Burgess v. Code Enforcement Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

WILLIAM T. SWIGERT, Circuit Judge.

The nature of this appeal is the Order of the Lake County Code Enforcement Board, hereinafter called “Board,” requiring the Appellant, Ruth N. Burgess, hereinafter called “Burgess,” to remove a portion of a family room built within the five foot set back requirements provided for by the Lake County Zoning Ordinances.

The record shows that Burgess and her then husband, who was a *67building contractor, began constructing a home on their property in Lake County, which is the subject matter of this proceeding, in early 1979. In March of that year…