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> Original Message <br /> > From: Smith, Ana <br /> > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 3:45 PM <br /> > To: 'WGibbs@ci.orono.mn.us' <br /> > Subject: RE: Olive ave <br /> > <br /> > Willie, <br /> > <br /> > I am following up in regards to the email below. Can you please <br /> > provide me with an update at your earliest convenience? I still do <br /> not <br /> > understand in what way the condition of my neighbor's house is <br /> acceptable. <br /> > <br /> > Thanks. <br /> > <br /> > Original Message <br /> > From: Smith, Ana <br /> > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:59 AM <br /> > To: 'Willie Gibbs' <br /> > Cc: Josh Hobday (E-mail) <br /> > Subject: RE: Olive ave <br /> > <br /> > <br /> > Willie, <br /> > <br /> > Thank you for your response, however I strongly feel that the <br /> email <br /> > below contradicts what I have read in the Orono City Code. How are you <br /> > possibly telling me that it is acceptable to have a home with boarded <br /> up <br /> > windows, missing siding, a wall that is caving in and a wild crow <br /> > wandering around the property? The Orono city code specifically <br /> states: <br /> > <br /> > "Sec. 58-1. Maintenance of private property. <br /> > (a) It is the duty of the owner of every vacant property and <br /> the <br /> > owner and occupant of every occupied property to maintain the property <br /> in <br /> > a neat, clean and presentable manner free of any junk, debris, refuse, <br /> > litter, dead trees, or noxious weeds, and to remove all other public <br /> > health or safety hazards from the property. " <br /> > <br /> > Is missing siding considered presentable by the city of Orono?? Also, <br /> > the lawn is NOT kept and there are weeds growing along the <br /> perimeter <br /> > of the foundation that exceed 3-4 feet. Did anyone do more than drive <br /> by <br /> > the house?? We have spent hours cleaning and removing debris from <br /> this <br /> > house, as well as making phone calls and sending emails. . . I certainly <br /> > hope that more than a drive-by of the house has been done. If someone <br /> > walked the property you would see that this is a house that is <br /> > deteriorating. There is a wall caving in on the side of the house. <br /> There <br /> > is a small hole in another side of the house. . . birds fly in and out <br /> of <br /> > that hole. How is this allowed?? I understand that there may be <br /> > limitations as to what can and can't be done, but it is obvious to me <br /> that <br /> > the condition of this house is violating the Orono city code. I am <br /> failing <br /> > to understand how this situation is being ignored. <br /> > <br /> > Also, we have called the city on numerous occasions and were referred <br /> 3 <br />