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uses ro<|uiriit); a permit umlor see.IS tlio fittini;, ilrama^e or (tro(I);iu); of uet- lamls aooordin»; to the provisions of see. .S of the ordinance. "Wetlands" are defined in sec. 2.29 as "(a)reas where ground water is at or near the surface mneh of the \ear or where any seument of plant cover is deemed an aquatic accordinjr to N. C ^assctt’s "Manual of Aquatic I Mauls." .Sec tion .s.42(2) of the ordinance requires a condilional-usc permit for any fillnq: or Kradint; "Of any area which is williin three hundred feet hori/ontui distance of a navi^rahlu water and which has surface drainage toward the water and on which there is: (a) iMlIinj; of more than five hundred square feet of any wetland which it eoiiti)'iioiis to the water . . . (d) I-'illiiqj or Kfadinjr of more than 2,()ihi •stpiarc feet on slopes of twelve per cent or lcs.s." 76In April of 1961, several years jirinr tn the passage of tins onlinancc, the Justs purchased .^6.4 acres of land in the town of I.ako alon^ the south shore of Lake Noijuehay, a navi^ahle lake in Marinette county. This land had a frontage of I,- i66./ feet on the lake aiul was pnreha.sed partially for personal use and partially f«n resale. During the years 1961, lV6r>, and 1%7, the Justs maile five sales of parcels haviuf^ frontage and extending hack fiuni the lake some fitM) feet. leaving" the piopu involved in these suits. 'I lns proj»erty has a froiitaKC of .^66.7 feet and the soiiih une half contains a stand of eed.o*. pine, vari ous hard woods, hirch and red majde. riie north one half, closer to the lake, is fiarren of trees except nnmedialely alon^r tlu- slime. I he sunlh three ftnirths uf this noith inie halt is populated with various plant grasses and vc):elalion inclndini: s(»me plants which X. (\ 1‘assett in his manual of a<|uaiic plants h.is elassiiietl as * ;u|n;iiie.” I here arc also tuin-.i<|iiatic plants whu h Ktow upon the laml. .\h»ne, the shoreline t-l hams, |MfUi*r pkilil.s. ;it|i| pniuls. (•»! lti*l<Math»u of ;iiiv w.atcr roiirsi*. (*h ImIHii;;, draiii;mi* m* dml^iim «»r (here is a licit of trees. The shoreline is from one foot to .^.i feet higher than the lake level and there is a narrow licit of hi^dicr land alonj: the shore known as a “pressure ridj^e” or *‘ice heave,*’ varying; in width from one to three feet. South of this pfiint. the natural level of the land ranues one to two feet above lake level. I he land slopes K^nerally toward the lake hill has a slope less than twelve per cent. Xo water flows onto the land from the lake, hill then* is some snrfaec water which col lects on land and stands in pools. I he hand owin’d h\ the Justs is designated as swamps or marshes on the L'nited States (aeolo^ical .'^iii \ ey .Map an«l is loeateil w ith in l,M*M) fi*ei of the normal hi^h-water elevation of tin* hake, d ims, the property is iiielmied in a eoiiservancy district and, liy see. J.Jn uf ordinance, classified as ‘ wetlands.** ( onse^iUently. m order to place more than .soil sipiare feet of fill on this properly, the Justs were rerpiired to obtain a eonditioii.il nse permit fiuiii the /oiiin^ adininistratm ol the eoinity and jia; a fee ni !jij0 or incur a forfeiture of :fl0 to $^J00 for each <hav of violation. In I ebrnary and .March of 196X. six months alter the ordinance b( came effec tive, KonaM Jiisi, w if lion! securing a eon- dilional-iiNC )ietnnt, iiaoled 1.010 sijnare \ards of sanil o?iii> I Ins property and filled an .Ilea •ipproxnn.itrly JO-feet wide com- nn ncin^’ at the soinhwol corner and e.x- 0 ndini; almost ^^mi leei north to the north west eorner near the '»horeImr, tln n easterly almiK" the shoreline almost to the lot line, lie slaved back fri»m the pn *'s|ire ridj^c about JO irri. .Mine than square feel of iliis lid was upon wetlaials locateci con- lienoiis to the water and which hail surface dt.dii.iee tMw.ard the lake. *l*hc fill within feel of il:e lake also was more than J.0<M| sijuare feet on ,i !l<#pc less th.iii IJ pt 141 III It IS not serioii''ly coiitcnded that :iri iMtlin;; lo I h** {.tfO istuns of Si i linii ,1.0 of lilts I*. 0»l l«<IIMI\;it Ilf fii|i soil f,f |n;|f. O'o I'rniilM iry lin;:s. ti) l*i»*rs\ 1 i{M-ks. Ii(i:itiifiijsi‘sj* %•tr y:m I- ; A !K Jhv Ju>t‘ (III* tiial A *1 in (3-81 public of nat- unt;l rt for ur; to U'C tecnon imlcs'i too K*' The s< presvn i> obti! power hctwci aixl Cl matter owner piiwer propel IS sai( the n ni^lu public to be actua' iransi a »ak .\nt<» Jl \V Kacii N.W t'oim 71. 11