An East Penn Township resident complained to township supervisors about people walking their dogs on her property and not cleaning up the messes the pets leave.

"We went to Duane Schleicher because they come from Northside Heights," Michele Beckett told the board at its July 5 meeting. "He has rules about not messing his trailer park. I put up no-trespassing signs facing Northside Heights."I told a woman she has no right on my property. No one's dog has the right to be on my property. You should let people know what 'right-of-way' and 'no trespassing' mean."The unidentified woman told Beckett that supervisor Randy Pfeiffer told her she had a right-of-way on the Beckett property. Pfeiffer, however, said he knows who she means and that he never said more than "hello" to her.There are dirt roads and Bake Oven that are wide open for walking dogs, said Beckett.Also during the meeting, Lorrie Shelly asked the supervisors how her neighbor could build a swimming pool deck without a permit. Supervisor Jake Nothstein said she should go to the zoning officer, Richard Dietrich.Shelly said the neighbor does not have proper setbacks. She was told if a permit is sought after the construction, the cost is double.She asked how the Universal Construction Code officer knows it has to be inspected, which does not matter because the deck was built before the UCC code. The township zoning officer had to inspect it."He's three feet from the boundary and has a building five feet from the boundary," said Shelly.Pfeiffer said the neighbor can go to the zoning board and request a variance but he must show a hardship.Dietrich said he had been to the property but that was because material was being stored under the deck. At that time he paid a fine.Shelly asked if he was told to move the deck.It had an extension at the boundary and that was removed and the shed was moved off the property line, but he just went in five feet, said Shelly.She said her husband is a contractor and obtains permits for everything.Pfeiffer asked if her property had pins to designate the boundary. She said "yes" but Nothstein added that an engineer would have to check the line.Supervisor Cory Smith said Dietrich cannot survey or measure a boundary. All he can do is say that a building is built to the 10-feet specified in the building permit, or whatever size is given.Joe Ehritz raised several issues. He said the township could use all its road money just on potholes.He also stated that the state-wide zoning being proposed is a bad idea for local municipalities since zoning problems would not get attention because zoning officers would be spread too thin. The supervisors voted to send letters to elected representatives opposing state-wide zoning.Harvey Keiper asked if the case that the township won against Clair Troxell covered only the junk yard.Nothstein said it was the "whole package.""If you can get a court order and clean it up, why don't you? You have to do something about it. (Jai) Mertz, me, the four in front (along Route 895), you have to give us some relief," Keiper said.In other business:• All bids for propane, heating oil, gasoline and diesel went to Montour Home Comfort Service at a price at the refinery plus an added amount.• There are 3,342 acres in the Ag Security Area. They are now up for a seven-year review to check if people still want them in or if a new owner wants his land in the designated area.• The invoice payment policy will include expenditures authorized by the board which produce routine invoices, social hall expenses for food and beverages and training sessions under $100.Pfeiffer said Nate Scherer, a former treasurer, had been authorized to pay them, but he was told the new policy extends a little further.