14-1660

719 Texas Ct

Platts, Jennifer J

Shaun Coss

Case Initiated:

August 11, 2014

Type of Presentation:

Regular

OWNER:   JENNIFER J PLATTS 719 TEXAS CT FORT PIERCE, FL 34950

OCCUPIED BY:  NORMAN PLATTS 719 TEXAS CT FORT PIERCE, FL 34950

Section: 5-368                                                         Property Maintenance
(1) Every foundation, exterior and interior wall, roof, floor, ceiling, window and exterior door shall be structurally sound and maintained in good repair.
(4) Exterior surfaces which have been damaged or show evidence of dry rot or other deterioration, including cracked, chipped, and peeling paint or other coating, shall be repaired or replaced and finished in a workmanlike manner.
 
Section: 16-46, 16-47, 16-48 (1)(5)                      Outside Storage
Outside storage of any garbage, rubbish, trash, boxes, tires, abandoned or inoperative appliance, mechanical equipment or parts, construction material, tools, machinery, wood and all other miscellaneous items are not allowed.   
 
Section: 5-370                                                         Exterior Property and Landscaping
All landscaping shall be well-maintained so that lawns, hedges, bushes and trees shall be kept trimmed and free from becoming overgrown and unsightly where exposed to public view and where the same may constitute a blighting factor thereby depreciating adjoining property. Such maintenance shall include, but not be limited to the replacement of trees and shrubs which have died or otherwise been destroyed.
 
Section: 22-187 (13)                                               Landscape Maintenance
Property owners shall maintain all required landscaping so that it continues to present a healthy, neat and orderly appearance free of refuse and debris, in conformity with the following requirements:
b. Maintenance shall include sufficient weeding, watering, fertilizing, pruning, mowing, edging, mulching and other horticultural practices so as to assure that the landscaping continues to maintain a healthy, neat and orderly appearance.
 
 
Section: 16-46, 16-47, 16-48 (8)                           Nuisance – Stagnant Water
Stagnant or insufficiently treated water, in a pool, pond or container of any kind, including water in which algae is allowed to grow or in which mosquitoes or other insects are able to breed is prohibited.
 
Section 16-46, 16-47, 16-48                                  Nuisance as a Condition
Nuisance as a Condition means a certain state of being or situation located on property which:
(10) Any condition which provides, or could provide, harborage for rats, mice, snakes, insects or other vermin.
 

1. Please contact the Code Enforcement Officer at (772)467-3151 to pick up the street signs and barricades once you have accessed them.
2. Repair or replace all broken window panes.A permit may be required; contact the Building Department at (772)467-3000 with any permitting questions you may have.
3. Pressure wash the house where staining has occurred.
4. Paint the house where peeling of paint has occurred.
5. Outside storage of pots, buckets, toilets, scrap wood, concrete blocks, building materials, storage containers, pipes, gas cans, coolers, crates and all other miscellaneous items is prohibited.
6. The collection of insufficiently treated water in the above mentioned items is also prohibited.
7. Cut all grass and weeds as needed.
8. Remove the dead tree from the property.
9. Remove all vines that are growing onto the house.

The City requests that if the Special Magistrate finds the violation exists, the violator(s) be given 90 days to comply or a fine of $250.00 per day be assessed.