OT--Taking on city hall

PrecisionMachinisT · 2005-12-06T08:11:39+00:00

Dear Mr. Trejo.I am writing this letter in response to a complaint I recently received fromyour office wherein you claim to have discovered items present upon myproperty located at 1629 Cloverdale Road that are supposedly in violation ofState and County guidelines pertaining to solid waste storage and disposalas mandated per WAC 173-350 and Cowlitz County Code Title 15-30( REF : Your case # SW 05-107 )Your letter specifically lists exactly 4 items as being in violation, withthoseitems consisting of the following : (A) An "abandoned truck with no motor", (B) "Tires", (C) "Wood Pallets", and; (D) "A piece of heavy machinery".The letter was accompanied with photographs of the above mentioned itemsthat are being considered by your office to be in violation.For convienience, I will hereinafter address these issues separately, asbeing items ( A ) through ( D ) below.Please refer to item (A):The truck mentioned above, while admittedly not presently in operablecondition, is currently in the process of being repaired.In fact, fairly recently and at a considerable expense, I have overhauled areplacement engine in order to install into said truck when it becomesconvenient for me to do so at some point in the future. As such, this truckshould by no stretch of the imagination be considered to be "abandoned".Furthermore, please note that "Junk Vehicles" are specifically addressedunder Cowlitz CountyCode Title 10, beginning at Section 27, Para 010.Most notably, under Title 10 section 27 Para 040, "three or more" "junkvehicles" must be accumulated upon a premises in order to constitute aviolation.of the County Code.Bearing into mind the above mentioned code, the inoperable truck does not inmy opinion constitute a violation and so no further action on my part isplanned at this point in time concerning it's ultimate disposition.Still, if your office continues to allege this truck to be in violation ofthe WAC, County, or any other applicable codes, then I would expect you...

Dec 06, 2005 121 Replies

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clutch 20 years ago

Couldn't you trim that monster?

Wes S

[snip]

Couldn't you trim that monster?

Wes S

Pick the way you liked it.

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George Willer 20 years ago

Certainly, Wes

Certainly Wes

I'm just trying to please Bill. I did trim all that wasn't necessary. Do you object?

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