4.1 DAVID M. & BRITNI C. WALDO, 728 S. 6TH STREET, CASE 2025-0577. Violation(s) of the City of Fernandina Beach Code of Ordinances exist: Chapter 5.01.03(A) All Accessory Structures; Chapter 7.01.05(A) Specific Parking Restriction for Commercial Vehicles - Prohibitions; Section 42-117(b) Exterior Structure (Maintenance); Chapter 5.01.09(D) Outside Storage; Section 42-173(a) Wrecked or inoperable motor vehicles on private property declared a nuisance and prohibited. Requesting Special Magistrate determination of the case.

[4.1 DAVID M. & BRITNI C. WALDO, 728 S. 6TH STREET, CASE 2025-0577. Violation(s) of the City of Fernandina Beach Code of Ordinances exist: Chapter 5.01.03(A) All Accessory Structures; Chapter 7.01.05(A) Specific Parking Restriction for Commercial Vehicles - Prohibitions; Section 42-117(b) Exterior Structure (Maintenance); Chapter 5.01.09(D) Outside Storage; Section 42-173(a) Wrecked or inoperable motor vehicles on private property declared a nuisance and prohibited. Requesting Special Magistrate determination of the case.]

THAT IS CASE ITEM 4.1 ON THE AGENDA, PROPERTY OWNERS DAVID AND BRITNI WALDO, PROPERTY ADDRESS 728 SOUTH SIXTH STREET.

THIS IS CASE 2025-0577. IS THERE ANYONE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER? OKAY. SEEING NONE. SINCE THAT'S THE CASE AND I KNOW MISS PHILLIPS HAS ADVISED THAT SHE'S ON HER LUNCH BREAK.

DO YOU MIND TAKING HER OUT OF ORDER AND ALLOWING HER TO ADDRESS THE MAGISTRATE AT THIS TIME? SEEING NO OBJECTIONS? NO OBJECTION WITH THAT? MR.. SURE. IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PRESENT ALL THE EVIDENCE AND THEN LET ME SPEAK.

I'LL BE FINE, BECAUSE I TOLD HIM I WOULD TAKE MY ENTIRE HOUR.

OKAY. I JUST IF YOU NEED TO RUSH BACK. I WANTED TO ACCOMMODATE YOU ANY WAY I CAN.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK MISS PRINCE, ARE THERE ANY DOCUMENTS OR ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO BE RECEIVED INTO THE RECORD? YES. MAGISTRATE POOLE, WE HAVE A 16 PAGE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WHICH CONSISTS ON PAGE TWO OF A PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE. THE CASE NUMBER AND THE ADDRESS PAGE THREE INDICATES THE PROPERTY DETAILS WITH THE MAILING ADDRESS AND THE PROPERTY RECORD CARD, AND ALL 16 PAGES, INCLUDING PICTURES, WOULD LIKE TO BE ENTERED.

I SEE THAT. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE BEING MADE PART OF THE RECORD? SEEING NONE. THEY'LL BE ENTERED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

MISS PRINCE, YOU MAY PROCEED. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, CRYSTAL RIMES TO PRESENT EVIDENCE REGARDING THIS VIOLATION.

THANK YOU, MISS PRINCE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CRYSTAL RIMES, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH.

I AM PRESENTING CASE NUMBER 2025-0577 REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 728 SOUTH SIXTH STREET.

THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY DAVID AND BRITNI WALDO AND IT'S LOCATED AT 728 SOUTH STREET.

SO REGARDING THE VIOLATION DETAILS, FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE, I OBSERVED JUNK DEBRIS, TIRES, DISCARDED MATERIAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS HOUSEHOLD ITEMS STORED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE DWELLING.

ATTEMPTS TO SCREEN THE OUTDOOR STORAGE HAVE BEEN MADE.

ALSO IN AN OPERABLE VEHICLE, SPECIFICALLY A SCHOOL BUS LACKING CURRENT REGISTRATION.

ANOTHER VIOLATION WAS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.

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AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS INSTALLED WITHOUT REQUIRED PERMITS, AND SEVERAL ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THE COURSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION.

HOWEVER, THE VIOLATIONS HAVE SINCE BEEN COMPLIED.

OKAY. SO IN THIS PHOTO IT'S SHOWING THE FENCE THAT WAS A PART OF THE ORIGINAL, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL VIOLATIONS THAT WAS COMPLIED, THE FENCE WAS REMOVED. AND AFTER IT WAS REMOVED, IT DID REVEAL THE OUTDOOR STORAGE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION VIOLATIONS THAT ARE DEPICTED IN THE SECOND PHOTO. ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE REGISTRATION EXPIRED JANUARY 2023. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE VIOLATIONS IN OUR CODE.

IT PERMITS AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE TO REMAIN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR NO MORE THAN 72 HOURS.

AND AS OF TODAY'S HEARING, THE BUS, IT DOES NOT DISPLAY A CURRENT REGISTRATION AND IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION.

AND I'VE NEVER SEEN IT, NOT ON THE PROPERTY. THE OTHER REMAINING VIOLATION IS OUTDOOR STORAGE.

AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THERE ARE TIRES, DEBRIS, DISCARDED MATERIALS, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND MISCELLANEOUS STORAGE LOCATED WITHIN THE YARD. THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO SCREEN THESE ITEMS FROM THE VIEW BY INSTALLING SCREENING MATERIAL AND A GATE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT, THIS WAS THE FIRST ATTEMPT THAT WAS MADE BY THE INSTALLATION OF A METAL GATE.

IT DID STILL LEAVE THE BACKYARD VISIBLE. THE MIDDLE PHOTO SHOWS THEY HAVE INSTALLED.

THEY'VE NOW INSTALLED A WOODEN GATE. IT DOES SCREEN IT FROM PUBLIC VIEW OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE RIGHT IS AN ATTEMPT OF SCREENING THE VIOLATIONS FROM THE NEIGHBOR PROPERTY OR NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.

THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL ITEMS THAT ARE VISIBLE FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES THOUGH.

SO WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THOSE EFFORTS, THE CODE DOES REQUIRE THE OUTDOOR STORAGE TO BE FULLY SCREENED FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS, AS DEMONSTRATED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS. STORE MATERIALS REMAIN VISIBLE FROM NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND THEREFORE THE PROPERTY IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE COMPLIED VIOLATIONS. 42117.

THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE WALL, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT PAINT WAS NOT MATCHING AS WELL.

AND SINCE HAS BEEN COMPLIED, THEY HAVE REPAIRED THE HOLE IN THE WALL AND PAINTED MAJORITY OF THE STRUCTURE.

YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT THAT THERE ARE STILL VISIBLE ITEMS EVEN WITH THE SCREENING MATERIAL INSTALLED.

THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AND THE SIDE VIEW.

THE LAST REMAINING VIOLATION INVOLVES AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY.

THE STRUCTURES SHOW SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE NOT BEEN PERMITTED AS OF TODAY.

STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED DOCUMENTATION DEMONSTRATING THAT THE REQUIRED PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND THE VIOLATIONS REMAIN UNRESOLVED.

YOU CAN SEE THERE IS THIS IS IT'S REALLY FILLED WITH IT LOOKS LIKE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO ME.

THERE WERE TIRES OUT HERE THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED AS WELL.

SO THOSE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ARE NO LONGER THERE.

BUT BASICALLY IT'S A STRUCTURE WITH A TARP OVER IT AND THERE ARE STILL ITEMS LAYING OUT.

SO THE RESPONDENTS WERE PROPERLY NOTIFIED OF THE VIOLATIONS FOR THIS HEARING.

THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR DISAPPEARING LETTER WERE SENT CERTIFIED MAIL AND THE SIGNED RETURN RECEIPT WAS RECEIVED BY THE CITY ON MAY 2026.

SORRY, MAY 6TH, 2026. ALL RIGHT. SO THE TIMELINE.

THE CASE WAS OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025. THE ORIGINAL COMPLIANCE DEADLINE WAS OCTOBER 17TH, 2025. SINCE THAT STAFF HAS CONDUCTED NINE RE INSPECTIONS AND HAVE GRANTED MULTIPLE EXTENSIONS AN EFFORT TO OBTAIN VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, THE RESPONDENTS HAVE MADE PROGRESS AND HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CORRECTED THREE OF THE VIOLATIONS.

AS OF TODAY'S HEARING, APPROXIMATELY 260 DAYS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE THE ORIGINAL COMPLIANCE DATE.

DESPITE MULTIPLE EXTENSIONS AND ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS, THE STAFF OR WITH STAFF, THE PROPERTY DOES REMAIN IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 5.0109 D OUTSIDE STORAGE. SECTION 5.0103 A AND PERMITTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND SECTION 42173 A INOPERABLE

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VEHICLES. THE CITY HAS INCURRED ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $260.21.

BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED, STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE TO FIND THE RESPONDENT IN VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 5.0109, D 5.0103 A AND 42173 A ORDER COMPLIANCE WITHIN 60 DAYS.

ASSESS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND THE AMOUNT OF $260.21 AND AUTHORIZE A FINE OF $50 PER DAY PER VIOLATION SHOULD COMPLIANCE NOT BE ACHIEVED BY THE COMPLIANCE DEADLINE.

WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO STILL ACHIEVE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.

AND THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS RIMES. ANYTHING FURTHER, MR. PRINCE? FOR THE RECORD, I SAW MORE THAN WHAT WAS IN THE AGENDA PACKET WITH THE 16 PAGES.

HOW MANY PAGES IS THAT POWERPOINT? IF YOU LOOK UP AT THE TOP.

I'M IN A DIFFERENT. OKAY. YEAH. I JUST SAW ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT I DIDN'T SEE ADDITIONAL PICTURES.

I WAS FOLLOWING ALONG. IT APPEARED THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE PICTURES HAD BEEN PUT IN A DIFFERENT ORDER.

OKAY. OKAY. SO MAYBE IT'S NOT. YEAH, I DO BELIEVE THE SLIDE SEVEN EIGHT POSSIBLY WERE SWAPPED.

I GOT YOU. OKAY. THAT'S THE PHOTOGRAPH. SORRY.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO ADD FOR THE RECORD, JUST TO MAKE SURE THE RECORD IS CLEAR FOR BEFORE MISS PHILLIPS COMES FORWARD, IS THAT THE THE ORDINANCE DOES STATE THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE TESTIMONY UNLESS THEY'RE CALLED AS A WITNESS.

HOWEVER, THE NOTICE THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR THIS HEARING DID ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO APPEAR AND ATTEND AND GIVE TESTIMONY. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S WHY THE MAGISTRATE MADE THE DECISION TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY. AND WITH THAT, I'D ASK MS. PHILLIPS TO COME FORWARD.

AND DO YOU NEED ME TO STATE MY NAME AND NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE? MIRIAM PHILLIPS, I LIVE AT 724 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, AND I AM THE NEIGHBOR TO THE WALDO'S.

IT REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT I HAVE TO COME FORWARD.

AND IN THIS TYPE OF MATTER, I DON'T LIKE DOING STUFF LIKE THIS.

I HAVE LIVED AT THAT, MY, I OWN MY HOME. I BOUGHT IT IN 2010 AND THE WALDO'S MOVED IN.

THEIR OLDEST DAUGHTER I THINK IS AROUND 16, SO SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD, I THINK THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN THE 20S AND IT'S A TWO BEDROOM HOME.

OKAY. THEY HAVE SIX CHILDREN, FOUR CATS AND A DOG.

AND PROGRESSIVELY OVER THE YEARS, THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE.

SO BASICALLY WHAT I SEE, IT'S HOARDING. AND THE FENCE THAT THAT WAS UP THAT WOODEN FENCE, THAT WAS THE FIRST PROBLEM WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE HOUSE, IS THAT HE PUT THAT IT WAS AN OLDER FENCE AND HE PUT IT UP AND HE, I COME HOME FROM WORK AND HE HAD PULLED UP MY CHAIN LINK FENCE.

I MADE HIM PUT IT BACK AND TOLD HIM THAT HIS WOODEN FENCE WOULD NOT HOLD UP AS LONG AS MY METAL FENCE.

SO THAT WAS FIRST. BUT OVER THE YEARS THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO BRING STUFF IN AND I HAVE MADE REPORTS, I HAVE TAKEN PHOTOGRAPHS, I HAVE ALLOWED THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHEN MISS THE OTHER LADY WAS IN NOT CRYSTAL, BUT. THAT. SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE BECAUSE OF RATS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT'S JUST IT'S THIS IS NOT THE WAY YOU LIVE IN THE CITY.

SO RECENTLY THE BLACK THING AND YOU CAN PUT THAT PICTURE BACK UP IF YOU WANT TO.

I HAD SEEN THAT MOUNTED TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A MOVIE SCREEN, BUT IT'S A SCREEN TO BLOCK THAT BLACK THING ON THE RIGHT.

AND SO ONE DAY I WAS LOOKING AT, BECAUSE YOU SEE THIS FROM MY KITCHEN WINDOW, AND THAT'S THIS IS WHAT I SEE.

SO THEY PULLED IT AND HE ANCHORED IT TO A BATHTUB THAT'S BACK THERE OR SOMETHING.

SO WHEN I'M WORKING IN THE YARD, I CAN ACTUALLY SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S BACK THERE.

YESTERDAY I CAME HOME FROM WORK AND I NOTICED WHEN I PARKED MY CAR, IT WASN'T THERE.

AND I'M LIKE, OH, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? I DON'T KNOW IF THE WIND DID IT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S NOT DONE LIKE THAT NOW.

AND YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY MORE STUFF IN THE BACKYARD, THAT STRUCTURE THAT YOU SAW THAT TARP THAT IS LIKE A METAL POLE.

LIKE YOU CAN ATTACH WITH GROMMETS AND YOU CAN ATTACH THINGS TO MAKE A COVER, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE, THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT'S UNDER THERE. IT'S PROBABLY A LOT OF FURNITURE AND STUFF, BUT THAT'S THERE.

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ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT THERE IS MORE STUFF. THEY'VE GOT A SHED BACK THERE AND I SAW A CONCRETE MIXER OUT THERE.

WHY THAT'S THERE, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S OLD. I, THE OTHER THEY HAVE, WE HAVE A PROP THERE IT IS THAT THERE'S A MIXER NOW IN THERE.

BUT ANYWAY THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE.

I KNOW THAT. SO THE CATS HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY BEEN A PROBLEM.

I'VE ADDRESSED THE CITY ABOUT THE CATS. I COME HOME DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY AND ACTUALLY WENT TO THE HOUSE AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR BECAUSE I, I'VE SENT TEXTS, I'VE DOCUMENTED EVERYTHING. I'VE GOT THE PHOTOGRAPHS, I'VE GOT DOCUMENTS, THE DAMAGES. I'VE JUST PAID $450 FOR THE CATS GETTING UP UNDERNEATH MY HOUSE.

I'M FIXING TO PAY TO HAVE SOMEBODY SCREEN IT IN BECAUSE I HAVE LATTICE ON MY HOUSE.

SO WITH THE METAL MESH STUFF. BUT WHEN I WENT OVER THERE, IT WAS LIKE DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS.

AND I SAID, LOOK, I'VE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR. I'LL DO ANYTHING I CAN.

AND I WOULD, I WOULD BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO HELP THEM.

I SAID, BUT I'M TIRED OF THIS. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

AND HE AGAIN, THEY PUT THE BLAME OFF. HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S OUR CATS? DO YOU HAVE PICTURES? AND WHEN THEY'RE ON THE CART? WELL, NO, I DON'T HAVE PICTURES. WHEN THEY'RE ON IT, I HAVE THEM WHEN THEY'RE ON MY PORCH. LONG STORY SHORT, I HAVE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THIS IN A VERY LONG TIME.

WHEN I GOT ON THAT PORCH, THE SMELL. IT WAS BAD.

AND I HAVE SMELLED THAT SMELL BEFORE. I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

IT'S GARBAGE. IT WAS DISGUSTING. AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW I KNOW WHAT THAT SMELL IS, BUT I KNOW WHAT THAT SMELL IS BECAUSE I'VE SMELLED IT BEFORE. I WAS VERY KIND TO HIM.

HE WAS NICE TO ME. HE WALKED OVER AND LOOKED AT THE DIRT ON MY CAR FROM WHERE THE CATS HAD BEEN ON THE CAR, AND I JUST SAID, Y'ALL PLEASE JUST DO SOMETHING WITH THE ANIMALS.

HELP. I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE. HONEST TO GOD, I CANNOT.

SO WHEN I GOT READY TO LEAVE, THERE WERE ANTS CRAWLING UP THE SIDE OF THE POST BECAUSE I HAD TO HOLD ON TO KEEP FROM FALLING OFF THE STEP.

THEY HAD A STOVE ON THE ON THE PORCH. THEIR STOVE IS ON THE PORCH AND I COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHAT'S UP THERE.

BUT MY. AS MY HAND WAS ON IT, THERE WERE ANTS CRAWLING UP, RED ANTS CRAWLING UP THE POST.

WHEN I WENT BACK IN MY HOUSE, I TAKE MY SHOES OFF.

I NEVER WEAR MY SHOES IN THE HOUSE. I STILL SMELLED THAT SMELL.

SO HE INFORMED ME THAT THEY WANT TO MOVE TO CALIFORNIA SO HIS DAUGHTER CAN CONTINUE TO SKATE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT HE'S WORKING HARD AS HE CAN TO ALLOW HER TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THIS.

Y'ALL, WHEN I WATCH HOARDING ON TV, IT MAKES ME WANT TO GO IN MY HOUSE AND THROW THINGS AWAY.

SO WHEN I'M IN MY KITCHEN AND I SEE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE ON THAT RIGHT HAND PICTURE, I WANT TO GO AND JUST THROW STUFF AWAY IN MY HOUSE.

I'M NOT KIDDING, BUT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

IT'S LIKE THEY'RE LIVING OUTSIDE. AND AT ONE TIME WHEN THAT WATER HEATER IS GONE, NOW THAT WHEN I AND I JUST FOUND OUT BECAUSE I HAD A POT, NOT A POT, BUT MY WASHING MACHINE BUSTED IN MY UTILITY ROOM, AND WHEN THE PLUMBER AND ELECTRICIAN GOT THERE, HE SAID, HAVE YOU TURNED OFF YOUR POWER TO THAT WATER HEATER? AND I SAID, NO, WHY? HE SAID, BECAUSE YOU CAN, THAT'S FIXING TO START A FIRE.

THAT WATER HEATER WAS OUTSIDE FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, RIGHT UP UNDERNEATH THE EAVES OF THAT HOUSE.

I HAD NO IDEA THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. THAT WAS FIVE MINUTES.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO. I'M SORRY. I JUST I JUST IMPLORE THAT THEY'VE BEEN CHANCE AFTER CHANCE OVER THE YEARS, AND NOTHING'S GETTING DONE AND SOMETHING. THEY WILL NOT DO IT UNLESS SOMETHING IS ENFORCED ON THEM.

THEY WILL NOT. THEY IGNORE EVERYTHING. THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY.

THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

THANK YOU, MISS PHILLIPS. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM THE CITY? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT, SO, BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED. I'M GOING TO FIND THERE'S COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF THE CODE CHAPTER 7.0105. SUB A SECTION CHAPTER 50109 SUB D AND SECTION 42-173A. I'M GOING TO ASSESS AND AWARD THE CITY, THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND THE AMOUNT OF $260.21. I'M GOING TO ORDER THAT THE PARTY COME INTO COMPLIANCE BY AUGUST THE 3RD AND SPECIFICALLY FROM THE EVIDENCE THAT THE BUS IN THE BACKYARD EITHER NEEDS TO BE PROPERLY AND WITH A CURRENT TAG AND REGISTRATION OR REMOVED, THAT THE EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE TO BE EITHER REMOVED, ALL OF THE TRASH AND DEBRIS OR COMPLETELY SCREENED FROM VIEW OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.

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AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE MUST BE EITHER OBTAIN AN APPROPRIATE PERMIT OR BE REMOVED ALL BY AUGUST 3RD.

IF ANY OF THOSE ARE NOT COMPLETED BY AUGUST 3RD, THERE WILL BE A $50 DAILY FINE IMPOSED FOR EACH OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT STILL REMAIN.

AND THOSE DAILY FINES WILL BEGIN TO ASSESS ON AUGUST THE 4TH OF 2026.

IS THERE ANY CLARIFICATION, COMMENTS, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED FOR THIS CASE? DID YOU SAY DAILY FINES OF 50. DAILY FINES, $50 PER VIOLATION.

SO UP TO $150 PER DAY. BUT DEPENDING ON WHICH VIOLATIONS ARE CURED AND WHICH REMAIN.

AND I WILL ISSUE A WRITTEN ORDER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT ORAL PRONOUNCEMENT, LIKELY BE BEGINNING PART NEXT WEEK.

OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MISS PHILLIPS.

I'M SORRY. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, BECAUSE IF THE BUS IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO STAY THERE, THAT BUS IS CRAMMED FULL OF STUFF, AND THEY'VE EVEN GOT THE STUFF THAT YOU PUT UP IN YOUR WINDOW, IN YOUR CAR WINDOW TO KEEP YOU FROM SEEING. AND SOME OF IT'S WHERE IT'S FALLEN.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE BUS IS PACKED WITH STUFF. SO IF THEY GET A TAG ON IT, ARE Y'ALL GOING TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW THEM TO KEEP IT THERE? I CAN ADD SOMETHING IF YOU WOULD LIKE. MISS ROSS.

YES. WE HAD TO COMPLY THAT VIOLATION THAT THEY ORIGINALLY HAD, THEY SENT US A, THE BUS TITLE AND ON THE BUS TITLE IT SAID IT WAS A MOTOR. SO THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THEY DID GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND HAD THE TITLE CHANGE TO A MOTOR HOME, SO THE VEHICLE COULD REMAIN. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS HER QUESTION. THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE STORAGE OF ITEMS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CODE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE VEHICLE FROM BEING FULL OF ITEMS, SO IT COULD STAY.

CORRECT. I THINK IF IT'S PROPERLY TAGGED PROPERLY ON THE PROPERTY AND LICENSED IN THE PROPER MANNER, IT CAN STAY. WE CANNOT CONTROL WHAT'S INSIDE OF IT.

AND ONE OF THE ISSUES WE RUN INTO IS, AND PART OF THE REASON WHY WE REQUIRE A CURRENT REGISTRATION IS THAT IS ONE INDICIA OR INDICATOR OF AN OPERABLE VEHICLE. I MEAN, IT'S CLEARLY IF ONE'S ON BLOCKS OR DOESN'T HAVE A CURRENT TAG, WE USE THAT AS EVIDENCE THAT IT'S INOPERABLE.

AND SO WE WANT THEM TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT IS CURRENTLY REGISTERED.

AND AS THAT IS KIND OF PROOF OF ITS OPERATIONAL STATUS.

OKAY. AGAIN, I'M VERY SORRY I HAD TO COME BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY, BUT I FELT LIKE IT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

NO, I UNDERSTAND, CERTAINLY SYMPATHETIC. I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THAT OUT MY KITCHEN WINDOW.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.

[Items 4.2 & 4.3]

IT LOOKS LIKE ITEMS 4.2 AND 4.3 HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. SO WE'LL MOVE TO 4.4.

[4.4 JOHN EDWARDS, VERNITA EDWARDS EST., 918 S. 7TH STREET, CASE 2025- 0634. Violation(s) of the City of Fernandina Beach Code of Ordinances exist: Sections 42-116(a)(1) Duty to Maintain Property; 42-117(a) Exterior Structure (Maintenance); 42-117(b) Exterior Surface Maintenance & Weather Protection; 42-117(e) Exterior Wall Maintenance; 42-117(l) Windows, Doors & Weatherproofing; 42-173(a) Wrecked or inoperable motor vehicles on private property declared a nuisance and prohibited. Requesting Special Magistrate determination of the case.]

JOHN EDWARDS VERNITA EDWARDS ESTATE PROPERTY ADDRESS 918 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET CASE 2025-0634.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER? OKAY. SEEING NONE, MISS PRINCE, ARE THERE ANY DOCUMENTS OR ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO BE RECEIVED INTO THE RECORD AS EVIDENCE? YES. THANK YOU, MAGISTRATE POOLE, WE HAVE THE 14 PAGE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND PICTURES ENCLOSED THEREIN.

OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE BEING RECEIVED INTO THE RECORD AS EVIDENCE? SEEING NONE, THEY'LL BE RECEIVED WITH WITHOUT OBJECTION.

MR. PRINCE, YOU MAY PROCEED. THANK YOU, MAGISTRATE POOLE.

AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO CALL THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CRYSTAL RIMES TO PRESENT THE CODE VIOLATIONS ON THE PROPERTY.

THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, MY NAME IS CRYSTAL RIMES, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH.

I WILL BE PRESENTING CASE NUMBER 2025 0634. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 918 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET. THE, THE OWNER OF RECORD IS VERNITA EDWARDS ESTATE AND THE MAILING ADDRESS IS THE SAME.

918 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET. THE VIOLATION DETAILS.

WE HAVE 42116 A ONE DUTY TO MAINTAIN PROPERTY.

THEY NEED TO REMOVE THE OVERGROWN VEGETATION AND MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY FREE FROM EXCESSIVE OVERGROWTH.

THE NEXT ONE IS 4217 172 A, WRECKED OR INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLES DECLARED A NUISANCE AND PROHIBITED.

THERE IS A RED NISSAN AND FORD THAT BOTH HAVE EXPIRED TAGS.