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Otter Tail County attorney outlines limits to enforcing roadside 'junkyard' complaints
Summary
County attorney (Ms. L. Bean) told commissioners that state law and MnDOT visibility rules limit county enforcement of some roadside 'junkyard' complaints, described the evidence needed to pursue court action, and said MnDOT representative John Gildersleeve would be needed to testify in enforcement cases.
Otter Tail County’s county attorney updated the board Nov. 4 on several long-running roadside “junkyard” complaints and explained legal and practical limits on county enforcement.
At the request of the board, the county attorney (Ms. L. Bean) summarized prior enforcement steps — including screening and a fence installed after earlier action — and said recent complaints involve property set well back from state highways. She told commissioners that Minnesota Department of Transportation standards and the statutory definition of “junk” affect whether the county can proceed:…
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