one this is a code enforcement hearing hold on one second screen all right this is a code compliance hearing recording in progress oh I'll start yeah good morning everyone this is a code compliance hearing for the city of North Miami today is April 3rd 2024 my name is beatric kzo special magistrate for the city the purpose of this hearing is to determine if a code violation exist at your property as observed and cited by the code enforcement officer of the city if the city is not able to prove its case then I will dismisses dismiss it uh these proceedings are being recorded therefore all persons who are speaking should do so one at a time to ensure that all testimony is clearly audible in the recording device if English is your primary language and please inform me when I call your case we have a translator who will assist you during the proceedings when your case is called please raise your hand um so that we know that you are here and you are present so that Madam clerk can let you in and please say your name your business or mailing address and your relationship to the property if you are not the property owner or an attorney representing the property owner then you must present a notorized power of attorney affidavit in order for your testimony to be taken on behalf of the property H for new cases you will be asked for the record if you are aware of and understand the violation that is being heard today and do you understand what is required to resolve the violation please answer accordingly the city will present his case first and then the property owner and or violator will be given an opportunity to testify on their own behalf and to bring forward test U witnesses to testified to present evidence and photographs and to press examine the city's Witnesses following the case presentation I will issue a finding a fact on the case if I find that a violation of city codes exists or existed at your property then depending on the case type I will set an abatement date for the violation to be resolved or for repeat violations I will impose a daily fine amount for new non-repeat cases my order will include an abatement date by which you must resolve the violation in the daily fine amount that I may impose at a future hearing date should the violation not be resolved by the abatement date if I find sufficient cause to postpone enforcement action at this time I will table this case proceeding to another hearing date in the future if you you do not agree with my finding a fact and a ruling then the property owner May appeal the administrative order on the case to the Central Court an appeal must be filed within 30 days of the date of the execution of the administrative order to be appealed in accordance with Florida Statutes if a person decides to appeal any decision made by the special magistrate with respect to any matter considered at these proceedings the person will need a Verbatim record of the proceeding This Record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based the cost of obtaining the verbatim record shall be the sole responsibility of the appellant and it is recommended that persons who plan to appeal their case should provide their own court reporter at this proceedings puru to city codes if the city of North Miami prevails in prosecuting a case before the special magistrate the city shall be entitled to recover all costs incurred in Prosecuting the case the current cost assessment amount is $100 per case once the City Records in order that imposes a fine and authorizes a lean against the property then the city will charge additional administrative fees to report and release the lean Madam Clerk okay so um we'll go ahead um and have the officer administer the pledge of elusion everyone um put your right hand over your heart to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all right um officer Carter if you can administer the oath to the inspectors okay please raise your right hand do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give in these proceedings will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth if so say aloud I do I do do thank you and now for the translators if you can enable your audio okay okay do you solemnly swear or affirm that the translations which you are about to give in these proceedings will be accurate and correct to the best of your knowledge skill and ability say I do I do thank you thank you officer Madame clerk please announce for the record if there are any additions Corrections or deletions to the hearing agenda yes as a matter of fact we do have um case number 30 that was June properties June 18 Properties LLC case number CE GMP 2023 00151 this case was closed uh the um the propert property owner has complied that will be all interesting okay all right if everyone's present let's you can call your first case all right good morning and thank you for participating in today's special magistrate hearing I will review The process by which today's hearing will be will be conducted make sure your device is always muted unless you are given testimony on a case if you are using two devices to participate in today's hearing be sure your audio is only enabled in one device when your case is called if you are signed into Zoom you will receive a notification giving you access to audio and video so that you may give your testimony if you are physically at the city hall and wish to give your testimony you must sign in when you must sign in with the code Clerk and await a text message indicating your case is ready to be heard upon receiving that message you should immediately come to the co- compliance office to be provided with access to a computer if you would like to speak on behalf of a case once the case is called you should you should click the raiseed hand button to be acknowledged before giving your testimony on a Case please state your name property address and relationship to the property if you wish to have if you wish to have an interpreter assist during this case please indicate this when your case is called M your magistrate that conducts the instructions and we are going to call before we start can you give me my abatement dates give me the abat dates for 30 and 60 and 90 days okay so your uh 30-day abatement is April 17 that's too soon no that's too soon no you would have May 22nd okay June 20 and July 24 got it okay scratch April out okay all right so we're going to call the first case who is registered here I have my apologies J J Jan ro ro Roost Jan roast what item number is that she is item number 26 all right Janai if Ras you should have receive their invitation Jan Ros if you receive the invitation please a and her video and your video all right guys if you're unable to do that we're going to pass your case Miss Revol are you able to enable your video can you hear me I don't even see her there she she's here her here but her she's not speaking and her audio video is not on Mr Vos you need to click on the little microphone on your screen and the actual videos to enable all right pass for case okay we have uh we have item number 38 and 43 item number 38 through through 43 who is also here the person is Linda Linda Johnson magistrate would you like for me to read the case individually um this is a long a long list who's speaking this is who's speaking Linda yes yes I I don't know we hear you we don't physically see you we see your photo let me see I'm trying to uh get the video let's see I don't see anything here that I can press for the video on my bottom and I'm not I haven't when you signed in when you signed in did you indicate that you wanted to sign in with both audio and video yes ma'am okay then there should be something on your screen for for you to the only the only thing I have my screen at the bottom is mute raise hand chat and captions and then when I press more it says disconnect audio or cancel I don't have anything for the video and I do Zoom all the time so I don't know um I connect it for everything video and verbal as well should I disconnect and get back in yes okay so let me leave and I'll come right back in Madam clerk for the record we will need you to read in all of the case numbers okay e hey Miss I'm here again yeah but give you the option no it's not giving me the option for video at all I clicked on join webinar this is what I got it comes automatically to here interesting is that the case for everyone else could it be the case for Miss provos I um I mean it might be well it might be I don't know it doesn't give me an option to select anything all I do is join webinar and then it goes directly here everybody in the chat is indicating that they are having the same issues you look at the chat okay so when you set up the zoom hearing I think that there's a button that you um I just got now something it says join as panelist or stay as attendee you should be joining as panelist okay right now I just in order to chat with us okay now you can see me now you can see me yes all right Miss Johnson you're not driving are you no I'm actually parked okay all right let's proceed please read the cases into the all right we're going to call case number 38 through 43 for sage Condominium Association case number 38 is mhv IO 2023 0839 case number 39 Sage Condominium Association mhv iio 2023 0084 item number 40 Sage Condominium Association case number mhv IO 2023 00841 case number 41 Sage Condominium Association mvio 2023 842 item number 42 stage Condominium Association mhv 2023 843 and item number 43 stage Condominium Association case number mhv 2023 00 844 the officer on this case is Jamie George George good morning good morning sir hi um I'm I'm inspector George um while conducting an annual housing inp section for item number 38 property addressed 2185 North 123rd Street uh there was a missing soft wire mesh on the Southeast section of the property opened February 15th of 2023 the reinspection date was on March 10th 2023 posted I posted the notice to appear on February 28 2024 the notice to appear was mailed out March 6th 2024 the final reinspection date was on March 21st 2024 and since then there has been no compliance would you do you want me okay uh my name is Linda Johnson I'm the property manager for the association unfortunately I will tell you um we did not receive any of those notices I just recently received it um we uh we change we moved from where we were at 1150 K Concourse to 12,000 bis G Boulevard and until March the 29 we received the notice of the special magistrate and we never got notices of any of the other things otherwise we would have already uh worked on all these things so as soon as I got him which I just recently got all the the notifications I also spoke to Mr uh Paris who was the code officer that supposedly initially started this and he told me go ahead uh he's the one who registered me helped me um I understand that the sunbiz has our old address back in 2023 um like I said we just moved and we are in the process of hiring everybody to do all the repairs that need to get done uh one of the repairs is electrical um which all all those things um that he mentioned there let me do this let me do this because it's all related Mr George um inspector George why don't you um go down the list and tell us you know what the violations are and Miss Johnson I will address the notice issue um okay once the inspector is done with his um um presenting his case okay perfect okay so for item 39 the uh violation was the uh the pool entrance Gates they do not self close nor self loock item number 40 the violation was the uh failing to obtain a business tax receipt with the city of North Miami and that violation is failure to obtain a certificate of use for the city of North Miami and uh next one is there was is there is no contact information on the property and the last one is general maintenance I'm sorry you said there's no contact information on the property yes ma'am okay elaborate on that the uh on the property all they have is is a permit and see well okay they they don't have a contact information that's uh that's on easily visible to residents they don't have their contact information in case of emergency okay so you're talking is it the building number or you're talking a u uh phone number contact with with contact information it's the contact information for managers for the manager and and onc Comon area okay and that has to be posted where in a like in a publicly on in a conspicuous place where the residents are easily they can easily access it okay and the last violation is uh to obtain building permits and to make the necessary repairs to the cracks and exp Expos rebar at the property okay can I see the photos with that and these cracks are where in the ceiling or it it's in the ceiling yes ma'am oh wow and there's a permit there's a permit pulled out already for that and this is not a a a safy um Hazard no actually it's actually the facade it's like a um it's not concrete it's actually underneath and this is this happened before already and apparently the repair was done incorrectly so we have a permit pulled out and I could give you the permit once you once I can talk I don't want to interrupt and and your honor I would defer to the building official and the building department on whether or not it's safe um yeah where is um Mr Jean uh Mr Jean is no longer with the city we do have a new building official however I do see that um Miss Shanny is present and she is representing the building department today here okay there a lot of changes in the city all right M Mr all right hold on I can't see who's present who did you say is present from the bill um building Miss Shanny prey Miss Shanny prey can you please turn your turn on your video and audio unfortunately I don't have video I don't have the camera in front of me so I um you can hear my audio but um not quite sure it's my video my video is not working properly on my end I can try to log in from my personal phone if you would like I'm present as the building official I apologize can you please state your name for the record my name is Richard Ruby I'm the um building official thank you Mr Ruby all right did you have an opportunity to hear what the officer says do you see the photos of the building with the um the cracks and the um what is it the ceiling can I see yeah can you please show it so that the um building official can see what we're talking about sorry that's off okay yeah so there's significant uh spalling um there's exposed rebar so that is that is an issue what I know that the you guys have requested it in the past and I'm wondering if that would be the case here to is this the first time up inspector is this the first time these cases are coming up because I see from 2022 so and I don't see the history here that is correct it is from 2023 but this is the first time it's being heard okay did at any time Madam clerk can you check to see if did at any time the um building official requires an Engineers report did we ever require one especially you know because this look seems kind of obious Miss magistr can I say something yes okay since 2023 2022 we did our 40-year recertification we tried to file it over there with the city of North Miami and the city of North Miami said that because we had not received the letter from you guys we could not file it I still have that report that I can provide to the city as well all that that's happening is um cosmetic things I we do have a permit filed already for the work of that ceiling and that concrete that you see with the rebar is actually part of the railings that were in the process of getting proposals to replace the railings for they not to be any more con and all to be aluminum and we're in Miss Johnson I understand you what I am saying is I want you said this was from 20202 202 I don't know whether or not it's gotten worse what I'm saying what we have done in the past and I know what officer Jean usually requires is an engineering report from your engineer that basically state that this is not you know a a um what is it a saf life safety issue yeah issue I have that I have that that's that I know that we have required those in the past so that's why I was inquiring as to whether or not this was a first time up because if this came up before and officer Jean was present I know that he would have requested it and I would have ordered it but for some reason I cannot see the history so that's why I'm asking Madame clerk if that was ever um ordered go ahead Mr um I'm sorry I'm still calling you pressy what is your sir Ruby I'm sorry Ruby okay yeah so I have to disagree with the statement that um that exposed rebar has to do with the railings that is part of the um structure not part of the railings that's part of the the stair structure so if you replace the railings that's not addressing the issue of the exposed rebar in that area I I know sir and that's why I have a permit of with already work in and I could give you the permit number that if you like you can look it up that it's already been filed to start the work on all of that including the ceiling okay do you would you like me to give you the permit number yeah hold on give me one second okay what's a permit number bbr 00 D 2024 d [Music] 0048 sounds good thank you okay okay um all right what is um what is the city re requesting this point um I'm not hearing from the inspector so on behalf of the city your honor um we would ask for um short abatement date for the life safety issues and as well as the entry of a fine in case the violations are not evaded by that time your honor your honor lazro remon may I yes sir lond director of Neighborhood Services uh being with this new information the fact that we have the building official here and actually overseeing this part of the annual inspections we usually defer these at some time and point to the building official but being that he's here and this is an eem you know it does not necessarily an emergency but from a from just the Viewpoint of just pictures uh it does seem pretty serious especially since that it's on a stairwell the the the abatement date should definitely refect a more Swift or or or a shorter time period from from our perspective understood um Mr Ruby yes okay are you um satisfied with the with the information provided by the building with did you require anything additional anything that um that needs to happen swiftly because my next abatement date is May 22nd will that work for you or do you want to have something done within the next I say 30 days um so so the 40-year report um if it hasn't been completed I would ask for a letter from the engineer completing the 40-year recertification um we have that okay well we need we need to provide it to us a letter from the engineer stating that I think I'm sorry I don't want to interrupt you but I think you weren't here when I basically said it before that I tried to file it before so the letter must state that the building is safe for occupancy at the current time okay so we need can we have that done within since you have it can we have it submitted within the next five days yes of course I tried to submit it since last year okay and they would not accept it every time I went to submit it I even went to the city of North Miami personally to hand it in and I was told no that nobody could take it I have all the notes of the people that we have spoken to and they said no because we had not received a letter from the city of North Miami okay so what do we have what do what can I do um inspector what what do I need to put in my order that will allow that to be filed or submitted to you what's the process I don't see an issue with with it being submitted that there's there's no issue there we'll take it who do I see who do I see U because we did try before so if you could tell me who do I see and I will give it personally to them I will go in person and and deliver it okay uh shaie prey she will take she will take the report shaie prey sh PR okay okay all right so my ruling is that um in adjudication I do find that the violations do exist um the um is there a filing fee for this or something I'm sorry Sage stage condominium will within five days submit an engineering report to the city which indicates what state that the building is safe for occupancy it needs done within the next five days and um the abatement date for the other violations is um the abatement date is May 22nd can if can I ask for a a further date for the railings because that's part of the part and that's going to take a while I will not be able by May 22nd to get it done I'm sure well we could reassess by May 22nd and see where you're at permitting processing process okay yeah let's let's do that let's come back May 22nd and see where we are um okay and if there's you know good reasonable um argument made that requires you know more time than we do that but right now the abatement date is May 22nd um if you are not in compliance by then there will be a daily fine amount of $500 and magistrate that is for all the others correct except for 43 correct all right ma'am love to you and please remember the May 22nd abatement date does not apply to the engineering report I have the engineering report I'll I will be there tomorrow morning all right and present it to miss uh Presley okay all right good luck to you thank you bye bye bye all right magistrate I have case number 35 Manuel Guerrera I'm sorry item number 45 Manuel Guerrera case number c f a c 2023 000033 I do have a Manuel Guerrera as well as a Rosa [Music] roosevel is it item 45 or 35 35 35 got it and yes got it helping assisting the person that's here in person to log in on the computer one second they're trying to assist hey Miss Manuel is it Miss Miss or Mr Manuel Miss manell can you hear me oh what is your name ma'am Lois are you here for property the Manuel Guerrera property located on 12500 Northeast 15th Avenue yes yes sir I think um she's unit underneath my cl's unit ah okay all right okay so she's just given a testimony as a witness okay no problem who's my officer U let me administer the oath to her um I'm sorry could you state your name again ma'am my name is triina Lewis Miss triina Lewis could you please raise your right hand do you solemnly swear and affirm the testimony you're about to give in to in and these proceedings shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God please say I do I do thank you m we also have uh Roosevelt presume are you the attorney for this property okay yes ma'am I'm the attorney on behalf of Mr Manuel Guerrero all right and we have um janaro Millo on this case all right inspector good morning um little neighborhood off Department seat around Miami so um I received um a complaint from um Miss Lewis um in reference to the property I just won 2500 noreast 15f on apartment 504 Miss lwis is um the unit on she lives on unit five um 404 I'm sorry um this case was open on January 20 of 2023 where um she had um um plumbing issue where water um was leaking on her bathroom and the kitchen um um in this notice I asked on Mr Manuel on un 5 or4 to make the necessary prayers and with an um license plumber um I had a reinspection on I'm sorry can can I ask conf about is this a condominium is this what yes this is a condominium yes okay all right so basically the tenant on above her had some sort of a of a leak that leak these leaks were into unit 404 which is um Miss L on unit um so she had this leaks on the bathroom then kitchen when she has um SE several damages um I had a inspection on February 11 2023 and as um I never received any um notice from Mr Manuel and as um Miss um Lis said that she was still having um these leaks um I posted um the notice to appear for um today Magistrate on February 27th of 2024 it was mail on March on 4th of 2024 and I had a final inspection on March 20 of 2024 that has been on no compliance officer this is a not a new case correct this is a case that a abatement date and sign has already been set no no this is our first time that being here first time of okay and this cause damages to to your apartment Miss um let me hear from you miss um her name that Miss Lois yes yes so please tell me what what happened years now about 5 years I've been having complaints the water coming from 5:04 to my unit 4:04 up to this morning we have water coming in up from 5:04 to my guest bathroom I have several picture video on my phone that I took this been a long time I been going through with this thing I complain to the management I complain to Mr ly who own no respond nothing nothing nothing they doing nothing all right I'm sorry to hear that you sound really upset which is understandable if you've been dealing with this for as long as you said your half do we have photographs of the damages of the lead um inspector do we have um photos of the you apologies one moment and what am I looking at can somebody tell me what what I'm looking at is this m Louis's unit this is Miss um unit um yeah Miss Louis unit is it inside her cabinet well that's over the cabinets this is the bathroom these are extensive damages to her is this mold or just a water mark this is waterm marks water okay all right got it okay um all right does that conclude your your um testimony inspector yes all right okay Miss Lis is there anything else you would like to add yes I'm hurting so many years I be hurting up to this morning last night water coming down and nobody trying to help me I lived here for 30 years going and 31 years I have no problem with nobody this is what I'm going through okay um what how many units are how many um floor how big is the building six six floors yes okay all right um I'm Excuse me I'm dis have a disability too much for me too much too all right thank you Miss leis um counselor yes good morning yes good morning your honor um sh some lights for me tell me what's going on I'm sorry I couldn't hear you I said shed some lights on this foring absolutely absolutely so um I'm very sympathetic for Miss Lewis's issues um however my client is not really responsible these are cast iron problems that are on the interior part of the walls if you uh you know taking aew of of his actual bathroom and the areas around it there's AB absolutely no leak we have an inspection uh that's to occur on um an engineer inspection to occur on April 16th and um and the findings of those uh at the engineering inspection will be able to prove what we're talking about today it's really not his fault it's old cast irons that run in the building that needed to be changed for quite some time okay um all I yes um and sometime last month of February I think he was doing something there because a lot of white like um putty something came down from 54 inside the bucket where I have to catch the water some white like he was doing something upstairs B gu B but the water still coming down after this morning lot the water still coming down it mostly comes down like in the evening when they when they using you know to open the pipe to take the shower what okay coming mran I don't know if you were coming to say something or if um here's my situation here's where I'm I'm um I want clarification on is the is it the apartment upstairs that has a leak that's causing it or is it what counselor is saying that there is an issue with the cast iron because we know that you know that's been going on in Miami D County with the um the um with cast iron specifically so is it something that's going with the entire building is or is it something that only concentrates on these two apartments because that would make a difference is it just an issue with the with my neighbor on top or is it an issue that's going on with the entire building who can answer that for well your honor I know that we have an engineer coming who's going to give us an engineer report we'll be happy to present those facts in a future hearing if you can um but the engineer will be able to speak to causation and we are more than confident that it's from the cast iron piping because there's absolutely no leaking in his unit whato okay that was going to be my question to you so your your your client does not have any leaks in his apartment correct there there are no leaks in his apartment okay um none that are visible let me clarify the record there's none that are visible that we could point to as a leag um so our position is that it's coming from the interior um portions of the building and so that's why we're having we hiring an engineer Engineers coming on April the 16th and I do you know know that that's a few days from now um but is there is there Condominium Association are they are they looking into this at all is anybody there's an association there's active litigation going on as it pertains to that as well um but I didn't I don't know if I can speak to those items in this hearing but there are um some litigation going on in in terms of the association their working what they're supposed to uh fix and common areas and such but for the for purposes of today's hearing your honor I I just feel that um you know if we can continue to uh if we can continue to after the inspection is done the building has their own um they have their own engineer coming out uh we have an engineer coming down as well and with that we can present you a report and we can speak more um we can speak more accurately as a terms of where the causation is and we could um you know at least get some understanding as to where the leak is coming from your honor I'm sorry so I just wanted to say that um if it was a whole um the building we would receive more complaints and that's for now the only complaint I've received it has been from M um L um I need to I need to see I need to know what's going on I need to know what's going on with the with the apartment upstairs have you been able to access the the apartment on top of Miss ls's um um I guess Mr presumes um client if I I made a an inspection yes no I did I did ask them to provide a report for plumber since they you know they say is not from their unit the only report that I received was that they knock on her door and she was not there at the moment at the inspection so with that provided I mean they thought that you know this would a medicated C and close it and close it here's what we're gonna do here's what we're gonna do miss leis we're we're gonna trying to we're going to help you get to the bottom of this okay um what we need to do is I'm going to um order that uh Mr presum uh is already on the case so he's going to have the um you said that the inspection is will be done um when April April 16th is when we have the engineer inspection coming out to be done okay all right so the inuring inspection is on April 16th and once the report is ready please provide a copy to the city okay um we'll be Havey to do that but wh whom from the city should we uh provide the copy to uh um is the building official presid Mr Ruby building official you can provide it to me um you have an email and I will forward to Mr Ruby um Mr um morillo can you provide your your email just for purpose just for clarification I would um send you on um I would I'll type it here on the chat and provide it to you right now he's putting it in the chat Mr if you can okay um all right okay um got it I okay all right so we're going to reconvene on May 22nd um hopefully by then we would have received um at least the city would have received a copy of the engineering report um so that we know the source of the leak because that has to be addressed it's unfortunate that um you know Miss Lewis have had to deal with the situation for as long as she has and it it it it's got to be upsetting because this is not a situation that she can control that she has any control over and is destroying her apartment um so I can't even you know imagine you know how I would feel if you know I'm having all these water damages and she doesn't have the the means to to fix it have you reached out to your Insurance my next Point your H is that there should be insurance policy in place yeah have you have you reached out have you reported this to your insurance company I don't have no insurance I only get Social Security medicine that's the only income I have I'm Sorry Miss I didn't hear you miss Lis I have I don't have no insur I mean no insurance I don't I used to when I had the mortgage theage only the Social Security I been get okay um well let's see what what's going on um let let's see what's going on we're going to reset your case for May 22nd Mr remon when you come on video I'm not sure whether you want to add something because off officer genan used to do that once you pop in I don't know if you it's something you got you want to say I want to give you an opportunity to say is it is it for I'm sorry I'm sorry magist is it for me for lazro oh no it's not your case I see you on screen so I just I wanted to know if it's something you wanted to add oh no no I just pop in I thought maybe if it gets a little serious make sure to be there but I I okay no problem let you guys know I'm here okay I appreciate that no problem all right so excuse me can I can I say something about diploma that was there diploma came a gust over Mr Lynn he told me that diploma will come 3:00 I wait 3 4 5 64 to 7 no PL I went to the bathroom I had was to use the bathroom and I guess while I was inside here they came I was home I didn't want to play I have the paper here from um Art Plumbing Service AC and electric CL and you know I have the report the estimate or Diplomat sent to city hall because of course I had jnan twice I came to City Hall for the complaint okay all right um yes and as you can see um as as you can see from those um receipts you honor uh these are all related to cast iron issues which as iron is very well aware my client does not have access to or can make any recurs to because they're on the interior part of the building okay all right this may be a bigger issue than just your neighbor on top but we're going to get we're going to get to the bottom of it we need to see the engineering report um that will be submitted to the city next month um for us to know what's really going on okay Miss Bois yeah what he shows there with the plumbing last um 2021 they had a big problem from six from 606 all the way down to 106 what that they he showing with the plumber but for me I'm in the middle the water only coming from above me to my unit because Mr he was saying the water coming from 604 and you know 604 don't have no water coming down on them where can the report is supposed to tell the source the engineering report is supposed to tell us the source of the of the leap okay so um let's reconvene on May 22nd no what's what's the next hearing date I'm sorry madam the the abatement date is May 22nd that hearing date that hearing date would be June 5th okay I cannot have no nobody come to visit the places in have there there what hearings do we have in May do we have any hearings in May yes May 1 all right can we do May 1 Mr f um if you have the engineering um done on SE on 16th can we do who's the I know I'm not going to be the Magistrate May 1 is um magistrate Smith that abatement date is April 17th uh yes uh May 1 might be a little a little soon because you know I want to give the time to get the engineering report back such that we could you know provide it to okay done on June 5th I'm sorry M I can't hear you I REM the Magistrate on June 5th for June 5th yes okay all right so bring it back on June 5th sounds good okay so we're tbling it correct correct correct we're going to table it we're g to bring it back on June 5th please have the engineering report submitted to the city so that the building official and they can have an opportunity to review it and when we come back um I can be better informed as what's going on and we know the source of the leak and we can go from there um I one last point you um you know given these uh the expert Plumbing um the expert Plumbing receipts we can come we can we can now sort of we can now say for sure that this has been a water a cast iron water pipe issue throughout the building um for quite some time now this is going back to 2022 uh so so the you know so in our next hearing I you know you H I would like to enter these um Plumbing expert Incorporated U their receipt as exhibits to show that these are issues that's been ongoing in the building for quite some time and it's not my client's issue he he didn't cause this he's not the cause of the leak all right so we will address it when we come back absolutely we will address the the receipt we will address the report when we come back um all right does anybody else has anything else they need to add thank you Miss Lewis um we will see you um back here June 5th all right and if there's anything else stay in contact with the inspector um you know send them the the the reports the photos the videos whatever um so we can be ready for the 22nd okay I mean for the 5th all right sorry as I said we still have water dripping down understood understood and I'm really sorry that you have to experience that all right thank you thank you counselor thank you all right may we be excused yes sir thank you all right okay magistrate the next item I'm about to call is item number 26 through 3034 um let me first allow the representative in I have Jose Blondie if you could please enable your audio and video I do believe Jose will need a translat as well okay can we mute the guest room please Jose all right we're going to call case number 27 for June 18th Properties LLC case number cbpr 2023 00857 case number 28 June 18 Properties LLC case number c i 2023 0013 case number 29 June 18 Properties LLC case number CF l R 2022 0041 item number 30 June 18 Properties LLC CMP 2023 00151 item number 31 June 18 Properties LLC c m i s 2023 00171 case item number 32 June 18 Properties LLC case number c p PK 2023 000034 item number 33 June 18 Properties LLC CCU 202200 695 this case was previously found guilty by magistrate Kazo with an abatement date of November 16 the fines were set at 250 per day item number 34 June 18 Properties LLC CPU 2023 00188 and that would conclude that also magistrate I didn't calling to record that item number 29 June 18 properties this case was previously found guilty as well by magistrate kzu with an abatement date of November 16 and the fine was set at 250 as well okay let me ask um is it the situation where she cannot access um video this was Jose Blondy um Jose if you can no that was Janos that was someone else Jose if you can we may need Mr interpreter you may need to explain to him that he has to join as a panelist I believe the the earlier person wasn't able to enable video because they had joined the Wrong Way There He Go There He Go there he goes all right swear please Jose can you please raise your right hand do you Solly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give into and these proceedings shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth if so if so please say I do yes I do the officer on this case is janaro morelo yes good morning for item number 27 um this case was open on May 15 of 2023 for the property I just W to report best G Boulevard um um they were cited for not having um a permit for the sign that was installed facing 13 history um Los pades Miami restaurant and bar I had a reinspection on May 26 of 2022 where there was no compin the notice of appear was posted on February 27 of 2024 it was mail on the March 1st of 2024 and I had a final inspection on March 20 of 2024 and that has been no compliance [Music] I don't think this is the right I don't think I'm sorry madam clerk I don't think this is the right property this is supposed to be a restaurant right that is correct honor I think this is for a restaurant I think those images there are incorrect I'll let the clerk uh verify but I'm a little bit familiar with this this is laar on the neighborhood services director okay yeah I think you pulled the wrong property okay that's the one yeah all right Officer marillo which um are we talking about the one that's on the face of the building or is this the sign that we're referring to this is the new sign yeah okay all right and this was done without first pulling the proper permit yes all right Mr interpreter okay and this has been this it's been a year yes almost yeah it was on May 15 all right Mr Blondie what's going on why has it t taken you one year to apply for an active def per for but the thing is let me tell you guys I actually requested this sign to be done through a company in January of 20122 uh when when I rented this property I have the invoice of everything that was charged uh they told me that they were going to do everything with the permanence and everything was going to be included so I was calm I thought that they had done everything the correct way and the proper way on May 2023 when the city sites me I well first of all I went to them and they told me oh we're going to get it done properly and we're going to give all the documentations to the city so that everything could be good um they they charged me again and they told me that they were going to present all this to the city and basically I was fine so apparently they scamed me I have all the invoices of the payments that I made for all the permanence and for everything and well now I'm finding out that uh I was actually scamed they never did anything all right so knowing that um it needs to happen and I mean you can deal with the uh with these folks um civil but in the meantime sir you do need to apply for an after the fact permit with the city um it's been ongoing this has been ongoing for almost a year now how soon do you think that you can get this process started [Music] started well I already have a budget for another uh company um they're going to do everything so I already talked to them about it I think within 16 60 days 60 I think everything will be uh good all right I am going to do an adjudication yes I also have Christian Morales who's also in the lobby who wants to testify on these cases as well okay all right Christian can you unmute please raise your right hand do you Solly swear orir the testimony you are about to give and these proceedings shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God please say I do I do please State your full name for the record and your relationship to the property Christian Morales I'm the corporate controller of June 18 owner of the property you are the owner of the of the um restaurant or the Plaza um so I'm the corporate controller of the company that owns the entire uh Mall okay all right go ahead sir would you like to add um no so we would uh basically we've been working with the with the tenant and the other violations on getting up to compliant and he um expressed what he just stated about um the fraud and that he was going to PR to um or go through um civil um case okay all right so Mr Blondie I will give you the 60 days what I have to enter an adjudication because I see that the violation does exist um and it's almost a year so I will do an adjudication um I'll give you 60 days but if it's it's not resolved by um what is my 60 days Mark if it's not resolved by June 20th sir you going to iner a daily fine amount of $350 officer inspector Moro next case please yes so for item number 28 um the case was open on September 6 of 2023 so prop just 13400 bisc Boulevard this case was a referal and a revers or dumping of cooking grease in two drains on the re of the properties um the notice to of here was posted on the notice to appear was posted on February 27 of 2024 it was made on March 1st of 2024 Mr your owner I I I do have a question about this um notice the notice that we got as as the company doesn't State any of the tenants and we took it as a as as a violation for the entire building I'm not I'm not sure if you guys are referring exclusively to um any specific tenant well you know that there are several restaurant in this property so first um I don't know from which restaurant um it came from and we site the uh property own yeah no just just just to clarify if you guys were referring to a specific tenant but yes we we became aware of the violation um from that point um we actually um sent an email and a physical letter to all the tenants prohibiting um dumping of any type of substance to the sewers um we also are in the process of of calling a cleaning company to do a full cleaning on on the back part of the building uh we have actually uh received notice yesterday of one of the tenants um performing some sort of dumping and we're taking actions of probably um canceling um their lease understood um basically these type of cases the city um have deed um um irreparable and irreversible so that usually comes with a fine a one time fine and what is the fine amount that the CD is seeking um your honor um whatever you decide I don't have any objection or or any um opinion on on does the City attorney has any um recommendation no I'll defer to um the code officer as to what they think the appropriate F should be levied based off of past practice past history Jose your honor I'll step in in the past typically this would have been handled as a onetime fine and typically in the past it was a $1,000 fine um granted this is at your discretion all right so doing adjudication $1,000 next case please it number 209 same property 134 B Boulevard this case was open on SE M 15 of 2022 on for not for this is for the uh the name of the business is called the chef um we not renewing the business sax receed um this case was then delivered to the man year on September 7th of um 2023 the there was the uh re inspection with uh no compliance I'm sorry this case already yes so this guy was already uh adjudicated I guess there was an order to comply it was it was adjudicated so has there been compliance do we have no there has been no compliance so the order to comply was posted on October 18 of 2023 uh we met the notice to appear on March on 1st of 2024 and that's start my final inspection on March 20 2024 the hasus been no compliance okay so the um your honor um so we did receive um so first of all I was not aware of that um notice I just have another notice that ends on 695 to the same um tenant related to the certificate of use and we received an em know March 14th saying that um your request have been approved there's no need to attend April 3rd 2024 hearing and that was um sent by marer colon from the north Miami um city office okay can somebody look into it please give me one second March 14 at 1149 p.m. yeah he was he his he was approved I have it here just his um extension request form he's he was notified by email and he should have been also notified by the officer who who approve the extension okay all right so let's T let's receptive case so for the certificate is it an EXT is it an extension or did he was did he EXT okay so the the extension request was approv got it all right so let's reset this so the how many days would you like to reset for but they they have they were requested they 60 days okay from when 314 314 24 so that's going to be may all right so June 5th yeah Mr interpreter you need to translate please wait is it Mr blond the case or no yes this is still Mr Blondie's case his case is from 27 all the way through 34 I thought he only owns one restaurant yeah he your honor he only owns one of the property all the cases are related to June 18 which is a company di repr correct okay I think Mr POI is I mean sorry Blondie I thought I think Mr blond cases he only had one case oh no he has 31 so he need istic around okay all right so this case is being reset um for June 5th for June 5th so item 29 was reset and then it should be then item 33 as well say um they're both for the same on business yes for the business I receive and certificate of use all right so both will be set for okay all right next case item 31 30 same Pro 30 30 no 30 is comp 30 is comply item 31 same property R just 134 bis Boulevard um this case was open on May 15 of 2023 um um this is was for Miami restaurant um they were have to obtain a permit from the CED of Miami deping velopment department for the outdoor dining area um I had a inspection on May 26 of 2023 there was no compliance the notice to appear was posted on September on February 27 of 20124 it was made on March 1st of 2024 and I had a fin of inspection on March 2024 and then no compliance MI do you understand that Mr for well the thing is when I received the first notice I was actually in Argentina therefore I never uh receiv received them and right when you guys send this on this notices I was I was able to see him I talk it over with the previous owner he stated that at all of that there were under one permanent so basically what I need to do is just change the names and get those permanence and basically I would need time for uh me to get everything straighted now all right I'll give you some time I I'll continue it um okay what is the next for date for his case let's try to keep them all together do we have June 5th is it his next court date Madam clerk yes all right so let's give him um May 22nd as his abatement date just so I'm magistrate just so I'm correct he was case item number 27 correct yes no item number 30 oh his case right I mean jaro he was 27 right first case yes yes okay so his abatement date is June 20 okay abatement date June 20 which would allow the July 3rd hearing okay so cases are set for June um abatement date June 20 all right sir so I'm giving you time to get it done okay I'm not I'm not entering an adjudication just yet I'm giving you time to apply for the uh for the permit um you have your batment date by we need to have it done by June 20th otherwise I will see you back here on July 3 what is it perfect sounds perfect all right sir um I think that's it for him for his cases or is he also for 31 32 33 all right I'll let um inspector Milla tell him whether or not he's free to pleas um I I'm not PR I don't know if the uh item 34 um the pop belongs to him no not it's not related the part is for another tenant okay so good morning thank you all right sir good luck to you he your honor for item 32 same property 134 bis Boulevard Cas was open on September 6 of 2023 um um they were actually surface and restrict the entire parking lot um I had an inspection on October 21st of 2023 there was no compliance not to appear was posted on February 27th 2024 it was mail on March 4 of 2024 and had a final inspection on March 2024 and um there was no compliance um Mr Morales yes your honor so we um when we received this notice so first of all I was not aware of the of the previous um notices I came with the company for uh two months and a half so when I saw this notice we um completed the building permit application with the CD and also um the other one which is the construction cost affidavit um all that has been signed and provided to the CDM so we're just waiting on the permits to get started with the reing Mr Millo can you tell that they've applied you said you appli when I'm sorry um we applied this is going to be um was three weeks ago the building permit uh application is signed um March 14th so so maybe um the week of look at the calendar was provided on the week of the 18th of March same with the construction cost affidavit and I think those documents were also uploaded as evidence um I don't see any problem here that's the application that's the application so you okay we submitted the application we haven't received the permit all right so the application have been submitted um I don't see that the building department receive any applications for you're not seeing it on your end no that it was received no all right Mr Morales what I will do is I will enter an adjudication and I'll give you 60 days okay and it's not done by um with the by the abatement date of uh June 20th there will be a daily find amount of 250 okay your honor one one question that will be to submit the permit and also complete the restriping normally but let me hear from the uh from the um hearing officer I'm sorry the inspector whether or not if you can show proof that you have a app for the um for the permit um then that can be taking off calendar or we can come back and see where we are and then we can you know if it's reasonable then you can get an extension yeah if I if I see the permit then we could work on extension but hopefully by then you have um your permanent restri theart okay okay does he have one more case yes item number 34 yeah for item number 34 this case was open on September 6 of 2023 uh I observe that they had a storage spt on the rear of the property without his own permit had an inspection on October 21st of 2023 and there was no compliance notice up here was also posted on on it was posted on February 27 of 2024 the notice to appear was mail on March 4 2024 I had a final inection on March 20th 2024 and if you can see the the storage container still there and there has been no per how soon can you get this REM Mr um Morales so your honor we um we spoke with the tenant that um po its own by one of the restaurants in the property they submitted um a permit for the pot that permit was um given to the city on March 20 um I think the receip of Theon order was um included as part of the evidence okay the bunny order that was sub it to the city yeah that's the copy of the back of the mon okay so they've applied for permit yes that's correct are you seeing it office I don't see any permits yet okay well I'll give him the benefit of Doubt since I see the the receipt from the city uh I mean the stamped um money order so let's go ahead and reset that um as well and hopefully when we come back so there either you guys do have a a permit or you don't it's either you have a permit or you have it okay okay all right that be what that will be 60 days um yes by June 20th okay thank you right so magistrate there's no adjudication just table correct correct okay I think that concludes your cases U Mr Morales have a good one sir thank you thank you okay mag we're gonna try again with Jana Rost Jana if you can please unmute yourself and your video and that was item number 26 for 26 R if you can please raise your right hand can't see you it's a little dark where you are Miss Jean if you can um okay there you go perfect right there no all right raise your do you need a interpreter yes okay can you please raise your right hand interpret it if you can [Music] yes okay do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give and these proceedings shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God please say I do we I do who's the inspector the inspector is J Morel let me read the case into so this is item number 26 Jan Ros this case was um odet Ras case number cbpr 2022 00 643 this case was previously found guilty by magistrate Kazo with an abatement date of July 20 2023 and F set at 450 with an assessment C of $100 may I go ahead J yes this is U for the property address 1040 noce 145th Street um this case was open on August 12th of 2022 um to apply for after the fact with the permit for the work that was being done on the carport um the order to comply was posted on June 16 of 2023 a notice was posted on February 27 2024 it was mail on March 1st of 2024 and a sem final inspection of March 20th 2024 compli all right can you repeat the date for the final inspection again for the inter yes on March 20 2024 okay can you one second Mr interpreter can you have her State her full name in relationship to the property for the record [Music] mad own apprpriate my name is Jano I'm the property owner thank you you may proceed I mean I'm sorry Mr interpreter you can inter you can translate thank you ins Mr interpreter I want to say I'm not really sure um the actual address for the property is 1040 Northeast 145th Street uh is that what you have written down is that 10:40 isn't that correct 1040 Northeast 145 Street Madam clerk okay sorry I had that wrong I had 40 I heard the0 I heard 40 Sor Street 145th 14 yes4 all right missing paring port [Music] C [Music] C [Music] City of Miami city of Miami all right uh the the house already had the the the parking uh door uh when we bought it um and we were required to uh get a a permit uh to close it and make uh a garage of it and for that uh they said we needed to uh well we got a contractor uh they are licensed they got the permit from the city and uh they um had the city come and make the inspection uh the inspection was passed and everything is uh done with that case now the other thing that we have on with the city is the after uh the fact permit for the inside uh that we transformed we tried to transform in a a study room uh because we do not leave here um in in the city uh but we wanted to uh put a bathroom inside to have a place where we can sleep when we go um out in our church activities and um that's what they requested uh the city requested after the fact permit for uh for that violation and we did everything we have uh the contractor uh who's uh requested uh the after the fact permit from the city and we normally were supposed to get a a permit from the county and uh the city uh in the city uh we already have the permit from uh the county we're just waiting to get the the permit from the city but um everything has been worked uh worked on uh with the our contractor uh and we're just waiting to get that permit from the city do you see that they got there would that be returned can you check to see if they actually got their their permit from durm because she keeps repeating that she got they got the NSE from County and they're waiting on the city yeah they they complete everything with durm so right now um the permit is with the cityam I mean for um by zoning by the flood inspector um so they need to make Corrections okay and do you have a date a time stamp when they were denied yeah so for zoning they were denied on March 31st of this year okay uh flood September 16 of this year February February 16th of this year okay um Mr interpreter can you let her know please [Music] okay from Sor well the contractor did receive all those information already and um already organized everything uh they were in the city about 2 weeks ago they went there uh with my uncle to turn everything in all right they he needs to take a second look because my understanding is um the most recent denial happened only a couple of days ago so um what I'm going to do is I'm going to give you more time I'm not going to ratify the the fine amount I'll give you more time I'll give you an extension um but you really have to have your contractor I'm pleased with the fact that you guys passed um durm so um let's work with the city trying to get this thing done I'll give you um what do we have June June 20th I'll give you until June 20th okay that's your no batement okay [Music] okay thank you so much all right have a good one okay magistrate I do have two individuals here on the que will call on they have yet to respond to what what case they're here for um okay I have Mark edner maybe Judy Mark edner Judy if you can please let us know what case you're here for did we lose him and then came off he's back on Mark you please enable your audio and video and who is the other person the other person we have is Sebastian Roco Roa Sebastian Roa did you send them the um what is it the email so that they can join usasan Ro or hello Sebastian if you can please enable your video and audio please could you please let us know what case you are here for what's the name of the property or the property owner or the business the property owner is humu 2 Investments LLC case number 11 and case number 12 11 and 11 and 12 yes ma'am thank you okay Roco if you can please raise your right hand do you solemnly swear and affirm the testimony you're about to give in these proceedings shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God please say I do I do and officer L is on the case but let me read the case into I have item number 11 Kahu second Investment LLC case number c MHS 2022 003 63 previously found guilty by magistrate Smith with an abatement date of March 20 fine was set at $300 plus an $100 assessment cost item number 12 omahu second Investment LLC C MHS 202200 384 previously found guilty by magistrate Smith must debate by March 20 fine was set at $300 plus the cost assessment and officer L good morning everybody neighborhood service inspector Jonathan Lester um we'll start off with case number 11 C mhs2 222- 363 this is in regard to the lighting at the property at 122000 Northeast 8th Avenue um quick recap on April 13 2022 uh co- officer Aaron Barber a former inspector um she conducted an annual housing inspection of the property um as of the final reinspection date of March 1st 2024 compliance was not met um as you can see from pictures uh the area is complete darkness there's no exterior lighting at the property but with that said um Mr Roa he actually provided me uh photographic evidence uh last night at 11: p.m. stating that uh compliance has been met that there is lighting at the property I have not been able to go and inspect because again uh I receiv received the email lately last night so if anything um I was hoping that we could uh get a continuance um so I can conduct another inspection to see if uh compliance has been okay I can reset it um and so that you can conduct your final inspection to see whether or not they are in compliance and if they're in compliance you can take it on calendar dismiss yes ma'am and the same for case number 12 um case number c MHS 2022 d384 um same thing this was opened by former code officer Aaron Barber on April 13 2022 this is in regard to outdoor storage uh D vehicles in the parking lot and uh the door at unit one that was uh uh broken the door was uh completely off the hinges um again Mr Roa he provided me an email late last night in regards to uh the outdoor storage being removed from the property um the derc vehicles being removed and the door being completely fixed um again um he provided me the photos yesterday night um if I could get a continuance to see if whether or not it's been completed or not all right same thing so let's reset 30 days okay thank you thank you all right can you hear me hello Miss Soka you're free to leave sir thank you thank you okay all right sir by you have a good day all right oh yes sir we can hear you just I know this gentleman he is a well-known radio personality here in the community how are you sir I'm doing great yor is a pleasure to be here for the first time and you look great thank you yes I'm I'm for my cousin and he's stuck in Haiti because as you know what's going on there's no plane no travel in and out and he asked me to represent him to give him some extension to take care of the problem that the issues that need to be taken care of Mr edner what property that is this for please it's uh 555 nor East 125 terce North Miami what's the property owner's name I do Isador okay Isidor had item number 13 through 22 oh you just cleared up my entire [Laughter] calendar Mr edner if you can please raise your right hand oh my right hand there you go your right hand Mr edner that's your other really I'm sorry that's my right hand I believe so yes all right do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give at these proceedings shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God please say I do yes I do ma'am all right allow me to read the cases into yes please I have item number number 13 is the door Corp mhv 2023 0143 item number 14 is theor Corp mhbo 2023 011447 01145 item number 16 is a door cor mhv 202 23 0148 item number 17 is theor Corp mhv 2023 01149 item number 18 is aor Corp mhbo 2023 01151 item number 19 is the door Corp mhbo 2023 01152 item number 20 is theor Corp case number m HBO 2023 01153 item number 21 is aor Corp mhv IO 2023 0154 and item number 22 is theor Corp mhb IO 2023 01157 the officer on this case is Brentley Daniel all right um officer D inspector Daniel I'm not going to have you go through um the violations I'm just going to ask Mr J to put it on the record what he has said about Mr or Mrs Isidor M yes as far as I family member he had started some repairs and he had to go to Haiti and then he got stuck in Haiti he called me last I think two or three weeks ago and asked me hey uh uh I'm going to have there's any way you can see if they can postpone it for me and I said well I don't know nothing about this but I'm going to try when I call Mr Daniel and Mr Daniel said I have to appear uh before the magistrate and explain the absence if they can extend it but in case that he doesn't come as soon as possible he's going to charge me to start doing some repays for him and I'm not here to see if they can give him some extensions to to first start all right I want to come back because he can and as you know the situation is very terrible he tried to communicate then you a couple times while he down there so hopefully everything will be restor we have fly back and even if he doesn't come back I'm going to I'm going to take charge to help him repair some of the going at all right so this is what Mr Jersy can you please take your full name for the record okay Mark 135 Avenue all right thank you Mr JY um I I know you um person so I will U take your testimony um I will issue a continuance I am very well aware of what's going on in Haiti and I'm sorry that your cousin got stuck there um so reset um these cases let's give until let's do June 20th since I will be here for July 3rd so this matter is is preset until July 3rd thank you so much man all right if your cousin is still stuck down here let him know you know if he's able to you're saying that he's able to have you do some of the work so that you can be a compliance because you still have us a responsibility and I'm seeing that is a corporation so I'm assuming that these are probably rental properties um and I see inspector Daniel shaking his head yes so these are rental properties we still have a a an obligation to his tenants um and so you know even if he in his absence he still owes a duty to the tenant so make sure that he uses this time wisely if he's not able to do it maybe give you you know some sort of authorization to be able to get it done because when we come back on July 3rd you know something has to happen something has to get okay thank you very much ma'am and like I said I'm just try the best I can to represent him but I'm going to relay all the information to him make sure that you satisfy the all right and if he cannot you know there could be Wi-Fi issues with Haiti then at least he can communicate with the inspector VI your email yes ma'am yes your honor yes I will appreciate that so Mr Judy if you are going to be working on trying to um correct the violations I would like you to also have direct contact with me as well I will definitely Mr Daniel and thank you very much for responding my you're very professional I appreciate your work yes sir not a problem all right thank you Mr all right thank you madam have a great day you too sir bye Brentley you're still mute you need a mute Brentley is that another case is there any okay there's no more attendees here so um we'll start at the beginning no we're going to take a five minute strch we need a break we need a break Jennifer and I you need to use the restroom so let's make it 10 minutes back all right 10 minutes thank you record recording in progress recording stopped oh my God Bry excited too early OMG good [Applause] you can hear us t C second e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e is everyone back Madam clerk are you back e everyone if you can log back in recording in progress all right everyone we're back on the record metap if you can um P the first please I thought it was me sorry oh item number one and item number two um 12773 West Dixie Highway LLC C fob 2023 00509 item number two 12773 West Dixie Highway LLC C zcu 2023 0083 officer on this case is Shon Sanders Shana Sanders um neighborhood service inspector two new cases for property address 12773 West 6ie Highway the first case cfob 2023 00509 is a case that was first observed in August on August 31st 2023 whereas I'm outdoing normal inspections um actually I received this came in as a complaint about a business that was doing um work without having their um proper um lure I visited the property had a conversation long story short the business tax receipt had um was in need of being renewed I spoke to the property manager as well as other individuals over the past year as of my last reinspection on um 320 March 20th 2024 the business tax receipt has not been renewed for the 2022 23 or 24 fiscal year I am showing proper service was given um I hand delivered the notice to appear to a gentleman who identified himself as a um as the business owner I see certified melon was also mailed out by administrative staff to the listening agents and the property owner of the business again as of my last reinspection the business tax receipt has not been renewed for the past go ahead no no you were saying you said they didn't have it for 2022 23 and you say 21 as well yeah I'm showing here I just want to make sure I'm saying the right thing I'm showing for the past two years it's been out of date um let me make sure I want to give the right information while I'm on record I'm showing 20 since you said it yes I'm showing the last time it's been paid is the 2021 um and that was for the fiscal year 20 um um 2021 so would we have been in needed for 2021 to 2022 2022 to 2023 um and I would Cypher those two but I I wouldn't count this um this year because I wouldn't have been prop sded them for that it was only for those two years 2021 22 and 22 23 okay I'm assuming the next case is for certificate of use that is correct they kind of go hand in hand um so the next case for CZ suu 2023 00830 same um same um information it was originally brought to my attention by a a anonymous complaint that a business was doing um business without having their proper lure I visit the property spoke with a gentleman who identified himself as the property manager we spoke about him renewing and or obtaining his licensure he said within the next week he would do so I've been there on two to three separate occasions as of my last reinspection on March 20th 2024 the licensure certificate of use has not been um obtained in or renewed at that time um I am sing Property Service was given I hand delivered the notice to appear to a gentleman who identified himself as the prop the property owner um let me make sure I'm on the right way yes as the property owner um and I'm showing that I no the so here was also mailed out um by the administrative staff certified Melly the property owner as well as the listing agents of the property okay based on the uned testimony of the code enforcement officer I find that the relation does exist also find good notice proper notice are to appear hereby find a city entered adjudication owners have 30 days by which to resolve the violation if the violation is not resolved by the abatement date that will be a daily F amount of 250 as for each case item number three 13045 Coronado LLC case number c n 2022 2024 007 you have to I'm I apologize CN us 2024 0070 the officer on this case is janaro morelo your honor um on March 8 of 2024 we receive a a complaint from the property just 1345 C terrorist um this case was um open as a reversal in foration which um caused the water fing outage um in the neighborhood um um this case was um um I'm sorry the notice to up here was male on March um 8 of 2024 and it was um posted on March 9 on of 2024 um this case relates to um a direct um violation of um underground facility damage um prevention um um the contractor failed to locate the lines under the property and which um it cause the damage of the main water line on the entire block um also we were notified by understanding said um you up um resident who did not have any water um the public or was contacted and they made the necessary fair to restore the uh the Water um to the area okay I'm assuming there are no photographs um probably would be yes we have like um we have something in the okay so this is the city no this was for the construction side on 130 45 coronal terce when they were done digging the holes in they the uh the Water ERS okay so this is their contractors that we're looking at yes okay understood all right and um was there cost of the city is that what in addition to the onetime fine what are we asking there well yes um that case I will have to um get in contact with public War to see what was the uh um the cost to the city um jaro May I yeah yes your honor uh in this case I'm actually familiar with this case there there is an invoice that was issued by public works for the work that they've done what we're asking in this in this case is irreparable and irreplaceable for the Damage Done to this sale we've already done that part as far as the from the public work side but anything within your purview in that irreparable and irreplaceable is what we're looking for your honor understood thank you for the clarification all right based on the unbudded testimony of the Court enforcement officer and the evidence presented I find that the violation does exist um and what I will do is enter an adjudication and um again we'll do ,000 um your honor just um really quick um just for your reference this type of violation has previously been adjudicated for $5,000 but again it's a your distruction and this case was already adic no no I'm saying for reference for past violation of this nature they have been adjudicated for $5,000 for $5,000 yes okay that's why I usually inquire okay all right then strike my my previous ruling then it will be the same because I was wondering what kind of Damages it did to the entire the entire Community or the the block besides that $5,000 we also request um to include the contractor reimbursement for the city for the inspections um Ur by the uh public works okay I mean I'll make it as part of my recommendation but I think Mr rean said that that invoice was already submitted and they worked on that on their end but okay so we'll do an adjudication and we'll do a onetime fee of $5,000 and um you says to also put in a rink any cost incurred by Public Works yes inspector yes good all right Madam cler did you get that you're muted so I have one time one time F fine of $55,000 and for the property owner to um basically reim good expenses reimb all the expenses back to the city Public Work correct okay yes all right thank you thank you y okay we're gonna call item number four and item number five property 1390 Investments Inc case number CF o b 2023 0047 two item number five is 1390 Investments Inc CCU 2023 0796 the officer on this case is Shannon Sanders J Sanders city of North Miami um neighborhood um service inspector this is um two new cases U First for property address 1390 Northeast 12th Avenue first case being um for the failure to obtain the business tax receipt case number cfob 2023 0472 um I initially opened this violation on April 14th of 2023 whereas um I received an email from the at that time um business tax receipt department now development services I believe um notifying us of businesses that either were in need of renewing their license or had been running um a business without obtaining it I expected the property um at that time spoke to a barber who stated the manager was out um gave them a courtesy of a you know two weeks to not you get in contact with me no contact was made so I Revisited the property you know two weeks later um still no documentation or information was given to me about the business tax receipt or certificate of use so I went ahead and opened up a violation um to bring it back to today um as of my last reinspection on March 20th no business tax receipt has been provided to me no application have been submitted to the city the business is still up running and functional and again no licenser is on file or nor are any applications um I am showing proper service was given notice of violation was mailed out to the property owner on um February 27th I'm showing notice was also mailed out certified mailing to any listed agents with the property and again as of my last inspection business tax receipt has not been obtained in or applied for if you like I I say go ahead what were you g to say I would say if you would like I could go ahead and read the sa when account goes hand in hand with the certificate of use but you could go ahead no go ahead it does you second case for for the certificate of use same address 13900 noreast 12th Avenue um received a email um from business tax receipt office um now um development services department giving us um addresses and or businesses that were in need of obtaining their license and or that was um needing LIC are renewed visited the property U spoke to a gentleman who identified himself as the barber who called the manager on the phone gave them two weeks and two weeks they had not notified me I went ahead and opened up a notice of violation um that time has come and gone um it's been now a year um a week short of a year I still have not um seen any lure application submitted to the city upon my reinspection of the property and in the posting of the notice to appear we had a conversation again still no notices um or application submitted um for the certificate of use as well I am showing proper service was giv notice to appear for this hearing was hand delivered to a gentleman who I same gentleman who identified himself as the barber um who works at it and said that he would deliver it to the manager um I am sure certified mailing was mailed out to the listing agents of this property and again as of my last re inspection on March 20th no certificate of use or certificate abuse applications has been submitted to the city at that time right based on the uned testimony of the code enforcement officer I find that the violation um does exist also find good notice given proper notice owners have felt to appear and hereby find in favor of the city inter adjudication owners have 30 days by which to resolve the violation if the violation is not resolved um by the abatement date will be a daily fine amount of $250 for each case thank you magistrate magistrate we're gonna call into items number six through eight item number six is Bri pora phenos MF properties owner c m HS 2023 00744 item number seven Bri Bri porino MF Property Owners C MHS 2023 0748 and item number eight Bri penos MF properties owner C MHS 2023 0749 the officer on this case is Christopher Coulson good afternoon everybody um magistrate do you want me to read all three of them at one time before you rule yes okay first case C MHS 20203 00744 violation was found on 4 19 2023 emergency hallway light lights are not working on several floors indicated the different floors and near the near elevators eighth floor and where they were working at eighth floor seventh floor and sixth floor one on the fifth floor and fourth floor everything was properly mailed out made contact once with the property manager but after that no replies no response or reach out they they didn't reach back out to me so as a final reinspection on 3 319 2024 violation Still Remains for emergency hallway lights okay okay second violation C MHS 2023 0748 violation was found on 419 2023 and this for scarpet screens and facial boards have deteriorated and on that that's out on where the pool area is on the yes that's the pool area so that's there where the bathrooms and all that are so everything is deteriorated going around there again made contact with the management the manager on the property and as a fin no nothing has been done yet and as a final reinspection violation remains let me see the other photograph Madam clerk let me see the second photograph for the fa board all right and you said this is around the pool area yes at that apartment complex that's the pool area where they go take the showers and use the bathroom at that's all that's what that that's that area right there that's that building okay um do you deem this to be a safety violation safety I'm sorry a safety issue and that's basically to one side of building so yes on that side it is I would say that's a safety issue but I can't speak to whether it's totally an unsafe structure I won't say that but just that part right there yeah I guess the reason why I'm I'm asking and I don't know if the building um the building inspector is is present um because I I it seems like I see a piece of wood that's not this one the second one the other photo yes that is a separation from that's a separation that's opening a cracking that wood right so um because I need you is anyone here from building magistrate may I it's Lazar yes uh I I'll reach out to building but I I do I do consider this a life safety issue based on the emergency lights not working you know I think that I think that's definitely that's definitely something that has to be taken into consideration just in case that there's a fire just based on that I would consider it a safety a safety issue as far as the actual structure I'll defer to the building department which we can we can we can forward this to to get a little bit more input but that's what I would that's the recommendation from the Department you're onor okay well I appreciate your input because I didn't even think of that in terms terms of the um oneway lights but you are absolutely correct that is a safety issue okay all right go ahead um with item number what am I missing seven eight eight here we go third and final one C MHS 2023 0749 violation was found on 49 2023 and that's for exposed wires on the four floor in the apartment 411 these cover plates again reached out to the property manager they notied talk with people in the office because their office is on site magistrate and as of the final reinspection they were property mailed and certified as a final reinspection the violation Still Remains so the wiring are exposed yeah they're up high like they're up high but they should still have a cover plate on them there no nobody can physically reach them unless they have a ladder or something it looks like they had plates on some of them the plates fell off or they were doing whatever they were doing and they forgot to put the plates on they are C the wires are capped off but they still should have a cover plate on them I don't know if they put in new security cameras and just forgot to cap them off the cover the cover of the plate put the plate on or the plate fell off but they're on they need a plate on great based on the unrebutted testimony of the code enforcement officer and the evidence presented I find that the violations do exist um I also find good notice given proper notice I find in favor of the city intern judication um my ruling is as follows within five days um of the um the order the um Property Owners to provide to the city a engineering report which indicates that the um structure around the pool is safe um also Within days of the um order there should be compliance with the hallway lights because um we have deed of a safety issue also the facial board need to be repaired as well as the um the exposed wirings need to all be covered and so there needs to be compliance within 30 days of the order of the administrative order if compliance is not met there will be a daily fine amount of $650 and that goes for each case I'm sorry no I said that that that concludes for the we're going to go move on to item number n and 10 this is for item number nine and 10 is for green witch condos Association case number mhbo 2023 00 827 item number 10 green witch Condo Association mhbo 2023 828 officer on this case is jar Morel yes your honor on February 9 of 2023 this case was open to the property AR just 1470 nor 123 street while conducting an onor house inspection um they were citing for having a damaged flight um and fifth floor meeting room Ling inspection on March 3rd 2023 and I didn't have no access to the meeting room on I had the not people was post on February 27 of 2024 on March 1st of 2024 the not to appear was mail and I have my final inspection on March of 20224 um I didn't have no access to the med so I knocked several times on the uh office nobody answer so I would consider this um in no complex okay what is number 10 about number 10 same property address 1470 notice 123r um the elevator certificate of operation are expire on both elevators um had a inspection on March on 3 2020 um 23 no compliance and scope here was also mail on February 27 2024 um um it was posted it was mail on March 1st of 2024 I had a final inspection on March 20 24 24 no compliance so these have been out of compliance since 2022 the certificate February 9 of 202 no I'm I'm looking at the expiration date I think it says July 2022 oh yes based on the underbed testimony of the quote enforcement officer the evidence presented I find that the violations do exist also find good notice given proper notice orders have fail to here I hereby find in favor of the city intern adjudication owners have 30 days by which to resolve the violation if the violation is not resolved by the abatement date that will be as for the um the elevator um elevators that you said there neither one of them have have been updated right yes okay so I going to go on the limb and say that it could present a safety life safety issue and so I'll do an adjudication 30 days $600 um as to the light in the meter room will do an adjudication 30 days 350 okay next item we're going to call is item number 23 and 24 number 23 is Jade on the bay LLC case number MH viio 2023 00773 previously found guilty by magistrate Smith within a baiter date of October 19th 2023 fin set at $500 plus the year $100 cost assessment item number 24 Jade on the bay LLC mhb 2023 0774 previously found guilty by magistrate Smith with an abatement date of October 19 2023 F was also set at $500 with a of $100 the officer on this case is J your honor this case was open on January 18th of 2023 so the property I just W zero nor face short drive um they were asked to apply for a building permit for the plet work that was done on the property an order to comply was posted on September 22nd of 2023 my notice to appear was on posted on February 27th and mailed on March 1st of 2024 I had a final inspection on March 20 of 2024 there was no compliance um can I continue with I 24 yes I 24 um they War violation for not having permit for the work being done on the property including on interior remodeling the a to comply was posted as well on September 22nd of 2023 it was also mail um um the notice of was Post in the mail February 27 and March 1st of 2024 and I had a final registration for both cases on sept on March 2024 in the with no compliance all right Madam clerk what what date was the abatement date uh the first abatement date was well for both was um October 19th of 2023 wait um no no when was the order issued um what October 2023 yes he gave the magistrate Smith gave them an abatement date of October 2023 to comply okay all right so based on the unrebutted testimony of the quote enforcement officer and the evidence presented I find that the violations still exist also find good notice given proper notice owners have failed to appear the um daily fine amount of is $500 corre 500 yes um is hereby ratified retroactive to the abatement date right we're going to call item number 25 genan m a case number CB PR 2022 000753 this case was previously found guilty by magistrate Kazo with an abatement date of February 21 2024 fin was set at $150 with a cost assessment of $100 the officer on this case is janaro morelo your honor this was open on November 12th of 2022 to the property address 1020 nor East on 40 Street um um they were asked to obtain an after the F building permit for the stockle work that was done on the back east side of the property a noted to comply was posted on January 23rd 2024 the notice of was posted on February 27th it was mailed on March 1st of 2024 and that's my final inspection on March 20 of 2024 there has been no compliance all right based on the uned testimony of the Court enforcement officer he evidence presented I find that the violation still exists also find good notice give proper notti far as I fell to appear um sorry need to see my page otherwise Madam clerk can you tell me what the date was the abatement date was February 21st all right the and it was 150 right 150 yes all right the $150 da am is hereby ratified retroactive to the dment date next items we're going to call is item number 36 and item number 37 item number 36 is Nancy Bastian case number CF o b 2022 00415 item number 37 Nancy basan number CCU 202200 733 the officer on this case is Christopher Co good afternoon again we have two cases on against the same property they're both old cases pre previously heard by magistrate Kazo and the first one is cfob 2022 z415 or business tax receipt they have been property was case was orig 12 19 2022 violation was found have been properly mailed and certified and as of the final reinspection of 319 2024 violation Still Remains there has no there has been no contact from anybody on the property property managers owners nobody um the second violation is for a certificate of use violation was found on 129 2022 it has been properly mailed and certified and violation and um there still has been no contact with this violation either from property managers or owners so as a final reinspection of 35 2024 violation Still Remains okay and um it has not been adjudicated I see no it was T it was tabled all right Ted No More based on the other by the testimony of the Court enforcement officer the evidence presented I find that the violation still exist also find good notice given proper notice have failed to appear hereby find in favor of the city Ed and adjudication owners have 30 days by which you resolve the violation the violation is not resolved by the abatement did there will be a daily F amount of $250 and that's for each caseing on all right we're going to call Item sure okay item number 44 through item number 48 item number 44 is three Horizon's East condo case number mhv 2023 00779 this case was previous iously found guilty by magistrate Kazo with an abatement date of March 20 of 2024 fine was set at 150 plus the $100 cost assessment item number 45 three Horizon East condo mhv 2023 00780 case previously found guilty by magistrate Kazo with an abatement date of March 20 of 2024 find set at $150 plus the $100 cost assessment item number 46 three Horizons East condo mhv 2023 00781 previously found guilty by magistrate kazul must debate by March 20 2024 find set at $500 plus 00 cost assessment item number 47 3 Horizon East condo mhv 2023 007 82 previously found guilty by magistrate Kazo with an abatement date of March 20 of 2024 fine was set at $100 plus 00 cost assessment and item number 48 three Horizon East condo mhv 2023 00783 previously found guilty by magistrate Gazo with an abatement date of March 20 of 2024 find set at $750 Plus $0000 cost assess the officer on this case is jaro Millo you I'm going to read them all at once is um they have the same day from the initial to the last inspection if that's okay yes um for this um for the prop well this is item 44 for the property I just one 25 Cil shro noreast 15 um these guys were found by while conducting an an housing inspection for item 44 um they had um they had where they had electrical midle room violation um where they have item store on the middle rooms on the first and fifth floor item 45 um they had missing fire extinguishers on all meter room on item 46 both elevator certificate of operation um were fired for item 47 um they were asked to provide proof of recent extermination report and for item 48 um they were in violation for not having permits for the wall that was being repaired on the second floor for all these cases um they were open on January 25th of 2023 the audit to comply was posted for all cases on January 23 um 2024 um the notice to appear was posted on February 27 of 2024 it was mail on March 4th of 2024 and I had a final inspection on March 20 of 2024 and then has been non compliant based on the unrebutted testimony of the enforcement officer in the evidence presented I find that the violations still exist um The Daily fine amount um for item 44 I believe was 150 correct correct okay that um amount is ratified again all my all the ratifications all it goes back to the um to the abatement dates okay tell you um all cases have the $100 um assessment attached to that as well yes okay um so the 150 is ratified same for item number 45 the amount is ratified virtual active item 46 I believe is $500 yes ma'am ratified item number 47 100 is ratified and item number 58 $750 ratified okay all right magistrate that concludes the in the for today all right wonderful thank you everyone thank you madam clerk for keeping us on task thank you thank you for being patient with me so great we did great thank you everyone have a good one good seeing you thank you Mrs Warren thank you staff a e e e for