FILED Department of Business and Professional Regulation Deputy Agency Clerk STATE OF FLORIDA CLERK —_Evette Lawson-Proctor DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULAIT Pe 1/30/2018 File # DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ’ PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, Petitioner, vs. CASE NOS.: 2015-023567 2015-026106 JOSE G. SOLARES AND DESIGN BY SOLARES DEL FORN, Respondents. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior Design against JOSE G. SOLARES and DESIGN BY SOLARES DEL FORN, (“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 unlicensed practice of architecture and interior design pursuant to Section 455,228(1), and Section 481 -223(1)(a), Florida Statutes. 3. Respondents’ last known address is 5555 Collins Avenue, Apt. 9-C, Miami Beach, FL 33140. i i EASA EN BSE ED TEI RUA TN PSUR 4, At all times material hereto, Respondents were not duly registered or certified to engage in the practice of architecture pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes, 5. Respondents entered into a contract with Marcia Hasbani to provide architectural design for a residential project. 6. The contract specifically offers “architectural and engineering design and construction documents,” 7. The Respondents are offering architectural services on their web site. 8. Respondents are not licensed to practice architecture in the State of Florida and therefore cannot offer or provide architectural drawings. COUNT I 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 II 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, Design by Solares Del Form, 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. Ww + Signed this_ 27 day of De ave ny , 2018. DAVID K. MINACCI Smith, Thompson, Shaw, Minacci, Colén & Power, P.A. 3520 Thomasville Road, Fourth Floor Tallahassee, Florida 32309 FL Bar No. 0056774 Ph: — (850) 402-1570 Fax: (850) 241-0161 davidm@stslaw.com PCP: January 24, 2018 Hall Smith Rodriguez Rivers

Docket for Case No: 18-001403