Hearing examiner finds code violations, issues fines or continuances in multiple Bremerton property cases

For the record, today is 01/27/2025 at 9AM, Hearing Examiner Yoshi Kamara said as he opened the City of Bremerton hearing examiner session on Jan. 27, which considered a slate of code-enforcement matters involving properties across the city.

The hearing produced a mix of outcomes: the examiner repeatedly found violations and ordered monetary penalties in several cases, granted continuances to allow property owners time to secure inspections or permits, and in one instance suspended fines so long as a recent cleanup is maintained.

Why this matters: the cases reported at the hearing included potential public-safety and public-health hazards—rodent-attracting trash and unsecured structures, electrical and structural defects in rental housing, unpermitted home-based businesses and an unauthorized encampment in a commercial parking lot. The examiner’s orders set short compliance deadlines in many matters and will expose noncompliant owners to daily fines.

Key outcomes and next steps

- 803 Warren Avenue (Case C240547) — Respondent: Roberto Frondoso (property owner). The examiner granted a continuance to the next hearing to allow the owner to complete a sewer cap and coordinate demolition permitting; the city noted asbestos abatement had been completed. City staff said the sewer-cap work must be inspected before the demolition permit can be approved.

- 3815 East Haven Avenue (Case C240592) — Respondents: Sherry and Eddie Hart. The city reported repeated nonresponse and long-delinquent landlord licensing; the hearing examiner found a violation and imposed monetary penalties at the lower level discussed by staff: an initial fine of $100 and $25 per day thereafter if not corrected within the ordered…