Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Respondent: TIMOTHY KREBS
Judges: THOMAS P. CRAPPS
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Englewood, Florida
Filed: Oct. 04, 2010
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Friday, December 3, 2010.
Latest Update: Dec. 24, 2024
FILED
Department of Business ane Professional Repulaticn
AGENCY CLERK
CLERK Evette L Proctor
Date 5/26/2010
STATE OF FLORIDA. —
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND P§ SHONML REGULATION
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BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE
AND INTERIOR DESIGN,
Petitioner,
vs. CASENO.: 2009-044158
TIMOTHY KREBS,
Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior
Design against TIMOTHY KREBS, ("Respondent"), and says:
1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of architecture
pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 481 , Florida Statutes.
2. Respondent, is and has been at all times material hereto, a licensed architect in the
State of Florida, having been issued license number AR 0009168.
3. Respondents’ address of record is 1460 S. McCall Road, Suite 4A, Englewood,
Florida 34224,
4, James Scott (“Scott”) entered into a contract to perform architectural services for
a project that was an observation deck to a private tennis club.
5, Scott prepared the drawings for the commercial project.
6. At all times material hereto, Scott was not duly registered or certified to engage in
the practice of architecture pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes.
2. Respondent signed and sealed the plans prepared by Scott and therefore aided the
unlicensed practice of architecture of Scott.
8. The plans signed and sealed by the Respondent are insufficient and require
additional! information.
9. The drawings are deficient based on the following grounds:
a. The drawings do not indicate how the structure is laterally braced.
b. No calculations for the structure were provided.
c. No design information was provided stating the number and sizes of
fasteners or loading limits.
d. The Design Live Load appears to be insufficient.
10. The plans and drawings were not of sufficiently high standard to clearly and
accurately indicate or illustrate all essential parts of the work to which they refer,
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ll. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through ten (40)
as if fully set forth herein.
12. Section 481.225(1)(), Florida Statutes, states in pertinent part that no registered
architect shall aid, assist, procure, or advise any unlicensed person to practice architecture
contrary to this part or to a rule of the department or the board.
13. Based upon the foregoing, Respondent has violated Section 481.225(1)(), Florida
Statutes, by assisting Scott in his performance of unlicensed activity contrary to Chapter 481,
Florida Statutes.
COUNTH
14, Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through ten
(10) as if fully set forth herein.
15. Section 481.221(6), Florida Statutes, states final construction documents or
instruments of service which include plans, drawings, specifications, or other architectural
documents prepared by a registered architect as part of her or his architectural practice shal! be of
a sufficiently high standard to clearly and accurately indicate or illustrate all essential parts of the
work to which they refer,
16, Based upon the foregoing, Respondent has violated Section 481.221(6), Florida
Statutes by signing and sealing plans that are not sufficiently detailed.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board enter an Order imposing one
or more of the following penalties: Imposition of probation, reprimand the licensee, revoke,
suspend, deny the issuance or renewal of the certificate or registration, require financial
restitution to a consumer, impose an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 per count, require
continuing education, assess costs associated with investigation and prosecution, impose any ot
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.
Signed this__2 ¥** davor_M = , 2010.
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) 241-0161
PCP: May 12, 2010
Rodriguez, Wirtz, Gustafson
Docket for Case No: 10-009440PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Apr. 12, 2011 |
Petitioner's Motion to Re-Open Case filed. (DOAH CASE NO. 11-1943PL ESTABLISHED)
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Dec. 03, 2010 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Dec. 01, 2010 |
Notice of Canceling Deposition filed.
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Dec. 01, 2010 |
Motion to Dismiss Formal Hearing filed.
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Nov. 30, 2010 |
Notice of Transfer.
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Nov. 23, 2010 |
Notice of Taking Deposition (Timothy Krebs) filed.
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Nov. 23, 2010 |
Order Granting Continuance and Re-scheduling Hearing (hearing set for December 14, 2010; 9:00 a.m.; Englewood, FL).
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Nov. 08, 2010 |
Petitioner's Motion to Reschedule Hearing filed.
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Oct. 28, 2010 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Oct. 28, 2010 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for December 9, 2010; 9:00 a.m.; Englewood, FL).
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Oct. 25, 2010 |
Unilateral Response to Initial Order filed.
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Oct. 05, 2010 |
Order Re-opening File.
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Oct. 01, 2010 |
Petitioner's Motion to Re-Open Case filed. (FORMERLY DOAH CASE NO. 10-3183PL)
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Jun. 11, 2010 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production and Requests for Admissions filed.
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Jun. 11, 2010 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Jun. 11, 2010 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Jun. 11, 2010 |
Referral Letter filed.
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