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| Code Enforcement Board Meeting Minutes 07/17/08 |
| MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY |
| VII. |
| Fine Consideration: |
| Case # 08-2432, Beachfront Vista Property, Nightingale Beach Club Association |
| Violation of Chapter 134, Section 134-1472 (3) of the Town of Palm Beach Code |
| of Ordinances, no additional walls, fences, hedges or other structures or growth |
| shall be erected or be grown eastwardly of Ocean Boulevard to a height greater |
| than four (4) feet above the surface of the Ocean Boulevard. |
| (Ms. Duemler recused herself as part of a previously declared conflict and Mr. |
| Hoffman advised Mr. Vanneck would be a voting member in this case) |
| Lead Code Enforcement Officer Walton said Nightingale Beach Club had |
| previously been found in violation and were given time to obtain a permit. A |
| permit had been obtained but there were some conditions attached to it. There |
| have been two (2) inspections with the Florida Wildlife Commission and an |
| agreement was reached to not require the vegetation to be trimmed until after |
| turtle season. Since they have already been found in non-compliance, the Town |
| recommends the time fro compliance be extended to November 7, 2008 and if |
| compliance is not achieved by that date, a fine of $250.00 a day be imposed. |
| Jack Maxey, 244 Nightingale Trail, presented some documents to the Board and |
| advised he was president of the Nightingale Trail Beach Club Association. He said |
| one of the documents was his application under duress for the permit. Mr. Maxey |
| advised he had not been sworn in and was administered the oath of office by |
| Recording Secretary Houston. |
| Mr. Maxey said he has had a long correspondence with the legal department of the |
| Department of Environmental Protection and he believes on an emotional level, |
| they do not believe the trees should come down but they told him they could not |
| find any statutory way to force the Town not to enforce the permit. They told him |
| it should be the jurisdiction of a court, not the DEP. Mr. Maxey said the Town |
| was cutting down its own sea grapes in violation of the permitting process. Mr. |
| Maxey said he had all kinds of burdens in this permit that he needed to comply |
| with, one of which was replacement of the whole plant if anything over 6 feet |
| which was larger than 3 inches in diameter was cut down. |
| He said he was |
| supposed to provide a signature on the document putting himself at risk of a |
| $10,000 a day fine if he did not comply with the requirements of the permit. Mr. |
| Maxey said Jean Higgins, a biologist for the State Fish & Wildlife, recommended |
| sea grapes should not be trimmed because they are the best source of protection |
| against the lighting. Ms. Higgins made some suggestions such as changing light |
| fixtures and extinguishing lights during turtle season and maintaining a substantial |
| healthy vegetation light blocking buffer. |
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