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Attachment B <br />Keith Kiefer <br />Mail Location: <br />6203 Rivlyn Ave NW; near; <br />ANOKA; MINNESOTA (55303) <br />December 15, 2009 <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />Attn. Chris Anderson <br />7550 Sunwood Drive NW <br />Ramsey ,Minnesota 55303 <br />Re: Alleged Violation of § 9.20.11, subd. 7 of Ramsey Code Governing Fences. <br />Dear Mr. Anderson, <br />This letter is in response to your letter dated December 7, 2009. The letter alleges a violation of <br />Ramsey City Code § 9.20.11, subd. 7 regarding an existing fence, erected prior to the passage of <br />this particular code section. <br />There, are several fallacies with your letter. First, while you have correctly quoted <br />Section 9.20.11, subd. 7, you have failed to specify the violation. You are well aware of your <br />duty to specifically state the violation. You have not. Nevertheless, if the City did an inspection, <br />it would have found two truths: (1) the fence is not in violation of the Code; and (2) it is made of <br />material within the identified materials within the Code. <br />Second, you know that the fence was erected before the passage of this Code section. In <br />October 2007, your office attempted to enforce a violation under this same Code section. I <br />informed you then, as I repeat now, that the fence, having been erected before the passage of this <br />Code section, if non-conforming is an existing non-conforming fence. Therefore, the requisites_ <br />of the Code section governing fences is not applicable to me unless .and until I seek to erect a <br />new fence. <br />Finally, because you were aware of the previous attempt of the City in 2007,-and you <br />have instituted another effort, I consider the City of Ramsey as executing a process of <br />harassment in an attempt to improperly take property from me or to otherwise engage me in <br />unnecessary and unjustified litigation. Should you proceed, I too will weigh my options against <br />the City. <br />So that there is no misunderstanding, by this letter I am not waiving any legal rights <br />regarding the allegation of a Code violation. Furthermore, since the City's letter of December 7c1, <br /> <br />