[0:00] town of Lux Hatche Grove special
magistrate hearing for August 26 26 how
[0:05] illiterative also my wife's birthday
>> according to Verizon it's 9:01 so we can
[0:10] get started my name is Doug McGiven I'm
the special magistrate I believe all our
[0:14] cases here are violation hearings
>> there are some fine assessments
[0:19] » of fine assessment hearings
>> and we don't have any reduction hearings
[0:24] is basically it so
>> hopefully we've signed in
[0:30] two people who have appeared in the
audience and we have people waiting on
[0:35] Zoom or Teams or whatever the flavor of
the day is. Um, first thing I'm going to
[0:40] do is swear everyone in. So, please
everyone raise your right hand. Say I do
[0:44] when we're done. Does everyone swear or
affirm the testimony you're about to
[0:47] give is the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth? Say I do.
[0:50] » I do.
>> Everyone does. Excellent.
[0:54] Um, process is normal for a code
enforcement case. The town will go
[0:59] first. They will try to introduce some
documents into evidence, ask you if you
[1:03] object to these documents. They will
present testimony and or documents and
[1:10] or photographs and videos. You can
question them regarding all of these
[1:14] items. You can put on your own
witnesses. You can put on your own
[1:17] media. And at the end of it all, I get
to make a decision. So, take it away,
[1:21] town out, locks.
>> Great. Thank you. Um we are going to go
[1:25] a little bit out of order here because
it's based upon the people who are
[1:28] present either in person or virtually.
So uh first item is going to be number
[1:34] five on the agenda which is the property
owner new branches LLC case number CE
[1:39] 26-66
address 1677D road PCN number 4141431701
[1:47] 3450040.
This is actually a fine assessment not a
[1:52] uh notice of violation. Um, the
applicant's attorney is on Zoom and I
[1:56] believe we also have someone here in
person and I will turn this over to the
[2:00] code officer, John Suarez. Good morning,
your honor. For the record, co-
[2:03] compliance officer John Suarez
presenting case CE260493
[2:09] in reference to the property located at
1677D Road. Uh, the order granting
[2:14] continuates and setting fine assessment
hearing was posted on the property
[2:17] August 13th, 2026. Copy. The order was
mailed via certified mail to the
[2:21] property owner listed on Palm Beach
County property appraiser. A copy was
[2:26] also posted here at town hall. I have a
notorized affidavit of service for the
[2:31] record. Uh the property owner has
recently retained an attorney team. The
[2:35] town has been in constant contact with
attorney Rachel Thomas regarding the
[2:38] property and ever and probably within
the past month, the property owner has
[2:43] been uh taking steps towards compliance,
including the removal of a pole barn
[2:48] that was not permitted. There is still a
studio trailer on the property that
[2:51] requires a permit or removal. There is
also prohibited use occurring on the
[2:55] property as a single family home is
being used as migrant housing.
[3:00] Attorney to Attorney Thomas and I agreed
to the to stay the fines for 30 days to
[3:05] allow the property owner to come in full
compliance. If the property is not
[3:09] brought into full compliance by
September 25th, 2026, a daily fine of
[3:14] $250
per day per violation will begin.
[3:19] And uh attorney Thomas is here for the
record.
[3:23] » Right. Sorry. What's your side? Have you
agreed to this? That's it's Rachel. Yes,
[3:29] we have. Uh, attorney Rachel Thomas for
the record. Yes, we have.
[3:34] » Okay. So, thank you for starting me out
on a nice easy one. [laughter]
[3:40] » All right. So, we're just going to stay
this for 30 days. Hopefully, everything
[3:43] will get taken care of, permits will be
applied for, and life will go on.
[3:49] Shaking your head. Yes.
>> Okay.
[3:51] » Great. All right.
>> Next item.
[3:53] » The stay is granted. Thank you very
much. Have a good morning.
[3:59] Um, next item is, as long as we're in
fine assessments, John, is it okay if we
[4:03] do? Um, next one is Enri Card
Cardinelli. I'm not sure I say it right.
[4:08] I apologize. Case number, it's number 11
on the agenda. 20 uh 255030119.
[4:15] The address is 2345 Road, PCN number
4141-4317014410020.
[4:23] The um town has both of our consultants.
It's a landscaping matter on one's on
[4:27] Zoom, one's here in person. And I will
turn this over to our code officer.
[4:32] » For the record, CO compliance officer
John Suarez presents case C25030119
[4:38] in reference to the property located at
25.
[4:44] I guess your your microphone stay down.
[4:55] Um the order acknowledging joint code
enforcement settlement agreement was
[4:58] posted on the property May 5th, 2026. A
copy copy of the order was mailed via
[5:03] certified mail or listed on Palm Beach
County property appraiser. A copy was
[5:08] also posted here at town hall on the
same day. Um of course in the this is a
[5:13] settlement agreement that they stipped
the service as well. We have met with
[5:18] the property owners yesterday, Jim
Fleshman, Miss Karen Gardner, um Chris
[5:23] Johnson and I. Um they are aware they
are not in compliance. They were
[5:28] supposed to receive a uh vegetation
removal permit as well as a mitigation
[5:33] and uh
because of the stipulation agreement,
[5:37] they are not in compliance and fine
start to acrew August 2nd, 2026.
[5:42] Now I have a copy of the order for your
record from William Street. All right.
[5:48] Becomes difficult to let the other side
see your documentation on this case. So
[5:53] what do we do with that?
>> Um
[5:58] that's
your Yeah, there's nobody on the other
[6:01] side who's present. It's only only us.
>> Oh, okay. Why do I have a guy on the
[6:06] screen there?
>> He's another one of our consultants.
[6:08] » Oh, okay. That's why you think another
person there.
[6:12] » All right. Well, you had a deal. They
didn't fulfill the deals. August 2nd.
[6:16] [snorts]
How much a day?
[6:19] » Sorry, your honor. $150 a day till they
come in compliance.
[6:23] » And my math skills are what kept me out
of medical school where I would have
[6:28] earned a living in a quieter
environment. So, what's the math on this
[6:33] today and what's it continuing at?
>> Bring that up now, your honor.
[6:45] Well, I hire an accountant for bringing
this.
[6:47] » I'm with you.
>> I don't have to think about numbers.
[7:00] » 24 days at 250.
>> So, 6,000.
[7:06] » Look at that. Nothing like that.
>> No, look at that.
[7:08] » I'm impressed.
>> Well, no, it's four. Four of them is
[7:12] a,000 bucks. I mean, just divide. All
right. 6K plus continuing is granted.
[7:17] » Yes, your honor.
>> Maybe do math ability for that. All
[7:22] right. Thank you very much, everyone.
Next case, please.
[7:26] » Next case is number three on the agenda.
Um, Feyenor Joseph. It's actually the
[7:32] opposite way. Uh, case number CE 26 uh
26-06-15813658
[7:40] 24th Court North PCN number
41414317015250190
[7:48] and uh we have again both the town's
consultants are available and I will
[7:51] turn this over to the um to the code
officer Chris Johnson.
[7:55] » Uh good morning your honor. For the
record, code compliance officer Chris
[7:58] Johnson presenting case C2606158.
[8:03] It's in reference to the property
located at 13658
[8:07] 24th Court North. Property owner is
Fenor Joseph.
[8:13] The notice of violation, notice of
hearing, and a stop work order was
[8:16] posted on June 25th, 2026 at the
property. A copy of the NOVOH was mailed
[8:22] via certified mail to the property owner
of record as listed by the Palm Beach
[8:26] County Property Appraiser on June 25th,
2026.
[8:30] A copy of the order was also posted at
town hall on the same date, June 25th,
[8:33] 2026.
For the record, I have a notorized
[8:36] affidavit of service. An order granting
continuence was ordered on July 22nd,
[8:41] 2026.
services were posted and sent certified
[8:44] mail to the property owner on record on
June on 72326.
[8:50] For the record, I have a notorized
affidavit of service. On 83 2026, a
[8:55] recited NOV was posted at the property
at town hall and sent certified mail to
[9:00] the property owner on record. For the
record, I have an affidavit of service
[9:04] dated 8:18 2026.
Violations are as follows.
[9:10] Tree vegetation removal section 18-21A
1-2.
[9:17] Tree mitigation section 18-24A.
Mitigation
[9:23] vegetation removal permit violations
section 87-055
[9:29] C2
specimen trees section 18-26
[9:35] violations.
On June 25th, myself and Officer Suarez
[9:40] drove to the property and noticed
workers on the property cutting down
[9:43] trees and removing vegetation.
There was a large truck picking up all
[9:47] the cut tree trunks. We spoke to the
workers and explained to stop all work
[9:50] immediately and they provided us with
Mr. Joseph's cell number. We posted the
[9:56] NOV and a stop work order on June 25th,
2026.
[10:00] We were able to get to to get Mr. Joseph
on the phone, explain to him he needs a
[10:04] vegetation removal permit. Mr. Joseph
paid the $2,000 escro fee and four times
[10:10] the after-the-act vegetation removal
permit of $4,000.
[10:14] We explained that we will have a
certified arborist to inspect the
[10:18] property and determine what type of it
what type and how many trees were cut
[10:21] down. The town planner for tree
mitigation, Mr. Jim Fleshman, and a
[10:25] certified arborist, Mr. Jerry Renick,
inspected the property on July 26, July
[10:30] 28th, 2026.
I'd like to have Mr. Fleshman explain
[10:35] the mitigation process and all the fees
associated with the inspection.
[10:41] » Okay,
we need to switch screens here.
[10:47] » Good morning.
>> Oh, there we go. He's here live. My name
[10:50] is
[10:54] one of the projects that worked on
the administration of the
[11:02] process.
We had very good meeting yesterday.
[11:11] Uh he has been very cooperative
in terms of trying to come up with the
[11:19] procedure and finally determination of
of the value of the trees that were
[11:26] taken up not taking off I think after
yesterday's
[11:32] myself
[11:40] process
[11:44] Egypt and it's it's outlined in great
[11:59] major steps.
So understand
[12:07] the first step
in the process
[12:13] itself and the town's artworks to to
conduct a site visit where we
[12:22] inventory based on what evidence is
available on the site. How many trees
[12:29] have we taken?
We identify
[12:34] species. These are all native trees.
We identify the species and identify the
[12:41] size. Now what I mean about size is the
diameter of
[12:49] the acronym for that E
diameter breast height
[12:56] is 4 and 12t off the ground.
[13:01] That's that's the principal
characteristic that we use to to
[13:09] estimate value.
[13:14] The next step
is take the information in. We
[13:19] identified I believe it's 24
different trees that that were taken and
[13:28] we also
categorize those trees into specimen
[13:33] trees and non
trees
[13:40] large
[13:43] historical tree on the site that
particular
[14:02] Now eight eight special ingredients will
take.
[14:07] So
the first step in the permit process and
[14:13] the next step in per process is is uh we
attempt to
[14:19] Identify
those trees
[14:25] based on site
and
[14:30] we
like I said I said
[14:34] the trees trees and not looking at the
nonspecimen trees first uh we
[14:43] come up with a
[14:47] value of the diameter tape.
For example, if if there were 10 trees
[14:54] taken and and each of the trees had two
inch diameter
[15:01] diameter is is is 25 25 in. And we take
that 25 in and we convert that to the
[15:11] dollar amount using the same procedure
that Palm Beach County uh environmental
[15:17] resource management.
They they give us a uh a wholesale value
[15:24] of of each tree by by species based on a
25 in diameter. Okay. If using my
[15:35] previous example,
if the total diameter taken was worth 25
[15:41] in,
we would divide that by the county in
[15:47] that that would give us essentially 10
trees at the value of each tree.
[15:57] Um I think so and we have the value you
know 2 and 1/2 in diame
[16:04] for for each of the species that were
taken that that value was provided by
[16:10] public set so so
cumulative cumulatively
[16:16] add that up for for all the spe that's
the value for for the nonspecimens
[16:24] the value of of the specimens
we we start with the same procedure.
[16:32] Well, we come up with the cumulative
diameter, but
[16:38] the pound
in the code
[16:44] has as an extra penalty if we don't. for
chain specimens
[16:51] requires that that we multiply that that
final number to times three. So we
[16:57] determine the the valuing of of each
item for study and the bill price of the
[17:06] trees and multiply that
that tree. So, so then we take the uh
[17:14] the accumulated value from the
non-specimen trees plus the cumulative
[17:19] tail for for the specimen trees and that
comes up with the wholesale
[17:28] uh price value for all of his free
statement. One one further set of those.
[17:35] Um if uh if trees were taken in
violation of the of the of the town.
[17:43] We take that cumulative price and
multiply that by two.
[17:54] » I'm sorry I couldn't hear it.
>> Good morning.
[17:57] » Good morning. So,
>> so we have the um
[18:01] we have the
non
[18:06] plus the value of the species times
three and take that
[18:14] time
into the mitigation
[18:19] for a uh for taking
[18:25] that becomes the key component of the
vegetation
[18:31] remov
[18:36] going through that
process which is all through
[18:43] the permit set
[18:51] and
[18:54] And
in this case, the uh Mr. Joseph, the
[19:01] owner of of the property,
his intent was was to
[19:08] voted by the agriculture used code by
the properties property appraisers
[19:13] office. So in order to do that
he sent David who clear the property and
[19:20] prove to the family that I'm going to
agriculture. Part of that is to show
[19:26] that
that I'm an active business and and I
[19:30] have an agriculture activity done.
[19:35] Okay. So um
in the permit um
[19:42] we will we will give him uh time to
gain that determination by the county
[19:53] without having to mitigate
uh impact as the present time.
[19:59] The uh the process to gain by
agriculture use code ends in January the
[20:06] 1 of each year. You'd have to file
between January 1 and March 1st and you
[20:11] have to prove to the county that you're
going to fight agriculture
[20:15] business
they will make make that determination
[20:20] uh by August 1
and it's a retroactive determination
[20:27] that back that
[20:32] Dr.
process allows him the opportunity to go
[20:38] through that agricultural
termination process by by the promis
[20:45] property purch without having to make
it if he gets the bonus
[20:54] he does not have to mate
on studies plants in the valley of 60
[21:02] 60,000 out if um and but we still we
still require a guarantee to be to be
[21:13] posted by the prop property owner in
case he doesn't get by
[21:20] and we have we have two two basic ways
to do that. he can make a
[21:29] essentially a temporary deposit of of
the $60,590
[21:36] with the town.
If he gets to go plant agriculture um by
[21:43] August 1st of the following year, then
he gets that
[21:48] alternative is is rather
[21:54] deposit
and also
[21:57] opt to um
credits
[22:04] lage
will guarantee $60,000
[22:10] if he doesn't get
so um
[22:16] he has to uh
writing us to permit at right time which
[22:23] we went over with him yesterday and he
pretty much is about the agreement with
[22:29] the with the permit and the mitigation
amount in Washington'sation.
[22:36] So our next step is to just
[22:42] think
[22:47] and what's a
complicated process.
[22:57] » I think that's me that happens every
time we speak.
[23:02] So, uh, that's, uh, that's a quick run
through of the process. Um, and there
[23:10] there's a couple extra documents that
that are attached to the uh, uh,
[23:16] vegetation removal permit that that
essentially guaranteed that process and
[23:21] documents that have to be filed with
with the clerk of courts um, along with
[23:27] with the permit.
So, Ron, like I said, that's a
[23:32] complicated process and a quick run
through. If you have any questions, I'll
[23:36] be more than happy to answer.
>> Not that complicated.
[23:39] » Oh, okay. Good. Good.
>> I mean, I don't get to make any
[23:42] legislative determinations about
multiplying times three or multiplying
[23:46] times two.
>> That's all done by the presiding board.
[23:50] I just get to apply it when I put it
down. You give me a value of the trees.
[23:55] You've given me the bond slash deposit
requirements. My former partner is used
[24:02] to be on the value adjustment board
determining a exemptions.
[24:07] I know about that process fairly well.
Will have some fun. How big is this
[24:11] property?
>> I I see off the top of my head like
[24:15] three and a half acres I think is that
it has more than enough value to justify
[24:20] this.
It's not like someone's spray acres
[24:26] of a blocky groves type more like five
acre deal but close enough.
[24:32] » Okay. So we have some sort of agreement
or some sort of process already
[24:36] determined the property owner has agreed
to this because he doesn't want to be in
[24:41] trouble
>> 2.9 to delay the potential
[24:47] gets a value
>> 3.82 I need to
[24:48] » adjustment board determination on his
egg exemption
[24:52] application. Did you get that? All
right.
[24:54] » Um well,
>> yeah.
[24:56] » Go ahead, Grace.
>> Yes, your honor. Um yesterday we met as
[25:00] Mrs. Fleshman uh said, myself, Officer
Suarez, and uh Mr. Fleshman and Karen,
[25:06] our community standards director, met
with Mr. Joseph regarding the mitigation
[25:10] fee and the specimen tree fines. The
agreed upon schedules as follows.
[25:16] mitigation fees of $60,990.
This fee is to be paid 30 days from
[25:21] today by either cash, bond, or a line of
credit. It's to our knowledge that Mr.
[25:26] Joseph made a phone call in front of us
yesterday and he was getting the line of
[25:29] credit. Um along with that 60,990 line
of credit, we would also need an issued
[25:37] vegetation removal permit.
Um, also eight specimen trees were cut
[25:43] down determined by Jerry Renick who's on
a Zoom call, which is our certified
[25:47] arborist and our town PL planner, uh,
Jim Fleshman. That's in their respect
[25:52] inspection report. The fee per specimen
tree is $2,500 totaling $20,000.
[25:59] The agreement is to pay $20,000
every 15th of the month over a six-month
[26:04] period. The five payments of $3,333.33
[26:10] will begin on September 15, 2026.
The final payment will be on March 15,
[26:15] 2027 in the amount of $3,333.35.
[26:21] I have an email from Mr. Joseph dated
yesterday, August 25th, 2026, accepting
[26:27] and agreeing with the terms.
[26:32] » Good. You all get to write it down. All
I have to do is sign it for development
[26:36] and say granting.
>> Sounds good.
[26:38] » Got it. Granted,
>> thank you.
[26:43] » Butter's cutting a property.
>> Sounds like fun. That's good. Very
[26:46] efficient because he is.
>> Um,
[26:49] » all right. Are we done with our arborist
there? Does he quit being
[26:52] » Yes, I think that's it.
>> Thank you.
[26:54] » You don't have to watch us anymore.
>> He put me on the [laughter] day.
[26:58] » Thank you.
>> Thank you guys.
[27:01] » All right. Next item is
Next item is number two on the agenda.
[27:07] Uh Stephen Steven Capella, case number
CE 267182,
[27:13] address 35761st
Terrace North. PCN number
[27:17] 414043130000004.
[27:25] Um, for the record, uh, Chris Johnson,
code compliance officer, presenting case
[27:30] C2607182.
It's in reference to the property
[27:34] located 35761st
Terrace North. Property owner is Steven
[27:40] C. Capella. The notice of violation
notice of hearing was posted on July
[27:45] 16th, 2026 at the property. A copy of
the novo was mailed via certified mailed
[27:50] to the property owner of record as
listed by the Palm Beach County property
[27:54] appraiser. A copy of the order was also
posted at town hall on July 16th, 2026.
[28:00] For the record, I have a notorized
affidavit of service. Mr. Capella is
[28:04] here today. Um we've discussed uh
different options for Mr. Capella and we
[28:10] came to an agreement that we are going
to continue the case until September
[28:14] 8th, 2026.
[28:19] You agree, sir? Well,
>> enough. Get up to the microphone first.
[28:23] » Tell us your name, your relation. My
name Capella. I'm the owner of 35761st
[28:29] Terrace North. Um, I received the code
violation from Johnson Suarez. Um,
[28:35] by certified mail and by hand. Um, I
have gone through the corrective
[28:39] measures to my ability to date and
ultimately um, when we had verbally
[28:44] discussed the continuence until
September 8th, I will not be available.
[28:47] I'll be out of town working on September
8th. Um, I purchased the property in uh,
[28:53] April of 2024. Um, I made some
improvements and I am a bonafide
[28:58] agricultural business. I approached the
county and requested the the tax
[29:04] exemption and it was brought to my
attention that I don't have to have the
[29:08] tax exemption, but I did. I filed for
it. They've denied it on basis of
[29:13] untimely filing and I'll be allowed to
refile in um the spring in the first of
[29:18] the year.
In the inter um he
[29:23] I forget the gentleman's name, but he
did check that I was a votified
[29:26] agricultural enterprise. So that should
fall under the 604.50
[29:33] which [clears throat] is the item called
building extension of accessory
[29:36] structures and ultimately we have a we
have an organizational meeting on Monday
[29:43] and I believe it's with Mr. uh
Columbus um which is the town engineer
[29:50] and Mr. Johnson and Mrs. and I I I came
and I want you to know in good faith
[29:56] that I want to remedy these issues. I
also want you to know that I feel that
[30:01] um
I just heard somebody say that somebody
[30:06] could be liable for $60,000 in trees on
their property and it just gives me
[30:11] chills because I feel like I feel this
is a very invasive procedure all the way
[30:16] around. So, I'm here I'm here to do my
best to write and correct the codes that
[30:20] I
>> the invasive procedure is what you
[30:23] bought into when you purchased the
property.
[30:25] » Well, but I wasn't aware of that when I
signed the title. And I think the
[30:29] ignorance of the law is no excuse thing
that I got first school.
[30:34] » Well, I gone to law school, so I'm
>> I know. And so,
[30:37] » we're going to get to the point of
>> this is just a simple continuence right
[30:41] now till you all figure out what's going
on with life.
[30:44] » Correct. The date you have proposed of
September 8th doesn't seem to work with
[30:48] there's a another date in September we
could use instead because I'm like the
[30:52] second September guy. So we can push it.
>> Would you be available September 23rd?
[30:58] » September 23rd.
>> That's as far back. Yeah. Okay.
[31:00] » I mean I'm going to be in Ohio. I have
an agricultural project that I'm
[31:03] building up later.
>> Yeah. Because we're going to set up a
[31:05] meeting with our town engineer. Okay.
And then we'll have the continuence for
[31:09] September 23rd.
>> Okay.
[31:12] » Okay. We don't have to worry about
government being bad, all that other
[31:15] stuff.
>> All righty.
[31:16] » All right. So, I grant till September
23rd at which time will be brought back
[31:21] before the code enforcement board to see
what's going on.
[31:26] » Very good. Thank you.
>> Thank you. I have to say
[31:29] » yes.
>> Yes, sir.
[31:32] » Thank you.
>> I bought it and I didn't know.
[31:39] Think
>> that's why they have a All
[31:43] right. Next case, please.
>> Next item is number six. Arena Dora LLC.
[31:48] Case number CE 2605129
333 I'm sorry 3330C
[31:55] road 4141431701
323003030
[32:00] and I'll turn this matter over to the
code officer John Suarez.
[32:03] » One second your honor.
Not a problem. If that's one of the
[32:08] locks of Hatche, we got to have a letter
in
[32:19] the council know my kids started riding
at Good Earth Farms I think on B- Road
[32:25] like 20 years ago almost because they
were too young to ride a castle.
[32:31] [laughter]
They told them that
[32:36] riding when he's there. 22 year old
daughter is driving her Corvette to the
[32:40] farms in Wellington and jumping around
on horses. Right.
[32:46] » So, it's got to be the most interesting
room car.
[32:52] If kid wants to buy her first car, she
can do it. All right. Next, please.
[32:57] » Yes, your honor. For the record, co-
compliance officer John Suare is
[33:01] presenting case CE2605129
[33:05] in reference to the property located at
3330C
[33:08] road.
The order granting continuence and
[33:12] resetting violation hearing was posted
on the property on June 11th, 2026. A
[33:17] copy of the order was mailed via
certified mail to the property owner
[33:20] listed on Palm Beach County Property
Appraiser. A copy was also posted here
[33:24] at town hall on the same day. have a
notorized affidavit of service for the
[33:29] record. So on May 21st, 2026,
I received a call from public works
[33:36] director Craig Lowour advising that a
portion of the road in front of 3330C
[33:41] road had sunk in due to a culvert being
in disrepair. The cover was under the
[33:46] road coming from the property into the
canal bank into the canal. CO Johnson
[33:52] and I arrived on scene at approximately
3:40 p.m. At that time, public works had
[33:57] blocked off a portion of the road and
were actively working to make the road
[34:01] safe.
While we were on scene, I contacted the
[34:05] registered agent listed with Sunbiz,
Karish Masheed. I made contact with her
[34:10] and explained the situation. She then
called me back with her father, Mr.
[34:14] Patel, who is the property owner. I
informed Mr. Patel that the covert was
[34:19] in disrepair and that the road had sunk
in. I also informed him that the
[34:24] property it is it is the property
owner's responsibility to maintain the
[34:28] coverts adjacent to the property.
I obtained his email address and on May
[34:33] 22nd, the very next day sent him
pictures that I had taken. I also
[34:39] provided him with the public works
director Craig Lover's contact
[34:42] information to assist him with the with
compliance and obtaining the necessary
[34:46] permits.
I spoke with Mr. Patel by phone in June
[34:50] and he requested an an extension. The
extension was granted from the June 9th
[34:55] hearing to the July 14th hearing on
2026. On July 14th, 2026, the day of the
[35:03] hearing, we received an email from both
Karish Masheed and a contractor, Mr.
[35:08] Gilling of GE LLC.
They had mistakenly applied for the
[35:14] permit through the county.
[35:20] I informed them that the permit needed
to be filed through the town, not the
[35:24] county. The same day I sent an email on
July 14th, I sent an email to the
[35:29] contractor and the property owner, the
town's application information and the
[35:33] link to the application. The contractor
sent a confirmation email stating they
[35:38] would apply through the town. The case
was then continued to August 26, 2026,
[35:43] which is today.
Since that time, I have not heard back
[35:47] from the property owner or the
contractor. And that was back on July
[35:51] 14th. That was uh last day of the
extension. No per as of today. There is
[35:56] no permit application that was filed
with the town. I emailed both the
[36:01] contractor and the property owner on
August 14th, 2026 requesting an update.
[36:06] I received no response in that time.
And as a subject matter expert,
[36:12] uh Craig lower is here to speak on the
behalf of the town.
[36:20] » Oh, please. They just they just introed
you. You got to say something.
[36:24] [laughter]
>> Swear.
[36:26] » All right. You swear or affirm the
testimony you're about to give the
[36:29] treat.
>> I do.
[36:31] » All right. Tell us who you are and tell
us what you know about this situation.
[36:35] » I'm Craig Low, Town's public works
director. Um, we received a complaint
[36:40] from one of our actual mower operators
that was mowing the area at the time of
[36:44] this incident. Um, she said that there
was a hole in the middle of the road on
[36:49] the edge of the road where you'd seen
the one picture, the hole is about six
[36:53] inches in diameter where the actual
asphalt started caving in. Um, there was
[36:58] another picture that you would see in
there that you can see there's a full
[37:01] cave that was where the whole road where
the water running was running through
[37:05] the pipe and it was just washing the
dirt out from underneath the road and
[37:08] there was a cave underneath the road
that was going to collapse completely.
[37:12] Um, for the town's residents safety, we
had to cut the road open, dig it up,
[37:17] fill that that void of lost material
that had washed in into the canal
[37:22] through the pipe. Um, fill it back full
of shell rock and compact it back. So we
[37:27] can make the road safe.
>> All right.
[37:30] » So you did not replace the cover though.
>> No, sir. All we did was, as you can see
[37:33] right there, we had cut the road open,
cut it back to a whole lane width to as
[37:38] far back as the cavity that was
underneath the road, filled it back in
[37:41] with shell rock so that we can make the
road passable again.
[37:45] » Right. So you had a baby sinkhole.
>> Yep. Um and you can see some of the
[37:49] pictures that that picture right there
is where there's another wash out on the
[37:53] side of the road. That the reason why
the five gallon bucket is there. to show
[37:57] you the depth that there is a hole there
from previous wash out.
[38:01] » Is that in your ement area?
>> Um right there. I believe that one is on
[38:05] the properties the property owner side.
>> Okay.
[38:07] » Our easement I believe stops right at
the edge of road.
[38:10] » Okay. So you don't have like five or 10
feet.
[38:12] » No sir.
>> Okay.
[38:14] » And then you can see right?
>> Yeah. You can see right here the bottom
[38:18] of this cobra pipe is completely rotted
out. There's nothing left to it. So,
[38:22] normally when you see that on the side
of road, that's going across the entire
[38:26] roadway into the property.
>> They're going to get fined and they're
[38:31] going to get flooded. Welcome to Lock
Crazy.
[38:33] » Yeah. [laughter] Um, we are we are
continuously adding shell rock to this
[38:38] hole because every as it rains when
water does build on the property, it is
[38:43] trying to flow through the pipe and it
is it does start washing the material
[38:47] back out from underneath again. So,
we're continuously adding material. Um,
[38:52] now they get to do the additional
expense of undigging or digging out all
[38:57] the patches we put in and compacted
through.
[39:00] » Correct.
>> All right. Well, that'll be good for the
[39:03] contract. Adds more to his bill. All
right. So, basically for purposes of us,
[39:11] what do we want?
[39:16] So the town is requesting that they can
in 30 day in 30 days to obtain the
[39:22] rightaway permit and complete all
repairs [gasps]
[39:26] and if they do not come into compliance
$250 a daily fine thereafter.
[39:33] Additionally is recommended that
administration costs incurred in the
[39:36] amount of $4966
be assessed in order to be paid to the
[39:41] town of Flagachi Groves. prepare to
submit the full case folder. I have
[39:48] Craig lower and I did speak about the
time frame. He says yes, they can get
[39:53] the rightway permit and complete all
repairs within 30 days. That the
[39:56] permitting shouldn't be an issue.
>> All right. Well, no permitting should
[40:00] fly through backho.
>> Yeah, this shouldn't take long because
[40:04] they're going to do a light gas pipe.
You know, they're not doing all new
[40:07] construction. They're just going to
replace the pipe that's there. So I've
[40:10] already spoke with our our town engineer
about this process already and he he
[40:13] believed as well that this you know as
pering wise it should go by pretty fast.
[40:18] » All right question of how long it takes
them to dig and build
[40:22] » and to acquire their contractors
>> because
[40:25] basically we're in we're in the rainy
season.
[40:28] » Correct.
>> You know the damage that they're going
[40:30] to accumulate by not having drainage is
going to be on their own property
[40:35] » anyway. So they get to have fun with
both of these. All right. So, I grant
[40:40] the, uh, request to have a 30-day order
to permit and repair the roadway and
[40:47] replace the covert, $250 a day fine if
they do not do it in a timely fashion
[40:53] along with $409.66
in admin sees. That it is that it for
[40:59] everybody? Yes, sir.
>> Thank you, honor.
[41:00] » Okay. Thank you.
[41:05] » That was not my first rodeo.
Next item is number one, National
[41:11] Traffic Control Systems, Inc. CE 267174
3264B Road PCN number 4141-431701
[41:21] 2230040.
I'll turn it over to the code compliance
[41:25] officer, Chris Johnson. For the record,
Chris Johnson, code compliance officer,
[41:30] presenting case CE2607174
[41:34] in reference to the property located at
3264B
[41:37] Road, property owner, National Traffic
Control System, Inc., the notice of
[41:43] violation notice of hearing was posted
on July 10th, 2026 at the property. A
[41:48] copy of the NOV was mailed via certified
mail to the property owner of record as
[41:53] listed by the Palm Beach County Property
Appraiser. A copy of the order was also
[41:57] posted at town hall on the same date,
July 10th, 2026. For the record, I have
[42:01] a notorized affidavit of service. We've
been in constant contact with their
[42:07] attorney, Denzel Lati, and they're
requesting a continuence, which the town
[42:12] agrees upon to September 23rd, 2026.
>> Grab it.
[42:20] » Thank you, your honor.
>> Next number. Number four, Jackson Ranch
[42:25] LLC, CE 26048314036
[42:30] 43rd Road North, 4141-430800
05110.
[42:37] Turn it over to the code officer, John
Suarez.
[42:49] [laughter]
>> For the record, John Suarez
[42:54] In reference to the case CE260483
[42:58] at 1403643rd
Road North,
[43:03] uh we've been in contact with the
property owner. Uh we're awaiting word
[43:06] from South Florida Water Management
which they have a a meeting this week, I
[43:11] believe tomorrow and Thursday regarding
the case. So, we've agreed uh continuing
[43:17] was have an email agreement to uh August
or September 23rd, 2026.
[43:24] » What I'll be doing on September 23rd.
>> Thank you, Ron.
[43:27] » All right. So, yeah, I like this one
just because you cut off the violation
[43:31] at the bottom like what is the violation
flipping the page violation
[43:36] because
>> right
[43:38] » so continuous till 923 granted.
>> All right. Case number Case number
[43:44] seven, um, uh, Alvin, uh, Alvano and
Perez, uh, CE 26059515093,
[43:52] 24th Court North, 4141-431701440030.
[43:59] I believe this has been complied with,
but I'll turn it over to John Suarez.
[44:04] » Yes, your honor, I'm sorry that case has
been complied. We're going to remove it
[44:07] from the agenda.
>> Been reading about RV permits and now
[44:09] don't get the dealer. [laughter]
Sorry.
[44:13] » Oh, I'm sorry.
>> All right. Next, please.
[44:18] » Uh, next number is Marquez. Case number
CE 26071802135
[44:24] FRO 41-41-431701-5270027.
[44:30] I will turn this over to the code
officer, John Suarez. Once one second,
[44:34] your honor, while I bring it up on the
screen.
[44:36] » No problem.
[44:42] I like telling a lot of my other
jurisdictions, I get paid by the hour,
[44:45] too. [laughter]
[44:49] » Write down the times on all of my
agendas for billing purposes, right? I
[44:53] don't get the same bill every time, and
that varies with the amount of time I
[44:57] spend.
>> How weird.
[45:06] Awesome.
[45:31] » We on a town drone yet?
[45:36] » Just dealing with Google and uh
>> we allow the fly the flyovers by the
[45:41] county. They do the plane flyovers.
>> They do.
[45:46] » You're true. It's true.
>> Your honor, for the record, co-
[45:50] compliance officer John Suarez presented
KCE2607180
[45:55] in reference to the property located at
2135F Road. The notice of violation
[46:00] notice of hearing was posted on the
property on July 16th, 2026.
[46:05] Copy of the order was mailed via
certified mail to the property owner
[46:08] listed by the Palm Beach property
appraiser. A copy was also posted here
[46:11] at town hall on the same day. I have a
notorized affidavit of service for the
[46:15] record. The property has a agricultural
classification for equestrian use on 5
[46:21] acres. According to the Palm Beach
property appraisers office, the ad
[46:25] classification applies to 42 acres for
the equestrian use. The classification
[46:32] is located on paddics in the northwest
corner of the property and does not
[46:36] include any structures other than the
pole barns within attach within or
[46:41] attached to the paddics. Let me point it
out for the record.
[46:47] » Your honor, of course, it's a northwest
corner on this side. You see the paddics
[46:51] on that side, the full bars that are
attached to the paddic area.
[46:56] » This bottom property is an enclosed
structure.
[46:59] has a very large structure over here. Um
there are no permits on the town but
[47:05] they are not attributed well according
to property afraid aspect as add
[47:11] classification which is only the paddics
and pole parts.
[47:19] » There are multiple structures that have
been built on the property that are not
[47:22] within that classification area
including two enclosed structures. A
[47:25] check on the town records does not show
any building permits or an approved
[47:30] flood plane development permit for these
structures. I have been in phone conver
[47:34] communication with the property owner
and informed him of the violations and
[47:37] ways to comply. There have been no
permits that have been applied for as of
[47:42] this morning.
The town is requesting 30 days for the
[47:46] issuance of any required permits and 90
days for the permits to be completed or
[47:51] a fine of um $250 a day
uh to be attributed to the property for
[47:58] non-compliance. Additionally, is
recommended that the admin cost incurred
[48:02] an amount of $49 and 66 cents be
assessed in order to be paid to the town
[48:06] of Laji Groves. The case full as
evidence in support of the
[48:11] recommendation.
[48:14] So, they have 30 days to apply for a
permit, 90 days to have the permit
[48:18] processed. I assume it's a $250 a day
fine if they don't do this in a timely
[48:24] manner along with 40966 and admin fees.
>> Correct.
[48:28] » Covers the world.
>> Yes, sir.
[48:30] » Granted.
>> Thank you, your honor.
[48:36] » The next item is number nine. Seac
Landscape Management Inc. Case numbers
[48:40] CE 2607179
address 3765 B Road PCN
[48:45] 4141-4317011280030
[48:50] I believe this has been complied with
but I will turn it over to John Suarez.
[48:54] » Good morning honor. Yes removed as
compliant
[48:58] » and I was looking forward to the
vegetation.
[49:01] All right.
>> And the last but not least,
[49:04] » number 10 is Hot Thumper 14701 LLC. Case
number CE 2663
[49:11] 14701 Okchobee Boulevard 4141431701
31200030.
[49:19] This is I believe has also been complied
with, but I will turn over to John
[49:22] Suarez.
>> Yes, your honor. It has also been
[49:24] complied. Can be removed.
>> And that is the last item on our agenda.
[49:29] » Very good. Anything else we brought
before the board?
[49:34] » Nope.
>> 9:51 we are done.
[49:37] » Thanks, sir.
>> I get to go feed the dogs and go off to
[49:41] the League of Cities live.
>> He's on today.
[49:46] » Somewhere in Bokeh.
>> Um Paul says hi.
[49:49] » Oh, okay. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Paul was one of the cool kids in
[49:54] law school.
>> Paul is amazing.
[49:57] » Yeah, we love him.
So, I'm an eminent domain attorney,
[50:03] » so I know way too