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Burnett County Zoning Administration Burnett County Government Center 7410 COUNTY ROAD K, #102 SIREN, WISCONSIN 54872 PHONE (715) 349-2138 February 26, 2018 Write -Up for Karl Auleciems' Court Trial on 2/28/2018 June 22, 2016 — While viewing Karl Auleciems' (KA) VRBO short-term rental listing, it was apparent that the property description discussed the availability of two outdoor showers for renter's use. It is not legal to discharge domestic wastewater from plumbing fixtures on to the surface of the ground per SPS 383 Prohibitions. The showers can be seen in the photos shown for the property to present date. This prompted a staff visit. July 15, 2016 — Shane Buchholz (SB) and Dale Beers (DB) approached the subject property at 28522 Bridge Rd and proceeded to knock on the closest access door to the road to make contact with inhabitants. No inhabitants answered the door. Staff proceeded to knock on the lakeside door of the cabin to no avail. Within view of this door were the outdoor showers. Showers verified to be in existence and not tied into any sanitary system for disposal of domestic waster. September 2, 2016 — A Notice of Violation was sent to KA for discharging domestic wastewater to the surface of the ground, and for advertising to far more people than the sanitary system is designed to serve. NOTE: Advertisements are shown for 5 Bedroom home serving 20 people. The sanitary system is sized for 2 bedrooms or 4 people. A deadline of 10/2/2016 was given to amend these issues by our department. Issues not resolved to this date. July 7, 2017 — Based on a complaint received about persons renting the subject property illegally, a site visit was made by Jason Towne (JT) and SB. A recording of the contact made with the renters indicated that the renters had no issue with staff taking a look at the property. Upon inspection it was noted that the outdoor showers still remained in their illegal state, and that two new plastic manhole risers were added on the downstream side of the septic tank prompting curiosity by our department. No plastic tanks were permitted or installed with the original septic system. The woodshed also appeared to be on top of the drainfield illegally, and too close to a neighbor property line (required 10' setback to each). The corrugated riser seen in the attached photos is the legally allowed septic tank. This tank is clearly seen to be sitting alone in the 7/25/2014 photos provided. September 1, 2017 —JT filed an affidavit to obtain an inspection warrant for the subject property to verify illegal sanitary modifications