OXFORD – The town has gone to court to force an unlicensed junkyard owner to clean up his property.

Selectmen approved a consent agreement last week ordering Michael Girardin to comply with local and state junkyard laws at his 99 Coldwater Brook Road property.

Girardin agreed to the terms in a mediation session June 4, but has yet to sign the agreement, Town Manager Michael Huston said Thursday. Once he does, the consent agreement will be filed in Oxford County Superior Court.

For several years, Girardin has maintained an unlicensed automobile junkyard on his property, which is in the residential zone, where junkyards are prohibited. Code enforcement officer Rodney Smith first notified him of the violation in October 2002, and again in January 2003.

The mediation process began after Girardin got a letter from the town attorney a year ago notifying him of the town’s intention to take the matter to court.

Girardin has agreed to pay the town $2,000 within six months of signing the agreement, and to allow the town to place a lien against his property to secure payment.

He also has agreed, within 60 days,

• To remove about 400 wooden pallets.

• To remove two tanks for place them under cover.

• To remove two pickup trucks and Pepsi trucks.

• To remove 10 tons’ worth of fiber materials.

Girardin also must get rid of a mobile home on the site within three months, and confine junk on the property within a fenced or screened area under a pole barn or other storage building that must be built.

In addition, Girardin must not bring any further materials or vehicles on the property that could be considered part of a junkyard, and must continue to maintain the property to prevent any further violations of junkyard or environmental laws.