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Code Enforcement Detail
Code Enforcement Detail
Case Number CE24060001 complainant  
Case Date 06-28-2024 address  
Origination LAW ENF - LAW ENF Status L - LIEN CREATED
Operator bsingley Officer SHC
Fines Balance $1,021.66
Lien Balance $3,605.65
Total Balance $4,627.31
Property On Case
STRAP NBR C-01-33-28-010-0001-3348 Owner DOWNING DAVID EMANUEL +
Unit   Owner Address 1706 W ATCHISON RD
Property Address 1706 W ATCHISON RD City/State/Zip AVON PARK FL 33825
City/State/Zip AVON PARK FL 33825 Phone  
Case Description
!!! THERE IS A SUBJECT LIVING IN A TRAVEL TRAILER
AT THIS LOCATION. THE YARD IS ALSO FULL OF JUNK
LIKE A JUNK YARD.
THE PERSON IN THE TRAILER IS VERY CONFRONTATIONAL.
THE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE ARE VERY ACCOMMODATING.
Complaint Code(s)
1: RV PARKING
2: TRASH
Violation Code(s)
1: 12.10.218 -- RV PARKING
2: 5.6-3 -- NUISANCE PROHIBITED
3: 5-17 -- TRASH, JUNK, DEBRIS, ETC.
4: 5-20 -- UNLICENSED/INOPERABLE VEHICLES
5: INT -- INTEREST ON LIEN
Inspections/Events Detail
DATETIMEINSPECTION / EVENT TYPEINSTRUCTIONS / COMMENTS
03-03-202611:10 AMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 03/03/2026
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $400.00
02-04-202608:53 AMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 02/04/2026
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $400.00
01-02-202601:06 PMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 01/02/2026
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $400.00
12-04-202508:21 AMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 12/04/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $400.00
11-03-202501:37 PMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 11/03/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $400.00
10-03-202512:37 PMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 10/03/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $400.00
09-03-202511:46 AMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTFINE PAYMENT: INT
PAYMENT DATE: 09/03/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $400.00
08-08-202502:07 PMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 08/08/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $200.00
08-01-202501:12 PMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 08/01/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $200.00
07-07-202511:02 AMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 07/07/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $400.00
06-03-202510:22 AMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 06/03/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $400.00
05-02-202512:40 PMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 05/02/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $400.00
04-03-202502:23 PMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTFINE PAYMENT: INT
PAYMENT DATE: 04/03/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $144.58
04-03-202502:23 PMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 04/03/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $255.42
02-26-202503:02 PMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTFINE PAYMENT: INT
PAYMENT DATE: 02/26/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $116.46
02-26-202503:02 PMFINE/LIEN PAYMENTLIEN PAYMENT
PAYMENT DATE: 02/26/2025
PAYMENT AMOUNT: $283.54
02-26-202502:58 PMUPDATE/NOTES02/26/25 DAVID DOWNING CAME INTO THE
OFFICE AND FILLED OUT A PAYMENT
AGREEMENT FORM. HE PAID $400.00 FOR
TODAY.
AND SIGNED TO PAY $400.00 THE 3RD OF
EACH MONTH STARTING APRIL 3, 2025 ELW
02-13-202511:14 AMUPDATE/NOTESFINE CHANGED INT
START DATE: 01/28/25 FINE AMT: 4.02
02-03-202503:40 PMUPDATE/NOTES2-3-25 DAVID - OWNER AND SONNI DOWNING,
863-257-0609 CAME INTO OFFICE. WANTED TO
KNOW ABOUT A BOAT REMOVED, ADVISED
ANYTHING TOWED CONTACT PRECISION TOWING,
CHICKENS-FARM ANIMALS CAN NOT BE IN
RESIDENTIAL ZONING UNLESS APPROVED SE
AND ONLY 2 HENS, YES FOR RABBITS. RV
THAT WAS THERE WAS STORAGE- WHICH IS
PROHBITED, IF THEY GET IT BACK, ADVISED
TO NOT BRING BACK TO PROPERTY. DAVID MAY
COME BACK IN LATER TO APPLY FOR PAYMENT
PLAN. BSS
01-29-202510:24 AMUPDATE/NOTES01-29-2025 MELISSA FROM HEALTH
DEPARTMENT CALLED (863-267-5505)CE SHE
STATED THAT SHE INSPECTED PROPERTY AND
DID NOT FIND ANY VIOLATIONS AT THIS TIME
AS 15 MIN
01-28-202504:32 PMUPDATE/NOTES1/28/25: PO 250566-1 ALONG WITH INVOICE
1494 FROM STRENTH LAWN CARE SUBMITTED TO
PURCHASING FOR PAYMENT. - MLW
01-28-202503:56 PMUPDATE/NOTES1/28/25: PO 250689 ALONG WITH INVOICE #
10744 FROM PRECISION AUTO SUBMITTED TO
PURCHASING FOR PAYMENT. - MLW
01-28-202502:09 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE01-28-2025 PROPERTY IN FULL COMPLIANCE
BY CONTRACTOR, OK TO PAY CONTRACTOR AND
RECORD AFF OF COMPLIANCE AS 45 MIN
01-28-202502:07 PMUPDATE/NOTES01-28-2025 DURING ABATEMENT OF PROPERTY
CEO FOUND SEPTIC/DRAINFIELD PROBLEMS AT
PROPERTY CEO SENT EMAIL TO HEALTH
DEPARTMENT TO HAVE SOMEONE INSPECT HELTH
DEPARTMENT SENT EMAIL BACK TO CEO
STATING THEY WILL INSPECT AS 15 MIN
01-16-202509:00 AMUPDATE/NOTES1/16/25: ENTERED REQ # 250730R TO OBTAIN
PO FOR PRECISION FOR THE TOWING OF UP TO
8 VEHICLES/VESSELS. INCLUDED MEMO
ADDRESSED TO STACY Q. IN PURCHASING
STATING WE HAVE ONLY RECEIVED 1 BID BACK
EVEN THOUGH WE SENT BID REQUESTS TO
MULTIPLE VENDORS. - MLW
12-09-202404:01 PMUPDATE/NOTES12-09-2024 DAVID DOWNING CALLED AND
STATED THAT HE WAS IN COMPLIANCE BEFORE
MAGISTRATE CEO INFORMED HIM OF THE
VIOLATIONS THAT WERE STILL PRESENT THE
MONDAY BEFORE CEO STATED THE COUNTY HAS
MOVED FORWARD WITH THE CASE AND WILL BE
REMOVING ALL VIOLATIONS AT A LATER DATE
HE STATED THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THE
VIOLATIONS THAT STILL EXIST AND THAT THE
CEO MOVED FORWARD WITH THE CASE 15 MIN
12-05-202412:35 PMUPDATE/NOTESADDED FINE ON INT
START DATE: 12/04/24 FINE AMT: 0.52
12-05-202412:34 PMUPDATE/NOTESLIEN RECORDED 12/04/24 FOR 1,044.61
BOOK 3084 PAGE 494-495
12-04-202403:34 PMUPDATE/NOTES2/13/25 AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE RECORDED
BK 3097 PG 184-187 WHICH IS AN ADDITION
TO ORDER DATED 12/4/2024 BOOK 3084 PG
494-495. UPDATING LIEN AMOUNT FROM
1044.61 TO INCLUDE ABATEMENT COST OF
7100.00 FOR TOTAL LIEN $8144.61 PLUS
INTEREST. - MLW
12-04-202412:56 PMCOURT APPEARANCEFOF ISSUED TO DAVID EMANUEL DOWNING AND
JAMES EMANUEL DOWNING JR.,THIS CAUSE
HAVING COME BEFORE THE UNDERSIGNED
MAGISTRATE FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY ON THE
4TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024, AND SAID
MAGISTRATE HAVING HEARD TESTIMONY,
ACCEPTED EVIDENCE AND BEING OTHERWISE
FULLY ADVISED IN THE PREMISES HERE OF
FINDS AS A MATTER OF FACT THAT THE ABOVE
NAMED RESPONDENT(S) WERE PROPERLY
NOTICED OF THE SUBJECT PROCEEDING AND IS
FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED OF THE FOLLOWING
HIGHLANDS COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCE(S):
5.6-3 (NUISANCE PROHIBITED) 5-17
(UNAUTHORIZED DUMPING OR ACCUMULATION
RESTRICTED) 5-20 (UNLICENSED,
NON-OPERATING VEHICLE, OR
VESSEL) 12.10.218 (STORAGE AND PARKING
OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, TRAVEL
TRAILERS AND CAMPING TRAILERS)□
RESPONDENT IS HEREBY ORDERED TO BRING
THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE
AFOREMENTIONED COUNTY CODE(S) WITHIN 0
DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDER.
□ IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT BROUGHT
INTO FULL COMPLIANCE AS ORDERED, THE
COUNTY MAY, BUT IS NOT OBLIGATED TO
ABATE THE VIOLATION(S) SET FORTH HEREIN,
IN ANY MANNER WHICH IT DEEMS
APPROPRIATE, AND RECORD AN AFFIDAVIT OF
ITS COSTS ALONG WITH THIS ORDER IN THE
OFFICIAL RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AND THE SAME SHALL CONSTITUTE A
LIEN AGAINST THE RESPONDENT(S) AND ANY
PROPERTY OWNED BY RESPONDENT(S). IN THE
EVENT OF ABATEMENT BY THE COUNTY, THE
DAILY FINE IMPOSED SHALL CEASE AS OF THE
DATE THE VIOLATION IS ABATED.
□ IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, THE
UNDERSIGNED HEREBY IMPOSES FINE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF $1,044.61
12-02-202401:51 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE12/2/24 NO COMP FOR ALL CODES. DR 1HR
11-18-202410:44 AMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE11-18-2024 NO COMP FOR ALL CODES AS 1 HR
11-14-202401:22 PMREINSPECTION11-14-2024 CEO MADE SITE VISIT NO COMP
FOR ALL CODES AS 1.5 HRS
10-23-202404:35 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE10-23-2024 CEO MADE SITE VISIT AND
SIGNED JC WITH DAVID TO MOVE THE HEARING
DATE TO THE 12-4-2024 HEARING, NEW COMP
DATE IS 11-17-2024 CEO EXPLAINED THE JC
TO DAVID HE STATED HE SHOULD HAVE IT IN
COMP BY THE COMP DATE HE ASKED IF HE CAN
CALL CEO IF HE GETS THE PROPERTY CLEANED
BEFORE COMP DATE CEO STATED THAT WAS
FINE. AS 1 HR
10-16-202409:48 AMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE10-16-2024 CEO MADE SITE VISIT AND SPOKE
WITH DAVID HE HAS CLEANED UP ALOT DUE TO
HURRICANE MILTON HE HAS BEEN SET BACK
WITH THE CLEANING OF THE PROPERTY CEO
STATED HE WILL GET WITH SUPERVISOR ON
POSSIBLY ALLOWING MORE TIME AS 1 HR.
08-21-202402:39 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE08-21-2024 OWNER DAVID DOWNING SIGNED
JOINT CONTINUENCE FOR THE 11-06-2024
PUBLIC HEARING. CEO HAS SEEN FORWARD
PROGRESS ON THE CLEAN UP OF PROPERTY SO
CEO IS ALLOWING FOR JOINT CONTINUENCE TO
ALLOW MORE TIME AS 1 HR.
08-13-202412:09 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE08-13-2024 CEO MET WITH DAVID AT
PROPERTY TO SEE WHAT HE HAS DONE HE HAS
GOT RID OF ALOT OF THE ACCUMILATION
HOWEVER THERE IS STILL ALOT THERE ALONG
WITH THE OTHER VIOLATIONS HE ASKED IF HE
COULD HAVE MORE TIME CEO STATED THAT AS
LONG AS THERE IS FORWARD PROGRESS HE
WOULD WORK WITH HIM ON TIME CEO WILL GET
WITH SUPERVISOR TO DISCUSS POSSIBILITY
OF JNT CONTINUENCE. AS 1 HR
08-13-202409:35 AMUPDATE/NOTES08-13-2024 CEO SPOKE WITH DAVID AND
AGREED TO MEET HIM AT THE PROPERTY TODAY
TO SEE WHAT ALL HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT
VIOLATIONS STILL NEED TO BE CORRECTED.
AS 15 MIN
08-12-202402:54 PMCHECK FOR COMPLIANCE08-12-2024 NO COMP FOR ALL VIOLATIONS
08-12-202402:40 PMUPDATE/NOTES08-12-2024 CEO TRIED ONCE AGAIN TO
CONTACT DAVID TO WALK PROPERTY AND SEE
WHAT HE HAS DONE THUS FAR CEO LEFT
MESSAGE FOR HIM TO CALL CEO BACK. AS 15
MIN
08-12-202412:59 PMUPDATE/NOTES08-12-2024 CEO CALLED DAVID AND LEFT
MESSAGE FOR HIM TO CALL BACK ABOUT
SETTING UP A TIME TO WALK PROPERTY. AS
15MIN
07-29-202410:53 AMUPDATE/NOTES07-29-2024 CEO CALLED DAVID DOWNING
(863)-253-2486 DAVID SAID HE HAS TAKEN
SEVERAL LOADS TO THE JUNK YARD AND HAS
MOWED THE GRASS HE SAID HE IS STILL
WORKING ON IT CEO ASKED IF THERE WAS A
TIME HE COULD MEET HIM AT THE PROPERTY
TO DISCUSS WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE
MR. DOWNING STATED TOMORROW WOULD WORK
CEO STATED HE WOULD CALL TOMORROW TO SET
UP A TIME. AS 15 MIN
07-29-202409:02 AMUPDATE/NOTES7-30-24 DAVID DOWNING CALLED,
863-253-2486, HE SAID HE HAS DONE LOT OF
WORK, IS ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL TIME, CEO
TO RETURN HIS CALL, BSS
06-28-202412:56 PMMAKE VIOLATIONMAKEVIO RECORDED DROARTY
06-28-202412:55 PMINITIAL INSPECTION06-28-2024 DAVID EMANUEL DOWNING SIGNED
NOV FOR 5.6-3, 5-17, 5-20, 12.10.218AND
GAVE UNTIL 07-28-2024 TO COMPLY. SIGNED
NOH FOR THE 09-04-2024 PUBLIC HEARING.
NO NEED TO MAIL CERT/REG. PROPERTY HAS
HIGH GRASS AND WEEDS, TRASH/DEBRIS/SCRAP
AND ACCUMILATION THROUGHOUT PROPERTY,
HAS INOPERABLE/UNLICENSED
VEHICLES/VESSELS PARKED/STRORED ON
PROPERTY AND HAS SEVERAL BOATS/TRAILERS
AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES PARKED/STORED
ON PROPERTY CEO EXPLAINED ALL VIOLATIONS
AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM OWNER GAVE PHONE
#863-253-2486 DAVID DOWNING CEO HAD
DEPUTYS ON SITE WITH THEM DURING
INSPECTION DR/AS/SE 2 HRS
06-03-202408:19 AMCREATE COMPLAINTCOMPLAINT RECORDED BY BSINGLEY
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