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Magistrate allows 10 days for property owner to remove junk, keeps compliance hearing for March 20
Summary
Bay County magistrate modified enforcement staff's 5-day remediation request to 10 days for 7108 Brett Road after property owner described plans for a pole barn; county recommended removal of junk and all but one derelict vehicle or face fines and abatement.
Bay County Special Magistrate Tiffany Sarto on Thursday accepted code enforcement's finding that 7108 Brett Road is in repeat violation of Bay County Code §17-2 and gave the property owner 10 days to correct the violations, extending enforcement's original 5-day request.
Code enforcement investigators traced repeated reports of junk, unscreened personal property and multiple derelict vehicles. Investigator Rick McKinnon testified that photographs from inspections in 2023 and 2024 showed multiple vehicles, a trailer with junk and items moved about the yard; McKinnon said the property owner, Gerald (referred to in testimony), had pulled a permit for a pole barn and claimed some items were staged in the front while he prepared to build in the rear.
The property owner, who identified himself as David Anthony Scott Velasco in the hearing record, told the magistrate he had been ill late last year and was in the process of repairing vehicles and arranging removal of debris. He said some items are being gathered to build a pole barn that will be used for vehicle work and storage and that some trailers and materials had been moved to other locations while the pole barn process progresses.
Ashman and McKinnon recommended the magistrate order removal of junk and unscreened personal property, and allow no more than one derelict vehicle to remain on site. Code enforcement recommended a 5-day compliance window; magistrate Sarto extended that to 10 days to allow time for the pole-barn work and remedial movement of items, and confirmed a compliance hearing remains set for March 20, 2025 at 1 p.m.
The magistrate also stressed that visible items should be screened or moved out of public view during the pole barn construction, and that fines and liens would apply if the property remained out of compliance after the ordered period.
