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NOV 71984 © BOOK 58 fAGE 7C� had septic systems in existence, allegedly installed prior to notification or enforcement of the County's permitting requirements for said lots and septic tanks. The letter also indicates that no more lots will be sold until a public sewer system is in place. The file contains a letter, dated 6/1/77, addressed to the County from the Health Dept., indicating no objections to the interim use of the existing septic tanks (includes Purdue's septic tank). Subsequently, electrical hook-ups were allowed on these 11 lots at the request of owners, and units were placed on the lots. In January, 1978, Mr. Holman once again requested permission for electrical hook-ups to Lots 12 and 13 on Finger 1. On January 18, 1978, the Board of County Commissioners, once again, approved said hook-ups despite the existing zoning. It should be noted that the obvious purpose of requesting such hook-ups was to install structures or trailers, and permission was granted without any apparent attempt to enforce the County's Zoning Code or permitting requirements. Subsequently, several other lots have had trailers or structures placed with their electric connections run off of a previously approved electric meter. Subsequent to the purchase of the lot by the Purdues and prior to the placement of the trailer on the site, they applied to the County for a mobile home tie -down permit and an electrical hook-up permit for that location and received approval in 1978. After the placement of the trailer on the site, the Purdues attempted to obtain an electrical hook-up through proper channels and the Peace River Utility Co. The current dispute arose when the Purdues approached the Building Dept. requesting approval of the Utility Co. to tie into their trailer. Others have avoided this "contact" with the County by merely tying their trailers into someone else's utility meter. Two principals of law pertinent to this discussion; e. g., (1) Governmental agencies cannot discriminatorily enforce or apply their laws; (2) Equitable Estoppel: (a) For any County law to be valid, it must be enforced uniformly against all individuals falling within the classification regulated by the law. The County cannot pick and choose where or against whom the law should apply. Likewise, the County cannot bestow privileges or benefits on some by omitting to enforce a law for years and then enforce it against an unlucky individual who happens along at the wrong time. This would constitute discriminator application of �n otherwise valid law. Y. illegal (b) ,When an individual justifiably relies on an act or omission of government, and based on that act or omission changes his !'position to his substantial detriment, the law states that the governmental agency may not "pull the rug out from under him." Based on the foregoing, I would recommend that the County require the Purdues to comply with Requirements 1 thru 3 in Esther Rymer's letter of October 2, 1984, to assure a safe structure, and that the existence of C-1 zoning not be the basis for the County's preventing an electrical hook-up from the Peace River Utility Co. 36