We moved and live in Napa to enjoy the "Napa Life" of great people, schools, work and giving back to Napa. We continue to enjoy the Napa life and our friends, albeit the attack on our family and the desire to take away our property, homeowner and RV / Boat rights.

Below is a brief, non-complete synopsis of why this issue is important to us and should be to you too… We do not wish this on anyone and we want to make sure that you and I "WE" keep our property rights and the right to own and store our RV / Boats / Trailers on our property.

• My family moved to Napa and have been citizens of Napa since 1972.
• In 1996 my wife and I moved into our home and we parked our boat on our RV Pad that was built sometime around 1963. Many RV's, trailers, boats and cars have parked on this pad since it was built.
• All of a sudden, in August of 2001 we receive a letter from Code Enforcement that we are in violation of a City Ordinance.

When requesting CED to explain why this came about, the following occurred within a very short period of time:

A. Multiple letters of Violations and Threats,
B. Constant and Selective Scrutiny of our property,
C. Threats of pursuing / finding other violations by Susan Gildea of CED
D. What we believe to be libelous statements made to our neighbors regarding our intentions,
E. Threats by our "friendly neighbor" to contact the police when our kids play on the sidewalk.

We did not ask for this fight. Our "neighbor" brought this upon us and we are merely trying to protect your property rights and ours. Below is just a sample of the correspondence and threats that have occurred to date.

Key: CED - Code Enforcement Department

The following is a snapshot of the correspondence we have received to date - To see actual documents, go to Zoning:
1. August 1, 2001 – Received Letter From CED
A) Violation of Napa Municipal Code, Section 8.16.010 D20
B) Violation of Napa Municipal Code, Section 17.64.080

2. August 7, 2001 - Telephone call to CED – RE: Aug. 1, 2001 letter
A) Requested name of person who filed complaint – CED refused to provide.
B) Requested why these codes are not being enforced – CED reply is they are "complaint compliant" .
C) Requested and extension to review the matter – CED Denied.
D) Informed CED that I believe that someone is abusing the powers of the city to harass us – CED – No comment was made.

3. August 7, 2001 – Telephone call to John Yost – RE: Aug. 1, 01 letter, Aug. 7, 01 phone call and requesting to understand the code.

4. August 13, 2001 – Letter Submitted to Tammy Dong CED explaining that we believe we are not in violation and for clarification of possible conflict in codes.
A) Requested code(s) in its entirety pertaining to the areas claimed to be in violation.

5. August 14, 01 – Telephone call to CED (Susan Gildea) to confirm letter sent August 13, 2001 and to discuss the discrepancies.
A) Susan Gildea of CED stated that the violation is valid and that there is no discrepancy in codes. Upon attempting to clarify I began to read Napa Municipal Code Section Code 17.04.020 located on page 464 "Setback, front"….lot line is normally the shorter of any lot lines which border the street, only to be rudely interrupted and
B) Requested a copy of the actual codes violated in its entirety – CED Refused. Told to go get them myself. I explained that we already had the codes
C) Requested clarification of code since many homes do not have a sidewalk and a police officer further informed us that these type of codes are enforced starting with a measurement from the curb side closest to the street
i) CED Stated that the Police officer did not know what he was talking about;
ii) CED refused to explain how they handle violations, for example - homes located on West Lincoln whom do not have sidewalks.
iii) CED refused to discuss this matter any further as it was a "waste of her time".
D) Property has pre-existing RV pad area: Explained that this property has had a RV parking pad and driveway since the building of the neighborhood in the early 60’s. Furthermore, other RV’s have been parked here for many years prior to our purchasing the property. CED refused to discuss this situation and began to abruptly interrupt throughout the remaining conversation and ending the conversation with a threat of "Now I am going to site you for your RV pad and driveway".
E) Requested name of person filing complaint due to possible abusive use of city - Refused

6. August 14, 2001 – Letter to City Mayor
7. August 17, 2001 – Letter to City Mayor
8. August 20, 2001 – Received copy of Napa Municipal Code Sections from CED which was no longer requested and which had already been explained in detail by John Yost personally.
9. September 24, 2001 – Letter to City Mayor

10. September 25, 2001 – Letter from CED regarding Garbage Can issue 8.16.010 D19 - Prohibits the leaving or storage of any garbage can or refuse container in the front or side yard area for more than 48 hours after collection day, where such cans or containers are visible from a public street or from adjoining property.

11. October 20, 2001 – Police respond to call regarding a disturbance from a B-Day Party.

12. October 24, 2001 – Letter from planning department
13. November 7, 2001 – Telephone call w/ John Yost. Explained that we are in compliance with the set back and have informed CED of this issue.
14. November 7, 2001 – Receive letter from CED stating that we are still in violation