(Le Mars) — A Plymouth County family that has collected old salvage is being told to clean up their property, or face court action by the county. Gladys and Justin Harms reside in Washington township at 18083 Iris Avenue, west of LeMars.
The matter was brought to the attention earlier this week, to the Board of Supervisors, by Plymouth County Zoning Administrator, Alan Lucken.
Lucken says the county zoning board was also made aware of the situation, and they too, believe court action is now required in order to resolve the matter.
Lucken says the fine for failure to clean up the property is set at $750 per day, for each day the junk remains at the site. Lucken describes the scene with the salvage junk that has been collected over time located at the Harms farm.
The county zoning administrator says the county ordinance defines what is considered to be junk, as well as it specifically forbids the collection of junk.
Lucken says the family in question are not salvage dealers.
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