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A Packerton resident wants the county to take action against a neighbor he says is in violation of county ordinances.
During the Kosciusko County commissioners' meeting Tuesday, Kevin Hobbs asked the commissioners to take action against his neighbor, Connie Puckett.
Puckett, in an Oct. 16 meeting with Dan Richard, director of the Area Plan Commission, had accused Hobbs of building his residence on an alley. Richard later determined that the accusation was false. Other accusations by Puckett included the dumping of raw sewage by Hobbs into her yard.
But Hobbs informed the commissioners, with the support of Richard, that no such dumping was taking place and it was Puckett who was in violation by having her residence on the Jackson Street right-of-way.
Jackson Street has, according to Hobbs, "never been opened, never been closed." The street, however, is platted but has not yet been developed.
Even though Puckett's trailer is in violation, the plan commission is waiting to see if the community of Packerton will obtain a petition to vacate some of the platted roads.
To vacate the road would require a near unanimous agreement to divide the street in half, adding the land to the surrounding property. But, according to Richard, "If there is still a reason for the road to be there, then there is still legal criteria to keep it open."
Without a petition, the plan commission will pursue the violation involving the location of the trailer.
Hobbs also indicated the trailer had moats in the yard, no windows intact and no sewer system. Bob Weaver, of the county health department, investigated the scene but no action has yet been taken.
In other business:
• The commissioners approved a request to rezone a small area of land to the east of North Webster's tertiary treatment plan. The area is being rezoned from agricultural to residential.
• The highway department was approved to use $20,000 for the installation of two new truck beds for highway vehicles.
