Bethke says that the city ordinance does not require a permit for a temporary structure. Here is the city demanding a permit anyway, against it's own ordinance. Bethke says city official Ronda Huls admits in this letter that the city moved around Bethke's property lines. This caused a 50-foot lot to have an $8,000 assessment, and a 100-foot lot to have a $2000 assessment. Bethke believes this was done to force him to install sewer and water on an unbuildable lot.
DELVIN BETHKE'S STATEMENT:
I have a shed on the front of my property that I was building to sell. They’re taking me to court since I didn’t get a zoning permit for my shed. According to the zoning laws, if you’re going to sell it or move it you don’t need a zoning permit.
I had a pile of materials in my front yard. I was going to build the shed on another property, but I couldn’t move the materials from my front yard because the city roads were blocked since last spring. They had excuses all summer long — there was a cable in the way, there was an 8 foot hole in the street and they left it there. I couldn’t get to my property. I was waiting for them to get the street done.
They were going to give me a ticket for the materials in my yard, so I just started building the shed on my property in front of my house. This is the fourth shed I built in front of my house.
Then I was getting these letters that I needed a zoning permit. I spoke to Jason Pierce, the mayor, and he said it was okay to have the shed there, “our town has way too many rules.”
I applied for a permit anyway. Council member Kevin Klucas is on the zoning board, and they rejected it. So I gave the another permit, and it never made it to the zoning board. Mayor Jason Pierce said they never had a meeting on the second permit.
Once I had it partially built, they gave me a ticket. They said it was an order by the city council, but when I called the other city council members, they didn’t know anything about it. Only Kevin knew about it.
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