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To: New Brighton City Council <br />From: NormadA. Nelson <br />Nelson and <br />lson <br />2087 Violet Lane <br />New Brighton, Minnesota 636 -0215 <br />Subject: Regulation of Electronic Bug Killers <br />This is a request for initiation of proceedings which will <br />result in regulation of electronic bug killers in New Brighton <br />where their use will result in they noegs n <br />ise <br />or persons whose property lines <br />created by such devices. <br />This is also a request ttohave a specific electronic bug <br />killer located on the property revisions <br />2200 Mounds Ave. be declared a nuisance (u) under <br />the pew Brighton <br />of Section 17 -3, subparagraphs (g) and <br />Code for the reasons cited herein and be ordered disconnected. <br />During Monday night, May 26, 1980, we found it necessary <br />to place two calls to the New Brighton Police in the hope of <br />quelling the unnecessary and stressful which eated <br />adjacent electronic but along Rice Creek. The <br />policent were r a portion of our property <br />eous. <br />police were responsive to our calls and were neon eachtoccasion, <br />However, after they talked with Mr. Countrym a <br />the police era <br />felt a <br />right o operate the electronibug killrand that they <br />(the Police Department) could not issue a citation against <br />the <br />device. At that one ated to Of that <br />while Countryman ma indeedhave the right to kill bugs on <br />his prop erty, he <br />does not have the right to regulate our lives <br />by that act. (We have since learned that the police could not <br />issue a because rather anathehandled <br />b <br />by the e City <br />Police Department.) ing <br />The electronic bug killer at 2200 Mounds Ave. is op eraoatts an <br />essentially 24 hours a day. During the day, but in the early <br />occasional stray flying insect gets trapped, <br />hours and during the night, because of the heavily <br />wooded killer is <br />wooded and moist area se which we live the bug <br />electrocuting flying insects at an unbelievable killer e.lit Each time <br />a flying insect enters the grid of the bug a erui electrical <br />shorts out across the wires of the grid electric. <br />discharge not too unlike that of a sparking downed powerline. <br />Cr; IOr: <br />24 <br />