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Code Enforcement Detail
Code Enforcement Detail
Case Number CE15080026 complainant  
Case Date 08-07-2015 address  
Origination WALKN - WALK IN Status C - CLOSED
Operator tseachor Officer NORTH
Fines Balance $0.00
Lien Balance $0.00
Total Balance $0.00
Property On Case
STRAP NBR C-10-36-29-010-00F0-0250 Owner VELDHUIS GARY
Unit   Owner Address 171 HILLSIDE DR
Property Address 171 HILLSIDE DR City/State/Zip LAKE PLACID FL 33852-8115
City/State/Zip LAKE PLACID FL 33852 Phone  
Case Description
COMPLAINT FORM SUBMITTED BY LEONARD SMITH, 150
CITRUS TRAIL, 305-394-3948, WHO STATED THAT THE
OWNER IS OPERATING A DOBERMAN RESCUE OUT OF HIS
HOME AND THAT THE DOGS BARK MOST OF THE DAY.
MELONY/TED
Complaint Code(s)
1: DOG BARKING (ANIMALS)
Inspections/Events Detail
DATETIMEINSPECTION / EVENT TYPEINSTRUCTIONS / COMMENTS
06-23-202103:44 PMUPDATE/NOTES6-22-21 FILE SENT TO WAREHOUSE
DESTRUCTION AFTER 9-30-2021, BSS
03-23-201812:40 PMCLOSE COMPLAINTCASE CLOSED BY BSINGLEY
03-23-201812:40 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE3-23-18 COMPLIED, AFTER SPEAKING TO
OWNER AND HEARD NO BARKING YESTERDAY AND
PROPERTY LOOKED VACANT. CLOSING CASE, HE
HAS MET COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING THE
KENNEL FROM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. BSS
03-23-201812:29 PMUPDATE/NOTES3-23-18 CALLED GARY OWNER, 863-446-0429,
TO FOLLOW UP ON KENNEL. GARY SAID THAT
HE MOVED THE DOGS/KENNEL DEC. 29TH AND
HE DOESN'T LIVE THERE EITHER. THANKED
HIM FOR TAKING CARE OF THE VIOLATION AND
WISHED HIM WELL WITH THE MOVE. BSS
03-22-201812:22 PMUPDATE/NOTES3-22-18 CALLED LEONARD SMITH TO FOLLOW
UP WITH THIS CASE, HE SAID THAT HE
HASN'T HEARD THE DOG OR DOGS SINCE THAT
FRIDAY. HE THANKED CE FOR HELPING TO GET
THE NOISE GONE. BSS
03-22-201812:21 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE3-22-18 SAT ACROSS PROPERTY AND NO
BARKING, WENT UP TO SEE IF OWNER HOME TO
TALK TO HIM SINCE TRUCK WAS THERE BUT NO
ANSWER AT DOOR. THERE WAS NO NOISE,
BARKING IT WAS QUIET TODAY. NOT SURE BUT
SOUNDS LIKE THE KENNEL/DOGS MAY BE GONE.
CE TO CHECK AGAIN ONCE MORE BEFORE
CLOSING. HAVE LEFT MANY CARDS ASKING
OWNER TO CALL BUT HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY
CALLS. BSS/JD 30 MINS.
03-12-201810:48 AMUPDATE/NOTES3-12-18 RETURN CALL TO LEONARD SMITH,
305-394-3948, HE SAID THAT A DOG BARKED
ALL DAY ON FRIDAY FOR SOME TIME, HE ONLY
HEARD THE ONE DOG AND IT WOULD NEVER
STOP. MR. SMITH SAID THAT WAS IT THOUGH,
AFTER FRIDAY HE NEVER HEARD THE DOG
AGAIN AND IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PEACEFUL
FROM DEC.28TH UNTIL FRIDAY. ADVISED THAT
CE WOULD GET BACK TO CHECK OUT THE
NOISE. BSS
01-05-201811:37 AMUPDATE/NOTES1-5-18 MR. SMITH CALLED TO THANK CE,
SINCE CE WAS AT THE PROPERTY LAST THE
DOGS HAVE NOT BEEN BAD AND IT HAS BEEN
NICE. HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE CALLED
WITH THE GOOD NEWS. DID EXPLAIN THE CASE
IS STILL OPEN AND CE WILL NEED TO RETURN
TO CHECK FOR COMPLIANCE AND IF THERE ARE
ANY OTHER ISSUES DON'T HESITATE TO CALL
CE. BSS
12-11-201711:51 AMREINSPECTION12-11-17 POSTED WARN. CIT.#11931 TO
OWNER FOR 5.6-105 NOISE VIOLATION. GAVE
UNTIL 12-29-17 TO CORRECT. POSTED ON CEB
ON 12-14-17. MAILED CERTIFIED AND REG.
MAIL ON 12-13-17. SAT ACROSS PROPERTY
LINE TO LISTEN FOR DOGS BARKING. QUIET
WHEN ARRIVED, THEN BARKING. NO ONE
SEEMED TO BE HOME, NO CARS OUT FRONT.
DOGS BARKING, STOPPED BRIEFLY THEN
BARKING AGAIN FOR A POINT OF 15 MINS.
TWO NEIGHBORS WHEN THERE AFTER WRITING
NOTICE, COMPLIANED THAT THE DOGS BARK
ALL THE TIME, IT SEEMS AT ANY GIVEN
REASON OR TIME. BSS/1 HR
12-06-201709:52 AMUPDATE/NOTES12-6-17 MR. SMITH CALLED THIS MORNING
WANTED AN UPDATE, HE HAD TO CALL HCSO
LAST NIGHT ABOUT 7PM OR SO, SINCE THE
DOGS JUST WOULD NOT STOP BARKING. HE
SAID IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY TIME HE
CONTROLS THE BARKING. GAVE HIM SOME
UPDATE THAT A NOTICE WAS WRITTEN, BSS
11-28-201709:53 AMUPDATE/NOTES11-28-17 RETURNED MR. SMITH CALL,
305-394-3948 HE SAID THE DOGS WERE OUT
OF CONTROL ALL WEEKEND, HE DIDN'T EVEN
CALL HCSO, HE JUST FEEL LIKE THIS OWNER
DOESN'T EVEN CARE. ADVISED CE GOING TO
PROPERTY TODAY, BSS
11-28-201709:14 AMREINSPECTION11-28-17 POSTED WARN.CIT.#11926, FOR
12.05.221 FOR RUNNING A DOG KENNEL FROM
THIS RESIDENCE WHICH IS ZONED M1S, WHICH
IS NOT ALLOWED IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT.
TO CORRECT BY 12-28-17. POSTED ON CEB ON
11-30-17. MAILING CERTIFIED AND REG.
MAIL ON 11-30-17. SPOKE TO NEIGHBORS
ACROSS THE STREET AND THEY SAID HE HAS A
PLACE, THAT HE IS PREPARING FOR THE DOGS
AS WELL AS THE HOUSE. LEFT DK ALSO
ASKING HIM TO CONTROL THE BARKING OF THE
DOGS AND TO CALL CE, BSS/1 HR.
11-27-201709:50 AMUPDATE/NOTES11-27-17 AT 1:46PM, LEFT MESSAGE FOR
BEVERLY TO RETURN HIS CALL, BSS FOR JAO
05-18-201710:28 AMREINSPECTION5-18-17 NO ONE HOME, WANTED TO TALK TO
OWNER, BSS
12-28-201601:09 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE12-28-16 CONTACTED GARY THE OWNER OF
PROPERTY AND DOBERMANN RESCUE,
863-446-0429. HE HAS PURCHASED 5 ACRES
IN HARDEE COUNTY, DOESN'T HAVE TO GO
THROUGH HEARING. THE HOUSE IS OLD HOUSE
AND IS TRYING TO GET THE HOME LIVABLE.
ONCE HE GETS A BEDROOM AND BATHROOM
LIVABLE HE WILL MOVE IN AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE BUT IS THINKING TWO MONTHS. WE
SPOKE ABOUT HOW LONG CE HAS WORKED WITH
HIM BUT THE TIME FRAME KEEPS EXPANDING.
HE UNDERSTANDS BUT IT HAS TAKEN THIS
LONG FOR HIM TO FIND SOMETHING. ADVISED
THAT CE WOULD SPEAK TO SUPERVISOR AND
THEN GET BACK WITH HIM, THAT A CITATION
MAY HAVE TO BE WRITTEN, WHICH WOULD BE A
$50 FINE AND THEN A LITTLE MORE TIME TO
GET THE DOGS MOVED. HE SAID HE
UNDERSTANDS BUT IS DOING WHAT HE CAN DO.
BSS/15 MINS.
09-09-201603:49 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE9-9-16 MET WITH GARY THE OWNER OF THE
PROPERTY AND HE JUST WENT TO A BOARD
MEETING IN WAUCHULA ON 9-8-16 AND WAS
DENIED THE CHANGE TO HAVE THE DOG KENNEL
AT A PIECE OF PROPERTY HE WAS CONTINGENT
TO PURCHASE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH GARY HE
THOUGHT THAT IN HIGHLANDS COUNTY YOU
NEEDED 10 ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL ZONING
TO HAVE A DOG KENNEL. ADVISED IT IS 5
ACRES WITH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A DOG
KENNEL. HE SAID HE WOULD RATHER STAY IN
HIGHLANDS COUNTY SINCE HIS VET IS RIGHT
DOWN THE ROAD. HE WILL START LOOKING
AGAIN AND ASKED HIM TO CONTACT HC ZONING
DEPT. WITH ANY QUESTIONS FOR ZONING.
ASKED HIM TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH CE.
BSS/LC 45 MINS.
07-05-201607:58 AMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE7-5-16 FOUND OUT THAT OWNER HAS
PURCHASED SOME PROPERTY IN HARDEE COUNTY
AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THERE AS SOON AS
HE GET HIS THINGS IN ORDER. WILL CHECK
ON HIM AGAIN TO SEE HOW PROGRESS IS
COMING. BSS
03-01-201612:09 PMUPDATE/NOTES3-1-16 RETURN CALL TO KYLE MCKINNEY
863-214-5708 OR 863-699-0253. HE IS
COMPLAINING THAT THE DOGS ARE STILL
BARKING. WOKE HIM UP THIS PAST WEEKEND
EACH DAY AROUND 7-7:30AM. ADVISED HIM OF
THE UPDATE ON THE CASE AND TOLD HIM THAT
CE WILL WORK ON COMING BACK TO LISTEN
FOR BARKING AGAIN, BSS
02-29-201610:53 AMREINSPECTION02-29-16 10:15 AM ARRIVED AND PARKED IN
FRONT OF 60 CITRUS TRAIL/ THE DOGS WERE
BARKING WHEN WE ARRIVED
10:16 AM OWNER OF 60 CITRUS TRAIL WALKED
FROM HOUSE TO BARN THE BARKING STOPPED
AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER CAME OUT TO TALK
TO US AND STOOD OUT BY THE STREET AND
TALKED UNTIL 10:35/WROTE WARNING
CITATION 9897 TO OWNER GARY VELDUIS FOR
12.05.221 THE DOBERMANN DOG RESCUE,
ZONING IS M1S WHICH RESCUE IS PROHIBITED
IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT. GAVE UNTIL
MARCH 25, 2016 TO COMPLY /02-29-16
POSTED ON THE PROPERTY /03-01-16 MAILED
CEERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL /03-03-16
POSTED ON THE CE BOARD /90 MINS /AH +
BSS
02-19-201601:27 PMUPDATE/NOTES2-19-6 RETURN CALL TO RODNEY ROWLES,
863-633-8443, ADVISED THAT CE WAS GOING
TO COME DOWN AND LISTEN FOR NOISE TODAY
BUT HE SAID HE HASN'T HEARD THEM TODAY,
BUT THEY WERE BARKING YESTERDAY. HE SAID
THEY USUALLY BARK IN THE MORNING AND IN
THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HE ASKED IF CE
WOULD KEEP ON TOP OF THIS BECAUSE HE
THINKS THAT IS WHAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE.
ADVISED THAT CE HAS SOME DATES ON MY
CALENDAR TO KEEP UP WITH THE OWNER. HE
THANKED CE FOR THE CALL, BSS
02-18-201604:57 PMUPDATE/NOTES2/18/16 PHONE COMPLAINT RE: DOGS BARKING
RODNEY ROWLES (863)633-8443. BSS PLS
CALL. JAM
02-11-201611:16 AMUPDATE/NOTES2-11-16 MR. LEONARD SMITH CAME INTO THE
COUNTER. HE WAS HAPPY THAT CE HAD BEEN
OUT TO THE PROPERTY. HE WANTED AN UPDATE
OF THE VISIT. BSS/JD
02-05-201603:18 PMREINSPECTION02-05-16 PARKED OVER ON CITRUS TRAIL TO
SEE IF THE DOGS WHERE BARKING/ SPOKE TO
ONE NEIGHBOR AND HE STATED HE HAS NOT
HEARD THE DOGS IN A WEEK ANOTHER
NEIGHBOR STATED THE DOGS ARE REALLY BAD
/ WENT TO THE HOME AND SPOKE TO GARY WHO
STATED HE HAS 13 DOGS (5 ARE HIS OWN)
AND HE IS WORKING WITH A LADY IN INDIAN
RIVER TO MOVE THE DOGS TO HER PROPERTY
BUT HE IS THINKING HE NEEDS TIME TO
RELOCATE BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD
A BUILDING BUT EXPRESSED HE DOES NOT
WANT TO MOVE TO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND
IS ALSO PURSUEING 10 ACRES HERE IN
HIGHLANDS COUNTY /60 MINS /AH + BSS 1
HR.
02-04-201604:10 PMUPDATE/NOTES2-4-16 RETURN CALL TO LEONARD SMITH
305-394-3948. HE HAD CE ON SPEAKER SINCE
MR. ROWLES WAS ALSO THERE WHEN I CALLED.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AN UPDATE FOR THIS
PROPERTY. THEY STATED THAT THE DOGS ARE
STILL THERE AND BARKING. ADVISED HIM
THAT CE WILL BE THERE ON FRIDAY OR
MONDAY TO INSPECT THE PROPERTY. BSS
12-22-201505:12 PMUPDATE/NOTES12-15-15 AT 4:50PM, RETURNED CALL TO
LEONARD SMITH, 305-394-3948. HE SAID A
FRIEND WOULD LIKE TO GO HAVE A MEETING
WITH THE COMMISSIONERS RE: THIS
PROPERTY. ADVISED HIM THAT CE HAD BEEN
TO THE PROPERTY AND GAVE VERBAL UNTIL
1-31-16. HE THANKED CE FOR GOING OUT
THERE AND HOPES THAT THE OWNER WILL
LISTEN TO CE AND COMPLY. SINCE THIS
ACTION WAS DONE, HE WILL ASK HIS FRIEND
TO NOT GO TO COMMISSIONERS YET, WILL SEE
IF OWNER CORRECTS THE PROBLEM. BSS
12-22-201505:04 PMREINSPECTION12-22-15 MADE SITE INSPECTION AND OWNER,
GARY, JUST ARRIVED HOME SO DROVE UP TO
PROPERTY TO SPEAK TO HIM AND HIS FRIEND
WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET. ADVISED CE
HAS A COMPLAINT FOR BARKING DOGS AND
ISSUE WITH THE KENNEL. OWNER SAYS THAT
THE DOGS DON'T BARK OVER 10 MINS. AND
THEY COULD EVEN BE BARKING AT A CAT THAT
IS AGGREIVATING THE DOGS. ASKED HIM HE
TRIES TO QUITE THE DOG WHEN THEY ARE
BARKING AND HE SAID YES. HE HAS TRIED
BARKING COLLARS AND THEY DON'T WORK,
MADE COMMENT THAT HE COULD TAKE OUT
THIER VOICE BOXES SO THAT THEY CAN'T
BARK. CE ALSO ADVISED THAT HE NEEDS AG
ZONING WITH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN ORDER
TO HAVE THE KENNEL. HE IS UPSET THAT THE
NEIGHBOR COMPLAINED BUT WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT HE HAS TO DO. OPTIONS WERE TO MOVE
TO AG ZONING AND APPLY FOR SPECIAL
EXCEPTION, FIND A FRIEND WHO MAY HAVE AG
PROPERTY AND HAVE THEM APPLY OR REMOVE
THE RESCUE/KENNEL FROM THE PROPERTY. HE
SAID THAT IS WHAT HE WILL HAVE TO DO
BECAUSE HE FINACIALLY CAN'T DO THE OTHER
OPTIONS. ASKED HIM NOT TO BRING ANYMORE
DOGS HOME AND TO TRY AND FIND HOMES FOR
THE ONES HE HAS THERE NOW. GAVE VERBAL
UNTIL 1-31-16 TO CORRECT AND THAT CE
WILL WORK WITH HIM AS LONG AS HE IS
WORKING TO FIND THEM HOMES. BSS/45 MINS.
12-21-201511:22 AMUPDATE/NOTES12-21-15 LEONARD SMITH CAME INTO THE
OFFICE, HE FEELS LIKE NOTHING IS BEING
DONE REGARDING THE BARKING DOGS AT THIS
PROPERTY. HE WONDERED IF HE RENTS HIS
RENTAL HOME TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
OR SOME OFFICIAL PERSON WITH THE COURTS
OR COUNTY WOULD THAT HELP IF THEY COULD
TELL CE THAT THE DOGS DO BARK. HE WANTED
TO GO TALK TO BOCC BUT I ASKED HIM TO
GIVE CE A CHANCE TO GO OUT AND VISIT
THIS OWNER AGAIN AND/OR HE COULD TALK
WITH OUR CE SUPERVISOR LINDA CONRAD,IN
WHICH HE WAS GIVEN HER BUS. CARD, AS
WELL AS MY OWN. ASKED HIM IF HE COULD
GIVE CE A GOOD IDEA OF WHEN THE DOGS DO
BARK AND HE SAID HE WOULD TAKE SOME
NOTATIONS DOWN OF WHEN THEY DO. TOLD HIM
THAT CE WILL WORK ON TAKING CARE OF THIS
AND HE APPRECIATED THAT HE WAS LISTENED
TO THIS TIME DUE TO SPEAKING WITH OTHERS
HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE HE WAS. HE WILL CALL
CE AFTER FIRST OF THE YEAR TO SEE WHAT
HAS BEEN DONE. BSS
11-23-201503:06 PMUPDATE/NOTESARRIVED IN AREA AT 3:15 P.M. ON
11/23/2015 STAYED FOR 15 MIN., HEARD NO
BARKING AT ALL. JB/15 MIN
11-23-201511:12 AMINITIAL INSPECTIONARRIVED IN AREA AT 3:15 P.M. ON
11/23/2015 STAYED FOR 15 MIN., HEARD NO
BARKING AT ALL. JB/15 MIN ENTERED THIS
ON SYSTEM IN INITIAL INSPECTION FOR JB,
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENTERED ON INITIAL
INSTEAD OF ON NTS. BSS FOR JB
09-17-201510:52 AMUPDATE/NOTES8/17/15--RODNEY ROWLES, 250 CITRUS
TRAIL, 863-633-8443, CALLED REGARDING
HIS COMPLAINT ABOUT THE DOG RESCUE AND
THE BARKING DOGS AT THIS RESIDENCE. HE
ASKED FOR A FOLLOW-UP ON THE CASE AND I
TOLD HIM THAT AN OFFICER HAD NOT YET
BEEN TO THE PROPERTY. HE ASKED THAT
THE
OFFICER CALL HIM AND PROVIDE UPDATES ON
THE CASE AS IT PROGRESSES. TED ON
9/17/2015 ARRIVED AT 2:37 P.M., SPOKE TO
RESIDENT AT 170 HILLSIDE AND WHILE THERE
THE DOGS BARKED AT 2:55 PM FOR APPROX. 1
MINUTE, 2:59 PM DOGS BARKED FOR A FEW
SECONDS, DID NOT BARK AGAIN AND WE LEFT
AT 3:08 PM. SPOKE WITH MR ROWLES AT
3:10 PM AT 250 CITRUS. STATED THE DOGS
BARK IN THE A.M. AND AGAIN IN THE
EVENING, COULD NOT ADVISE IF THAT IS THE
FEEDING TIMES. DOGS BARKED AT 3:25 PM
FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE AND DID NOT BARK
AGAIN WHILE WE WERE THERE, DEPPARTING AT
3:35 PM. WILL RETURN TO CONTACT MR.
VELDHUIS.
09-02-201510:25 AMUPDATE/NOTES9-2-15 RODNEY ROWLES CALLED,
863-633-8443. HE WANTED UPDATE ON CASE,
ADVISED THAT CE HAS ON THE ROSTER AND
SHOULD GET TO THE ADDRESS WITHIN A WEEK.
HE SAID THE DOGS WERE BARKING A LOT THIS
MORNING. HE WOULD LIKE A CALL ONCE CE
HAS BEEN TO THE PROPERTY FOR AN UPDATE.
BSS
08-18-201504:10 PMUPDATE/NOTES8/18/15--WALK IN STATED THAT THE
DOBERMAN DOGS ARE HOWING FOR LONG
PERIODS OF TIME AND BOTHERING HIS
FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HIS CHILDREN WHO
CANNOT SLEEP DUE TO THE NOISE. TED
08-17-201510:04 AMUPDATE/NOTES8/17/15--RODNEY ROWLES, 250 CITRUS
TRAIL, 863-633-8443, CAME INTO THE
OFFICE AND STATED THAT THE DOBERMANS
ARE BARKING ALL DAY. THE DOGS HOWL AND
BOTHER HIM CONSIDERABLY. HE PROVIDED A
COPY FROM THE NEWSPAPER SHOWING THAT IT
IS A DOBERMAN RESCUE OPERATION. TED
08-07-201511:27 AMCREATE COMPLAINTCOMPLAINT RECORDED BY TSEACHOR
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