STATE OF FLORIDA bogs DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION DEPARTMENT. OF BUSINESS.AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE b 4. b y VR AND INTERIOR DESIGN, Petitioner, vs. DBPR Case No.: 2008-020132 USONA DESIGN AND, THOMAS A. KNOEBEL, Respondents. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior Design.against USONA DESIGN and THOMAS A. KNOEBEL ("Respondents"), and says: 1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of architecture and interior design pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 481, Florida Statutes. 2. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation has jurisdiction over the unlicenséd practice of architecture and interior design pursuant to Section 455.227(1)(j), Florida Statutes. 3. Respondents’ last known address is 425 Neptune Drive, Satellite Beach, FL 32937. 4. At all times material hereto, Respondents were not duly registered or certified to engage in the practice of architecture'in the State of Florida pursuant to. Chapter 481, Florida Statutes, 5. Respondents entered into a contract to perform architectural services for a commercial project known as the Basin Center located at 1705 Berglund Lane, Unit 1, Viera, Florida. 6. Respondents title block appears on the drawings for the project. 7. Respondents received compensation for obtaining signed and sealed drawings for the project. 8. Respondents are not licensed practice architecture in the State of Florida and therefore cannot offer or provide architectural services. COUNTI 9. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through eight (8) as if fully set forth herein. 10. Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes, states that a person may not knowingly “practice architecture unless the person is an architect or a registered. architect.” 11. Based upon the foregoing, Respondents have violated Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes, by practicing architecture when they were not the holder of a valid license by offering architectural services. . COUNT 12. Petitioner hereby realleges and- incorporates paragraphs one (1) through eight (8) as if fully set forth herein. 13. Section 481.219(2), Florida Statutes, requires a certificate of authorization for a corporation, partnership, or fictitious name offering architectural services. 14, Based’ upon the foregoing, the Respondent, USONA Design, has violated Section - 481.219(2), Florida Statutes, by offering architectural services without a certificate of authorization. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board enter an Order imposing an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 per count, assess costs associated with investigation and prosecution, impose any or all penalties delineated within Section 455.227(2), Florida Statutes, and/or any other relief that the Board is authorized to impose pursuant to Chapters 481 and 455, Florida Statutes, and/or the rules promulgated thereunder. w* Signed this “7 day of__ Oeteb - 2008. FILED Department of Business and Professional Regulation DEPUTY CLERK DATE 10 bal 10-2008 DAVID K. MINACCI Smith, Thompson, Shaw & Manausa, P.A. 3520 Thomasville Road, Fourth Floor Tallahassee, Florida 32309 FL Bar No. 0056774 Ph: (850) 402-1570 Fax: (850) 558-1613 PCP: Rodriguez, Wirtz, Gustafson October 1, 2008

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