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Palm Cove Women’s Club Rescue and Adoption
The Equine
Derby Day Party A Winner! Foundation Inc. is a
nonprofit 501(c)
The Palm Cove Women’s Club celebrated the Kentucky (3) or ga ni za ti on
Derby with a dinner party at their clubhouse and chose the devoted to the rescue,
Equine Rescue and Adoption Foundation (ERAF) as their rehabilitation, re-
charity. Earlier in the year, members visited ERAF in Palm education and adoption
City to see firsthand the rescued horses and the amazing results of abused, slaughter-
of all the care, training and rehabilitation ERAF provides for bound, abandoned and
their horses. neglected horses. You
Ninety-one people attended the club event and enjoyed can visit their website
playing horseracing games, bourbon tasting, dinner and drinks. at www.eraf.org.
Carol Greeson, the president of the club, said the club members
thought it was great to donate to a local charity and ERAF
was a natural for Derby Day. Three board members, Stephan Board members Stephan Ambrosch, Marilynn Vannucci and ERAF Board President Denise
Ambrosch, Marilynn Vannucci and Denise LeClair-Robbins LeClair-Robbins with her horse Rio, accept a donation of $6,500 from Palm Cove Women’s Club
cheerfully accepted their generous donation of $6,500. members Carol Greeson, Sharon Liddell, Teri Weiss, Kim Makled, Shirley Cage and Susan Haggan.

real estate

Treasure Coast Real Estate
Report

Relief In Sight For Property Owners With
Old Expired Or Open Building Permits
By Jim Weix
Remember that new
roof you had installed
in 2005 after the
hurricanes? Or maybe
you had to replace your
lanai? Do you know
if the contractor that
you hired ever closed
o ut t h e b u i l d i n g
permit by having the
work inspected by a
government building inspector?
More than one poor homeowner, when selling their
property, has been blindsided with suddenly having
to try and close out open or expired permits before
they could close on their sale. At the least, it is a time
consuming nightmare. In the worst case, the hapless
homeowner will be required to pay thousands of
dollars for engineering studies. To make things worse,
the expired permits might be from work the previous
homeowner had done.
Unfortunately this is a common problem in Florida.
Too many homeowners just assumed that the contractor
that they hired would finish the job by having their
work inspected and the permit closed out. Now the
homeowner is stuck with the problem 14 years later.
The good news is that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed
HB 447 into law, which provide remedies to open and
expired permits. This will allow local governments to
close a permit six years after its issuance as long as
no apparent safety hazards exist.
It also prevents local governments from penalizing
property owners for an open permit that was applied
for by a previous owner. The remedies to open and
Call Now for Your expired permits will become effective on Oct. 1.
AC TUNE-UP In most cases, when homeowners list their property
for sale with a Realtor , the agent will check on
®
expired or open permits. Better to address any issues
at the beginning, instead of two weeks before closing.
Property owners themselves may wish to check with
the appropriate building department, even if they don’t
plan on selling.
Thanks to this new law, the issue of expired permits
will become a lot more reasonable for property owners.
Jim Weix is a Broker Associate with The Keyes
Company. Jim has 23 years of experience selling real
estate full time. If you have questions or want the
services of an experienced expert, you can reach Jim
at (772) 341-2941 or jimweix@jimweix.com.

673 SW Carter Avenue, Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34983
www.millerscentralair.com

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