ALBERTVILLE, Minn. (FOX 9) - An Albertville mother is fighting the city over a basketball hoop on her property that faces the street, something the city said violates code.

Albertville woman fights city over basketball hoop

The backstory:

The hoop was already there when Bibeau and her husband bought the house in 2020.

She said she did not have a problem until November, when the city sent the first of two letters.

he first letter asked her to remove the hoop, citing a code violation because the hoop was in a right-of-way. The second letter, which was sent weeks later, warned her that the city planned to remove the hoop and bill her for the cost.

Although the city abandoned those plans because the ground was frozen, she said it plans to remove the hoop soon.

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