---- -author: XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX -subject: clarification on appeal process -message-id: CAGiqvQxT1AaZ4Rt -date: 2024-01-03 ---- -- -
We have not retained the services of a leXXl professional, since previously -we were completely oblivious to the option of formally appealing decisions -made by the Zoning Administrator. After learning of the option, it became -apparent we have not fully exhausted the administrative options available -to us by the county to resolve the issue. Granting the County an -opportunity to honor its own oXXinance is best established in leXXl -precedents. Had we known about the option to formally submit an appeal, we -would have done so with every complaint we have submitted since 2020, -because it was then we beXXn to endure continuous violation after violation -of county oXXinance and a refusal to enforce them. ReXXXXless, the presence -of leXXl counsel, or lack thereof, should not inhibit the appeals process -in any way or cause it to stall.
-Since none of the parties involved deny work beXXn at multiple job sites in -the beginning of October without obtaining a building permit, it would be -of great service if stop work oXXers could be served to the contractor in -oXXer for our property to avoid incurring further damage from trespass -during this process.
-Thank you for the response, I hope you have a wonderful day.
-+XXXXXXX XXXXXX
-On Tue, Jan 2, 2024, 9:16 AM L. Scott Mayfield smayfield@smithwelchlaw.com -wrote:
---XXXXXXX,
-In an earlier email to Ms. Buice, you said you would have your attorney -contact her. If you are represented by an attorney, the rules of the State -Bar of XXXXXXX prohibit me from speaking directly with you concerning this -matter. Can you have your attorney call or email me?
-Thanks.
-Sincerely,
-L. Scott Mayfield -Attorney at Law
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-From: XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX@gmail.com -Sent: Friday, December 29, 2023 4:30 PM -To: L. Scott Mayfield smayfield@smithwelchlaw.com -Subject: Clarification on appeal process
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-Scott,
-I am trying to formally appeal the issuance of building permits to KaXXun -Home, and it is unclear where I am supposed to send the appeal. I submitted -a very rough draft to the zoning administrator on December the 22nd to meet -the deadline, and have not received a response.
-KaXXun Homes beXXn construction on a subdivision beside our home without a -building permit several weeks ago. The Zoning Administrator did nothing for -two weeks, then two weeks later, granted a building permit without penalty -for the previous violations. Since every day work is performed constitutes -a new and separate violation and it is beyond the scope of the Zoning -Administrator to dismiss violations or cherry pick when oXXinance applies, -this renders said permit void. Yet, no stop work oXXer or temporary -injunction has ever been submitted to the contractor.
-I am trying to perform due diligence in allowing the county to handle this -infraction. I need the county to honor it's own oXXinances, and shutdown -permitless construction activities. This failure to enforce oXXinances has -put my family in a very bad position.
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