| Council
will check messy yard in River Heights
By Brittany
Strickland
November 9, 2007 | RIVER HEIGHTS -- On Oct. 9, the
River Heights City Council decided to send resident
Dick Barnes a copy of their nuisance ordinance. They
also sent him a letter explaining that he had 14 days
to comply with the listed requests. It has been 29 days
since that letter was issued.
Zoning Administrator Don Davis, as well as Mayor Bill
Baker and Councilman Blake Wright, said this week they
would investigate the situation. They will be deciding
whether or not Barnes has responded to the requests
issued by the council to clean up the piles of junk
that are intruding on his neighbor, Marjean Melville's,
property.
Also, he has been ordered to fix Melville's fence,
which has been damaged by the mess. At this point, Melville
said, "he cleaned up a little bit. He used a tractor
to move the junk but it is still up against the fence.
He hasn't done much."
According to the council, if Barnes does not comply
with the demands more invasive actions, such as fines
and small claims court, will be enforced.
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