Miami-Dade County ticket residents cleaning up hurricane damage

“Mere hours after Hurricane Irma, Miami-Dade County was ticketing residents for building code violations on their wrecked properties.

“Celso Perez was helping his neighbors remove some fallen trees blocking their street when a county code enforcer rolled up and issued him a safety notice for having a downed fence. "I laughed," Perez tells WSVN-TV. "I thought he was kidding. 'You are kidding right? We just had a hurricane six hours ago.'"

“It wasn't a joke. The official told Perez that the downed fence—which encloses a pool—was a safety hazard, and that if it wasn't fixed by the time he returned, Perez would be hit with a fine. The official then hung the safety citation on the portion of Perez's fence that remained standing, leaving him and his neighbors to finish clearing the debris from their street.”

http://reason.com/blog/2017/09/19/hours-after-hurricane-irma-miami-dade-co

Link at http://knuckledraggin.com/2017/09/miami-dade-county-tickets-residents-for-code-violations/

(County officials weren’t admitting anything at first, but then perhaps decided silence was not golden. “The safety notices given to property owners identify the hazard, steps that should be taken to correct the hazard, and who to contact for additional information.” Hazard identification? That’s not what residents said they were told.)