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Code Enforcement Board — June 4, 2026 - 4:56 PM

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Roll call MR. Williams present MR.. Ulises. MR. Galan present. MR. Rodriguez. Present MR.. Moshe present. Thank you. We have quorum anybody that's requested an excused absence. I haven't gotten any emails so if you ever get that email. Okay. I don't have anything right now. So. >> what about. >> what. >> about is he the only that's the only other board member that's missing. Yeah okay I think so. I. >> haven't gotten an email. >> so I don't know. >> if they're asking for an excused absence right now. Okay. And. >> if. Maybe. >> before the end of the. >> meeting. >> we could probably. Do something for the next meeting. Okay cool. Good evening everybody here tonight is here because you've been cited for a violation and you're here for the first time before the board. Uh, there's only one person here that's asking for additional time, uh, with an extension of time when your case is called, please come to the podium. State your name, your address. Uh, if it's a corporate owner, please tell the board how you're related to the property and the board will ask you whether you're going to plead guilty or not guilty as you heard earlier, you will be pleading not guilty or guilty as to whether the. Violation existed. On the property at the time the violation was issued. So you're not pleading guilty yourself personally you're just pleading the property guilty or not guilty if you plead guilty ,the city will briefly put on its case and explain the violation to the board. The board will give you some time and a per diem if it is a residential property and it is a first time. Violator. >> the board can impose a fine of up to. $250 per diem. If it's a. Nonresidential commercial property, it's. $1,000 per diem up to. $1,000 per diem. If you're a repeat violator that means you've been adjudicated once guilty and this is your second time being adjudicated guilty. The board is authorized to issue a per diem fine of. $500 per diem for a. Residential and 5000 per diem for a nonresidential commercial property. If you plead not guilty, the city attorney will put on its case. You can put on your defense and the. >> board will determine. Whether you're guilty or not guilty. The fines don't start running until your time to comply has expired. So that means if you get 30 days your fines do not start running until day 31. That's why it's important when you're done with your case there's a paper. >> that's at the podium. Take it with you. It'll tell you how to ask for an extension of time as long as you ask for an extension of time before the 30 days have. Expired. >> the fines will not start running. You'll have time to continue to work until the hearing is set again. And maybe you don't have to come back because you have complied by the time you get a new hearing date. So it's. Important that is. >> very important. If not, you're going to have to deal with fines and mitigation. If you don't have a power of attorney and you're not the owner of the property or the managing member or a florida attorney, please come and see me. Uh, most of you have already checked in. >> with me so most of you are fine. The board. Can in certain instances for irreparable and. Irreversible violations. Issue, uh, a fine. Of 5000 to $15,000. >> in specified cases. All orders of the board are. >> appealable to the 11th judicial circuit court of florida within 30 days after issuance. First case. All right .First case is on page 79. Property address. 729 northwest 55 terrace. Case number 00151226. Page 79. Hello. >> we're calling the to be heard first not the extension of time. Oh, okay. I thought you said they were okay. My bad. Good evening. Hi. >> can you state your name and address for the record? Uh, ray nasir. Thank you. Um, and how does the property plead? I'm sorry. Say it again. How does the property plead. >> guilty or not guilty. Guilty guilty. Thank you inspector. Good evening eric and after hours code compliance uh, they basically pled guilty already settled the ticket. They just have to close out the permit as part of it. Okay. Uh, I just checked yesterday. The permit is now active. Okay, there's a tree removal and tree planting. I don't know where they are in the planning stage as far as if. >> building is. >> going to. >> require anything more, but I'll give them 60 days to be on the. >> safe side. Okay, sir. Does that work for you? Yeah. We have an unsafe on the overall property so I'm not sure. For example we're planting on saturday hopefully and then calling for inspection next week. But. >> as far as. >> closing it I'm not exactly sure if it's going to be held up by unsafe. Understood. So um I'm okay with the 60 days if it's easy to do an extension but if you tell. >> me uh six months that's like . >> the sorry to cut you off the city. >> recommends 120 gotcha. Okay. Thank you. I have a motion. Please just explain. >> so 120. Days you MAY need more time. Make sure to request that. >> extension of time. Okay. >> and keep track of both your building. >> case and this case. Okay. >> thank you thank you. Have a motion for I move for a finding of. >> guilt 120. >> days with a per. >> diem of. >> 150 thereafter second. >> all those in favor? Aye. Thank you sir. Page 136. Property address. 2635 southwest 12th street. Case number. 00156262. >> good evening. Good evening, nicholas rodriguez, south. >> biscayne boulevard on behalf of the property owner we're pleading guilty. Thank you inspector. Inspector castillo compliance office at this time the graffiti has been covered up. Okay. They they have registered the property as vacant and what is um left for them to do is to um secure the front of the building because they have secured the side and the rear but the front where the stores were at um there's a broken window which I have already you know he knows about that um just to secure the front because. They might go ahead and try and break another window or you. >> know something. Gotcha. How . >> much time are you recommended? 60 days. 60 days is 60 good should be enough. Yeah. >> okay. No problem. I have a motion please for 60 days motion for finding of. >> guilt. >> um. >> 60 days and this is commercial or. >> residential commercial. >> commercial. 252 50. Thereafter. Second all those in favor aye aye. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Have a good night. Page 37. Property address. 3271 north west 18th street. Case number 00142384. Property. >> address. 3271 north west. >> 18th street. Good evening. Good. >> morning and good evening. Good evening, eduardo navarro. Yes and I plead guilty. Thank you inspector. Good evening giovanni. Compliance southwest office. Okay. What does he need to do? He's plead guilty. He's actually been working with us. He's just missing one vehicle to remove from the property. Everything else has been corrected. We spoke about it this morning so I would recommend at least 30 days. >> to give him a little bit more time to remove the last vehicle or to have it operable. Okay it's 30 sufficient for. >> you or are you thinking maybe a little bit more. >> yeah more. >> time I'll ask for an extension. Maybe 60 days is fine. 30. >> days 30 is okay. Yeah. All right, no problem. >> I. >> have a motion. Yeah. Does he live. >> at the property or is. >> it commercial? No, no, they live there. He lived there okay yeah. So I would move for a finding. >> of guilt. 30. >> days with a per diem of. 150. >> thereafter second. All those in favor? Aye. Is that 30 or 6030. >> 3030 yeah. And if you need. >> extra time there's a paper. >> there you can I got it you got it I got it thank you. Page 130. Property address. 1599 west flagler street. >> case number. 000703951 page 130. Good evening good. >> evening. Good evening. You state your name and address for the record ana maria. Sagastegui 1599. West. >> flagler stopped. >> by inc.. >> thank you. >> and how does the property plead? Not guilty. Not guilty. Okay. The case. All right. Inspector can you please state your name for the record? Inspector torres co. >> compliance okay. Did you put together pages one through 41 for today's hearing, correct? okay. And when you cited them in NOVEMBER of. 2023 you cited them for failure to obtain a c you uh failure to have a business tax receipt as as well as. >> work performed without a. >> permit and failure to have a temporary use permit. Is that correct? Correct. Okay. So that was for uh permits for canopies and tents, a car wash, the flower stand um which also did not have certificates of use or business tax receipts. Uh, the gas station did not have the appropriate certificate of. >> use or. >> b tr for the inside grocery store. Right? Correct. Or retail business. >> because they had a countertop and outside seating right. Uh that cancel the case was. >> transferred to me. So I'm assuming that the. Initially that was. >> the that's what I. >> was so when it was. >> initially cited that's what it was cited for at the beginning. Yes. Okay. And in here we have all of the original notices of violations as well as the summons for today. Is that correct? Correct. And the summons for today we have failure to obtain a valid certificate of use. Failure to. >> obtain the business tax receipt. >> and work perform without a permit. Is that correct? Correct. The three violations. Yes. All right so the certificate of use. >> and the btr are for what or for what issue on the property for the car wash and the. >> uh flower stand. >> that they have on the corner. Okay. And the work without a permit is for. >> the carports that. >> the it was. Installed in the property without permits. The. Carport yeah. Where they're doing the washing for the car wash. Yes. Okay. As we go through these you'll see the copy of the nova copy of the summons copies of the miami-dade county property appraiser report as well as the summons report showing the registered agent uh were mailings were. >> sent certified as well as the. >> property being posted. Correct. All right. So here we're looking at the flower stand correct which is required to be permitted and have a certificate of use and to be uh they have to have a. >> certificate. >> of use to allow them to have. >> the. >> stand. >> as well as them to have a better correct, correct. Okay. And the cafeteria at this time is okay is. >> that correct? Correct. >> and so then the other issue is right here in the back correct in. >> the back with the these are the canopies that were put up. >> for a car wash. Is that correct? It has some others there's more pictures. >> in the okay. And then we have this. Structure that's off to the side correct. Let. >> me see if you can y'all can see that yeah. Okay. So those are the two violations that are still outstanding. >> is that correct? Yeah. See you know and work with our permit for. >> those. >> um and everything inside with the cafeteria and the gas station that part's okay. It is okay. Yes. Okay. At this. >> time the. >> city seeks. >> to omit pages one through 41 into evidence. Admit it. All right. Uh, do you have any conversations with the owners? Yes I have okay. And what did they. >> tell you about the current and pending violations? Right. For the car wash they're working on obtaining a warrant that they need for the for the. >> car wash and they are working on the permits to legalize the carports. Okay. And that's what they've told you. But they pled not guilty but they told you. >> they're working. >> on complying with what they've been cited. Correct. All right. Nothing further. Okay ma'am, do you understand? You pleaded not guilty but. >> you've been in compliance or . >> in cooperation with the inspector. Yes. >> can I speak you can just state your. >> name and address. >> for the record. My name is. >> sam ghazzawi. I'm the tenant. Yes, I came in after. >> you need to speak into the microphone. I'm sorry. That's the only way it gets on the recording. Yes, I came in I i mean I bought the business yeah. From. >> from the. >> previous owner who had these things I wasn't aware of it right the minute. >> the. >> minute the. Inspector yes approached me you worked with I fixed I I had you I had everything up and running. The only thing I have. >> pending is that. >> the lady for the flower shop which is she's getting it. You got to get it, that's all. And as far as the car wash I applied for the warrant and I I'm actually in touch with with inspector harris. Correct. And he uploaded the document. He told me that he uploaded it which has the warrant number. Understood. I'm waiting for the warrant. All right. And and the guy who's running the car wash. >> applied. >> for a certificate of use, but they won't give it to him until the warrant. >> is understood. So we're we're actually, uh. So let me just ask. >> a question. >> would you want to read would you want to reenter your plea? Would you don't have to we'll just ask for a finding of. >> guilt. 120 days to. >> comply and. $250 a day thereafter we're guilty. No no no no, it's okay. We're going to do it. We're going to do it for you. Okay. We would like the. 120 days you'll. >> still get time and we're going to comply and if you need more time you'll be able. >> to come back. That's the only. >> thing we're waiting for and we're very hopeful to no worries. Help us out. >> can I. >> have a motion for. 120 days guilty and 250 per day yeah I motion for guilty. 120 days and . >> then $250. A day. Thereafter .Second. >> after the. 120 days. All those in favor yes I yeah it's. 120 days. >> member day. >> 100 if you're not there yet. >> go online. >> ask for. >> extension of time. Yeah thank thank. >> you very much. Want to welcome a good night you two. Thank you everyone. >> page 111. Property address. 3671 southwest 13th street. Case number 00156006. Page 111. Good evening, good evening. State your name and address for the record one. Okay 3671. Southwest. >> 13th street. >> thank you. And how does the. Property. >> plead guilty or not guilty? Guilty. Thank you very much, inspector. Inspector. Penal code compliance. Southeast office. He's been in communication with me and he's already applied for his permit. This was from a complaint from a neighbor about the tree cutting. The permits are already in. Process so he just needs some more. >> time to finish getting his permit. And closing it out. You think about. 120 days, inspector. Yeah I'm good with that 120 thank you. Can I have a motion for. 120 days? Yeah move for finding of. Guilty. >> with 120. Days and. >> $150 per diem thereafter. Second. >> second. All those in favor? Aye aye. Thank you sir. Thank you. You're welcome. Page 29. Property address. 1520 northwest. 31st avenue. Case number. 00141769. >> page 29. Good evening good evening everybody. Good evening everybody. My name is. >> nicholas diaz. I'm the. >> owner of. 1520. Northwest 31st avenue. Yes. And I plead guilty. Thank you very much. It's back there. Giovanni castillo co compliance. >> southwest. Office uh he has also been working with the city of miami. He he just said he finished doing what he was supposed to do. As of now I haven't seen it till tomorrow or monday. Uh, but. >> I. >> it's just minor some minor. >> storage he had left over on the property. Okay, so what do you. Recommending. >> I would leave 30 days. Good for you. You can pass by whenever. >> it's fine. Okay. It's corrected. Do you uh do you live there? I. >> do, but I. >> do [Laughter] The family [Laughter]. Residential property. Yes. >> it's residential. Okay. Exactly. So you live there? You live there? Yes. Residential. Okay. Can I have a motion for 30 days? 30 days is enough. Yeah. Okay. Definitely. Yeah. >> finding of. >> guilt 30 days and. $150 per diem thereafter. Second. >> all those in favor? All right. >> thank you. You're welcome. Page 82. Property address 87 northwest 30 30th place case number. 00103274. >> page 82. Good evening sir. Good afternoon item on behalf of the property owner. >> okay patrick little. 11419 southwest 86 lane. And how does the property plead? My client is inherited the property from his grandparents who owned it since 1973. He had no knowledge of the unpermitted work and is committing to cure the violation. He's. >> working to get an. Architect . >> to. >> resolve the issue. So what is. >> that guilty with. >> explanation will plead guilty. Okay thank you inspector again. Giovanni castillo co compliance southwest office I have been in contact with the property and as well as himself they know the situation that's going on. We're going to meet at the property. Sometime soon enough just to point out exactly what needs to be done. But they're in process of getting a contractor and engineer to get the process going. >> okay. And then I see here. >> that the. 2113 was voided. Correct. Okay. I've not been able to go inside the property. >> so I have not. >> been able. >> to see if there's illegal units but there is work done without a permit. Okay. >> and what's the. Recommendation here? I would recommend. >> 30 days. They can. >> begin the process on the property. Okay up to date how long 30 days 30 days to start to start. >> being that they have no. >> permit on file yet. >> okay they can always. >> request more time. Can I have a motion? Uh yeah. Motion. >> for. Guilty 30 days and this is a residential. >> property correct? Yes. >> correct. $150 per diem thereafter. Second all those in favor? Aye. You're going to need more. >> time so make sure you take that and. >> just request your extension of time. Page 45. Property address. 8600 northeast 10th court case number 00148187. Property. >> address 8600. >> northeast. >> 10th court, page 45. Good evening. Good evening. You know you can state your name and address for the record. Michael burrell I'm an attorney on behalf of the. >> property owner phyllis carlson. Okay. And how does the property plead? Guilty. Well I was. >> actually trying to I did it late trying to see if we can get an extension, uh, before entering a plea. We're in the. >> process of trying to sell. >> the house. The buyer is going to basically be taking care of the well and the well for this part here there would need to be I mean we could find you. >> guilty and then give you the time that you need. But something for the record I thought we. >> could do you know the continuance? Yeah. You can just say that we don't generally we don't. Hi. >> how are you? >> they don't do. Continuances once you're set for a hearing. Right. I gotcha. It's just a. >> hearing at this point. >> because they've already had time to comply right. I know and being getting ready to sell it is not a. Reason to continue it. I get what's. >> going on. But then the new owner is just going to have to pick up where they left off right. And we are speaking with a serious buyer and he is willing to to take on. The the task it's it's almost little cleanup tasks but it's a failure to maintain the facade. That's. >> what's. >> remaining on it. So the. >> window right. Windows yeah. >> the windows yeah. Okay. So. >> not guilty. I. >> mean. Yeah if we can have a not guilty with some time well no. >> no. >> no we're going to have we'll prove our case and then have the property found guilty right. One way or another there's a hearing today you can either plead guilty. >> or. >> we'll put on our case and. >> they'll. >> determine whether or not the property is guilty or not guilty. The. Property's guilty so we'll say no more. We'll help. >> you out here. Yeah. inspector inspector bailey north team. Uh, the property is, uh, have standing water in the pool. I don't know if the pool has been drained at this point. Right. Not yet because it's it's a whole process. >> that we're not allowed to put it in the grass or in the sewer. >> or any. You spoke with her? Yeah. Just one second. Let her hold on. The case was initiated by miami pd. We went out my supervisor myself um we did notice that there was a tent near the pool. Um the windows were out in the front boarded up standing water in the pool green water. Um I did make contact with the owner a couple times. She's elderly. She said she needed some help. We gave her a link to get some assistance. I don't know if she qualified for that and then I kind of hadn't heard from her since the last time I went to the property. The violation still stood. The outside. Storage was cleaned up but the. >> area by the pool is. >> still the way it is. Okay. How much time are you. Recommending for what they need to do? I mean they have to drain the. >> pool so I. >> will have to give them I will give. >> them. 120 days because the owner is elderly okay. And we. >> MAY know that is the pool pool area secured it's fenced off. Um you have to physically walk up into the. >> yard go down the little. Stairs so it's like in the front of the. >> yard is it behind a fence? it's. >> behind a gate. Yeah yeah right that's what. >> I'm saying. It's locked in. Yeah. >> it's locked in yeah yeah that's all I was asking yeah yeah. >> yes it is. City recommends the. 120 so they. >> can go ahead and get that processed and luckily she has help now gotcha. A motion for finding of. Guilt 120. Days and .$150 a day thereafter. Second. >> second. All those in favor? Aye. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. Did you get the piece of paper to page 34? Property address for 32 northwest 32nd court case number 00131647. >> page 34. Good evening sir. Good evening. Can you. >> state your name and address? Alfredo vazquez. Okay. >> and how does the property plead? Guilty. Thank you very. >> much, sir. Inspector. >> he's coming. >> guilty or not guilty? Guilty. >> oh, okay. Hi. Good afternoon. Please state your name and just let them know what's going on the property. How much time he needs. Yes. Roberto martinez, school compliance. Um, basically they doing remodeling on the house which include new windows doors addition. Aluminum fence and other. >> work conducted on the property without permits. How much. >> time are they going to need? What are they what what is he done and how much time do they need? Well they're in the process. He's showing me that they're working on getting the plans to to start getting the permit process. I would start with whatever time you're allowing. 9120 days. The city recommends 120. They are in the permitting phase. Okay. >> thank you. Can we get a motion for. 120 days? Yeah. Move for guilty with. 120 days and. $150 per. Diem fine thereafter. I'll second. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Thank you sir. Thank you. Okay. And you got the paper right? Just in case you need more. >> time, sir. You. >> got the paper? The. There you go. Thank you. Okay. This is a add on from last week um, for special appearance property address. 2512 northwest 12th avenue. Case number. Ce2 thousand 8001440. [Laughter] Yeah, I. >> actually have my booklet in the car because I. >> kept it. All right good evening. Good evening. You state your name and address for the record. Hi my name is elda. >> perez and m