FILED Department ofBuisiness and Professional Regulation Deputy Agendy Clerk: . CLERK = Evettle Lawson Proctor a Date. 2/4/2020. . _. ...... STATE OF FLORIDA Filet DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE : AND-INTERIOR DESIGN, é Petitioner, : Ys. . . CASENO.: 2019-043911 2019-043906: JOHNZONATA AND ATANOZS GROUP 46, Respondents, Peétitionet, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS. AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before thé Boatd of Architecture and Interior’ Design against JOHN ZONATA and ATANOZS GROUP 46, (“Respondents”), and says: 1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with, regulating the practice of-atchitectute: and interior design, pursuant to. Section 20.165, Florida. Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 481, Florida Statutés. 2. The Department: of Business afd Professional Regulation has jurisdiction over the: radiectnd practice of architecture _—" to. Section, 455; 228(1),. and: Section: 481:223(1)(a),. Florida Statutes, 3. Respondents” last'‘kniown address is 503-East Jackson. Street, Tampa, FL 33602. 4, At all tities material hereto; Respondents were not duly registered or certified to engage in the practice of architecture pursuant to Chapter 481, Flotida Statutes. 5. Respondent’s web site holds him out as a “Licensed Architectural Designer and Drafter”. 6. Respondents web site offers architectural services. 7. Respondents web site also states it “works in accordance by/with a State Licensed Architect”. 8. Respondents are not licensed to practice architecture in the State of Florida and therefore cannot offer or provide architectural services or sign and sealed 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 IL 15. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through eight (8) as if fully set forth herein. 16. . Section 481.219(2), Florida Statutes, requires a certificate of authorization for a corporation, partnership, or fictitious name offering architectural services. 17. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondent, Atanozs Group 46, 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 j 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. \& t Signed this dayof Fel --a- # , 2020. pS pO DAVID K. MINACCI Smith, Thompson, Shaw, Minacci, Colén & Power, P.A. 140-D W 1* Street St. George Island, FL 32328 FL Bar No. 0056774 Ph: = (850) 799-1882 Fax: (850) 799-1884 PCP: January 30, 2020 Hall Rodriguez Bao-Garciga Rivers

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