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Chief DeBlois recalled how the Board had recently gone through the process to <br />update the Public Nuisance Notice Ordinance to allow the County to enter private property and <br />clean it up. He said that the Public Nuisance Notice is now incorporated in all notices. He pointed <br />out that the Code Board needs to make a finding of serious health and safety issues, and that aside <br />from the fly issues, overgrown weeds do not present a serious health/safety issue, but an open, <br />unsecured house does. He stressed that there was no guarantee that cleaning up the house would <br />correct the fly issue. <br />Vice Chairman Davis expressed that this was why the Ordinance was amended, <br />because Vero Lake Estates had this same problem. He said the residents were being fined, but the <br />Ordinance would not allow the County to go in for abatement, since it is private property. <br />Discussion ensued regarding extermination processes, the urgency of correcting the <br />situation before future neighborhoods encounter the same problems, legal issues, and fast -tracking <br />this situation to Code Enforcement to start the process. <br />Vice Chairman Davis concluded the discussions by informing Mrs. Howe that she <br />had the Board's attention, and that they would give staff direction as soon as they feel they have <br />the legal backing to remedy the situation. <br />14.E. COMMISSIONER GARY C. WHEELER - NONE <br />50 <br />April 8, 2008 <br />