Please Help! Code Enforcement / Violation

[duskielove]

Florida. We were doing some remodeling in the inside of our home and we put all the trash to the side of our house until eveything had been demolished and was ready for pick up. During the 2 to 3 weeks the pile was sitting there we got a violation and were told to remove it before the re-inspection. It was removed 2 weeks before the reinspection. Saturday I get another notice saying to appear in court in June. I'm not sure how to make this next part real clear, but here it goes. The violation was for debris, which was picked up before they came back for the re-inspection. During that time I bought an antique car, which works and is in good condition, but we do not drive it because we are going to have it totally refurbished. So the original violation now includes a car that wasn't even there at the time of the original violation. I called there to speak to the person who wrote the violations, which I now found out not only does she work for the city, she lives here in the neighborhood. So my question is: Wouldn't they have to start a whole separate case? Or are they able to violate me for debris and add the car to that same violation a month later?

[seniorjudge]

Q: So my question is: Wouldn't they have to start a whole separate case? Or are they able to violate me for debris and add the car to that same violation a month later?

A: It is all in one case; it is to your advantage to have only one case.

[duskielove]

Florida. Thank you very much for the reply. The only problem with that is, is now they are saying I have to appear in court. The original violation was February 13, the debris was removed the last week of February / first week of March. The re-inspection was for March 27, and the debris had been gone for a few weeks by then. In the mean time I got a '64 Impala that we are going to refurbish, it runs great, but we want to have the body totally re-done and also want to re-build the engine to make it a show car. Right now it is not show condition and we choose not to drive it. I understand the part about not wanting a new violation, but how are they able to include a car to an existing violation when the car was not even here? Now this violation has become a court matter because I choose not to drive my drivable car. So, I guess my question is, are they allowed to add the car to the existing violation?

Thank you for answering,

Duskie

[seniorjudge]

Q: So, I guess my question is, are they allowed to add the car to the existing violation?

A: It is all in one case; it is to your advantage to have only one case.

[FarmerJ]

If your DMV will allow it get the car plated even if you have to ask for a waiver on keeping it insured , the waiver on file means that you may have to state exactly where the car will be parked at all times, this will red flag the plates so if your vehicle is stopped the proof of ins will be the very first thing they ask for, SOME dmvs offer this as a way to allow car owners to meet local codes requirring all vehicles to be plated or at risk of being declared junk. its likely your city has a ordinance defining junk cars as those with out current plates.

[duskielove]

Thanks for all the help.
The car does have current tags, insurance and everything needed for the car and has had the entire time. It also does not look like junk, so I don't know why they would think it is. There is minor work that needs to be done to the car and you would have to walk up on it to even see that it needs anything done to it. We are not driving the car, so it does sit in the same spot at all times...in my back yard on the drive way, but that is my choice not to drive the car. I also never received a notice for the car as being a violation. I had an original violation for debris on the side of my house, from work being done to the house, the debris was gone before re-inspection, but I had a new car that they assumed didn't work. I was never given a notice about the car and a court date was scheduled. Just thought about that this morning. So, I guess now my new question is, is should't I have been given a notice that they thought the car did not work, with time to reply, before a court date was scheduled?