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Special Magistrate John Van Lanningham presided over the code compliance hearing on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting addressed several old (Massie) and new violation cases, including property maintenance, unpermitted work, and fire code violations. Multiple cases were withdrawn or continued at the city's request, and the magistrate issued findings on the remaining cases, imposing fines and compliance deadlines.
Magistrate agenda for Wednesday, April 22, 2026. And we're getting underway as scheduled at 5 30 p.m. My name is John Van Lanningham and I am the city's special magistrate for code compliance. I'll be conducting this evening's hearings. Before we get started calling the cases, we do have some preliminary uh matters to attend to. Um the first thing I'd like to do is uh take a roll of the uh call of the officers that are present this evening and who will be presenting cases. If you would please uh go ahead and state your names for the record. Danny Ron, co-compliance manager, Mark Easton Adole Fire Inspector, Mark Gibson, co-compliance supervisor, Todd Mead, co-compliance supervisor, Renee Kearney, code compliance administrative supervisor, Jessica Goderman Hearing Clerk, Tom Ruddy, Code Compliance Officer, Janice Palassick, Code Compliance Officer Sam Shaller, Deputy Fire Marshal. That's all, sir. All right, very good. Good evening to you all. Uh and uh at this time, uh let me ask uh all of you who are able to do so to stand with me and say the pledge of allegiance if you would all rise. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. And thank you. You may be seated. And uh at this time uh I will uh state for the record with respect to uh communications regarding the cases. I've spoken to no one about uh the merits of any of the matters on the agenda tonight. Um so there are no ex parte communications to disclose. Uh I don't have any other announcements to place on the record. Does the city have any announcements to uh to make at this time? Um yes, your honor. We'd like to withdraw case number DEL 2402. Some massey case, and it's the address is 1627 Saxon Boulevard. Is that the announcement? Also, we'd like to withdraw case DEL 26017. That's gonna be at 2430 Austin Avenue. We'd like to withdraw case number DEL 26018. That's 1065 Abadan Drive. We have three cases for this one, and we'd like to withdraw. Um first case number is gonna be DEL 26019A for 1995 Monfort Lane, and I'm sorry, it's continue. Okay, and we have also the same case number, but B and C. Nope, I'm sorry, B. We'd like to continue that one. And for the C, we'd like to withdraw that one. All right, and for case number DEL 26021, 1243, Myra Court, we'd like to withdraw.