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M M r REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM USE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AS DUMP SITE The Board reviewed the following letter dated 8/8/85: AUG Nub �� RF-M11dEE) A, CT-*? WAU eoUnrry r LY1Elii/;�S�IaYL-�S ..cLY�� 605 13th Avenue Vero Beach, FL August 8, 1985 ;< 1i3►.1 T iOil LIST Administrator AtMr.ney —� 32962 The Honorable Patrick B. Lyons, Chairman Indian River County Commission 1840 25th Street Vero Beach, FL 32960 Dear Mr. Lyons: PerS��;lil�l � 1 Public N�1Grks --�—� Co unity Dev. Utilities Finance Other.,?r. I have owned and paid taxes on a 7 -acre parcel of unimproved property, lying east of 38th Avenue and north of 43rd Street in Gifford, for more than a quarter century. Several years ago, trespassers started depositing junk on my property without my knowledge and consent and against my will. I have placed "No Trespassing" signs around the property, but trespassers have continued to dump rubbish and junk on the property. Junk con- sists of old furniture, appliances, auto parts, etc. I have previously on several occasions, at my own expense, had the property cleaned and had the rubbish removed. This has cost me hundreds of dollars and is a financial hardship. It is my understanding that the County has laws on its books that make it illegal for people to trespass and dump rubbish on my property. Additionally, I understand the Florida laws provide for a procedure for the removal and destruction, by local en- forcement officers, of abandoned motor vehicles, machinery, refrigerators, washing machines, furniture, and other similar articles that are found on private property. I have complained to the County about this continuing problem and was advised by the County representative that I talked with that there was nothing that the County could do about the dumping, and that the only thing she knew I could do was to post more "No Trespassing" signs. I followed those instructions, however, no one pays any attention to the signs, and they con- tinue to dump on my property. I was just recently required to appear before the Indian River County Code Enforcement Board on the grounds that I was using the property for an illegal junk yard. The use that is being made of my property is by trespassers and not by me. The Code Enforcement Board has directed me, at my expense, to remove the rubbish and junk that was deposited on my property by tres- passers. By burdening me with the continual expense of removing junk and rubbish, which I did not bring to the property, over which I never had any control, and which I have been 70 AUG 211985 BOOK Pt4�E ®6