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July 31 10u5 j) iS�usSc�i CkLkY ink VAxbl %Q Cumrnent l -b-65 Council .j TO: City Council Orono, Minnesota FROM: Jerry W. Wheeler 3399 Crystal flay Ild. Wayzata, Mn. 55391 1985 'I ITY OF OROWI)l _ff Knowing that change comes hard, I must continue to pro- tect my legal rights. At the last council meeting it was suppested by a couple of our councilmen that Mr. Johnson's woodpile was "O.K." and did not require a variance appli- cation because: I ) The rodents livin(- in it were indigenous to Mn. >.) The woodpile is their natural habitat, and 3.) "There are no violations of city ordinances. All three of these rationalizations are clearly mislead- ing if not totally false. They represent a continuation of a couple of our councilmen's blatant attempts to show both 'Mr. Johnson and Mr. Dick Carl special favors. The simple fact that an animal is i• .genous to Minnesota in no way addresses the question of nuisance -needless to say health and safety factors, when in such close proxi- ►nity (10 feet) to anyones private residence; whether with or without children. Skunks, raccoons, rats, etc.; are they not all indigenous to 21innesota? Does any sensible adult "ENCOURAGE" any wild animal to nest within 10 feet of his home where, as they multiply, they are likely to invade ones attic or to bite a child who is trying to feed or play with them? Is not the risk of rabies alone, as small as that may be, sufficient reason for honest concern? Everyone knows that this woodpile is NOT the "natural" habitat for these rodents. This is a man made habitat and as such can anti should be moved away from our home (either to the hack of Johnson's property as other residents (To or next to Mr. Dick Carl's home if he is unconcerned). The woodpile clearly violates the intent of our ordinances regarding mobile materials and exterior structures. In addttion, this woodpile is less permiable to water than my gravel and therefore should also be included under the "intentionally vague" hardcover ordinance ---- if my gravel is to be so included. To claim that no city ordinances are betn violated is ridiculous; unless, once again, this city's intent is to use an intentionally vague city ordin- ance to punish me while others receive "special treatment"1 Mr. Johnson must be required to apply for lotline set -back variances and hardcover variances for both the storage shed an,] the woodpile. `fr. ,Johnson's other woodpile (tne rotting wood in hack) has yet to even be ad,iresserl.