Code Enforcement (2024-11-05)

CODE ENFORCEMENT CITY OF WILDWOOD, FLORIDA REGULAR MEETING November 5,2024 1:00 PM CITY HALL COMMISSION CHAMBER

(meeting taped)

I. CALL TO ORDER

| Attendee Name | Title | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | Lindsay C.T. Holt | Special Magistrate | Present | | Tara Tradd | Code Compliance Manager | Present | | Stuart Ellington | Code Compliance Specialist | Present | | Jessica Barnes | City Clerk | Present |

Special Magistrate Holt brought the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.

1. Special Magistrate, Overview of the Code Enforcement Process Special Magistrate Holt explained that the public hearings were considered quasi-judicial and provided an overview of the Code Enforcement meeting procedures.

2. Swear in City Staff

Special Magistrate Holt proceeded to swear in city staff and audience members who wished to speak during the hearings.

II. APPROVAL OF SUMMARY MINUTES

1. October 1,2024

Special Magistrate Holt saw no revisions necessary and approved the summary minutes for the October 1,2024, meeting.

III. OLD BUSINESS

1. City of Wildwood Case# 2304-0010 Respondents: Michael Maitland and Joanna Palazzolo Violation Address: Parcel G058-082 505 Barwick Street Violations: Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7 Exterior Property Maintenance

| RESULT: | Approved | | --- | --- | | MOVER: | Special Magistrate Holt | | SECONDER: | None | | AYES: | Special Magistrate Holt |

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Status: This matter was tabled from the September 3,2024 hearing. The case costs have not been paid,and the property remains non-compliant.

Special Magistrate Holt read aloud Case #2304-0010. Code Compliance Manager Tradd stated that the case was initiated on April 21, 2023, when she observed peeling paint on the home which was a violation of the city's exterior property maintenance code. Photos were taken and a notice of violation was sent. After several re-inspections revealed noncompliance, additional photos were taken and a notice of hearing was sent. The case went before the Special Magistrate on August 1, 2023, where an order of enforcement was issued, giving the respondent 30 days to clear the junk and debris from the premises, and 120 days to paint the home and pay the case costs of $97.73. Failure to comply would result in a $100 per day fine to commence on August 1, 2023. Tradd stated that over the next several months, the respondent requested extensions to paint the home. The last and final extension was granted on February 5, 2024. Tradd continued to perform re-inspections with no change to the property, including the most

2. City of Wildwood Case# 24-0016

Respondents: Oscar and Leanor Jones

Violation Address: 300 S St. Clair Street

Violations: City of Wildwood Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7 and Chapter 19 Unsanitary Living Conditions; No water and sewer services due to failure to pay utility bills.

Status: The utility bill has not been paid. Staff requests affirming the Order of Lien from the September 3,2024, Code Hearing to be recorded with the Sumter County Clerk of Courts.

Special Magistrate Holt read aloud Case #24-0016. Code Compliance Manager Tradd stated the case was originally going before the Special Magistrate to reaffirm the lien amount and to sign the lien for recording, but the respondent paid the case in full on October 31, 2024. This brought the property into compliance. No further action was necessary in the case.

IV. NEW BUSINESS

None.

With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 1:09 p.m.

| RESULT: | Adjourned | | --- | --- | | MOVER: | Special Magistrate Holt | | SECONDER: | None | | AYES: | Special Magistrate Holt |

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SEAL

CODE ENFORCEMENT CITY OF WILDWOOD, FLORIDA

Date 12/3/2

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Lindsay C.T. Holt, Special Magistrate City of Wildwood, Florida