CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: November 25, 2019
Agenda Date: January 8, 2020
Prepared By: Darla Crowl, Code Enforcement Coordinator
Through: Michael Cantaloupe, Chief of Police
Requested Action:
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Approve a Code Enforcement Lien Reduction request in the amount $3,000.00, as recommended by the Code Enforcement Board, for the property located at 540 Peachtree St.
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BACKGROUND:
CASE # 16-487
The Code Enforcement Board held a public hearing on 8/18/2016, at which time the Board found the owner, NAT of Brevard in violation of the following:
6-1001 (d) - High Grass & Weeds
6-900 (b) (8) - Unregistered Boat
6-900 (b) (1) a-d - Outdoor Storage, Junk & Trash
6-1003 (b) - Protective Treatment
The Code Enforcement Board provided the owner sufficient time to correct said violation. Therefore, consistent with the Code Enforcement Board's Order a lien was recorded against the property effective 8/28/16. The lien ran at $100.00 per day from 8/28/2016 until compliance was achieved on 12/7/2017. Code records show no inspections of the inside of the home where the violations occurred until 2019. The lien is $46,600.00 and the current owner, NAT of Brevard, is requesting that the lien be reduced to $3,000, due to the fact that the owner is selling the property.
* Staff utilized the following factors in making its recommendation to reduce the lien:
* Whether the current owner owned the property at the time the violation(s) occurred; Yes
* The number of violations related to the subject lien; Four
* Number of Inspections performed: 11
* The length of time the property was in violation 1,911 days
* Previous Code Violations: 1
* Property Taxes: 2018 are Paid, 2019 is due currently
* Other Liens: Records show no outstanding liens on the property. No Water Liens
* Property Inspection: 11/11/19 and was incompliance before Code
Board Hearing. An inspection will occur prior to the Council
Meeting
The current market value of the subject prope...
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