Two years of skirmishes with the county will cost Owen Cobbum $110,700 and his property south of North Webster. Kosciusko County Superior Court 1 issued a ruling Tuesday, Nov. 10, imposing the sum and ordering the sheriff to sell the parcel on SR 13 just south of CR 500N. The time line for the case …read more.

Owen Cobbum finally did what the county asked.
The problem is, he did it without a valid permit, and after $70,000 in fines had accrued.

Fines of $300 per day will continue to accrue against local marine parts dealer Owen Cobbum until he cleans up his property along SR 13 south of North Webster. “The clock is still running,” said Dan Richard, director of the Kosciusko County area planning commission, who indicated the county board of zoning appeals “within the …read more.

A view from SR 13 of the prohibited outside storage on Owen Cobbum’s property south of North Webster. Cobbum claims the items under tarp are construction materials needed to complete the storage building. He is accruing fines of $300 a day for failure to clean up the site. The photo was taken Thursday. Owen Cobbum’s …read more.

Owen Cobbum has been taken to court by the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals regarding a zoning ordinance violation. On Nov. 20, 2012, Cobbum petitioned the BZA for an exception allowing him to build a personal storage building on a piece of property he owns south of North Webster. The property is near the …read more.