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O <br />included the air conditioning/heating unit which is the subject <br />of many of these violations. The literature given to them by the <br />developers of Village Green at the time of purchase states: "All <br />homes at Village Green have a carport with concrete drive; a <br />utility room; a fully Landscaped and sodded lot; central air <br />conditioning and heating; appliances, carpeting and drapes. The <br />home, of course, is completely set up with decorative masonry, <br />underskirting, steel strap anchors, plumbing and electrical <br />hookups." The contract he signed on October 24, 1979, long <br />before he moved in on January 22, 1980, included the cost of $390 <br />for a washer/dryer hookup. When he went to make his final <br />payment on Janaury 17, 1980, he asked if all the final <br />inspections had been made, and was told that they had and a <br />silver sticker had been placed on the mobile unit, proving that <br />these 'inspections had been made by the City inspector. Now, <br />however, the residents understand that if they want their homes <br />inspected for hazardous conditions, they will have to pay another <br />fee. Mr. Gerhold felt that is unfair. He noted that the Code <br />Enforcement Board has never discussed how the people who did this <br />sloppy work were allowed to get away with it. Further, nothing <br />much has been said about it being the fault of the developer, <br />Florida Atlantic. He could not understand why the individual <br />owners are at fault for these violations. Mr. Gerhold pointed <br />out another hazardous condition exists in that animals get <br />under-neath the skirting and cause shortages by chewing off the <br />insulation of the wires. The residents wonder why this condition <br />exists because the skirting is supposed to be solid. Why did the <br />inspectors pass this condition? <br />Director Rymer explained that it was a matter of whether <br />that wire should have been in conduit, and the Code gave an <br />exception to using conduit if the wire used was suitable for wet <br />locations and was not subject to physical damage. She assumed <br />that the inspector, who is no longer with us, used that exception <br />because he considered only the danger to human beings and did not <br />43 <br />MAY 14 1986 BOOK 64 i'A:�F 443 <br />