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Home My WebLink AboutRe: complaint DATE TIME ` CIT F ORONO CALLED IN INSPECTION NOTICE SCHEDULED �27- PERMIT NO. COMPLETED ADDRESS 11� S��LW� � OWNER TELEPHONE NO. 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(g52) 249-4600 Owner/Contractor on site: Inspector. White Copyllnspector's File Canary CopylSite Notice . � Christine Mattson From: Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:40 PM To: Christine Mattson Subject: Building Code Violation ? Hi Ms. Mattson - Melanie Curtis suggested I contact you in her absence - > Could you please advise me on the process one would undertake if a neighbor knowingly made alterations to their property without city permits (ie; gas, electrical, plumbing, etc.) and/or has property fixtures that were known by said neighbor to of out of compliance (ie; missing deck (above 30") railings, hot tub placement, electric dog fence strung along top of inetal fence when should be buried underground, etc.) ? Said property is currently up for sale (at least there's a For Sale sign out front. Wouldn't any/all outstanding building code violations need to be corrected and brought into compliance before sale ? Also if said violations were a possible hazard (ie; non-compliant/never permitted gas hookup)to the neighbor's property, how would said "violation" be addressed/rectified ? Please advise - �� > » »> I will be out of the office Thursday and Friday and will return Monday,July 30th. If you need immediate assistance please contact Christine Mattson at 952.249.4620. Thank you Melanie i � R From: odonoghue@mchsi.com [mailto:odono�hue@mchsi.com] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:40 PM To: Christine Mattson Subject: Building Code Violation ? Hi Ms. Mattson - Melanie Curtis suggested I contact you in her absence - > Could you please advise me on the process one would undertake if a neighbor knowingly made alterations to their property without city permits (ie; gas, electrical, plumbing, etc.) and/or has property fixtures that were known by said neighbor to of out of compliance (ie; missing deck (above 30") railings, hot tub placement, electric dog fence strung along top of inetal fence when should be buried underground, etc.) ? Said property is currently up for sale (at least there's a For Sale sign out front. Wouldn't any/all outstanding building code violations need to be corrected and brought into compliance before sale ? Also if said violations were a possible hazard (ie; non-compliant/never permitted gas hookup) to the neighbor's property, how would said "violation" be addressed/rectified ? Please advise - Dan O'Donoghue 1770 Shadywood Rd. Orono, M N 55391 (612) 207-0097 > » »> I will be out of the office Thursday and Friday and will return Monday, July 30th. If you need immediate assistance please contact Christine Mattson at 952.249.4620. Thank you Melanie 3 s �i Christine Mattson From: odonoghue@mchsi.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 7:27 AM To: Christine Mattson \n� Subject: Re: Building Code Violation ? �� ` Hi Christine - C� ` � l � �� Anytime this (Friday) morning. ` \`U� Best to try my cell @ (612) 207-0097 ��,v Thanks - �� Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Mattson" <CMattson@ci.orono.mn.us> To: "odono�hue@mchsi.com" <odono�hue@mchsi.com> Sent:Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:41:19 PM GMT-06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: RE: Building Code Violation ? Hello, I left you a voice mail. When would a good time for me to call you? Thanks! Christine� -----Original Message----- +� From: odono�hue@mchsi.com [mailto:odonoghue@mchsi.com] t Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:40 PM To: Christine Mattson Subject: Building Code Violation ? Hi Ms. Mattson - Melanie Curtis suggested I contact you in her absence - > Could you please advise me on the process one would undertake if a neighbor knowingly made alterations to their property without city permits (ie; gas, electrical, plumbing, etc.) and/or has property fixtures that were known by said neighbor to of out of compliance (ie; missing deck (above 30") railings, hot tub placement, electric dog fence strung along top of inetal fence when should be buried underground, etc.) ? Said property is currently up for sale (at least there's a For Sale sign out front. Wouldn't any/all outstanding building code violations need to be corrected and brought into compliance before sale ? Also if said violations were a possible hazard (ie; non-compliant/never permitted gas hookup)to the neighbor's property, how would said "violation" be addressed/rectified ? Please advise - 1 . �. Dan 0'Donoghue 1770 Shadywood Rd. Orono, MN 55391 (612) 207-0097 > » >» I will be out of the office Thursday and Friday and will return Monday,July 30th. If you need immediate assistance please contact Christine Mattson at 952.249.4620. Thank you Melanie 2 f - Christia�e Mattson From: odonoghue@mchsi.com Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 2:08 PM To: Lyle Oman Cc: Christine Mattson; Melanie Curtis Subject: Followup Hi Mr. Oman - I've tried, unsuccessfully,to reach both Ms. Mattson & Ms. Curtis in order to followup on a few "suspected building code violations" on a neighboring property of Mr. Eric Wilson, 1780 Shadywood Road, Orono, MN 55391 (952) 472-1230. I believe that is property is no longer on the "For Sale" market, but the suspected violations as previously relayed to your office still remain. From my perspective, all 3 constitute one form of safety hazard or another and therefore should be investigated/corrected. An on-site visit/inspection will quickly/clearly verify my observations as reported. Also, on another similar/related matter- if it is suspected that a lakeshore homeowner(again neighboring property of Mr. Eric Wilson, 1780 Shadywood Road) is allowing for a boat (not registered to that homeowner/address)the to be stored at his dock site (for a rental fee or free) is this an allowed practice ? If not, what City of Orono Municipal Ordinance number(s) might address/apply in this instance ? If indeed there is a suspected violation of this type, to whom in the City of Orono is said violation reported to for investigation, enforcement, resolution ? � Looking forward to hearing from you on next steps. Thanks- Dan O'Donoghue �\�" ) 1770 Shadywood Rd. �v Orono, MN 55391 (612) 207-0097 > » »> Hi Ms. Mattson - 1 � - Could you please give me a call at your convenience to discuss the "violations" as reported for 1780 Shadywood Rd. I believe that an on-site visit/inspection will quickly/clearly verify my observations as reported. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks - Dan O'Donoghue 1770 Shadywood Rd. Orono, MN 55391 (612) 207-0097 > » »> Hi Ms. Mattson - We just returned from a couple of weeks up at our cabin and see that you, Melanie and Lyle all called to followup on this matter. I haven't called either of them back yet as I'm not sure of next step you'd like to take in this process. Please free free to call me for additional information. Dan O'Donoghue 1770 Shadywood Rd. Orono, MN 55391 (612) 207-0097 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Mattson" <CMattson@ci.orono.mn.us> To: "odonoghue@mchsi.com" <odono�hue@mchsi.com> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:41:19 PM GMT-06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: RE: Building Code Violation ? Hello, I left you a voice mail. When would a good time for me to call you? Thanks! Christine� -----Original Message----- z : • Christine Mattson From: Lyle Oman Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:40 AM To: Christine Mattson Subject: RE: 1780 Shadywood Road Hi Chris, What happened was when I got the complaint it was unclear of what all his issues were and I got the feeling I would go out and we would send a letter and then he would come up with some more crap. So I called and left him a message so we could discuss it. He never called me back and I meant to get out there but it didn't happen before I left. My last day I dumped a bunch of stuff on you and that was one of them. I asked you to have Willie do the inspection but I still think Willie should talk to him first. There is also the issue of an addition to the deck the guy added in the average lakeshore setback shortly after he got a variance (or maybe it was the previous owner). Anyway Bruce found it and ET was working on it but it got lost when they left. Its all in the file. Good Luck! From: Christine Mattson Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:35 AM To: Lyle Oman Subject: FW: 1780 Shadywood Road Hi Lyle, I told him you visited the site and would let him know when you returned what you observed. Chris� -----Original Message----- From: odono�hue@mchsi.com [mailto:odono�hue@mchsi.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:34 AM To: Lyle Oman Cc: Christine Mattson Subject: 1780 Shadywood Road Hi Mr. Oman - I hope that you're feeling better. Sorry to be bugging you while out on leave but in speaking with Chris in your office this morning, she thought that you might be checking your e-mail periodically as opposed to voice mail and thus suggested I leave you a note here. Chris indicated that you were out for an on site review of reported "violations" at 1780 Shadywood Road yesterday. Were you able to view/find the code/safety issues I relayed in my previous e-mail ? Are any/all said issues in need of correction ? If so, was a time frame attached to these corrections ? � �\ � Look forward to hearing from you at your convenience. ,1 � � Most appreciated - 1 �\� i � � Dan O'Donoghue 1770 Shadywood Rd. Orono, MN 55391 (612) 207-0097 z Christine Mattson From: odonoghue@mchsi.com Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 4:26 PM To: Christine Mattson Cc: Lyle Oman; Willie Gibbs Subject: Re: 1780 Shadywood Rd Attachments: ShoreStation 8-17-12 011.JPG; ShoreStation 8-17-12 013.JPG; ShoreStation 8-17-12 014.JPG Hi Chris- I've taken the liberty of attaching a few photos taken today (8/17/12)that clearly show that the ShoreStation in question in not only within 5' of my lot line (to put it quite bluntly, Mr. Wilson is a liar as Judd Harper of the LMCD can attest to in his recent dealings with Mr. Wilson) but as the photos clearly show, the one leg of the ShoreStation is on my property (as my property extends to BOTH sides of the hedge). The hedge IS NOT the official lot line as I intentionally planted them (7 years ago)well within my property so as to have access on both sides. � Even if the hedge was the official lot line,the ShoreStation is obviously within th 5' side setback limit. Again please reply with the date and time the City Inspector is scheduled to come out here for a site review (of the reported violations of 1780 Shadywood Rd) as I would like to point out what I'm seeing to the Inspector so as to save him some time and also assure that we've covering all of and the same violations I've forwarded to your attention. I show that my first contact with your office was back on July 26th (some 3 weeks ago now) and we have yet to have an inspection of these matters. What can we do to expedite this process ? Most appreciated. Dan O'Donoghue 1770 Shadywood Rd. � Orono, MN 55391 (612) 207-0097 ----- Original Message----- From: "Christine Mattson" <CMattson@ci.orono.mn.us> To: "odonoghue@mchsi.com" <odonoghue@mchsi.com> Cc: "Lyle Oman" <LOman@ci.orono.mn.us>, "Willie Gibbs" <WGibbs@ci.orono.mn.us> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 9:09:53 AM GMT-06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: 1780 Shadywood Rd Dan, 1 The City has regulations regarding exterior storage of materials and debris (City Code 78-1577 ). However due to the nature of our community as a lakeshore community we make allowances for the overwinter landward storage of docks, etc. and do not have specified setback requirements. Boats must be stored at least 5'from the property line; docks and the like materials should be stored entirely on the subject property. We don't disallow the storage of docks and other lake access items (lifts, etc)... Typically this type of storage happens during non-boating, winter months. We understand this property owner needed to move their dock to meet a LMCD setback and apparently chose not to relocate the dock rather just removed it for the season. I spoke with the owners of 1780 Shadywood Road. They stated their ShoreStation is located at least 5' off the property line. Our City inspector will take a look when he performs a site inspection of the property regarding the other complaints you reported. Christine^' -----Original Message----- From: odonoghue@mchsi.com [ mailto:odonoghue@mchsi.com ] Sent:Thursday, August 16, 2012 6:07 PM To: Christine Mattson Cc: Lyle Oman Subject: 1780 Shadywood Rd Hi Chris- I just wanted to followup with you on our phone conversation from earlier this afternoon regarding the storage placement of the ShoreStation at 1780 Shadywood Rd (Mr. Eric Wilson residence). Were you able to reach Mr. Wilson (or his wife Leslie) ? Is he now aware of the fact that this location is not compliant to lot line setback rules ? Did he make a committment to move it ? To the location he's stored it over the last 3 winters ? z As I shared in our phone conversation, Mr. Wilson is due to leave the country next week for a two year work assignment in the Middle East. He has recently leased his home/property for that two year period. My fear is that once Mr. Wilson leaves the counrty next week,the lessor will have no knowledge of, authority to nor finances to pay for it's movement. Just for my own understanding, could you also direct me to which Could you please call me at your earliest convenience to discuss ? Most appreciated. Dan O'Donoghue 1770 Shadywood Rd. Orono, MN 55391 (612) 207-0097 -----Original Message----- From: odonoghue@mchsi.com [ mailto:odonoghue@mchsi.com ] Sent:Thursday,July 26, 2012 2:40 PM To: Christine Mattson Subject: Building Code Violation ? Hi Ms. Mattson - Melanie Curtis suggested I contact you in her absence- > Could you please advise me on the process one would undertake if a neighbor knowingly made alterations to their property without city permits (ie; gas, electrical, plumbing, etc.) and/or has property fixtures that were known by said neighbor to of out of compliance (ie; missing deck (above 30") railings, hot tub placement, electric dog fence strung along top of inetal fence when should be buried underground, etc.) ? 3 Said property is currently up for sale (at least there's a For Sale sign out front. Wouldn't any/all outstanding building code violations need to be corrected and brought into compliance before sale ? Also if said violations were a possible hazard (ie; non-compliant/never permitted gas hookup)to the neighbor's property, how would said "violation" be addressed/rectified ? Please advise- Dan O'Donoghue 1770 Shadywood Rd. 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However due to the nature of our community as a lakeshore community we make allowances for the overwinter landward storage of docks, etc. and do not have specified setback requirements. Boats must be stored at least 5' from the property line; docks and the like materials should be stored entirely on the subject property. We don't disallow the storage of docks and other lake access items (lifts, etc)... Typically this type of storage happens during non-boating, winter months. We understand this property owner needed to move their dock to meet a LMCD setback and apparently chose not to relocate the dock rather just removed it for the season. I spoke with the owners of 1780 Shadywood Road. They stated their ShoreStation is located at least 5' off the property line. Our City inspector will take a look when he performs a site inspection of the property regarding the other complaints you reported. Christine^' -----Original Message----- From: odonoghue@mchsi.com [mailto:odonoghue@mchsi.com] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 6:07 PM To: Christine Mattson Cc: Lyle Oman Subject: 1780 Shadywood Rd Hi Chris - I just wanted to followup with you on our phone conversation from earlier this afternoon regarding the storage placement of the ShoreStation at 1780 Shadywood Rd (Mr. Eric Wilson residence). Were you able to reach Mr. Wilson (or his wife Leslie) ? Is he now aware of the fact that this location is not compliant to lot line setback rules ? Did he make a committment to move it ? To the location he's stored it over the last 3 winters ? As I shared in our phone conversation, Mr. Wilson is due to leave the country next week for a two year work assignment in the Middle East. He has recently leased his home/property for that two year period. My fear is that once Mr. Wilson leaves the counrty next week,the lessor will have no knowledge of, authority to nor finances to pay for it's movement. lust for my own understanding, could you also direct me to which Could you please call me at your earliest convenience to discuss ? Most appreciated. Dan 0'Donoghue i - . 1770 Shadywood Rd. Orono, MN 55391 (612) 207-0097 -----Original Message----- From: odonoghue@mchsi.com [mailto:odonoghue@mchsi.com) Sent:Thursday,July 26, 2012 2:40 PM To: Christine Mattson Subject: Building Code Violation ? Hi Ms. Mattson - Melanie Curtis suggested I contact you in her absence- > Could you please advise me on the process one would undertake if a neighbor knowingly made alterations to their property without city permits (ie; gas, electrical, plumbing, etc.) and/or has property fixtures that were known by said neighbor to of out of compliance (ie; missing deck (above 30") railings, hot tub placement, electric dog fence strung along top of inetal fence when should be buried underground, etc.) ? Said property is currently up for sale (at least there's a For Sale sign out front. Wouldn't any/all outstanding building code violations need to be corrected and brought into compliance before sale ? Also if said violations were a possible hazard (ie; non-compliant/never permitted gas hookup)to the neighbor's property, how would said "violation" be addressed/rectified ? Please advise- Dan O'Donoghue 1770 Shadywood Rd. Orono, MN 55391 (612) 207-0097 > » »> I will be out of the office Thursday and Friday and will return Monday,July 30th. If you need immediate assistance please contact Christine Mattson at 952.249.4620. Thank you Melanie 2 � / � • � • � ■ Complete items 1,2,and 3.Also complete Si� re item 4 if Restricted Delivery is desired. X �� ❑Agent ■ Print your name and address on the reverse ❑Addressee so that we can return the card to you. B. Recefved by(Pnnted Name) C. Date o Delivery ■ Attach this card to the back of the mailpiece, ` or on the front if space permits. D. Is delivery address different from item 1? Yes 1. Article Addressed to: Ii YES,enter delivery address below: ❑No Eric P Wilson }� 1780 Sh1d«��ood Road 3. Service Type Wavzata MN ��391 C�Certifed nnaii ❑express nnaii ❑Registered ❑Retum Receipt for Merchandise ❑Insured Mail ❑C.O.D. 4. Restricted Deliveyl(Extra Fee) O Yes 2. 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