107 Stevens Ave NE 062295City of Yelm
105 Yelm Avenue West
YELM P.O. Box 479
YOM Washington 98597
(360) 458 -3144
NOTICE TO ABATE UNSAFE OR UNLAWFUL CONDITION (NUISANCE)
To: Ken Holthaus
PO Box 1378
Yelm, WA 98597
As owner, agent, lessee or other person occupying or having charge
or control of the building, lot or premises at
107 Stevens Ave RE
you are hereby notified that the enforcement off icer of the City of
Yelm has determined, pursuant to chapter 9.48 of the Yelm Municipal
Code, that there exists upon or adjoining said premises the
following condition(s) contrary to the provisions of chapter 9.44
of the Yelm Municipal Code. Infractions are also contrary to the
provisions of chapter 17.26 of the Yelm Municipal Code.
PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENTS A FOR DETAILED INFORMATION
Your are hereby further notified to abate that condition to the
satisfaction of the city within 15 days of the date of this
notice. If you do not abate the condition within 15 days the
city can abate the condition at your expense. In addition, your
failure to abate the condition will be considered a violation for
which you may incur monetary penalties as provided in sections
9.44.015 and 9.498.040, Yelm Municipal Code, for each day or part
of day that the condition continues to exist.
Alternatively, failure to abate a nuisance may be prosecuted as a
misdemeanor under section 9.48.050, Yelm Municipal Code.
You have the right to appeal this notice within five (5) days as
provided in section 9.48.010 E, Yelm Municipal Code, or within ten
(10) days from the date of service by mail, as evidenced by the
postmark on the notice.
Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.
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Gerald Prock, Enforcement Officer Date
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CITY OF YELM
NUISANCE ENFORCEMENT
Complaint Received: a,, 15 , 199 5
Name: Ken Holthaus
Address: 107 Stevens Ave NE/ Po Box 1378
Yelm WA 98597
Section 9.44.020 Nuisances Declared. The following specific acts,
omissions, places and conditions are declared to be public nuisances:
Enforcement officer's verification: 6 / 15 / 95
Please circle all applicable conditions.
A. Erecting, continuing or using any building or other place in the city
for the exercise of any trade, employment or manufacture, which by
occasioning noxious exhalation, offensive smells or other annoyances,
becomes injurious and dangerous to the health, comfort or property of
individuals or the public.
B. Causing or allowing any offal, filth, poison, or noisome substance to be
collected or to remain in any place, street, highway, or alley in the
city to the prejudice of others;
C. Maintaining any house, shop, stable or other structure which cannot be
occupied or rented and which poses danger of incendiarism and /or injury.
D. Maintaining any house or premises kept for the purpose of prostitution
or for the performance of lewd acts as that term is defined in section
9.16.010;
E. All houses or places where drunkenness, fighting or other breaches of
the peace are carried on or permitted;
F. All dirt, offal, or vegetable matter, the contents of any hoc pen or
sty, poultry house, privy, drain or vault, which by noxious air,
poisonous gas, or noise, shall offend inhabitants of the neighborhood;
G. Keeping howling or barking dogs or permitting any animal to run at large
which defiles, injures or destroys lawns, gardens, trees or shrubbery;
E. Building or maintaining any structure in such condition as to be
dangerous to the health of the citizens of the city;
I. Obstructing or encroaching upon or rendering unsafe for passage any
public highway, private way, street, alley, park, scuare, driveway,
lake, or stream in the city;
7. Carrying on, within the city limits, a business of manufacturing
gunpowder, nitroglycerin, or other highly explosive substance, or mixing
or grinding the materials therefor, in any place within two hundred
fifty yards of any building in existence at the time such business may
be commenced.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
To: Ken Holthaus
PO Sox 1378
Yelm WA 98597
The undersigned hereby certifies that a true copy of the attached
Notice to Abate Unsafe or Unlawful Condition was served upon the
person (or persons) to whom it was addressed by (check one or more
of the following):
❑ Delivering the copy to each of the addressees personally;
❑ Leaving the copy at the owner's place of residence with a
person of suitable age and discretion; or
❑ Leaving the copy with the tenant in possession of the
property; or
aMailing a copy, certified mail with a return receipt
requested, to the owner at his (her) last known address,
postage prepaid; or
❑ Leaving a copy posted on the vacant premises and mailing a
copy, certified mail with a return receipt requested, to the
owner (who is not a city resident at his (her) last known
residence, postage prepaid.
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City of Yelm
105 Yelm Avenue West
P.O. Box 479
Alm, Washington 98597
(360) 458 -3144
June 16, 1995
Ken Holthaus
PO Box 1378
Yelm WA 98597
Dear Mr. Holthaus:
It has been brought to our attention that you have on your
owned /rented property, located at 107 Stevens Ave HE a
mobile /manufactured home or a pick -up truck camper /motorhome /travel
trailer and shed which is being used as a dwelling.
Yelm Municipal Code limits the location of mobile /manufactured
homes to mobile home parks/ subdivisions. The use of pick -up truck
campers /motorhomes /travel trailers as a temporary or permanent
residence is not allowed due to zoning and health and safety
requirements.
You are requested to cease using the structure located on your
owned /rented property as a dwelling. Compliance within 24 hours of
receipt of this notice is required.
Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Gerald Prock,
Yelm Building Department
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
To: Ken Holthaus
PO Box 1378
Yelm WA 98597
The undersigned hereby certifies that a true copy of the attached
Notice to Abate Unsafe or Unlawful Condition was served upon the
person (or persons) to whom it was addressed by (check one or more
of the following):
❑ Delivering the copy to each of the addressees personally;
❑ Leaving the copy at the owner's place of residence with a
person of suitable age and discretion; or
❑ Leaving the copy with the tenant in possession of the
property; or
Mailing a copy, certified mail with a return receipt
requested, to the owner at his (her) last known address,
postage prepaid; or
❑ Leaving a copy posted on the vacant premises and mailing a
copy, certified mail with a return receipt requested, to the
owner (who is not a city resident at his (her) last known
residence, postage prepaid.
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