>> i do not know if the tree is located on the jacobsen's property or their neighbors. >> is there a picture of the sidewalk? a diagram? >> here is where the sewage goes. you can see, this is the edge of the jacobson's property. if the problem is here, it looks like it is in the next door neighbor's property. it would have to be downhill. this blockage would have to be downhill in order for it to cause a problem in the jacob's soson's property. >> what took so long to get action on this? when you get a violation notice, the property owner is responsible for proposing what the fix is. clearly, there was a problem. i think at this point we are being asked to uphold the issue, that you fixed it. there are penalties and fees attached because of the violations in the beginning. your claim, at this point, is that the problem is not fixed. >> our claim is that we were required to do work that was not necessary because the problem persists. the whole point of the process here has been to correct a sewer problem that would solve the nuisance problem. my point is, we spent a lot of time, and a