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State of Minnesota(City of Orono)v.Charles Lewis Henke
<br /> On Apri18, 2011, the Complainant mailed Defendant a letter memorializing the email
<br /> from March 4, 2011, and listing the items that had to be removed from the subject property to
<br /> bring it into compliance with the City Code. Defendant was asked to use the list to indicate
<br /> which items that had been removed from the subject property and to provide dates for removal of
<br /> items that had not yet been removed from the subject property. Defendant was given until May
<br /> 16, 2011 to retum the schedule by mail or email. Defendant was also advised that the Bobcat was
<br /> prohibited within districts zoned for residential use and had to be removed or stored in
<br /> compliance with the Gity Code.
<br /> On June 22, 2011, City staff spoke with Defendant regarding the state of the subject
<br /> property. Defendant advised City stafF that he had removed the scrap lumber, scrap metal,plastic
<br /> tubing, vehicle topper,bath tub, chicken wire, and propane tank from the subject property. On
<br /> June 30, 2011, City staff mailed Defendant a letter detailing the additional items that had to be
<br /> removed from the property or stored within an enclosed structure by August 30, 201 l, including:
<br /> tires and miscellaneous items stored between sheds,the excavator, a Mack truck,the green truck,
<br /> a radiator, tires,the Volkswagen bus, gas cans, car parts,batters,the Bobcat, and the orange
<br /> dump truck.
<br /> On September 9, 2011, the City spoke with Defendant and confirmed xhat he had
<br /> removed the orange dump truck from the subject property. Defendant was advised that he had to
<br /> remove or register two unregistered boats from the property, license numbers MN 2626AQ and
<br /> 4049FS,remove or properly store the excavator and skid steer, register, license, and make
<br /> operable or properly store five vehicles, including a Buick, license plate ZZZZZ, which expired
<br /> in August 2011,the Volkswagen bus,the green Chevrolet truck,the black Mack dump truck, and
<br /> the green dump truck. Additionally, Defendant was advised that he needed to make a11 three
<br /> trailers on the property operable and roadworthy. Furthermore, Defendant was advised that all
<br /> miscellaneous junk and debris had to be removed from the property.
<br /> On November 3, 201 l, City staff visited the subject property and noted that Defendant
<br /> had made progress. Despite Defendant's work on the property, a number of violations remained
<br /> on the subject property, including exterior storage of: tires,miscellaneous vehicle parts,
<br /> miscellaneous junk and debris, the skid steer and loader, the black dump truck which was stuck
<br /> in the ground and without license plates,the green Chevrolet truck, a utility vehicle box truck,
<br /> and inoperable trailers. Since Defendant was not home,the City was unable to enter the property
<br /> and make a full inspection to verify registration of all of the vehicles and boats. Defendant was
<br /> advised that the site would be re-inspected for compliance by November 14,2011.
<br /> On November 30, 2011, City staff contacted Defendant regarding a site inspection
<br /> conducted on November 29, 2011. Defendant was advised that he had to resolve all of the issues
<br /> with the vehicles and remove the remaining miscellaneous scrap metal, auto parts, tires, and junk
<br /> and debris within the next week.
<br /> On December 8, 2011, City staff visited the subject property. Defendant gave consent to
<br /> the Complainant to access his backyard. Defendant acknowledged that the subject property was
<br /> still in violation of the City Code.
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