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Resident presses council on blighted lot; city says enforcement actions underway

5844644 · July 17, 2025
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Summary

A Kelly Lake resident raised concerns about a neighboring property where excavation and erosion are affecting his yard and a nearby lake. City staff said enforcement is underway, a retaining-wall permit was issued to the neighbor, and a citation had been issued earlier for tracked dirt on the roadway.

At the July 16 Hibbing City Council meeting, resident Mike Petrovnik told the council the property next to his Kelly Lake home has been excavated close to his fence, generating smell, visible blight and erosion into a nearby lake.

Petrovnik said he had "brought that, figuring that you guys could kinda see what, you can look at it for a minute," and that the condition was affecting his willingness to keep or sell his home. He asked council members…

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