Nine code enforcement hearings before Anna Maria’s special magistrate March 25 resulted in fines.
Eight hearings dealt with alleged violations of the city’s vacation rental rules and the ninth was over a parking ticket.
Eric and Carolyn Gill of Parrish own 315 Hardin Ave., an address city administrative assistant and code enforcement officer Stephanie Janney said is being used as a vacation rental.
Janney said the Gills failed to comply in 2020 with the ordinance requiring renewal of a vacation rental registration.
The Gills’ property is managed by Duncan Real Estate, 310 Pine Ave., whose representative Lisa Schilling said the previous property manager failed to make the arrangement.
Janney said she and Schilling worked together and the property was compliant.
Special magistrate Gerald T. Buhr ordered the Gills to pay a $150 administrative fee.
Another Duncan-managed property, 610 Gladiolus St., Unit A, owned by Lee Harrick Cook and represented by Schilling, was cited for the same violation.
As the property was compliant at the time of the hearing, Buhr ordered Cook to pay a $150 administrative fee.
Three properties managed by AMI Locals LLC and represented by the company’s attorney, Michelle Grantham, were late to comply with registration requirements.
Graham and Hazel Hanson, owners of 107 Elm Ave., Scott and Sara Adams, owners of 110 Maple Ave., and 111 Cedar Ave LLC, owners of 770 North Shore Drive, Unit A, brought their properties in compliance by the hearing and were fined a $150 administrative fee.
Neither the owners of 146 Crescent Drive, Kevin and Tammy Resing, nor a representative from the Beach Retreats, attended the hearing.
Additionally, Janney said the property was missing a safety inspection, so it was not compliant more than a year after annual registration and inspection renewal notices were sent in February 2020.
Buhr ordered the Resings to pay a $150 administrative fee and bring the property into compliance by March 31 or face a $75 daily fine.
Nicole Freer, owner of 322 Hardin Ave., had failed to comply with registration renewal from February 2020 by the hearing. Buhr fined her a $150 administrative fee in absentia and ordered her to bring the property into compliance by March 31 or face a $75 daily fine.
Janney said Don and Edith Ruggles, who own 105 Magnolia Ave., had not renewed their 2020 vacation rental registration and also changed their occupancy allowance from eight people to six, requiring a new registration.
The Ruggles paid the new registration fee and a $103 late fee, but the safety inspection still was outstanding, Janney said.
The Ruggles’ son David said notices had been sent to an email address that was not regularly monitored.
Buhr ordered the Ruggles to pay a $150 administrative fee and have the property inspected by April 10 or pay an additional $75 daily fine until it was inspected.
A single parking fine was on the agenda. Mary Anne Whiteside told Buhr she was forced to park in the spot that resulted in the ticket because she could not park at her 114 Magnolia Ave. property.
Whiteside said she has owned the property for 40 years and uses it as a vacation rental but often has trouble finding parking at the property between tenants.
City administrative assistant and code enforcement officer Debbie Haynes said she excused a parking fine for Whiteside in 2019 for the same reason but noted the property has a carport and driveway.
Buhr ordered Whiteside to pay the $50 parking fine plus a $15 late fee, as well as a $150 administrative fee.
Special magistrate hearings are scheduled on an as-needed basis and there were none on the city calendar as of March 26.