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Source: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.迷你倉Sept. 19--RED WING -- After years of debate within Goodhue County, Hidden Valley Campground now faces a lawsuit from the Minnesota Department of Public Health.The lawsuit, filed Aug. 5 in Goodhue County District Court, alleges the 300-acre campground along the Cannon River has been operating without the necessary permits for the past two camping seasons. The Welch property is owned and operated by Cory Axelson.The legal action, filed by Commissioner of Health Dr. Edward Ehlinger, came after Goodhue County and the state obtained a joint search warrant and observed "more than 100 occupied campsites," according to the court complaint.The state of Minnesota requires state and local permits for any camping area "used on a daily, nightly, weekly or longer basis for theaccommodations of five or more tents or recreational camping vehiclesfree of charge or for compensation.""Defendants have not, at any time, held a license to operate thecampground after Dec. 31, 2011," Ehlinger wrote in the court complaint. "Defendants have not, at any time,filed any application documents or paid application fees to operatethe campground after Dec. 31, 2011."Judge Lawrence Clark heard arguments from both parties on Sept. 9 and will issue a ruling within 90 days, resolving an issue that has lingered since the Department of Public Health found nine code violations during an inspection of the campground on May 26, 2011.Calls to Julie Nagorski, Axelson's legal cousel, were not returned. Hidden Valley Camp Ground's phone appears to have been disconnected; calls made to the number listed on its websitewere unsuccessful.Within weeks of the state's 2011 inspection, Goodhue County revoked Axelson's conditional-use permit at Hidden Valley Campground. The campground's correction plan was also rejected by the state on Dec. 22, 2011, meaning its state license was not renewed for 2012.On Aug. 13, 2012, the Minnesota Appellate Court sided with Axelson to reinstate his conditional-use permit within Goodhue County. According to the complaint, Axelson met with state officials a few days later in hopes of getting his 自存倉icense renewed.However, an inspection of of Axelson's 200-site campground shortly thereafter revealed that it had resumed operation without the state license. The Minnesota Department of Health issued an administrative order in April that assessed a $10,000 fine and required that the campground cease operation.Axelson requested a contested case hearing on the administrative order on May 13, asserting that his campground was only allowing "four or less tents or recreational camping vehicles," as allowed under state statute. That case is ongoing.Eleven days after Axelson filed for the contested case hearing, however, the state received a tip that the campground had begun advertising on its website that it was "open or preparing to open." That same day, the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office received a complaint about loud music coming from the campground. Upon arrival, authorities found "20 tents, 20 hard-sided campers with people in them, and many more people hanging around the campsites," according to the complaint.A state inspection on May 25 found "at least 24 occupied RVs at the campground, according to the complaint. Two months later, that number had more than quadrupled.The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has previously noted that the campground's water and sewer systems are not fully functional, though Axelson has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to correct those issues. Various other complaints have been raised, including theft, intoxication and sexual assault, according to a 10-page county report from 2011.The permit issue could have even broader implications for the troubled campground. Since it received its conditional-use permit from the county roughly 30 years ago, it has been allowed to operate despite being in violation of setback requirements detailed in the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.The campground could lose those grandfathered rights in the current legal dispute, meaning a reconfigured campground under a new conditional-use permi may be impossible.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Post-Bulletin Visit the Post-Bulletin at .postbulletin.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉