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Code Enforcement Detail
Code Enforcement Detail
Case Number CE09040206 complainant  
Case Date 06-24-2009 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-26-34-28-020-0000-1940 Owner SERALDE VICTOR
Unit   Owner Address 231 LARK AVE
Property Address 231 LARK AVE City/State/Zip SEBRING FL 33872
City/State/Zip SEBRING FL 33872 Phone  
Case Description
HIGH GRASS & WEEDS, JEEP
Violation Code(s)
1: INT -- INTEREST ON LIEN
2: SM FINE/LIEN -- SPEC MAGISTRATE DAILY FINE
Inspections/Events Detail
DATETIMEINSPECTION / EVENT TYPEINSTRUCTIONS / COMMENTS
12-14-202004:10 PMUPDATE/NOTES9-30-2020 FILE TO RETENTION BSS/JD
01-31-201401:53 PMUPDATE/NOTESON 12/17/13 THE BCC MADE A MOTION
ACCEPTING JOAN MCNAMARA'S SETTLEMENT
REQUEST: 3. REQUEST APPROVAL OF A
SETTLEMENT REQUEST FROM JOAN MCNAMARA ON
CASE NUMBER CE09040206, 231 LARK AVENUE,
SEBRING, FL 33872. APRIL HARTSEIL, CODE
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, PRESENTED THE
REQUEST.
COMMISSIONER ELWELL MADE A MOTION AND
COMMISSIONER HANDLEY SECONDED THE
MOTION, TO
MOVE TO APPROVE THE PARTIAL RELEASE OF
LIEN, REDUCING THE LIEN RECORDED, TO
$1,095.00, IN
OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 2195, PAGES
1911-1912 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF
HIGHLANDS COUNTY,
FLORIDA. UPON ROLL CALL, ALL
COMMISSIONERS VOTED AYE. THE MOTION
CARRIED. SEE SUBDIVISION FILE.
COMMISSIONER HANDLEY QUESTIONED IF A
PROCESS COULD BE ESTABLISHED TO MAKE
SURE THE COUNTY?S COST WAS TRULY
COVERED. JUNE FISHER, COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR, STATED THAT STAFF WILL
LOOK INTO ITEMIZING TO MAKE SURE ALL
COSTS ARE COVERED. TED
12-30-201310:51 AMCLOSE COMPLAINTCASE CLOSED BY TSEACHOR
12-30-201310:51 AMCLOSE COMPLAINTCLOSING CASE; TED:
DATE FORM BOOK/PAGE
5/26/09 NON 2191/1012
6/24/09 FOF 2195/1911-1912
12/14/09 RON 2219/421
12/30/13 SOL 2410/1197
12-30-201310:50 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/30--RECORDED SATISFACTION OF LIEN ON
12/30/2013, BOOK 2410, PAGE 1197.
MAILED COPY OF SOL TO CURRENT PROPERTY
OWNER IN FIRST-CLASS MAILED ON 1/2/14.
TED
12-19-201311:58 AMUPDATE/NOTES12-19-13 PRROFED SOL TO GO TO JUNE /AH
12-17-201302:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/17--PREPARED SATISFACTION OF LIEN AND
GAVE TO BOTH REBECCA AND APRIL FOR
PROOFREADING. TED
12-17-201301:12 PMUPDATE/NOTES12/17/13 APPROVED BY THE BCC FOR A
REDUCTION TO THE AMOUNT OF $1,095.00
/TED PLEASE PREPARE THE SATISFACTION OF
LIEN /ALSO PLEASE ENSURE THAT A COPY OF
THE BCC MINUTES ARE FILED /DIVIDED TIME
BETWEEN ALL THREE CASES /ADJUST AS
SETTLEMENT ON LIEN AND SUSPENDED DAILY
INTEREST /2 HOURS /AH
12-17-201301:12 PMUPDATE/NOTESLIEN SETTLED 12/17/13 FOR 1,095.00
12-17-201311:46 AMUPDATE/NOTES12/17--BCC APPROVED A PARTIAL RELEASE
OF
LIEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,095.00 TOWARDS
THE LIEN IN PUBLIC HEARING. PAYMENT
WAS MADE AND SATISFACTION OF LIEN CAN
BE PREPARED ONCE AN ADJUSTMENT HAS BEEN
MADE ON THE CASE. TED
12-17-201311:46 AMUPDATE/NOTESIN COMPLIANCE INT
12-17-201311:27 AMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 12/17/2013
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $1,095.00
12-04-201302:41 PMUPDATE/NOTES12-04-13 @12:53 PM I SPOKE TO JOAN
MCNAMARA AND SHE RELAYED TO ME THAT
SOME
LADY HAS BEEN VERY PUSHY AND IS THE ONE
THAT IS CONTACTING EVERYONE REGARDING
THESE THREE LIENS AND IS TRYING TO BUY
THIS PROPERTY AND LET HER KNOW THAT SHE
SHOULD BE EXPECTING A CALL FROM US
REGARDING THE HEARING /SHE DI STATE
THAT
DEC 17, 2013 AT 9:00 AM IS OKAY WITH
HER
THEREFORE I MAILED THE NOTICE OF
HEARING
TO HER TODAY BY CERTIFIED AND TOMORROW
12-05-13 BY REGULAR MAIL /AH
12-04-201302:40 PMUPDATE/NOTES12-04-13 REVIEWED PREVIOUS PACKET WITH
TED AND BEVERLY AND MYSELF AND MADE
SOME
CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS PACKET /90 MINS
/AH
11-26-201310:12 AMUPDATE/NOTES11/26--COMMISSIONER HARRIS CALLED MARK
HILL AND STATED THAT HE WAS CONTACTED
ABOUT A LIEN REDUCTION ON THREE CODE
ENFORCEMENT LIENS FOR 231 LARK AVE,
CE07050301, CE08040043, AND
CE09040206. MARK REQUESTED THAT ALL
THREE FILES BE PULLED AND TO CHANGE THE
DATE TO DECEMBER 17 BCC HEARING ON THE
ORIGINAL AGENDA PACKETS AND COMMISSIONER
HARRIS REQUESTED TO PROCEED ON
SUBMITTING A REDUCTION OF THE LIENS AT
THE DECEMBER 17 PUBLIC HEARING. I SPOKE
WITH MARK THAT WE WOULD NEED TO CONTACT
JOAN MCNAMARA ON HER ORIGINAL OFFER AS
WELL AS THE NEED TO UPDATE THE AGENDA
PACKETS. I GAVE FILES BACK TO MARK
WITH A PRINTOUT OF THE THREE AGENDA
PACKETS WITH THE DECEMBER 17 DATE ON
THEM AND HE SAID HE WOULD SPEAK WITH
LINDA WHEN SHE RETURNED. TED
06-17-201308:06 AMUPDATE/NOTES06-17-13 PER LINDA THE BCC CHAIRMAN
JACK
RICHIE HAS PULLED ALL THREE OF THE
AGENDA ITEMS FOR TOMORROW FOR THIS
PROPERTY AND STATED HE WILL NOT HEAR
ANY
MORE REDUCTIONS WHILE HE IS CHAIRMAN
/CALLED MRS MCNAMARA AND LET HER KNOW
THAT HER ITEMS WILL NOT BE HEARD AND
THAT THE COUNTY IS LOOKING INTO
ALTERNATIVE WAYS FOR THESE CASES TO BE
HEARD /AH
06-10-201304:24 PMUPDATE/NOTES6/10--ENVELOPES RETURNED FROM 231 LARK
AVENUE AND REMAILED TO CURRENT ADDRESS
OF 4039 ELRADO AVE., SEBRING, FL 33872
IN CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL. TED
05-17-201301:19 PMUPDATE/NOTES5/17--RECEIVED ANOTHER LETTER FROM JOAN
MCNAMARA WITH AN OFFER OF $1,500 TO
SATISFY THE LIEN AND ASKED TO GO BEFORE
THE BCC ON JUNE 18, 2013. I WILL
PREPARE THE AGENDA PACKET ON THIS
REQUEST. TED
05-14-201312:04 PMUPDATE/NOTES5/14--APRIL CALLED JOAN MCNAMARA AND
LEFT A MESSAGE IN REGARDS TO HER
RE-SUBMITTING A NEW LETTER TO GO BEFORE
THE BCC AND THAT THE AMOUNT SHE IS
WILLING TO PAY HAS TO BE MORE THAN THE
ACTUAL COSTS OF THE LIEN. APRIL/TED
04-10-201301:23 PMUPDATE/NOTES4/10--I CALLED JOAN MCNAMARA AND TOLD
HER THAT THE PROPERTY HAD TO BE IN
COMPLIANCE BEFORE WE COULD PROCEED WITH
A REDUCTION IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
LIEN. TED
04-09-201309:22 AMUPDATE/NOTES4/9--PREPARED AGENDA PACKET TO GO BEFORE
THE BCC FOR A REDUCTION IN THE LIEN.
GAVE TO BOTH ERIN AND APRIL FOR
PROOFREADING. TED
04-08-201303:59 PMUPDATE/NOTES4/8--JOAN MCNAMARA, 4039 ELRADO AVENUE,
SEBRING, FL 33872, 402-1758, CAME INTO
THE OFFICE WITH A LETTER REQUESTING A
REDUCTION IN THE LEIN TO $500 WHICH WILL
GO BEFORE THE BCC AS SHE HAS REQUESTED.
I INFORMED HER THAT WE WOULD NOTIFY HER
OF THE DATE AND TIME TO APPEAR BEFORE
THE BCC. TED
04-02-201304:35 PMUPDATE/NOTES4/2/13--RECEIVED CALL FROM ANN MARIE
MCNAMARA, 214-4158, REGARDING THE CODE
ENFORCEMENT LIEN. I PROVIDED THE
INFORMATION AS TO THE AMOUNT OWED ON THE
LIEN. TED
04-05-201204:33 PMUPDATE/NOTESFINE CHANGED INT
START DATE: 06/24/09 FINE AMT: 0.64
CHANGED DATE THAT INTEREST STARTS TO
ACCRUE TO THE DAY OF RECORDING OF THE
ORDER. TED
05-19-201011:56 AMUPDATE/NOTESCHANGED DATE OF LIEN TO 6/25/09 (DAY
AFTER RECORDING OF LIEN) AND INTEREST
RATE TO 18% PER ANNUM ACCRUING FROM
6/25/09. TED
05-19-201011:56 AMUPDATE/NOTESFINE CHANGED INT
START DATE: 06/25/09 FINE AMT: 0.64
12-30-200912:58 PMREINSPECTION12-30-09 LIEN IS PLACED BY THE
MAGISTRATE/ NO NEED FOR ANY FURTHER
INSPECTION ON THIS CASE /AH
12-22-200903:37 PMUPDATE/NOTESRELEASE NON PER OR 2219 PG 421 ON
12/14/2009. TED
12-22-200903:23 PMUPDATE/NOTESRELEASE NON PER OR 2219 PG 421 ON
12/14/2009. TED
07-09-200909:09 AMUPDATE/NOTESADDED FINE ON INT
START DATE: 06/24/09 FINE AMT: 0.35
07-09-200909:07 AMUPDATE/NOTESLIEN RECORDED 06/24/09 FOR 1,295.00
BOOK 2195 PAGE 1911-1912
07-09-200909:05 AMMAKE VIOLATIONMAKEVIO RECORDED BSINGLEY
07-08-200909:00 AMREINSPECTION7-8-09 COMPLIED, W.H. POLLARD REMOVED
ALL THE OVERGROWTH AND MOWED THE REAR
YARD, SENT INVOICE TO CLERK TO PAY.
AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE DONE,
ASKING CLERK TO RELEASE THE NOTICE OF
NUISUANCE. BEV
06-11-200904:01 PMCOURT APPEARANCETHIS CASE WAS MOVED TO NUMBER 7 ON THE
AGENDA AT THE REQUEST OF THE PETITIONER,
THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS. THE RESPONDENT
WAS PRESENT AT THE HEARING, THE
PETITIONER, HIGHLANDS COUNTY, WAS
REPRESENTED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
BEVERLY SINGLEY. THE RESPONDENT ADMITTED
THAT HIS PROPERTY WAS IN VIOLATION, AND
THAT HE HAD RECEIVED ALL NOTIFICATIONS.
MS. SINGLEY TESTIFIED THAT THE
RESPONDENT AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES
WERE PROPERLY NOTIFIED AND THE
RESPONDENT WAS GIVEN A REASONABLE AMOUNT
OF TIME TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO
COMPLIANCE. THE PETITIONER REQUESTED TO
BE REIMBURSED FOR COSTS AND FEES
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CASE. THE
RESPONDENT TESTIFIED THAT HE HAD CLEANED
UP THE FRONT YARD AND REMOVED AN
UNLICENSED/INOPERABLE VEHICLE FROM THE
PROPERTY, BUT THAT HE WAS NEITHER
FINANCIALLY NOR PHYSICALLY ABLE TO CLEAN
UP THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. THE SPECIAL
MAGISTRATE FOUND THAT A VIOLATION
EXISTED ON THE PROPERTY AND THAT THE
RESPONDENT HAD NO PLAN FOR BRINGING THE
PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. THE SPECIAL
MAGISTRATE ADMITTED ALL EXHIBITS INTO
EVIDENCE. THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ORDERED
THAT THE PETITIONER HAVE THE PROPERTY
BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE AND THAT THE
RESPONDENT SHALL PAY TO THE PETITIONER A
FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $200.00, $150.00
COST OF TITLE SEARCH, $68.75 COST OF
INVESTIGATION, $157.75 COST OF
PROSECUTION, $125.00 ADMINISTRATIVE
HEARING FEE, $28.50 RECORDING FEE, AND
$565.00 COST TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO
COMPLIANCE FOR A TOTAL OF $1,295.00.
06-11-200909:06 AMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE6-11-09 NO COMPLIANCE, GRASS IS HIGH,
WEEDS, AND OVERGROWTH OF VINES AND WEEDS
IN BACKYARD. TOOK PHOTOS, AFFIDAVIT OF
NON COMPLIANCE DONE, BEV
30 MINS.
05-29-200904:01 PMREINSPECTION5-29-09 NO COMPLIANCE, POSTED THE
AGENDA
ON PROPERTY, AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DONE,
BEV
30 MINS.

MET CONTRACTOR ON SITE TO SHOW WHAT
NEEDED TO BE DONE, SO HE COULD PLACE
THE
BID. BEV
05-29-200909:31 AMREINSPECTION5-29-09 TITLE SEARCH DONE, REVIEWED, NO
MORTGAGE HOLDERS. MADE COPIES OF FILE
FOR SM HEARING. PRINTED PHOTOS.
PREPARED
CASE FILE. BEV
30 MINS.
05-22-200904:02 PMOFFICIAL FORMTITLESEARCH PRINTED BY DWILLIS
05-22-200901:14 PMREINSPECTION5-22-09 NO COMPLIANCE FOR THE OVERGROWTH
IN THE BACKYARD. SENT TO SM HEARING.
ASKING CLERK TO DO TITLE SEARCH AND
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR JUNE 11TH HEARING.
BEV
30 MINS.
04-23-200910:21 AMINITIAL INSPECTION4-23-09 POSTED NOV. #528 FOR 5.6-3. GAVE
UNTIL 5-13-09 TO CORRECT, SM HEARING ON
6-11-09. OVERGROWTH OF WEEDS AND GRASS,
ACCUMULATION OF DEBRIS, BEV
45 MINS.
04-22-200910:04 AMCREATE COMPLAINTCOMPLAINT RECORDED BY BSINGLEY
04-22-200909:29 AMUPDATE/NOTES4-22-09 WENT TO PROPERTY, TOOK PHOTOS,
WILL RESEARCH PREVIOUS CASES AND ADVISE
APRIL. SHE IS TO COME INSPECT ALSO. BEV
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