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Resolution R-24-0407
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 16616 Final Action Date: 10/15/2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MITIGATING THE CODE
ENFORCEMENT LIEN RECORDED AGAINST PROPERTY ADDRESS 137
NORTH MIAMI AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, CASE NUMBER 00023534, AFTER
A HEARING, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 2-817 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; AUTHORIZING THE AMOUNT
APPROVED AS FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
LIEN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE
ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO
THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE PURPOSES STATED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, Scanda Property 2, LLC, ("Owner") is the owner of the property located at
137 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida ("Property") and seeks mitigation of the Code lien at
issue here; and
WHEREAS, the Property is a commercial property zoned T6-8-O located in City
Commission District 2; and
WHEREAS, on September 7, 2022, Code Compliance case 00023534 ("Code Case")
was opened on the Property; and
WHEREAS, the violations of the Code Case were for failure to maintain the exterior,
failure to register a vacant structure, failure to display address, failure to maintain the lot, and
failure to comply with illumination standards; and
WHEREAS, the Code Case was heard on November 9, 2022, before the Code
Enforcement Board ("CEB"), and the Owner pled guilty with ninety (90) days to comply or a
$500.00 per diem would issue; and
WHEREAS, the Owner also received another one hundred twenty (120) days extension
on March 2, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the affidavit of compliance shows that violations were complied on January
10, 2024, and the total amount of per diem lien accrued was $95,500.00, having run for one
hundred ninety one (191) days; and
WHEREAS, the lien on this case was recorded as a Final Administrative Enforcement
Notice on September 19, 2023 with the Miami -Dade Clerk of Court at recording book 33887 and
page 2490; and
WHEREAS, the Owner filed suit in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, of Miami Dade County,
under case number 2024-11560 CA 01 ("Court Case") to quiet title to the Property; and
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WHEREAS, the Owner requests the matter be set for mitigation before the City
Commission as required by Section 2-817 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended
("City Code"); and
WHEREAS, the City and Owner have filed an Agreed Motion to Stay the Court Case
pending the disposition of this mitigation hearing; and
WHEREAS, the Owner offers mitigation in the amount of $14,325.00 as full and final
settlement of the 00023534;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission, after hearing the argument of the Owner, the advice
and argument from the Code Compliance Department and any other relevant City Department,
the City Commission grants mitigation in the amount of $14,325.00 as full and final settlement of
the Code Compliance lien issued under Case No. 00023534.
Section 3. Any ruling of the City Commission on mitigation may be appealed pursuant to
the requirements set forth in Chapter 2, Article X of the City Code.
Section 4. The City Manager or designee is further authorized' to execute any and all
documents necessary, in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for the purposes stated herein.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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