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Police City of Pequot City Hall 218-568-8111 Lakes 218-568-5222 Fax 218-568-5647 Fax 218-568-5860 1pd @pequotlakes-mn.gov 0A10 4638 County Road 11 cityhall @pequotlakes-mn.gov Pequot Lakes,MN 56472 www.pequotlakes-mn.gov December 20, 2004 Mr. Larry Lien 30498 Pequot Blvd. Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 Re: City of Pequot Lakes Potential Ordinance Violation PIN: 291070090060009 Dear Mr. Lien: It has come to our attention through a complaint that you are likely in violation of the City's Ordinances regarding Junk Cars. The Ordinance states, in Section 70.030,that, ". . . Passenger vehicles and trucks in an inoperative state due to age, damage or malfunction shall not be parked outside in a residential district for a period exceeding seven days; inoperative shall mean incapable of movement under its own power and in need of repair ofjunking, and shall include unlicensed vehicles and vehicles incapable of legal movement on public roads. " I have been to your property and taken the enclosed photographs. If these pictures accurately depict the condition of your property, I would have to find that you are in violation of this provision of the Ordinance. As opposed to formally citing you for a violation of the ordinance, we would like the opportunity to work with you to correct the situation. We are requesting that by no later than January 15,2005,you remove or properly store all abandoned vehicles from this property. Failure to comply with the Ordinance by January 15, 2005, will prompt us to take more aggressive action. This would likely include administrative fines for each day the violation continues, civil action to obtain a court order directing you to comply with the Ordinance and could potentially include criminal action. Having abandoned vehicles as depicted in these photographs is not only an eyesore to the rest of the community, it is a health and safety issue that we take very seriously. Please