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, REGULAR P4EETING OI' TIiE ORONO COUNCIL, JANUARY 9 , 1978 Page 24 2. Your building located on the street right of *7INNETOPdKA AVENUE way: The City will expect it to be removed r�1ATTER before January l, 1978 , as you agreed on (Continued) T2onday night. If you wish to move it onto your lot, it requires a $5. 50 building permit and it must be located according to the zoning requirements. 3. The Chickens : The City has decided that chickens are not permitted on your property due to the closeness of the neighbors. Under Section 31. 106 of the municipal code, you r.lust remove the chickens before January 1, 1978. End of letter Letter received from D. A. Schroeppel, Lawrence Quast Attorney, dated December 30, 1977, which states: I have today been contacted by P�r. & Mrs. Lawrence Quast in regard to your letter dated October 26, referring to the Council meeting set for tdovember 14. I have been advised by the Quasts that permission was given to them to maintain their chickens at the time they acquired the property as a non- conforming use. I would suc�gest that you check your records to see if,in fact, this is correct and I would appreciate it if you would advise me as to the City' s position. I trust that you will hold the matter in abeyance until you have had the opportunity to check your records as it would cause an undue hardship to my client to comply with your request of October 26. End of letter Letter to IZr. D. A. Schroep�el fror� P4r. Alan Olson, dated January 3, 1978, which states: The Quast matter has been before the City Council several times and will be on the agenda again for the January 9, 1978 rleeting. At the regular • Council meeting held on October 24, 1977, rir. nuast agreed to remove his chickens and the encroaching buildings by January l, 1978. The chickens were, in fact, a non-conforming use which by ordinance must have been abated within 36 months of the ordinance � adoption on January 1, 1975; i.e. : January l, 1978 was the deadline for keeping chickens on this property. (Continued)