Unbelievable....
Residents should grab these people issuing these “tickets” and beat them black and blue.
“The official told Perez that the downed fence—which encloses a pool—was a safety hazard...”
From my previous post:
“think this is a good idea if limited to potentially dangerous situations. It will focus the homeowner’s attention on the important repairs instead of trying to sort out all the cassette tapes with washed out labels, or deciding if the golf bag can be saved. In addition, depending on the neighborhood, there could be a good chance that in a couple of months everything will just look the same. Some people are just that lazy and disorganized. Sometimes the threat of a fine is just the incentive those people need to get things done.
I suspect that there will be few fines levied, and the ones that end up having to pay will deserve it. Most people who are really in trouble will have their fines waived if they can show that they tried.”
Read the very last paragraph. There were no fines levied.
That happened to me in Broward County shortly after Hurricane Wilma.
It was, granted, about a week later, but I had repaired my fence, using the existing poles (4 feet apart) and the town changed its building codes DURING the Hurricane to mandate that the poles be 3 feet apart.
I got fined, and had to rebuild the fence from scratch.
This moron could have easily turned this around to a positive by leaving the citation book in the car and quickly creating a "County Disaster Relief Property Owner Safety Support Form" specifying in writing that it is NOT an enforcement document, but is a safety inventory.
Then list the the safety concern, something like: "Swimming pool safety fence down, hazard to young children, priority repair suggested." Add all the County department contact information, and hand that sort of thing out.
The citizens would look at it as helpful, and the County woud have a record to follow up on after the property owner had a chance to repair the storm damage.
bkmk
Scum. Sovietic scum.
Never saw a concerned government worker break a sweat to actually help fix somthing they are so “concerned” about.
But they specialize in adding injury to insult.
A code violation is like using a “goto” statement.