our own code. But I guess it's the son who has it in the name with the father. And council will tell you they're going to sell the Coral Gables property, which is worth substantial amounts in order to be able to fix this. but she can represent to you everything else. So good evening.

Briefly.

My client recently retained me, and we've been working at correcting the violations, and I met with the inspector today with Gina, and she mentioned that it looks like a lot of it's come into compliance. They have to go back out, and we have some after-the-fact permits, but since I've come in, we've been moving it along. What we're asking for is there's a separate property that his parents owned with him, and they both have passed away, We want a partial release so we can release that property that's not the one with the violations so that we can use those funds to pay off the tax deed that's coming and also correct this property because he does reside at this one. So we want to use that partial release to be able to bring this one up to code.

Thank you.

What's the address of the property that you want released?

It is 345 Malaga Avenue, Coral Gables.

Yes.

And you said the other one is in a tax deed? You mean like a tax deed sale?

It doesn't have a tax deed at the moment and there's no sale. We want to release that one before it gets to that and then use the funds from that to pay off the taxes and bring this property to code since this is the one that he resides on and he wants to bring it.

The value of the property with the property appraiser on Malaga Avenue is 1.5 million.

Understood.

Okay. And they plan to sell that one in order to... satisfy the taxes. I'm assuming they don't have the funds right now to pay the taxes because the person died and it got reassessed and it went up. Is that correct?

Correct.

Is the release going to jeopardize the city's position on this?

No, it still attaches to the property, the violating property. But it's removed from the other one.

Correct.

With a promise that they're going to use that money to fix this.

Yeah.

All the violations are from 2022.

Is the Malaga Avenue property listed currently or are they taking steps to sell it?

I'm not sure. I have to check. I know that he has a realtor and he's in the process of it. They did. Yes, it is listed. Sorry. They let me know that they recently got an offer, but we can't move on it because we know we have this situation. Understood.

Okay. I get a motion. Yeah, so based on the testimony, I would move to issue a partial release at the property located at 345 Malaga Avenue, Coral Gables. I'll second.

And that will be for, before you do the second, that will be for all three cases that were announced today, right?

Yeah, case 6535. Yeah, 15921 and 15878. Okay.

I appreciate it. Thank you. I get a second.

Second. Any other discussion on this? All those in favor? Aye. Aye.

And I'm going to give you my card if you can email me in the morning, and that way I'll, because I have to write up the partial release in the morning.

All right.

All right. Let's get to the, let's get to the meat. We're good now.

Okay. So next would be to be heard.

Yes, go.

Page 8, case number 00131479, property address 586. Northwest 48th Street, page eight.

This is Antonio F. Rodriguez and Luis Antonio Rodriguez. Good evening. Good evening.

State your name and address for the record. Luis Rodriguez. My address is 586 Northwest 48th Street.

Thank you. And at the time of the violation, was the property guilty or not guilty? Guilty. Thank you very much. Inspector?

Inspector Troutman, North Office.

So what does he need to do to finish up with the tree violation? It started as a ticket. Yes.

We're in the mitigation phase.

Yes.

So we just spoke before hearing. He provided me with the permit number. He's working with the city arborist to complete the after the fact permit to bring the property, bring the violation into compliance. And I would recommend 120 days. And resides at the property? Excuse me?

You reside at the property?

No.

Is it a residential or commercial?

It's a residential.

It's a residential, T3L.

So I move for a finding of guilt with 120 days and a $150 per diem fine thereafter. Hold on, let me make sure. Is it 150 or 250?

With residentials, you know, the single family duplexes, we've been keeping it at 150, which I think is reasonable.

Understood. I mean, I already pay a fine. Hold on, can I get a second? Yeah, I already paid a fine at the beginning, so right now I'm just waiting for the answer from Karen to finalize the permit.

You won't ever have to pay any of this fine as long as you either come into compliance within 120 days or there's a piece of paper, so everybody keep this in mind, right there on that, see that piece of paper there?

Yeah, this?

Right. That tells you how to request an extension of time. So before you leave here, when you go and sit in your car, put in 100 days and have an alarm go off to say, did I get my affidavit of compliance yet? If not, you go to miamigov.com, type in Extension of time for a code board, a little tile pops up, you click on that, you put that in before, you just come back and ask for more time. As long as you do that, you will not have to pay any more from here. I don't know what you have to pay on your mitigation, but I know here, as long as you request that extension of time timely, or you get your affidavit of compliance from Inspector Troutman prior to that 120 days, you won't have to pay anything for this case at this time at all.

Okay, so it's just a late fee, right?

It's a per diem, right. And then if you don't request it, see those people who were just here before and they had to come back for mitigation and somebody didn't have to pay money, somebody has to pay $15,000? That's what happens.

That's what happens. Okay. Okay, so we're going to give you 120 days to get started. If you need more time, request an extension.

Okay.

All those in favor? Aye.

Aye.

Thank you.

All right.

Next case, page 65, case number 00161453, property address 1050 Northeast 83rd Street, page 65.

This is Vera Baker?

Yes.

Okay, thank you. Good evening.

Good evening, hello.

State your name and address for the record.

Sumari Barker, speaking on behalf of my mother, Vera Barker, 1050 Northeast, 83rd Street.

It's a beautiful name, Vera, by the way.

At the time of the violation- Wait, Ms. Barker, Ms. Vera Barker, can you put your name on the record? Yes. Vera Barker. Do you wish to have your daughter speak on your behalf for this case?

Yes, thank you.

Thank you. At the time of the violation, is the property guilty or not guilty? Guilty.

At the time, guilty, but it has been and was remedied.

Understood.

In a timely manner. I have the picture.

I got you. Give me a second. So guilty, right?

Guilty at the time.

At the time. Thank you. Inspector?

Inspector Bailey, North Office. She had a shed, a fence in her backyard that was encroaching on the neighboring property behind her. I think it pushed out about three and a half feet. It was required for her to get permits to verify that she was able to build that fence like that. I haven't had any opportunity with her to see that she produced a permit. I haven't seen any permit application.

You have it?

You see it?

She has two permits, one for the shed, one for the fence. City recommends 120. Okay. Okay.

Thank you.

I also have a prescriptive easement from AT&T. I am still waiting, though, to add to the permit application the affidavit of encroachment, some kind of permissionary letter like that from AT&T, but since this has been started, the person who was working this at AT&T has since left and turned it over to someone else who we've been having quite a time getting in touch with, but we were sent the prescriptive easement quite a while ago. Understood. that fence, the survey should be finished this week that shows that the fence is not on the neighbor's property. It's actually on the easement for which this was written.

Okay. I'll motion for 120 days and $150 a day thereafter.

I get a second.

With the finding of guilty.

Thank you.

All those in favor?

Aye. Okay, so we're going to give you 120 days. Get everything cleared up, and if you need more time, that paper there for the extension, okay?

Thank you very much.

You're more than welcome, okay?

Have a wonderful evening.

You too. Thank you.

Next case, page 25, case number 00157663, property address 2865 Northwest 17th Avenue, page 25. Good evening.

Good evening. Gustav Arnoldson, 520 West 31st Street.

Thank you. And at the time of the violation, was the property guilty or not guilty?

I believe it was guilty, yes, sir.

Okay.

No problem.

Inspector, what do you need to do?

Inspector Hallman, Central Office. And what's going on? What do they need to do? And how much time do you think he needs? 30 days. There's one last food truck with the expired tag that needs to be removed. Everything else has pretty much been cleaned up.

Okay.

Would you want to add anything?

No. 30 days is okay for you? Yes, sir.

I don't know who the gentleman is behind you. Well, you don't have standing, sir. Only the owner does. Thank you. So 30 days just should be a sufficient time for you? Absolutely. Okay.

So move for a finding of guilt, 30 days for compliance, and $250 fine per diem thereafter. And if you need more time, just grab the paper there, okay?

Even with 30 days, again, May 29, make the request if you need some more time. All those in favor?

Aye. Aye. Thank you, everyone, for being here. Thank you. Appreciate you.

Next case, page 82, case number 00127039, property address 1651 Northwest 22nd Place, page 82.

Good evening. You state your name and address for the record.

I'm Christian, last name Prieto.

Okay, and at the time of the violation, was the property guilty or not guilty? Guilty? Yes. Okay, thank you, Inspector.

Is on her way, and I believe the recommendation was 120 days. Okay. And $150 a day after. You reside there, is that correct?

Yes.

Okay. Can I have a motion? Yeah, move for finding of guilt, compliance in 120 days, and $150 fine per diem thereafter.

Second.

All those in favor? Aye. Aye. You're good. Yep, 120 days, just take that paper, just in case if you need more time. Appreciate it. Okay. Okay.

Next case, page 21, case number 00123364, property address 56 Northwest 39th Street, page 21.

Good evening.

Good evening, Javier Lorenzo, 56 Northwest 39th Street.

Thank you, and at the time of the violation, was the property guilty or not guilty?

Guilty.

Guilty, okay, give us a second here, Inspector.

Good evening, Inspector Troutman, North Office.

What do you need to do?

So I spoke to the owner. He has two structures in the rear of his property. He discussed that he's going to complete a demolition of those structures in the rear. We discussed that he has to pull a permit to bring the property into compliance, which he said he's in the process of doing. Since I spoke with the owner, I would recommend 120 days for Property, the structures in the rear demolished.

Okay. And we do have an open demo permit.

Understood. Director, we're good? The city recommends 120. She's correct. Thank you. Can I get a motion, please?

Yeah, motion for guilty compliance in 120 days and $150 fine per diem thereafter. Second.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Thank you, sir. In 120 days, take that paper up there, okay? Thank you. Just in case. You never know. Things happen.

Next case, page 84, case number 00045940, property address 1798 Northwest 19th Street, page 84.

This is our inspector who's not here yet, just letting you know. Understood.

Good evening, sir. Good evening. Can you state your name and address for the record?

Gina Gonzalez, 1798 Northwest 19th Street, Miami.

And at the time of the violation, was the property guilty or not guilty? I think so. You think it was guilty?

I think so, yeah. I bought the property with five code violations. I fixed four of them. Okay. These ones still remain.

Yeah, there's still one outstanding in your processing, getting the permits and the plans.

No, so I bought the property. I wanted to improve it. There was an illegal extractor. I pulled the permit to do a demolition. It was demolished. And then I called the inspector and her boss. They came to the property to see what I needed to fix. I took out a fence, pulled carpet. There was a water pump, took it out. And then there was some construction inside that needed to be fixed. I went through engineering and architectures to try to build out a plan to bring it up to code, went through four rounds of revisions with the city, but they were requesting that I fix something on the outside as well, which the engineering firms did not want to do. There was this whole issue with that, and then so, We stopped during that track and I figured it would be easier to do a demolition and to then start and build three townhouses. Building costs then changed all of a sudden, so it doesn't make sense anymore. So it's been a bit of a money pit, this property. I haven't given up on it.

So you're still figuring out?

I'm going to demolish it. There was last year, lightning struck one of the trees. And before the inspector came, the branch fell on the roof. So it's a mess. So I need to demolish the property. It does take time to figure out financing. I do have a mortgage on the property and to figure out all that will be structured. So yeah, I do need time to do the demolition, pull the permit, figure out financing and work out the timing. I did talk to the mortgage company and they told me they don't have a time for, they requested that I send a request for approval for the demolition. I sent it, and then they said that my mortgage servicer is changing, so now I need to wait for that to happen. So I do need more time. I hope the 120 days will be enough. Likely I'll need an extension, but it is what it is. I will get you started. I understand.

Is there any objection to 120 days?

The city agrees.

Okay. So move for a finding of guilt, 120 days for compliance, and $150 per diem fine thereafter. Second. Second.

All those in favor? Aye. Aye.

Don't forget to take the ability to ask for the extension. Exactly.

One question. What happens after that 150 days that he's coming here and then it's all sold?

No, at the 120 days. 120 days. Before 120 days, if you don't have your affidavit of compliance, which you may not because you're waiting on a new servicer, you need to make sure you're going to put a reminder on your phone at like day 100, go online, miamigov.com, request an extension of time. About 10 days later, you're going to get a notice telling you, hey, this is when your extension of time hearing is. Then you're going to come back, see this lovely board and say, this is where I am now. This is what's going on. And hopefully by then you'll already be processing plans.

Okay. And then online, can I check on the status of this case as well or no?

Not on this case, no. Okay. But if you need anything, it's just not online. You can always contact your inspector or... The assistant director's card is right over here, so you can grab that. And you can email him and get status updates. But for here, just remember, day one starts tomorrow. You have 120 days. So I would just put a reminder in there in like 100 days and just go online and request my extension of time. Then you're good. You're safe.

Thank you. You're more than welcome. Good evening.

Next case, page 23, case number 00111679. Property address 2141 Northwest 34th Street, page 23.

Good evening. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, board members, Mr. Franke, Ms. Dooley. Good to see you. Bert Hernandez on behalf of the property owner.

Okay, and how does the property plead?

No contest.

On this side. Guilty.

It's an Allen play. Yeah.

Inspector?

Inspector Troutman, North Office. What does he need to do?

What does he need to do or his clients? A lot.

So during my inspection, I found that there was an addition in the rear built without a permit. Driveways without a permit. Two shed in the rear encroaching without a permit. And what they have to do is they have to generate permits to comply. Well, they have generated permits. It's a permit in the system. They have to complete the permit. They have active permits. They have to complete that permit to comply the violation for work without a permit. And I would recommend 120 days to get that permit completed.

That's good enough for us. Okay.

Motion for finding of guilt, 120 days, and this is commercial?

No.

And $150 a day thereafter. Second.

All those in favor? Aye. Thank you, have a wonderful day. Thank you.

Next case, page 45, case number 00089760, property address 1331 Northwest 59th Street, page 45.

Yeah, I was going to say, do we have a mic? Sir? One second. We'll bring you a mic.

It's okay.

We can accommodate you.

Hello, my name is Will and Pringley.

Good evening, Ms. Pringley.

Good evening.

Could you state your address for the record for me?

1331 Northwest 59th Street.

Gotcha. And at the time of the violation, was the property guilty or not guilty?

Not guilty.

Okay. We're going to let the city put on its case, okay? Okay.

I have the information to verify the facts that I have stated. The problem is I was going to the wrong entity. I should have gone to the city as opposed to the entity that I went to. and I have all the information in this folder to verify. When someone give me an ultimatum or request something of me, I follow the instructions. I've done that.

Okay, so give us one moment here. And then we'll bring all the paperwork up.

And then we'll bring all the paperwork forward. Then you can bring the paperwork up. Yeah. Not yet, just give us just a minute and then the chair can review it. Inspector, please state your name for the record.

Inspector George, after hours.

Did you cite this particular property for failure to maintain the lot as well as failure to register the vacant lot with the city?

Correct.

Are both those violations outstanding? Correct.

No, just the registration of the line.

She still has to register it?

Yeah, she still hasn't registered it.

Okay, and can you do that online?

She can.

Yes, she can. Okay. All right, you put together pages 1 through 46 for today's hearing, is that correct? Correct. And the notices were sent, both the original violation and the summons were sent to Ms. Pringley. at the address provided for by the property appraiser report. All of those documents, including your proof of mailing and the warranty deed and the property appraiser report are located in this digital file. Is that correct?

Correct.

All right. Here's the proof of mailing. So we'll just show the one picture. This is the property, but it has been taken care of, cut and cleaned at this time. Is that correct?

Correct.

The only thing that's missing is it to be currently registered, yes?

Correct.

And registration is required every year. Is that correct?

I stated that.

Okay. All right, so at this time, the city would seek to admit pages one through 46 into evidence.

Admit it.

All right, we don't have anything further at this time. I believe that Ms. Pringle already testified she was doing stuff and had some documents that she wanted the chair to review, sir. Do you want to?

Yeah, please.

She says she has a folder. I can read what it is and then give it to you. Yes. So we have the notice of violation and the summons to appear.

Right.

That's three pages. Okay. We have the life estate deed showing that she's the owner.

Right.

the land care where she just paid to get that done, so we know that's complied. And she is paying them. Now, let's see, I guess we got, hopefully they're doing the work every time they say they are. These are her receipts from, and this was from April of, this is back from 2024, when this started. And it just got, it got cleared now. We go back to June of 26, June and July. There's a May, and there's an April. And to March. So it's been being maintained since March, so that violation was complied.

Is that of 2024 or 2026?

2026 are the receipts, so she's paying somebody to maintain it, clearly. The only thing left to do is to register the vacant land online, and maybe you were doing that at the county instead of the city. So do you need to see, I think. I don't need to see it.

Is that what everything is that you want them to look at? Yes.

Okay. Yeah, we don't, we could, we understand.

All right, I mean, would you like that admitted into evidence? We'll take the copies and put them in? Do you want to do that? We can do that. We can make copies for you. Yes, ma'am.

Okay, we'll do that. We'll admit it.

Okay, anything else you want to talk about registering the property?

I was totally ignorant of that, and I will get that done within a short period of time.

Okay. Okay. We'll give her the time to do it. So, Ms. Well, I'll go ahead and accept a motion.

How much time do you think you need, Ms. Pringle, to register the lot? Is 30 days enough?

Thank you so much. I'm sure. Is 30 days sufficient? You call me 30.

Okay, so I would move for finding of guilt on failure to register the vacant lot only, 30 days to come into compliance, and $150 per diem fine thereafter.

Second. Second. Any other questions?

I was going to say, make sure that, sir, we're making the copies. We'll give you the originals back. And then you get a copy of the paper up there if for some reason she needs more time to register it. You can go over there and get that piece of paper on the podium.

At the podium.

So you can request an extension of time if needed.

Just don't leave until you get your papers back in your folder. No, no, get that one. Just stay here until we give you your folder back.

It's here at the podium. Sir, it's here at the podium.

Yeah.

Yeah. So before you get to the 30 days, like 25 days or day 20, request an extension of time if Ms. Prinkley still needs more time.

Okay. Do you have the information for where to register the lot?

No.

Ms. Prinkley, you don't know where to register the lot at?

I'm afraid not. Okay.

Maybe somebody can help her get the proper website.

Inspector, can you help her with that?

Yeah, I'll help her.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

All right. So we've made the copies of everything in the blue folder. We kept a copy. We gave them the originals back.

We've admitted that. McLeod made the copies. Okay. No, we just had a motion of second. I just asked for questions. I don't know if there's anything else. All those in favor. Aye. Aye. Okay. So Ms. Prinkley, you have 30 days. Um, we've also given you the paper to do the extension if you feel like you need more time and the inspector is going to help you, um, navigate the website to be able to file for the, uh, register to register the vacant lot. Okay.

Thank you so much.

You're more than welcome.

I appreciate your help.

Well, thank you, ma'am.

I don't have any more to be heard, but I do have two absentia present. Okay, we'll go with them. The first case is page 50, case number 00145410, property address 563 Northeast 67th Street, page 50.

This is for, the address is 53, 563? 563 Northeast 67th Street. Okay.

All right.

Good evening.

Hi.

Now, listen, the cases you don't have standing. So we're going to listen to them and then we may give you an opportunity to speak depending on what it is that needs to be done. OK, but thank you for coming, because that shows us that you're taking this matter seriously. OK, so give us a moment. OK, Inspector.

Inspector Lubin, North Office. Okay, so let me go through because we have to present it in absentia. Did you put together pages 1 through 40 for tonight's hearing?

Yes.

Okay, and you cited the property for no certificate of use, is that correct? Correct. And notice was sent to the owner of record, which is a corporation as well as their registered agent pursuant to Sunbiz, yes?

Correct.

The notice and the summons for tonight were mailed certified as well as the property was posted, is that correct? We have copies of all of those notices, your affidavit of posting and mailing for both of them, as well as copies of the postal service proof of mailing, copy of the property appraiser report, copy of the SunBiz report, copy of the business detail. And what we have here is a TCU which is on hold. Is that correct? Well, where is it now?

It's still technically on hold. FIRE is requesting for them to reach certain requirements in order to proceed with giving them the certificate of use.

Okay, relating to their occupancy, is that correct? Correct. How many people are in there? Okay. Is the business still operating? Yes. And what is operating there? I believe it's a daycare.

It's an enrichment center. Sorry.

Or education center. They may be able to elaborate for you. Okay.

But there should be no business operating there until fire has approved it as being safe for occupancy. Is that correct? Correct. Okay. This time the city seeks to admit pages 1 through 40 into evidence?

Admit it.

All right. Any contact with the owner or the tenants?

Yes.

Okay, which?

I believe both stated that they were the owner. These are the tenants. The person who I communicated with stated that they were the owner, so.

And what did they say?

They stated that they were still in the process of getting into compliance in order to get the proper permits to get the approval from FIRE.

All right, and we have the latest notation from zoning.

Yeah, what does it say?

It's October of 2025. Yeah. That's the last time.

Yeah.

I mean, it's a learning center.

Yeah.

Do we know the ages of the people there? Do you know?

I don't know what it ranges from, but it seems like toddlers.

It's 30 months to five years old.

So the city, evidence was admitted.

Admit it.

The city would rest, ask for a finding of guilt, 10 days for compliance. Compliance means not running the business until you get proper occupancy. I don't know what's going on. Obviously, we have a concern. with young children in a property without fire approval.

Understood. It's my concern that the business is operating without the proper certificate or occupancy.

Yeah. Are you gonna be the one speaking further? Yes. Okay, I'll give you a moment to speak. Introduce yourself.

Yes, my name is Mariana Amate.

You can pull it down to you, there you go, yeah.

My name is Mariana Amate. I'm the owner of Crafty Minds, which is their enrichment center. We got a certificate of use approval once we opened. We got all our inspections passed, such as fire inspection and co-compliant inspection at the moment. So we had a green light to open. That's why we did it. And I have all the proof here. But after we opened, a couple months after, we were advised that it was a hold by fire. And we've been meeting with them bunch of times. We have five review cycles in the master permit, and we already did almost all of the things they required, but the process takes a lot of months to be reviewed, and every review, it's a lot of comments, so that's why they gave me the certificate of use, but then FHIR held it for a little bit. Yeah, the FHIR alarm is installed, and I mean...

So when did they put it on hold?

They advised us of the hold in September.

And when did you get it, the certificate of use?

So I have all the inspections that you can see that I passed. But after the hold, they said, no, forget about those inspections passed. Now you need to do these things.

From when you said you got an approval or certificate of use until the hold, how long was that, period?

The inspections were in July and I got the approval around September and then in October we got the notice and we understood, we didn't know, we received an email at that point that there was a hold. And in there, we had meetings with the fire marshal, and then he said, you know, we're going to help you. You can open with a phasing plan. We did a phasing plan. They have it. And right now, we're about to get our master permit to do the final thing, which is an egress there. But yeah, we've been in good faith, complying, and we just didn't know that there was a hold.

So are you guys currently operating the business? Yeah.

I'm not clear. What else needs to be done? What's pending?

They need fire egress. They need safety exits.

We have all the exits. It's just in the second floor because the travel path is a little bit longer than they would prefer. We need to do the egress there in the top. Right. That's what I'm saying.

You need a fire egress.

It doesn't matter where you're operating. You need a fire egress. No, understood. We did a fire-facing plan because they require it, and they said, you know, we're going to get our approval. We're waiting. It takes one month, two months for it to review cycle, and it's been almost a year of us trying to open. We were approved a fire inspection. I have the proof here that you can see where they approved me as a learning center educational. They approved me, but then I guess something changed. and they decided they require me to do that, and I'm gonna do it, I wanna do it right now. If it's for me, I'll do it today.

Well, they were giving you provisional approval based upon the master permit that was going through, right?

Well.

Right? You have a master permit. So you got a temporary certificate of use based upon the permitting that you were processing, right? Yes. Okay. So then what happened as they continued to review your permits, they realized you were missing something for fire safety, and so they put it on hold as they're going through the reviews. I know it's here, and I do have it up there, because it shows your hold, removing halt, but we know that means hold, in July, like you said, and then in September, zoning put a hold on it, said do not issue TCU per fire and building department requirements. The next note and the last note that we have for this in particular is from October of 2025. There's a fire occupancy requirement before proceeding with the CU application process. Applicant was reminded that once fire requirements are met, applicant must notify zoning supervisor, Denise Matthews, for further instructions on proceeding with the CU application, right? Is that about right?

Yes, I would like for you to see that we received the Miami-Dade County Certificate of Use, all our BTR from Miami-Dade, and I would like you to see our past inspection for fire as well.

You can present all of that to the... We'll take it. If you want to read it, and I don't have any objection to it.

No, we'll just admit it.

And then also her permit. And we also had the fire requested for a fire safety evaluation for an architect, and he did it and we passed. So they're reviewing that, but we passed the fire safety for the business.

Has fire given you an update on when the next review is gonna take place?

Yeah, they just review it and resend it today, and everything was good. We're just waiting for the final master permit so we can build the egress, but it's almost done.

then they're still gonna have work to do. The city's still recommending 10 days. Obviously, they can request an extension of time and come back with wherever they are at that point.

I have a question, Madam Attorney. Is the compliance for them, to get their certificate or for them to stop operating? Or is it?

Well, they have options. You stop operating, you automatically comply the violation. That's what I'm passing. That's pretty simple. but that's something you can only do through a court of law. Shut a business down. You don't have the authority to do that here. Or they get the TCU reissued. And maybe they'll get the TCU issued. If they are where they are, that may happen. They can get that to the inspector and that will also comply them. The choice is theirs.

So is the liability. We asked them, but they said the master permit has to be finalized and there's

Reviews going on this almost done as you can see is almost all approved, but it takes time like they take time Yeah, so so what we can do here today based off the city's recommendation is that we can give you ten days I Know and that's and here's the thing is it's just a life safety issue right when whenever fires involved It's just one of those situations where yeah everything is magnified and as a city the That would be very responsible about that response. We've got to be responsible about that. So you have some options. Naturally, if we give you 10 days, you can apply for an extension. However, you still got to get the work done. And so I would be encouraging you to reach out to not only fire, but also maybe your commissioner to fire and your commissioner to see what else can be done. Because if you're doing the work and you already Have what you have. I don't know why it's taking so long to review, but that's just naturally the process. And maybe some interference is needed to be ran on your behalf.

I honestly don't think 10 days is going to, I mean.

I understand. Yeah.

Your property owner will need to request an extension of time.

Yeah.

And you'll need to have a power of attorney to appear.

Potentially. It depends on what you come back with. And that's where we would be at for right now. Depends on what we decide right now, but that's the recommendation from the city. We typically don't ignore those recommendations, especially when it comes to life safety. So it's kind of... The violation is not on you guys.

And you need a power of attorney from the property owner. He needs to give you the authority to be here if you come back again.

Yeah. I would highly recommend getting that.

For the next time?

Yes. Or have the owner come with you.

If you don't have it and the owner's not here?

Yeah.

The time will simply expire and the lien will start running.

Yeah.

And then can he ask for an extension online? Yes.

We have to come here, though.

We'll have to come for hearing.

Apply for it and still come and ask for the extension. We're going to ask you, what have you done since then? Since then would be from today.

Like 10 days? In 10 days, what we've done in 10 days?

Well, yeah, there's a lot you could possibly do within 10 days, especially when getting in contact with FIRE, getting an update. I was going to a department, reaching out to your commissioner. There's a couple of things you can do. It's going to run you through the weekend. But, yeah, there's a couple of things that can be done in the process.

Go meet with fire. Have them approve your stuff.

Yeah.

Go meet with fire.

Sit there. Go meet. Sit with them.

We did. Yeah, we did everything.

Well, now you can let them know that you're under the gun now.

You can go to them and tell them we've given you the 10 days.

Okay.

And this is a make or break for you.

Okay.

Okay? But that's where we're at right now. Again, your property owner can apply for the extension of time. The fact that we even have this exchange and doing all of this is a real courtesy. We normally don't even hear it. We just, three days.

And make sure the documents they gave to you that... That, no, they go to, they'll be uploaded.

To be admitted, yeah.

Yep.

Let us upload this into evidence for you because you have done your part and you're continuing to do that and we appreciate that. So we want to document that for you as well.

Do you need copies back of this or is that good? No, I'm good. I have it. Okay.

Okay, so we'll just admit those into evidence for you, okay? Can I get a motion?

Yeah, a motion for finding of guilt, 10 days to come to compliance, and $250 per day on fine thereafter.

Second.

Any other discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Okay.

These meetings are all public, so you may be able to take this to fire and show them what happened here, and maybe that can help you advance your process.

Okay. Thank you. Okay. Okay.

All right, we got one.

Next case would be another absentia. Okay. Page number 33, case number 00151682, property address 1951 Northwest 7th Avenue, unit 190. Page 33. Gotcha.

All right, sir, just give us one moment here. Inspector? Inspector, Jean Noel, after hours. Okay.

Inspector, did you initially cite this property with a ticket warning letter for not having their VTR and renewing their CU?

That is correct.

Okay. And that was sent to the owner of record pursuant to the property appraiser report and to that owner's registered agent pursuant to Sun Business. Is that correct?

Correct.

So we have proof of your ticket warning letter. And then you issued the actual ticket, correct?

Correct, for failure to pay.

And that was in March of 2026, correct?

That's correct. Okay.

All right. And still there was no compliance, is that correct?

Nothing.

And so now we're here today because they haven't complied, and you issued the NOV, the summons, for tonight's hearing for failure to comply. Is that correct?

Correct.

Okay. Okay. And we're here for failure to obtain the business tax receipt. Yes?

Yes.

Do they have a CU yet?

They do not. I saw that it was pending in Miami Biz.

Okay, but nothing's completed, is that correct? Nothing's completed. Okay. And so all the notices were sent to the owner of record as well as their registered agent pursuant to certified mail and the property itself was posted, is that correct?

Correct.

The proof of mailing of all of these and the posting is also in the file, is that correct?

Correct.

We have the property appraisal report, the warranty deed, the sum business report, and now we have photographs. Yeah. Of the business, which has some Florida licenses.

Mm-hmm.

What's operating there?

It's a restaurant.

Okay. And we have a county license, but we don't have city licenses. Is that correct?

Correct.

All right. At this time, the city seeks to admit it. Sounds like it's good. How's it, Mac? Admit it. Pages 1 through 37 into evidence.

Admit it.

All right, any contact with the owner?

I have had contact, not with him, but I'm not sure what her relationship to him is. Okay, that's his wife, okay. I've had contact with his wife.

Okay.

And they have been making progress to obtain the CUNBTR, but right now it's currently stuck at zoning for other violation that they have to correct.

What's the other violation? Is it building related?

Correct, yeah, it's building related that they have to- Is it Durham? I'm not 100% sure.

Do you know what it is? One second here.

Introduce yourself.

State your name for the record.

How you doing? I'm Derek Turton, 1951 Northwest, 7th Avenue.

Is it with Derm?

It's with Derm, yeah. Okay. So the issue we've been having, though, is... So first we went in there and they said that we needed to give the landlord's signature. It's a U.N. building. And so first they said we needed to give that. So we got that. And then we brought that in. They didn't accept that. Then they said they needed a property manager. So then we went back and we got that. And then they wouldn't accept that. And then we went back and they said we need the landowner's signature. And then we got that, and they didn't accept that. So it's just like, you know, we just keep moving the goalposts. I don't really know what to do. I hired two expediters. I've gotten my grease trap pumped five times for Durham to come do an inspection. I'm doing everything I'm supposed to do. Let me ask you a question.

How long have you been operating in that location prior to this issue?

Since this?

No, like when did you first start operating in the location?

Two years. We've been in two years now.

Okay. Thank you.

The city recommends 120 because it's correct. Hold on a second.

I have to, so we're going to, with the evidence having been admitted, the city rests.

Thank you.

That's our finding of guilt. You're recommending. It's an absentia, but we're recommending.

120 being that.

120 days, $250 a day thereafter.

If they're going to need more time, you're going to have to come back with the power of attorney. Correct. We will accept it. What is it? It's at UM?

UM. It's the UM building on 28th and 7th Ave.

All right, so you'll have to get something from them stating that you have the authority to be here on their behalf.

But I mean, so my lease doesn't... No.

So this encumbers property. Your lease allows you to run a business. It doesn't allow you to encumber their property with liens that could cause it to be foreclosed upon.

Yeah.

Yeah. So this is a... Think of this as like you're in county court.

Yeah.

So although you don't have to have an attorney, even though you're a corporation here, since it's administrative in nature, we still have to do all that good stuff.

But the challenge with me with that is like, so who from the property?

Well, so when you get close at that hundred days, if you don't have your stuff.

Yeah.

I'm going to give you my card and then you're going to send me an email. You're going to be like, I just we've we've requested it. Now, here's all the stuff we have here, you know, and I'll try to assist you. Okay. We'll try to figure out who from UM can give you the AOK. Usually with the university, they will have their building management does have the authority to give you the authority. They wouldn't accept that? No, that's Durham. This is different. This is for us. This is totally different than Durham. That's a whole other animal. This is for us, usually for large Universities, they have building facilities. The person who runs their building facilities does have the authority to give you the right to, yeah, you can go ahead and deal with that. But that's usually a call between myself or even the board's attorney just to A-OK that with them and then have you to be good to go to come here. So that's something we can work out in advance so when you get here, you got the right stuff.

Potentially, you can use that to then go to them and say, I'm in contact with the city.

attorney about this okay help me out anyway i get a motion yeah move as stated guilty guilty 120 days to come to compliance and 250 per day i'm fine thereafter second all those in favor all right okay thank you and here you go sir for my card yeah and you take the extension of time paperwork too

So we just left to regular abstentions, which we know the chair loves. Hold on. We have one. You're on the clock.

45 seconds each.

Hold on. Two, three, four, five, six. See, I can count, too. Seven, eight, nine, 10. And 10.

Are you sure there's no parliamentary procedure that we can do for extensions? Nope. Nope.

Nope. Nope.

All right. Nope. 604. Let's go.

If they were tickets, yes, because somebody else is appealing. If they don't show up, it's just a blanket. Boom. But we still have to do it. But we're going to start with Inspector Troutman. on page 17, 509 Northwest 41st Street, 00121215. It's 602, by the way. Inspector, please state your name for the record.

Inspector Troutman, North Office.

Did you put together pages one through 90 for today?