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File #: 2024-1649   
Category: Consent Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/19/2024 Type: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 2/11/2025 Final action:
Title: Issue a determination that the unoccupied structure located at 2710 W 22nd Street, Sanford is a Public Nuisance and authorize the Building Official to: (1) serve notice of this determination, pursuant to Sections 168.5 and 168.6, Seminole County Code; and (2) set a date of April 22, 2025 for a "Show-Cause" public hearing, as prescribed in Sections 168.5-168.7, Seminole County Code. District5 - Herr (Jose Gomez, Development Services Director)
Attachments: 1. Property Appraiser Office Data Information, 2. Photographs of Property, 3. Location Map of Property, 4. Memorandum to District Commissioner, 5. Certified Letter to Record Property Owner Hazardous Conditions, 6. Certified Letter to Record Property Owner Notice of Hearing, 7. Building Official's Certified Findings of Public Nuisance, 8. Notice of Determination of Public Nuisance.pdf
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Issue a determination that the unoccupied structure located at 2710 W 22nd Street, Sanford is a Public Nuisance and authorize the Building Official to: (1) serve notice of this determination, pursuant to Sections 168.5 and 168.6, Seminole County Code; and (2) set a date of April 22, 2025 for a "Show-Cause" public hearing, as prescribed in Sections 168.5-168.7, Seminole County Code. District5 - Herr (Jose Gomez, Development Services Director)

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Development Services - Building

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Authorized By:

Jose Gomez, Development Services Director

Contact/Phone Number:

Jay Hamm/407-665-7460

Background:

Pursuant to Chapter 168, Seminole County Code, the Building Official is requesting that the Board:  (1) issue a determination that the structure located at 2710 W 22nd Street, Sanford is a Public Nuisance; (2) authorize the Building Official to notice the owner of this determination and set a date of April 22, 2025 for a "Show-Cause" public hearing, in accordance with Sections 168.5-168.7, Seminole County Code.

The Building Official's certified findings are attached to this Agenda Memorandum, finding that the structure at 2710 W 22nd Street, Sanford is: unoccupied and unsuitable for occupancy; dangerous and unsafe; a fire hazard; and a hazard to the safety or health of the general public, all by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation and abandonment.  Based on the foregoing, the Building Official has hereby declared this structure is a Public Nuisance under the provisions of Chapter 168, Seminole County Code.

The Building Official was unable to contact the record owner of this property.  A timeline of notification attempts follows below:

FAYETH REALTY ENTERPRISES LLC
Mailing Address: PO BOX 1483, Sanford, FL 32772
Property Address: 2710 W 22nd Street, Sanford, FL 32771
Parcel ID:  35-19-30-517-1000-0230
Legal Description: LOTS 23 + 24 BLK 10 LOCKHARTS SUBD PB 3 PG 70

- Certified and First-Class Letters notifying owner of hazardous structure and request to secure structure with fence or remove structure sent: March 27, 2024
- Certified Mail returned undeliverable: April 24, 2024
- First-Class Letter returned undeliverable: September 17, 2024

The County secured the property with fencing on July 17, 2024, to address the imminently hazardous conditions pursuant to Section 95.15, Seminole County Code. Expenses incurred by the County totaled $3,982.63, which were paid in full by the owner on September 20, 2024.

- Certified and First-Class Letters notifying owner of hearing sent: January 8, 2025
- As of the preparation of this agenda memorandum, the Certified Mail nor First-Class Letters with Notice of Hearing have been returned
- Property was posted with the notice of hearing on January 9, 2025

Currently there are no open code enforcement violations cited against this property. 

If the Board determines that the structure at 2710 W 22nd Street, Sanford constitutes a Public Nuisance, the Notice of Determination of a Public Nuisance and a summons for the "Show-Cause" public hearing will be served upon the record owner or posted and published in a paper of general circulation in Seminole County, pursuant to Section 168.6, Seminole County Code.

Requested Action:

Staff requests the Board issue a determination that the unoccupied structure located at 2710 W 22nd Street, Sanford is a Public Nuisance, and authorize the Building Official to: (1) serve notice of this determination, pursuant to Sections 168.5 and 168.6 Seminole County Code and (2) set a date of April 22, 2025 for a "Show-Cause" public hearing, as prescribed in Sections 168.5-168.7, Seminole County Code, based on the Building Official's certified findings.