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Article
and Video Courtesy of Channel 9 News
By Deneige
Broom
Published
March 25, 2015
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ORANGE COUNTY -- Code enforcement officers cracked
down Tuesday on a problem condominium complex.
Investigators said they received multiple complaints from residents of
the Millenium Cove condos near Conroy Road.
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Code enforcement officers have been going
from building to building to look for issues that might not
be up to code.
"A lot of rotten wood here and there; issues with the
roofs," said Mike Rhodes of Orlando Code Enforcement.
Rhodes said they decided to investigate the complex because
a lot of residents have been complaining. |
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"We get resident complaints about water problems or
mold problems, things like that," Rhodes said.
Rhodes said they're seeing the same issues at condo complexes throughout
the city.
During the housing boom, many
complexes changed from apartments into condos, which meant
instead of one owner responsible for upkeep, they could have
many.
Rhodes said some condos are going through foreclosure and
aren't getting needed repairs.
"We're trying to be proactive with some of these complexes
just to be sure with so many different owners (that) they
don't fall into disrepair," said
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Rhodes said they planned the sweeps before seeing the
major issues at Blossom Park condos, where Orange County Code
Enforcement deemed the complex's conditions so dangerous, the county is
paying to get people out of them.
"We're fortunate that we don't have too many that are that bad, but we
want to keep it that way," said Rhodes.
Condo owners could get up to 90 days to fix the issues that the officers
find before they could face fines.
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