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<br />set-back required of his property. It is clear in the code that <br /> <br />for new construction, the set-back requirement is seventy-five (75) <br /> <br />feet. However, for property like the defendant's there is no <br /> <br />specific set-back requirement since his property is a substandard <br /> <br />use. <br /> <br />In determining what dimensions of the defendant's property are <br />substandard and if the substandard dimensions. have been expanded by <br />the addition of a new deck, the court considered the arguments of <br />both parties and considered the relevant law. <br />Accordingly, this court finds that the appropriate points of <br />measurement for determining the set-back of the defendant's <br />property is the high water mark of Lake Josephine and the <br />defendant's structure. This distance is fifteen (15) feet between <br />the lake and his at grade deck. The above-ground deck is seventeen <br />(17) feet from the lake and has not decreased the existing set- <br />back. Therefore, the defendant is not guilty of the set-back <br />violation pursuant to section 18.100 (2) (c) of the Shore Land <br />Management Ordinance. <br />As to the second offense - substandard use violation - the <br />city has not met its burden of proof that the defendant increased <br />the substandard dimensions by the addition of the new deck. <br />Accordingly, the defendant is also not guilty of the substandard <br />use violation pursuant to section 18.250 of the Shore Land <br />Management Ordinance. <br /> <br />J.M.S. <br /> <br />5 <br />