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Page I of 3 <br />L 2 <br />03 <br />Business Growth LLC <br />From: Patty Schneider [PSchneider@ScalesAdvertising.com] <br />Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 8:55 AM <br />To: siharpstead@comcast. net; david. g ra nt@ci - arden-h ills. mn. us; holdenbj24@aol.com; <br />FranH116@aol.com; davemcclung@comcast.net <br />Cc: meagan. beekman@ci . arden-h ills. mn. us; ron. moorse@ci . arden-h ills. mn. us; <br />james.lehnhoff a@ci.arden-h ills. mn. us <br />Subject: ENFORCEMENT OF FENCE ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS <br />Importance: High <br />Hello, <br />We have raised two children at our home located at 1774 Gramsie Road since March, <br />1992, or nearly 18 years. Fran Holmes, the city councilwoman, is a good neighbor <br />that we are proud to know because she has a history of fighting for what is best for <br />our neighborhood and the City. We spoke with Fran on Thursday, September 17th <br />We shared with Fran that we are deeply disturbed and concerned that the value of our <br />home and property is in serious jeopardy due to the construction of a wooden privacy <br />fence that is being constructed by the new homeowners occupying the house that <br />adjoins our two properties. <br />The fence violates the City of Arden Hills ordinance on each requirement. We want <br />swift action to be taken to stop the construction of the fence immediately so the <br />ordinance can be properly enforced. <br />The ordinance stipulates: <br />1. Fences in side or rear yards may not exceed six (6) feet <br />in height in all residential districts.* <br />2. Fences may be placed along lot lines provided no damage of any kind results to <br />the <br />abutting property.* <br />I That side of the fence considered to be the face (facing as applied to fence posts) <br />shall <br />face toward adjoining property.* <br />*ktW://www.ci.arden-hills.mn.us/vertical/Sites/ <br />The fence violates each stipulation in the ordinance: <br />6-- The face of the fence, the side that the fence is nailed to fence posts faces their <br />property. <br />4. The fence is over 6 feet from the ground or grade. The fence panels themselves <br />are 6 feet tall. There isn't any way a fence will be less than 6 feet in height when it <br />is placed on cement footings that rise above the ground by a few inches and the <br />fence panels themselves are 6 feet in height. This should have been stopped in the <br />planning stages before it ever got this far. Due to the landscape, if the fence is not <br />reduced in height, it will be 7' high or more as the ground goes up hill. <br />9/18/2009 <br />