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Orono man jailed five days for junky yard � Full Disclosure � StarTribune.com Page 1 of 7 <br /> Log In�Register� My accountv �Subscribe Digital�Home delivery�Today's Paper Search �Q All content Q Business listings Search `��Site Inde <br /> �StarTri�r�e ; local <br /> News Local Sports Business Politics Opinion Lifestyle Entertainment obieuar�es ciassineds aucos Housin9 Jobs � � <br /> �e@�)/d((8 North Metro West Metro South Metro East Metro Minneapolia St.Paul Your Voices Blogs+Columna Minnesota Topics <br /> Home > Lceal > Local Bloga+Columns > Full Diaclosure from the harnepage <br /> Gamett agrees to waive no-trade clause for deal to <br /> Wolves <br /> ^^^"yyy Legislative leaders reach a deal on commissioner <br /> � pay ralses <br /> 9�. Expinring pubiic data far the puinlic gcxxi,every day Eddie Murphy backed out of Bill Cosby spoof on <br /> 'SNL 40'special <br /> James Eli Shdfer,the Star Tribune's watchdog and data editor,digs into data and documents to uncover the news. noveRriseMeNr <br /> Reach him at 612-673-4116,�ames.shdfer�startribune.com or follow him on Twitter at��ameselishiifer.Tell us what <br /> to investigate.Send your story hps to whistleblower�startribune com <br /> recent pasts <br /> 0 resize te�R Q Q subacribe via RSS <br /> vntage map of the mound complex near /� <br /> Lake Minnetonka <br /> Orono man jailed five days for junky yard SomuchforUtopia:Ulowersitssightsfor <br /> UMore Paric <br /> Pasted by:James Eli Shiffer ; Updated July 22,2014-1.13 PM <br /> "20th hi�acker'speaks from pnson,renewing <br /> 3t commeMa priM push to unseal 9/11 docs <br /> Yes,some people still want phone books <br /> James Barth checked in to � Impon of art treasures to M�nnesota gets <br /> the Hennepin County workhouse federal OK <br /> on Saturday for a five-day stay, <br /> courteSy Of a Squabble with the Judge tosses lawsuit that sought secrecy for � <br /> city of Orono over what he was �iVP.51fIN(fArtilS <br /> storing in his yard.While the <br /> dispute began with a May 2010 <br /> inspection,the most recent trouble post by category <br /> involved some ladders and logs <br /> near a garage,according to his <br /> brother,Jeff Vikings(1) AFC(1) <br /> Imprisornng someone who violates eears�i� Lions(6) <br /> a zomng ordinance is an unusual <br /> but not unprecedented use of a ; <br /> aty's power to govem what On the road(1) <br /> someone dces on their <br /> property The city says Barth <br /> wolated atv ordinance 78-1577, �O��� <br /> which govems"exterior storage"in <br /> residential zones An ordinance <br /> violation can be treated as a s � <br /> misdemeanor. Jr�° most read most emailed most watched <br /> r�r ' � I ° <br /> Barth is an over-the-road trucker <br /> who lives with his brother John at The offending�unk(photo from Jeff Barth) In a lwist,LAkevllle superintendent shadows <br /> 3725 Togo Road,an old house on <br /> H.S.atuderH for a day <br /> a leafy lot thaYs a little more than half an acre He's actually one of tnplets.James,John and Jeff are MqC lets go of co�rtractorthat guldes travelen <br /> 49 years old,and they're speaking with one voice about what they see as a city going overboard in at MSP <br /> punishing a property owner. <br /> Stlllwater narrowa aupeAntendent search <br /> "He shouldn't be gomg to jad for ladders and firewood,"Jeff Barth said."IYs just outrageous." <br /> Minneapolla oMcer flres at man wlth ahotgun in <br /> Soren Mattick,the city attomey for Orono,said that the workhouse sentence was the decision of a Normease <br /> judge that followed a missed court date,a bench warrant and a recent inspection that revealed Fomier Minneapolis cop charged wlth <br /> continuing code violations. <br /> Impenonating police oRicer,meth posaeaalon <br /> "I don't think it just comes down to whaYs on the lawn,"Mattick said As far as the city prosecuting �p starts expreaa bus service from Manchall <br /> someone for the upkeep of their property,"those standards are meant to be commurnty standards . rtoad stanon on monday <br /> This is how we would like to see the community to look" <br /> Bfllboard ahamea Mlnneapolis School Dlst�ict <br /> The trouble began with a city inspection in May 2010,which revealed Barth was keeping"lumber, spending <br /> scrap metals,ladders,tires,rims,metal shelving,garbage bags,5-gallon buckets,tarps,fumiture, <br /> util�ty trailers,miscellaneous construction debris,junk and a Ford L800 Diesel vehicle with expired Minneapolis achools lead attomey stepping <br /> registration."After a third inspection,in August 2010,determmed that more�unk had accumulated("a aown <br /> http://www.starnibune.com/local/blogs/267982061.htm1 2/19/2015 <br />