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May 24, 2006
City of Oshkosh
Community Development
Property Maintenance
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I am writing to voice some concerns that I have with the property at 834 Franklin 5t. I live just a few houses south of this
property and have noticed that since I moved into the neighborhood in July of 2002 (and probably well before that) this
property has had the appearance of being a junk and auto salvage yard. It constantly has a minimum of at least 4-6
vehicles in the driveway as well as all over the front yard. This is above and beyond what is stored in the overcrowded
garage. I was able to ignore it for the first few years that I lived in this neighborhood because due to the condition of the
street at the time I never used to go that way to avoid extra driving on the herendous road that was here. Now that the
street has been repaired I do frequently drive past this property and it is a tremendous eyesore. From what I understand
the owner was instructed to create a new driveway due to the relocation of their driveway apron. They have failed to do so
in what my opinion is a timely fashion. The rain has cause the comings and goings of the vehicles stored there to track
mud all over what was a beautiful new street. This one property is managing to drag down what would otherwise be an
attractive neighborhood. Everyone seems to be making an effort to clean up the area and maintain their properties except
834 Franklin. I would appreciate something being done to get these owners to comply with previous orders to get their yard
looking nice. In the past I have known people that have been ordered to remove their vehicle from the front lawn due to
some city regulation and cannot understand how this property seems to get away with it for years on end. If they would like
to run an auto salvage yard maybe they should be required to live in an area zoned as such.
Thank you for your time,
~ /y7~~
Nicole Van Ornum
810 Franklin 5t
235-6161