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State of Minnesota(City of Orono)v.Charles Lewis Henke
<br /> STATEMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE
<br /> Melanie Curtis, Planning and Zoning Coordinator for the City of Orono,being duly
<br /> swom,makes Complaint to the above-named Court and says that she believes this information,
<br /> and other persons from whom it is obtained, to be reliable and that there is probable cause to
<br /> believe that the above-named Defendant committed the offense(s) described below. The
<br /> Complainant states that the following facts establish probable cause:
<br /> Defendant is the owner of rental property located at 3536 Lyric Avenue, Orono,
<br /> Minnesota("the subject property"). The subject property is located inside the Orono city limits
<br /> and is zoned for residential use.
<br /> On July 7, 2010,the CiTy received complaints regazding"junk"in Defendant's yard. On
<br /> July 12, 2010, City staff visited the subject property and documented a number of violations of
<br /> the City Code, including exterior storage of scrap lumber, scrap metals,pipes, plastic tubing, gas
<br /> cans, tires, Chrishnas decorations, fifty-five gallon drums, car parts, vehicle batteries, a truck
<br /> topper, a bath tub, a roll of fencing material, scaffolding,propane tanks, ladders, a trailer with
<br /> pipes and other miscellaneous items,miscellaneous containers with vehicle liquids,
<br /> miscellaneous construction debris,miscellaneous junk and debris, City staff also observed an
<br /> inoperable boat,license MN 2627AQ. City staff also personally observed a nuxnber of
<br /> unregistered and inoperable vehicles on the subject property,including: a Chevrolet with expired
<br /> registration, license MN PPR426, expiration Apri12010; an orange inoperable commercial dump
<br /> truck with expired registration, license MN L1624, expiration February 2008; a gray inoperable
<br /> commercial dump truck with expired registration, license MN YAP6599, expiration February
<br /> 2005; an inoperable green Chevrolet commercial dump truck, MN collector license 723185; an
<br /> inoperable blue Volkswagen, MN collector license 622605; an inoperable white Chrysler without
<br /> license plates; an inopera.ble white Chevrolet with expired registration,MN license YM78424G,
<br /> expiration February 2005; an inoperable Chevrolet truck with expired registration, MN license
<br /> CUG551, expiration 2002; and a racing trailer with expired registration, MN license CTH0645,
<br /> expiration February 2005. On July 16, 2010, City staff mailed Defendant a letter detailing the
<br /> Code violations observed. Defendant was given until July 29, 2010, to bring the property into
<br /> compliance.
<br /> On August 5, 2010, Defendant spoke with the Complainant and stated that he would
<br /> prepaze and submit a timeline for compliance by the week of August 16, 2010. On August 31,
<br /> 2010,the Complainant mailed a letter to Defendant noting that she had not received a timeline
<br /> from Defendant and that remediation of the City Code violations on the subject property had not
<br /> yet been completed. Defendant was ordered to bring the property into compliance with the Code
<br /> or submit a detailed compliance schedule to the City by September 13, 2010.
<br /> On September 7, 2010, Defendant advised City staff that he had made some progress on
<br /> the property, including updating one of the vehicles with registration tabs,removing a trailer, and
<br /> cutting down some weeds.
<br /> On September 28, 2010, City sta.ff visited the subject property and personally observed
<br /> that the violations noted in the letter to Defendant remained.
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