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Towne, Jason <br /> From: Jon Day <johnnyboyday@mac.com> <br /> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2021 4:16 PM <br /> To: Taylor, Donald <br /> Cc: Paden,Jim; Conroy, Craig;Awe, Charles; Pardun, Gerald; Towne, Jason; Peterson, Ed; <br /> Sybers, Christopher <br /> Subject: Re: Members of Campground Work Group: Information from an Open Records Request <br /> you should see. <br /> Mr. Taylor, <br /> I appreciate your reply. <br /> I think there is one key difference in the point you make in your first paragraph vs what we are dealing with <br /> here in Burnett County. That difference is that the county was not approving CUP's with the stipulation that <br /> campsites were not to be occupied by camping units for more than 8 out of 12 months as the law requires. It <br /> wasn't like the CUP's were being passed and the county was making it clear to the campground owners that <br /> camping units had to be removed after 8-months Had you been telling them that was the law, and they were not <br /> following the law, that is an enforcement issue like your speed-limit analogy. In this case, the county has not <br /> been telling the developers there is a speed limit. <br /> Existing campgrounds have sort of evolved without regard to the law. I'm sure the ATCP staff folks at the state <br /> are not wanting to be the bad guys here and try to make folks who have basically built themselves into these <br /> campsites with decks, screen porches, landscaping, etc.,pull up and take them home for the winter. What <br /> incentive is there for them to be that bad guy? <br /> Frankly, speaking only for myself, as I saw this type of thing happening at the existing campgrounds I had that <br /> same attitude, why would I want to raise heck about that? There are already campers there, so this is just <br /> making them more convenient. Maybe the old campsites could be grandfathered in? <br /> But now that these developers are smelling money, they are trying to exploit this as fast as possible to capitalize <br /> on it while they can and in turn possibly greatly diminish the beauty of the area. <br /> Now that we've found the rule making documents that clarify the meaning of"temporary"it would certainly <br /> make sense that any new campground applicant be required to follow the law and require the camping units be <br /> removed from the campsites after 8 months, and stay off them for 4 months bringing them back to <br /> campgrounds, not homesites. <br /> Thank you for your time and consideration Mr. Taylor and the rest of the committee <br /> On May 21, 2021, at 2:29 PM, Taylor, Donald <bcchair@burnettcounty.org> wrote: <br /> Hi Jon, <br /> You have hit at least one of the nails on the head. The reality is how the law is enforced and/or <br /> adjudicated is the working law. The clearest example I can think of is speeding. The law is <br /> anything over 55 on the highway is a violation. The practicality of enforcement is that the chance <br /> 1 <br />