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Attorney: County pursued 7600 Hillside Park case on anonymous complaint; county says imminent hazard justified action
Summary
In a contested hearing attorney Grant Van Ammon argued Alachua County improperly initiated enforcement based on anonymous April/May emails, citing Florida Statute chapter 162.21; county counsel and a building official responded that a later July complaint and alleged imminent electrical/plumbing hazards justified the investigation and notice of violation.
Attorney Grant Van Ammon, representing 7600 Hillside Park LLC, asked the magistrate to dismiss the county’s enforcement action on statutory grounds, saying the county had relied on an anonymous complaint in April and May and had not verified the complainant’s identity as required by Florida Statute chapter 162.21.
"As the county knows, under Florida statute 162.21, a county may not initiate a code enforcement investigation based on an anonymous complaint unless there is an imminent threat to public health, safety, welfare, or the destruction of environmentally sensitive resources," Van…
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