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yard and bulldozers uprooting dozens of mature trees and pushing the fill around the ruined landscape. 5. In December 2001 and January 2002,1 observed many truckloads of dirt being dumped in the back yard before any silt fencing was installed on the lower reaches of the Stephensons’ back yard, where upland vegetation gives way to wetland vegetation. 6. As my concern grew about the growing pile of dirt in the Stephensons’ yard, 1 started inquiring of the Stephensons and the City about the nature of the project and only then learned that the City had i&sued a conditional use permit (CUP) for the project. As it turns out, the CUP was issued weeks after I purchased my property but I was never notified of the Stephensons’ pending application for the CUP. Sometime after I began making inquiries and raising objections to the Stephensons’ project, the City commenced its investigation and looked into enforcement of the CUP. 1 continued to lodge objections to the project which I made directly and through my attorneys. Most of rny objections were made before any seeding and landscaping were carried out. 7. As the filling and grading project progressed, I observed many things that I found troubling. A single silt fence was installed well after the project was underway. The Stephensons never installed the double fencing as required by the CUP. Both before and after silt fencing was installed (which as 1 understand it is required by ordinance and watershed district regulations to protect the neighboring wetland) I observed heavy mechanical equipment, e.g., a large bulldozer, as well as a Bobcat^" loader, operating all over the back yard, including the zone between the edge of the wetland and the silt fencing location. I also observed many trees being uprooted or cut down (some of w hich I believe were within the delineated wetland) 1