HARMONY — Borough council voted Tuesday night to withdraw a citation against Indian Brave Campground, ending a dispute over repairs to its pedestrian bridge.

Campground owner Laura Ebbert said she received a letter from the borough on Saturday that alerted her of a violation for doing construction in the borough without a building permit. The letter was from Allen Bayer, borough zoning and codes enforcement officer and Council President Jim Hulings, she said.

Indian Brave stopped the work because the letter threatened fees.

Ebbert and her attorney, Bill Labovitz, said they were “blindsighted” by the letter because they had been told in June by council members that the bridge was not on borough property.

“As Miss Ebbert indicated, she feels she is unfairly being targeted by the borough, and specifically the borough council President Jim Hulings,” Labovitz said.

About 30 residents of the campground attended the meeting after being told they would get an explanation of why the bridge work had been delayed, Ebbert said.

The project involves resurfacing the wood deck of the pedestrian bridge that connects Mercer Street to the campground.

The letter claimed that she needed a permit, which includes paying a $25 fee, to do work on the bridge because it is in both Jackson Township and Harmony, with the border defined as the middle of the Connoquenessing Creek.

Hulings also brought a photograph of a guide rail recently installed on Mercer Street without permission.

Ebbert said she had the guide rail put up to prevent cars from driving up to the bridge during the repairs. In the past, cars have damaged parts of the bridge by driving into it, she said.

Councilman David Szakelyhidi said he thought the bridge was on an abutment of the creek, and therefore under the jurisdiction of the state. He recommended that the borough drop the matter and not spend any additional time or money on it.

Hulings said he wanted to have the borough solicitor Matt Racunas investigate where the border is. He also said he did not want to allow the illegal installation of the guide rail to go unpunished.

“So we’re going to let anyone come in here and build things without a permit?” he asked.

Council voted to have Bayer withdraw the citation, contingent on the campground removing the guide rail it had put up.

Hulings abstained from the vote, saying: “I think there are more issues here than we’ve addressed.”

Ebbert said work on the bridge would resume. It is expected to take about one month to finish.

The motion also included the caveat recommended by Racunas that the borough could cite the campground again if new information shows the bridge to be in the borough.