Sherwood Village Mobile Home Park Owner Pleads Guilty To Zoning Violations
Sentry Property Management, the company that owns Sherwood Village Mobile Home Park in Washington, Pennsylvania, has pleased guilty to five counts of violating local zoning ordinances. Sentry as fined $5,000 by the township.
The citations stemmed from continuous violations that had been reported since the 1980s. Of these violations, the most damaging was an outside storage tank that leaked oil into a nearby stream. That violation has additional damages pending, as the EPA is putting together a plan for environmental remediation that is expected to cost $150,000. That cost will also be passed on to Sentry for reimbursement.
Frank & Dave’s Opinion of This Story:
What was the owner thinking? If you refuse to clean up your property for 30 straight years, you are definitely asking for trouble. In this case, the failure of the owner to address a leaking barrel of oil, which could have been removed for probably $100, has resulted in $150,000 in fines – if that even covers it. You can’t blame this on anybody but the park owner. We see this type of thing with mom and pop owners all the time, and all we can do is scratch our head and wonder how they can sleep at night.
June 21, 2010 12:13 pm