426 51ST ST SW SWIMM SAW MILL 2016-01-01 MF Import

On December 16, 1980 at 2:45 p.m. I� nC to Glm 6 51st Sts. in Gverett where neighbors hzve made complaints in regard to the operati.or. of a saw mill. The mill is located behind several residential units on the southwest corner of Elm & Slst. I stopped in front of one house on Slst, tur.ned the engine off and opened the windows of the car. I could hear a saw in operation and the sound of another machine operating that made a lvud banging sound. I then drove into the area of the mill. I saw a truck loaded with logs that had been cut to approximately 3 feet in length. The truck was backed up to a building that was recentLy built for stora9e. In October of this year, Mr. George Swimm obtained a building permit to construct the above mentioned storage shed. The permit (N8375) had stated that the construction was a 16' x 20' storage shed. I parked my vehicle on the north cide of. the shed and walked around to where the truck was parked. I could hear the loud banging sound coming fran the shed. As I approached the area I saw George Swimm inside the building working a hacker. The hacker is used for splitting logs and making shin9le shakes. Attached to the hacker was a conveyor belt that extended out the door on the south end of the bu.ildin�; the conveyor was loaded with shakes. The only other thing I noted in the shed at the time were pieces of scrap wood lying about the floor. The building gave no appearance of a storage shed and was used to house a major function of the mi11 operation. I could not see the building that housed the saw wi�ich I had seen on previous visits to the mill. The truck parked at the shed was between me and the saw building, but I could hear the saw in operation. Z approached George Swimm and this, in part, was f:he conversation: Me: George, what are you doing? You know you're not supposed to be doing any oi this out here. George: It's my hobby and I don't operate it very much. Me: Hobby or not, you are not to operate the mill for any reason. You are ir. the wrong zone for this type of work. You have to stop; you can't keep it going. George: didnit have the $80�OOO1fortotmovl cansttget thatUmachnoutuof this property here. z 0 � ... c� m F�1 M �� 1�1 ""� N 2 0 m co m� -i c O 3 m S --1 m .o z c a --i rx .. �. �� � � �n -� m m .- � �m C N m `" z c� .i m a � —i x � z c —� � m