"You have to give the Trentelmans an “A” for creativity.

The Utah family of four — Jeremy and wife Dee, along with their toddlers Max, 3, and Story, 2 — and some friends turned a pile of cardboard boxes last week into a front-yard fort complete with towers, trap doors, and tunnels."



“I just thought it was an awesome way to use boxes and my kids’ imagination,” Jeremy Trentelman told the Standard Examiner.

But after just one day in existence, the makeshift fort attracted the City of Ogden’s attention — specifically code enforcement.

The notice left on the Trentelmans’ door indicated the fort violates city code related to “waste materials or junk” and have 15 days to get rid of it or get socked with a $125 fine.

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Before the notice came, Jeremy Trentelman said they were planning on leaving up the fort for just a few days — but the notice got him pretty steamed.

“ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDIN ME!!!?!” he wrote on Facebook after getting the warning. “We build a completely awesome box castle in our front yard for our our kids to play in and we get a notice from code enforcement?!?”

“‘Waste materials or junk’ it says…what about totally awesome fun zone,” Trentelman continued. “(W)hat a joke!!!”

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/04/...come-to-an-end/

What a joke indeed. This thing is really neat. There are more pics and a video report at the link. One of the primary suggestions I am seeing is that the Trentelmans pass the thing on to another another neighborhood family for 14 days, then they pass it on, and so forth, until the thing totally disintegrates. Also, if you have a mind to, send a short email to the head of Ogden code enforcement what an idiot he is. I did. gordonsant@ogdencity.com