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REQUEST FOR RESCISSION OF FINE AND RELEASE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD LIEN (B)
James and Betty DeCoursey; Case No. CEB 95-017
recommendation
The Gainesville Code Enforcement recommends that the City Commission (1) rescind the fine and (2) release the lien.
explanation
The owner was cited for abandoned vehicles on their property and taken to the Code Enforcement Board in 1995. Mr. DeCoursey was found guilty and assessed a daily fine. The fine and lien ran on this property until just recently. However, in 1998, Mr. DeCoursey approached the City to have the fine and lien removed. Due to the specific circumstances regarding this case, staff and the Code Enforcement Board agreed to rescind the fine and lien if Mr. DeCoursey would execute an agreement indicating that the property would be brought into compliance within three months. Mr. DeCoursey did not execute the agreement, and therefore the fine and lien continued to run.
Mr. DeCoursey again contacted the City during the past month, and on February 29, 2000, Code Enforcement staff issued an affidavit of compliance and recommended that the lien be extinguished. The Code Enforcement Board heard the case on March 9, 2000, and recommended to the City Commission that the lien be extinguished.