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A fence, by Webster's definition, is ". .. a barrier intended to prevent escape or intrusion or to mark a boundary. . ." Mr. Hoff s fence provides no escape route and the intrusion by anyone. This fence has an impact on the sightlines of the neighbors; the sightline of the entire shoreline of MCCarron's Lake and indeed, it obstructs the view of the recreational users of the lake. Shoreline owners interpret their front yard as that portion that faces the lake. The 'Roseville's Shoreland District' Code has no set back requirement. The 'Code" also has ambiguities. Back yards on lake home properties should have setback requirements as well as height requirements. Fences should be transparent. Fences of six feet (72") or less are not regulated. Front yard fencing has a regulated height of 48" so as not to change the vista by adjacent property owners and also for safety reasons of the motoring public. No other lake in Roseville has a fence like this one. The 'Code' to the lake should have the same as front yards: the fence should be transparent so as not to destroy the vista of the adjacent properties, the other property owners of the lake and the recreational users of the lake. Molly Shodeen, area hydrologist from the DNR, inspected the fence on October 31, 2001 I (attachment # D. Her comment was "How tragic. It does represent a visual intrusion." John Lincstinc, also a hydrologist from the DNR, says this fence obstructs the air movement around the shoreline and provides ways to collect debris and by gravity going into the lake and creating an inherent environmental problem to any lake. Mr. Hoff applied for a residential building permit on April 16, 2001. My letter dated August 23, 2000 was not entered onto the record (attachment #1-). On July 1i\ a letter was sent to Mike Barack, City of Roseville Building Inspector, asking that construction be halted until there was building code approval. The City Building Inspector also asked Mr. Hoff to stop construction on August 14,2001 (attachment # (.I). This letter said the fence does not meet code and remedial action must be taken. Nothing has been done.