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February 23, 2018 History of events for 7415 County Rd D Owner: Erickson Family Investments LLC PO BOX 614 Webster WI, 54893 Burnett County Zoning Administration Burnett County Government Center 7410 COUNTY ROAD K, #102 SIREN, WISCONSIN 54872 PHONE (715) 349-2138 August 25th, 2017 — Dale Beers (DB) and Shane Buchholz (SB) noticed two new steel buildings constructed on two adjacent Erickson Family Investment properties without land use permits. DB and SB stopped to verify setbacks were met with these structures, so that they could reach out to the Erickson's and seek permits for the structures. Upon inspection of the setbacks for the two steel buildings, it was apparent that an extension cord was run into the steel holding tank behind the residence at 7415 County Rd D. This is a red flag for inspection staff, as this is quite obviously not a legal way of supplying power to a tank alarm, nor should there be any type of pump inside of a holding tank. Upon further inspection of the steel holding tank riser, it was noted that no secure locking mechanisms were in place to safely hold the steel lid in place. Upon looking down into the steel tank, it was apparent that an illegal pump was installed into the holding tank, and attached to a corrugated plastic tubing that went off in an unknown direction. There was an abundance of tall green grasses that did not match the surrounding landscape in the downhill direction of the tank which would seem to indicate that the tank had been overflowing recently, which would also seem to prompt the owners to install the pump in the first place. DB and SB believed the pump may have been directed at the nearby mound system that served the adjacent property at 25597 State Rd 35. Upon inspection of the mound system it was apparent that the screw-in end caps on the mound system laterals were removed from the system thusly allowing domestic wastewater to be sprayed out of the end of the mound any time the pump engaged on the adjacent property's sanitary system. This, and placing a pump inside a holding tank are both illegal actions according to WI Admin Code SPS 383 and Burnett County Code of Ordinances Chapter 70. August 30th, 2017 —A letter was drafted by staff and mailed along with a citation to Erickson Family Investments LLC. Please see the attached letter for details. Deadline to resolve issues was 9/18/2017. September 51h, 2017 — Terry Erickson came into our office and agreed to pay the fine for the issues and obtain all necessary permits, and fix the sewer issues per Jason Towne. September 18th, 2017 — Permit obtained for the car ports on aforementioned properties.