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Code Enforcement Detail
Code Enforcement Detail
Case Number CE07090021 complainant  
Case Date 09-06-2007 address  
Origination PHONE - TELEPHONE CALL RECEIVED Status C - CLOSED
Operator bsingley Officer WEST
Fines Balance $0.00
Lien Balance $0.00
Total Balance $0.00
Property On Case
STRAP NBR C-24-35-28-070-0080-0700 Owner DALE NANCY S
Unit   Owner Address 1090 HYACINTH AV
Property Address 1090 HYACINTH AVE City/State/Zip SEBRING FL 33875
City/State/Zip SEBRING FL 33875- Phone  
Case Description
HIGH GRASS
Inspections/Events Detail
DATETIMEINSPECTION / EVENT TYPEINSTRUCTIONS / COMMENTS
12-31-201202:13 PMUPDATE/NOTES12-31-12 CASE HAS BEEN SENT TO
RETENTION, BSS
11-20-200712:22 PMCLOSE COMPLAINTCASE CLOSED BY BSINGLEY
11-16-200703:42 PMREINSPECTION11-16-07 COMPLIED, THE GRASS AND WEEDS
ARE ALL CUT, REALLY LOOKS A LOT BETTER.
KNOCKED ON DOOR, DR. DALE DIDN'T ANSWER,
WILL MAIL HER A COPY OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF
COMPLIANCE. BEV
10-29-200703:39 PMREINSPECTION10-29-07 MET DR. DALE AT HER PROPERTY,
WE WALKED THE WHOLE YARD AND AGREED WHAT
NEEDED TO GO AND SHE IS GOING TO MOW THE
YARD, CUT BACK ALL THE WEEDS ON THE
RIGHT(EAST) SIDE AND MOST OF THE
NORTHEAST SIDE. SHE HAS AGREED TO
REMOVE ALL THE DOG FENNEL AND I
SUGGESTED ONCE SHE REMOVES THE DOG
FENNEL BY HER WINDOW TO PLANT SOME LEMON
GRASS. SHE SAID THAT SHE MAY DO THAT.
SHE HAS A BUSY SCHEDULE AND WANTS TO BE
THERE WHEN LAWN MAN IS WORKING IN YARD
SO THAT HE DOESN'T CUT THE WRONG PLANTS.
GAVE VERBAL AGREEMENT TO HAVE YARD DONE
BY DECEMBER 5TH. SHE WILL CALL ME IF IT
GETS DONE SOONER. BEV
10-23-200708:22 AMREINSPECTION10-23-07 DR. DALE ASKED TO BE ON THE
AGENDA FOR THE BOCC MEETING. MEETING
WAS HELD ON 10-23-07. THE BOARD HEARD
DR. DALE AS SHE PRESENTED A PRESENTAION
AS WELL AS MYSELF. I PROVIDED A
POWERPOINT WITH PHOTOS OF HER YARD AND
SOME EXAMPLES OF A CERTIFIED FLORIDA
FRIENDLY YARD. DR. DALE WAS ASKED TO
ADBIDE BY CODE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT,
BEVERLY AGREED TO WORK WITH DR. DALE.
THERE WAS AGREEMENT THAT LEMON GRASS IS
AN ORINAMENTAL PLANT AND SHE CAN KEEP
THEM AS LONG AS THEM DON'T GROW TOGETHER
AS A HEDGE, THEN THEY WOULD BECOME A
HEIGHT PROBLEM. COMM. STEWART MENTIONED
THAT BOBBY HEFFNER HAS AGREED TO GO OUT
AND HELP DR. DALE WITH SOME OF HER
PLANTS IN HER YARD. COMM. ASKED MYSELF
TO WORK WITH DR. DALE. DR. DALE AGREED.
BEV
10-18-200712:48 PMREINSPECTION10-18-07 WENT TO PROPERTY, MS. DALE WAS
OUT IN THE YARD, TRYING TO CUT DOWN SOME
OF THE GRASS, EXPLAIN TO HER THE GRASS
IS NOT THE PROBLEM IT IS THE GRASSES.
ASKED HER IS SHE WAS SURE THAT THE GRASS
WAS LEMON GRASS AND NOT ANOTHER TYPE OF
GRASS. SHE BROKE OFF A PIECE AND IT DID
HAVE A LEMON SMELL. TOOK SOME PHOTOS.
TOLD HER THAT SHE COULD HOLD OFF ON THE
YARD UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
TUESDAY. BEV
10-18-200708:17 AMUPDATE/NOTES10-18-07 GLORIA FROM ADMINISTRATION
CONTACTED ME AND SAID TO GET SOME
PICTURES AND A PACKET TOGETHER FOR THE
COMMISSION MEETING ON TUESDAY THAT MS.
DALE WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AND I NEEDED
TO BE THERE.

THEN COMMISSIONER STOKES CAME BY TO LET
ME KNOW THAT HE SUGGESTED TO MS. DALE TO
BRING BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS HER
COMPLAINT ABOUT HER YARD. HE REVIEWED
THE FILE AND LOOKED AT SOME RESEARCH
THAT I HAD AND THE PHOTOS. HE IS GOING
TO VISIT WITH DEE DEE AT AG EXTENSION ON
FRIDAY, SHE WAS NOT THERE ON THURSDAY.
BEV
10-17-200708:15 AMUPDATE/NOTES10-17-07COMMISSIONER STOKES CALLED TO
ASK WHAT THE VIOLATION WAS AT THIS
PROPERTY. HE HAS SPOKEN TO MS. DALE AND
SHE IS UPSET THAT SOMEONE HAS COMPLAINED
ABOUT HER YARD. SHE JUST WANTS PRIVACY.
EXPLAINED TO COMMISSIONER STOKES IT'S
NOT REALLY HER GRASS THAT HIGH, IT IS
THE WEEDS AND SOME TYPE OF LEMON GRASS?
ASKED HIM TO LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS
ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAT HE SEES VS.
MYSELF. HE WILL CONTACT MS. DALE AGAIN.
BEV
10-10-200704:14 PMUPDATE/NOTES10-10-07 SPOKE TO DEE DEE FROM THE AG
EXTENSION OFFICE AND SHE INFORMED ME
THAT THIS PROPERTY OWNER DOES HAVE A
FLORIDA FRIENDLY CERTIFED YARD BUT THIS
DOES NOT EXEMPT HER FROM THE COUNTY
CODES. SENT MS. DALE A LETTER GIVING
HER 20 DAYS TO BRING THE HIGH GRASS AND
WEEDS INTO COMPLIANCE. ALSO SENT MS.
DALE AN EMAIL LETTING HER KNOW THAT THE
LETTER IS COMING. BEV
10-02-200707:36 AMREINSPECTION10-2-07 MET WITH MS. DALE ON THE
PROPERTY. UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE IS TRYING
TO DO, WALKED THE WHOLE YARD WITH HER
AND EXPLAINED TO HER THAT THE FRONT AREA
OUTSIDE THE GATE LOOKED BETTER SHE HAD
SOMEONE MOW IT FOR HER. SHE DOESN'T
WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING OUT OR DOWN FROM
HER YARD SHE FEELS IT IS ALL FOR THE
VEGETATION, SHE HAD BOOKS TO SHOW ME THE
NATIVE PLANTS. WE DON'T AGREE ON THE
LEMON GRASS PLANT AS SHE SAYS, I SAY IT
IS A WEED GRASS THAT WILL GROW ANYWHERE.
EXPLAIN TO HER THAT I WOULD BRING
SOMEONE BACK WITH ME FOR US TO LOOK AT
THE YARD AGAIN AND LOOK INTO THE AG
CERTIFIED YARD. SHE DISAGREES WITH CARL
REGARDING THIS SHOULD EXEMPT HER FROM
COUNTY REGULATIONS. SHE FEELS SHE
SHOULD BE EXEMPT. WILL CALL HER BACK,
BEV
09-27-200707:24 AMREINSPECTION9-27-07 HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MS. DALE, AND
TODAY SEE WENT TO SEE CARL COOL
REGARDING HER CERTIFIED AG YARD. SHE
THOUGHT THAT SINCE SHE HAD HER YARD
CERTIFIED THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO MEET
COUNTY CODE. CARL EXPLAINED TO HER THAT
SHE DOES HAVE TO MEET COUNTY CODE AND
THAT SOME OF THE GRASSES THAT SHE HAS
ARE NOT NATIVE PLANTS AND SHE HAD TO CUT
THEM BACK. MS. DALE LIKES TO BE
SECLUDED FROM OTHERS AND SHE WANTED
THESE GRASSES TO GET HIGH TO BUFFER HER
YARD. EXPLAIN TO HER SHE IS INSIDE A
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHE HAS TO
MEET THE COUNTY CODE FOR HIGH GRASS AND
WEED. MR. COOL ASKED ME TO MEET WITH
MS. DALE AT HER PROPERTY TO SHOW HER
WHAT HAS TO BE DONE. INSPECTION DATE
SET FOR 10-2-07 AT 11:30AM. BEV
09-24-200711:52 AMINITIAL INSPECTION9-24-07 OWNER WAS A HOME, SHE WAS
RUNNING OUT TO GET TO A CLASS, SHE
DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TALK. SHE SAID THAT
SHE HAD TO GO, GAVE CARD AND ASKED HER
TO CALL WHEN SHE HAD A CHANCE. SHE SAID
IF IT WAS REGARDING HER YARD, DIDN'T
QUITE CATCH WHAT SHE SAID, SOMETHING
ABOUT AG. CERTIFIED YARD, NATURAL
WILDLIFE. HER PROPERTY IS NOT ZONED AG
THOUGH. ASKED HER TO CALL. WILL GIVE
HER A CHANCE TO CALL IF NOT I WILL
CONTACT HER AGAIN AND RESEARCH WHAT SHE
IS TALKING ABOUT YARD. BEV
09-06-200711:52 AMCREATE COMPLAINTCOMPLAINT RECORDED BY BSINGLEY
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