CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: August 25, 2020
Agenda Date: September 9, 2020
Prepared By: Darla Crowl, (Code Enforcement Coordinator)
Through: Michael Cantaloupe, (Police Chief)
Requested Action:
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Approve the current Code Enforcement Lien for the property located at 112 Derby St., be reduced to $1,107.60 as recommended by the Code Enforcement Board.
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BACKGROUND:
CASE # 16-424
The Code Enforcement Board held a public hearing on 11/17/2016, at which time the Board found the owner, Nancy Maloney in violation of the following:
Sec. 6-1001(g) Fencing & shed in disrepair
Sec. 6-1001(d) High grass, weeds & overgrowth
Sec. 6-900(b)(7) Failure to secure structure
The Code Enforcement Board provided the owner time to correct said violation. Therefore, consistent with the Code Enforcement Board’s Order a lien was recorded against the property effective 12/17/2016. The lien ran at $25.00 per day from 12/18/2016 until compliance was achieved on 6/25/2018. The total fine is $31,960 Code records show onsite inspections were conducted and contact was made. The current owner Nancy Maloney , was requesting that the lien be reduced to $0.
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Staff utilized the following factors in making its recommendation to reduce the lien:
• Whether the current applicant owned the property at the time the violation(s) occurred; YES
• The number of violations related to the subject liens; Three
• Number of Inspections performed: 8
• The length of time the property was in violation before correction
• Previous Code Violations: Yes
• Property Taxes: 2019 are paid, No outstanding Tax Bills
• Other Liens: Records show no outstanding liens on the property.
No Water Liens
• Property Inspection: 6/24/20 and was incompliance before prior to the Code Board Meeting
The current market value of the subject property; the current market value is $189,850 according the Brevard County Property Appraiser.
Total Amount of both Liens: $31,960.00
Staff submits their cost sheet for Case # 16-424 in the amount of $1,107.60
Staff’s recommendation is based on the gravity of the violations, the amount of time it took the property to come into compliance, and the total amount of the fines. Reduction to the total amount of $1,107.60 (staff costs)
Council reduces the amount owed, payment of the reduced amount is required within thirty (30) days of the Council’s decision or the lien amount reverts back to the original amount owed, and a subsequent lien reduction request cannot be made for a one-year period of time.
STRATEGIC PLAN CONNECTION:
Crime, Image and Community Development
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
None
PREVIOUS ACTION:
The Code Enforcement Board, at its regular meeting August 20, 2020, recommended that the lien be reduced to $1,107.60.
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Recommendation
Approve the current Code Enforcement Lien for the property located at 112 Derby St., be reduced to $1,107.60 as recommended by the Code Enforcement Board.