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k <br />MR. ADAMS POINTED OUT TO THE BOARD THAT.HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH <br />THIS CODE IN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, AND HE DOES NOT FEEL ANYONE HAS BEEN <br />PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF IT. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. THERE <br />WERE NONE. . <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER SAID THAT HE HAS DISCUSSED THIS MATTER AT <br />LENGTH WITH MR. ADAMS A,ND STATED THAT AS AN INDIVIDUAL, HE IS VERY STRONG <br />ON TWO POINTS - HE IS AGAINST TAX INCREASES AND AGAINST BUREAUCRACY, WHICH <br />CAN GET OUT OF HAND. HE CONTINUED THAT HE IS MOST CONCERNED BECAUSE IN THE <br />COUNTY WE ARE STRETCHED OUT FURTHER THAN IN THE CITY AND ASKED MR. ADAMS <br />IF HE HAD THE WHOLE CODE TO WORK WITH, HOW,WOULD HE PROCEED WITH ENFORCING <br />IT IN THE COUNTY. <br />MR. ADAMS REMARKED THAT WE WOULD ATTEMPT TO USE IT TO HELP PEOPLE <br />HELP THEMSELVES. WE WILL START BY CANVASSING AN AREA, AND AS WE MAKE IM- <br />PROVEMENTS OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING, SUBSTANDARD HOUSING WILL HAVE TO <br />BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE BEFORE IT CAN BE OCCUPIED AGAIN. HOWEVER, UNTIL WE <br />HAVE A FULL TIME HOUSING INSPECTOR, THERE IS NO WAY WE COULD POSSIBLY EN- <br />FORCE THIS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BUT THIS IS A POINT OF BEGINNING. MR. <br />ADAMS CONTINUED THAT HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO GET FEDERAL FUNDING <br />FOR A HOUSING INSPECTOR; OTHERWISE, IT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE BY FEES AND <br />POINTED OUT THAT HE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WHETHER THE CODE IS <br />ADOPTED OR NOT., <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE HOUSING <br />CODE WOULD GIVE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT INGRESS AND EGRESS TO PEOPLES HOMES, <br />MR. ADAMS REPLIED THAT THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT YOU CANNOT <br />INVADE THE PRIVACY OF A MAN S HOME AND STATED THAT THE INSPECTORS ARE SUB- <br />. 4 <br />JECT TO PERSONAL LAWSUIT AND ALSO MUST ASCERTAIN BEFORE THEY MAKE ANY CHARGES <br />THAT THEY ARE FACTUAL. <br />COMMISSIONER $CHMUCKER STATED THAT HE WAS NOT OPPOSED TO THE HODS- <br />ING CODE, BUT WAS OPPOSED TO ADOPTING IT IN ENTIRETY BECAUSE IT GOES INTO <br />SO MANY DETAILS, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT ONLY CERTAIN CHAPTERS <br />OF IT BE ADOPTED. <br />MR. ADAMS POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS A "MINIMUM" SET UP AND DOES NOT <br />EVEN MEET THE'STRICTER REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE ALREADY SET UP. <br />19 <br />MAR 10,1976 <br />p�� 1`25 ' <br />