CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: April 16, 2021
Agenda Date: May 11, 2021
Prepared By: Darla Crowl, Code Enforcement Coordinator
Through: John Hankins, Interim Police Chief
Requested Action:
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Approve the current Code Enforcement Lien for the property located at 1268 Amherst Ct., be reduced to $1,300.00 as recommended by the Code Enforcement Board.End
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BACKGROUND:
CASE # 12-734
The Code Enforcement Board held a public hearing on 9/20/2012, at which time the Board found the owner, Parish, Joseph W in violation of the following:
Sec. 6-1001(g) Fencing & Exterior 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 started against the property effective 10/19/2012. The lien ran at $25.00 per day from 10/19/2012 until compliance was achieved on 12/12/2013. The total fine is $10,725.00 Code records show onsite inspections were conducted and contact was made. The current owner Kimberly Minot, is 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; No, Purchased or Assumed Ownership in 2013
• The number of violations related to the subject liens; One
• Number of Inspections performed:8
• The length of time the property was in violation before correction
• Previous Code Violations: Yes
• Property Taxes: 2020 are paid, No outstanding Tax Bills
• Other Liens: Records show no outstanding liens on the property.
No Water Liens
• Property Inspection: 3/3/21 and was incompliance before prior to the Code Board Meeting
The current market value of the subject property; the current market value is
$82,090.00 according the Brevard County Property Appraiser.
Total Amount of Liens: $10,725.00
Staff submits their cost sheet for Case # 12-734 in the amount of $1,280.65
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 $1,280.65 (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 April 15, 2021, recommended that the lien be reduced to $1,300.00.
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Recommendation
Approve the current Code Enforcement Lien for the property located at 1268 Amherst Ct., be reduced to $1,300.00 as recommended by the Code Enforcement Board.