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The Rhode sight line would be adversely affected if tie were required to bulld behind line A -A and this ordinance should be applied so as to b. ('air to new as well as old vesiden(,es if' that is reasonable as it Is here. The wise enforcement of an ordinance should Five effect to its purpose. }laving in mind the purpose of this ordinance t.o protect neighbors' sight lines, the council could properly con- clude that the ordinance should L. 'nterpreted and applied here to protect the Beckers' sight line and require that the Rhode house be set back as far as needed for that purpose but no further. The ordinance is clearly ambiguous in that it does not limit the number, of residences to be considered in determining the "average dist.unce" other than to mention "adjacent and iiearh logs." Presumably adjacent lots were Included because their, sight lines would be most apt to be adversely affected. Nearby lots logic;lly could have been included to protect them in the event an adjoining neighbor whose sight line was adversely affected had no objectl(,n. To Illustrate, let us assume_• this situation. The Beckers' house is 115 feet and the• Lauer hoilso is 160 feet 1'rom the shoreline. IL' a Jones' house was next north e!f' the Becker house arid was 12U feet from the shoreline, Jones could obviously not object to a Rhode setback parallelAng the Becker house because h- would not. be adversely affected. 11liwever, If a Smith house was next south of the Lauer•s and was 11jO t'vet from the shoreline, he coul,i object ever► though the L.rruers dill riot object to the Rhode P,cation becauc:e his sli lit line• would be adver•::ely aff'ected. The inclusion of "nearby" lots show:; that preservitit; Fight lines was the purpov..e of the or•d:nance. standard ot1wr than sit -lit, lime (',)uld be u:,t•d t.rr tl(�tr•ritOne which lot.r. art- "near•t y" within the m—ining of this or(11 n;il,t t :1.111oe• no othe•1• 1jr,c,t,011 t :1ntf,il 1 an lit• "(110e1ve d. If' no st;11Nl1artl 1 "i for the Ili 11't)y 1(0t 1 o bt' UIISicit'rt d Lheree is tin spec i f't c neth:ic k ri-qu t red .