03-23-95 Regular Meeing and Public Hearing

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JUN-21-95 WED 15:47 DISPOSAL SYSTEMS #iCCTREC 71393@2568 P.@6 . ~ . - Att~ehment.l Facts Relevant To Thts Matter: ~ - . ~ '. ~On $aturdey, May i3,1g95. unaware that a buildi permit was required to-order to replace an . existing structure on private property, the action taken to remove our e~dsting front yard . fence which had become lnfesbed with termites. m ng It dangerous to keep standing as is. The . ~ existence of this fiance Is evident in photographs loan at different periods In the history of the . r~esidsnce (sue atfieched photographs. ~ .. .. - pn June ?,1995, while in the process of erecting' ~ e replacement fence, which was a little drawn the family, wo noticed a bu5in ~ . • out by an illness ln card fvr.ftobert Stoddard with the inspection . , . :Department in :our.door..~'it;was~upon`calling=fiis:n; ~~ ber~tlst~ws were:=made aware of tFie~fact that front yard fencee~.wera'p'ahibited~in Laporte, :Wh: ` ~, np;that we were replacing an existing ~ ~ . ~ ~ F.'.:.••••• •'~•• •• . .• ~,w••~_-6`•Y•~st~ucfu`re; vie'were as'ked'K we'could~~pro~uce~ ph . . raphlc ®vide'ric~°of~iie fence: We iiver~'`~~so... ~ . ~` .. -' "'`~ -=' =• "told tt~~st= Mr. Stoddard would look• back on a prevlii ''aerial photo taken by the' city to see ff there ~ -~ - was evidence of a fence. A few days later, he calf and informed us that there was no vlslble evidence of the fence on the aerials, but the fact tour lot is shaded by 2 large shade trees In .~ the front yard and that the fence was .painted bro ay not allow for a good .image from the air: • On Monday, June 12 1995, l went tv the Inspecti Department wffh photographic evidence of the old fence and spoke to Mr.-Mark Lewis. 1 also ovided him with a plot of the property and proposed fence replacement (see attachment A) a ~ a rendering of the replacement fence (attachment B). At this time I was Informed that th complaining inspector( Robert Stoddard . was on vacation and that no action would be taloen ~ntil Mr, Lewis could speak to him regarding , this matter. ~ ~ ~ ~ • ~ • ~ • . . . Tuesday,.June 20, 1995.In a phone conversation 'Mr: L.evvis, l was~asked if l had~any'dated photographie evidence' of when the old fence was' " ac " ~ ~ light (~pwn. "After answering no to his ' id e f o ~ b "' the only cep essentially; question, he stated that ble ev eni~ that ~ en e had een. . recently removed would be the dated;photas~or a b llding perritit and without either of these he would not approve ~the~ new fence: ~ : " t - - ~~ . 4 ~ ~. . • .. .. ~. ~r -